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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1969
Page
3
U S and Mexican border authorities reported a surge in narcotics seizures. Customs officer Joseph Jenkins said heroin seized in January to March reached 45.3 pounds, near the 54.8 pounds for all of 1968, while marijuana confiscations hit 147,624 pounds in 1968 versus 107,329 pounds in the first three months of 1969.
In Berlin West Germany observed the 16th anniversary of the East German uprising against Communist rule with wreath-laying ceremonies along the Berlin Wall memorial fires and speeches. The East regime never acknowledges the revolt, crushed by Soviet tanks on June 17 1953, while West Germany treats it as a national holiday.
Area colleges announce several graduates led by Mrs. Cheryl S. Curtiss who earned cum laude from Old Dominion University and heads into graduate study under a full-tuition federal traineeship. Also recognized are Miss Suzanne C. Le Prevost, Lake Erie College organ major, and Miss Sara M. Comb es of Lake Jane College English major, each earning degrees and fellowships, with Boston University appointing Dr. Hubert S. Gibbs as dean of Metropolitan College effective July 1.
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