GE reshapes Pittsfield units in major corporate realignment
Pittsfield GE operations undergo a broad reorganization announced by CEO Fred J. Borch. The electric utility group splits into three divisions with Pittsfield housing key units, including the new distribution division headed by Robert L. Gibson and a newly formed distribution protection department led by Dorsch W. Lynch. The changes, effective January 1, move GE toward a customer oriented structure while preserving facilities and staffing.
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Severs
Certral Electric Co
Pittfield
Fred J. Borch
Ralph J. Cordiner
Cordiner
Borch
GE Transformer
Pittsfield
Robert L. Gibson
Philadelphia
Torbine
Schenectady
Gibson
Distribution Protective Equipment Department
Dorsch W. Lynch
Stere
Lynch
Hendersonvile
Hedson Walls
N.Y
Rome
Ée ‘Partmaent
Power Transmission Division
Neuuri
Emer Fewartment
Rene. Ga
Final Writ Bans Prayer In Schools
Boston AP Justice Paul Reardon ordered a final judgment directing Neerth Stookfield School Committee to halt prayers in public schools. A writ will be sent to the committee. the panel had voted to cease prayers at Christmas vacation. The state defied an attorney general opinion and faces possible state Supreme Court action. The committee meets January 6 to decide if it will appeal to the full court.
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Boston
Supreme Court
Paul
Reardon Oxtay
Neerth Stookfield School Committee
Edward W. Brooke
U.S. Supreme Court
State’ Supreme Court
Lown
State Supreme Court
Bulgarian ex aide at UN confesses spying for US
Iven-Assen Hristov Georgiev a 36 year old Bulgarian diplomat and international lawyer pleaded guilty in Sofia admitting he spied for the United States for seven years. He said he placed himself in US intelligence service and described giving CIA political economic and military secrets from his New York UN mission and Europe assignments. The Bulgarian agency noted a potential death penalty by shooting for treason and said Georgiev used the alias Georges Duvalle during espionage.
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Vienna
UPI
United States
Iven-Assen Hristov Georgiev
Supreme Court
Sofia
United Nations
New York
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Georgiev
International Institute of Space Law
U.S
New York Post
Europe
Georges Duvalle
Ivan Assem Chrie
Vietnamese abandon old forts in Mekong Delta
Vietnamese government troops are abandoning outdated forts in the Mekong Delta amid growing Communist pressure. The move erases central authority symbols as detachments march away from watchtowers and flags. The delta, key to rice supply, saw fort defenses collapse under mortars and mines in the face of Viet Cong attacks. Since the military junta seized power, officials reassessed tactics and ordered the withdrawal.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Mekong
Viet Nam
South China Seacoast
Jacob Shubert Dies at 83 in Manhattan Apartment
Jacob J. Shubert 83 a major theatrical entrepreneur died of a cerebral hemorrhage in his Manhattan apartment He helped run the Shubert dynasty with brothers Lee and Sam owning 16 New York theaters and others nationwide The government had sued the estate for 1570587 in estate taxes two days earlier valuing the estate at 25 million with most in a half interest in the partnership He died across from the Shubert Theatre in the Sard i Building near the Broadway theater district.
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New York
Jacob J. Shubert
Manhattan
Lee Shubert
More Than 300 Killed In Christmas Traffic
The Associated Press reports Christmas holiday traffic killed over 300 people in a 48 hour period from midnight Monday to midnight Christmas Day local time. The heaviest toll occurred Christmas Day with 100 deaths on the West Coast and 83 by midnight Tuesday EST, while adverse driving conditions contributed to the high numbers.
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Associated Press
Associ
Ated Press
N E Accidents Take 10 Lives During Christmas Holiday
The 48 hour Christmas period saw 10 deaths on New England highways from 12:01 am Tuesday to midnight Christmas Day. Connecticut led with four deaths, Maine and Massachusetts two each, Vermont and Rhode Island one each, New Hampshire none.
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New England
Connecticut
New Engand
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Fallout From 1961 Soviet Tests Affects USS Enterprise
Navy report reveals radioactive fallout from Soviet 1961 atmospheric tests contaminated the USS Enterprise. Radiation persisted about a month but posed no health danger to crew. rain washed fallout to outside areas and efforts aimed to prevent entry via ventilation.
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Washington
Russia
U.S
Enterprise
Seaton
Santa Does It Again on One-Day World Tour
NORTH POLE AP reports Santa Claus, the famed North Pole flyer, completed his annual world tour in a single day despite an obsolete aircraft. He had special permission from American officials to violate roof-top flight rules and obtained clearance from NORAD. A missile scare was avoided, and Santa hinted at a return next year.
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North Pole
Santa Claus
Santa
North American Air Defense Command
Cyprus crisis escalates as Britain orders more troops
Cyprus turmoil deepens as Greece seeks UN Security Council action and Britain orders additional troops. Turkish jets fly warning passes. 200 dead or wounded reported, official tallies 17 killed 50 wounded. Makarios seeks UN aid while Britain, Greece, and Turkey move to unified command under a British lead.
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Nicossa
Cyprus
Great Britain
NATO
London
Cyprus Turkish Association
Turkey
Makarios
Cemal Gursel
Johnson
Washington
Greece
Atlantic Alliance
Texas
Alec Douglas
Britain
U. N. Security Council
British Commonwealth
Dean Rusk
State Department
U.S
Foresters Infantry Regiment
England
Fraser Wilkins
Sir Arthur Girk J
Miltiades Delivanis
Nicosia
Mazhar Ozkal
Sam's Found Overseas- With Envoy
Sam the dachshund, misidentified as Eric, is en route home from Africa. Owner Maxwell C. Moulton said the dog will be flown from Dakar to New York and then Washington, aided by the State Department, after Ambassador James Loeb Jr. received the wrong pet at a Guinea hospital.
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Washington
UPI
Sam
Africa
Eric
Maxwell C. Moulton
Dakar
New York
Sam l
James Loeb Jr
U.S
Guinea
Loeb
Moulton
State Department
Burroughs Corp Closing Two Plants
Burroughs Corp announces the closure of two plants in Detroit and Philadelphia affecting about 1,900 jobs. Some workers will transfer to other plants, with layoffs minimized by transfers and voluntary retirements. Changes span two years, including phasing out commercial and military equipment at the Second Avenue Detroit plant and moving Philadelphia electronic instrument division production to Plainfield New Jersey along with about 400 job shifts.
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Detroit
UPD
Burroughs Corp
Philadelphia
Second Avenue
Burroughs
Electronic Instrument Division
Electronic Components Division
Plainfield
N.J
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