Refugees Flee East Germany in Westward Exodus
West German officials report East German refugees fleeing to West Berlin at nearly 1000 per day. Weekly total rose to 3737, up about 2000 from the prior week as fear of a separate peace treaty grows and unemployment strains the East. The exodus drains East Germany of skilled workers and weakens its manpower.
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Bonn
Germany
UPI
West Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
Marienfelde
Budapest
Poznan
Poland
Russia
Scottsdale Players Draw Large Crowd
Near capacity crowd filled the agebrush Theater for last nights performance by the ottsdale Players of three short plays. Curtain time is 8 30 pm. Admission is free to members, $1 to non members at 315 FE Second St. Knitzler's Christmas Shopping O Henry Tobin Palm and William Saroyan Hello Outere are the three plays.
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Agebrush Theater
Theottsdale Players
Second St
Knitzler
O. Henry
Tobin Palm
William Saroyan
Weary Firemen Battle 400 Fires In California
Weary firefighters fought more than 400 lightning sparked fires in northern California as blazes spread hourly. A smoker blamed for a major fire charred 3,000 acres of grass brush and oaks 36 miles northeast of Fresno, threatening a 50,000 acre timber stand on Rodgers Ridge. Seven borate tanker planes dropped 60,000 gallons in a daylong effort hampered by steep terrain.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Fresno
Rodgers Ridge
Borate
Communists Plan Autumn Summit in Moscow
Diplomatic sources say international Communist leaders will hold a Red summit in Moscow this autumn. The gathering may coincide with the Soviet party congress in late October or occur just afterward. Two aims: align policy before a Berlin showdown or East West talks on the divided city, and review ideological conflict in world communism.
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London
UPS
Moscow
Berlin
Scottsdale Bid for Indian Bend Water Company Rejected
Scottsdale failed to buy its first water company as owners Gray Ledbetter and Frank Gilbert rejected a 500000 offer as too low. City officials consider condemnation and plan next steps with attorneys, while awaiting an appraisal of Phoenix water holdings inside Scottsdale.
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Scottsdale
Indian Bend Water Company
Water Company
Gray Ledbetter
Frank Gilbert
McNutt
Heningson
Durham and
Richardson
Ture
Heningson, Durham and Richardson
Phoenix Water Holdings
Barry Goldwater Urges Nuclear Testing To End Timidity
Senator Barry Goldwater assails President Kennedy for official timidity in facing the communists and calls for resuming nuclear testing. He asks for a clear declaration of victory and criticizes Fulbright's June 29 statement opposing a hard line against the Soviet bloc.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Kennedy
Goldwater
Fulbright
U.S
Kennedy Proclamation Reaffirms Berlin Stand
In Hyannisport Massachusetts President Kennedy signed Captive Nations Week proclamation urging Americans to renew support for enslaved nations seeking freedom. The move echoes Eisenhower's 1956 declaration and signals continued U.S. resolve toward Berlin amid Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union.
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Hyannisport, Mass
Upi
Kennedy
Violent Scottsdale gunfight ends with suspect dead
A Scottsdale officer disarmed a gunman attempting to rob a man, but the suspect, John W. Schroeder, 32, killed Bob Anderson, 25, and wounded Patrolman Lee Young, 27, who later recovered. Schroeder remained hospitalized in poor condition. Eyewitnesses described the deadly exchange near 64th Street and Vernon as the gunfight erupted after the attempt to collect $20.
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Bob Anderson
Scottsdale
64Th Street
Vernon
Thomas Road
John Schroeder
Lee Young
James R. Evans
Jimmy
Charles Leo Hill
Torrence
Calif
Phoenix
Isaac Reynolds Mooney
Schroeder
West Hadley
West
Anderson
John W. Schroeder
Young
Bob Reed
Good Samaritan Hospital
James R. Evans Jr
James W
James Reed Evans
E. Vernon
Evans
Charles Lee Hill
W. Hadley
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Ed Nix
Barry
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