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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1965
Page
3
Washington expects President Johnson to send to Congress next month the largest and most controversial defense spending proposal since World War I, signaling a major wartime budget push and potential fiscal clash.
Howard Lealey a mild mannered accountant confessed he has no money to repay the $1 585 800 he stole from Ramsey Scarlett and Co over three years He blamed a gambling binge starting with a $5 bet on the Baltimore Colts and pleaded guilty to five larceny charges and one for altering a check Judge Dulany Foster sentenced him to 60 years In court Lealey cried and offered restitution if he had funds The theft involved blank company checks signed by officials and filled with up to 30000 amounts and cashed locally The total may approach six billion to date
Twenty six men were indicted for stealing at least $125 million in Navy Charleston shipyards equipment over five years. The scheme reportedly used a nationwide distribution network. Marine dealers Bodne Dennis and McEuen alleged to have participated. 274 theft instances cited across multiple states.
Whittier woman recounts her son Air Force 1st Lt. Bradley Beck being sucked from a KC-135 window during a Greenland refueling mission on Dec 1. His harness held, helmet flew off, and he remained outside 3 or 4 minutes before the navigator hauled him back inside.
Beverly Hills California funeral services set for Frank Nugent 57 award winning screenwriter of The Quiet Man and Mr Roberts who died after a coronary seizure while recovering from an aortic transplant operation last November 18. He had described frostbitten hands in a prior note and a separate item notes a different person Beck undergoing skin grafts in a San Antonio military hospital with optimistic but grim outlooks.
Washington shifts see mixed effect as a 10 percent admissions tax ends at noon today while Social Security tax increases begin Saturday. The higher cap of $297.20 raises costs for workers to fund bigger retirement benefits and elderly health care, boosting revenue by about $3 billion.
Excise tax cuts totaling about 1.7 billion dollars will take effect in 1966. Social Security adds a 4.5 percent tax on the first 6,600 of income, up from 3.625 percent on the first 4,800. Repeals include the 20 percent club dues excise and 10 percent telegram tax, while telephone service tax falls to 3 percent. Tax on stock and bond transfers also ends Saturday.
A 6.3 million Job Corps center for 1,000 girls aged 11 to 21 was announced by the Office of Economic Opportunity. The Poland Spring project, approved by Gov. John Reed, will use the Poland Spring complex and partner with the University of Maine. Sargent Shriver said the center, the largest of eight, will educate and train for jobs while not disrupting Poland Spring bottling. Sen. Edmund Muskie called it a landmark anti poverty program and a showpiece.
Albany New York Governor Rockefeller named Dr Edward Teller to lead a statewide air pollution campaign He will coordinate input from industry universities and government through the State University to attack air and water pollution and prevent power failures He seeks funds stronger enforcement tax incentives state aid and federal aid for pollution control The move follows a rise in deaths from lung disease and a high cost to residents estimated at 63 annually
A five year 250 million plan calls for a state commission with broad powers to coordinate and supervise public and private narcotics operations. The panel would enforce narcotic laws and oversee treatment and rehab programs for addicts. The Albany council also proposed stricter fines for pushers and easing doctors role in treatment.
In Baltimore, Roland Fleming, 24, was fined 110 dollars in Traffic Court on drunken driving charges after testimony that he drove a horse and wagon in downtown Baltimore. The animal allegedly lost control and jumped on the trunk of a car.
After four days of bargaining, negotiators reached a tentative settlement at the Olin Mathieson gunpowder plant in East Alton Illinois, with 4200 workers voting on the deal that could resume critical ammunition production for Viet Nam after the New Year weekend. Reopening of the Wisconsin Badger plant in Baraboo will proceed regardless, with six months needed to restart production.
The Defense Department reports 1,597 U S military personnel killed or fatally wounded in Vietnam through Monday, an increase of 51 in seven days. Breakdown shows 29 Army, 11 Air Force, 10 Marine Corps, and 1 Navy. Total combat deaths by service: Army 1,063, Marine Corps 338, Air Force 120, Navy 76.
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