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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1965
Page
2
Rhodesia announced general import controls to stem foreign asset drain after Reserve Bank of Rhodesia assets fell about 13 million dollars in October. A British Rhodesian royal commission inquiry was postponed amid talks with Prime Minister Smith and officials over independence plans and polling conditions.
London reports say Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart will visit Moscow November 29 to December 3 at the invitation of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. He will meet Kremlin leaders to push a three power nuclear nonproliferation pact and discuss a Vietnam peace conference in Geneva and resuming talks on European security and the German question.
President Johnson warned Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith that American reprisals could follow if independence was declared without British consent. A New York Times report cited a letter from Johnson as influential in deterring secession.
A Marine general's July letter to friends criticizing forces and authority in Viet Nam was deemed outdated after President Johnson ordered a major buildup. Officials say the author, Maj Gen Lewis Walt, wrote before the 125,000 troop target, with 72,000 U.S. troops then deployed.
About 20 U S and Nicaraguan aircraft joined the search for an Argentine transport missing with 69 aboard. Weather is severe with a ceiling near 500 feet, hampering efforts as a box search covers sea and coast from Puerto Limón to the Pacific coast of Central America.
AP reports Defense Department revision places 17 year old Army Pfc Terry T Wright of Fort Wayne Indiana and Army Pfc James C Ward of Fort Bliss Texas among the first young servicemen killed in South Vietnam. Both men served in the 1st Cavalry Division.
Massachusetts House gives initial approval to a bill regulating installment sales including 18 percent max on balances under 500 and 12 percent on larger amounts. A 24 hour cooling off period for door to door sales is proposed. The plan advances to third reading for technical review amid other state policy actions.
Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz outlined a human resources development plan to target the United States hard-core unemployed. He urged federal state and private agencies to study individuals case by case, identify training needs, and use community censuses to locate unemployment pockets. He warned expansion alone won’t cut hard-core joblessness.
In Montreal security found what was described as a fancy Molotov cocktail near a speakers platform moments after Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson had finished addressing supporters at an election rally. A guard uncovered the incendiary device in a grocery bag left on a chair as Pearson, his wife, and about 3,500 attendees departed.
Ford Motor Co confirms plans to build a new car assembly plant near London Ontario. The facility, with an estimated cost around 100 million dollars, is expected to primarily assemble Mustang models. Canadian sources note the project ends months of rumor and denial.
Maryland Attorney General Finan upheld the traditional oath for trial witnesses stating the phrase in the presence of almighty God remains valid while so help you God would violate. He noted the Buddhist verdict allowed a new trial but did not apply to witnesses and cited an 1887 case about witnesses focusing a witness’s attention to God.
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