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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1964

Page

3

U S Intervenes Again in Rail Union Dispute

Washington officials reprise mediation as six month cooling off ends, with a potential nationwide strike looming after February 25 if issues such as wage structure road jobs and night shifts remain unresolved. Wirtz Reynolds and ONeal meet railroads and five unions. progress described as uncertain.

W. Willard Wirtz Wirtz James J. Reynolds Francis A. O'Neil Jr National Mediation Board

Mayor Collins Says Peabody Slights Cities

Boston mayor John F. Collins accused the Legislature of callous indifference to Boston’s financial plight. Governor Peabody rebutted, calling for a meeting on tax reform and local tax relief. Both Democrats, they spar over a 1964 tax increase and city funding.

Boston UPI John F. Collins Endicott Peabody Massachusetts Peabody Collins

No Collusion Found Between Ruby and Police

A complete investigation into the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald found no collusion between Dallas police and Jack Ruby. The report, filed with the Texas attorney general, covers Kennedy's assassination events, the wounding of Gov. Connally, the Tippit shooting, and Oswald's death, and includes the Walker incident and related testimony.

Dallas UPI Lee Harvey Oswald Oswald Jack Ruby Henry Wade Kennedy Austin Texas Waggoner Carr John Connally J. D. Tippit Carr Special Federal Commission Edwin Walker Walker

Lawmaker Challenges U.S. Wheat Sale to Soviet Union

Rep Paul Findley urged President Johnson to halt part of an $80 million cash wheat sale to Russia until legal questions are resolved. He cites an abnormally high export subsidy used to bridge price gaps, flagging a 72.5 cent Durum subsidy vs. lower rates. The deal covers 1 million tons via Continental Grain Co and USDA, with about $25 million in subsidies.

Washington UPI Rep Paul Findley R-Nt Johnson U.S Russia Findley Continental Grain Co Agriculture Department Department Continental

Coffee Prices Jump Four Cents a Pound

NEW YORK UPI Three firms Folger Albert Ehlers and MIR followed General Foods with four cent per pound hikes for ground coffee to wholesalers. Folger raised instant coffee by about a cent per ounce and Ehlers signaled a likely follow. MIR cited competitive conditions in deciding future moves. Prices effective immediately.

NEW York UPI General Food Corp Albert Ehlers Inc Folger Coffee Co MIR Co Folger Procter & Gamble Co Ehlers MJR Folger and

Collins Calls Metro Approach to Boston Problems

Collins in inaugural address criticizes state government as inadequate to cities and towns in Massachusetts. He cites transportation, education, and taxation as Boston’s urgent issues and urges a metropolitan solution with shared deficits and greater state funding for education. He warns railroads’ decline and rail transit needs and advocates equitable distribution of costs.

Collins Boston Massachusetts Coltins

Plant Withdrawn For New York City Nuclear Power Plant

Consoli dated Edison said it is withdrawing its application to the Atomic Energy Commission to build a 1 million kilowatt nuclear plant in Ravenswood Queens across the East River from the United Nations. Residents opposed radi ation fears. Edison maintained faith in nuclear power. The move follows a shift in AEC policy on plant siting and parallels input from Lilienthal and Seaborg.

New York Consolidated Edison Co Atomic Energy Commission New York City Ravenswood Queens Kas River United Nations Canada David EB. Lilienthal The

Archive Papers Worth $500,000 Recovered in Detroit

FBI identified documents found in a Detroit couple’s apartment as historical materials taken from the National Archives in 1962. Valued at over $500,000, the items include 50 letters written by Monroe and letters signed by Jackson, Lincoln, Cleveland, Wilson, FDR, Eisenhower, and Kennedy, plus a Civil War letter from Lee to Jefferson Davis.

Detroit Federal Bureau of Investigation National Archives Washington Robert Bradford Murphy James Monroe Andrew Jackson Abraham Lincoln Grover Cleveland Woodrow Wilson Franklin D. Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Gen Robert, Fe, Lee Jefferson Davis Confederate States

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