Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 1, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Press thursday february 1, 1968 russians confront Berlin without tanks by near Atcherson Berlin special i owns for the first Fame in the history of the cold War the status of Berlin has been called in question Avit Hout a crisis. The soviet Effort to Block West Berlin s political integration into West Germany is being made behind closed doors and Over dinner tables gone everyone Hopes Are the Days of roof skimming migs noisy threats tanks nose to Hose and the terrifying apparatus of global escalation which used to go Vith the Berlin crisis behind curtains of official secrecy the russians seem to be demanding a halt to West Berlin s gradual absorption into the w e s to German political Structure. As yet they seem not to be asking for. Drastic changes nor for economic separation which would strangle the but simply that the status quo should be formally accepted by the West germans. The Campaign against West berlins political position has been loud Ruth e soviet and East German press speeches since Klaus san Ufa came from Boni last year to take Over As mayor. Russians Here insist that proposals to build Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger a Berlin residence and ideas of moving a West German ministry up from Bonn Are part of plot to push illegal integration further. Their own View remains that West Berlin. Is an Independent political a sort of state. Allies who were told of the soviet ideas in november Are uneasy but not too unhappy. They disagree with Bonn s View that Berlin is a province of West Germany and periodically restrain West Ger Man attempts to hold full bundestag sessions Here. To this extent they have some Community of interests with the rus sians now although they would no doubt be. Happy the russians status gup a definition East. Berlin s vestiges of its citizens for example May not vote in East German elections the East German position seems last few Days have brought furious articles accusing Bonn of trying to make West Berlin into a nato fortress and demanding that the City make a total break the chains of West German they want Radic Aey to alter the situation in Berlin and seem upset by the soviet preference for simply stabilizing it. But what is new and exciting Here is the West German and West Berlin readiness at least to _ discuss the City s political position with the russians and the russians shrewd perception that they have softened enough to do so. Mayor Schutz s speeches say Only that the City belongs to the economic and financial system of West Ger Many leaving political status Blank. Long negotiations lie ahead. But it looks As if the russians May have selected West Berlin As the first place where the West germans might be persuaded to accept a Section of the Post War status quo. Pupils Toronto up Grade s class at Wexford Public school in suburban Scarborough has Al most As Many animals As pupils. Mortimer for example is a stuffed Moose shot by Donald Thain the teacher on a recent Hunting expedition in British Columbia. Shares the room with a stuffed Wolf also shot by. Him Centhia Depew a deodorized skulk Valentino a Boa rabbits Guinea pigs mice a racing Pigeon tur rare Birds and about 225 tropical fish. The Skunk Whicha loves to take go for walks on the end of a Leash is booked sol idly for weekend and Holiday visits to pupils Homes until easter. Valentino is not As pop close to nature ular although All but two girls in the class have Learned to handle him. The 30 pupils raise rats and mice to feed the Boa and once a month it gulps one Down pro Viding the highlight of the month s natural history lesson. T e a c h i n g. Natural science without textbooks is no problem or. Thain says. Most of the class gets above average Marks. 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