Pittsfield High praised as a fine secondary school study group report says
A 27 member visiting committee from the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools commends Pittsfield High School for meeting most needs while noting space and funding limits. Supt. Russell released a 30 page report and will discuss it at tonight's School Committee meeting. Recommendations call for expanded facilities and more funds while praising admin staff and teachers.
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Pittsfield High School
Edward J. Russell
Ie High School
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Teachre
Massachusetts
John J. Millane
State Department of Education
Russell
PHS
New England Association
New Defense Chief To Forfeit Millions
Washington reports Robert Strange McNamara will resign a $400000 annual Ford salary and divest $1.6 million in stock and options to become defense secretary under President-elect Kennedy. He projects losing about $3 million in value over three to four years, while earning $25600 a year as secretary.
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Robert Stranger McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Kennedy
Cabinet Post
McNamara
Ford Glock
Scott Paper Co
Ford
General Motors
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Secrretary
Wilson
Senate
Defense
Robert Strange McNamara
United States
Oakland
Calif
R.J. McNamara
Harvard
Worcester Cracks Down on Unsafe Christmas Trees
Worcester Massachusetts authorities press a safety drive against dangerous Christmas trees and decorations in public spaces including stores restaurants and a welfare agency. Inspectors report forcing establishments to remove trees and flammable items while requiring open exits and prohibiting aluminum-tined metal trees due to fire risk. Fire Chief Trav ers notes expanded inspectors and district captains now oversee buildings to enforce the long-standing safety law.
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Worcester
Massachusetts
Ately
Herbert F. Travers
Five Day Forecast Sees Below Normal Temperatures
The forecast projects temperatures through Monday averaging six degrees below the seasonal norm of 24 degrees. A gradual warm up is expected through Monday, with colder conditions on Saturday. Light snow is possible Friday, and rain or snow is expected Monday.
Washington Club Gets Dale Long
Dale Long of the New York Yankees was drafted by Washington, one of two new American League clubs joining Los Angeles. Each club picked 28 players for a $75 000 price tag, totaling $4.2 million for the two teams. Notable Los Angeles selections include Eli Grba Eddie Yost Ted Kluszewski Ken Aspromonte Ned Garver and Duke Maas. Washington picks feature Bobby Shantz Dick Donovan Gene Waddling Willie Tasby and Johnny Knopstein.
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Dale Long
North Adams
New York Yankees
New Washington Baseball Club
Washington
Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles
Eli Grba
Yankees
Eddie Yost
Detroit
Ted Kluszewski
Chicago
Ken Aspromonte
Cleveland
Ned Garver
Kansas City
Duke Maas
New York
Bobby Shantz
Dick Donovan
Gene Waddling
Baltimore
Willie Tasby
Johnny Knopstein
Algiers Riots Roar Through Casbah Amid Nationalist Slogans
A crowd of about 3000 Moslems surged through Algiers Casbah shouting Abbas to power and Moslem Algeria as riot police and French troops stood ready. The chaos followed the looting of a Jewish synagogue and days of bloodshed that left 193 dead and 500 injured. De Gaulle, pausing his Algeria tour, vowed to pursue home rule plan.
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Abbas
Fehrat Abbas
Algeria
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Paris
Assembly Debates Congo Crisis. Security Council Deadlocks
The United Nations Security Council ended a marathon session by vetoing East-West Congo crisis proposals, sending the issue to the General Assembly. Israel and North Africa tensions surface as Zorin accuses the West of meddling while U.N. mechanics and Lumumba’s fate remain central to mounting Algerian self-determination pressure.
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Lumumba
Leopoldville
Kasayubu
United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
Congo
Ceylon
General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Valerian 4
Zorin
U.S
James W. Barco
Russia
Dag Hammarskjold
West
Barco
James J. Wadsworth
Hammarskjold
Belgium
U.N
NATO
FBI
France
Charles de Gaulle
Holy Alliance
Algeria
North Africa
Moonshot Canceled During Countdown
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP technical trouble forced at least a one day postponement of the attempt to launch an American spacecraft toward an intended lunar orbit. The 388 pound craft aimed to become the first lunar satellite carrying instruments to study the moon environment. If minor problems are fixed, a new launch might occur Thursday with Pioneer VI expected to reach lunar orbit 60 hours after launch.
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Fla
Moon
Congolese seize Bel gian air base Kitona
About 250 Congolese soldiers seized the former Bel gian airbase at Kitona from U.N. Moroccans guarding the facility. Moroccans offered no resistance to prevent bloodshed. Rajeshwar Dayal reported to Dag Hammarskjold that the move violated U.N. mandate and was an aggression against the United Nations.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Kitona
United Nations
U.N
U.N. Congo
Rajeshwar Dayal
India
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
West Signs Trade Pact To Counteract Red Bloc
PARIS United States Canada and 18 Western European nations signed a charter forming the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at the French Foreign Office. The plan creates an Atlantic council for economic cooperation and aims to link North America with Europe in a new era of free world prosperity amid Moscow's push for dominance.
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UPI
United States
Canada
Europe
OECD
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
OEEC
Free World
Russia
Japan to ease curbs on trade with Communist China
Tokyo reports plan to ease trade restrictions with Peiping, aiming to restart direct business between Japan and the China mainland after a four year cut, following the 1958 Nagasaki flag incident that sparked the earlier ban.
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Japan
China
Peiping
Nagasaki
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