East German Police Shoot Refugee At Berlin Wall
East German police shot and killed a refugee entangled in barbed wire atop the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie. Witnesses saw three shots from railroad property as the victim, about 50, fell into the East sector and was taken away. The incident unfolded amid U.S. and Soviet maneuvering over armored escort routes to the Soviet memorial in the British sector.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
Charlie
West Berlin
U.S
Checkpoint Charlie
Peter Fechter
Soldiers at checkpoint near West Berlin war memorial
Soldiers Lt. Rodziony from Cleveland Ohio and Pvt. Frank Flint of Denver guard a checkpoint en route to a Russian war memorial in West Berlin. A car passes in the background as the crossing is normally manned by West Berlin police.
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Thhe
Fechter
West
U.S
West Berlin
Sandkrug Bridge
War Memorial
Brandenburg Gate
Sandkrug
Rodziony
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Flint
Denver
Tax Bill Battle Resumes in Senate Amid Amendments
The Senate resumes debate on President Kennedy’s tax revision bill with over 80 amendments pending. Leaders aim to reduce floor fights and finish the 392 page measure, while fights continue on expense deduction limits and foreign earnings taxes. A key issue is a self employed pension plan proposal favored by doctors and lawyers and opposed by the Kennedy administration.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Robert S. Kerr
Dokla
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
LeMay talks focused energy weapons could change war
Air Force Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay discusses focused energy weapons that could travel at light speed to intercept missiles overseas. He argues such advances might shift offense defense balance, potentially preventing war if kept wisely, and notes science is probing light and heat energy beams.
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Washington
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
LeMay
Space
Air Force Magazine
Death Toll Rises After Iran Quake Toll Over Four Thousand
Weeping workers and relief teams combed ruins as Iran faced its worst quake in 70 years. Official toll surpassed 4,000 with estimates up to 10,000 dead and innumerable injured. Aid pours in including U S airlift of blankets tents and hospital units.
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Dan-Isfahan
Iran
Red Cross
U. S
Germany
Tasmaim Needle straEted
Cond
Record Labor Day traffic toll tops previous marks
The National Safety Council reports at least 500 traffic deaths over the 78 hour Labor Day weekend ending last midnight, plus 22 boating fatalities 57 drownings and 97 miscellaneous deaths for a total of 676. The toll exceeds the 1951 records and may rise further with late reports. An AP survey counted 256 traffic deaths 43 boating 54 drownings and 85 miscellaneous for 438 in a non holiday period.
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National Safety Council
Council
Associated Press
Guerrillas Stall Force Advances Around Algiers
Rebel guerrillas halt a column of Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella’s regulars south of Algiers and repulse another eastward in heavy fighting. Dozens killed as Ben Bella defenses push toward Oued Djenane and Brazza while guerrilla reinforcements move south from the capital.
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Andrew Borowiec
Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Brazza
Berrouaghia
Wilaya No. 4
Wilaya No. 3
Kabylie
Casbah
Medea
Soviet U2 violation charged with threats of retaliation
Moscow accuses a U2 of violating the frontier over Sakhalin on Aug 30 and warns of retaliatory measures if repeated. Tass says the note, delivered to John McSweeney, cites past Powers 1960 events and asks Washington for a clear answer.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Sakhalin Island
Japan
Washington
White House
Giorgi Pushkin
U. S
John M. McSweeney
Tass
McSweeney
Defense Dept Looks Into Red Complaint
A Defense Department spokesman said the department is investigating a Soviet charge that a U2 reconnaissance plane flew over Sakhalin Island last Thursday. He stated they are unaware of the situation but it is under investigation, and noted no change in policy after the Powers case. The White House offered no immediate comment.
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Tassi
Francis Gary Powers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
Sakhalin Island
White House
Negroes Enter Catholic Schools in New Orleans
In New Orleans today Negro school children entered white Catholic elementary and high schools marking the first parochial desegregation in the archdiocese. About a dozen at St. Leo the Great, two at St. Mary of the Angels, and two at Mater Dolorosa began integration. no incidents were reported.
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New Orleans
Archdiocese of
St. Leo the Great
St. Mary of the Angels
Mater Dolorosa
Joseph Pyzikiewicz
Louisiana
B. J. Gaillot Jr
Joseph Francis Rummel
Albany schools bar Negro pupils in first intake
In Albany Georgia fourteen Black students attempted to enroll at Albany High and others at a junior high and a vocational school but were directed to the superintendent as assignments for the term were already fixed. Integration leaders vowed to pursue court action if needed. Police lined the streets and a Ku Klux Klan rally warned of mass resistance.
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Albany, Ga
Albany High
J. J. Cordell
W. G. Anderson
Laurita
Anderson
Board of Education
Georgia
Calvin F. Craig
Cordell
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North Carolina
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