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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1960
Page
7
Mrs Agatha Dick arrived from Fayette to nap an unoccupied Bankston house she owns and found two 106 gallon moonshine whisky stills in the basement. Police are investigating.
Yvonne Pope said she saw her husband Allan Law Pope in his death cell in Indonesia over the past week and he appears healthy. She arrived incognito on a tourist visa and spoke briefly with President Sukarno about his fate.
Washington AP reports at least two million people are expected to witness the inauguration events. The massive crowd and security preparations mark the start of the new administration amid ceremonies and parades.
Canadair, Ltd. reports continued development of a small decompression chamber device for easing labor by reducing abdominal pressure. A prototype was used at St Mary’s Hospital. a modified version is under test. Early results from 16 first-time mothers show six with excellent relief, nine good, one fair. among 15 with prior births, seven excellent, five good, three fair. In other news, President-elect Kennedy’s inaugural events on January 20 were outlined by the inaugural committee led by Edward H. Foley.
Fred W. Garlick, who sued to avoid Army weather duty after selecting missiles in training, is back in Miami seeking weather bureau work. He was discharged on December 13 and now looks at weather positions with the Miami bureau and an airline seeking meteorologists at Cape Canaveral Florida.
Former president Harry Truman said he is writing a schoolbook about the president's role in government. He spoke at a Society of American Archivists meeting, earning an honorary life membership and an award for preserving official documents. He called the honor valuable and praised the Constitution.
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