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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1964

Page

2

Earthquake Rakes Azores Island Sao Jorge

Medicine and food rush reach Velas on Sao Jorge after a six day quake series collapses 1,600 buildings and leaves thousands homeless. refugees moved by U S and allied ships from Terceira using landing craft from Lajes air base. Portugal dispatches troops and relief to the Azores archipelago amid speculation of undersea volcanic activity.

Angrado Heroising Terceira Azores Sao Jorge U.S Lajes Velas Rosais Portugal Lisbon Antonio Lotrerio Jose Miniz Madruga Calheta Azores Islands Santa Maria

Algeria Morocco sign final peace pact ending border clash

President Ahmed Ben Bella announced in Algiers that Algeria and Morocco have signed a final agreement to end the border conflict that brought them to the brink of war last October.

Algiers UPI Ahmed Ben Bella Algeria Morocco

US Britain Ordered Out Of Zanzibar

Zanzibar's revolutionary government ordered the expulsion of all American and British diplomatic personnel. Donald K. Petterson, 33, U S third secretary, was given 24 hours to depart. The British high commissioner Timothy L. Crosthwait and his nine staff were also ordered to leave within 24 hours. Frederick P. Picard III and four American newsmen had already been expelled.

Dar ES Salaam Yanganyika Zanzibar United States Britain Donald K. Petterson U. S Frederick P. Picard Timothy L. Crosthwait

Flip-Top Ship Aims to Aid Ocean Research Off California

A 155-foot steel vessel designed to ride on its stern with 39 feet showing above water may frighten unwary mariners this year. It uses ballast tanks to tilt and lower the superstructure for enhanced sonar study. The University of California leads the research efforts reported in Steel Facts by the American Iron and Steel Institute.

LOS Angeles California American Iron and Steel Institute University of California

Pilot Fatally Shot Over Viet Nam Near Saigon

A U S Air Force pilot and his Vietnamese observer were believed killed when Communist guerrillas shot down a 12B fighter south of Saigon during an eagle flight raid. The incident increases American deaths in South Vietnam since January 1961 to 181.

Saignon South Viet Nam UPS Saigon

Terrorism Blamed On Secret Congress Near Saigon

U S officials say a secret Viet Cong congress of about 130 rebels triggered bombings that killed six Americans and wounded 87 since Feb I The rebel meeting reportedly ran Jan 3 to 8 in Tay Ninh province about 60 miles northeast of Saigon where guerrillas operate in a liberated area

Saigon Viet Nam U.S National Congress Tay Ninh Areca

Rubens Theft Recovered. Youth Confesses

In Brussels a 17th century Rubens painting titled Negroes Heads was recovered after a burglary at the Brussels Ancient Arts Museum. A 19 year old, Andre Beugnies, was arrested in a telephone booth while calling the curator. He claimed he acted alone and had sought a ransom of 859000 francs.

Brussels Belgium Andre Beugnies Beugnies Raymond Charles Georges van Caeckenbergh

Aid to Ethiopia Denied by U S Airlift Report

CAIRO AP The United States denied claims it conducted an emergency airlift of arms to Ethiopia amid border clashes with Somalia. An informed Cairo source said at least three U S transports flew weapons from West Germany after Haile Selassie asked for help. State Department called the airlift unconfirmed.

Cairo United States Ethiopia Somalia U. S West Germany Haile Selassie State Department Washington

Hijacked Pilot Returning Home From Havana Flight

Richard Wright of Miami a 23 year old pilot forced to fly to Havana by two Cuban hijackers returns to Miami aboard the hijacked plane. He spent overnight with Cuban military authorities then released and says he was treated politely and questioned by an officer who spoke good English.

Havana UPI Richard Wright Miami Piot Wright U. S Cuba Amercan

Polish American Relations Improve Says U.S. Ambassador

John M. Cabot, the U.S. ambassador to Poland, said in Helsinki that Polish American relations are improving. Cabot, who served as U.S. minister to Finland from 1930 to 1932, is visiting friends and noted ongoing difficulties between Democratic and Communist states, but credited the Johnson administration with making progress.

Helsinki Finland UPI John M. Cabot U. S Poland Cabot Warsaw Johnson

OAS To Study Cuba Activity In Venezuela

The Organization of American States will hear findings by an inter American commission alleging Cuba sought to topple Venezuela through propaganda arms and terror. The report accuses Fidel Castro’s regime of beaming broadcasts from Radio Havana discrediting President Romulo Betancourt, funding subversive actions, training Venezuelans for violence, smuggling four tons of arms, and drafting a plan to seize Caracas.

Wasiington Organization of American States Inter- American Commission Cuba Fidel Castro Radio Havana Romulo Betancourt Venezuela Caracas

Professor Jailed in Ga For Contempt

ATLANTA AP A white professor at Spelman College was sentenced to 20 days in jail for contempt after remarks as a character witness in a case involving a white Spelman coed charged under Georgia Anti-Trespass Laws. Drimmer said he had no Communist affiliations, prompting the judge to call the remark a gross insult to the court.

Atlanta Melvin Drimmer Spelman College Spelman Drimmer William Spence Communist Party Durwood Pye

Omega minus particle upends nuclear chaos claim

London researchers announce the omega minus a new sub atomic particle revealing a fundamental law of physics found with high energy tools at Brookhaven and CERN. Prominent theorists credit Y Ohnaki Murray Gell Mann Yuval Newman Abdus Salam and J C Ward with key roles in the breakthrough, built from Chnuki's Rochester conference work in 1960.

London Paul T. Matthews Imperial College Royal Society The New Scientist Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton L.L Center For European Nuclear Research CERN Geneva Switzerland Y. Ohnaki Japan Murray Gell- Mann United States Yuval Ne’man Israel Abdus Salam J. C. Ward Chnuki Rochester N.Y

Age Is the Answer at Kentucky Colleges

Lexington AP reports that persons over 65 will soon be allowed to enroll in any regular course at the University of Kentucky or its community colleges without casting in. The policy change aims to widen access to higher education for older adults.

Lexington University of Kentucky

Yugoslavia Criticizes US Aid Cutoff Policy

Belgrade government spokesman Dusan Blagojevic said the United States has reverted to cold war tactics by cutting off aid to Yugoslavia for trading with Cuba. He accused Washington of undermining free trade and international relations, noting the financial impact was small but the political signal significant.

Belgrade United States Yugoslavia Cuba Dusan Blagojevic Foreign Ministry Washington Premier 1 Fidel Castro U.S

Mansfield Backs France on Viet Nam

Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged colleagues to consider France’s plan for neutralizing Viet Nam as a possible path to stability in Southeast Asia. He criticized De Gaulle’s recognition of Red China but praised his sense of history and statesmanship while warning against turning the Vietnamese war into an American war and supporting a major U S withdrawal by 1965.

Washington Senate Mike Mansfield Charles de Gaulle Viet Nam Mansfield France Red China de Gaulle Southeast Asia Robert McNamara South Viet Nam

One-Sided Action Cited as Discrimination Measure

A fragmented OCR passage critiques a policy as one sided and discriminatory, arguing the accord is biased and undermines equal treatment. The text focuses on principle and fairness concerns, framing the action as unequal and legally questionable.

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