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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1960
Page
26
Final figures from the 1960 US Census show Barnstable County with 70,256 residents, up from 46,805 in 1939. Provincetown declined by 405, while towns such as Brewster Chatham Eastham Harwich Orleans Truro Wellfleet posted varying gains.
Three ministers in Big Rapids Michigan urge moving the planned county jail from the current site on the square with churches. They say inmates shout derogatory remarks at worshippers attending services, creating danger and disrespect.
Dr. Wilbur J. Bender former Harvard College dean and associate director of the Committee of the Permanent Charity Fund Inc called for major boosts in aid for Massachusetts youth pursuing higher education He noted Massachusetts ranked 48nd per capita in state spending and now 50th with suggestions for more loan funds and scholarships to uphold equality of opportunity for gifted impoverished students.
Real estate transactions include Robert J. and Ann Lorette gifting land on School Street Lenox to Victor J. and Lillian E. Stringer. Crane & Company Inc. sells land on Morningview Drive to the Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield. Salvatore and Sophia M. D Andrea transfer house and lot on Pine Grove Drive to Ralph A. and Cecelia M. Pettograsso.
A cluttered list of TV and radio programs and times including opera Tannhauser and debates on federal education aid. It names Sen Joseph S Clark and Arthur S Flemming among others and lists numerous headlines segments and local news blocks.
A late rally Friday lifted the market, adding about $3 billion in stock value on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow rose 7.02 to 617.78 as chemicals, autos, steels, and other sectors led. The AP average climbed 2.20 to 219.60 with broad gains and higher new highs for the year.
President elect John F Kennedy named Arthur J Goldberg labor secretary as the second Jew in his cabinet. Connecticut Governor Abraham Ribicoff had already been named secretary of health education and welfare, seen as a repudiation of anti Semitism in public life. Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld hailed the move as proof that religion is a private matter in American society.
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