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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1965
Page
2
Bolivia abruptly reshuffled its ruling military junta to install a two man presidency with Gen Alfredo Ovando Candia and Lt Gen Rene Barrientos Ortuno sharing power. Sporadic fighting continued between the army and rebellious miners near Catavi as a cease-fire fractured and a cabinet meeting formalized the dual leadership.
London report on Commons deferring a reform to legalize private consenting adult homosexual acts. The vote 178 to 159 blocked the bill pushed by Leo Abse after Lords had approved broader repeal. Debate split along party lines with abstentions and younger MPs backing repeal while older members opposed.
Queen Elizabeth flies over Communist territory into West Berlin and is greeted by cheering crowds. A 22 mile motorcade passes the Berlin Wall area as she reviews a British parade and places a wreath at the Commonwealth Cemetery for 3,800 Britons, mostly RAF crew. East Germany claims West German agents planned attacks.
Dr Richard B Stark chief of plastic surgery at St Luke s Hospital New York says South Vietnam has only four plastic surgeons for 14 million people and a chronic medical manpower shortage. He trained four Vietnamese surgeons in Saigon and plans further training in U S hospitals to build local capacity.
Governor Volpe announced changes to his tax plan after talks with municipal and educational groups to allow more state aid to cities and towns. He aims to drop provisions limiting education budget increases and backs a 3 percent sales tax or equivalent funding. He also pushes highway safety revival and education department reforms while urging party fund-raising.
Washington AP says if Rutland Heights Veterans Hospital closes, all patients and staff would be shifted to nearby veterans hospitals. Veterans Administrator W J Driver guarantees positions for every employee at same salary and transportation costs, within legal limits. Senator Leverett Saltonstall sought a clear statement on the closure plan.
Sen. John J. Williams charges the Johnson administration aims to smear him to shield Bobby Baker. He says a Rules Committee report is part of a broad campaign to discredit Williams and divert attention from Baker’s alleged lucrative deals while Baker served as a Senate aide.
Retired paperhanger Newton D Arcy Wyvill, 69, declines a British baronetcy after Debretts lists him as the heir. He says he has no money and cannot swim and would only value the title if millions were attached. Wyvill plans to stay retired with his wife in Winchester Virginia. He offered to sell the title to a reporter for 31 dollars.
The Senate approved a bill to create a national technical institute for deaf students. It aims to serve deaf youths denied admittance to Gallaudet College, which admitted 275 of 600 applicants this year. HEW would broker with a higher education institution to establish and run the institute.
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