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BERLIN, Eastern Sector, June 7--"The issues of Berlin and Germany can only be solved at the summit," chief information officer of the East German Communist government Stefan Heymann said today...
...night the Allies poured reinforcements onto the hard-won strips of Europe-36,250 in the Utah sector, 34,250 at Omaha, 83,115 on the British-Canadian beaches and airborne area. The German infantry began to crumble. Still desperately fighting, the British punched out gains of six miles, the Canadians eight. The U.S. 1st and 29th Divisions battled into fortified villages behind Omaha, dug in. In the Utah sector the seaborne forces linked up with the airborne, pressed inland. The battle neared its moment of truth-the expected counterattack of Rommel's blazing Panzers. But that moment never...
Coming two days before the deadline originally set by Nikita Khrushchev for the West to quit West Berlin, Springer's ceremony was particularly symbolic. "The fact that we lay this cornerstone today right at the edge of the sector boundary," said he, "is an expression of our fast faith in the historical unity of Germany...
Sergeant Nolen squinted through his spotterscope at two Communist observation towers on the opposite side, talked to a TIME correspondent about the 19 East Germans who recently escaped into his sector. "Gives me the creeps, this place." muttered one of Nolen's men. "What a helluva life it must be on the other side...
...Veeck, "being in baseball is like taking dope," and now that he is back, he has marijuana-sized dreams for the White Sox. Chicago is a potential gold mine, says Veeck: "Industry is diversified so that if one sector of the economy is hurting, it doesn't kill you like it would in Detroit or Pittsburgh." He intends to pull all the stops. His first object, he says, is "putting on the field the best ball club." Then come the gimmicks: fireworks shows at $1,000 a clip, a baby-sitting service for mothers, free nylons for the ladies...