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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1965

Page

2

Americans divided on Vietnam policy in CBS poll

CBS News reports an Opinion Research Corp poll from Princeton showing 80 percent approve of U S staying in Vietnam in advisory capacity while 15 percent have no opinion. Varying views follow on negotiation, bombing, withdrawal, and nuclear weapons use with substantial support for keeping troops in place.

New York United States Viet Nam CBS News Opinion Research Corp Princeton N.J

De Gaulle vows to fight with U S if liberties at stake

Paris telecast quotes President Charles de Gaulle promising France would automatically fight beside the United States if global liberties are threatened. He rejects charges of being anti American while noting disagreements with U S policy in Asia and other issues. He cites his longtime alliance as leader of the Free French since 1940.

Paris UPI Charles de Gaulle France United States de Gaulle Asia

Yale Names Women As Fellows

Yale University announced the appointment of eight women as fellows at the Yale colleges the first time women hold such posts. Among the appointees are Mrs. Mary C Wright professor of Chinese history and Miss Marie Boroff professor of English. Fellows participate in intellectual and social life of the colleges.

New Haven Yale University Yale Mary C. Wright Marie Boroff

Milkman Extinguishes Car Fire Before Firefighters Arrive

In Phoenix a milkman beat the fire department to a car blaze, stopping his truck and putting out the fire with five gallons of milk. The incident was witnessed by H B Young of Mesa who reported the details.

Phoenix, Ariz Phoenix H.B. Young Mesa

Yugoslavia Receives New U S Grants for Economy

Belgrade AP The United States announced 57 million dollars in new credits to Yugoslavia to aid economic reform aimed at a more open market with less government control and subsidies. Of the total, 17 million is loan relief and 40 million finances import of U S machinery and equipment.

Belgrade Yugoslavia United States C. Burke Elbrick U.S Yugos Slavia

Britain and Ireland sign free trade pact to end tariffs

London AP reports Britain and Ireland signed a free trade agreement eliminating tariff barriers between the two islands. Prime Ministers Sean Lemass and Harold Wilson hailed the move as a step toward ending centuries of hostility. The pact takes effect July 1 with gradual removal of import duties by 1975.

London Britain Ireland Sean Lemass Irish Republic Harold Wilson Wilson

Goldberg urges UN peace service to replace armed conflict

United Nations, NY AP Arthur J. Goldberg urged a comprehensive UN peace service to replace armed conflict, backing a British bid to study peaceful dispute settlement, including Viet Nam. He framed the plan as a flexible, efficient substitute for war and stressed US commitment to peace in all disputes. AUCKLAND New Zealand UP1 Queen Salote of Tonga dies at 63 and is succeeded by Crown Prince Tungi as King Tupou.

United Nations U.S Arthur J. Goldberg U.N. General Assembly U.N Viet Nam Goldberg United States Auckland New Zealand

Indonesia forms three man leadership under Sukarno

Indonesia appoints Gen Abdul Haris Nasution as deputy commander in the Supreme Operational Command along with Sultan Hamengku Buwono and Ruslan Abdulgani. The trio will oversee military economic social and political affairs under president Sukarno. Nasution will lead military matters while the sultan handles economic and general affairs and Abdulgani social politics.

Jakarta Indonesia UPI Abdul Haris Nasution Sukarno Nasution Supreme Operational Command Sultan Hamengku Buwono Ruslan Abdulgani Supreme Subandrio Buwono Fava Abdulgani Subandria Sultan

U S funds aid India 73.5 million for development

The United States agreed to send India 73.5 million rupees from American surplus foods. Part of the money finances the Industrial Development Bank of India to refinance loans for industrial development, while the remainder goes to the Investment Corporation of India to assist private firms in planning and executing projects.

New Delhi United States India Industrial Development Bank of India Investment Corp. of India

Tax bill clash tops Massachusetts House plan

Statehouse session notes the House will reject a 158 million income tax package and a 699 million budget, sending the measures to a conference committee to pare back the Senate version. Also covered are Boston liquor license seizures, UMass attempting to buy a downtown building, a disputed Turnpike property tax issue, and push to block discontinuing Boston area passenger rail service with hearings set for January.

Boston Massachusetts House Senate House University of Massachusetts Umass John W. Lederle Thaddeus Buczko Buczko The Eastern Gas & Fuel Association John Hancock Massachusetts Turnpike Turnpike Authority Edward W. Brooke Volpe State Department of Public Uuilies Massachusetts New Haven Railroad Interstate Commerce Commission New Haven Springfield

Missing Man Found Living With New Family

State police disclosed that Maurice Mallion, vanished eight years earlier from Ypsilanti, is living in Cincinnati with a new wife and three children. Identified by fingerprint, he denied knowledge of his life in Michigan where he left his first wife and four children in 1997. He was arraigned after Ohio authorities turned him over to Michigan police.

Ann Arbor Mich UPI Cincinnati Ohio Ypsilanti Roy Tanner Maurice Maltion Robert R. White Mallion Tanner Florida Michigan

FBI's Second-in-Command Calls Campus Protests Outrageous

CHICAGO The newly appointed FBI associate director for crime records C D DeLoach condemned campus protests and street demonstrations as arrogant acts by radical nonconformists. He warned that opponents of the war and civil disobedience seek above the law, calling defiance a malignant disease and labeling demonstrators as morally immature, a shadow over campuses and communities.

Chicago FBI J. Edgar Hoover C.D. DeLoach Viet Nam DeLoach United States

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