2 East Germans Swim to West
An East German man and woman eluded a communist patrol boat today as they swam across the Havel River to reach freedom in West Berlin.
West Berlin police said the pair started out from the western bank of the Havel near the East German village of Nieder-Neuendorf. They swam about 450 yards in the early morning darkness before reaching the Heiligensee district in the northwestern part of West Berlin. East German border guards in a patrol boat used searchlights in a failed attempt to track down the pair, police said.
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