Rusk warns Soviet action could court disaster in Berlin
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned Friday that unilateral Soviet moves against West Berlin could court disaster. He urged negotiations based on constructive ground, noting channels of communication exist but not yet engaged. Khrushchev signaled openness to “businesslike talks” with the West, while Kennedy seeks groundwork for any summit.
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Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
Free World
West Berlin
Berlin
Rusk
U.S. Army Association
U.S
Khrushchev
Moscow
Nehru
Alledar
Kennedy
Army Association
George C. Marshall
John G. McCloy
United States
Europe
Sulzberger
New York Times
East Germany
Prisoners on Cuba Isle of Pines Desperate and Insane
AP reports a letter from 4,000 political prisoners on Cuba's Isle of Pines describes them as practically insane and desperate due to inactivity poor food and lack of medical care. The island is said to be guarded by Soviet artillery and guards threaten to blow up the prison if invaded. The letter was smuggled to Miami this week with the writer's name withheld for safety.
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Miami. Fla
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Miami
East Berlin Truck Driver Breaks Through Brandenburg Gate
Hans Boehm, 22, a state delivery driver from a Communist background, crashed a truck through the Brandenburg Gate into the British sector seeking escape from East Germany. Five others died attempting a similar crossing at Marienborn, while three more escaped via a Bernauerstrasse rope as hundreds cheered in West Berlin. Boehm said he fled to avoid communist rule and that his family remained Communist.
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East Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Hans Boehm
Boehm
West Germany
Marienborn
West
Helmstedt
Communist People’s
West Berlin
Unter den Linden
Red
Engineering Groups Plan Meetings in Fall Sessions
Three regional engineering bodies announce joint fall meetings with guest speakers. The Western Maryland Group at ASME, the Frederick Chapter of the Maryland Society of Professional Engineers, and the Chemical Engineers Club of Central Maryland will host a first joint gathering in the Blue and Gray room of the Francis Scott Key Hotel Monday at 8 pm. Brig. General Fred J. Delmore, US Army Chemical Corps, R and D Command, will speak on the corps research and development program. A social hour and dinner precede the meeting at 6 30 pm.
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Western Maryland
ASME
Frederick
Maryland Society of Professional Engineers
Chemical Engineers Club of
Central Maryland
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Fred J. Delmore
US Army Chemical Corp
Research and Development Command
Delmore
Chemical Corps
Army Chemical Center
Chemical and Radiological Laboratories
Biological Research Laboratories
Fort Detrick
Army Chemical Corps Board
U.S. Army Chemical Corps Research and Development Commmand
Eight Frederick County Navy recruits return to duty posts
Eight Frederick County Navy men on leave join posts of duty or training schools. Seaman Sonny Blank heads to Elyson Field Pensacola for six months then communications school at Great Lakes. Seaman Cook heads to Naval Radio School Norfolk. Derr to electronics technicians school Great Lakes. Holland to temporary duty in Philadelphia then instrument man’s school at Great Lakes. Abrecht to Bayonne then hospital corps training at Great Lakes. Rosensteel to Little Creek then Bainbridge radioman schooling. Eyler to San Diego then Trenton and Pensacola for radioman training.
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NAVY
Frederick County
Naval
James J Saul
Winchester Hall
Naval Recruiting Office
Sonny Blank
Edward Cook
Chief Saul
Jack Derr
Donald Holland
Wayne D. Abrecht
Robert Rosensteel
Gerald L. Eyler
Richard Crummitt
Seaman Blank
Harold FE. Blank Sr
Frederick
Elyson Naval Air Field
Pensacola
Florida
Communications Training Operators School
Seaman Cook
Charles F. Cook
Naval Radio School
Norfolk
Seaman Derr
John R. Derr
Electronics Technicians School
Great Lakes
Illinois
Seaman Holland
Charles Holland
Yellow Springs
Philadelphia
Naval Instrument Man's School
Seaman Abrecht
Clyde
Abrecht Jr
Bayonne
New Jersey
Naval Training Center
Hospital Corps Trang
Rosensteel
John Rosensteel
Little Creek
Bainbridge Naval Base
Eyler
Albert Redmondon
San Diego
California
Trenton
Preserving Point of Rocks Station Promised by Rail Line
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will make necessary repairs to the Point of Rocks passenger station. Vice president Lloyd W Baker cites financial limits and plans to fix windows roof and waiting room floor to improve occupancy. Ivan H Loucks of the Point of Rocks Ruritan Club confirms club satisfaction with promised improvements.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Point of Rocks
Lloyd W Baker
Ivan H Loucks
Loucks
Allies Question Khrushchev Berlin Stance
London and Paris reacted to Nikita Khrushchev's Berlin claims with disbelief. British and French officials pledged to uphold their positions even at the risk of war, while Italy voiced incredulity at the Soviet premier's assertions.
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London
Britain
France
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
New York Times
United States
Seventy Nine Jurors Drawn For Rees Jr. Case
SPOTSYLVANIA VA AP Names seventy nine Spotsylvania County residents drawn for possible jury duty in the Melvin Davis Rees Jr. trial. The large panel was ordered by Circuit Judge John D Butzner Jr. as the trial nears Sept 18. Defense motions to move or import outside jurors are set for next Thursday. The case involves the abduction and slaying of the Carroll V Jackson Jr. family. Judge Butzner will hear motions to exclude two items of evidence including notes of the Jackson family last hours and a .38 caliber pistol claimed as the murder weapon. Police study in Kuala Lumpur Malaya involves two Burmese policewomen aiding local force amid guerrilla problems.
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Spotsylvania, Va
Spotsylvania County
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
John D. Butzner Jr
Rees
Carroll V. Jackson Jr
Butzner
Jackson
Americans Are Drinking Less Milk
Washington AP reports per capita fluid milk consumption fell from 306 pounds in 1956 to 287 pounds in 1960 with a further decline likely this year. The Agriculture Department cites rising real incomes and aligned milk prices, noting changes in consumer tastes and fewer dairy farms as factors. Additional notes cover farm imports from Latin America, a large wheat crop outlook, and energy sales rising for rural electrification.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Foreign Agricultural Service
North America
Europe
Africa
Soviet Union
Asia
South America
Rural Electrification Administration
Electrification boosts rural power and farming methods
The report notes improved house lighting and increased use of outdoor yard lights due to electric service. Push-button farming aided efficiency as 4,766,931 farms and rural establishments were served in 1960, with nearly 97 percent of farms electrified. Funeral Monday for Wallace Reidt in Baltimore after illness. former Maryland official remembered by Gov. Tawes as a dedicated public servant. Theodore Francis Green, former senator and eldest Congress member at retirement, admitted to Jane Brown Hospital with heart block as he nears 94. Trinity Lutheran Churchwomen of Taneytown set September 13 meeting to discuss “In God’s Image.”
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Baltimore
Wallace Reidt
State Board of Parole and Probation
Reidt
Gov
Tawes
Maryland
Providence, RI
Theodore Francis Green
Congress
Jane Brown Hospital
Edward J. Higgins
Green
Pilotless CAP Plane Crashes After Two Hour Flight
A Civil Air Patrol two seat plane operated without a pilot crashed in an Illinois field after two hours aloft near Burlington Iowa. Captain Til Bumgardner 29 of the Burlington CAP squadron clung to the craft during its uncommanded flight before freeing and being treated for leg injuries at Mercy Hospital. The craft carried a full fuel load enough for about 2.4 hours of flight.
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Burlington
Towa
Civil Air Patrol
Iowa
Aledo
Til Doren Bumgardner
Burlington Cap Squadron
Municipal
Bumgardner
Mercy Hospital
Laser technology and sun powered laser research
The article explains laser basics and potential uses for high capacity communication. American Optical is investigating a sun powered laser using direct sunlight as power. The Wright Air Development Division awarded the contract for this study, with work conducted at the Southbridge Research Center.
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American Optical
Wright Air Development Division
Air Research and Development Command
Southbridge Research Center
Fall Fatal in Havre De Grace Trash Truck Incident
Bobby Joe Dotson 20 of Churchville died after falling from the rear of a trash truck Thursday and being struck by an oncoming car. He was pronounced dead at Harford Memorial Hospital.
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Havre DE Grace, Md
Bobby Joe Dotson
Churchville
Harford Memorial Hospital
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