Berlin tensions and West Germany's united stance
Charles M. McCann notes Communist threats to Berlin and West Germany’s resolve under Chancellor Adenauer. He highlights Bundestag approval of pro Western policy, Brentano’s rising influence, and disquiet over East German police moves as 1955 ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
West Germany
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
Kremlin
Adenauer
West German
Bundestag
Free World
Heinrich von Brentano
Brentano
Christian Democratic Party
Bonn
Birth Record Correction Returns as Certified Copy
In 1942 County Clerk Lewis J. Donovan sent an affidavit to a Houston man to correct a birth record listing the first name as Baby. The man later returned the affidavit with $1, and Donovan issued a certified copy of the birth record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lewis J. Donovan
Houston
Tex
Donovan
Wrong Way Signs Reversed Spark Goshen Prank
In Goshen Indiana police report traffic violators on one way streets were released without fines after pranksters reversed street signs by unbolting heads and bolting them to the opposite side. Local authorities traced the misdirection to the sign vandalism and warned residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ind
TV Plays Turned Into Movies Drive Hollywood Boom
Hollywood notes a surge of TV dramas becoming big screen films. Burt Lancaster sparked the trend with Marty, while MGM buys Serling and Chayevsky projects including Fifty Two Miles to Terror and The Rack. Serling says TV remains his home, despite big movie money and higher pay.
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Burt Lancaster
Paddy Chayevsky
Marty
MGM
Gore Vidal
Chayevsky
Bette Davis
Rod Serling
Paul Newman
Serling
Michael Myerberg
Myerberg
Vidal
Cincinnati
New York
CBS
Beverly Hills
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McCann’s News Analysis
Charles M. McCann
United Press
Walter S. Cochran
Beltone
Childress Hotel
Beltone Hearing Service
Tenth Street
Wichita Falls, Texas
Maxine Cammenga
United Pentecostal
15Th St
Ave. H
FOR Children
S. S
Rev. Cammenga
A. L. Cravens
Farnborough
England
Venus
Veronique Zuber
Veronique
Paris
Childress Office Supply
Nia
Sheaffer
Admiral
Sheaffer’s Statesman
Sheaffer’s Clipper
Saratoga
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