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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1965

Page

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U.N. Calls For Strict Dominican Cease-fire

The United Nations Security Council unanimously urged a strict cease-fire in the Dominican Republic and ordered Secretary-General U Thant to dispatch a personal representative. Maj. Gen. J. Rikhye will lead a small U.N. advance party to Santo Domingo, with rebels' Ruben Brache and junta spokesman Am bassador Guaroa Velazquez invited to participate in debate. The council postponed further action to next Wednesday as both sides are slated to speak.

United Nations, N.Y U.N. Security Council Dominican Republic U Thant Ruben Brache New York Guaroa_ Velazquez Adlai Stevenson U.S United Nations Security Council Nikolai Fedorenko Lord Caradon United Kingdom Stevenson

Southern states resist literacy test voting rule

Southern senators fought to preserve literacy requirements in voting rights legislation. A 53-14 roll call rejected an amendment to allow states meeting certain criteria to keep tests. The Johnson plan would cover limited Southern areas with less than half turnout and 20 percent Black population, enabling federal voter registration while loosening local controls. Senator Talmadge urged eliminating advance approval and proposed federal court oversight for changes.

Washington Ervin Herman Talmadge Dga Senate Talmadge District of Columbia

Ex Officials Indicted Again On Data From Crime Board

Boston AP reports a Suffolk County Grand Jury indicted former Public Safety Commissioner Frank Giles of Methuen and ex State Rep John A Davis of Marblehead on conflict of interest charges. The indictments allege conspiracy to obtain direct and indirect interests in contracts with the Massachusetts Port Authority and Turnpike Authority during Davis’s legislative tenure, plus related personal-interest charges involving DPW contracts and forms of compensation.

Boston Suffolk County Grand Massachusetts Crime Commission Public Safety Frank Giles Methuen John A. Davis Marblehead Massachusetts House Davis Massachusetts Port Authority Massachusetts Turnpike Authority General Court Nessex Engineering Services, Inc DPW Turnpike Authority

Rhyme About Sem the Swimmer Frees Merry Tom

Preston England UP I reports Thomas Wareing, 60, arrested for drunken driving after a collision with a truck. He recited a tongue twister to the jury and was found innocent.

Merry Tom Preston England UPI Thomas Wareing Wareing Sam

Hungary Allows Hungarians to Volunteer for Viet Nam Fight

Budapest government announces that any Hungarian citizen may volunteer to fight in Viet Nam if requested by North Vietnam. The communique notes volunteers may go only if Vietnam makes the formal request.

Budapest UPD Viet Nam

Rebels Refuse Talks as Dominican Junta Tension Grows

In Santo Domingo rebels vow never to negotiate with the five man civil military junta led by Gen Antonio Imbert Barrer. They offer to talk only with the true creators of the junta and North Americans. US paratroopers control a power plant, violate cease fire, and a rebel radio station resumes broadcasting after a fighter jet was shot down.

Cury Santo Domingo U.S OAS Thant Cary Organization of American States Imbert Francisco Caamano Deno Junta Ramon Montes Arache U.S. Zone Montes Arache United States U.S. State Department

US reports Dominican cease-fire violations escalate

The United States says 137 cease-fire violations have occurred in the Dominican Republic and withdraw of American troops is not yet safe. Elsworth Bunker briefed an OAS meeting on the deteriorating Caribbean situation as tensions split the regional body. State Department officials say Latin American peacekeeping contingents may arrive soon, but partial U.S. withdrawal awaits a permanent cease-fire or arrival of other forces.

Washington United States Dominicans ‘Republic OAS Bunker Caribbean Conference Commission On Credentials Organization of American States U.S Elsworth State Department Robert J. McCloskey Dominican Republic

Williams College Freshman Killed in One-Car Crash

A Williams College freshman from Maryland, William F. Ruskin, 19, of 2511 Harrison Road Silver Spring, Maryland, was killed in a late night one car crash in New Ashford. His roommate George Wardman, 19, of Mount Pleasant Paget Bermuda, a fellow freshman living in Sage Hall, was seriously injured and admitted to Pittsfield General Hospital. Details were unavailable at press time.

Williams College

McNamara eyes limited US defense against China

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said an antiballistic missile system to guard the United States from China might be worth considering for a decade or two. He estimated costs at 8 to 10 billion dollars for a China defense, and about 20 billion to deploy a system against a Soviet mass attack, plus operating costs and a fallout shelter program.

Washington Robert §. McNamara United States McNamara House ‘Armed Services Committee Red China China

Frances Perkins Dies, First Woman Cabinet Member of Labor

Frances Perkins 83 longtime Roosevelt labor secretary and first woman in a U S Cabinet died Friday night at Midtown Hospital New York City Her career spanned the New Deal era including sit down strikes and the CIO She helped found safety and labor standards in New York and served in state commissions before rising to national prominence

Frances Perkins New Deal Roosevelt New York Franklin D. Roosevelt America IMG East 48H Street Madame Perkins William Green American Federation of Labor Labor Boston Perkins The Consumers League Mount Holyoke College University of Pennsylvania Columbia University Washington Bureau of Labor Standards Triangle New York State Factory Commission al Smith State Industrial Commission

Kosygin Downplays Nuclear War Fear After China's Test

Premier Kosygin told Indian reporters there is no direct threat of nuclear war under current circumstances despite tense Viet Nam actions. He dismissed calls to use nuclear weapons and said no sane person imagines a global nuclear war, noting the 1963 Moscow treaty and China’s stance.

Moscow Alexei N.“Kosygin U.S Viet Nam Kosygin Lal Bahadur Shastri India China Marshal Rodion Malinovsky

Baseball New York Chacomett 2 im and Sanat ss

A compact baseball note references New York and teams Chacomett and Sanat with unclear context. The fragment hints at a scoreless or tied matchup and ongoing play with limited readable details. Further readable facts are needed to produce a precise summary.

New York Chacomett 2 Im & Sanat ' Ss

Red China conducts second atomic test news

AP report from Tokyo says Red China exploded its second nuclear device, seven months after the first, with an estimated 20 000 tons of TNT yield. U S officials labeled it a device and pledged support to non nuke nations while Japan protests the test as a violation of global opinion and the atmospheric test ban.

Tokyo China Hiroshima Peking Gi Somi United States Japan Atomic’ Club Russia Britain France Lop Noi Takla Makan Sinkiang Province U.S. State Department U.S Ralph Lapp India Soviet Union

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