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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1964

Page

2

Peace Still Sought on Panama Rift

Washington report says Organization of American States mediators will press on after admitting failure to resolve the U S Panama dispute over the canal. Five nation panel voted to continue conciliation and to try again, while noting progress from a recent U S Panama agreement. Juan Plate of Paraguay led the panel, with United States and Panama tensions shaping the talks.

Washington APL Organization of American States U.s.-Panama OAS Panama Canal Juan Plate Paraguay United States Panama Plate Johnson Thomas C. Mann

Russian Farmers Put on Payroll

Moscow reports that Estonia’s collective farmers now receive guaranteed monthly wages, marking Khrushchev’s first step to raise material incentives to boost lagging Soviet farm output.

Moscow UPI Soviet Union Republic of Estonia Nikita Khrushchev

Rev J T O Callahan Dies Won Congressional Medal

Rev Joseph T O Callahan S J 58 died at St Vincent Hospital Worcester Mass He won the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1946 for heroism aboard the USS Franklin on March 19 1945 during kamikaze attacks He aided wounded men directed firefighting and oversaw jettisoning ammo He headed Holy Cross College mathematics department 1938 1940 and served on the carrier Ranger in North Africa prior to Navy service.

Worcester Mass UPI Joseph T. O'Callahan S.J St. Vincent Hospital Harry S. Truman Franklin Cmdr O'Callahan Cambridge Father O'Callahan Holy Cross College Navy North Africa

De Gaulle Ends Visit To Mexico

President Charles de Gaulle closes a three day tour of Mexico with plans to depart for Guadeloupe after visits to Cayenne French Guiana and Martinique. He and Adolfo Lopez Mateos issued a joint communique backing Latin American economic access and Latin America Europe exchanges, while a 50,000 strong university welcome highlighted a vigorous visit.

Mexico City Charles de Gaulle Mexico France Latin America Inldon Guadeloupe Cayenne French Guiana Martinique Paris Adolfo Lopez Mateos de Gaulle U.N Geneva Inen National University

Laos Rightist Assassin Kills Intelligence Chief

Maj Praneuth, intelligence chief for Gen Phoumi Nosovan forces in Vientiane, was shot in the head and died, the first right wing officer killed in Laos post Geneva Agreement. The assassination raises fears of pro Communist retaliation and wider Laos instability.

Vientiane Laos Maj Praneuth Get Phoumi Nosovan Pathet Lao Parneuth Phoumi

Bonn Bans Playboy Magazine From Youth Danger List

Bonn West Germany government list bans Playboy magazine as dangerous for youth. Official Gazette says the American magazine will remain on the list for the rest of 1964.

Bonn UPI Playboy

Canadian Labor Czar Removed

Hal Banks, 35, U.S. born labor leader, ousted as president of the Seafarers International Union of Canada by the government board of trustees. Trustees named Charles Turner to succeed Banks as Union headquarters warn members to maintain discipline amid protests outside the union building in Montreal and in Vancouver where seamen protested.

Ottawa Hal Banks Canada Great Lakes International Union of Canada Board of Trustees House of Commons Union Montreal Vancouver Hal Banks Charles Turner The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks

Engineers Said Saved From Savages in Peru

Unconfirmed Lima reports say 37 engineers were rescued as Savage Indians closed in after a week long siege in the Amazon. One engineer was believed killed as 30 to 75 soldiers hacked through jungle to a knoll where the group made a last stand. A gunboat waited at Yaravi River to move them to Iquitos.

Lima Peru Amazon

Contact Lenses Safe If Rules Are Followed

Boston report says wearers with proper fitting under supervision by optometrists or physicians may avoid trouble. Dr Francis Murdy cites six safety points including proper hygiene and regular eye examinations amid FDA study of misused lenses that have caused several blindness cases in recent years.

Boston Francis Murdy Newburyport Massachusetts Society of Optometrists Massachusetts ' Society American Optometric Association Murphy William A. Stone United States Food and Drug Administration

Pershing Missiles Headed to Europe Next Month

The first 400 mile range Pershing bombardment missiles are expected to arrive in Europe next month to bolster the U S Seventh Army in West Germany. The move, long foreshadowed, places the advanced battlefield missiles closer to potential targets.

Washington Europe U.S West Germany

India Receives US Wheat Gift Aids Famine Stricken Northwest

The United States will send 46 000 tons of wheat and livestock feed to northwest India under the food for peace program. The gift, announced by the Agency for International Development on Wednesday night, is valued at about $4 million and comes as about 500 000 people suffer famine in the region.

Washington United States India Agency For International Development

Canadian Carrier Sails for Cyprus

The Canadian aircraft carrier Bonaventure a 20000 ton ship sailed for Cyprus in a snow storm on Wednesday night to carry supplies equipment and reinforcements for the Canadian peace keeping force on the Mediterranean island.

Halifax Nova Scotia Bonaventure Cyprus Mediterranean

Injunction Blocks Rail Strike Against Southern Pacific

A San Mateo County judge issued a nine day injunction blocking five unions from striking Southern Pacific Railroad amid warning of a possible nationwide walkout at midnight. The order targets the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen among others, with local union officials not available for comment.

Order of Railroad Conductors and Brakemen Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen The Switchmen's Union of North America Cleveland Ohio Brotherhood of Railway Trainment

Tremor Hits Trieste Rocks Port City

An earthquake struck Trieste causing wall cracks but no casualties. A stone statue toppled from St. Anthony's Church facade and landed on a parked car.

Trieste Italy UPI Adriatic St. Anthony’s Church

Policeman's Killer Gets Death Penalty

WALPOLE MA AP Peter Ladello 25 of Cambridge joined four other men on death row at Walpole prison after a Middlesex County Superior Court jury found him guilty of murder in the shooting death of Malden patrolman Edward Callahan 36 during an attempted supermarket robbery last September A second patrolman was wounded Ladello received the mandatory death sentence from Judge Reuben L Lurie with no date for execution set pending appeals Other death row inmates include John Kerrigan Charles Tracy Ronald Johnson and Jack Harris who were convicted in killings of patrolmen or farmhands in recent years

Walpole Mass Peter Ladello Cambridge Malden Ladello Reuben L. Lurie Middlesex County Superior Court Lurie Ladette Edward C. Callahan John J. Kerrigan Lawrence Gorman Charles E. Tracy Boston John J. Gallagher Ronald L. Johnson James B. O'Leary Jack A. Harris Lexington

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