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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1964
Page
2
Three girls slipped through a 480 foot tunnel under the Berlin wall during a Christmas time access window. West Berlin builders ran the shaft for weeks and warned others before East German authorities foiled the attempt with tear gas and dynamite. A large group planned to follow but coal yard workers alerted the authorities. The exit led into a West Berlin bakery cellar.
French Defense Minister Pierre Messmer said France will conduct nuclear tests on an uninhabited Pacific atoll about 700 miles from Tahiti. He spoke in Sydney en route to Tahiti and indicated Paris is open to discussions with Australia and New Zealand but remains determined to proceed.
The CIA says the Kremlin seeks large Western chemical machinery on long term credit to avoid hampering arms production. It cites a $2 billion import need for chemical equipment and a $481 billion seven year chemical expansion plan, noting Khrushchev’s push for Western credits to shield military output.
Haifa, Israel. Mrs Yeheved Sharda, 27, was fined Thursday for striking her husband on the head with a can of dill pickles in a domestic dispute.
Karl Hoecker, 52, a former assistant commandant at Auschwitz, denied responsibility for killings and claimed he did only paperwork and followed orders. In Germany's largest postwar war crimes trial, he and 21 others face charges over 2.5 to 4 million deaths at Auschwitz and nearby crematoria. He testified that the smell from crematoriums horrified them and they doubted such acts could occur.
Massachusetts lawmakers heard a charge that local druggists seek a monopoly on aspirin and supermarket medicines. William M. McCarthy of Associated Industries accused the bid to regulate medicines by warning labels as an attempt to fix prices and control distribution.
Blair House in Washington reopened with a fresh coat of paint and historic furnishings ahead of President Antonio Segni of Italy. Mrs Lyndon B Johnson praised the result after a tour and about 150000 in gifts funded the renovation led by a committee headed by Mrs Angier Biddle Duke.
Washington AP reports President Johnson calls Geneva talks a key step in peace efforts as the United States heads into a new round of negotiations. William C. Foster will lead the U S delegation for talks beginning January 21 with 17 nations taking part.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller strong anti Communist remarks in Washington after New Hampshire foray. He charged Sen. Barry Goldwater underestimated Communist danger and said free nations stay safe only while last vestige of communism is wiped out. He tied FBI probe of Alger Hiss to 1948 headlines implicating Hiss and White. Rockefeller, Goldwater seek GOP delegates for March 10 New Hampshire primary and meet District leaders and GOP National Committee.
Milanese anticapitalist 43 year old Franco Grassi arrested in Milan after claiming to have arranged a bomb at the cathedral to protest a papal pilgrimage. He phoned a newspaper and said a boy would place a bomb. no device found.
South Korean President Chung Hee Park delivered his first state of the nation address to the National Assembly. He said poverty stares at the country from all sides, urged belt tightening, and pledged to uphold free economy principles to tackle economic difficulties.
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