Berlin Garrison Reinforced As 1500 Man Battle Group Moves Out
The United States orders a 1500 man battle group from the 18th Infantry to reinforce the West Berlin garrison. The convoy from Sandhofen, West Germany, travels 110 miles through East Germany under Kennedy directives with Salinger confirming the increase.
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Mannheim
West Germany
Glover S. Johns Jr
Berlin
Dean Rusk
U.S
White House
Pierre Salinger
East Berlin
Helmstedt-Berlin
Germany
Ceca Hias
Britain
France
Salinger
United States
Local garden bragging and a Navy stamp debut
Mrs. Margaret Mc Donald shows a dark red geranium with 30 new blooms after removing 37. Mrs. Herbert Frazier reports a 12 foot tall sunflower with 19 blooms and 30 buds. Ed Headley boasts a 4 foot long squash. A roadside sign advertises free picnic tables. A fifty year anniversary Naval Aviation stamp goes on sale in San Diego and at the local post office Monday.
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Dodge St
Herbert Frazier
Boyce
Naval Aviation
San Diego
Calif
French Paratroopers Clash With Tunisians in Bizerte
In Bizerte, several hundred Tunisian demonstrators clashed with French paratroopers during night disorders. Demonstrators breached barbed wire, reached the gubernatorial palace to show support for Habib Bourguiba, while French units used water hoses and empty bottles amid barricades. Tunisian troops held positions in the casbah and along the Tunis-Bizerte highway.
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Tunis
Bizerte
Habib Bourguiba
Maurice Amman
Amman
Tunis-Bizerte
Coast Guard seeks court to block ship seizure in asylum case
Coast Guard asks court to stop seizing the Bahia De Nipe as debts against its Cuban owners are settled. A guard cutter warned away a marshal seeking papers, and Judge Hoffman barred the ship from sailing pending a hearing. The vessel's crew defectors, including its captain, seized the ship near Bermuda, seeking asylum from Fidel Castro's regime.
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Coast Guard
U. S
Bahia de Nipe
Chespeake Bay
Fidel Castro
Walter E. Hoffman
Naviera Vatuba S. A
Havana
Hoffman
Jorge Navarro
Bermuda
Miami
Erwin Harris
Roger T. Williams
Coast Guard Executive
Administration aid hopes rest with conferees
Washington administration forces seek a compromise on the foreign aid bill as Senate approval for a five year eight billion lending program clashes with a House version limited to one year and funded by congressional appropriation. Kennedy pushed for borrowing powers essential to the program while conference between Senate and House committees aims to resolve the standoff.
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Kennedy
Senate
Treasury
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Negro Protests Heard by Board No Action Taken
The State Pupil Placement Board in Richmond heard protests by two Winchester girls seeking admission to Handley. The board denied transfer requests from Douglas High School for Negroes at Handley. A decision on the protest was awaited soon.
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Winchester
Handley
Associated Press
Richmond
John B. Brown
Gloria
Ann Brown
Norman E. Williams
Harriet Anne Williams
Douglas High School
Expected Here for EUB Conference in Winchester
Several hundred persons are expected next week for the Virginia Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The gathering opens with committee meetings Wednesday at Shenandoah College and Conservatory. About 200 stay in Winchester with another 200 driving in from surrounding areas. The college Board of Trustees meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. and general sessions begin, with the program to be announced.
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Virginia
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Shenandoah College
Forrest S. Racey
Winchester
J. Gordon Howard
Chatty Kathy Dolls In Stock For Xmas Layaway
Miller's Hardware at 112 N Loudoun Winchester advertises another shipment of Chatty Kathy dolls with limited stock and a layaway plan for Christmas shopping.
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Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun
Winchester
Soviet Note Rebukes U S Protest Over Berlin Frontier
The Soviet government rejected the U S protest against East German border closures around West Berlin saying the measures are temporary defensive steps until a Berlin peace arrangement is reached. Premier Khrushchev sign peace with East Germany with or without Western approval, while Western powers call the closures illegal.
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West Berlin
Berlin
East Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Union
It Is Pure Chaos In Harzerstrasse Berlin
AP correspondent Lynn Heinerling describes Harzerstrasse in Berlin where West and East Berlin divide a four story building. Workers block doors erect walls and barbed wire while Communist police guard exits as residents face restricted movement and crowds gather nearby.
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Lynn Heinerling
Berlin
Harzerstrasse
Gemnien
East Berlin
West Berlin
Learned Hand Dies Revered Jurist at 89
Judge Learned Hand, revered by colleagues as the apostle of liberty under the law, died at age 89 from heart failure at St Luke's Hospital. His death drew national tributes, including from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy who called him a great legal mind alongside Marshall and Holmes.
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New York
Learned Hand
St. Luke's Hospital
John Marshall
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
Princess on Britain's social ladder starts with name
Patricia Hackett in London registered her 3 month old daughter as Princess Bilinda Huckett after officials warned the name would be laughed at. She and her ex-boxer husband, living in a South London tenement district, pursued the idea despite objections.
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Patrick Massey
London
England
Patricia Hackett
Britain
Huckett
Cockney
Agg ' Wld Ccbktepin
Saeed Ok
Lord
Switzerland
Johnson visits Bonn as Berlin crisis grows
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the United States will not retreat amid Communist pressure in Berlin as he met Chancellor Adenauer in Bonn before heading to Berlin. Allied forces rush fresh troops to the area while Britain and France prepare to boost their garrisons and West Berlin braces for greater defense.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Germany
United States
Johnson
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Atlantic
West Berlin
Britain
War Office
America
Kennedy
Adenauer
el Mannheim
Westen
Sth
Sandhofen
Fiece
Messa
Gibson School Damage Set Near 1200 Dollars
Damage at Gibson Elf School estimated at 1200 dollars after bricks were thrown Thursday night. Bricks broke 106 window panes, dented metal frames, and damaged gas and electric meters. Repairs start next week and aim to finish by week's end. Sheriff's office investigates. The new school serves grades one through seven with three teachers and principal Audrey honesty.
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Gibson Elf
Nce
Robert E. Aylor
Aylor
Ayler
Sheriff's Office
New Negro
Audrey Honesty
Sulpher Spring Park Opens With Music and Rides
Sulpher Spring Park, six miles east of Winchester on Sulpher Spring Road, opens Sunday August 26 with string music, swimming, picnic labels, and pony rides. Admission is 50 cents for adults, free for children under 12. Also mentions an invitation to Lanz Autumn Fashion Showing on Tuesday August 1 at 1 am at Our Weender's.
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Winchester
Sulpher Spring Road
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