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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1963
Page
2
CBS commentator Lowell Thomas was diagnosed with a mild heart attack at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He entered the hospital early Thursday while in town for a testimonial dinner and will remain under close observation for an indefinite period.
GOP candidate Louie B. Nunn, defeated for Kentucky governor, will seek a recanvass of votes in every county. The move covers lieutenant governor and seven other statewide offices won by Democrats on unofficial returns. Nunn, trailing Breathitt by about 14,400 votes, directed county election officials to begin the recanvass.
The Vatican Ecumenical Council presented a document aimed at ending anti Jewish views among Catholics and urging all mankind to share responsibility for Christ's death. Debate erupted over Holy Office reforms led by Cardinal Frings, with Ottavini defending procedures. The document, praised by the American Jewish Committee as historic, calls for mutual esteem and rejects portraying Jews as cursed. No start date set for discussion. could occur before December 4 or later.
The Justice Department filed suit in Portland to recover more than 1.8 million dollars from Hanna Mining and Hanna Nickel Smelting for overcharges on a stockpiling contract. It is the first government action arising from the stockpiling hearings led by Senator Stuart Symington.
Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home claimed his election to the House of Commons signals a turning tide for the Conservatives. Labor critics warned of a coming general election as they pointed to a Labor win in Luton and boos rang out at his victory speech in Perth. He won Kinross and West Perthshire by 9,928 votes, resigning the Lords to lead from Westminster with his family present, pledging to serve rural Perthshire. Andrew Forrester, defeated Labour candidate, denounced the result amid the crowd of about 3,000.
In Fort Smith Arkansas the Kansas City Federation of Republican Women enraged by industrialist Winthrop Rockefeller paying their motel bill stormed the hotel manager’s office demanding a refund. A protester complained they would pay only on their own terms.
Twenty top American business leaders including NYSE, IBM, Alcoa and Coca Cola chiefs ended Kremlin talks with Nikita Khrushchev. They praised him as clever and capable, joking he could be a U.S. chamber of commerce chief or politician. Khrushchev quipped about a $10 billion loan request, prompting Peterson to tease about negotiating terms.
Western powers sent convoys along the Berlin autobahn to test Soviet intentions and all passed checkpoints without trouble. Lt. Ivan Scott Lewis praised smoother Soviet attitude as the U.S., French, then British convoys completed the overland run to West Berlin amid ongoing disputes over road access and Soviet demands.
In London AP reports American tailors and designers were urged to attract markets with refined dress. The British Tailor and Cutter, calling itself an authority on style, advised reducing horse opera programming in U.S. television and promoting smart dress over blue jeans.
Louis Perna, 68, of Everett, is acquitted of the murder charge in the shoelace strangling of 8 year old Mary D Abenzia. Judge Louis H. Glaser ruled there was no probable cause for a grand jury indictment after the body was found in the Everett Dump.
Vermont begins its 16 day rifle season with new deer checking stations at Middlebury and Johnson. The bow and arrow deer season starts November 30.
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