Bill for More Track Days Finally Arrives in Senate
The Berkshire Downs Hancock track seeks 42 extra racing days with Senate debate looming. Senate President Powers backs the bill despite committee opposition. House resistance from Berkshire delegation is expected. Governor Peabody is noncommittal. Hancock owner Riz zo contends for higher take and tax relief. Daily handle and revenue projections feature prominently as lawmakers weigh emergency passage.
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Boston House endorses highway bond compromise with arbitration plan
Massachusetts House near unanimously backs a $133 million highway bond bill after striking a veto power clause for municipalities. A Davoren amendment creates a 62 day arbitration board including a mayor or manager, an appointee of the DPW, and a third member. Hearings are binding. governor had urged stripping veto power. Several other amendments were rejected, including outright veto elimination. Dukakis proposal to block Route 128 area construction was defeated.
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Michael
Dukakis
D-Brookline
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It Was Legal? Vandalia City Council Bans Jail Escape
Vandalia Ohio UPI reports the city council adopted an ordinance making it illegal to escape from the city jail. The measure addresses security and custody concerns, outlining penalties for breaches of confinement.
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State plans eye bad-driver index in safety drive
Massachusetts officials outline a multi facet highway safety program. Lawton says the state will seek funds to join the National Driver License Service to track drivers with suspended or revoked licenses across states. The plan would cost 75 090 to 100 000 and require 10 registry clerks and equipment. Peabody supports swift action on traffic safety as Gov. requests a master enforcement plan to reduce agency duplication on major and secondary roads.
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Soviets Launch 19th Cosmos Satellite
The Soviet Union launched another unmanned Cosmos satellite, announced by Moscow Radio. It marks the 19th in the series, which began with the first launch on March 16, 1962.
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Senate Gets Test Treaty This Week
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said President Kennedy will send the nuclear test ban treaty to the Senate this week with hearings set to begin Monday. Foreign Relations Committee will hear State and Defense witnesses Monday and Tuesday and Atomic Energy Commission witnesses Wednesday. The committee, led by Sen. J. W. Fulbright, will move expeditiously on the treaty after six senators witnessed the Moscow signing.
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Chou En-lai warns of rising nuclear war danger
Chou En-lai told a Hiroshima conference that the danger of nuclear war has increased, accusing the United States of deception and continued development of nuclear threats. He urged complete prohibition and destruction of nuclear weapons to remove the threat.
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Bandits Behead 42 Laborers in Colombia Highway Attack
Army report says bandits halted a bus and three government dump trucks about 60 miles northwest of Bogota on a highway between La Dorada and Victoria in Caldas State. Victims, mostly public works laborers and peasants, were forced into a nearby house and beheaded one by one. The incident follows years of bandit massacres in the region.
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Exile invasion of Haiti sparks OAS meeting
Reports claim 500 well armed Haitian exiles landed near Cap Haitien, seizing Fort Liberte and other towns amid a chaotic north coast invasion tied to rumors of Dominican Republic involvement. OAS convenes emergency council as Duvalier regime braces. Censors curb dispatches.
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Oil Tax Revision Edits Preserve Most Concessions
The House Ways and Means Committee keeps most oil industry tax breaks but removes the 1954 big oil tax concession. Independent oilmen lose a projected 20 million in taxes. overall revenue from Kennedy’s plan drops to about 40 million. The panel also backs lowers in individual and corporate rates amid the final item by item voting.
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Somerset Wreck Believed Found Off Cape Cod
Off Cape Cod a relic piece bearing a lion head and the initials G.R. is linked to the British warship Somerset lost in a 1778 storm near Truro. Historians see potential proof that the aging ship lies on the Atlantic seabed near Boston Harbor’s era of Paul Revere.
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Schuman of France Gravely Ill in Metz
UPI reports Premier Robert Schuman, pioneer of European unity, remains in critical condition after a cerebral thrombosis in Metz France. The 77 year old elder statesman, who helped launch the Schuman Plan marrying French and German industry, has not fully recovered from a 1961 stroke and received a constant bedside vigil.
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Strip on Sunset Strip leads to court for Tim Knapp
Beverly Hills California UPI reports Timothy Knapp, 25, will appear in court to explain his impromptu strip performance along Sunset Strip early Sunday. Knapp conceded he had been drinking and that he blacked out, saying he could not remember taking his clothes off as they were found scattered along the strip.
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Miniature Poodies Draw 25 Calls Over Two Weeks
The Eagle Family Want Ad notes at least twenty five interested in AKC registered miniature Salat Silver poodles two months old. Advertiser says it took time but all puppies now have good homes. Dial 447-731 for a friendly ad.
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