Doctor Flees East Berlin for West Berlin in Open Border Crisis
A Charite Hospital doctor Ernst Lehnardt recounts fleeing East Berlin with his wife and child after the border closure on Aug 18. He describes life under communism, labor shortages, and a desperate dash through Brandenburg Gate, aided by courage and a final leap to freedom in West Berlin.
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Ernst Lehnhardt
East Belin
Charite Hospital
West Berlin
Associated Press
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West
East Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
People's Police
No Family To Go Home To
Judith Maguire was to return home with her husband and four children when authorities learned the Maguire family tragedy. Wilfred Maguire, 33, killed the three older children with a cord, then abducted 6 year old Danny and crashed into a stalled stock truck on Interstate 29. Both Maguire and Danny died. Investigators linked a note about troubles and a February traffic accident to the case.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Judith Maguire
Wilfred i. Maguire
Mary Frances
Floyd
William
Maguire
Danny
A. L. Sciortino
Charge French With Atrocities At Bizerte Battle
Tunisian government accuses France of summary executions and mass killings during last month’s battle for the Bizerte naval base, including many women. France denies the charges of atrocities.
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Tunis
France
Bizerte
Jewelry Heist Hits Jaccard Firm in Kansas City
AP reports an estimated 100000 dollars in jewelry and cash stolen from the Twin Oaks apartments home of Helene Kent Jaccard widow of E Gilbert Jaccard vice president of Jaccard Jewelry Corporation. Thieves forced entry while she was away. Missed stocks bonds and some jewelry in two dressers.
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Kansas City
Scott Jaccard
Jaccard
E. Gilbert Jaccard
Helene Kent
Jaccard Jewelry Cor
Poration
Walter B. Jaccard
Twin Oaks
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Saffron Glass CO
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Roy Clark
American Institute
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