West Berlin Clash at Brandenburg Gate Sparks Red Challenge
West Berliners and East German forces clashed at the Brandenburg Gate as closure of the gate and travel blockades escalated. Police reported tear gas, protests swelled to thousands, and East German security tightened controls while West Berlin residents pressed for reunification talks and Allied warnings.
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West Berlin
Marienfelde
East Germany
Texas House Approves Election Bill for Runoff Elections
The Texas House backed the Senate version requiring runoffs in special congressional elections by a vote of 84 to 42 and sent the measure to Gov. Price Daniel. The move signals a push toward an early adjournment of the second special session as lawmakers weigh other measures including delay of retirement fund contributions and new runoff rules.
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Garth Jones Austin
Texas House
Senate
House
Price Daniel
Daniel
Washington
Charles Herring
Austin
Ben Ramsey
James Turman
UF Budget Unit to Meet in Scurry County
The budget and admissions committee of the United Fund will meet at 3 30 p m Tuesday in the West Texas State Bank directors room. H W Cargile chairs the committee tasked with reviewing agency budgets and screening new applicants for participation.
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Scurry County United Fund
West Texas State Bank
H. W. Cargile
United Fund
Aid Program Heads Into Test
Washington AP reports the administration’s five year 8.8 billion development loan program moves to House debate with Senate veto options. Saltonstall and allies seek a congressional veto over loans above 10 million while Byrd presses annual appropriations. Fulbright proposal shifts loan oversight to Foreign Affairs and Appropriations panels without a veto mechanism.
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House
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Treasury
Leverett
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Saltonstall
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
GOP
Fulbright
Foreign Affairs and Appropriations Committees
Western Europe Reacts To Berlin Frontier Sealing
Western Europe bears anger and foreboding as Berlin frontier gates close blocking East German escape. Officials consider protests to the Soviet Union and potential counter measures while calls for East West talks grow louder in London Paris and Bonn. Prime Minister Macmillan returns as UK contemplates response and possible economic sanctions against Ulbricht regime.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
Berlin
East Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Harold Macmillan
Yorkshire
Germany
the Daily Mirror
East Germany
Central
West Germany
Frankfurther Allgemeine
Weather summary for Texas regions shows warm, unsettled trend
Readings indicate high near 93 in parts and 92 to 96 elsewhere with lows from the 60s to 70s. Forecasters expect partly cloudy to warm conditions across North Central, Northeast, Northwest, South Central and Southeast Texas with scattered showers or thundershowers and southeasterly winds through Tuesday.
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Snyder
Texas
Pee Low
Lear
Auto Workers set rapid strike votes on Big Three
More than 500000 United Auto Workers across General Motors Ford and Chrysler plants face quick strike votes as 3 year contracts near expiration August 31. International Executive Board authorized ballots at a Sunday strategy meeting while AMC bargaining failed to gain a wage package.
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Detroit
Mich
United Auto
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
UAW
International
American Motors Corp
AMC
Eichmann Trial Ends With Defense Appeal In Jerusalem
The Eichmann trial closed with defense lawyer Robert Servatius asking the court to close the file and judge him no more. Judge Landau announced verdict and sentence would come in November after a 17 week trial. Eichmann remained impassive as police reinforced the building amid relocation plans to Haifa jail.
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Adolf Eichmann
Moshe Landau
Eichmann
Robert Servatius
Gestapo
Servatius
Haifa
Argentina
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