Money Blitz Staged By East German Reds
East Germany ordered a swift currency reform, forcing citizens to surrender old marks for new at a one to one rate up to 300 marks. Banks and centers opened nationwide as Berlin’s borders tightened and West German and West Berlin holdings surged, prompting protests over occupancy accord violations.
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East Germany
Grotewohl
Otto Grotewohl
West Berlin
West Germany
East
East Berlin
Savings Bank
Savings Bank of
City of Berlin
Mostly sunny and warm in Bridgeport area today
Official Weather Data notes the Bridgeport and vicinity will have mostly sunny skies and warmer conditions with a high in the upper 60s. Tonight will be fair and not quite so cool with a low in the mid 30s, and Tuesday outlook remains fair and warmer.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
West End Man Dies After Basement Injury
Berkley Payne, 44, of 42 Organ Street, lay injured in a basement for more than eight hours before a family member found him unconscious. He died at Park City Hospital after being found with a skull bleed. Police say he fell on firewood while in the basement Saturday morning.
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West End
Park City
Berkley Payne
Organ Street
Payne
Sputniks Rocket Losing Altitude to Yield Data
Mrs Barbara Harris a Long Hill Elementary teacher sighted Sputnik yesterday morning near Trumbull. Yale Observatory and AP reports note matching sightings at 6 15 and 6 18 am and Cambridge photograph confirming the third stage with naked eye. Vanguard scientists say the rocket is losing altitude in its first fall toward Earth's atmosphere.
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Barbara Harris
Long Hill
Cambridge
Mass
Yale
Harlan Smith
Associated Press
New Haven
United States
James Plato
Washington
Sputnik
Naval Research Laboratory
Project Vanguard
U. S
Vanguard
Ansonia Fire Evacuates Four Families and Racks Up Damage
A two alarm blaze gutted a three story frame building in Ansonia on October 13. Four families were evacuated, no injuries reported, but a cocker spaniel died in the smoke. Damage estimated at 20000 dollars. The ground floor housed a restaurant. fire began in the restaurant and an explosion was reported by the owner. The cause remained undetermined.
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Ansonia
Bing Smoot
Two Tucson Teens Held in Airman Shooting Case
In Tucson, deputies identified Paul Ginn and Richard Gebhart, both 15, as suspects in the shooting of Air Force Captain G. H. Wester. The youths, who had camped in the Catalina foothills, confessed after being tracked by footprints from the crime scene.
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G County Sheriff's
Paul Ginn
Richard Gebhart
Tucson
Jacoby
Sylvia Porter
Women’s
Luneiy Pyau
Pepe
Art Grande
G. H
Wester
Mt. Lemmon
Grande
Catalina Mountains
Mt. Common
Gebhard
Jack Bourguignon
Ed Haverty
Ariz
Air Force
George H. Wester
Britain to Back Missile Talks at UN Assembly
A Western informant says Britain will endorse a U S proposal to begin general talks on outer space missile and satellite control without waiting for a full disarmament agreement. Cmdr Allan Noble will speak at about 10 30 a m tomorrow to the UN General Assembly Political Committee.
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United Nations
N.Y
Britain
U. S
Noble
Cmdr
Allan Noble
I State For Foreign Affairs
UN General Assembly
Canada
France
United States
Soviet Union
Dulles
Tornado Rain Floods Sweep Texas Counties. Guards Called Out
Torrential cloudbursts drenched Texas with up to 11 inches of rain causing creeks to overflow. Ballinger evacuated about 30 families as the Colorado River surged toward flood stage. High water threatened Menard and areas north of San Angelo with bridges washed away near Water Valley and Broome. National Guardsmen aided evacuations as San Angelo dam neared flood control levels.
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Texas
Ballinger
Westcentral
Menard
San Angelo
Department of Public Safety
Colorado
Water Valley
Eisenhower
North Concho
Colorado River
Arkansas rally after football win soothes integration tensions
Little Rock in Arkansas saw groups gather at churches hotels and post offices as the football victory over Baylor at Waco calmed bitterness in the integration struggle. Prayer sessions were planned across churches following the night game and surrounding tension.
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Little Rock
Ark
University of Arkansas
Arkansas
Baylor University
Waco
Queen Elizabeth II Hints 1959 Canadian Return
Queen Elizabeth II told Canadians in a live TV address that she hopes to return in 1959 with Prince Philip and their children for a more extensive visit. She spoke English and French and thanked Canadians for hospitality shown during her 1951 visit, apologizing for a short stay this time.
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Witephota
Christ Church Cathedral
Ottawa
J. C. Anderson
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Elizabeth II
Candians
St. Lawrence Seaway
United States
Eisenhower Set To Turn 67 With Cake Planned
Washington reports President Eisenhower will turn 67 on October 14. Vice President Nixon and hundreds of Republican fund raisers will present a cake during the day. The White House says no special plans by Eisenhower himself, though a family dinner may mark the anniversary. He maintains a full schedule of official callers, including cabinet members and diplomats.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Republican Party
White House
Zeller backs intermediate job classification plan
Connecticut State Comptroller Fred R. Zeller told 500 Connecticut State Employees Association members at a Hartford banquet that an intermediate classification should exist for workers worth more than their promotion exam results show. He urged removing caps that hold capable employees back and praised the CSEA for its measured demands.
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Hartford
Fred R. Zeller
Connecticut State Employees, Association
Zeller
CSEA
Cruiser Disabled off Long Island Sound Assisted by Coast Guard
A cabin cruiser named Venture carrying three people was reported disabled in Long Island Sound. Four Coast Guard auxiliary members led by Michael Forte and Jeff Fayerweather from the yacht club responded at 12:15 a.m. after a Coast Guard summons. owner and passengers were not identified.
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Coast Guard Auxiliary
Venture
Long Island Sound
Michael Forte
Jeff Fayerweather Yacht Club
Coast Guard
CCDS Congress Ends With Pontifical Mass at Notre Dame High
About 2,500 people attended the solemn Pontifical Mass yesterday afternoon at Notre Dame Catholic High School Park Avenue as the 11th regional congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine concluded. Over 3,400 delegates from New England had registered during the three day congress. Bishop Matthew F Brady of Manchester NH gave the closing address noting aims to learn modern pedagogical advances in religious teaching and to unite expert and volunteer efforts in a great cause.
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Notre Dame Catholic High School
Park Avenue
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
New England
Matthew F. Brady
Manchester
N.H
Egyptian Troops Land in Syria in Modern History
Egyptian forces disembarked at Latakia today for the first time in modern history to reinforce Syria against potential aggression. The move ties Egypt and Syria to a broader Arab alliance as Turkish-Syrian border tensions rise and Soviet-supplied arms feed their joint operations.
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Syria
Mediterranean
Latakia
Middle East
Cairo
Egypt
Maj
Abdel Hakim Amer
Egyptia
Amer
Bizry
Abdul Hamid Serraj
Nasser
Washington
State Department
U. S
Jordan
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