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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1965

Page

2

Arabs Blast Bourguiba Moderation to Bonn

Be in Beirut a Tunisian president Bourguiba urged moderation toward Bonn drawing Arab World criticism. Nasser calls for severe measures against West Germany over Israel ties. Cairo radio calls Bourguiba strange as Arab papers denounce his stance while Arab League ministers plan a unified reaction.

Bonn Bourguiba Beirut Lebanon Habib Bourguibe Tunisia West Germany Middle East Gamal Abdel Nasser United Arab Republic Israel Cairo Radio Nasser East‘Germany Ludwig Erhard Erhard East Germany Algeria Yemen Arab League Cairo Jerusalem

Soviets Orbit Cosmos 60 Amid Space Push

Moscow reported by Tass that Cosmos 60, a new unmanned satellite carrying scientific instruments, was launched into orbit. It is the sixth Cosmos satellite this year, signaling accelerating Soviet space activity and a forthcoming space spectacle.

Moscow

Panama City Trip Details Link Leaders to Moscow Visit

Ten Panamanians led by student Floyd Britton are reported on a Red China trip while former city councilman Alvaro Mendez Franco heads to Moscow. Intelligence said Britton played a leading role in the January 1964 anti American riots. Franco’s Switzerland trip appears ostensive.

Panama City UPIC Floyd Britton Red China Moscow Britton Alvaro Mendez Franco Switzerland

Tass Describes Washington As in Siege

A Tass dispatch from Washington quoted by V Vashechenko of the Soviet news agency saying the White House resembles a fortress in siege. The report noted ongoing protests against humiliations of the Negro population of Alabama seeking the right to vote.

Moscow Washington White House

Commonwealth Nations Maneuver Begins Exercises In Asia

Singapore and Malaysia report the Malaysian Australian British and New Zealand navies assembling to begin a two week series of joint exercises bringing together four Commonwealth fleets for maritime drills.

Singapore, Malaysia New Zealand

Pope Paul to lead Easter open air Mass at St Peters

Vatican City reports Pope Paul VI will officiate an open air Mass on the Steps of St Peters Easter Sunday April 18. After the service he will deliver his Easter message from the central balcony. The pope favors outdoor rites and has staged several at St Peter's.

Vatican City UPI Paul VI St. Peters Paul St. Peter's

President Talks With Clergy Over Selma Crisis

President Johnson spent four hours meeting civil rights leaders and clergymen about Selma voting rights as police dispersed demonstrators who blocked a private street near the White House for about ten minutes.

West Executive Avenue White House Grounds Capital Hill Johnson Selma

FBI Witness Endorses Selma Trooper Violence

An FBI agent testified that tear gas used by Alabama state troopers at the Selma march was justified in the public safety interest. The hearing examined civil rights leaders seeks to march from Selma to Montgomery and whether police intervention was appropriate.

Montgomery Ala FBI Selma James M. Barke Mobile Justice Department Burke Barke Asst. U.S. Atty John Doar Barké Maury Smith McLean Pitts

Airline Curbed Permanently

Federal Judge George C. Sweeney permanently enjoined World Airways Inc and Nationwide Charters and Conventions Inc from illegal charter trips to Florida and Hawaii. Northeast Airlines Inc, the plaintiff, filed for $1,250,000 in damages and the court will assess damages while keeping jurisdiction for collection.

Boston George C. Sweeney World Airways Inc Nationwide Charters and Conventions Inc Florida Hawaii Sweeney Northeast Airlines Inc World Airways Northeast

Synthetic replaces living tissues in oral grafting

A new sponge like plastic acrylate amide elastomer grafted to jaw or cheekbone in laboratory animals was well tolerated and promoted tissue growth within a week. Inflammation appeared but subsided over time according to ADA and Journal of Oral Surgery reports.

Chicago American Dental Association Journal of Oral Surgery ADA

States May Default On School Aid Amid Civil Rights Checks

Washington AP The Office of Education reports flaws in about three fourths of assurances of compliance with the Civil Rights Act from state education agencies. Allen Lesser says no final rulings yet, with Mississippi and Louisiana filings reviewed after language changes. Panels review the statements, and most contain omissions or misinterpretations requiring corrections.

Washington Office of Education Allen Lesser Mississippi Louisiana Lesser

Chana students damage U.S. library and embassy

About 200 Chana students smashed four windows and a door at the U.S. Information Agency library in Accra and set fire to racked newspapers. They then stoned the U.S. Embassy, breaking a window, in protest of American activities in the Congo.

Accra Ghana U.S. Information Agency U.S Congo

Notre Dame Head Receives Lantern Award in Boston

The Very Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh president of the University of Notre Dame is to receive the 1965 Lantern Award from the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus. The honor recognizes outstanding service to God and country and will be presented at the district council’s 65th annual dinner on April 19.

Boston Theodore M. Hesburgh University of Notre Dame Massachusetts Knights of Columbus K. of C. District Council

Elastomer arterial graft developed at Army center

An acrylic amide elastomer was developed at the Army Prosthetic Research Laboratory at Walter Reed Medical Center. It has been tested as an arterial graft prosthesis in tube, foam, and sponge forms.

Army Prothetic Research Laboratory Walter Reed Medical Center

Proxy Fight for B M Set by 2 Stockholders

Two investors file notice of a proxy fight to gain control of Boston & Maine Railroad. Bernard A Savage Jr and John E Wright organize an insurgent stockholders committee after top officials rejected a financing plan including a private placement of 28.5 million in equipment trust certificates to extend mortgage bond indebtedness. Burnstan would be elected chairman if successful.

Washington (Ap Boston & Maine Railroad John E. Wright Bernard A. Savage Jr Savage Wright BEM Railroad Board Burnstan

Regents to Act on Disputed UC Resignations

Berkeley dispatch reports a six month upheaval over student discipline at the University of California as the Board of Regents slated an emergency meeting to decide on resignations of Chancellor Kerr and acting Chancellor Meyerson. Gov Brown urges rejection while the Berkeley Academic Senate backs Kerr and Meyerson and due process. The crisis centers on campus protests, discipline measures, and a secret report alleging Kerr’s vacillation.

Kerr Martin Meyerson Berkeley Academic Senate Meyerson Strong the Tribune

Swiss Surgeon Directs Schweitzer Hospital in Gabon

ARBON Switzerland AP A young Swiss surgeon Dr Emil Muntz has taken over daily direction of Dr Albert Schweitzers hospital in Lambarene Gabon He arrives with his 31 year old son Walter to succeed the previous Swiss director Dr Rudolf Ritz Schweitzer 90 remains in overall charge but steps back from routine duties The hospital runs 400 beds and a leprosy station for 150 with a staff of five doctors about a dozen white nurses and 25 native nurses.

Arbon Switzerland UPS Albert Schweitzer Lambarene Gabon Emil Muntz Walter Rudolf Ritz Schweitzer Muntz Zurich Medical School Lamiharene

Twelve Killed On Brazilian Bus Crash Into River

Brazil reports twelve deaths after a bus overturn on the Brasilia Belem highway and falls into a river. In a separate note, the Royal Navy proposes loans and mortgage rates to encourage sailors who re enlist, replacing its old slogan with a home ownership incentive.

Brasilia Brazil Brasilia-Belem London UPI Royal Navy

Poverty and hunger haunt Pittsfield’s unseen poor

The piece links poverty in Pittsfield to a harsh cold snap and citrus shipments in Florida. It recalls a journalist’s past tour of alleged “slums” and reveals that over three thousand local families live at bare subsistence or below the poverty line, despite GE’s prosperity and high wages.

Florida Pittsfield Baltimore Harlem

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