West Berlin workers switch side amid border blocks
About 12 500 West Berliners drew pay from East Berlin two weeks ago, but 1 500 to 2 000 have taken West Berlin jobs since. Communists closed the border, creating a West Berlin labor shortage and allowing some East Berliners to work westward only with pay checks, while Western officials report few have moved to East Berlin despite Ulbricht's invitation.
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No Hit No Hitter By Little Leaguer Montemayor World Series
Rafael Reyes Montemayor, a 16 pound 16 year old from Monterrey Mexico, pitched 12 strikeouts with no hits allowed in a World Series semifinal, also hitting a single double and home run. His Monterrey team advanced, reflecting a rapid rise from soccer to baseball and a coach praising his early wild but improving control.
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Monterrey
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Pirmasens Army Base
Germany
Campo
Tex
Ely Cajon
Calif
Hilo
Hawaii
Hall
Epitacio Torres
Bogus African Diplomats Dine In High Style
In Baltimore three men described as African diplomats dined at Miller Brothers Restaurant then left in a funeral director’s rented limousine. The group’s leader wore robes like a maha raja and claimed to be Gabon finance minister Sorfa Adiwba though Gabon’s actual minister was Francois Meye in Africa. A man identifying as Herbert Mangrum rented an African outfit for Afro-American newspaper, with police noting the name ineman’s records.
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