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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1963
Page
3
In Concord New Hampshire Gay Nelson A Rockefeller opened the nation s first headquarters for the 1964 presidential campaign. The report notes the kickoff as a launch of formal campaign operations and signals a major step in Rockefeller s national bid.
In Charleston and Washington, GOP leaders outlined a plan to organize at the precinct level across the South to win Dixie in the 1964 presidential race. Raymond Humphreys said the strategy builds a grass roots system, with Mississippi and Alabama already organized, amid civil rights and spending discontent.
New York AP report says Mary Livingston wife of Jack Benny might not have lost $290000 worth of jewels to a robber if she had accepted police protection. Police Commissioner Murphy notes both she and Patrice Wymore widow of Errol Flynn previously refused protection after thefts. Two fur coats valued at $8000 were stolen October 4 from Wymore’s Drake Hotel suite.
Massachusetts Supreme Court justices took under advisement a petition seeking repeal of the $2,600 annual pay raise for state legislators. Back Bay real estate man Jack E. Molesworth filed the case arguing the emergency preamble was legally flawed and should trigger a referendum on the ballot.
The FDA orders an informal closed hearing in Chicago on November 18 to determine if federal law was violated in promoting Krebiozen as a cancer treatment. Dr. Ivy defends the effort, asserting the case will reveal the drug’s true effectiveness. critics cite the substance as mere creoline with no proven benefits.
Sen. J W Fulbright urged a journalism self examination after a $250000 Hollywood press junket led to questions of conflicts of interest. The NYT report said Stanley Kramer hosted 250 reporters from 26 countries and 53 US cities for Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Kramer defended the event as standard industry practice.
Washington AP reports Presque Isle Maine faced economic collapse when the Snark base closed in 1961. Local leaders Edmund Muskie Wendell Phillips and James Keefe describe how part of the base became a new school an airport and an industrial park now housing 33 firms with wages rising from 250 to 1260 and projected 1500 by 1964. Federal aid aided the transition and the city claims no crucial problems.
Wisconsin attorneys respond to a state bar association poll urging that David Rabinovitz be deemed unqualified for U.S. district judge in the western district. The ABA opposed the confirmation, and the Senate committee hearing was continued as results showed 2,040 finding him unqualified, 793 qualified, 697 no opinion from 3,530 respondents.
A New York dermatologist reports estrogenic hormones improve skin texture in a half-wace trial on 50 midlife women with no irritation or systemic effects. A larger 15,000-woman test touts rapid results using HORMONEX Beauty Serum, sold with a 100 day supply for $3.50 and a consumer refund guarantee.
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