Berlin Wall Opens for Christmas Visits to East Berlin
West Berlin and East German authorities sign an agreement allowing West Berliners with relatives in East Berlin to cross over during the Christmas season. About 400,000 eligible, permits issued from 12 West Berlin points. Signatures by Korber and Wendt, mayor Willy Brandl abstains briefly. Officials differ on political implications of the deal.
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John C. Koehler
Berlin
West Berlin
Red Wall
West
Erich Wendt
Fast German Post Office
Willy. Brandl
Korher
Ull
Weather Cob Washington County Forecast Today
Sunny and cold today with highs in the mid to lower 20s. Tonight increasing cloudiness with lows in the teens. Wednesday overcast high in the upper 20s to near 30 with light snow developing. Thursday turning colder with scattered snow flurries.
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Washington County
Chimpanzee Steers Car At 60 MPH
AP report from Tampa details a bizarre episode on Interstate Highway 4 where 41-year-old Robert Stover and a girl named Tammy drove a sports car at 60 mph. A witness, John McLeod, described the scene and shouted cautions as the chimpanzee allegedly steered while Stover managed brakes and accelerator.
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Tampa
Fla
Robert
Stover
Tammy
John McLeod
Lake
Stern
State of Union to be delivered January 8
Washington AP President Johnson will deliver his State of the Union in person to Congress on January 8. Democratic leaders say the current session may end Friday or Saturday, with lawmakers returning January 7. They expect talks with Republicans and hope for approval of a foreign aid bill and a tax reduction measure in the near term.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
White House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Aion Dill
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Johnson Finance Com
Seeale Oe Jain
Weceien
Rusk backs Russia in China split at NATO talks
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged NATO ministers to back Moscow in the Sino Soviet split, saying air interests favor Moscow and Western powers seek peaceful coexistence. Canada Belgium and Italy ministers supported Rusk while France cautioned against outside influence. Butler and Schroeter backed renewed contacts with Russia as De Gaulle pursues trade with China.
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Arthur L. Gavshon
Steff
Parisap
U.S
Dean Husk
Atlanta
Soviet Union
China
Rusk
NATO Ministerial Council
Russia
Moscow
NATO
Canada
Belgium
Italy
Maurice Couve de Murville
Kremlin
Richard A. Butler
Butler
Schroeter
NATO Council
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
Johnson Suffered First Setback in Foreign Aid Fight
Washington AP report on Capitol Hill action as the House cuts foreign aid by 800 million dollars and bars government guarantees for private financing of wheat sales to the Communist bloc. Debate centers on a spending ceiling of 3.6 billion, with Johnson condemning the reductions as weak policy while seeking Senate support to advance the package. The wheat deal, tied to U.S. shipping rates, faces completion hurdles amid political friction and a 218 189 House vote adopting an amendment by Rep. Paul Findlay to complicate the sale.
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Washington
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
House
John F
John
U.S
Kennedy
Paul Findlay
Season's Low Temperatures Logged In County Weather
Washington County reported another cold day with 11 degrees above zero as the low and 28 as the high per Boonshoro observer J. Howard Beckenbaugh. Bridgeport station recording 12 above and 26 for the high. U.S. Weather predicts another night with teens temperatures.
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Washington County
J. Howard Beckenbaugh
Boonshoro
Bridgeport
D. Paul Oswald
U.S
Ice Thick On Big Pool Becomes Local Skating Spot
Residents report Big Pool ice now four inches thick with skating underway. The frozen pool has long been a favorite area for local ice skaters. Community observers note ongoing skating activity as temperatures permit.
Conviction of Communist Party Upset by Appeals Court
Washington AP. A federal appeals court overturned the Communist Party USA conviction for failing to register under the 1950 Subversive Activities Control Act. The DC Circuit said the government failed to prove no volunteer could register and sent the case back for possible new trial or acquittal.
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Washington
Communist Party of the
United States
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
District Court
Communist Party
Himsel
Night of Three Burglaries Jolts City Police
Police report three burglaries during the night including theft from two newspaper racks. A resident found a record player and groceries taken from her Franklin Street apartment with an unlocked kitchen window. Produce company offices were ransacked but nothing stolen. Vending machines at Electronic Teaching Laboratories broken into with money stolen. Racks at Baltimore and Mulberry and Baltimore and Hood Streets broken into. about a dollar from each rack and roughly three dollars damage to access the loot.
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Terry
Ann Walek
W. Franklin SL
Gore
Hagerstown Produce Co
Oak Hill Ave
Harley Snyder
Baltimore
Mulberry Sts
Hood St
Crossley Outlines County Budget Cuts for Reducing Expenses
County officials, led by President Ryan Crossley, say last year’s expenditures must be trimmed while maintaining the income base. The tax base rises from 265 to 287 million, funding a 650 thousand dollar annual charge on the school bond issue. Crossley notes teacher counts and operating costs will grow in the school system and calls for budget cuts elsewhere to cover state-aided salary increases. Dr. D Crosby Greene agrees to craft a priority list showing services that can be reduced with the least impact.
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Ryan
Crossley
D. Crosby Greene
Dr. Greene
County Board Argues Lunch Programs and Budgets
County Commissioners approved 206777 for current school operating expenses and 59980 from school construction bonds for the Snoak tract and for architectural work on Lincolnshire Pangborn and Cascade Schools. Commissioner Anderson criticized maintenance budgeting and IBM card processing while noting the Reformatory lunch issue.
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Board of Education
J. Edward Anderson
Snoak Tract
Lincolnshire
Pangborn
Cascade
Anderson
Keedysville
IBM
Evan Crossley
Secu
Maryland
Washington County
Reformatory
Lem E. Kirk
Youth Given 7 Days For Vending Machine Robbery
Walter F. Barnhart, 18, of 37 Foundry St., was sentenced to seven days by Magistrate Tames FL Strine after a vending machine robbery at a Liberty service station. Police said a crowbar with blue and white paint was found on him and coins from the machine were recovered. Barnhart claimed innocence and said he was hitchhiking from W Va. when picked up.
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Tames
Robert D. Kirby
Walter F. Barnhart
Foundry St
Liberty
Bales
Rt. 11
Barnhart
Kirby
E State
W. Va
Johnson Leads In Popularity In 1964 presidential poll
A Newsweek poll of 100 adults shows 64 prefer President Johnson over five leading Republican contenders, a 7 point rise from two years ago. The poll is from Louis Harris & Associates and reflects Johnson's public appeal across the field.
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New York
Johnson
Iface
Newsweek Maxazine
Louis Marcia & Associates
Ahron
Ularl
Johnson pledges to keep peace at United Nations address
President Johnson spoke at the United Nations General Assembly pledging an unswerving commitment to keeping and strengthening peace. He noted no new major policy moves, urged a peaceful global revolution for welfare, and called for international aid, disarmament progress, and cooperation with UN members to fight hunger, disease, and ignorance.
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UCAB
America
Johnson
General Assembly
Unis
United States
Kennedy
Xutitl
Na Nob
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Wigfield
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