Jubilee Project Receives Mixed Public Support in Crosby Hearing
Pittsfield residents debated the Jubilee urban renewal plan at Crosby Junior High, weighing a $5.5 million project funded largely by federal aid. Business leaders Gardner Brown and W Rankin Furey voiced strong backing while relocation and discrimination concerns prompted calls for open occupancy and a dedicated relocation director. A target three year relocation window and assurances of safe, affordable housing were offered as a path to redevelopment and a possible Wendell tract hotel complex.
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Crosby Junior High Auditorium
Gardner Brown
First Agricultural National Bank
W. Rankin Furey
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
Brown
Association of Business and Commerce
John Norton
Furey
Eula Aiken
Berkshire
The
NAACP
Arthur C. McGill
Isadore Candeub
Jubilee Area
George Haddad
Charlies Garivaltis
Pickwick Hotel
West Street
Haddad
Foreign Aid Voted But Conflict Looms
Washington AP reports the Senate approved a 3.24 billion dollar annual foreign aid bill in a 68 to 20 vote, adding a two year authorization, a two year program cutoff, a 16 member commission, and a new OAS role to channel 25 million of military aid to Latin America. A House Senate conference will begin Thursday to seek compromise, with key figures Fulbright and Morgan leading respective panels. The GAS amendment grows from Dominican Republic intervention criticism, aiming for future Latin American military aid plans approved by the OAS.
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J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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World Bank
Dominican Republic
Latin America
OAS
United States
Cosmos Satellite Launch Report From Moscow
The Soviet Union launched an unmanned Cosmos satellite in its Cosmos series, Tass reports. The previous Cosmos flight was May 25, and 16 Cosmos satellites have been launched this year so far.
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UPS
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Lady Churchill Sits in Lords Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
London reports Winston Churchill's widow, at 80, takes a seat in the House of Lords as Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell, invited by Queen Elizabeth to serve as a trusted counselor beyond party politics.
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UPI
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House of Lords
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Chartwell
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House of Commons
Elizabeth
Churchill
Baroness Spencer-Churchill
Soviet Antaeus jumbo plane debuts at Paris air show
The Soviet Union unveiled a 720 seat Antaeus transport plane at Le Bourget, claiming 80 ton payload, 465 mph speed, and 6,600 mile range with 45 tons. The four 15,009 horsepower turboprops power a wing atop the cabin. Officials note the aircraft is largest now in the air, with U.S. jet transport plans potentially larger for 1988.
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le Bourget
Moscow
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Associated Press
GI Raise Backed by House Armed Services Panel
The House Armed Services Committee voted a $1 billion yearly military pay raise, averaging 10.7 percent, defying President Johnson and McNamara. Led by Rep. L. Mendel Rivers, the panel approved increases and other benefits totaling more than twice the administration's request, with one dissenter, Rep. Stratton. The measure includes enlistment bonuses for high demand skills and annual pay reviews to compare with private sector wages.
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UPI
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Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
Rivers
Rep
Samuel
Stratton
D - Nly
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Senate
Education Bill Gains at Boston
The Willis Hartington bill to reorganize Massachusetts public education advances after Senate reje ctions of amendments. The Ways and Means version passes, directing governance to three boards and an advisory panel. Ward and Burke push against divisions and fiscal autonomy, while leaders defend the plan and its educational aims.
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UPI
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Volpe
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Ways and Means
Joseph D. Ward
Fitchburg
Ano
James F. Burke
Brockton
Senate Ways and Means
Mary L. Fonseca
Fall River
Willis-Harrington Commission
Massachusetts
Ward
Vermont Bill Makes Towns Pay School Tuition
A Vermont Senate passed a measure to guarantee free public high school education for all students. The bill places full tuition responsibility on towns for out of town transports, replacing the prior requirement that communities pay up to 475 annually. Governor Hoff awaits signature to enact the reform.
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UPI
Vermont
Philip Hoff
Senate
Vietnam War troop movements and battles update
U S officials confirm ongoing movement of troops to South Vietnam with no details on numbers or unit types. About 53,500 U S personnel are in country, roughly double the March Marine deployment, while British MP Warbey urges action at the UN. Communist forces shift operations, Loc Ninh district capital overrun, air war and leadership changes in Saigon.
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Cambodia
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Phan Huy Quat
RAF Hero Returns Medal Over Beatles Honours
London AP A Royal Air Force hero mailed back his MBE to Queen Elizabeth III in protest at the Beatles receiving the same honor He says the award was politicized by Prime Minister Harold Wilson and devalued for wartime service Pearson a wartime air sea rescue leader in the Straits of Dover is the second former MBE holder to reject the award Hector Dapis also returned his insignia saying he was outraged by the Beatles inclusion in the honors list
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Royal Air Force
Order of the British Empire
Paul Pearson
Pearson
Straits of Dover
Harold Wilson
M.B.E
Hector Dapis
Sardinian vote trims Moro party majority in Sardinia
In Rome AP report Premier Aldo Moro's Christian Democrats lose two seats on Sardinia's 72 member regional council, dropping to 33. Socialist partners gain eight seats, Communists rise to 15, Liberals up to three, with four other parties sharing the rest.
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