Big Three urge talks with Moscow on Berlin crisis
The United States Britain and France asked the Soviet Union to join in a Berlin consultation meeting to prevent further deterioration. The Western Big Three insist Moscow cannot unilaterally alter the postwar set up or cede Berlin authority to East Germany, and they reiterate the four power occupation remains in force.
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Berlin Wall
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France
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East Germany
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U.S
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Paris
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Willy Brandt
Brandt
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Red Ward Memorial
Checkpoint Charlie
East Berlin
6Th Infantry Division
Marienborn
U.S. Army
State Collects Church Tax in West Germany
West Germany maintains a compulsory church tax for Catholics and Protestants, about 10 percent of income tax and one percent of total income. The tax is collected by the state, shared with churches, and enforced for delinquents by same methods as income tax. Jews and other non Christians do not participate. In 1961 receipts were about 2.8 billion marks.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Teachers urged to unionize at AFL-CIO convention
Detroit AP Walter P Reuther urged American Federation of Teachers to enroll a million teachers into the union arguing a strong teachers union is the only answer to pay and working conditions. He said society must fund proper salaries and that organizing teachers should be a top labor priority amid a convention ending in Miami Beach controversy over a 1963 site decision.
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Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Presiident
American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Reuther
Russia
AFT
Miami Beach
Fla
AFT Executive Council
Tobacco Indicted By Study Shows Filter Tip Tar Links Cancer
Chicago report from the Journal of the American Medical Association details a year long study by medical researchers. Tests on six cigarette brands including two filter tip types found tar substances in smoke capable of causing skin cancers in mice. The team sought to assess whether cancer risk had been removed or reduced by recent cigarette modifications.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Summer library work ends with certificate awards in Kennebunk
The Small-Fry program closed at Kennebunk library after eight weeks of story hours records and instruction. More than 150 children attended the closing party and 300 additional books circulated during the project. Fall plans include the Bookworm club for grades 2 through 8 starting September 5. register soon.
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Shawn Buckland
Jane McMillan
Kimberly Grace
Heidi Hunnewell
Dana Welch
Billy Welch
Ruth Ann Welch
Peter Clark
Adam Hunnewell
Glen Welch
John
Albert Nickerson
Rioux Seeks Council Post in Gilber t Boucher Bid for Democratic Primary
Rioux, an insurance man of 192 Granite Street, announced his candidacy in the Gil bert Boucher ticket for the December Democratic primary in Biddeford. Mayor Willy Brandt urged calm, saying city welfare comes before hatred of the wall and that the wall must go but the city must live in the meantime.
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Gilbert Boucher
Biddeford
Roland A. Rioux
Granite Street
Ben Bella Wins Round In Algeria Power Struggle
Ahmed Ben Bella drew 30,000 supporters in Algiers as he pledged civilian rule under socialism and vowed the military would bow to the state. The rally in the Forum ended in a rare blend of rival demonstrators praising the deputy premier amid ongoing tensions with guerrilla leaders battling for supremacy.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria
Ben Bella
Al‘geria
France
Mohammed Khider
Wilaya
Senate Passes Drug Safety Bill Without Opposition
The Senate approved the safety bill 78 to 0 after years of debate sparked by thalidomide. Kefauver urged compulsory licensing of patents on high drug markups, but Eastland warned it would ruin incentives for research. The measure allows removing dangerous drugs from the market without a prior hearing, with a prompt later hearing for manufacturers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Estes Kefauver D
Tenn
Kefauver
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Senate Judiciary Committee
De‘stroy
Senate Antitrust Sab‘committee
Judiciary Committee
West Germany
United States
U.S
Kennedy
National Guard Call Seem Remote Amid Berlin Tension
AP dispatch notes that current prospects for a new National Guard and reserve call up are remote unless Berlin crisis escalates. Regular Army strength has risen to 16 divisions with five in Europe and one in Korea, plus two new combat divisions and three converted units. Deployment plans exist for rapid reinforcement within 24 hours if needed, but no action is anticipated now.
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U.S
Checkpoint Charlie
Washington
Europe
United States
Haisan
Thailand
Korea
West Germany
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