Polish Buying Spree Spurs East German Economic Tensions
Poles flood into East Germany seeking Western style goods and cheaper gasoline as travel rules loosen. East Germans cross into Poland with zlotys to swap for East marks, boosting cross border movement to over 12 million this year. The preferred destinations include Berlin outskirts, Goerlitz, and historic cities now renamed Szczecin Wroclaw and Gdansk.
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Berlin
East Germany
Poland
Oder-Neisse
East Berlin
Frankfurt On Oder
Goerlitz
Soviet Bloc
Stettin
Breslau
Danzig
Szczecin
Wroclaw
Gdansk
Poles Buy Big in East Berlin as Border Relaxation Widens
East Berlin shoppers including Poles with Eastmarks tour Centrum in Alexander Square for goods worth millions. Poles from former German territories fill stores buying rubber shoes, bras, and refrigerators, signaling economic unrest and a spillover of consumer demand from the West.
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East Berlin
People’s Army
Wehrmacht
Centrum
Alexander Square
East German Demand Shifts Cash to Antiques Bohemian Goods
East Germans view the weak zloty and limited East German currency exchange as a brake on cross border spending. They buy lasting items like Bohemian glass and barter for beer and dairy, with innkeepers reporting sharp income spikes during a border wave this year.
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Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Dresden
Youth Identified in Oklahoma City Shooting Death
Police identify 17 year old Joe Carter of Oklahoma City as the youth shot to death by a grocer Saturday morning in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Joe Carter
OCS Cadets Help Repair Center for Handicapped Children
Fort Sill Officer Candidate Battalion cadets from B Battery assisted the Comanche County Center for Handicapped Children in Lawton with maintenance. Fifty nine candidates washed windows painted rooms did repair work and built a wheelchair ramp for students.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Fort Sill
B Battery
Jumble Across a Folding Bed Puzzle Clues
A compact list of crossword style clues covering across and down entries. Includes references to Laredo county Davis lily maid of Astolat and other terms like Margarine and Icelandic epic work for solution pairing and letter associations.
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Laredo’s County
Davis
Spain
Mariner's
Margaret
England
Baseball Club & Commodities
Husband of Titania
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Praine
Hay
Warsaw
Socialist Solidarity
Sermary
S. Sheridan
Mexico
Ving
Ross
Cache Rd
Okla
Wats
Gerard Herbert
Quang Tri
Herbert
An Loc
Dad
Kathy
Tina
Charlie Brown
Garber
Nsanteh
Talian Restaurant
N. Sheridan Rd
Ft. Sill
Greece
Italy
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