Soviet tanks arrive in East Berlin amid border tensions
Reports from New York dateline describe Soviet and East German guards blocking curiosity as about 30 Soviet tanks enter East Berlin near Kreuzberg. U S Patton tanks are stationed near the boundary to assert access rights, while British Centurion tanks and armor move toward the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin amid ongoing Cold War show of force.
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Dutougn
Kreuzberg
U.S
Brandenburg Gate
West Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
United States
Americans Press Berlin Blockade With Armored Probes
The report details tense checks at the Friedrichstrasse crossing as U.S. British and Soviet forces posture in Berlin. Western allies claim free access rights while East German authorities and Vopos tighten controls on foreign visitors and their movements.
Condemned man resigned to fate as 34th month passes
Bailey reports the condemned man seems resigned saying he is ready to go and apologizes for the crime. Matthew Bass died in the gas chamber on December 5, 1958 after being convicted of raping a white woman in a Raleigh insurance building. Boykin, linked to the shotgun slaying of Lena Barnes, whose body was found December 24 in a Rose Hill farm basement, had his appeal denied by the State Supreme Court. A watch belonging to Mrs. Barnes surfaced in Boykin’s possession when arrested in Teachey on Christmas Day.
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Raleigh
Boykin
Lena T.barnes
Rose Hill
State Supreme Court
Mary Faircloth
Apollo Saturn V Launch Marks Key NASA Milestone
NASA officials described lunar mission plans around the Saturn V as the rocket fired for about 109 seconds with the four in board engines burning 115 seconds. Dr Kurt Debus warned of ideal success at 60 seconds, while Saturn project chief Richard Canright cited a 30 percent chance of complete success and 70 to 80 percent for achieving main objectives.
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Moon
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NASA
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Study on Erection of Duplexes in High Point
High Point zoning board deferred action on J F Wilsons plan to erect two duplexes on Ennis Street between Redding and Tryon Streets. The board will study lot size requirements as Wilson also plans to sell the lots and no detailed building plans exist. The session approved two other requests: H M Simmons to cover a grease pit at his service station at Kivett Drive and Grand Avenue, and M E Turner to add a car port with a side yard variance.
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High Point Zoning Board of Adjustment
J. F. Wilson
Ennis Street
Redding
Tryon
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Kivett Drive
Grand Avenue
M. E. Turner
Asbill Street
Unborn Soviet Children and Mutation Risk Warned
Carlile warned that unborn Soviet children face mutation risk from radiation. He noted possible outcomes include spontaneous abortions and stillbirths with occasional superhuman mutations, while experts say current exposure stays below cancer thresholds though margins of error remain for long term, multi generation effects.
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Senator Ervin Warns On Supreme Court Power
Sen Ervin warned that a majority on the Supreme Court could reinterpret the Constitution whenever a sitting or new justice shifts the bench. He said such power would render the document uncertain and harmful to government stability and the freedom of millions who are not bound by court rulings.
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Supreme Court
Fallout Cloud Path Skews From Earlier Calculations
Weather officials said Soviet fallout moved faster than forecasts and would not blanket Northwest Canada or Alaska. Experts stressed readings depend on wind shifts and most debris entered the stratosphere, with limited tropospheric fallout likely for months.
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Canada
Alaska
Weather Bureau
Machta
California
Misleading report on Tennessee fallout shelters
Civil Defense official Lt. Col. James L. O'Connell says last week's claim that 90 percent of Tennessee shelters were inadequate came from inspecting only 30 of an estimated 5,000. He notes the 30 were chosen because owners questioned contractor work. Clerical error is cited as the cause.
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Nashville
O'Connell
Protests traded over border situation between East and West
In Moscow a clash over Berlin border checks escalated as U S envoy Thompson and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko exchanged protests. Britain’s practice of issuing IDs was cited, while the United States and France objected, highlighting four power control of movement in the divided city.
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United States
Soviet Union
West Berlin
U.S
Llewlelyn Thompson
Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Thompson
AMA President Warns on Cancer Quacks in Speech
New York AP report notes AMA President Dr. Leonard W. Larson urging the public to learn to spot cancer quacks. He cites the association’s investigation files on nostrums gadgets and proposed drugs as basis for a clear picture of the quack.
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American Medical Association
AMA
Department of Investigation
Leonard W. Larson
American Cancer Society
Rio Grande Remains Texas Southern Boundary Since 1848
The Rio Grande has defined Texas southern border since the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War, marking a lasting geographic and political boundary between the two nations.
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Texas
Guadalupe Hidalgo
United States
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