The New York Times / August 1961

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Tuesday, August 1, 1961

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Wednesday, August 2, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Thursday, August 3, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Friday, August 4, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Saturday, August 5, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Sunday, August 6, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Monday, August 7, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

PILOT SEEN ON TV

Circled Earth Every 88 Minutes in Test of Space Risks Messages from and to Titov will be found on Page 6. Soviet Astronaut Lands Safely After Orbiting the Earth 17 Times in Capsule HE CIRCLED GLOBE EVERY 88 MINUTES Flight Tested the Effects of Environment of Space on the Human Body

MOSCOW, Monday, Aug. 7 — A Soviet space ship that carried the second Russian astronaut landed safely today after having orbited the earth more than seventeen times in 25 hours and 18 minutes. The five-ton satellite piloted by Maj. Gherman S. Titov was returned to earth on command from the Soviet space center during its eighteenth revolution of the earth, the Moscow radio reported.

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Tuesday, August 8, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

Russians Acclaim Astronaut After Flight of 435,000 Miles

Khrushchev Hails Him — Grants Full Membership in Communist Party Russians Acclaim Astronaut After His Return From 435,000-Mile, 25-Hour Trip MOSCOW PLANNING A HERO’S WELCOME Khrushchev Hails the Feat — Pilot Is Made a Full Member of the Party

MOSCOW, Aug. 7 — Maj. Gherman S. Titov, the second Soviet astronaut, rode his space ship Vostok II seventeen times around the earth and landed safely today to receive the acclaim of a grateful nation.

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Wednesday, August 9, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Thursday, August 10, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

KHRUSHCHEV SAYS MONSTER MISSILE BACKS PEACE AIM

Asserts Soviet Can Produce Warhead With Power of 100 Million Tons of TNT WARNS WEST GERMANY U.S. Officials Agree Such a Weapon Is Possible — Moscow Hails Titov KHRUSHCHEV CITES MONSTER MISSILE

MOSCOW, Aug. 9 — Premier Khrushchev warned tonight that the Soviet Union had the capability of constructing a rocket with an explosive warhead equivalent to 100,000,000 tons of TNT.

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Friday, August 11, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Saturday, August 12, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Sunday, August 13, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Monday, August 14, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

SOVIET TROOPS ENCIRCLE BERLIN TO BACK UP SEALING OF BORDER; U.S. DRAFTING VIGOROUS PROTEST

ALLIES IN ACCORD

Britain and France Due to Join in Challenge on German Action U.S. Is Drafting a Vigorous Protest to Soviet’s Closing of Border Within Berlin ALLIED CHALLENGE EXPECTED TODAY Britain and France to Join in Lodging Objection to East German Action

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 — Secretary of State Dean Rusk charged today that the East German closing of the West Berlin border was a double violation of agreements between the Soviet Union and the Western powers.

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Tuesday, August 15, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

REDS TIGHTEN SQUEEZE ON BERLIN, BAR WESTERN SECTOR’S VEHICLES

KENNEDY REVIEWING ALLIED STAND

CITY STILL UNEASY Both Sides Clear Line to Avoid a Clash — Mail Curbed Reds Tighten Their Squeeze on Berlin, Bar Vehicles From the Western Sector QUIET PREVAILING BUT IT IS UNEASY Main Peril at Moment Seems to Be Incidents Between Westerners and Reds

BERLIN, Tuesday, Aug. 15 — The East German Communists, apparently emboldened by success, tightened their squeeze on West Berlin early today.

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Wednesday, August 16, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Thursday, August 17, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

BRANDT NOTE TO KENNEDY URGES ‘POLITICAL ACTION,’ NOT JUST TALK, ON BERLIN

FEARS A ‘MUNICH’ Mayor Tells Big Rally Reds Will Not Stop if West Fails Test Brandt Note to Kennedy Urges ‘Political Action,’ Not Merely Talk, in Berlin Crisis WARNS BIG RALLY OF ‘NEW MUNICH’ Says Communists Will Not Stop at Border If West Fails to Meet Test

BERLIN, Aug. 16 — Mayor Willy Brandt told President Kennedy in a personal letter today that West Berlin expected “not merely words but political action” against the Communists’ closing of the city’s border with East Berlin.

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Friday, August 18, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Saturday, August 19, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Sunday, August 20, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Monday, August 21, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Tuesday, August 22, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

KENNEDY EXPECTS ‘DIFFICULT WEEKS’ ON BERLIN CRISIS

Pledges to Defend Freedom in City’s Western Sector — Gets Johnson’s Report TRIP TO GERMANY HAILED Allies Press Talks in Capital for Possible Negotiation With Soviet in Fall KENNEDY PLEDGES BERLIN’S DEFENSE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 — President Kennedy said tonight that “difficult weeks and months” lay ahead in maintaining the freedom of West Berlin. But, he said, “maintain it we will.”

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Wednesday, August 23, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

GERMAN REDS SET NEW ENTRY CURBS FOR EAST BERLIN

They Apply to ‘Foreigners,’ Including West’s Troops, as Well as to Germans ADMISSION POINTS CUT Adenauer Visits West Berlin, Saying Johnson Asked Him Not to Come Earlier GERMAN REDS SET NEW BERLIN CURBS Adenauer Visits Refugees on Tour of West Berlin

BERLIN, Aug. 22 — The East German Communists announced late tonight sharp new restrictions on travel to East Berlin for both West Berliners and “foreigners.”

Goya Painting Stolen in London

Portrait Purchased Recently to Bar Transfer to U.S. PORTRAIT BY GOYA STOLEN IN LONDON

LONDON, Aug. 22 — A famed Goya portrait, purchased for the nation for $392,000 recently to prevent its transfer to the United States, has been stolen from Britain’s National Gallery.

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Thursday, August 24, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

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Friday, August 25, 1961 – The New York Times Front Page

U. S. REJECTS MOSCOW ‘THREAT’; SAYS BLOCKING BERLIN ACCESS WOULD BE AN ‘AGGRESSIVE ACT’

3 ALLIES ACCUSED

Soviet Charges West Violates Accord on Air Corridors SOVIET SAYS.WEST ABUSES AIR RIGHTS

MOSCOW, Aug. 24 — The Soviet Union accused the Western powers today of flagrant violation of a 1945 four-power accord that guaranteed unrestricted Allied air access to West Berlin.