West Berlin’s Recovery Amazes readers and observers
West Berlin appears as a vibrant enclave inside the Soviet zone, contrasting East Berlin’s decay. Leon Dennen notes thriving industry and culture on the Western side, while East Berlin shows ruins, propaganda, and privileged Red elites. He links freedom in West Berlin to hopes for German unity.
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Assn
Berlin
NEA
West Berlin
Red Empire
East Berlin
Stalinallee
Germany
Alexander Platz
East
Red
Communist Party
East Berliiner
East Germany
Khrushchev
Delphey Narrow Escape At Potomac Regatta
Julien P Delphey of Frederick escaped drowning after his boat overturned on the Potomac near Williamsport during a regatta He freed himself and returned to race in The Bluejay a 1412 foot plywood runabout built by his father and Ralison LeGore of Woodsboro He won third prize in the final four lap race for boats with unlimited motors as thousands watched from the riverbank
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Julien P. Delphey
Frederick
Willamsport
Julien
J. Paul Delphey
Ralison LeGore
Woodsboro
Delphey
Frederick County
Maryland
Washington
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Kenneth Mobley
Wilson Place
Potomac Fish and Game Association
George Keeney
Walkersville
del They
Edward Mobley Jr
Norman Wright
Seneca
Montgomery County
Elmer Bartlett
Ballenger Creek Pike
Thurmont Woman Injured In Virginia Auto Crash
Two Thurmont women were seriously injured Sunday evening in a Route 15 crash half a mile south of the Maryland line in Virginia. Mrs. Dorothy M Linton and Mrs. Hazel M Heatherly were admitted to Loudoun County Hospital in Leesburg. The driver of the pickup, Charles L Coates, was cited for reckless driving. Coates and Rudy Williams had minor injuries. The 1961 Ford sedan and 1959 Ford pickup sustained about $800 and more in damages respectively. The time was about 4:20 p.m.
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Maryland
Virginia
Loudoun County
Leesburg
Dorothy M Linton
Fairfax
Hazel M. Heatherly
RFD
Thurmont
H. E. McNeal
Linton
Charles L. Coates
RFD 4
McNeal
Coates
Ford
Heatherly
Rudy Willams
Gangland Vengeance and Related Local court News
Richard Blaney, key witness in a 1959 Pottsville burglary case, was killed by a bomb in Philadelphia on his 27th birthday. Lillian Reis, 21, awaits trial in September as the alleged mastermind. two others were questioned and released. The report ties Blaney’s death to gangland violence while noting other legal actions and local economic figures.
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Richard Blaney
Pottsville
Philadel
Phia
Lillian Reis
NEA Telephoto
Blaney
Vincent
No Strike Pledge Brings Results At Cape Canaveral
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg reports major gains in preserving labor management peace at U S missile and space bases. He urges continued production and promises a monthly Kennedy administration report on the no strike no lockout policy. Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded For jet propulsion space flight studies at Princeton Caltech and Columbia.
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Cape Canaveral. Fla
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
Goldberg
Kennedy
Saturn
Titan
Senate
Cape Canaveral
New York
Guggenheim
Daniel and
Florence Guggenheim
Frederick Chamber reports mixed signals on economy
The Frederick Chamber of Commerce released a monthly report showing a five percent rise in local postal receipts in July and a nine percent gain in bank clearing, alongside a 17 percent drop in freight car loadings and a 74 percent jump in county and city building permits signaling near doubling of construction. Unemployment rose 16 percent by mid July as a seasonal spike, though not signaling recession. Building permits reached a monthly record of 507,454, with total new construction this year climbing to 3,397,560 in Frederick County. Bank activity and post office receipts fluctuated, with bank totals up nine percent year over year and post office receipts down for June.
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Frederick
Chamber
Frederick County
Frederick Post Office
Dulles Retirement Confirmed by White House
Washington AP reports the White House states Allen W. Dulles will retire as CIA director by year end. No comment on successor amid circulating Newsweek claims that Fowler Hamilton may take over in October.
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Washington
White House
Allen W. Duiles
Central Intelligence Agency
Pierre Salinger
Dulles
Salinger
Fowler Hamilton
Wall Street
Newsweek Magazine
Hamilton
Intelligence
CIA
Fire crews battle truck blaze on Pennsylvania Turnpike
A corrected report states Middletown fire company crews played a major role in quickly controlling a truck fire on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Pittsburgh. Keller said the men rallied all possible assistance, risking their safety and tearing clothing to prevent serious damage.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pittsburgh
Middletown Company
Keller
Thiokol Hunts For Site For Rocket Plant
Thiokol Corp seeks a multimillion dollar plant site to build larger solid fuel booster engines for the space program. Survey teams visited about 80 sites nationwide including Texas, the Carolinas, and Alabama as Air Force contract award looms within 90 days. The firm already operates 13 other plants in eight states, with executive offices in Bristol, Pennsylvania.
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Bristol
Thiokol Corp
United States
Texas
Carolinas
Alabama
Air Force
Thiokol
Elkton
Airman Arrested in Hillsdale and Langley Park Robberies
An airman from Andrews Air Force Base, Arman Trurd Class Arnold G. Sline, 19, was arrested at his mother's home after two weeks missing. He allegedly robbed a Hillandale shop on July 19, attempted a Langley Park apartment manager holdup, stabbed her, then struck a cab driver with a hammer and stabbed him after taking a taxi from a bus station.
GOP names Warner and Herman to RNC posts in staff reorg
Washington dispatch reports William E. Miller elevates William S. Warner to executive director of the Republican National Committee and Albert B. Herman to director of political organization, with Warner noted as longtime GOP Congressional Campaign Committee official and successor to Hal Short. In Rome a UN FAO yearbook cites 160 million pigs in mainland China, the highest globally, up 21 million.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
William E. Miller
New York
William S. Warner
Albert B. Herman
Warner
GOP
Congressional Campaign Committee
Valparaiso
Ind
Hal E. Short
Herman
Nationalities
Rome
Communist
China
New
U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization
Bank Suit and Naval Plant Plans Shape Maryland News
Louis R. Milo, a suspended Baltimore lawyer, sues First National Bank for half a billion dollars over alleged credit errors that led to his suspension. In Washington, Sen Beall urges Naval Weapons Plant to maintain full capacity amid looming closures to protect military readiness.
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Baltimore
Louis R. Milo
First National Bank
Milio
Baltimore Bar Association
Washington
J. Glenn Beall
R - Md
John B. Connally
Secretary of the Navy
Beall
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Jefferson
Elmer K Foland
RFD 7
Hong Kong
Loyang
Yellow River
New China News Agency
Towson
Baltimore County Board of Election Supervisors
Howard H. Tregoning, Jr
Vinewood
Price Co
Maurice W. Baldwin
Board of Election Supervisors
Arthur B. Price Jr
Duiles
Russell Keller
Middletown Fire Company
Coblentz & Main
Exclusively Insurance
North Court Street
Europe
South American
North and
Central America
Soviet Union
Eastview Development
Rosemont Ave
Shookstown Rd
C. S
Sam) Tregoning
Shop Penney’s
Kaempf & Harris
Service
Glass & Mirror
East Street
Family Credit
Péchévre
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
North Market St
West Frederick Branch
West Patrick and
West South Sts
E. Ray Wachter Photo Center
South Market St
Eastern All Metal
Kehne Furniture Co
Carload
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