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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1963
Page
30
Floods in Buffalo and suburbs caused about 35 million dollars in damage after 3.88 inches of rain. Mayor Kowal declared an emergency as public facilities faced 7 million in losses and homes and businesses 28 million. Gov Rockefeller mobilized state crews for aid.
Legal notices include petitions to change names for George Andrew Stergios and family, an estate will filing for Fred LaBonte, a special shareholders meeting for Pittsfield National Bank to approve consolidation with Berkshire Bank, and notices of lost passbooks and real estate sales in Dalton and Pittsfield.
Thunder showers caused flash floods across South ern California washing out highways and flooding two communities. Up to three feet of water inundated Victorville and Apple Valley in the Mojave Desert as residents stacked sandbags and deputies aided in rescues after a jeep was carried away on California 18 between Victorville and Apple Valley.
MTC and Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company sign contracts to run hourly express service between Lawrence and Boston starting August 19 with a stop at Andover and a terminal at Park Square. Service runs daily except Sunday as part of a test of express bus viability versus rail options.
Kansas City report says Edwin Edison lent his oil company credit card to a man he believed was a friend. Since last December the card holder ran up a bill totaling 1150 dollars, prompting Edison to seek repayment and accountability.
Washington reports the Labor Department has ordered the General Chairmen's Committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen to assemble next week. No formal proposal was ready for the committee, which can accept or reject a settlement package, and carrier offers were not yet prepared. Wirtz plans a behind closed doors briefing to the Senate Commerce Committee on progress.
In Miami New York Chicago and New Jersey secret spots recruit Cabins for warfare against Fidel Castro. Exiles report several revolutionary groups enlisting men with 1961 invasion veterans prominent. CLA agents said plans involve multiple raids by commandos, infiltration and guerrilla tactics, not a large invasion.
In Sherman Texas police report youths borrowed two county road graders from the county equipment barn and used them on a country road for drag races. The graders were returned unharmed.
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