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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1965
Page
2
El Cobre mine town bears the worst damage as a 230 foot dam burst and two million tons of rubble bury the village. About 400 killed nationwide with 25 more elsewhere. thousands homeless and millions in damage. International aid and investigations loom as Chile’s quake response unfolds.
Cuban exiles run a secret ferry service to lift refugees from Fidel Castro’s island. Eighty five Cubans who escaped aboard two boats supplied by FAYCA checked in at the Cuban Refugee Center. Gervasio Rivera, FAYCA coordinator, said the epicenter was near the railway and highway junction of Made many tips to Cuba and Llay-Liay, 50 miles north of the area. Curfew imposed.
Pope Paul VI urged a Vatican birth control commission to finish its work urgently and courageously, addressing divisions over contraceptive pills and broadening focus to population growth. The commission’s leaders include Archbishop Leo Binz and Rev Henry De Riedmatte, with its work formerly secret. A separate decree sets conditions for all two species Communion under local bishop authority, effective Holy Thursday.
Vatican approval permits communion in two species bread and wine for Roman Catholics under specific conditions. The change moves away from the previously mandated unleavened bread only practice and aligns with certain liturgical allowances.
Paris French leader de Gaulle published a letter dated March 23 criticizing scientists who do not speak French at international meetings. He responded to the French Academy’s wish that scientists use French, calling the betrayal of the language deplorable and stressing its clarity and scientific value.
The World Bank directors approved creation of a mechanism to settle disputes between states and foreign investors. The plan, called the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes, would be voluntary and binding if arbitration is chosen. Indonesia did not participate. some Latin nations oppose but mood may be shifting.
A strong quake rocked the outer Aleutian islands Monday night but produced no tidal wave. Seismologist Cinna Lonmitz of the University of California said the temblor was stronger than the February 4 quake and was recorded at 6:35 p.m. Pacific time with a magnitude between 7.5 and 8.0.
Saudi Arabia announced that King Faisal named his younger brother Prince Khaled Ibn Abdulaziz, 56, crown prince after Faisal, aged 60, became ruler last November following the dethronement of his elder brother.
The Massachusetts Senate prepares to concur with the House on a legislative pay raise to 7500 dollars with a 900 dollar flat expense allowance, up from 5200 and 400, respectively. The vote includes Berkshire reps Kitterman and Greenberg opposing, others voting for, and travel and lodging increases also approved.
BONN A convicted West German war criminal was sentenced to life imprisonment on ten charges for supervising mass murders of 1180 people during World War I. Albert Rapp, former colonel in Hitler's Elite Guard, admitted guilt for overseeing killings of Jewish inmates and mental patients.
In London suburb Levitt on Monday Labour chose 57 year old Gordon Walker as its candidate for the general election. He previously held Smithwick for 19 years and resigned from the cabinet in January after losing a secondary for the seat.
In Boston UPI report Ray Charles pleaded innocent in U S District Court to illegal possession of heroin and marijuana. Judge George C Sweeney released the 84 year old entertainer on $1000 personal recognizance. He was arrested at Logan Airport after arriving from Canada for a concert. Authorities said a small quantity of heroin and marijuana a hypodermic needle and a medicine dropper were found in his possession.
Boston AP reports the Navy has sent the icebreaker Alka to aid in removing research scientists from Arliss II, a drifting glacial ice island manned since 1961 for oceanographic and meteorological data. The island, caught in the East Greenland Current, has drifted about 2000 miles from near Alaska toward the East Greenland Sea at about 10 miles daily.
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