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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1964
Page
3
Washington officials report the unemployment rate fell from 5.9 to 4.5 percent in December, with 100,000 fewer unemployed to 3.8 million. The decline follows seasonal patterns, but the labor market shows adult men rising while teens and women fall, prompting warnings of a potential adverse trend.
Massachusetts officials confirmed the Barry Goldwater campaign officially formed a committee in Boston with Goldwater's consent. The filing at the Secretary of State allows fundraising in his name, though entry into the April 28 Massachusetts presidential primary remains undecided and up to Goldwater.
Washington AP reports an additional 7.2 million allocation under an Air Force contract with Sylvania Electronics Products of Waltham Massachusetts for fabricating a minuteman ground electronics system. Part of the work will be done in Waltham and part in Buffalo New York.
Springfield Massachusetts state Rep. James C. Corcoran was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of larceny of 7008 dollars from Albert Rheault’s estate in 1962. Sentencing set for Monday. Corcoran released in personal recognizance after pleading innocence to a separate funds conversion charge.
Subscribers are advised to notify their local Post Office and Berkshire Eagle to avoid interruption of mail service. The notice explains updating both old and new addresses and is mailed from Pittsfield Massachusetts.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller challenged President Johnson from Washington saying the administration’s stated domestic and foreign priorities are a bargain sale that will not be delivered at the quoted price. He urged that Congress likely won’t improve the dreary three year record and questioned the state of the union. Rockefeller also criticized omissions on Southeast Asia Cuba Berlin Red China and NATO while declining to question Goldwater on missiles.
Washington AP reports Igor Cassini former New York society columnist known as Cholly Knickerbocker was fined ten thousand dollars and placed on six months probation for failing to register as an agent for the Dominican Republic. He pleaded no contest October 8 and had terminated his society column after indictment. Cassini’s PR firm did work for the former Trujillo government.
Russell W. McLarry, 21, was not indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of threatening President John F. Kennedy. The Arlington State College student allegedly told peers he would be waiting with a gun to get the President in Dallas on November 22. No connection was found to Lee Harvey Oswald. McLarry called his statements a joke.
Senator Barry Goldwater urged a full Senate inquiry into alleged weaknesses in U S long range missiles. He pressed concerns at a Portsmouth New Hampshire news conference while campaigning for the GOP nomination, sparking a clash with Defense Secretary McNamara who rejected the charge as politically irresponsible.
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