House approves 46.7 billion defense bill in 365 to 0 vote
The U S House unanimously passed a 46.7 billion defense appropriations measure aimed at funding manned bombers, present nuclear missiles, and future weapons such as laser tech. The vote was 365 to 0 with debate focusing on a 35 65 private to Navy yard work split and its impact on Navy yards in Brooklyn Philadelphia and Boston.
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Georgia
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Federal Workers Fight To Keep Boston Yard
Boston workers rally against a planned Navy Yard closure after Rep. Vinson predicted Boston Philadelphia and New York yards would close by 1964. NAGE presses Massachusetts delegation to urge President Johnson to intervene amid criticism of Defense Department surveys.
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D-Ga
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Philadelphia
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Nuclear Materials Cutback Linked to U.S. Initiative
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said the cutback in plutonium and enriched uranium for nuclear weapons, announced by Johnson and the Soviet Union, stems from an American initiative. He reported the decision followed a White House meeting with the President, advisers, and congressional leaders, and that there is no secret agreement or fine print.
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Youth Killed and 3 Stabbed at Boston Dance
A fight after a dance in Mattapan left 17 year old William Lownie dead and three Dorchester youths critically wounded. Wounded are Joseph Scarbo 18 Dennis Halloran 17 and Joseph McLean 17. An 18 year old Roslindale youth was arrested after admitting possession of a clasp knife. The incident occurred on Deering Street near Town and Country Hall during a college sponsored event attended by about 400.
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Dorchester
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Massachusetts House approves initial aid for room rent bias exemption
The Massachusetts House voted 119 to 60 to overturn an adverse report and back a bill exempting rooms rented in private homes from the state fair housing law. Several reps supported, including Calaghan Curtiss Turner Zelazo, while Wojikowski opposed. The bill aims to allow room renters to choose tenants by nonbroad criteria, arguing it helps widows and working people.
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Berkshire
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Pittsfield
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Sheffield
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Lee
Edward S. Zelazo
Florida
Thomas C. Wojikowski
Wallace B. Crawford
Roger A. Sala
North Adams
Freyda P. Koplow
Brookline
Berkshire Eagle Subscription Rates By Carrier And Mail
Rates shown for Berkshire Eagle indicate 45 cents weekly by carrier and mail rates by zone. Monthly and longer terms listed include one month two dollars, three months five dollars, six months nine fifty, and one year twenty dollars ninety cents. change of address procedures and postal notice requirements noted. publication paid at Pittsfield Massachusetts.
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Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Police Firemen Pension Bill Passed by House
BOSTON AP The House approved a pension bill allowing police or firemen to retire after twenty years with forty percent pay. An amendment to leave the decision to local option was defeated. Rep Lorenz F. Mather Jr Newton argued communities should decide.
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Stassen Wins Stay as California Ballot Fight Moves Up
Justice William O. Douglas ordered California to halt primary preparations pending the Stassen appeal. Secretary Frank M. Jordan was told to notify counties to suspend notices and ballot printing for the June 2 presidential primary. Stassen faced a 13,702 signature requirement, with supporters claiming 25,000 had been submitted, while Engle denied reports he would withdraw from reelection.
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William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
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Harold Stassen
Stassen
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Frank M. Jordan
Jordan
Stassen For President
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
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Rockefeller
New York
Engle
Pesticides Said Running Connecticut River Testimony
Ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson told a Senate subcommittee that pesticides are poisoning the Connecticut River. He noted upriver spraying, dwindling osprey nests from 150 to 15 in 10 years, and the disappearance of bitterns, night herons, and kingfishers as the river loses life.
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Connecticut
Roger Tory Peterson
Old Lyme
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Senate
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