Wallace Defends Segregation at Harvard Lecture
Governor George Wallace spoke at a Harvard lecture hall about segregation saying integration does not work. About 150 pickets escorted him as he criticized the 1954 Supreme Court decision, argued Alabama elected more Black public officials and teachers than Massachusetts, and hinted at running in several primaries including New Hampshire.
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Mississippi
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Georgia
Virginia
Arkansas
New Hampshire
Arms Expert Heads AEC Unit
Nuclear weapons expert William J. Howard of Livermore California was nominated by President Kennedy to chair the military liaison committee to the Atomic Energy Commission. Howard, 41, Nebraska native and New Mexico State University graduate, has worked at Sandia Corp. Los Alamos and will replace Gerald Johnson who has resigned.
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William J. Howard
Livermore
Calif
Kennedy
Atomic Energy Commission
Howard
Nebraska
New Mexico State University
Army
Sandia Corp
Los Alamos
N.M
Gerald Johnson
Aid Fight Persists Endangers Rights Bill
Washington amid Senate debate over a $4.2 billion foreign aid authorization. Leaders push a compromise to cut $385 million, while Morse and Morse allies seek larger cuts, risking civil rights action time this year. The leadership plan keeps a roll call vote to prevent withdrawal as talks continue.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
D-Vt
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
House
Senate
Morse
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Sen. Morse
Coercion Found Retrial Ordered In Gang Rape Case
Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that two Leominster youths were coerced into pleading guilty to participating in a gang rape in Worcester Superior Court. It ordered Guilmette and Letters back for retrial, with life and 15-20 year sentences set aside. The decision cites that a defendant may not be punished for exercising the right to appeal. Thirteen youths were involved in the attack on June 24, 1960. several others received various sentences.
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Massachusetts Supreme Court
Leominster
Worcester Superior Court
Paul J. Guilmette
William J. Letters ,Jr
Guilmette
Walpole
John H. Meagher
Berkshire Eagle Subscription Rates By Carrier And Mail
Rates show charges for carrier and mail delivery with periods for one month three months six months and one year. The notice instructs subscribers to mail notices to avoid interruption and to include old and new addresses. It notes second class postage paid at Pittsfield Massachusetts and lists mailing details.
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Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Cost of Dying to Join the Cost of Living Index
The government will begin counting funeral costs in the Consumer Price Index next January. Assistant Commissioner Arnald Chase of the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the measure targets a funeral type common to wage earner and clerical households, affecting about 60 million Americans.
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Washington
Arnald Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Chase
Indictments in New York liquor scandal revealed
New York former New York State Liquor Authority chairman Martin Epstein and ex judge Melvin Osterman were indicted by a New York County grand jury on bribery charges. Details remained sealed with presumed counts: Epstein facing one bribery count and Osterman five bribery counts plus one conspiracy charge. Indictments were kept sealed pending surrender.
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Times
Alfred J. Scotti
Liquor Authority
One Chelsea Bank Bandit Hunted After Wild Shooting
A 13 state search pursued the last of three men who robbed the Lincoln National Bank in Chelsea mass Then a gun battle with two police officers left one suspect Bernard Domanski severely wounded and another James McDonald arrested The robbery netted 37673 with 40 shots fired and a chase over three miles in downtown Chelsea resulting in one officer wounded and a passerby car damaged.
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Harvey
Mad Dog
Bernard R. Domanski
Central Falls
Pawtucket
R.I
Boston City M Hospital
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James P. McDonald
South Boston
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Lincoln National Bank
Chelsea Record
William Seigal
Daniel Miller
James Finnegan
Thomas Keating
Finnegan
East Boston
Men’s Quick Action Saves Atlas Missile at Vandenberg
At Vandenberg Air Force Base two missile technicians Edward Drackowick and Lawrence McClain acted quickly when a service platform punctured the Atlas ICBM. They stuffed a field jacket into the hole to halt nitrogen gas leakage, preventing destruction on the pad. The incident details note later welding and the missile’s successful launch.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Edward Drackowick
Lawrence McClain
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