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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1963
Page
2
Washington based report notes export licenses issued to private traders for a stalled sale of U S wheat to the Soviet Union. Behrman said licenses are effectively available if needed as talks edge toward a possible first sale worth about 40.6 million dollars.
The Viktor Pozdneev family from Moscow concludes a holiday visit in Portsmouth Ohio and will travel by car to Cincinnati then fly to New York Stockholm and Moscow. The mother an English teacher fears airsickness but expresses warm appreciation for American hospitality. The piece also notes U.S. Wheat export negotiations with the Soviet Union and the impact of ship allocation and freight rates on pricing and sales prospects amid government rules and farm programs.
East German Communist officials arrested three West Berlin holiday visitors as they left East Berlin via the Invaliden Strasse crossing point. Police did not identify the detainees or state the reason. The incident follows broader Western tourist allowances and a fatal shooting near the Wall during the Christmas period.
Crewmen from the U S 7th Fleet general stores ship Pellux returned to their ship after visiting a remote leper colony on Mt Fuji to paint a chapel, repair buildings, build a pig pen and baskets, lay drainpipes and construct a basketball and volleyball court. They held a Christmas party and distributed gifts including a $500 cash donation.
London reports urged a government inquiry into the fire aboard the Greek liner Lakonia on a Christmas cruise from Southampton. Britain suffered many deaths as passengers and crew disagreed on crew panic. The Lakonia’s operators issued revised casualty figures.
Manila reports initial contacts to settle U S Cambodia dispute with help from the Philippines. Foreign Secretary Lopez says the situation is encouraging as Lopez and U S envoy Stevenson discuss steps while contacts extend. Washington notes President Macapagal offered good offices amid cautious U S approach due to ties with South Vietnam and Thailand.
More than 500 Bulgarians gathered in Sofia before the U S Legation to protest alleged U S involvement in a Bulgarian diplomat's case. The mob smashed windows and overturned four American cars before police dispersed them after about 1 hour and 15 minutes. No injuries were reported.
North Viet Nam jailed six presumed Vietnamese spies connected to U S and South Vietnam activities. They were captured in June after landing by sea on an island near Quang Ninh Province and received prison terms from five to sixteen years per NCNA reporting.
London AP report: two United States airmen, William McFarland of Hartsville South Carolina and Thomas Franklin of Ryder North Carolina, drowned when their car left a circle and fell into a canal near Mildenhall amid dense fog and icy roads. Both served at nearby Lakenheath Air Base. Each left a widow and children. Britain logged a heavy Christmas highway toll with at least 94 dead as fog and icy conditions were blamed for multiple crashes.
Maj. Gen. Chester Clifton quotes John F Kennedy as relying on senior military advisers to gauge the impact of U S forces on world affairs. He recalls Kennedys stunned reaction to a Joint Chiefs estimate that sending 16 660 troops to Southeast Asia would deplete strategic reserves. Kennedy then ordered growth of combat ready divisions from 11 to 16 and expanded airlift capability.
Dr Hewlett Johnson aged 89 the retired Red Dean of Canterbury left London Thursday night for Havana to attend January first festivities marking the fifth anniversary of Fidel Castro's revolution He said he wanted to show that at least one Englishman would cut into his Christmas parties to attend this event of worldwide circumstance
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