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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1961
Page
3
The P and O line luxury liner Canberra made her maiden call at a United States port, docking in Honolulu with 1,102 passengers aboard and dignitaries aboard to greet the event.
The Defense Department announced an eight hundred thousand man Army draft call for August to restore the force to seventy thousand authorized strength. Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric testified that the August draft is the highest since last December and will push total inductees since September 1990 to over 102 million.
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle declares the West must resist Soviet demands on Berlin. He warns of a potential international crisis and urges rapid arming, partly funded by temporary peace measures. He emphasizes stricter French military service and drafts as key steps amid Russia pressure.
A fragment indicates a gram beginning in September but provides no details or specifics, leaving the outcome and scope unclear. The brief lacks names, dates, places, or actions to anchor a fuller summary.
East German radio accused West Germany of flying in two full army divisions to West Berlin using civilian airliners to provoke East Germany. West Berlin denies troop presence and warns of consequences if crisis escalates, while Allied corridors remain guarded under four power terms.
West Berlin faced a security crisis as Chancellor Konrad Adenauer traveled behind a patrol to visit the city. He urged Berliners to vote on the future of their city while a 1Y hour conference with the Berlin Senate discussed a possible referendum. The Bonn government signaled a peace-treaty linkage to a free German government and to Soviet readiness for talks.
West German Chancellor Adenauer assured German and Allied leaders at Tempelhof Airport that his visit would demonstrate the close ties between West Berlin and West Germany amid rising tensions surrounding the isolated city. He arrived aboard a U.S. Air Force plane.
An advertisement touts FABTEETH powder that allegedly improves the fit of upper or lower plates. It promises to prevent sliding rocking or slipping, reduces gummy pasty feel, and claims a sour odor check. Sold at drug counters.
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