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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1961
Page
1
A finder is urged to contact authorities to return a pocketbook raincoat and other items lost near Shannon. The note mentions plane travel from Teeland to Nice and a visit by Princess Grace and her children, with a cryptic reference to Treland and Monaco.
UPI reports American officials dismissed East German protests over US military drills in West Berlin. A spokesman said the United States would not respond to what it called a piece of effrontery, stressing Washington only recognizes Soviet occupation authorities and will keep 5000-4 troops in training to keep defenders ready.
Khrushchev blends campaigning rhetoric with policy moves as he prepares for the October Communist Party congress. He proclaims the Soviet Union has overtaken rivals and tightens pressure on West Berlin and West Germany while signaling a separate peace with East Germany by year’s end.
Vice President Johnson, speaking at the dedication of a new jet age terminal at an international airport, warned Nikita Khrushchev that he would make a tragic mistake if he underestimates America’s obligation to the people of West Berlin. He said Russia bears responsibility for new international tension.
Twenty more civil rights activists were jailed in Jackson raising total detentions to 164 in five weeks. The group, including eleven Black and nine White demonstrators from the West Coast, arrived by train from New Orleans and walked into the department store detention area at the depot amid ongoing protests.
A brief classified style notice advertises a business opportunity under the tag Light Want with reference CAG-1231. It invites readers to pursue a quick takers approach and to consider engaging with the offer through the ad section.
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