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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1965
Page
3
The Saturn-5 debut test at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama ran 20 minutes with all five engines burning 744 million pounds of thrust. Werdner von Braun called it perfect as engineers simulated steering maneuvers while ground supports watched the massive stage operate from a secure test stand.
Washington reports Labor Department figures showing more than half of 2.9 million teenagers in the July labor market found work. Employment rose to 74.9 million, unemployment fell to 4.5 percent, and teen jobs rose by 1.6 million since June.
The Senate approved by voice vote a plan to expand ocean and great lakes research to secure future food, water, minerals, and energy. Senator Norris Cotton accused the administration of lacking marine resource plans while praising a National Oceanographic Council to coordinate research and a vice presidential chaired council on marine resources and engineering. The bill also authorizes a potential commission on marine science and resources.
Senatorial hearing on Abe Fortas's Supreme Court nomination features Fortas denying past communist links and insisting his ties to President Johnson will not affect his judicial duties. He denies attending International Juridical Association meetings, downplays adviser's role to Johnson, and contends any association with leftist groups was minimal or non existent. Fortas acknowledges a possible early signature on a leftist-movement invitation but says he never joined or attended meetings. He cites prior association with Yale law faculty and a defunct National Lawyer’s Guild as historical and not disqualifying.
Monsignor Francis J. Fazzalaro of Hartford's archdiocese was shot in the neck while giving a ride to two hitchhikers in East Windsor. Police hunt two Puerto Rican men in their early 20s, about 5 feet 7 inches, one with protruding teeth, described as slender, after the incident on Interstate 91. He is reported in satisfactory condition at St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, and spent a comfortable night. The attack occurred as he left Springfield for Hartford. no money was taken and motive is unknown. Fazzalaro, born in Meriden and ordained in 1945, has served on the archdiocesan staff since 1949.
Washington AP President Johnson announced a goal to add five years to the life expectancy of the average American over the next decade. He signed a bill extending federal immunization grants for three years, pledging ambitious yet attainable aims including raising life expectancy and reducing deaths from birth and major diseases.
Washington AP reports Treasury officials consider extending Secret Service protection for widows of presidents. Legislation would authorize four years of protection instead of two for Mrs. Kennedy, with current protection set to expire in December.
The government filed federal suits accusing several insurance groups of conspiring to monopolize the aviation insurance market estimated at 125 million dollars annually. Named defendants include United States Aviation Underwriters and United States Aircraft Insurance group, along with Associated Aviation Underwriters, Chubb and Son, Marine Office of America, and other member companies. The actions seek dissolution of two aviation insurance pools and three associations, alleging collusion since 1928 that limited competition and harmed operators. In the same report, Aldershot barracks were damaged by a bulldozer over the weekend, described as looking like after an earthquake.
The Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved a $1 billion annual military pay raise for about 2.7 million on duty personnel. The bill, moving to the Senate for approval, includes a $10 monthly boost in combat pay for troops in Vietnam and expands base pay across both officers and enlisted personnel.
The plan outlines a 6 percent base pay boost for commissioned officers with more than two years of service and an 11 percent increase for all enlisted personnel, signaling a broad step to raise military salaries.
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