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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1964

Page

2

Vatican Paper Assails Ties With Peking

The Vatican publication L Osservatore della Domenica says Red China is a growing world force and that nonrecognition remains a political reality for NATO, with Britain having recognized Beijing in 1958. The editorial also critiques De Gaulle for a prestige policy and notes Mao Zedong’s republic’s ascendancy.

Vatican City Vatican China Peking NATO L'Osservatore Della Domenica The Sunday Observer de Gaulle England Britain Federico

Laborite Paper In Great Britain Doomed by Sale

London The Daily Herald, long a Labour organ, will cease this fall and be replaced by an independent daily The Sun. Trades Union Congress to sell its 49 percent Herald stake to International Publishing Corp for 210,000, after union rejection. Herald circulation 1,308,000 but loses over 2.24 million annually in ads. Sun expected to be popular and free of ties. Alessandrini notes France’s move toward recognizing Communist China and de Gaulle’s prestige policy as a test to Atlantic solidarity.

London Daily Herald Britain The Sun Trades Union Congress Herald International Publishing Corp Ithe Union Confederation Hugh Cudlipp Cudlipp Alessandrini Vatican L'Osservatore Romano France Peking China de Gaulle

Apollo Model Next Payload For Saturn 1

NASA and press reports describe the Saturn 1 flight as a landmark test lifting a 37,700 pound satellite and proving first stage thrust. The April target to orbit a model Apollo man to the moon craft signals steps toward landing astronauts on the moon this decade.

Cape Kennedy Fla Space U.S Johnson Wernher von Braun Marshall Space Flight Center von Braun Russia United States Moon

German Youth Skis to Freedom Across Death Strip

An 11-year-old East German locksmith apprentice skied through the Communist border death strip into West Germany using wire cutters to breach the barbed wire. He tested the ground with a knapsack for mines, none detonated, and reached Karlsruhe to join his brother who fled in 1960.

Eschwege Germany UPI Comunist Karlsruhe West Germany

Ireland appoints two new ambassadors to Canada and UN

Dublin list reports Cornelius Cremin, former ambassador to London and Paris, named Irish delegate to the United Nations. The current ambassador to Canada since 1960 is reassigned as ambassador to Washington.

Dublin Ireland UPC William Fay Canada Washington Cornelius Cremin London Paris United Nations

Dutch Princess Irene Converts to Catholicism

THE HAGUE Princess Irene second daughter of Queen Juliana has become a Roman Catholic She is 24 and second in line after Crown Princess Beatrix formerly a member of the Dutch Reformed Church The royal house long Protestant issued a statement saying they respect her choice and she may choose her own religion

The Hague Irene Juliana Netherlands Beatrix House of Orange Prince Bernhard

Panama Peace Talks Fail and OAS Crisis Meeting Sought

Washington reports negotiations for a peaceful U S Panama solution collapsed prompting Panama to seek an emergency OAS foreign ministers meeting. Ambassador Moreno delivered Panama’s note accusing U S forces in the Canal Zone and demanding a new canal treaty to replace the 1903 arrangement.

Panama OAS Washington U.s.-Panama Miguel Moreno Organization of American States Jose A. Mora United States OAS Council Moreno Inter-American Peace Committee Galileo Solis Republic of Panama United States of America Canal Zone Johnson U.S Inter - American Peace Committee

Douglas-Home rejects meeting Mao in Britain or China

London UPI Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home rejected a proposal to invite Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung to Britain or to visit Mao in Peking. He said an immediate meeting with Mao is not practical.

London UPI Alec Douglas-Home Mao Sze-Tung Britain Mao Peking Douglas-Home

Burlington GE Given Contract For Vulcan Gun

The Army's Boston Procurement District awarded a $517,000 contract to General Electric Co. in Burlington for the design and production of two forward area air defense systems built around the Vulcan aircraft gun. The project marks the first government funded evaluation of Vulcan as a ground weapon.

Boston Army General Electric Co Burlington Gil Ridgley

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