Berlin Escape Bid Fails
Associated Press
WEST BERLIN —
Two East Germans tried to escape to West Berlin by climbing over barriers at the Checkpoint Charlie crossing Thursday, but East German border guards took them away after a brief struggle, West Berlin police said.
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