Ex Border Guard Defects From East To West Berlin
Conrad Schumann, then a 21 year old East German border guard, leapt over barbed wire on August 15 1961 to flee to West Berlin. The AP photo by Peter Leibing made him a symbol of escape and he later found freedom in West Germany becoming a laborer, husband, and father.
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Krumbach
Germany
Conrad Schumann
West
Berlin
Schumann
Peter Leibing
Contpress
Hamburg
Associated Press
East Germany
West Berlin
RIAS
West Germany
Guenzburg
Ulm
Butts Action Regarded As Big Danger
Morris Ernst, a leading libel lawyer, warns that the $3,060,000 punitive damages awarded to football coach Wallace Butts for libel by Saturday Evening Post threatens press freedom. He argues such large damages could embargo national ideas and compares the issue to historical press restraint cases.
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New York
Morris Ernst
Wallace Butts
Saturday Evening Post
Ernst
Butts
John Peter Zenger
Doves Hoarders Sentenced In Kansas City Case
Joseph Aiuppa and Ray Palucca faced sentencing for possession and transportation of 563 mourning doves in violation of migratory game laws. Aiuppa and Palucca were convicted on two counts with a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $500 fine each. Aiuppa’s wife Angela and John Gariglietti were acquitted on all counts.
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Kansas City
Kan
Joseph Aiuppa
Chicago Crime Syndicate
Ray Palucca
Frontenac
Pittsburg
Kansas
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
Aiuppa
Palucca
Stanley
Area Scout Executive To New Post Sept 1
William Todd, Boy Scout executive for Douglas County's Pelathe District, promoted to executive of Naishara District covering southern Kansas City Kansas and Wyandotte County. The change on Sept 1 moves Robert White from Huron District to Pelathe District as executive. White, formerly with Sekan Council in Independence, Kansas, is married with two children. Pelathe executives operate from the council office in Kansas City.
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William Todd
Douglas County
Pelathe
Naishara
Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte County
Robert White
Huron
White
Sekan Council
Independence
July Revenues Set Kansas Pike Record for 1963
Kansas Turnpike reports July net revenues of 640 146 dollars covering 1 46 times interest for the best month in its history. Through July seven month net before interest stands at 3 319 552 dollars 1 08 times interest. Traffic reaches 543 083 vehicles in July with 470 833 cars and 72 250 commercial vehicles.
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Tollway
L. W. Newcomer
Newcomer
Don Symes
Kansas City Expressway
All But the Bee That Is Rachel Carson Defeats Bugs
A Pasadena pool tale mocks Silent Spring with a Daltons story. Dalton’s bee venom allergy leads to a faux ecological crisis as he admits using a poison labeled Rachel Carson. The narrator and Mrs. Dalton debate harmony with nature while a bee hovers above.
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All
Bee
Rachel Carson
Bugs
Rachel
Carson
Daltons
Dalton
Afrika Korps
Mrs. Dalton
Estate of Stephen Ward Reported at 4420 Pounds Net
Dr Stephen Ward left a net estate of 4420 pounds with provisional assessment at 14620 pounds after debts. Lawyer Joseph Jackson said the reduction came from settling outstanding debts. Ward, a central figure in the Profumo scandal, killed himself after the trial found him guilty of living on earnings of prostitutes.
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London
Stephen Ward
Joseph Jackson
Ward
John D. Profumo
Harold Macmillan
John Pickens Brake Service Front End Alignment
John Pickens Brake Service offers front end alignment and brake service at 624 Vermont, with phone contact 214-?1383. Local shop provides automotive care and alignment options for vehicles in the area.
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Vermont
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Letex Vo Peint
Fae Tees Chom. Ce
Kansas Pike
By Jack Smith
Earth
the Daltons
Los Angeles Times News Service
John Pickens
Woolmorths
Big Summer Toy Sale
Tek RS
Jet Airplane
Railread
Gilent
Moon Explorers
Woolworth's
Penney
Penney's
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