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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1963

Page

2

Red Chinese Fire on Soviet Test Ban Adherence

The Peking People's Daily, mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, denounces the Soviet Union and its Western partners over the nuclear test ban. It blasts Khrushchev as acting in bad faith and accuses Soviet leaders of capitulation to imperialism and a sellout of socialist interests.

Peking People's Daily Chinese Communist Party Soviet Union U.S Tokyo Moscow People’s Daily Khrushchev United States Ihe Liao Chengchih China

Girl vows to avenge Dr Ward during coma case

London AP report: Stephen Ward lies unconscious as his 23 year old girlfriend Julie Gulliver vows vengeance if he dies. She says a large crowd hopes he dies to avoid names being mentioned, amid Ward's coma after a drug overdose and Old Bailey verdicts on living off the prostitution of Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies.

London (Ap Stephen Ward Julie Gulliver Ward Daily Companion Newsmen Stephen Old Bailey Christine Keeler Marilyn Mandy) Rice Das Vies

Soviet Missiles to India for Chinese Threat

New Delhi reports that the Soviet Union offers India guided missiles and military equipment without usage restrictions to bolster defense against a renewed Chinese attack. Indian officials indicate the aid is intended solely for defense against China.

India China

Korea Line Shootings Continue Along the DMZ

Scattered gunfire along the 141 mile truce line between North and South Korea persisted with four Communists, three Americans and one South Korean killed in recent skirmishes. U S Army Lt Col William D Lynch of the 1st Cavalry noted night patrols are limited and implied infiltrators may still be present. He warned of a night war where any movement triggers a shot. UN patrols at night are limited to armored personnel carriers.

U.S Jet Cavalry Associated Press Korea UPI South Korea U.S. 1St Cavalry Division United Nations Command UNC William D. Lynch 1St Cavalry Lynch U.N

Escape attempt shot down by East German guards in Germany

A man and a woman attempting to flee the Soviet Zone near Hohegeis were shot by East German soldiers as hundreds watched from a nearby highway. A sergeant fired point blank at the wounded man nine feet away, while spectators cried murder. The woman and man were later removed, the man dead and the woman limp.

Germany Goslar Hohegeis Lower Sasuny Tvo Gland West Germany Georg Stein United Press International

President Kennedy Visits Annapolis

President Kennedy a former Navy man visits the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis to greet the incoming freshman class and tour the naval museum. He grants amnesty for demerits incurred during their first five weeks at the academy, a gesture that endears him to the plebes.

Annapolis Med UPI Kennedy U.S. Naval Academy Naval Museum

Indonesia Aid Cut Possible by Committee Vote

Washington reports two House Foreign Affairs Committee members urged ending all U S aid to Indonesia amid talks of a new 250 million aid package. The panel approved a foreign aid bill totaling about 4.087 billion, slightly below Kennedy's request, with limits on how aid would be distributed and a call for other nations to share the burden.

Indonesia Washington UPI House Foreign Affairs Committee U.S Wayne Hays D-Ohio William Broomfield R-Mich Hays House Southeast Asia Washington Post Kennedy Thomas E. Morgan Dpa Tee Congress Jess Morgan Takien Robert KR. Barry R-N.y

Malta to gain independence within a year

London announced that Britain would grant Malta independence by the end of next May regardless of a constitutional agreement. Colonial secretary Duncan Sandys disclosed the plan in the House of Commons after the constitutional conference collapsed in London.

London Malta Duncan Sandys Secrretary House of Commons

Armed U S helicopters widen role in Viet Nam war

In Saigon the United States deploys armed helicopters to actively engage Communist guerrillas. Five helicopters aided a trapped Ranger battalion, firing 20 000 machinegun rounds and 149 rockets, after which Viet Cong retreated, leaving 112 enemy bodies confirmed by Vietnamese officers.

Saigon Viet Nam South Viet Nam Ranger

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