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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1964

Page

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Pay raise clash as city council battles over 204,000 package

Mayor Dillon and the City Council brace for a fight over a three-step pay increase for Police and Fire, and a two-step raise for other municipal workers. Dillon opposes the plan, citing inequities, and says he will study the matter after last night's Council approval. The ordinance heads to the Ordinance and Rules Committee with readings planned Feb 25 and March 10 amid possible special meetings.

Dillon Wpivyes Council

Bank official pleads innocent in bribery case

Boston AP Martin J. Hanley deputy state commissioner of banks pleaded innocent to 15 indictments charging soliciting and accepting bribes. A special grand jury returned the indictments which allege counts of bribery. Judge Lewis Goldberg released him in personal recognizance and set 20 days to file special pleadings. State Banking Commissioner Mibe B. Hynes suspended Hanley from the post held since 1950. He is the first public official indicted under the state’s new conflict of interest law.

Boston Martin J. Hanley Suffolk Superior Court Hanley Lewis Goldberg Mibe B. Hynes Hantey

Lincoln quotes used to push segregation draw mail

Segregationist ad in national newspapers quotes Lincoln to claim support for race separation. Citizens' Council officials say distribution spans all 50 states and has generated substantial reader response. Republican Rep. Fred Schwengel denounces the ad as ugly and unhistorical misquoting of Lincoln.

Jackson Miss Citizens’ Council of America Abraham Lincoln Louis Hollis Council Lincoln Hollis Richard Morphew Car.ried Washington Fred Schwengel Iowa

Five Day Forecast Picks Upward Temperature Trend

The outlook shows temperatures averaging near or slightly above normal over the next five days with mild conditions tomorrow. Colder spell arrives Friday and Saturday. Warmer again by Sunday or Monday. Light snow possible tomorrow with snow or rain likely late Saturday or Sunday.

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School Boycotts Accomplish Little

Racial integration disputes sparked boycotts in the North and South. In Boston Negro leaders defied a ruling calling the boycott illegal while White students in Macon I County Alabama faced school closures. Cambridge and Cincinnati boycotts were cited as dramatizing discrimination. Absences varied with weather, but officials claimed notable participation. A federal suit by the NAACP challenges school district actions, seeking desegregation and fair pupil placement.

Boston Massachusetts Edward W. Brooke Boycot James P. Breeden Massachusetts Freedom Movement Macon I County Ala Cambridge Cincinnati Gloria Richardson Williamston N. C Cincinnati School Board Congress of Racial Equality

U S and British envoys press Makarios over Cyprus plan

U S Undersecretary George Ball and British high commissioner Cyril Pickard met Archbishop Makarios in Nicosia amid fresh communal fighting as they pushed the revised Anglo American peace force plan. Ball aimed to persuade Makarios and Turkish Cypriot leader Fazil Kuchuk to accept the plan and avert civil war, with reports of casualties in Limassol unconfirmed.

Nicosia Cyprus UPHC United States Britain Makarios George Ball U.S Cyril Pickard Mediterranean Ball Ankara Turkey Fazil Kuchuk Pickard Kuchuk Limassol

Johnson and Douglas-Home hold wide talks at White House

President Johnson and British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home met at the White House for a far ranging discussion of world issues including Cyprus Cuba Berlin and Southeast Asia. Douglas-Home traveled with Lady Douglas-Home Foreign Secretary Butler and other aides arriving by helicopter after a flight from Ottawa.

Washington Johnson Alec Douglas-Home Cyprus Cuba Berlin Southeast Asia Lady Douglas- Home R.A. Butler White House Andrews Air Force Base Royal Air Force Ottawa Douglas-Home Soviet Union Lester B. Pearson Canada Germany Western Alliance France Asia NATO East Africa Pres F. Kennedy Tong R. A. Butler Dean Rusk

Nyerere Proposes Standby African Security Force

Tanganyika President Julius Nyerere urged the 43 nation Africa Unity conference to form a temporary security force to prevent repeat mutinies in Tanganyika Kenya and Uganda. He said training native troops would take time and British help may be needed meanwhile. Nyerere dismissed outside Communist influence as a motive and emphasized national humility.

Dar ES Salaam East Africa Nyerere Tanganyika Kenya Uganda Africa Tangayika

London police station to feature luxury amenities

London officials unveil a 13 story police station plan with a canteen library assembly hall two squash courts and a sauna bath as part of upgraded facilities for the force.

London UPI City of London

Soviet Demands Return of Nossenko After Disappearance

The Soviet Union demanded the immediate return of Yuri I. Nossenko, a Soviet defector from the 17 nation disarmament conference, accusing Switzerland of harboring foreign agents. The United States said Nossenko defected and sought political asylum. Soviet Ambassador Tsarapkin urged Switzerland to use its sovereign rights to restore Nossenko to his work and family, noting he is believed to be in U.S. custody.

Geneva UPI Soviet Union Yuri I. Nossenko Switzerland Nossenko United States Semyon K. Tsarapkin Moscow Tsarapkin Bot

Soviet defector Nossenko could aid Western disarmament talks

Western officials said Yuri Nossenko, a Soviet defector and former state delegate in Geneva, may possess crucial information on Kremlin aims for general and complete disarmament. Knowing Moscow's thinking could help Western negotiators adjust positions and seek areas of agreement in the 17 million talks.

Geneva UPS Yuri Nossenko Noussenko Kremlin

Somalia Orders Cease Fire Amid Border Clash

MOGADISHU Somalia AP reports the Somali government, urged by UN Secretary-General U Thant, has ordered an immediate ceasefire in its border clash with Ethiopia. The move follows a peace plea from the UN chief and aims to halt fighting along the frontier.

Mogadishu Somalia U.N U ‘Thant Ethiopia

Hoffa Defense Admits Use Of Wiretap In Trial

In Chattanooga the Hoffa jury tampering case reveals defense used a professional wiretapper to spy on government agents. Bernard Spindel filed an affidavit stating he spied on officials and learned the government was monitoring the defendants. Hoffa and five others face conspiracy charges from the 1962 Nashville trial.

Chattanooga Tenn James R. Hoffa Jacques Schiffer Frank Wilson Bernard ‘Spindel Spindel Hoffa Teamster Nashville Schiffer

Cleanup Deadline Set for Nashua River Pollution Case

Federal official urges Massachusetts and New Hampshire to start cleaning human and industrial wastes from the Nashua and Merrimack rivers by spring 1967. Massachusetts seeks delay, New Hampshire favors gradual abatement to begin by 1971. The report notes health threats, odors, cloudy water, and debris. officials debate timetables while the issue moves to federal officials for action.

Boston Massachusetts New Hampshire Nashua Merrimack Massachusetts Health Department Albert H. Zabrieskie Newburyport U.S Public Health Service Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control Worthen H. Taylor Massachusetts Department of Health Herbert Rogers U.S. Health, Welfare and Education Department

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