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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1965

Page

3

Selma March Violence as Troopers Clash With Negroes

A 50 mile march to Montgomery by about 450 Negroes ended in violent clashes with state troopers and Dallas County possemen. About 40 injured, tear gas and night sticks used. King plans another attempt Tuesday to press for voting rights. FBI ordered to investigate excessive force.

Selma Ala Alabama Montgomery Martin Luther King Jr King Atlanta James Bevel Southern Christian Leadership Conference James G. Clark Dallas County Justice Department Washington FBI Atty Nicholas Katzenbach George Wallace Wallace Hosea Williams SCLC John Lewis Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Lewis Williams John Cloud Alabama River Browns Chapel A.mle Posse Clark Cloud

Former Ajax Site Sold to Light Co in Connecticut

The General Services Administration announced the sale of the former NIKE Ajax missile site on Line Street in Glastonbury Connecticut. Hartford Electric Light Co. won with a bid of 22 625 dollars, the highest among 11 bids.

Boston UPI General Services Administration GSA Line Street Glastonbury Conn Paul Lazzaro New England Hartford Electric Light Co Hartford Electric

Market Needed For Maine Manganese

Geologists from James W. Sewall Co in Old Town report a potentially rich manganese ore deposit in Aroostook County Maine. Officials caution there is no guarantee of mining without a market as domestic manganese demand remains weak with only 21000 short tons used nationwide last year.

Houston, Maine UPI Maine James W. Sewall Co Old Town Aroostook United States

War Games Resemble Viet Fight in Mideast Exercise

CAMP PENDLETON Calif UPI Sav age sighting raged today between guerrillas and Marines ashore to save the mythical nation of Lancelot in Exercise Silver Lance. The 18 day peacetime Navy Marine maneuvers paralleled the Vietnamese War with 60 ships and 50 000 men training in modern warfare.

Camp Pendleton Calif Silver Lance Lancelot Merlin Modred South Viet Nam North Viet Nam Red China San Diego Long Beach San Francisco Los Angeles

Job Center Opens to Aid Poverty War in Forests

Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman will dedicate the Forest Service's first job corps conservation center at Ouachita National Forest near Hot Springs Arkansas on March 22. The unit marks the start of a nationwide program with about 60 centers planned to operate in national forests by summer as part of the President's war on poverty.

Washington UPI Agriculture Orville L. Freeman Forest Service Ouachita National Forest Hot Springs Ark

Lederle urges integrated public education plan for Massachusetts

Amherst report by University of Massachusetts President John W. Lederle calls for a carefully defined, state‑level design of higher education. He warns against a mad scramble to create more universities and urges coordinated growth across the state university, community colleges, and technical institutes to raise efficiency, extend opportunities, and pursue excellence. Highlights include enrollment up 70 percent since 1960, salaries up 35 percent, over 5 million in sponsored research, and the opening of University of Massachusetts Boston with new honors and centers established.

Amherst Massachusetts University of Massachusetts John W. Lederle Lederle University of Massachusetts- Boston Phi Beta Kappa Nicolas Appert New England Society of Newspaper Editors

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