Legislature Debates Teacher Pay Bill And Oversight
Boston AP report outlines a House Ways and Means referral for a bill to raise teacher minimum pay funded by the state. The measure faced opposition over home rule and community autonomy, with a Senate voice vote and a House standing vote of 3% to 24. Additional items include rejected sales tax bills, judicial appointments powers, and discussions on obscene periodicals and Civil Service conflicts.
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Boston
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Theophile J. DesRoches
New Bedford
David H. Locke
Wellesley
Allan MacGuane
Greenfield
Bowman, 61, seeks new post after Senate firing
Harold Bowman, fired from an $11,900 sales manager job, asks Gov. Endicott Peabody to back him for major posts. He says the Senate has confirmation powers but has rejected him. A court ordered severance pay of $71,400, while Bowman runs an export advice firm.
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London
UPI
Harold , . Bowman
Senate
Endicott Peabody
Odecutive Council
France
Bowman
Teamster Convictions Upheld in Pa
The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld convictions of Raymond Cohen former secretary treasurer of Teamsters Local 107 and five other men for conspiring to loot the union treasury. In a 6 to 1 ruling Judge G Harald Watkins dissented noting the statute of limitations. Sentences ranged from brief probation to two years for co defendants.
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Philadelphia
UPI
State Superior Court
Raymond Cohen
Teamsters Local 107
Union Treasury
Davis L. Ullman
G. Harald Watkins
Cohen
Senate
Benjamin Lapensohn
Women on World Flights May Make Aviation Record
Two women fliers, Joan Merriam Smith and Jerrie Mock, planned solo world flights from Miami and Hamilton aiming to become the first female to circle the globe. Each denies a race, eyeing routes linked to Amelia Earhart’s 1937 attempt. Mock flew from Columbus to Bermuda, then toward the Azores. Smith awaited San Juan if following Earhart’s route.
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Joan A. Merriam
Long Beach
Calif
Amelia Earhart
Jerrie Mack
Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Miami
APS
Joan Merriam Smith
Jerrie Mock
Hamilton
Bermuda
Smith
Oakland
Galif
Mock
Columbus, Ohio
Fred Noonan
Mack
Azores
Portugal
North Atlantic
No Politicking for Rusk McNamara Says Johnson
President Johnson told Defense Secretary McNamara to stay out of the 1964 campaign and gave similar guidance to Secretary of State Rusk. Sources say the two officials would have likely avoided campaign involvement anyway, as cabinet leaders in sensitive posts typically stay above politics.
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Washington
Johnson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
McNamara
White House
Berkshire Eagle Subscription Rates and Change of Address
Subscription rates for carriers and mail are listed with zone and duration prices. To avoid interruption, mail subscribers should notify the local office with old and new addresses. Postage paid at Pittsfield Massachusetts.
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Berkshire Eagle
Peabody's Mother Joins Fla Rights Demonstrators
Boston reports 60 New Englanders including Gov. Peabody's mother will join a nonviolent protest in St. Augustine Florida. The prayer pilgrimage, organized by the SCLC, aims for kneeling and prayer ins at segregated churches amid warnings of arrests and city ordinances enforcement.
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Boston
UPI
New
Malcolm Peabody
Episcopal
Malcolm E. Peabody
Peabody
St. Augustine
Florida
Northern Aid
Joseph Shelley
Boston Radio
Paul Smith
WMEX
Shelley
Gov. Peabody
United States
St Augustine
23 Negroes jailed in Jacksonville protest drive
In Jacksonville police arrested 23 Negroes Thursday as demonstrators intensified efforts to end segregation downtown. Twenty had been arrested Wednesday at protests against a hotel and seating areas. The trial of the 20 was postponed to March 25 after about 200 people gathered at the Municipal Court, singing and praying. Judge John Santora cited excessive noise preventing trial.
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Jacksonville
Fla
John Santora
Budget Switch Aids Schools In N Y State
Albany reports Assembly Republicans approved cuts of 12 533 875 in Gov Rockefeller's spending budget to free funds for schools. A total of 25 million will be available for the upcoming school year starting July 1, ending the long battle to boost state aid beyond the governor's recommended level. Half of the boost will come from the 1964 65 budget and the rest from the 1963 66 budget due to overlapping fiscal years.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Assembly
Nassau
Suddenly Slim for Easter offers new girdle promise
Los Angeles readers are invited to try Suddenly Slim a 4-oz girdle with nylon front panel stiffened by a science process and contouring panels. The product promises comfort and slimming power for those within 15 pounds of ideal weight with both girdle and panty versions available from England's Silhouette Shop.
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Los Angeles
California
Olga
England
Savings Bonds Sell Mostly Small Denominations in 1962
In 1962 more than 60 percent of Series E Savings Bonds sold were in the smaller $25 to $200 denominations. The sale of $500 bonds reached a record high for peacetime, reflecting consumer demand and investment patterns of the year.
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John T. Berry
D - Peabody
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Obscene Periodicals
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Worcester
Kelly
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Edward W. Brooker
Edward Lysek
Chico[pee
Civil Service Commission
Executive Council
Lysek
William J. Hill
Revere
Helen Mitchell
Falls River
Robert Waldman
West Newton
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
David Rappaport
Oak Bluffs
John P. Creed
Haver‘hill
James P. Boyle
Emergency Finance Board
Murray Gateman
Newton
Welfare Advisory Board
Sidney T. Small
Newton Center
Labor and Industries
Califor
Rose
Phillips
Pittsfield-Lenox Rd
Roml Coiffures
Rose Phillips
Featuring Mr. Richard
North Street
Pittsfield
Lenox
Joan
L.B.J
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