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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1960

Page

3

Hawaii In uncert Kennedy is certified winner

The AP and UPI report Kennedy is certified winner as 50 state tally reaches 306 to 219 with Nixon at 219. Hawaii votes in flux after partial recount shifts to Kennedy by 81. full recount ordered. Electors meet in capitals to cast ballots. Congress to count votes Jan 6. Nixon to announce outcome as presiding officer.

Ashmington John F. Kennedy Kennnedy Maine Hawaii Kennedy Richard M. Nixon Harry F. Byrd D-Va Congress Senate House Nixon

Graham urges prayers for Kennedy as nation prays

Washington UPI Billy Graham urged Protestants to pray for President-elect John F Kennedy who is Catholic. He met with President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon noting the election showed less religious bigotry than some claimed.

Washington UPI Billy Graham Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Graham Richard M. Nixon

Pittsfield pays taxes and fees for Machusetta venture

Pittsfield officials announce payment of general taxes and class cents related to a local Machusetta project. The move clarifies funding status and solidifies municipal support for the venture and its fiscal obligations.

Pittsfield Das Machusetta

Supreme Court backs compulsory testimony in narcotics cases

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that witnesses may be compelled to testify if granted immunity from prosecution, protecting against state and federal charges. Justice Brennan wrote the majority. Justice Black dissented, joined by Chief Justice Warren. The decision centers on Giacomo Reina's case after his 1958 grand jury refusal while serving a federal sentence.

Washington Supreme Court High Tribunal Brennan Justice Black Warren High Court York City Giacomo Reina Reina New York Black District Court

Review Denied On Radio TV Deal

Washington AP Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. was denied a Supreme Court review of its fight against NBC radio and television station exchange in Philadelphia for RKO General stations in Boston. Westinghouse argued the exchange would adversely affect WBZ TV Boston and its NBC network affiliation dating from 1949 as part of a complex package deal.

Washington Westinghouse Broadcasting Co Supreme Court NBC Philadelphia RKO General, Inc Boston Westinghouse Wbz-Tv

Crash Post Mortem: Jet Off Course By 11 Miles

United Airlines DC 8 veered from its holding pattern above New York and crashed in Brooklyn while a TWA Constellation fell on Staten Island. An air safety expert suggested a transistor radio could have caused navigation indicators to misread, though this remained a theory. The investigation noted one navigation receiver was out of service and radar warnings to the TWA pilot preceded the collision.

Washington United Airlines TWA New York City Quesada Staten Island United Brooklyn Constellation Eisenhower DCB la Guardia David Wollman Flight Safety Foundation Marge Private Aviation Research Organic

Trail of Destruction Behind Him Devote Driver Involved

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Hetler rushed to a Mansfield scene after a car plowed through a front yard struck a parked vehicle and hit a brick house corner. The driver, who admitted drinking, could only say he did not know how he arrived.

Mansfield Ohlo Joseph Hetler

Merger of Blips Crashes Two Airliners in Brooklyn and Staten Island

A United Airlines jet and a Trans World Airlines Constellation collided after merging blips on a radar screen. The United jet struck near Brooklyn while the TWA plane crashed on Staten Island. At least 134 people died, and public hearings are set to begin in Brooklyn on January 4.

Trans World Airlines Constellation la Guardia TWA United Air Lines Brooklyn Staten Island Civil Aeronautics Board

Conn. Tobacco Farms Face New Job Losses

Connecticut tobacco growers brace for impact as Consolidated Cigar Corp. says it will buy no broadleaf tobacco this year. Large stocks remain unsold as prices fall below production costs. Growers may shift to processed tobacco binders or transfer remaining crop to the Connecticut-Massachusetts Tobacco Cooperative, which expects to take a majority of the harvest.

Shearson Hammill Shearson Sheargan Consolidated Cigar Corp Stanley Keyser Tech Connecticut - Massachusetts Tobacco Cooperative Samuel J. Orr Suffield Connecticut Valley Massachusetts

U N Resignation Shocks United Nations Staff

The White House on Monday announced the resignation of James Bates deputy U S representative to the United Nations effective when the Kennedy administration takes over.

Ashington UPI White House James Bates U.S United Nations Kennedy

Rambler's New Crusade Seeks Customer Progress Sharing

Rambler proposes a four month program offering customers a share of cost reductions from increased sales December 1960 to March 1961. The plan aims to boost sales of Rambler and Metropolitan models through government savings bonds and exclusive double-free incentives, while stressing consumer equity and national economic benefit.

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