Berlin standoff as Soviet convoy blocked at Checkpoint Charlie
Western forces confronted Soviet armored cars at Checkpoint Charlie after Moscow scrapped its Berlin military command. U S troops halted the convoy for 43 minutes as the Russians refused an escort into West Berlin. The incident followed a test of East Berlin movement and amid Western warnings that Berlin rights remain intact despite the Soviet move.
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Checkpoint Charlie
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Russia
Berlin
U.S
West Berlin
East Berlin
Berlin Wall
Friedrichstrasse Yj
Kennedy
Washington
Moscow
Defense Ministry
Germany
Kefauver Eyes Merger Watch On Pennsylvania Central Rail
Sen Estes Kefauver probes the Pennsylvania Central and New York Central merger, appointing an observer as ICC hearings continue. He may block the deal until 1964. Pennsylvania Central official James Symes warns of 7,800 potential layoffs over five years if the merger proceeds, but argues it could generate jobs otherwise.
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UPI
Sen Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Kefauver
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
William Mahoney
Railway Labor Executives Association
James M. Symes
N&w
Symes
New Haven Railroad
New Haven
Pennsylvania Central
Pennsyllvania-Central
Sys
Pennsylvania-Central
Chesapeake and Ohio-Baltmore
Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk
C. William Western Stock
ICC Madejgg
Kraft Jr
Northeastern Ohio Weather Forecast Summary
Northeastern Ohio sees sunny and warmer conditions today with a high near 88 degrees. Tonight will be fair and not too cool with a low around 61 to 67. Friday turns partly cloudy, quite warm, and more humid.
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Ohio
Elyria officials quit after three innings in chilly food dispute
Elyria City Officials’ softball team led by newsmen 17 to 10 left Cascade Park after three innings citing cold food and wives finding it too warm, ending the game early.
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Elyria
Cascade Park
French security tight after de Gaulle ambush
Paris reports say President Charles de Gaulle escaped injury as his sedan was hit by bullets during an ambush near his eastern country home. Interior Minister Roger Frey confirmed police said multiple shots struck the convoy, heightening fears of terrorism as authorities impose stricter security measures against far-right threats.
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Frey
Paris
UPI
Alain de Boissieu
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Villacoub Hs
Aliay
France
Assas
Charles Desbullets
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Colombey-Les-Deux
Roger Frey
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SAO
Finnerty
John Degan
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Polar
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Atlantic
Premonition finds lost boy in thicket
Steven Papel, aged three, was found after wandering for three days in a 1500 acre state park near Long Island and later reunited with his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Papel. The boy had been missing since Sept 8 1961 and was discovered bruised and hungry but alive. A separate report from Paris described heightened security after an attempted assassination on General de Gaulle, with authorities linking subversive groups to the plot.
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United Press International
Steven Whimper
John Papol
Indianapolis
Ind
Rhes
Steven Papel
Brentwood
Miss Q
Endur
State Park
Long Island
Raymond Finger
Islips
Paris
Picket boat halts tugs in Lorain harbor
A tense Lorain waterfront story unfolds as Maritime Trade Union reps set a floating picket line to block unloading of the freighter Bruce Angus, with only one tug refusing to aid and Coast Guard and police on standby. Union chief Finnerty accuses ship owners and Canadian scab labor while tensions rise.
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Coast Guard
Degan
Lorain
Frank Pawlak
Finnerty
Angus
Black River
MTU
Jon
Bruce Angus
Picket Boat
Lorain Harbor
John Degan
Patrick Finnerty
Cleveland
Canadian Seafarers International Union
Upper Lake Shipping I Co
Way Queen
Port Cartier
Wis
Toledo
Sher
Blackliff
National Tube
MTA
Slup
Benalt
Cana
James Norris
Union
Iiem Ly
Upper Lake
Maritime Union
Fair Officers Scramble For Record Attendance At 1962 Lorain Fair
Lorain County Fair officials on Junior Fair Day aim for a record turnout as 45 087 attendees were counted by Wednesday night with 26 600 the day before. The first grandstand show drew 618 paid admissions and 163 in the second. Carmel Quinn failed to appear at first but arrived to deliver lively Irish songs while Chuck Brown Rita acted and Sonny Moore wowed crowds with a trained animal act. The stage show included dancing marionettes and a solo dance routine using a mannequin ensemble.
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Wellington
Lorain County
Jefferies
Carmel Quinn
Chuck Brown
Rita
Brown
Sonny Moore
Litchfield
Ohio
Vermilion Plans Big Charter Days Celebration
Vermilion prepares a major Charter Days event with a special Saturday Chronicle Telegram Vermilion Section featuring photographs and feature stories. The town showcases a then and now look through this planned insert for locals and visitors.
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Rehibele Eter Et
Chronicle Telegram
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Letonia
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