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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1965

Page

14

Drug Firm Pleads Guilty To Foreign Aid Fraud

Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to defraud the U.S. foreign aid program in drug sales to Viet Nam and Cambodia from 1958 to 1963. The government cites secret kickbacks totaling over 150000 dollars. Other defendants include Herbert G. Wolf Philipp Bauer Co Kenneth Bauer and Far East International Corp.

New York Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp U.S Viet Nam Cambodia Harold F. Tyler Herbert G. Wolf Hong Kong Olin Mathieson Philipp Bauer Co., Inc Kenneth B. Bauer Far East International Corp Wolf

Reading Teacher Applications Being Accepted

The School Department invites applications for an elementary reading services teacher starting September. Required: state elementary school certification, a bachelor’s degree, and at least nine hours of graduate credit in remedial reading. Some teaching experience preferred and strong advisory reading skills across elementary schools. Applications due April 16 by 4 30 p.m.

Welfare Costs Rise Despite War on Poverty Efforts

Washington reports that Johnson administration anti poverty programs have not cut welfare spending and may increase it. A Feb 24 closed hearing disclosed a request for 407.9 million dollars in federal matching payments for state public assistance. Congress had appropriated about 2.8 billion last year, but officials warned it would be insufficient due to rising needs across programs in the first three quarters of fiscal year 1965.

Washington UPI Johnson Congress Department of Health, Education and Welfare Fred H. Steininger Department Bureau of Family Services Steininger

Court Begins Review of TV Cameras in Trials

Washington UPI The Supreme Court opened a full scale review of televising court proceedings amid the clash between fair trial rights and press coverage. Billie Sol Estes Texas financier appeals influence of Canon 35 of the ABA code arguing decorum must not be marred by broadcasting. The case tests televised trials in state and federal courts where bans exist in most jurisdictions.

Washington UPI Supreme Court Today John F. Kennedy Supreme Court Texas Billie Sol Estes Tyler Tex Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Colorado Estes Waggoner Carr Carr Leon J. Jaworski John D. Cofer Austin American Bar Association Code of Ethics

Railroads Ended 15 000 Jobs Since Court Rule

Washington AP The railroad industry reports it has cut more than 15 000 locomotive firemen in under a year and expects another 6 000 of the 22 000 remaining to be cut from diesel engines in the second year after the 1963 arbitration ruling. The move saves wages but costs severance, with most affected finding other work or returning to school. Unemployment figures vary. AFL CIO official cites over 30 percent unemployed among those out of work.

Washington Association of American Railroads J. E. Waite Yale University Wolfe H. E. Gilbert Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Cleveland Gilbert

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