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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1964

Page

3

Kennedy subpoenaed by Hoffa defense in Chattanooga trial

In Chattanooga James Neal says Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Assistant Attorney General Herbert J. Mitner have been subpoenaed as defense witnesses for the Hoffa jury tampering case. The Justice Department notes subpoenas were received but says no action needed unless the judge finds relevant testimony.

Chattanooga Washington Justice Department Kennedy Miller FBI J. Edgar Hoover James Haggerty Hoffa Detroit Wilson Haggerty Neal Hoover United States Louisiana Teamsters Edward Partin

Ala Mayor Bows to Court On Integration

Notasulga Mayor James Rea pledged to bow to Federal Court authorities after barring six Negro students from a white Notasulga High School. He said he would abide by the court hearing on February 13, but warned he could close the school under a city ordinance, delaying integration.

Ala Tuskegee, Ala Alabama James Rea Notasulga Rea Notasuiga High

U S Public Seen Over Informed By Nieman Head

Louis Lyons, curator of Harvards Nieman Foundation, says Americans are overinformed as vast information never sticks. He urges perspective and meaning amid flood of news while noting the press is society’s least-criticized institution despite broad criticism of others.

U.S Nieman Cambridge, Mass UPI Louis Lyons Harvard Nieman Foundation The American College Public Relations Association Lyons

Elvis Presley Sails Into Historic Yacht Bid

Elvis Presley bought a Roosevelt yacht for 55000 dollars at auction and offered it to the National Foundation and the March of Dimes to preserve as a historic monument, but the foundation said it cannot accept due to lack of funds to maintain the ship.

Presley Franklin D. Roosevelt National Foundation March of Dimes

Oswald Wife Testifies About Husband’s Abnormality

Mrs Marina Oswald testified in Washington that Lee Harvey Oswald appeared abnormal after returning from Russia in 1962 and practiced shooting before Kennedy's assassination on November 22. She recalled his trip to Mexico City seeking a Cuba visa and said he was a normal man, not violent. She hopes to become a citizen and raise her children, noting she did not plan to remarry.

Washington Marina Oswald Russia Kennedy Lee Harvey Oswald Edwin A. Walker Dallas Walker Oswald Texas John Connally J.F.K Warren Mexico City Cuba Gen. Walker Connally Presidential Investigating Commission Earl Warren John M. Thorne

Smith College names new dean to succeed Doris Silbert

Smith College in Northampton appoints Mrs Karl Lehmann as dean effective June 1963. Lehmann, longtime art professor at Smith since 1946 and former research professor of art at New York University, succeeds Dean Doris Silbert.

Northampton Mass Thomas Mendenhall Smith College Karl Lehmann Doris Silbert Lehmann Smith New York University

Convicted Police Killer Wins Stay

John J. Kerrigan of Boston, condemned for the 1961 shooting of Cambridge patrolman Lawrence Gorman, received a stay of execution from Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg after earlier Massachusetts court denials of a new trial or stay. The high court noted the prior timing of motions and upheld the prior ruling by a Superior Court justice.

Washington Supreme Court Arthur Goldberg Friday John J. Kerrigan Boston Cambridge, Mass Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Kerrigan Massachusetts High Court Superior Court Lawrence Gorman

Johnson to seek extended unemployment insurance reach

President Johnson plans to ask Congress to broaden unemployment insurance to 3 million more workers and raise benefits as part of the war on poverty. The plan, a Kennedy recommendation, would levy 0.3 percent payroll tax to fund extended benefits and aid states. It also increases the taxable wage base from 3000 to 5200 in 1966, boosting federal tax receipts and potentially easing chronic unemployment.

Washington UPI Johnson Congress John F. Kennedy U. S Michigan

Coed Night Visits Allowed at Columbia University

Columbia University allows women visitors in men's dormitory rooms from 7 p.m. to midnight every Saturday under a student sponsored plan announced by vice president Lawrence H. Chamberlain. Doors open at 5 p.m. on home game days, winter sports weekends, and the spring fraternity carnival, with the new plan taking effect February 15.

Columbia New York Columbia University Lawrence H. Chamberlain Columbia

New Haven Railroad Posts 1963 Loss Over Twelve Million

The bankrupt New Haven Railroad reported a 1963 deficit of 12,264,275 dollars, with about 10.8 million tied to passenger operations while freight showed roughly even results. Trustees noted a slight improvement from 1962’s 12,741,495 deficit.

New Haven, Conn New Haven

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