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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1965

Page

5

Seized Evidence Barred in Financier Trial

Federal judge suppressed evidence seized in the $20 million stock fraud and $3 million income tax evasion case against financier Lowell Birrell. Birrell, held on $150,000 bail, fled the country in 1957 over Swan-Finch Oil and Deeskin Products fraud probes and returned on April 23, 1964 to face indictments. The judge ruled the search warrant vague, general, and too broad to be valid.

New York Lowell Birrell Birretl Swan - Finch Oil Corporation Deeskin Products, Inc United States Brazil Inter B. Wyatt

Peace Corps Credit Plan Outlined By Western Michigan

Sargent Shriver announced a program at Western Michigan University to grant about one year of college credit for two years of Peace Corps service. The plan aims to let three years at WMU plus two years overseas yield a five year Peace Corps B A degree enabling students to complete a degree within five years.

Kalamazoo Mich Peace Corps Sargent Shriver Western Michigan University Western Michigan Peace Corp Shriver

Records Seized From Birrell in Stock Fraud Cases

Federal agents seized all records of Lowell M. Birrell and also took materials from confidential attorney client matters he handled in law actions unrelated to the stock fraud cases. The action underscores wider investigations touching his professional dealings.

Lowell M. Birrell Birrell

Sybil Burton Weds Rock'n' Roller in Gala East Side Wedding

Sybil Burton 36 and Jordan Christopher 24 tied at a brief civil ceremony Sunday. The pair hosted a late-night reception at Arthur on Manhattan's East Side where Sybil partly owns. Guests included Len and Mrs Jacob K Javits Mike Nichols Arlene Francis Rita Gam Phyllis Newman and George Hamilton IV. Christopher fronts The Wild Ones, the five-man group playing at Arthur.

New York UPI Sybil Burton Jordan Christopher Sybil Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Manhattan Arthur Len Jacob K. Javits R-N Mike Nichols Arlene Francis Rita Gam Phyllis Newman George Hamilton IV Christopher Wild Ones el Morocco

Russia Ranks Second in Marine Science Behind U S

Washington based Dr. Robert Dietz of the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey says Russia ranks second to the United States in marine sciences and that the Soviet program is about half to two thirds the size of the American effort. Dietz spoke after visiting Russia last fall with fellow oceanographers. Soviet scientists will repay the visit potentially this fall.

Washington UPS Russia United States Robert Dietz U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Dietz

January Snow Falls on Mt Mansfield Shuts Ski Plans

Four inches of snow blanketed Mt Mansfield as a cool air mass from Hudson Bay moved in. Vermont ski resort owners lament the unseasonable storm noting it arrived in June like conditions despite being January and disrupting typical ski season plans.

Mt, Mansfield UPI Mt. Mansfield Hudson Bay

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