East German Reds Claim Defections
East German Communist authorities report many commuters from West Berlin seeking work under Red rule and paying rent in Western currency. Junge Welt says calls to East Berlin factories rose since Saturday, with stores hiring West Berlin workers. Refugee flows to West Berlin persist though ebbing. Brandt warns Khrushchev against pressuring Ulbricht toward a separate peace treaty risking control of West supply routes.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Junge Welt
East Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
Wily Brandt
Khrushchev
Walter Ulbricht
Brandt
Ulbricht
Ufrichts
Sears marks 75 years of monumental growth in Chicago
AP reports Sears Roebuck and Co. built from a watch seller into a vast general merchandiser. Leaders like Robert E. Wood and Julius Rosenwald expanded stores, catalogs, and international ventures, with revenue surging to over 4.13 billion in the year ending Jan 31. The firm branched into autos, groceries, and Latin America, while maintaining strong catalog and retail mixes.
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Chicago
Sears
Roe
Rosenwald
Buck and Co
Tuter
Robert E. Wood
Ag Automobiles
Latin America
Sears, Rosenwald
Wood
Rural Co
General Merchant
Richard W. Sears
North Redwood
Minn
Minneapolis
Hammond
Ind
Alvah C. Roebuck
Julius Rosenwald
Allstate
Gen. Wood
United States
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Weel
Ad Rosenwald
Ajship
Charlie
H. Kellstadt
Roebuck
Ag An E
Fewer Camera Carrying Tourists Seen Abroad
American tourism abroad fell this summer with a drop in visitors to Europe and the Netherlands. Reports cite a 10 to 40 percent decline in American tourists, linked to Berlin tensions and Kennedy’s dollar-saving appeal. Hotels note cancellations. early-year gains in other regions did not offset the decline.
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London
U.S
Europe
Netherlands
Arup
PTT
Atlantic
Presidentennedy
America
Berlin
Paris
Britain
Oem
Gent
W. L. VY
Cahuenga Pass
Windler
American Express
Hollywood
Algeria
Rome
Italy
Geneva
Kennedy
Major musical summit rehearsal by famed violin trio
Workmen bustle as Primrose and two violinists rehearse a major concert. Pialigorsky cradles the 1715 Stradivari while the trio tests acoustics from stage to pit, resuming on stage after finding the sound unsatisfactory.
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Primrose
Pialigorsky
Texas Business Conditions Seen Good Into 1962
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports Texas’ business situation remains favorable into 1962. June activity sits 7 percent above June 1960, retail sales up 1 percent from May but down 2 percent from June 1960, freight car loadings 3 percent below May and 3 percent under 1960, oil production 2 percent above May and 2 percent above 1960, and oil output growth hampered by imports and gas competition.
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Austin
Texas
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Bureau
Negroes Seek Atlanta City Primary Contenders Named
In Atlanta six Negro candidates qualified for the September 13 city primary. Incumbents in two races run unopposed. Rufus Clement of Atlanta University seeks a third term on the Board of Education, Miles Amos runs unopposed for City Executive Committee. In the 3rd Ward two Negroes, Q W Williamson and J C Daugherty, challenge two white incumbents for alderman seats. Pat Patrick, negro radio announcer, faces white incumbent and another white challenger for the Tth Ward seat. Reverend R R Sparts, a Negro minister, seeks to replace a white incumbent on the Executive Committee.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Rufus Clement
Nesta Atlanta University
Board of Education
Miles Amos
Q. W. Williamson
J.C. Daugherty
Alrermen
Pat Patrick
R. R. Sparts
Meet Your Sheffield Neighbors Joe Sapp Family Portrait
Joe Sapp arrived at Sheffield in 1950 after relocating from Kentucky and now leads his community with his wife Lee. They have two sons Joseph Michael, 12, and Randall Lee, 11, who play Little League under Mr. Sapp’s coaching, while five year old Carolyn joins the rooting section with her mother. The Sapp family attends Pasadena Christian Church where Mrs. Sapp teaches Sunday School and serves as a PTA room mother at Woodland Elementary.
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Joe Sapp
Sheffield
Texas
Kentucky
Lee
Joseph Michael
Randall Lee
Mr. Sapp
Carolyn
Dodgers
Pasadena Christian Church
Mentary
Cub Scouts
Joey
San Augustine
Randall
Sapp
South Pacific
Joe Sapps
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Minters.” Cleaners
Minnesota
One Tra
R. M. Minter, Jr
Ponytatl
Wilbert
Try
Pritt
Rob Thomas
Hollywood (Ap
Pilgrimage Theater
Jascha Heifetz
Wiliam Primrose
Leonard Pennaria Ané
Virginia Majewski
Arnold Belnick
Joseph Stepansky
Gabor Dotin
Tenant Baker
Piatigorsky
Heifetz
Hollywood Bowl
Adel
IH. P. GE
Ilkies
Henry Whddon
Samuel Lane Fair
Joseph C. Sapp
Armco Steel Corporation
Houston
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