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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1965
Page
2
Washington officials wrestled with why no battalion size sweep followed a B52 bombing in the jungle stronghold. Three 41-man reconnaissance teams entered, found Viet Cong dazed and regrouping, and withdrew after assessing damage. The effort yielded limited destruction with scarce explosives.
Moses A. Leavitt aged 71 of New York died in Geneva from a stroke. He helped secure over 109 million dollars in compensation for Nazi persecution victims from West Germany and served for 25 years with the Joint Distribution Committee. He had just been elected treasurer of the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture days before his death.
Kay Fisker, 73, internationally known Danish architect, died at his Copenhagen home Monday night. Fisker taught at architectural schools abroad including MIT and Harvard Graduate School of Design.
In Santo Domingo on day one of a three day general strike about 100000 workers are claimed to be involved by union leaders. Nine of 40 Santo Domingo factories went idle with sugar mills and US Aluminum Co facility in Cabo Rojo also idled. No violence reported as junta detains civilians for precautionary reasons. Public transport remained active and shops stayed open while telephone links were cut between Santo Domingo and provinces. Rebels demand restoration of the 1963 constitution and seek leverage for peace talks with the OAS.
In Geneva the ILO delegates from over 100 nations approved a convention urging governments to expand services for working mothers and ensure equal job opportunities and pay. Mary Dublin Keyserling hailed the milestone while Ingeborg Johnsson argued against gendered family roles, stressing shared family duties if women work more.
Six nations pledge 17.78 million to the United Nations to stave a payroll shortfall caused by unpaid assessments for peacekeeping. Britain leads with 10 million, Canada 4 million, Sweden 2 million, Denmark 1 million, Norway 700 thousand, and New Zealand about 50 thousand. US expected to contribute around 20 million. UN seeks broader support from Soviet Union and France.
Boston Senate rejects a move to carry over unacted bills to the next session by a 13 to 4 vote. The plan would limit bill filings to odd years with new matters allowed only by governor or two-fifths vote. Debate also covers educational requirements for social work appointments and tax plan hearings at the Statehouse with Volpe tax options and critiques from lawmakers.
Two groups of Nobel Prize winners urge Pope Paul VI to soften Catholic Church birth control positions. Dr. Medewar leads 42 scientists in Britain and Europe, while Dr. Tatum heads 36 Americans and others in the United States. Appeals were sent through Archbishop Hyginus Cardinale with Vatican secrecy. The Vatican's stance remains abstinence or natural law aligned.
In Massachusetts, officials say state flags misrepresented the Colonial Indian image. Whitney Smith Jr of the Flag Research Center testified before a legislative committee that inmates at the Framingham Women's Reformatory sewed the former warden's facial features into the emblem design. All such flags were recalled.
Whiteside said Monday in a tele cam to the governor. A Republican and a Democratic Leader have each called the counter tax claims into question, signaling partisan tension over constitutional grounds.
Albany The New York State Senate approved a bill to legalize existing bill boards along Thruway segments in industrial or commercial zones within cities despite Thruway Authority protests. The 32 to 19 vote sent the measure to the Assembly, restricting only existing signs.
About 2,000 Negroes packed Emancipation Park as civil rights leaders urged immediate total desegregation. Houston Public Schools trustees voted Monday night for complete desegregation by 1967, ending the existing plan that had the system phased to 12th grade by 1971.
In Boston UPI report bishops propose Catholics may attend and witness Protestant and Orthodox ceremonies such as funerals and ordinations. Protestants could join Catholic Mass prayers and hymns and have intentions remembered. The guidelines arise from the National Workshop on Christianity Unity and prefigure a Vatican directory.
In Boston a 131 year old woman, unnamed, showed slight improvement after four sessions of porcine liver perfusion at City Hospital. Blood was circulated through a pig liver for up to five hours to rest her diseased liver. Doctors reported no deterioration but warned many problems remain as optimism exists without guarantees.
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