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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1963
Page
2
Viet Cong guerrillas overran Ben Tuong a strategic hamlet 30 miles north of Saigon burning 137 of 200 homes. The attack marked a bold move in Operation Schrise the village project begun in 1962 critics say the strategic hamlets are overextended and nonviable.
A Welsh bishop, William Glyn Hughes, urged the Church of England to shed its status as the state church under Parliament. He told 1,200 delegates that church reforms require the state church to retreat from governance, embrace broader worship forms, and shed the colonial-era stigma of establishment.
Havana reports Castro government tanks troops and anti aircraft weapons moving toward the island’s north coast. The raids on industrial plants, including a metal plant hit on Monday, are described as part of a new aggression plan. No official explanation for the troop movement was given, but defenses are being stepped up.
Thirty seven Cuban refugees were rescued from a 40 foot motor sailboat southeast of Anguilla Cay in the Bahamas. A Navy patrol plane spotted the craft and the 165 foot cutter Nemesis took aboard 10 men, 13 women and 14 children for transport to Key West Florida. The refugees’ boat was taken in tow.
Mechanics and ground crew from United Air Lines walked off jobs in New York Newark Los Angeles Cleveland Philadelphia Seattle and Portland in a nationwide IAM action. Supervisory workers filled in and service continues with no flights curtailed. IAM represents about 120000 members and has been without a contract since June 1962 following a dispute over refueling duties at New York International Airport.
Morocco announced formal recognition of the government in exile of Holden Roberto, based in Leopoldville, Congo, as Angola’s legitimate authority. The Portuguese colony in southwest Africa remains under colonial rule.
Labor Secretary Wirtz unveils proposals to settle the railroad labor dispute by arbitration. President Kennedy says Senate Commerce Committee will meet with Wirtz and union and management representatives to consider a settlement today. If rejected, Congress may decide whether to adopt administration proposals or propose its own.
South Carolina will close 26 public parks indefinitely starting September 8 to avoid complying with a federal order that directed integration within 60 days. Twenty parks serve whites and six serve Negroes under state law permitting segregated facilities. Effects of the closure will be decided for the next season.
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