Massachusetts House OKs 125 Million Highway Bill
The Massachusetts House approved a 125 million highway construction program and sent it to the Senate for action as prorogation neared. The bill provides arbitration for site disputes in 10 communities, with a 90 day decision window. if the board fails to act, the project is vetoed. Senate support faces a tough two thirds vote amid debate on city veto provisions.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Senate
Senate
House
Legislative Conference
Conference
Arbitration Board
State Department of Public Works
DPW
Harry Della Russa
D - Revere
Conference Committee
Benefits In Big Military Spending Plan in New England
The House Appropriation Committee approved a near four million dollar New England military spending package. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard gains 574,000 for power to shipbuilding 178, plus 29 million for yard work and 410,000 for radar and maintenance at Pease AFB. Boston Navy Yard gets 410,000 for new construction and 412 housing units are funded across Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine.
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Washington
UPI
House
Portsmouth
N.h.kittery
Maine
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Pease Air Force Base
New England
Boston Navy Yard
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Glassy-Eyed Driver Acquitted in Drunken Driving Trial
Miami police testified that the defendant appeared glassy eyed during the drunken driving trial. Defense counsel noted she wears contact lenses. The jury or judge acquitted the woman.
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Miami
Fla
Massachusetts Clergymen Jailed After N C March for Rights
Fifteen white clergymen from the North led an antisegregation march in Williamston North Carolina. They and 54 Negroes were arrested for unlawful assembly and related charges. The group included Episcopalians Baptists and Congregationalists led by Rev Harvey Coxe and Rev David King. They began hunger strikes and planned hearings on December 6.
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Williamston
N.C
Harvey Coxe
Andover-Newton Theological Seminary
Massachusetts
David King
Congregational Christian
Amherst
Mass
Raymond Rawls
New
Harry Bird
Martha’s Vineyard
Roger McDonald
Rutland
John Harmon
Roxbury
Paul Stagg
Valley Forge
Andover-Newton
William White
Robert W. Brenning
Richard Fernandez
Fred Anderson
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Harry Cox
Newton
Postal Rates And Change Of Address Notice Printing
By mail postal zones 1 through 4 prices listed for one month three months and annual rates. Change of address instructions ask subscribers to notify the local post office and the Berkshire Eagle to avoid service interruption with a new address. Includes second class postage paid in Pil Massachusetts zones.
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Focal Post Office
Berkshire Eagte
Fires, sinking feared as two ships collide at Buzzards Bay
A Norwegian freighter Fernview and Sun Oil tanker Dynamel collided in haze at dawn near Buzzards Bay. All 62 crewmen were rescued. five injured. Both ships burned and drifted until a New Bedford tug Tom Cat separated them at 7:55 a.m. Coast Guard cutters and salvage vessels kept watch as Fire crews fought hot metal and pumped out water to prevent reflash.
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Coast Guard
New Bedford
Chapman & Scott Co
New York
Fernview
Buzzards Bay
Canal
Oslo
Norway
Sun Oil Co
North Atlantic
Hornbeam
Casco
General Greene
Coastguard
African Protests Over Atlanta Restaurant Eviction
In Atlanta an African visitor Abu B Kamara Kamara of Freetown Sierra Leone and three companions were refused service provoking protests. Dr. R C Bell an Atlanta Negro dentist telegraphed Secretary of State Dean Rusk demanding an apology.
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Atlanta
U.S. State Department
Abu B. Magba Kamara
Freetown
Sierra Leone
R. C. Bell
Dean Rusk
Tyco Research Contract Sparks House Hearing Flap
A House subcommittee faulted the Air Force for a 1.15 million dollar Tyco Laboratories contract to study converting sunlight into electricity. The panel called the handling sloppy and questioned potential conflicts of interest involving four Rosenbergs linked to the project. Witnesses said the contract began before signing and prior reports were delayed.
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Washington
House
Tyco Laboratories
Waltham
Mass
Subcommittee
Porter Hardy Jr
D-Va
Tyco
Hardy
Air Force Judge Advocate’s Office
Gene M. DiGiacomo
Alan M. Gerlach
Judge Advocate General
Procurement Review Board
DiGiacomo
Air Force
John W. White Jr
White
Monitor
Norman Rosenberg
Norman W. Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Tyeo
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Denis L. McKenna
Somerville
Rosenfeld’s
Pittsfield
Bond
Berkshire Eagle
Berkshire Business College
North Street
Tom Reynolds
Joseph Lennon
John W. Cronin
Irf
OFS
Flynn
Rexall Pharmacy
Elm Street
Thomas F. Flynn Jr
Abe
Len Wolf
Formarly
Manny Wolf
Steak House
New York City
Virginia
Lenox
Waltham Firm
John R. Chivers
North St
Dalton Tel
Dalton
Geen
Peter Pitts
City Savings
Call City Savings Bank
a SAVINGS/ BANK of PITTSFIELD
Fenn Street
CSB
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