Broader Goals for UMass Are Stated by Dr. Lederle
AMHERST The University of Massachusetts in its second century should become a total educational resource with rapidly growing undergraduate and graduate programs and educational facilities for other adults. President John W. Lederle outlines a broad continuing education plan amid urbanization and technological change, urging immediate planning and greater state support. The 36 page report covers 1962-63 highlights including enrollment growth, 1000 undergraduate courses, 49 doctoral fields, a 950 acre central campus, 29 research projects, and strong use of electronic data processing. The university emphasizes recruiting top faculty and expanding services for civic education and regional forums.
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Amherst
University of Massachusetts
John W. Lederle
Lederte
State University
Massachusetts
Vita
Ledekie
University
The
Commonwealth
Lederley
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Umass
Jewish Groups To Weigh Abuses By Soviets
In Washington on April 24 at the Willard Hotel the American Jewish Conference on the Soviet Jews will convene the largest coalition of Jewish groups to assess rising Soviet discrimination against Jews. Twenty four organizations sponsor the two day meeting with reports on border developments and potential actions. Speakers include Supreme Court Justice Arthur J Goldberg and Senators Jacobi Javits and Abraham Ribicoff.
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New York
United States
Washington, D.C
Willard
Soviet Union
Supreme Court
Arthur
J. Goldberg
Ser
Jacobi K. Javits
R.N.Y
Abraham. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Pedestrian Triggers Alarm in Baltimore Intersection
In northeast Baltimore early Thursday three fire engine companies a ladder truck and a battalion chief responded to a fire alarm box where Sam Walker aged 66 was found pressing the button. Police said he thought he was activating a signal light and charged him with turning in a false alarm.
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Baltimore
Sam Walker
Walker
16 Enlist In Guard Unit Here
Capt Lawrence B. Tower of the Massachusetts National Guard announces 16 Pittsfield and Lee men enlisted in February under the Reserve Component. Names include Edward G. Callan Paul A. Decelles George P. Garivaltis and others. A statewide record 558 recruits enlisted in February. Maj Gen Richard J. Quigley notes shorter active duty tours and heavy draft calls in Massachusetts. Pittsfield enlistees trail quota. more men needed.
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Lawrence B. Tower
110Th Armor
Massachusetts National Guard
Pittsfield
Edward G. Callan
James P. Callan
Backman Ave
Paul A. Decelles
Ralph L. Decelles
Cleveland St
George P. Garivaltis
Bessie Garivaltis
Joseph J. Sitzman
Gabrial Sitzman
Dartmouth St
Glen W. Boden
George M. Boden
Elm St
William G. Bond
William H. Bond
Baldwin Ave
Paul R. Charron Jr
Charron
Pine St
Thomas J. Budney
Charles Budney
Harold St
Lee
Richard S. Cody
Jean Hopkins
River St
Richard A. Feltre
John Feltre
Prospect St
Michael C. Whalen
Louise Whalen
David J. Zaterski
Angelo Bettega
Fuller St
Massachusetts
Richard J. Quigley
26Th Infantry Division
National Guard
Tower
Cow Uncowed After Rescue From Deep Well
Cambridge, Hr. (UPI) A cow named Bessie was pulled from a 38 foot well with an auto wrecker. Farmer Robert Hunter treated the animal with penicillin and a pint of whisky after the ordeal.
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Cambridge
UPI
Old Bessie
Robert Hunter
Gardner Stands Alone Aid Yo Students In Rejecting Zoning
Gardner Massachusetts voters rejected a proposed zoning ordinance by 3376 to 1910 in a special election. Gardner is the only Massachusetts city without a zoning ordinance. Separately, five Lenox residents and two Pittsfield residents filed for certification of the Philip M Percus Foundation Inc. to provide aid to qualified needy students.
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Gardner
Gardner, Mass
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Lenox
Secretary of State
Philip M. Pereus
Relief needed for Cyprus civilians and refugees
Sir Patrick Renison of the British Red Cross in Cyprus reports 40,000 Turkish Cypriots and 6,000 Greek Cypriots need relief. Of the 40,000, 16,000 Turks are listed as refugees while the rest are out of work. The group includes wage earners, welfare cases, and dependents of men killed or wounded amid communal fighting.
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Nicosia. Cyprus
Red Cross
Cyprus
Patrick Renison
Mobile convict withdraws bid for new trial
Under False Color Mobile Alabama AP a black suspect sought a retrial claiming systematic Negro exclusion from the grand jury that indicted him. He said I am non white but retracted the statement Thursday and apologized, withdrawing the petition for a new trial.
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Mobile
Ala
Clifton Jones
GE Managers to Address Pittsfield Y Club Dinner
Two Pittsfield General Electric managers will address a Pittsfield Industrial Management Club dinner at the YMCA on March 22 at 6 30 p m. The topic is the structure of Massachusetts state politics. Speakers are Laughran Walter GE Pittsfield community relations manager and Walter J Campbell manager of the distribution transformer department.
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Pittsfield General Electric
Pittsfield
Portuguese Forces Suffer Losses in Guinea Clash
In Portuguese Guinea from February 24 to March 1 official communique reports three killed and 24 wounded as Portuguese armed forces clash with rebels described as terrorists. Names of units or figures not provided. Military action continues amid unrest in the colony.
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Lisbon
Portuguese
Guinea
Gerald LeBlanc Opens Colonial News in Dalton
Gerald H. LeBlanc of 126 Maple Grove Drive opens Colonial News at 401 North St tomorrow. The shop offers tobacco, pipes, newspapers, greeting cards and sundries. LeBlanc, a Dalton native and funeral direct ing graduate, served four years in the Army and will remain clerk of Wellington Funeral Home. He and wife Ruth Doyle have two sons Jeffrey and Steven.
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Gerald H. LeBlanc
Maple Grove Drive
Colonial News
North St
Mr. LeBlanc
Dalton
Dalton High School
New England Institute of Funeral Directing
Boston
Army
4Th Criminal Investigation Division
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington, D.C
Corporation of the Wellington Funeral Home
Ruth M. Doyle
Jeffrey
Steven
Meeting Set On Location Of Space Lab
The Senate Space Committee plans a showdown meeting next Tuesday to decide if the 60 million space electronics research center should be approved for a Boston site. Chairman Clinton Anderson backs final approval, as NASA already recommended a Boston area location. The House panel has approved the NASA recommendation, making Senate approval the remaining step for selecting a precise site and beginning planning of the nation’s latest space facility.
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Washington
Upd
Senate Space Committee
Space Electronics Research Center
Clinton Anderson
D-N.m
Boston
House Space Committee
National Aeroigautics and Space Administration
NASA
Kennedy Memorial Library plan weighs on Mrs Kennedy
Mrs John F Kennedy faces ordeal as she promotes a memorial library for her late husband. At a Pan American Union lunch in Washington she learned Puerto Rico will donate 100000 and Venezuela 100000 toward the Cambridge Mass project. The library aims for about 10 million dollars with over 4 million pledged. Mamie Eisenhower attended the event with Sen Edward Kennedy and Elizabeth Arden as the widow watched a film about the Kennedys travels, appearing strained and emotional.
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Ashington
OPI
John F. Kennedy
Pan-American Union
Puerto Rico
John ¥. Kennedy
Cambridge Mass
Venezuela
Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
Mamie Eisenhower
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Elizabeth
D-Mass
eSee
Gen. Eisenhower
Kennedy
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Pittsfield-Lenox Rd
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