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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1965

Page

3

Katzenbach Launches Federal Crime Panel

Atty General Nicholas Katzenbach launched the Presidents Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice with a 19 member panel to study public safety police administration corruption in office and the criminal justice system. James Vorenberg named executive secretary overseeing the commission and its expert panels. The 18 month effort aims to produce ongoing findings and legislative proposals.

President's Commission On Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice Johnson Katzenbach James Vorenberg Harvard Law School Vorenberg Justice Department Office of Criminal Justice Harvard Crime Commission

Udall Urges Tapping Northeast Water Sources

Secretary Udall announced a Geological Survey summary showing waste in northeast water use and potential emergency supplies. Preliminary findings identify over 31 localities with adequate supplemental public water sources including Concord Claremont Greenville North Walpole New London Brockton Franklin Gardner Templeton and more.

Washington Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall Northeast Geological Survey Atricken Udall New Hampshire Concord Claremont Greenville New London North Walpole Massachusetts Braintree Brockton Franklin Gardner End Templeton

Quincy Gets the Word On Sex Discrimination

Quincy officials report state Civil Service officials rejected a requisition for two male watchmen and four male electricians because specifying sex violated a new anti discrimination law. The posting will be revised to read watchman and electrician male or female.

Quincy Quincy, Mass Kenneth Gardner

Gov Brown Uses Computer Study on California Crime

California Governor Edmund G. Brown explores aerospace help to curb crime and riots. Space General Corp conducts a systems analysis of delinquency focusing on the 14 to 29 age group, parole policies, and rehabilitation potential, aiming to cut the $600 million annual toll while assessing factors like family income and population density.

Los Angeles Nana California Edmund G Pat) Brown Aerospace Brown Space General Corp Space General Senate Washington Prisoon Aerospace Industry

State Surveys Made Available To City Planners

Boston DPW Commissioner Francis W Sargent announces that extensive aerial photography and data compiled by the department will be available on request to civic planning groups statewide. The materials cover land use traffic zones transit studies highway systems and intersection turning movements. Local use can aid planning, with six regional areas and the statewide road inventory included, under the Federal Highway Acts of 1962 to qualify for federal funds after July 1 1965.

Boston

Convicts Strike In Louisiana Ends Quietly

An overnight sitdown strike by 500 prisoners at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola ended Friday with inmates returning to dormitories. Guards flushed out holdouts from the yard as state police backed by blue uniforms overran the area. Ringleaders were being identified after authorities began questioning inmates. The protest cited inmate guards as the issue, amid a Wednesday shooting of a prisoner trying to escape. Officials say civilian guards were unaffordable at the time.

Angola Louisiana State Penitentiary

Riot at Job Corps center injures many in Morganfield

About 50 Negro students rioted while waiting for the mess hall at the Job Corps center in Morganfield Kentucky injuring at least 10 people. Governor Breathitt sent 5 state troopers after federal clearance and FBI agents investigated an arson claim as the center faced earlier complaints of discrimination.

Morganfield Job Corps Center Edward T. Breathitt Charles Preston Preston Mess Hall Mike Sculley FBI Breathitt James Bassett Dick Gregory National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Gregory

Barriers of knowledge and solving violence challenge

The quote notes barriers in knowledge and systems design needed to meet missions once only wishful thinking. It argues that resolving America’s violence crisis would be a larger achievement than historic space feats like landing on the moon or Mars.

America Moon Mars

Cape Kennedy trespassers fined after Titan 2 near miss

Two tourists from State College Pennsylvania were fined 100 dollars each and placed on six months probation for trespassing on government property at Cape Kennedy. Gary Young 22 and Theodore Ballenger 17 approached within 200 feet of a Titan 2 rocket, expressing surprise at the legal trouble. They criticized security at the cape, noting the launch clearance to 7,000 feet.

Cape Kennedy Fla State College Gary Ralph Young Theodore Lee Ballenger U.S Tom Henderson Young Cape The

Scientific sniffer to fight airline sabotage advances

Washington reports scientists near a breakthrough device that detects vapors from explosives. Illinois Technical Research Institute won a 176,962 dollar FAA contract to build a full scale prototype amid investigations into United Airlines jet crash over Lake Michigan with 30 deaths. Since 1933, 173 Americans have died in U.S. airline sabotage cases and 59 in bombed foreign planes.

Washington APS Federal Aviation Agency FAA Dlinois Technical Research Institute Chicago United Air Lines Lake Michigan U.S

Maine Power Plans Dated By Atom Says Businessmen

The New England Council, citing technological advances in atomic power, said it is too late to invest in the Dickey Lincoln project in Maine. It urged alternatives that can supply generation more efficiently, noting atom plants paired with hydro storage offer lower costs and ample capacity for peak and firm demand. The businessmen warned the proposed project could reduce water reserves and limit multiple uses of the area during operation.

Boston New England Council Dickey - Lincoln School Maine

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