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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1965
Page
12
Senator Edward M. Kennedy visits Lowell and other communities in Massachusetts kicking off a month long statewide tour. He plans to press for policy goals and meet local residents as part of the campaign swing.
Kennedy's first speech was set for Lowell Technological Institute with a press conference at Lowell Technological Research Institute. He planned to address Young Democrats at Freedman's Hall in Lawrence and to visit Haverhill, North Andover, Andover and Boston as part of Tuesday's itinerary after a three-week Far East fact finding tour.
The name Botany comes from Botany Bay in New South Wales where wool scouring works shipped wool to Europe. Botany wool signified top grades and H Daroff and Sons of Philadelphia adopted Botany for their clothing line. Now a major American menswear firm, they offer suits sportcoats slacks outerwear woolen and rainwear with major stores carrying their label.
Raymond Guthrie, Dartmouth College professor emeritus, mailed his World War I Silver Star to President Johnson as a protest against the Vietnam War. The Norwich, Vermont resident had planned to be buried with the medal but chose to send it with a note urging Johnson to wear two stars.
Wind driven fire destroyed the vacant Columbian Hotel and adjacent apartment house in Saratoga Springs New York crossing Main Street to ruin the historic Convention Hall. Firemen battled gusty winds low water pressure and lack of aerial ladder and no injuries were reported. About sixty Skidmore College women were evacuated from a nearby hotel as a precaution.
Judy Garland 43 and actor Mark Herron 35 married after midnight in Las Vegas Nevada. They obtained a marriage license at Clark County courthouse and honeymooned at a desert gambling spa while Garland cited omens and superstition about the date.
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