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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1960
Page
3
A 26,000-pound four stage Scout solid rocket failed after 44 seconds, the second stage did not ignite, plunging into the Atlantic off Virginia. NASA will study telemetry and footage. the inflatable satellite designed to test drag in orbit will not launch.
At Vandenberg Calif an unmanned Titan missile exploded during fueling causing about 1 million in damage to a silo launch facility. The 90 ton rocket carried no warhead and no injuries were reported. The blast sent residents within 30 miles outdoors to view a bright orange glow. The Titan was nearly complete for its first test launch within 10 days and stored in a cement-lined shaft.
In New Orleans Rev. Lloyd Foreman faced hostile crowds as he led services at St Mark's and Church of the Redeemer after his daughter Pamela Lynn, the first Black child in the district, attended an integrated class. White onlookers taunted him with racial slurs while some women left in protest. Despite the opposition, Foreman continued with services and brought more white children into the school, signaling a crack in the boycott.
Publisher William Loeb of the Manchester Union Leader challenged President elect John F. Kennedy's press secretary Pierre Salinger to apologize for remarks or debate the charges publicly. Salinger had said the Union Leader and the Indianapolis Star slanted coverage of the campaign.
The U S Chamber of Commerce expects a mild 1 2 percent drop in total output in the first half of 1961 with unemployment rising to a troublesome level. Chief economist Emerson P Schmidt cautions the second half could improve with possible year end production around 515 to 520 billion, aided by inventory reductions and a stronger economy despite constraints such as budget shifts and money supply growth.
Newton Mass UP Cardinal Cushing announced plans to build a national seminary in the Boston area within a year for older men entering the Roman Catholic priesthood after lay careers. The program aims to provide training similar to the Rome model and would include lay training schools to assist clergy, with salaries projected from six to twelve thousand dollars annually.
Rates for subscriptions by mail are listed in cents per week or month with options for one month three months six months and one year. Customers are urged to update address with the local post office and the Berkshire Fagin to avoid interruption of service.
The Kennedy transition picks North Carolina textile leader Luther Hodges as next secretary of commerce, with industry hopeful for action against foreign imports while trade circles warn policy may hinge on broader federal posture. Japanese and Hong Kong experts expect liberal trade shifts to endure. UPI notes Massachusetts group urging tax reform and labor law tweaks to boost industrial growth.
A trade group forecast that by 1980 the United States and Canada will require twice the industrial raw materials they now consume. The Canadian American Committee of 60 trade experts says the two nations will rely increasingly on outside North America for supply during the next two decades.
In Springfield Massachusetts the Easter sunrise service at Hillcrest Park Cemetery was discontinued due to the cemetery’s all-white policy. The Rev Ralph W Stutzman said the Greater Springfield Council of Churches made the decision after learning a Korean bride of an American soldier was refused burial there because of her skin color.
In Fitchburg Massachusetts a 13 year old boy Roger Florio was struck by a Boston and Maine freight train while attempting to hop aboard. He had his left leg amputated at the knee on Saturday and the second leg was removed on Sunday.
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