28 Oct 1961
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1961
Page
1
A 1960 Soviet pamphlet selling for about a dime advises citizens to emerge from shelters after seven days and wash all items including livestock. It outlines building simple shelters, using cellars, trench concepts, and washing a cow before fallout. Foreign observers find no real shelters in Moscow.
Berlin watchers observe a tense stand off along Friedrichstrasse as 10 Soviet tanks face 5 U S Patton tanks in a no man’s land near East and West Berlin. East Berlin police herd civilians away amid the glare of searchlights. Tourists and residents glimpse the standoff with restrained nerves as buses navigate the line.
The United Nations General Assembly urged the Soviet Union to cancel its October 31 nuclear test, passing the resolution 87 to 11 with one abstention. The Soviets signaled they would reject the appeal, while brinkmanship and strong bloc voting defined the session led by eight sponsor nations.
Soviet and American tanks pulled back from the 200 yard frontier after a tense night near Checkpoint Charlie. Within hours the U S deployed two C47 aircraft over East Berlin to assert Western air rights, while East German authorities eased border checks. A sightseeing bus crossed into East Berlin with 22 officers aboard, and a Soviet car faced jeering West Berliners before resuming its round trip. Western and Soviet pilots then circled East Berlin to test air corridors as protests and negotiations loom.
Washington Oregon will see a drift of radioactive ash from Monday's Soviet nuclear detonation. Weather Bureau and Health Service officials say no immediate health action or alarm is needed as debris largely stays in the stratosphere with limited tropospheric fallout.
In Berlin Soviet and American tanks face off at the sector border while Khrushchev signals readiness for low level talks with Western representatives. He may drop the December deadline on East German peace treaty and pursue negotiations to ease the crisis.
Lexington police say the murder of Betty Gail Brown 19 a Transylvania University honor student remains unexplained after interviews yield no motive. The body was found in her car near a campus office with strangulation suspected. Detective D D Duckworth reports 10 detectives on the case and ongoing searches for the killer.
The United States appears to favor diplomacy over armed incursions into East Berlin as it seeks a settlement to the Berlin border dispute. Officials indicate possible restrictions on armed civilian escorts and emphasize intergovernmental talks with Britain and France.
Washington reports say Prime Minister Nehru will meet President Kennedy in New York and Cape Cod to discuss U S impatience with India's UN stance on an uncontrolled moratorium on nuclear tests. Officials warn such a moratorium could jeopardize security for the United States, India, and others.
Sunday Enterprise previews features on the Old Melrose Home atop the Trinity hill built 1845 to 1847 now housing Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morgan with Braxton Younts detailing its history and current view. A health club story by Bonnie Moore profiles the Thomasville club run by a blind couple, growing toward self support. A special editorial-page report analyzes the transformed House of Krupp and its postwar image.
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