Brandt Pays Homage to Victims of Berlin Wall Flight
The memory of 53 people who died fleeing Communist East Berlin is honored. East German police on the wall stand armed, watching for East Berliners attempting to escape to the West.
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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1964
Page
4
The memory of 53 people who died fleeing Communist East Berlin is honored. East German police on the wall stand armed, watching for East Berliners attempting to escape to the West.
Berlin marks the third anniversary of the Berlin Wall by honoring 53 people who died trying to flee to the West. Mayor Willy Brandt laid wreaths on crosses bound with barbed wire. East German guards fired 160 flares as crowds observed a pause in public transit and a moment of silence.
Dr Irwin Acker of Greensboro N C reports at the American Podiatry Association meeting that a spongy plastic inserted between the corn and bone acts as a mattress to relieve pressure. Six patients were treated with silicone rubber materials used in plastic surgery and pain subsides by the next day while the corn disappears in a few days.
Madison Wisconsin UPI reports a charter for the Friends of Bobby Baker Committee filed to boost Baker for vice president. Baker, once Johnson’s protege, faced a Senate committee probe into past transactions during his Senate secretary tenure. William Schulze filed the charter using the Kappa Psi house address at the University of Wisconsin.
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