ZUM4890045: Oct. 23, 1953 - Petrol Strike Threatens to Halt London Empty Petrol tanks face London and teh Home Counties this morning as the result of the Unofficial strike of 6,000 Petrol-tanker drivers. Ministers were meetig today to prepare emergeney plans to use troops to distribute petrol if the strike / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4890234: Oct. 25, 1953 - Ernst Reuter continues to work even in death. A million pounds of butter was donated to needy Germans in Berlin as part of a food donation from the International Rescue Committee. It goes to help welfare recipients, jobless, and East-German refugees. The project was continued at the behest of recently-deceased former mayor Prof. Ernst Reuter. Pictured: The deceased mayor's widow, Mrs. Hanna Reuter, at the distribution of the packages of butter to needy German. Next to her is new Berlin mayor Dr. Schreiber, American Commander General Timbermann and the president of the International Rescue Committee, Dr. Leo Cherne. / Bridgeman Images