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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1964

Page

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Golden Rule economic ties eyed by U S and Canada

Johnson and Pearson seek a new economic golden rule to guide U S Canadian relations, forming a senior level working group to avert backlashes. They signed a multi million dollar Columbia River power deal and an international Campobello park pact while urging cabinet level talks on trade and defense.

Washington Johnson Lester B. Pearson U. S United States Canada Charles de Gaulle U.S Johnson and Pearson Columbia River Pacific Northwest British Columbia Campobello Island Franklin D. Roosevelt de Gaull China Pearson de Gaulle Paris Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway New York Times Eisenhower Diefenbaker U. S. Senate Libby Dam Kootenai River Montana

Mahogany Dining Room Set Prompts Quick Ad Response

A fast want ad yields six to eight calls in six days for a mahogany dining room set with a tahte table and six chairs. Raymond LeBeau at 126 Elberon Avenue reports rapid sales and satisfaction with overall results, noting the national average is four days.

Rousehair Raymond LeBeau Elberon Avenue

Vermont Governor Floats Study on State Lottery

Gov. Philip H. Hoff proposed forming a state lottery after a news conference. He will ask the Ways and Means Committee to study feasibility and possible operation at Green Mountain Park in Pownal with tickets sold at state outlets.

Montpelier Vermont New Hampshire Philip H. Hoff Legislative Ways and Means Committee Green Mountain Park Pownal Hoff

Senate Finance Committee Nears Final Tax Cut Vote

Washington AP The Senate Finance Committee aims to complete work and vote final approval today on the 311 billion tax cut bill. President Johnson urges swift passage to boost the economy, with a 14 percent withholding rate set immediately and the overall individual tax cut now around 11.5 billion, retroactive in part to 1963 and 1964. The plan relays two thirds of cuts to 1964 and one third in 1965, shifting to a 14 to 70 percent rate range from 20 to 91 percent.

Washington Senate Finance Committee Senate Johnson House Finance Committee

Rhode Island Bill Targets Teen Cigarette Sales

Providence UPI reports a Rhode Island bill to ban selling cigarettes to anyone under 18. Senator Thomas R. Diluglio of Johnston introduced the measure on Wednesday, prohibiting sale gift or delivery to under 18, with the current legal age at 16.

Providence R.I UPI Rhode Island Thomas R. Diluglio D Johnston

Stafford 4 H Sewing Club Renamed Ripanal Ruin Club

Stafford Springs Connecticut The Stafford Buttons and Bows 4 H Sewing Club announced on Wednesday that it has changed its name to the Ripanal Ruin Club reflecting a new identity and direction for its activities.

Stafford Springs

Baker's Rise to Millionaire Amid Senate Probe

Government auditor testified that former Senate aide Robert G. Baker increased net worth from 11025 in 1954 to 2166886 by February 1, 1963, with assets including 456666 in real estate and 1582630 in 14 company stocks. A $300000 suit over a vending plant franchise sparked the inquiry. Rep. Gross urged a House probe, linking Johnson to Baker via a free stereo gift.

Washington Senate Robert G. Baker Lorin H. Drennan Jr Government Accounting Office Senate Rules Committee Baker Drennan Federal Savings and Loan Association Baltimore Sery-U Corp Sery- U Rep H. R. Gross House Johnson

Kennedy Wins Indonesian Ceasefire Summit Truce

Envoy Robert F. Kennedy secured Sukarno’s agreement to a ceasefire in the Indonesia Malaysia border conflict and a summit for peaceful talks. Sukarno announced the truce amid ongoing Confrontation policy tensions, with Malaysia and the Philippines awaiting further arrangements in Bangkok.

U.S Robert Kennedy Southeast Asia Pacific Sukarno Borneo Bob Kennedy Jakarta Indonesia UPE Robert F. Kennedy Malaysia Kennedy Philippines Roeslan Abdul Agani West New Guinea Subandria Regar Johnson Focmet Bangkok Thailand Abdul Rahmar

Soviet veto blocks nuclear arms ban without MLF changes

Geneva UP I reports the Soviet Union vetoed a ban on spreading nuclear weapons unless NATO abandons the multilateral Nuclear Force plan. Semyon Tsarapkin told reporters no agreement on non dissemin ation unless the West drops MLF. The United States rejected dialog beyond its policy. Poland and Czechoslovakia backed Tsarapkin asserting non dissemination hinges on West Germany not obtaining nuclear arms directly or indirectly.

Geneva UPI Soviet Union West United States Semyon K. Tsarapkin North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Tsarapkin West Germany U.S Poland Czechoslovakia

FCC Rules Subtle Censorship for Provocative Broadcasts

The FCC renewed licenses for three Pacifica stations WBAI in New York KPFA in Berkeley and KPFK in Los Angeles while forswearing censorship of provocative programming. It defended observer discretion, stated individual listener choice governs what to hear, and found no grounds for further inquiry into Pacifica's Communist associations based on government and agency information.

Washington Federal Communications Commission FCC The Pavifica Foundation WBAI New York KPFA Berkeley Calif KPFK Los Angeles Pacifica Senate Internal Security Commission John Birch Society Communist Party Pacifica Foundation

Revolt in Rules Committee Pushes Civil Rights Action

A bipartisan revolt in the House Rules Committee could cut hearings on a civil rights bill and push to pass it before the Lincoln birthday recess. Rep. Richard Bolling leads the bid to force a vote ending hearings, counting on Republican support amid a 10 Democrats 5 Republicans lineup, four Southern Democrats among them.

Washington House House Rules Committee Howard W. Smith D-Va Richard Bolling D-Mo Bolling South

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