Conrads Leap to Freedom Becomes Icon of Berlin Flight
Conrad Schumann, one of the first East German border guards to defect after the 1961 border closure, recalls his leap over barbed wire into West Berlin. He declares he is free, works as a bottling plant laborer, and now supports a wife and 11 month old son Erich in a modest West German home.
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Kruembach
Germany
Conrad Schumann
Berlin
Schumann
East Germany
West Berlin
RIAS
West
East
Guenzburg
Ulm
Erich
Meissen
Saxony
Gunda
Transfer of Scna mann Across Occupation Zones
West Berlin police handed Scna mann to military authorities of Berlin's French sector who then passed him to the Americans. He was flown to West Germany where officials at a refugee camp secured him employment.
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West Berlin
Scnamann
Berlin
West Germany
State Fair Opens Gates With Record Crowds Expected
The 110th Ohio State Fair opened for an 11 day run through Labor Day with Youth Day activities and warm sunny weather forecast. Gov. Rhodes led sunrise ribbon-cutting as Miss Hawaii 1962 Patricia Anderson attended. Beverly Hillbillies stars drew crowds at the 8000 seat grandstand.
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Columbus
Ohio
The
Beverly Hillbillies
Donna
Elly
James A. Rhodes
Patricia Lei Anderson
Hawaii
Farmer of America
Future
Homemakers of America
Heavyweight Defendant Pleads Guilty In Federal Drug Case
Charles E. Kinsey, 43, owner of Tiny's Truck Stop at Oceola Ohio, weighs 585 pounds requiring a hand truck and two freight elevators to reach the third floor courtroom where he pleaded guilty to selling pep pills to truck drivers. Judge James C. Connell deferred sentence pending a probation report. Kinsey released on $500 bond. Kinsey claimed he once weighed 880 pounds but has slimmed down.
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Cleveland
Kinsey
Honeymoon Split Across Dormitories at Vegetarian Camp
Maurice and Sylvia Clark, newlyweds, spend their honeymoon in separate dormitories at a vegetarian youth camp in Chigwell England. He shares a cabin with 19 men while she stays in the girls hut. Sylvia notes they booked before their wedding but chose to come anyway.
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Chigwell
England
Maurice
Sylvia Clark
Sylvia
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