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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1964
Page
3
The House Agriculture Committee approved a scaled down version of President Johnson's food stamp plan by an 18 to 16 vote. States would pay half the cost. funding cut to 75 million for 1965. soft drinks and luxury foods added to the non eligible list. The plan remains controversial and not a full victory for Johnson.
The State Commission for Human Rights ruled Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association systematically excluded Negroes since its founding, violating state law. The union, which has about 3,300 members none of whom are Black, faces a punitive order to open membership to minority groups.
The Treasury announced that the Kennedy half dollars bearing the late president's likeness will be distributed through the commercial banking system on March 24. Banks in larger cities will receive them that day, while some smaller-town banks may get them a day or two later.
President Johnson announced appointments naming women to high government roles at a Women’s National Press Club dinner. Virginia Mae Brown questioned ICC plans, while Anna M. Kross received the Eleanor Roosevelt Medal. Other appointees included Pauline Tompkins to an education advisory post, India Edwards to labor youth advisor, Katharine White as ambassadorial candidate, and Mary Keyserling as director of the Women’s…
The House Rules Committee cleared a bill to raise salaries for congressionally named agency heads and top officials. If enacted, pay would rise from 21 000 to 30 000 for most federal workers, with higher boosts for vice president, speaker, justices, cabinet members, and subcabinet officials. The measure would add about 545 million to the payroll and affect 1.7 million employees.
Representative Hale Boges of Louisiana recounts his White House visit during President Johnsons energy saving policy. He says the lights were out and he stumbled around the darkened rooms seeking access amid the lights out edict to curb electricity costs.
Zones 1 4 postal app six hundred zones miles one month two dollars two twenty three months five dollars five forty six months three dollars forty ten seventy one year eighteen fifty twenty seven fifty change of address to avoid interruption of service subscribers by mail please notify the Post Office and The Berkshire Eagle giving old address as well as new Pillsfield Massachusetts
In Boston UPI report the Massachusetts legislature closes a loophole to allow Senate President John E Powers to become clerk of the state Supreme Court The pay for the clerk s post was cut from 20250 to 16500 under suspension of the rules The move follows a state law that bars a legislator from an office with a salary increase during their term and the clerk s salary being tied to an associate justice s pay the clerk had received a raise when the Supreme Court judges salaries were raised last year
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved average 12.9 percent rate reductions on carload grain shipments from Pittsburgh to eastern destinations. Rates apply to Baltimore & Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York Central and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie lines to improve Pittsburgh's competitive stance with Buffalo. Bay State Mining plans a 2 million dollar Pittsburgh mill expansion linked to the rates. Pittsburgh currently has no flour mills. The new rate takes effect April 15 and aims to boost local livestock, meet processors, and spur industrial growth.
The Senate voted 63 to 26 to continue price support subsidies for tobacco growers, rejecting an amendment to end subsidies. Democratic leaders say the move helps pass the farm bill without risking a veto, while tobacco state senators warn elimination would boost cheap production. An unrelated wheat price test also occurred as Sen. Burdick proposed a $1.63 flour price for export wheat, with administration aiming $1.55.
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