Erhard Heads to U S for Talks on Market and Berlin
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard departed Bonn by chartered plane for Houston to reassure President Johnson that the European Common Market will not turn isolationist. He travels with Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder and officials to discuss Brussels measures, Berlin, and the Kennedy tariff talks.
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Bonn
Germany
UPD
Ludwig Erhard
United States
Johnson
Erhard
Wahn Airfield
Houston
Gerhard Schroeder
Brussels
Berlin
Religion Officially Barred From Schools In N Brookfield
Massachusetts Supreme Court rules prayers and Bible reading in North Brookfield public schools violate the law. Justice Paul Reard granted immediate judgment in the state attorney general’s suit against the North Brookfield School Committee. North Brookfield had been the sole community defying prior U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the practice.
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Boston
UPS
Massachusetts Supreme Court
North Brookfield
Paul
Reard
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
Massachusetts
U. S. Supreme Court
Tamburello to Be Berkshire Downs Counsel in Hancock Track
Pittsfield lawyer Paul A. Tamburello will counsel Berkshire Downs Inc the new owners of Hancock track at a Berkshire County racing date hearing. Del P Virgilio and Ignatius Michalenko are officers while George W Vivino of New York City owns the track purchased for 406000. Rizzo remains Hancock Raceway manager. Tamburello stresses strict terms and public scrutiny opposing illegal acts by any Berkshire Downs associate.
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Paul A. Tamburello
Pittsfield
Berkshire Downs Brack
Hancock
del P.virgilio
Ignatius Michalenko
Adams
Berkshire Downs, Inc
George W. Vivino
New York City
Tamburello
Ih‘corporation
Tthe
Virgilio
Berkshire Downs
Michalenko
Adams Specialty & Printing Co
Hancock Track
Hancock Raceway, Inc
Vivino
Hancock Raceway
Emprise Corp
Buffalo
N.Y
Emprise
Massachusetts Sportservice, Inc
the Eagle
Berkshire County
Rizzo
Salvatore A. Rizzo
Pearsdale
N. Y
Racing Commission
Berkshire County Committee
Mars May Be Clouded By Deadly Yellow Smog
Washington AP reports evidence Mars hosts yellow clouds of toxic gas likely nitrogen dioxide, suggesting a choking atmosphere. If confirmed, this reduces hopes for a life supporting planet in the solar system, contrasting with prior dust explanations and notes on Venus.
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Mars
Washington
Earth
Sebastian Karrer
Carl C. Kiess
Venus
U.S
DPW nominees face conflict rules for stock holdings
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke ruled two of Governor Peabody’s DPW nominees must divest stock in family firms to avoid conflict. James Fitzgerald must shed 20 percent in Fitzgerald Construction or halt equipment rentals to a Turnpike project. Donald Dwight must reduce holdings in Holyoke Transcript and Greenfield Recorder to under 1 percent. Other appointees were cleared pending further review.
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Boston
UPI
Edward W. Brooke
Endicott Peabody
Department of Public Works
DPW
Brooke
Executive Council
James F. Fitzgerald
Milton
Donald R. Dwight
South Hadley
Massachusetts
Francis X. Bellotti
Gov
Peabody
Dwight
Fitzgerald
Tam
Fitzgerald Construction Co
The
Holyoke Transcript
Greenfield Recorder
Five Day Forecast Notes Cold Period With Snow Risk
Five day outlook shows temperatures averaging six degrees below normal through Wednesday. Continued cold with more snow likely on Monday or Tuesday.
Living Costs Hit New High in November
Washington reports the consumer price index rose two tenths of a percent to 107.4 percent of the 1957-59 average, with groceries up from fresh vegetables and sugar and housing costs up across the board. The Labor Department predicts further increases this month as food, housing and services costs rise.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Arnold Chasé
Labor Statistics
Peabody says most of his program achieved with tax relief
Governor Endicott Peabody told Massachusetts residents that more than 80 percent of his administration’s program has been completed without any rise in state taxes. He highlighted progress in education public works industrial development job retraining and pay raises for government workers. He credited DPW reform to five commissioners and a governor-linked chairman Snow. He did not comment on death sentence commutation or abolition.
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Boston
UPI
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
Peabody
DPW
State Department of Public Works
Snow
New England Economy Signals Slower Growth in 1963
Boston AP The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston reports New England growth lagging a year earlier due to Massachusetts stagnation. Nine month personal income rose 3 percent in the region versus 5.2 percent nationwide, with Massachusetts up only 1 percent and the rest of New England flat. Nonetheless signs of improvement appear as Massachusetts manufacturers spend 13 percent more on new plant and equipment and eight industries anticipate higher 1964 outlays.
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Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Governor's Message Delayed One Day Jan 2
Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody delays the State of the Commonwealth address to January 2 due to the New Year holiday. The move follows a suggestion from Senate President John E. Powers. The constitution requires the legislature to begin on the first Wednesday, which is New Year's Day in 1964, and the delay also accounts for holiday activities and the absence of afternoon papers.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody
Senate
John E. Powers
Senate Meets Two Seconds Adjourns Until Monday
The Senate opened for two seconds and adjourned to 10 a.m. Monday to consider final passage of a $3 billion foreign aid bill, then will adjourn until Jan. 7. Sen. Lee Metcalf presided, with Proxmire Morse and Kuchel present during the brief pro forma session. No business was conducted due to a strict three day meeting rule.
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Washington
Senate
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Thomas H. Kuchel
R-Calif
No New Layoffs Seen At GE for Late 1964 Pittsfield forecast
GE Pittsfield employment is expected to be about 8,700 by mid 1964 and hold that level for the year, with no further cuts anticipated in the last six months. Recent reductions totaled about 1,050 over 12 months, leaving roughly 9,300 workers now and a planned continued stabilizing pace through 1964.
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General Electric Co
Pittsfield
Robert L. Gibson
Transformer Division
Gibson
GE Ordnance Department
Pitsfield
Ordnance Department
Defense
Commonwealth
Oswald’s Widow to Aid JFK Assassination Probe
Mrs. Marina Oswald may testify before the presidential committee investigating President Kennedy’s assassination. Attorney John M. Thorne says the request came from chief counsel J. B. Rankin and a date has not been set. The widow and her two children live under Secret Service protection in the Dallas Fort Worth area and have reportedly received Christmas gifts from around the world.
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Dallas
Tex
Marina Oswald
John F. Kennedy
John M. Thorne
Thorne
J. B. Rankin
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas - Fort Worth
Secret Service
Cyprus peace patrols face delays as wounded soldier reported
British patrols moved through Nicosia to keep peace in Cyprus amid Greek Turkish joint patrol delays. A soldier on a southeastern Lamnaca patrol was shot in the shoulder. Commands in Nicosia debated mixed patrols, language issues hindering rapid Greek and Turkish participation. Archishop Makarios urged public cooperation to aid restoring law and order.
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Nicosia
Meditterranean
P.G. Young
Cyprus
Young
Greece
Turkey
Makarios
Fire Drives 60 From MTA Train
About 60 passengers fled a Government Center Station MTA train as an overheated contact box sparked a minor blaze. Officials reported no injuries and noted the incident caused a temporary transit tie-up.
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Boston
UPI
Metropolitan Transit Authority
MTA
Government Center
Christmas Late But Welcome For Four Chilean Orphans
MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. Four Chilean orphans arrived late but warmly welcomed by the Quinn family. William Quinn and his wife Joan adopted the children ages 1½ to 11, joining six Quinn kids. The orphans’ mother died in a car crash last September, and a Chilean nun appealed for help. Mrs. Quinn studied Spanish, easing future communication.
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Massapequa Park
N.Y
Chile
New York City
William Quinns
Togs
Quinns
Quinn
National Broadcasting Co. News and Public
Joan
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