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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1965

Page

3

Cleveland High Faces Reopening Amid Racial Tensions

In Cleveland, Collinwood High planned to reopen under heavy police guard after white students threatened more attacks on Black pupils. Dozens of fights erupted during the week, culminating in a the incident at a white neighborhood meeting where Rufus and Demetres Pierce were assaulted before police stopped the beating.

Cleveland, Ohio UPI Collinwood High School Collinwood Paul W. Briggs Rufus Pierce Demetres Collinwood Improvement Association Pierces Pierce

Aleutian Underground Blast To Test Detection

United States plans an 80 kiloton underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island later this year to study distinguishing nuclear shocks from earthquakes. Senators Magnuson and Bartlett confirmed the test with Defense and AEC officials. The device will detonate 2,300 feet underground, near Kamchatka, with costs estimated at 12 to 15 million dollars.

Aleutian Washington UPS United States Warren G. Magnuson D-Wash EL. Bartlett Alaska Defense Department Atomic Energy Commission Amchitka Island Amchitka Kamchatka Kuril Soviet Union Magnuson Bartlett

A P Cleared Of Monopoly In Boston

A U S District Court jury acquitted Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. on two Sherman Act milk monopoly counts in Boston. Hood & Sons was also cleared on two counts, while four Hood charges still face jury deliberation. Cumberland Farms linked to price discrimination in the Greater Boston area.

Boston UPI U.S Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc A&p Greater H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc H.P. Hood & Sons Hood Cumberland Farms

Extra Hazard Of Smoking

Medical student James A. Farrier 28 faced a dangerous incident when a rum soaked cigar exploded into a gunshot near Huntington Park California. Federal authorities began inquiry as the loaded cigar, shipped from Pennsylvania, traveled in interstate commerce.

Huntington Park Calif UPY James A. Farrier Farrier Pennsylvania

Prelate Disputed By March Priests In Selma Civil Rights

Mobile archbishop Thomas Toolen faced criticism from priests active in Selma civil rights protests. Critics argued the archbishop missed the point and violated conscience by restricting participation. Dozens of clergy and nuns joined marches with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., while Toolen defended his stance and urged restraint.

Mobile Ala Selma Mobile-Birmingham Don Brooks Lawton Okla Thomas J. Toolen Christ South Martin Luther King Jr New York Alabama St. Louis Pittsburgh Detroit Edward Dugan Bishop Toolen Dr. King

Rickover Urges Seed Blanket Nuclear Reactor Approval

Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover urged Congress to approve a new seed blanket reactor using thorium as fuel. He said it could generate more fuel than it used, run about nine years per charge, and extend U S fuel resources by centuries while delivering economical electricity. Dr Glenn T Seaborg cited a California memo of understanding for a $263 million prototype designed to produce power and possibly distill seawater.

Washington Hyman G. Rickover Congress United States Adm Rickover Joint Senate House Atomic Committee Glenn TY. Seaborg Atomic Energy Commission Commission California Seaborg

Fowler To Head Treasury

Henry H. Fowler is expected to be confirmed as secretary of the Treasury by the Senate Finance Committee today and by the full Senate on Monday. President Johnson named Fowler to succeed Douglas Dillon, who returns to private life after 12 years in government service. Fowler, 56, left a $100,000 annual Virginia law practice to join the Treasury in 1961 and now returns as the top official amid four major concerns: dollars abroad, gold stockpile, silver in coins, and a proposed administration plan on excise taxes before June 30.

Washington Henry H Fowler Secretary of the Treasury Senate Finance Committee Senate Finance Committee Harry B. Byrd D-Va Johnson Douglas Dillon Dillon Virginia Treasury John F. Kennedy

Nuclear Thorium Power Device Could Surpass Coal Output

Adm. Rickover described a proposed thorium based power device aimed at eventually making about 50 percent of thorium energy available for power production, vastly exceeding known fossil fuel reserves. He said the system would possess more than twice the capacity of any U.S. central power station.

Adm Rickover U.S

Senate Bars Delay On Voting Rights Bill Passes Hurdles

The Senate voted 67 to 13 to order Judiciary Committee head Sen. James Eastland to clear Johnson's Negro voting rights bill within three weeks. Atty. Gen. Katzenbach urged swift action while Southern senators branded the measure un-American and flawed. Eastland protested the 15 working days limit as an affront to the legislative system.

Washington Senate Judiciary Committee James O. Eastland Mississippi Johnson House Judiciary Committee Nicholas Katzenbach Eastland Everett M. Dirksen Mike Mansfield Margaret Chase Smith Maine Strom Thurmond South Carolina Russell B. Long Louisiana White House J. William Fulbright D-Ark John G. Tower R-Tex Richard B. Russell D-Ga

Court upholds Fox right to show John Goldfarb film

New York State Supreme Court rules 4 to 2 that 20th Century Fox may screen John Goldfarb Please Come Home, a spoof of Notre Dame, overturning an injunction. Justices Burke and Scileppi dissent arguing for a permanent ban.

Albany N.Y New York State Supreme Court 20Th Century-Fox Film Corp John Goldfarb Notre Dame Appellate Division Supreme Court Clay Greenberg Charles S. Desmond Notre Dame Law School Adrian P. Burke John F. Scileppi Fawzia

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