Word: tunnelling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Heidelbergerstrasse, practically in the shadow of the Wall, East Berlin security cops swooped down on a building where a fresh tunnel had just been completed. Eight men and women scurried through the passage to a West Berlin beer parlor at the other end, but one young man was sprayed at point-blank range by machine pistols. Three miles to the northwest, the Allies learned of the shooting and sped their ambulance to the border. But East German guards refused to raise the barrier, and the British army drivers did not force the issue; after an hour they turned back...
...forces. The company is also developing a vertical-takeoff supersonic bomber, in conjunction with Republic Aviation, which two years ago acquired one-third of Fokker's stock. But Fokker's chief hope for the future lies in building a jet successor to the F27. Already in wind-tunnel tests are models of the short-haul twin-jet F-28, which would cruise at 500 m.p.h. and carry 44 to 60 passengers. To appeal to underdeveloped countries where flying is booming, Fokker has designed the plane to be cheap, rugged, and simple to operate. "The underdeveloped countries will hurdle...
After the East Berlin Vopos discovered the tunnel, Der Dicke started another, again using volunteers. He also lined up six aides, bright young opportunists who wanted to learn the business. Some acted as couriers, others looked for West Berliners who would pay to extricate friends and relatives from the East. Tunnel No. 2 ended tragically: as two couriers waited for expected customers at the eastern end, they were shot down by Vopos...
Undaunted, Der Dicke went on building tunnels and even took "options" on prospective new sites. His most recent tunnel was designed to come out in an East Berlin lumberyard. Der Dicke and his agents lined up nearly 100 customers in East Berlin, representing a total take of more than $20,000. Der Dicke began dickering with representatives of U.S. and British TV networks, proposing to sell them the rights to an on-the-spot filming of an escape. But the tunnel exit missed the lumberyard by several feet and was instantly spotted by the Vopos...
...Ranked Diplomats. Tunnel 59, the escape route for 59 refugees before it had to be closed last month because of flooding (TIME, Sept. 28), was not organized by the fat operator, but it, too, had its shady aspects. It was built by the voluntary labor of West German and foreign university students, and reportedly financed, among others, by NBC-TV in return for film rights. According to a widespread report in Berlin, on which NBC refuses to comment, the financing was arranged through intermediaries, two Italians and a German, who paid out what was necessary for equipment and supplies...