Froio Fights for November Ballot On Housing Project
The Elberon Avenue 100 unit elderly housing plan faced defeat as Pittsfield City Council refused the zone change. Froio pushes state support for a November referendum while Mayor Haughey backs the project amid calls to aid local workers and secure $1.2 million state housing funds. Council opposition cites distance steep grade and drainage concerns. Planning Board previously supported the change.
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Elberon Avenue
Housing Authority
Ralph J. Froio
Joseph S. Scelsi
Daniel Casey
Samuel J. Quadrozzi
Roy F. Brown
Dalton Avenue
Adams Super Market
Pittsfield
Haughey
RLC
David J. Tierney Jr
Dalton
Tierney
State
Five Day Forecast Outlook Drifts Below Seasonal Norm
The forecast through Monday averages six degrees below the normal of 57. Cooler conditions persist with scattered showers expected Saturday and Monday.
Carey Initiates Squeeze To Oust Hartnett From WE
James B. Carey IUE president has begun recall efforts to remove Hartnett the suspended secretary treasurer. Hartnett’s $22 50 a year salary is held in abeyance while negotiations over stepping down continue. Hartnett long the union’s No 2 man faces a costly recall process under IUE rules with local petitions and secret ballots across districts.
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Carey
Hartnett
James B. Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
Albion Pe Hartnett
IWE
The
Eagle
IUE
Washington
Man In Union
IGE
United Electrical Workers
Mrs Kennedy Returns Home After Birth Ordeal
Mrs John F Kennedy leaves Otis Air Force Base hospital with President Kennedy after a weeklong stay following the emergency Caesarean birth of Patrick Kennedy who died less than two days later. The couple, flanked by family, heads to a waiting car then helicopter pad as photographers cover the moment. A new blue roan cocker spaniel gift accompanies the President.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Patrick Houvier Kennedy
AEC Head Backs Test Pact and Rail Dispute Returns
Washington reports a collapsed bargaining round on railroad work rules leaves Congress to act. Labor Secretary Wirtz urged concessions from both sides as unions threaten a nationwide walkout if terms fail. Railroads insist no negotiated deal is possible, delaying resolution and keeping pressure on Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate
House Commerce Committees
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wirtz
Consgress
J. E. Wolfe
H. E B. Gilbert
Firemen’s Union
AL Wolfe
Wolfe
House Unit Votes Tax Cut for All
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a two stage income tax reduction proposed by President Kennedy. The plan would cut taxes starting January 1 1965 with an average 20 percent rate reduction and net relief averaging less than 18 percent after revenue effects. The vote stood 19 to 4 with a contested Republican motion tied to debt levels failing 13 to 10 to 12.
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Washington
UPI
House Ways & Means Committee
Kennedy
Treasury
Committee Action
Howard H. Baker
Rtenn
Right of Way Counsel Accused of Conflict Violations
Massachusetts Atty Gen Edward W Brooke ruled DPW right of way negotiator Joseph W Malgeri violated the new ethics law by serving as legal counsel to a DPW official accused of fraud. Brooke urged immediate administrative action to prevent further violations. The matter followed a complaint from John A Hanson FBI Public Roads director. Dodge and four others face federal fraud charges in a land taking tied to a federal aid road project now before U S District Court.
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Boston
API
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
State Department of Public Works
DPW
Brooke
Jack P. Ricciardi
Joseph W. Malgeri
East Boston
Ricciardi
Malgeri
John A. Hanson
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Herbert L. Dodge
Dodge
U.S
Seaborg Sees Wide Leeway Under Ground Tests
Washington AP Seaborg testifies at Senate hearings that underground nuclear testing could support a broad program including warheads for antimissile defense and peaceful uses. He backs limited test ban treaty as compatible with U.S. security, while McNamara notes some atmospheric testing would be unnecessary for decision on deployment. Goldwater questions the pact’s impact, but McNamara says advisers view the treaty as compatible with national security. Brooke cites conflict of interest issues tied to a state employee’s duties in prosecutions. Geneva AP Diplomatic sources say Khrushchev’s government pledged not to exploit the United States last week.
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Senate
Richard
Russell
William Fulbright
D-Ark
Kennedy
Washington
Glenn I. Seaborg
Mommie Energy Commission
Seaborg
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S.mcnamara
United States
U.S
McNamara
Goldwater
John Stennis
Dmiss
Barry Goldwater
R-Aviz
Frank J. Lauseche
Ohio
Dain Chiefs of Staff
Brooke
Commonwealth
Malgeri
Dodge
DPW
Soviet pledge to abstain while arms talks pause
The United States and the Soviet Union at the disarmament conference paused major issue debates until year end while maintaining twice weekly general discussions. U.S. Secretary McNamara asserted U.S. lead in nuclear power and urged follow up treaty with concrete arms race reductions and stock limits. Soviet delegate Tsarapkin offered no remark on his side.
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U.S. Senate
Semyon K. ‘Tsarapkin
U.S
Robert McNamara
United States
Soviet Union
McNamara
Moscow
Boost in Pay Urged for Top Federal Echelon
A presidential advisory panel told President Kennedy that cabinet salaries should double from 25 000 to 50 000 a year and that Congress members earn 22 500 should rise to 35 000. It urged raising Supreme Court justices, the vice president, and House speaker to 60 000.
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Washington
Congress
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Stein Board
Supreme Court
House
Kennedy
National Civil Service League
Budget Bureau
Civil Service Commission
Monastic protest body seized after self immolation in Hue
Vietnamese government troops battled Buddhists in Hue City and seized the body of a 17 year old novice who burned himself to death in protest against religious discrimination under President Ngo Dinh Diem. At least 25 Buddhists were injured, five seriously, in the clash over the charred remains.
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Hue City
South Viet Nam
UPI
Ngo Dinh Diem
U S Proposes Accord at Nuclear Disarmament Talks
In Geneva the United States urged an immediate agreement with Russia to halt fissionable material production and convert stockpiled uranium to peaceful uses. Charles C. Stelle said such steps are feasible and would follow the Moscow treaty banning atmospheric, space, and underwater blasts.
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UPI
United States
Russia
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
Moscow
Accord
Britain
United Nations General Assembly
New York
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