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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1963

Page

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Rusk Flies Tonight To Moscow For Test Ban Signing

Washington AP reports Secretary of State Dean Rusk will fly to Moscow to sign the severest draft of the nuclear test ban treaty in a Kremlin ceremony with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Britain’s Lord Hailsham. The delegation includes six U.S. senators and top officials. talks aim to expand East West understanding, with Khrushchev guiding expected discussions on nonaggression pacts.

Washington Secre United States Dean Rusk Union Britain Moscow W. Averell Harringgn Lord Hailsham Andrei A. Gromyko Rusk Soviet Union Lord Home Gromyko Kremlin St. Catherine Hall Khrushchev Black Sea Jd. W. Fulbright Arkansas Senate Foreign Relations Committee John C. Pastore Rhode Island Senate House Atomic Energy Committee Hubert H.humphrey Minnesota John J. Sparkman Alabama Leverett Saltonstall Massachusetts Armed Services Committee George D. Aiken Vermont Foreign Relations Committee

Martinis Indicted By Jury For Vehicular Homicide

Bronx County Grand Jury indicted Gareth Martinis 23 son of an acting Supreme Court justice on vehicular homicide charges in the deaths of five people. He surrendered at Bronx District Attorney Isadore Dollinger’s office and will be arraigned later today before Supreme Court Justice Peter Quinn.

New York UPI Bronx Gareth Martinis Supreme Court Martinis Criminal Court Bronx Dist Isadore Dollinger Peter Quinn

Boston School Chief capitulates on NAACP talks

Boston chairman Louise Day Hicks announced she will propose that the Boston School Committee meet with the Educational Committee of the Boston NAACP to discuss alleged de facto segregation in schools. She noted past clashes and said she hopes for productive talks despite personal misgivings.

Boston UPI Boston School Committee Louise Day Hicks National Association For the Advancement of Colored People NAACP Tnday

Khrushchev Moves To Push Peace Talks Ahead

Moscow reports Khrushchev will take personal charge of the Soviet delegation for next week's big three nuclear talks. He may cancel a vacation to meet Rusk and Home in Moscow to sign the partial test ban with Gromyko. China denounces the pact as a conspiracy while urging other allies to build independent arsenals.

Moscow UPD Nikita S. Krushchev Khrushchev Dean Rusk Lord Home Andrei Gromyko China Peking Tokyo

Massachusetts DPW Scandal Ties to Highway Costs

Boston AP report details allegations of corruption within the Massachusetts Department of Public Works. The Crime Commission notes potential collusion in right of way acquisitions, with the ultimate cost to taxpayers possibly running into millions. Officials including Arthur Garrity and Gov. Peabody respond, defending reforms and urging scrutiny.

Boston Alfred Gardner Massachusetts Honey Ross Incompetence Crime Commission Public Works Washington Department of Public Works and Lit US. Au Arthur Garrity Blatnik Committee Foster Furcato Blatnik Probhers D.P.W Anthony N. DiNatale Massachusetts Senate Phillip A. Graham Hamilton Endicott Peabody Jack P. Ricciardi House Sidney Q. Curtiss Sheffield Peabody Bay State Federal Bureau of Roads Ate Bhatnik Congressional Committee Minority John Blatnik Minnesota Ad Ricciardi Department of Public Works Commonwealth

Registry Decides To Issue New 1964 Vehicle Plates

Boston Massachusetts motorists will receive 1964 registration plates with white numerals on a red background. The 1963 plates were to last two years but deteriorated from faulty paint, prompting the new issue. The registry will mail application blanks to holders of reserved numbers with four digits or fewer and a letter prefix or suffix, due September, with other reserved numbers due by October 14 at the Boston office.

Boston UPI Massachusetts

Six Years of Building Lost in Lanesboro Fire

Mr and Mrs Stephen Vilot of Lanesboro faced a quick home blaze on Stormview Road as flames spread from a crack in the house while they tried to summon help. Firefighters battled the fire with 2,500 feet of hose and auxiliary pumps on high ground, but the structure was gutted after two hours.

Stephen Vilet Lanesboro Stormview Road Robert Fowler Selectmen Donald Clairmort Joseph Speth Ice Department

Court Orders Desegregation in New Orleans Parks

A three judge panel ordered New Orleans to desegregate all public recreational and cultural facilities including 119 city supervised playgrounds. The ruling follows a suit by 18 Black residents demanding that city playgrounds and recreation centers admit both races.

New Orleans Onder

Northeast Set to Challenge CAB Decision

Northeast Airlines plans to petition the Civil Aeronautics Board to reverse a ruling canceling its New York to Florida route. President James W. Austin said an appeal to the courts will follow if reconsideration fails. Gov. Endicott Peabody urged continued New England service and subsidies during the dispute.

Boston Northeast Airlines Civil Aeronautics Board Lne New York New England Philadelphia Washington Points South Peabody Northeast Dustin Permis ‘Ssion Miami

McCormack and Martin Save Hub Space Center

Washington reports House Speaker McCormack and former speaker Martin secured key votes to advance a 50 million space research center for Boston. The House approved 111 to 64 for the project with 3.9 million for preliminary work, pending final NASA justification and Senate approval.

Washington UPS House John W. McCormack Joseph W. Martin Boston McCormack Martin Senate Space Committees National Space — Agency

FBI Finds Art Objects In Taxicab

FBI agents recovered about 3100,000 worth of jade and ivory art objects stolen last year from Byron D. Miller estate in Falmouth, Maine. The pieces were found in a burned taxi in a Boston cab company lot as agents questioned several suspects in the case.

Boston Ape Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Maine F. W. Woolworth Co Edward J. Powers FRE Byron D. Miller Falmouth-Wareside

Kennedy backs test ban pact and NATO talks

President Kennedy told a news conference he expects Senate approval of the test ban treaty and saw potential value in a non aggression pact with the Soviet bloc if it enhances Berlin security. He favored NATO discussions with Khrushchev and warned no relaxation of Western defense or budget. He noted China could spark a future war if it becomes nuclear and said underground testing would continue. He added signing by East Germany would not imply recognition and ruled out a summit unless a crisis or new fact arises.

House John S. Widler RNY Congress Wydler National Aerobauics and Space Administration NASA Kennedy Sen Edward M. Kennedy Massachusetts Wrdler Martin Jaaid Sun Endialt Peabody Inter Ool Washington UPI Senate Berlin NATO Nikita 5S Khrushchev France Charles de Gaulle China Peking Moscow United States U. S East Germany

Student Travelers Face U S Action

Senator Kennedy said measures would be taken against 58 United States students who ignored a State Department travel ban to Cuba. He described some travelers as definitely Communist and noted their trip and expenses were funded by Fidel Castro's government.

Washington UPI Kennedy State Department Cuba Fidel Castro

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