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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1970

Page

10

TV Quizmaster Hal March Dies at 49

Hollywood AP Hal March, famed host of the 1950s TV quiz show The $64,000 Question, died at 49 from pneumonia at UC Medical Center. He had surgery last year to remove a lung for cancer and returned to work on It's Your Bet before falling ill. He quit smoking in 1968, resumed last year, and had been primarily a steady supporting actor prior to his breakthrough.

Hollywood Hal March March University of California Medical Center

Shultz Outlines National Construction Training Plan

Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz announced a forthcoming national training program of Widescope for the construction industry. He said the Department of Labor aids a national construction association and a major craft union in forming a journeyman trainee contract to boost job opportunities, though he did not name the groups involved.

Houston Tex George P. Shultz Widescope Department of Labor Construction’ Association Shultz National Association of Home Builders Construction Association

Perot Plans to Redirect Supplies to POWs

New York AP reports H. Ross Perot, the Texas computer millionaire, will redirect a planned Christmas gifts shipment he could not air into North Vietnam to North Vietnamese prisoners in South Vietnam and Laos. He cites requests from American prisoners' wives and Hanoi's refusal to grant entry, noting 8,000 North Vietnamese captives in the region alongside 1,400 Americans.

New York H. Ross Perot North Vietnam South Vietnam Laos Hanoi

Court Bars Plea Against Selling Catholic School

An injunction against selling St Peter's Central Catholic High School was denied in Essex Superior Court. The Archdiocese of Boston owned the school which faced a deficit of $170,000 last year and was sold to Gloucester for $4 million after being built for $7 million. Parents objected, claiming donations were being misused.

Salem Mass St Peter's Central Catholic High School Essex Superior Court City of Gloucester St. Peter's Archdiocese of Boston Richard Cardinal Cushing

MIT Acts Against 31 In Seizure By Demonstrators

MIT filed court complaints charging 31 individuals with trespass after last week’s seizure of administrative offices by antiwar demonstrators. Hearings were ordered in Cambridge District Court. MIT did not identify those involved, noting a mix of students, former students, staff and others. The invasion, lasting 34 hours, ended voluntary after damage included smashed furniture and obscenities on walls.

Cambridge Mass Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge District Court MIT Howard W. Johnson James R. Killian Jr MIT Corporation Institute

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