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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1963
Page
3
Washington AP Congress starts a busy week with foreign aid legislation pared to 3.7 billion dollars, a Peace Corps bill, and a coffee price stabilization accord on the slate. Estes probes into Texas promoter Billie Sol Estes resume Tuesday as House and Senate budgets, tax cuts, and debt ceiling debate loom.
The Senate Investigation Subcommittee will resume hearings November 19 on the TFX warplane contract. It probes alleged favoritism in awarding the Decembers bid to General Dynamics of Fort Worth, despite uniformed ratings favoring Boeings rival. Pentagon targets a cost well over 35 billion with mass production planned for Air Force and Navy. McNamara and aides defend the decision, saying military evaluations favored General Dynamics.
A Pittsfield tale centers on Bill Jones the locksmith who opens a stubborn safe deposit box in seconds for twenty dollars. Another anecdote recalls a milliner charging fifty dollars for a yard of crepe de chine, later returning the fabric to the customer. The piece ends noting people seek trusted experts for cures and for clothing advice from familiar dealers and their taste.
In Dallas the Texas GOP readies for a runoff in the 10th District U S House race, with Jim Dobbs 38 facing J J Pickle 49 after a tight special election. Voters also rejected a repeal of the poll tax by a wide margin, reshaping Texas political dynamics.
Police seek a thin faced curly haired man who abducted 25 year old Mary Ann Fraser from her apartment at knife point and held her 21 4 hours. The intruder, claiming a need for money, demanded dress and accompaniment then transported them by car and train before releasing her on the surface level after promising silence. Fraser, a 35 year old lawyer, and his wife, a Boston University freshman, were targeted in Boston and Brookline incidents.
A white bag labeled explosives, mixed with red cement sacks at Antioch Building Materials Co. yard, lay undisturbed for years until Lt. William H. Yankus and a bomb disposal team tested it. They found the mixture behaved like cement when water was added and destroyed the bag at a demolition range.
Paul Zuber a Harlem attorney and Negro leader in civil rights announced he will run in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary as an independent. He cites de facto segregation created by housing and aims to pressure both major parties with African American views. Zuber, 37, has won school integration cases in New York City and New Rochelle and plans possible runs in West Virginia Wisconsin Illinois and California.
Washington officials say two State Department officials John R. Reilly and Elmer Hill were placed on administrative leave as investigators probe their roles in the Otepka affair. Senate subcommittee claims Reilly Hill and Belisle lied about tapping Otepka’s phone, with Dodd urging charges against the three. The inquiry aims to determine if the department mishandled classified information and Otepka’s dismissal remains contested by lawmakers.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller the only declared Republican candidate readies for a midweek trip to Miami. He will address a group of newspaper editors and participate in two taped television interviews on Wednesday.
About 6,000 United Steelworkers members returned to work at Blaw Knox Co. plants in four states after a Sunday settlement on two contract sections. The five day strike ended over insurance and vacation improvements.
The State Department noted Reilly and Hill on leave but did not mention Belisle status. Belisle told the Senate sub committee he denied knowledge of telephone tampering, claiming he was abroad during the incident and had no first hand information.
Senator Norris Cotton heads a New Hampshire campaign committee for Barry Goldwater as the state readies its first in the nation presidential primary. Stewart Lamprey as vice chairman, Lester Harvey as treasurer, with Cotton calling the move essential and spurred by letters from Republicans statewide.
UPI reports the FAA warned pilots to watch for the white whistling swan migrating from the Great Lakes toward the Chesapeake Bay area. The warning cites a 1962 Baltimore area airliner crash caused by a large whistling swan as a key incident.
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