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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1961
Page
6
Read how a home soda fountain sparked summertime fun for kids and families. The guide explains affordable setup, basic equipment, and simple recipes using frozen fruit juice concentrates to make eye catching frosty sodas at home.
Senate and House conferees reached final agreement on an interstate highway bill. They retained a Senate provision extending two years the bonus payments to states that control interstate billboards. The compromise includes raising 11.56 billion over 11 years via extension of the federal gasoline tax and truck tire taxes. The measure also allows federal cost sharing for road repairs to missile bases. Final House vote is expected early next week.
James Marlow reviews how East and West Berlin became a flashpoint from postwar division to Khrushchev threats. The piece traces Allied governance, access routes, blockades, and the evolving standoff that could pull the world toward crisis before 1961 ends. United States Britain France and Soviet actions shaped the city’s fate amid Cold War tensions.
Khrushchev says Western access rights are outdated and handing control to East Germans would not change much. The West counters the Soviets have not sought to retain the right to intervene. He hints at a conference to settle the Berlin issue, with East German control by 1961 seen as unlikely before year end.
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