Khrushchev’s Berlin Gate Move Foreseeable Risks
Premier Khrushchev justified closing East German gates to West Berlin as twofold gains. He feared draining skilled refugees and aimed to split Allied unity while risking a new Berlin crisis. Allies showed solidarity, signaling possible economic sanctions, but support for action remains uncertain amid East German volatility.
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Washington
Khrushchev
West Berlin
West
East Germany
East Berlin
Berlin
Four Die as Gravel Truck Crashes Into Autos North of Ashland Ohio
An out of control gravel truck on U S 250 crashed into two cars two miles north of Ashland Ohio killing four people and injuring four others. Victims include Mrs Juanita Naomi Goodfellow 31 of Sisterville West Virginia and her 9 year old son Daniel Joseph plus Elmer Lloyd Bud Davidson 33 of Savannah Ohio and Lester Dean Butler 21 visiting relatives in New Pittsburgh Wayne County.
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Ashland
Ohio
U.S. 250
Here
Gendana Wree
Sisterville
W. Va
Juanita Naomi Goodfellow
Daniel Joseph
Elmer Lloyd
Bud Davidson
Savannah
Lester Dean Butler
Tavares Lake
Fla
New Pittsburgh
Wayne County
Goodfellows
Butler
Davidson
Homesick jailbird pleads to return to Atlanta
Dayton AP. Stanley A. Gee 55 pleaded homesickness at arraignment before U S Commissioner Robert Snell on charges of stealing a letter from a mailbox. Gee turned himself in to postal inspectors, bound to a federal grand jury, and jailed in county custody on a $500 bond, hoping to be sent home to Atlanta where he has served three terms in the federal penitentiary.
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Dayton
Ohio
Stanley A. Gee
U. S
Robert Snell
Gee
Snell
Atlanta
Wartime surrender marked in Japan with memorial services
Japan marked the 16th anniversary of its World War II surrender with Buddhist and Christian services for war dead across many regions. There was no official national observance.
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Tokyo
API
Japan
East Berlin militiaman flees to West Berlin
An East Berlin factory militiaman in uniform with helmet on belt escaped to the West as the East West border closed Sunday. Police say he slipped to the border behind an advertising sign and ran, throwing his cap and shouting, Thank God, now I'm free.
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Berlin
East Berlin
San Leandro Cuts Tax Rate Again
San Leandro California city council cut the tax rate for the 14th straight year. The rate fell from $1.20 to $1.18 per $10 assessed valuation, continuing a long trend that began in 1948 when the town had 26 442 residents and a rate of $1.98.
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San Leandro
Calif
California
Chuckle: A Man's Body Becomes Very Sensitive
A humorous line notes a man who is extremely sensitive to touch. A pat on his back makes his head swell, presenting a playful misfit of physical reaction for comic effect.
Allies Near Agreement On Penalizing Commies
Washington reports say the United States Britain France and West Germany neared agreement on retaliatory steps against East Germany for sealing off West Berlin to refugees. Proposals include banning East German travel to the West and suspending trade with East Germany, with allies weighing formal protests to the Soviet Union as the crisis dominates a State Department briefing.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
Asst
Foy D. Kohler
State Department
Dean Rusk
Berlin
U.S
Soviet Union
East Berlin
West Plans To Protest Red Moves
London reports Western commandants in Berlin will file written protests to Soviet authorities over Communist restrictions. The British, U.S. and French governments are coordinating the protest, aiming for prompt action. The spokesman declined to discuss Konrad Adenauer's remark about possible trade cuts with the Soviet bloc.
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West
London
Berlin
Foreign Office
U.S
Konrad Adenauer
Weather forecast with warm for tonight and Wednesday
The forecast calls for mostly fair skies with a low of 63 tonight and a high of 86 on Wednesday. An outside chance of a shower late tomorrow afternoon. The official Monday high reached 85 at 4 pm with an overnight low around today’s early morning hour.
Credit Cards in Franciscans and Capitolese Talk
Canadian Franciscans carry credit cards though vowing poverty. Sen. Stephen M Young sends a Capitolese guide to constituents clarifying phrases like I was up the hill. A 20 foot cruiser The Drifter drifted 44 hours before Coast Guard rescue. City officials beat media in San Luis Obispo 8 7 in a game, prompting Mayor Clay Davidson to quip You cant fight City Hall.
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City Hall
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Clay Davidson
Boat For Airliner U.S. Cuba Meet For Plane Swap
The United States and Cuba plan a swap exchanging a 40 foot patrol boat for an Eastern Airlines propjet. The Cuban crew will take the boat to Key West and return it to Fidel Castro's government. The deal follows notes between the two nations and aims to show national unity amid a break in diplomacy. Harris & Co. sought to attach the boat to satisfy a $429,000 judgment but later withdrew. The hijacked plane remains in Havana with the gainer and a Mexican request seeks Cadon for trial.
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Miami, Fla
United States
Cuba
Eastern Air Lines
ANAL
Guesivare
Miami
Pan American World Airways
Havana
Key West
Fidel Castro
Florida
U.S
Castro
Harris & Co
Harris
Erwin Harris
State Department
EAL
Tampa
New Orleans
Dallas
Wilfredo Roman Oquendo
Mexico
Cuna
Charles Albert Cadon
Cadon
Rayburn Sees Good Aid Bill Passing
Rayburn forecasts passage of a "pretty good" foreign aid bill as Kennedy details strategy at the White House breakfast. Senate action centers on Hickenlooper amendments demanding annual congressional review and spending limits, amid broader fights over Treasury borrowing for Kennedy's $8.8 billion five year development loan program.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Kennedy
Senate
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Congressional Committee
Treasury
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hickenlooper
Western nations seek Cuba exclusion from Alliance for Progress
At the Inter-American Economic Conference in Punta del Este the United States and others push to bar Fidel Castro's regime from the Alliance for Progress. The charter for a 10 year, 20 billion development plan faces signing as debates over a shortened version continue. The outcome hinges on Cuba and Ernesto Guevara's participation.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
United States
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Latin America
Cuba
Alliance For Progress
Ernesto Guevara
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Padres
By Pierce Lehmbeck
Associated Press
Ficial
Irenaeus Herscher
O.F.M
Franciscan Education Conference
Loretto
America
Stephen M. Young
Young
Capitol
Thomas Chittick
Sunset Beach
Chittick
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Bill Rankin
Surfside
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Coast Guard
Charles R. Ashmann
Rayburn
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Bar Castro
Pedro Beltran
Peru
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