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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1965
Page
2
The archbishop of Canterbury Dr Michael Ramsey 43 was mobbed and cheered by thousands in Bucharest as he attended a Romanian Orthodox service. Western sources described the scene as a spontaneous religious demonstration rarely seen since the Communist takeover twenty years ago. Police did not intervene as the crowd smiled and saluted him.
Doug Olifent, 43, attempting to retrace Captain Blighs 1789 mutiny voyage, was rescued at sea after drifting 159 miles east of Brisbane in an 18 foot boat. He left Tofua Tonga islands four days earlier aiming for Timor when a freighter spotted his flare and picked him up.
The last U S Marines depart toward Camp Lejeune while 12 500 airborne troops and 700 Air Force personnel remain in the Dominican Republic as the inter American peace force with 1560 troops from Brazil Costa Rica Honduras and Nicaragua stays on. OAS mediators led by Ellsworth Bunker Ilmar Penna Marinho and Ramon De Clairmont Duenas search for a coalition government and to end political reprisals amid ongoing factions led by the junta and the constitutionalist rebels.
Pope Paul VI offered public prayers in St. Peter's Square for U.S. astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White after the noon blessing. He said his benediction "goes also into the sky" as the Gemini 4 crew explored the astral ways.
A biweekly Christian journal to publish an editorial signed by 16 Protestant leaders including Rev. Dr. John C. Bennett and Rev. Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr. It calls for direct negotiations with all sides in Southeast Asia and warns U S policy may push North Vietnam toward China and a war no one wants.
Reporting from Washington APCapsule summary of how New England members backed or abstained on key roll calls. Senate supported Public Works and NASA funding with few absences. House approved large State Justice Commerce appropriation with no recorded opposition, while other measures on mine safety and excise tax cuts passed widely with limited voting among listed NE lawmakers.
AFL-CIO economist Nathaniel Goldfinger urged wage hikes and stimulus measures amid concerns about the durability of the boom. Former Truman adviser Leon H. Keyserling countered, noting weaknesses but insisting overall strength remains, criticizing Federal Reserve policy and warning against alarmist depictions.
Governors Wallace promises openness as visiting editors tour Selma Birmingham Huntsville and Mobile. The group of 48 editors from daily papers travels at state expense with lodging and travel paid by themselves. Wallace defends Alabama against portrayal of racial discord.
The region shows stronger nonmanufacturing gains with urban renewal projects in Boston Hartford New Haven and Providence driving growth. Federal defense spending supports wages and expansion but raises risk of abrupt slowdowns as communities reassess military contracts. A major Passamaquoddy St John hydro project could be worth about 896 million if realized. In Pawtucket Rene J. Gagnon reported two youths stealing a car. he photographed them and police later arrested two teenagers.
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