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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1964

Page

2

Laos Junta Seeks New Coalition Rule

VIENTIANE Laos AP a spokesman for the rightist junta said the aim is to form a new unit government of all factions and asks neutralist prince Souvanna Phouma to head it. The junta warns U S aid could be cut unless Souvanna is restored as premier amid regional diplomacy.

Vientiane Laos Souvanna Phouma Cat Etam Singvongsa U.S SouvVannia Flam Juna Souvanna Pathet Jao Etam

Thant Calls for Flexible Policies as Fulbright Proposes

United Nations Secretary General U Thant backed Senator J William Fulbright strong ly at a New York news conference urging nations to abandon old myths and adopt new flexible policies. Thant endorsed Fulbrights March 25 speech which has dominated international discussion.

United Nations J. William Fulbright D-Ark U Thant Thant Fulbright

Nazis Used Jews for Targets at War Crimes Trial

An Israeli woman testified tearfully in Bochum as she described how a former Polish ghetto jailer taught his teenage son to shoot Jews. The defendant Hermann Blache, 65, faced charges of aiding the murder of about 100 Jews in Tarnow.

Bochum Germany

Spy swap shuttles Wynne from Moscow to London in exchange

A Royal Air Force plane flew Maynard Greville Wynne home from a Moscow prison in a prisoner swap for Gordon Lonsdale at the Heerstrasse border crossing near West Berlin at 4 35 a m Wynne 45 arrived at Northolt seven hours later Wynne who had shed weight said the swap came as a surprise He had been in Communist hands two years five months and was jailed in Moscow last May for espionage as a courier Lonsdale 48 was jailed 25 years for leading a spy ring at Portland naval research unit The Foreign Office noted the Soviet Union offered to pardon Wynne if Britain freed Lonsdale Wynne was arrested during a Budapest business trip in 1967 He testified that British intelligence duped him into serving as a courier for Penkovsky and did not know what was in the packages He also helped expose the Portland ring and its American accomplices Kroger and Cohen The Cohen couple received 20 year sentences and Britons Houghton and Gee were jailed 15 years for their roles in Lonsdale s ring The Paris bureau later reported on the Yemon and orange prize awards for film stars

London Royal Air Force Maynard Greville Wynne Moscow Gordon Lonsdale Heerstrasse West Berlin East Germany Lonsdale Wynne Portland Naval Research Establishment Foreign Office Soviet Union Budapest Oleg Penkovsky West Penkovsky

GOP Leaders Demand Full Disclosure On Viet Nam War

Republican leaders urged full disclosure of U S military involvement in South Vietnam claiming the administration misleads the public. They cited a wartime letter from a slain Air Force captain and pressed for truth about combat roles beyond advisers, signaling internal GOP maneuvering and potential Lodge presidential prospects.

Washington Dirksen Lodge New Hampshire Oregon House Charles A. Halleck Halleck

GOP Panel Urges U S to Bolster NATO Policy

A blue-ribbon Republican panel urged bold U S leadership to revitalize the Atlantic alliance, criticizing current NATO policy as fitful. The Critical Issues Council called for more U S troops and naval units with short and medium range missiles to deter Soviet threats in Europe and counter nuclear blackmail.

Washington UPI U. S Atlantic Alliance U. Ss North Atlantic Treaty Organization Critical Issues Council National Republican Citizens Committee Tauris Norstad NATO Atlantic Norstad Europe

Cuba Missile Threat Would Find U S Ready

The Johnson administration prepares contingency plans for a Cuban crisis within six weeks. If Castro acquires missiles, retaliation would be swift and tailored, possibly wiping out firing bases. U S surveillance and overflights would continue, with implied Russian involvement.

Cuba U.S UPI Washington Johnson Administration Russia Fidel Castro Castro United Nations United States

Aviatrix Merriam Reaches Guam on World Flight

Honolulu AP Joan Merriam a 27 year old Long Beach California housewife landed her twin engine plane on Guam Tuesday night in a round the world flight. She flew from Lae New Guinea and nears the end of a globe circling trip begun in Oakland California following the Earhart route who disappeared in 1937over the western Pacific.

Honolulu Joan Merriam Guam Long Beach Calif Lae New Guinea Oakland Amelia Earhart Western Pacific

False Teeth That Do Not Embarrass Ad

Advertisement claims alkaline paste keeps dentures from loosening stabilizing plates and preventing embarrassment. Warns of slipping and odor, promotes PASTEETH as a solution sold at drug counters.

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