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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1965

Page

2

Erhard In For Talks And Degree

West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard arrived in New York for a five day visit including a Friday meeting with President Johnson. He was presented with two cigars and a blue corn flower by a 16 year old student from Eastern Military Academy Huntington WY. Erhard will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from Columbia University Tuesday. He plans to meet Morris Abrams head of the American Jewish Committee and General Lucius D Clay later in the week.

NEW York Ludwig Erhard Johnson Erhard Mark Hell- Fiegel Eastern Military Academy Huntington New York City Steuben Associa Columbia University Morris B. Abrams American Jewish Committee Gen Lucius D. Clay U.S Germany

Girls Glad Rags Could Bring Jail Under Brazil Law

A Brazil sumptuary bill before Congress would fine or imprison women for overdressing and ostentatious jewelry. Feminist groups mostly back the measure with one exception they want equal punishment for male accomplices. Critics say prison penalties would bandage the law and prefer fines.

New York Brazil Insider's Brazilian Congress

Gemini 4 Recovery Ships Readied For Thursday Launch

Boston AP reports the carrier Wasp heads south toward the Bahamas with 125 Navy college students aboard to support the Gemini 4 mission. Four destroyers head from Yokosuka toward Pacific recovery stations as McDivitt and White train for a rendezvous and spacewalk.

Boston Wasp Bahamas Tih Yokosuga Japan James A. McDivitt Edward H. White Pacific Recovery James W. Conger Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Edward’h. White

Red Chinese Deny Illness Of Mao

Tokyo dispatch says British officials received weekend reports Mao Zedong had a stroke but Chinese officials in Peking deny the illness. Kyodo quoted a CCP Central Committee member claiming Mao is in excellent health and attended a party meeting Sunday. The British mission in Peking called reports speculative.

Tokyo Mao Tze- Tagaiay Peking Communist Party Kyodo Tiao Cheng-chin Chinese Communist Party Central “Committee Mao

Klan Rally in Ohio Ends as Numbers Reported

Four day Knights of the Ku Klux Klan rally near Lebanon Ohio ended with unconfirmed turnout and unclear strength in Ohio. Grand Emperor Hugh Morris claimed 209 to 500 new members in the Cincinnati area and noted a large crowd of thousands visited Parke Scott’s farm. A 45 foot cross burned as Morris suggested future rallies in the North.

Lebanon Ohio Cincinnati Parkie Scott Here Morris North

249 Miners Trapped in Japanese Coal Mine Blast

A gas explosion at Yamano coal mine in southern Japan trapped 249 miners, with 2 killed, 21 injured including five seriously, and 180 escaping unhurt. The blast happened about 2,000 feet from the pit entrance, the police said. the mine lies about 500 miles southwest of Tokyo on Kyushu.

Tokyo Yamano Japan National Police Agency Jit Kyushu

Mora Hopes for Replacement In Dominican Parley Stalemate

In Washington the OAS debates replacing Mora as mediator in the Dominican crisis while Maj. Gen. Imbert Barrera’s junta rejects surrender of Radio San to Domingo and resists OAS control. Caamano accuses Mora of aiding the junta as rebels push to widen the security zone around the National Palace amid deadly clashes and protests.

Mora Antonio Imbert Barrera Radio Caamano OAS Imbert Santo Domingo Telmo Vargas Jose A. Mora Junta

Gordon Walker Warns Against U S Escalation In Viet Nam

London’s former foreign minister Gordon Walker warned in an Edinburgh Scotsman article that U S escalation in Viet Nam would be a major error. He urged avoiding bombing Hanoi or any industrial city, saying it risks world opinion and a possible broader war with China or Russia. He cautioned Prime Minister Wilson’s pro American Viet Nam stance could be endangered.

London Patrick Gordon Walker Britain United States Viet Nam Hanoi Southeast Asia Gordon Walker China Russia U.S The Scotsman Edinburgh Labor Party North Wilson

Ban on foreign farm labor remains in place in California

Washington AP Wirtz said his California farm labor panel advised no pending requests for import of seasonal foreign laborers will be granted. May 15 report shows California domestic seasonal farm employment up 16.1 percent from a year ago and welfare families in farm areas down sharply. Wirtz pushes California and Florida growers to rely less on foreign workers, mainly from Mexico, in favor of American workers.

Washington W. Willard Wirtz California Wirtz Florida Mexico

Jordan Accused of Border Violation

Jerusalem AP Israel accuses Jordanian forces of firing on the Israeli sector of Jerusalem, killing two and wounding four. Jordan says Israeli troops provoked the clash. Gunfire heard again in the area early today with no details available.

Jerusalem Israel Jordan

U S Treasurer Kathryn Granahan Passes Crisis

DARBY Pa AP Mrs Kathryn Granahan 69 treasurer of the United States who under went brain surgery last Thursday passed the crisis period Monday Sister Marie administrator of the Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital said Mrs Granahan was a little better but the hospital still considered her condition very serious.

Woman Parachuter Killed in Meet

In Johannesburg South Africa UPI reports the sole female contestant in the parachute jumping championships died when her chute failed to open. Roslind Vander Riet 24 leaped from a plane at five thousand feet.

Johannesburg South Africa UPI Roslind Vander Riet

European Hostages Killed in Congo

Ten European hostages were found speared to death in the northern Congo. Bodies were discovered by mercenary troops en route to crush the last rebel resistance in the Buta area near Leopoldville, according to military sources.

Leopoldville Congo Leooldville Buta

MacLeish Critiques U S Image Over Viet Nam and Dominican Action

Archibald MacLeish, former Librarian of Congress and noted poet, told the International Publishers Association that recent U S military actions in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic have damaged the national image abroad and raised questions about whether liberty for all remains a guiding ideal. He argued the nation has not lost its core humanity or concern for world opinion, despite government blunders and lingering McCarthy era attitudes.

Washington Archibald MacLeish Congress United States Viet Nam Dominican Republic MacLeish MaceLeish International Publishers Association Woodrow Wilson Santo Domingo

Composer Fraenkel Wins Milan Prize

German born composer Wolf gang Fraenkel living in Los Angeles wins Milan prize for symphonic composition. The jury awarded Fraenkel the $4,800 prize in a contest sponsored by the City of Milan and La Scala Opera House. His prize work is Symphonische Aphorisme.

Milan Italy Wolfgang Fraenkel Los Angeles Fraenkel la Scala Opera House

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