Mayor Reports Site Options for City High School
Mayor Remo Del Gallo announced Arthur C. Johnson may sell 35 acres on Churchill Street for a city high school site. Johnson reserves the land for six months while the city weighs eminent domain or purchase options, with council approval required for any price. Johnson is an auto dealer. Del Gallo also notes other potential sites and limited willingness to sell.
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Arthur C. Johnson
Churchill Street
Victory Hill
del Gallo
Johnson Tract
Johnson
Eiment Domain
Blythwood Drive
Basil Petricea
Valentine Road
Intcrest Hospital
FTC Acts for Housewives Back Double Stamp Days
The Federal Trade Commission accuses Sperry & Hutchinson Co. of restraining trade by pressuring merchants to limit free and bonus stamps and to issue only one stamp per ten cents of purchases. It seeks to curb stamp exchanges and hindered redemptions by independents, while S & H defends contract limits as core to its service.
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Washington
UPT
Federal Trade Commission
Sperry & Hutchinson Co
Ilegally
Sperry & Hutchinson
Ieading Trading Stamp Company
FTC
Needed Cash Sparks Eagle Want Ad Sale
A Dalton man used an Eagle Family Want Ad to sell a dual pickup electric guitar and amplifier for 84 dollars to raise fast cash for Jeep registration. The example shows how readers turn unused items into money.
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Eagle Family
Eagle
Dalton
Gale Winds Snow Strike Berkshires
Savage winds ripped through the Berkshires with the first snow drifts of the season. Meteorologist George J. Bulgarelli of the U S Weather Bureau says county snowfall averaged about one inch with two inches on hills. Winds reached gale force with 55 mph gusts. conditions to ease by tomorrow as flying restrictions halt Udall visit in Pittsfield.
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Berkshires
George J. Bulgarelli
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bulgarelli
Pittsfield
Interior
Stewart Udall
Fierce fighting as 1st Cavalry skirmishes in Vietnam dunes
U S Cavalry units press through Chu Pong slopes in Ia Drang Valley for a fifth day amid heavy ambush fire. Helicopters ferry Viet Cong troops near Hiep Duc south of Da Nang where two aircraft were shot down. B52s bomb Communist positions as casualties mount. U S officials report moderate American losses but claim 300 enemy killed, with heavier losses than prior days. Red forces also strike near Saigon and Da Nang, increasing the intensity of the war frontline operations.
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UPI
U.S
Chu Pong
Ia Drang
Hiep Duc
da Nang
Strategic Air Force
Guam
Chu Peng
Saigint
Red
Viet Nam
1St Air Cavalry Division
UPS
1St Cavalry
Tivo
Britain Protests Rhodesian Abuse and Draft Poll
Chicago RP summary reports Students for a Democratic Society chief Paul Booth says the group will likely drop its proposed campaign urging objection to the military draft as opposition to U S intervention in Vietnam. A poll of about 2,500 SDS members on 88% college campuses shows replies are close but not clearly in favor. No action will be taken unless later poll results show solid support.
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Chicago
Students For A Democratic Society
United States
Paul
Booth
National Guard Opens Drive To Draft Training Evaders
Boston UPI Major General Ambrose said the Massachusetts National Guard will not shelter draft dodgers and that chronic absentees are being referred to Selective Service for priority induction. He noted most guardsmen meet reserve requirements and recalled duty during the recent blackout, while a few evaders face fines, jail, or 45 days of active duty.
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National Guard
Boston
UPI
Joseph M. Ambrose
Massachusetts National Guard
Boston Youth Corps Halted Amid Fraud Accusations
Boston faced a Labor Department probe into its anti poverty program after a Boston Traveler article alleged theft fraud and mismanagement. All Neighborhood Youth Corps projects were ordered stopped with 800 youths affected and about 25 000 in federal funds to be recovered from 130 ineligible enrollees.
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Department of Labor
National Youth Corps Direc
Tor Jack Howard
Joseph S. Slaver
The
Action For Boston Community Development, Inc
ABCD
Boston Traveler
Traveler
Slaver
Slayer
John F. Kennedy
Charlestown
John §. Howe
Mark Brattle
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Labor Department
North Adams man named New England Man of the Year
Robert C. Sprague founder of Sprague Electric Co. of North Adams was honored as New England Man of the Year by the New England Council. The award cited his military and technological contributions and leadership in regional business growth. Sprague, a Naval Academy and MIT graduate, built Sprague Electric into the nation’s largest passive components maker.
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Robt
Sprague
N.E
Boston
UPD
Robert C. Sprague
Sprague Electric Co
New England
The
New England Council
Holmes H. Whitmore
Council
Whitmore
U.S. Naval Academy
Naval Postgraduate School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Scientific Engineering Institute
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Britain's Wilson calls Rhodesia revolt act of treason
Prime Minister Harold Wilson told Parliament that rebel Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith's bid to replace Sir Humphrey Gibbs was treason. Gibbs remains under royal authority. treason could carry death. Wilson outlined plans to tighten sanctions and send Malcolm MacDonald to Zambia to discuss troops to guard the Kariba Dam amid Rhodesian saboteur fears.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Ian
Smith
Gay
Humphrey Gibbs
Gibbs
Government House
Rhodesia
Britain
Wilson
Michael Stewart
United Nations
Malcolm MacDonald
Zambia
Kariba
Kenneth Kaunda
BBC
Voice of America
Conte Calls for Inquiry on Anti Poverty Program
Congressman Silvio Conte announced a proposed congressional investigation into the overall administration of the anti poverty program. He stressed the inquiry aims to identify mismanagement and guide corrective action, while affirming support for the program’s potential benefits for youth. The Boston Traveler has highlighted alleged "shameful" conditions in the Youth Neighborhood Corps project.
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Silvio O. Conte
Boston
Conte
Pittsfield
The
Boston Traveler
Wallace dies at 77 in Danbury Hospital
Henry A. Wallace former vice president under FDR died in Danbury Hospital at age 77. He served as secretary of agriculture from 1933 to 1940, was elected vice president in 1941, and later led commerce under President Truman in 1945-46. He sought the presidency on the Progressive ticket in 1948.
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Danbury
Canonization Proposals Brighten Papal Council Actions
Vatican City UPI Pope Paul VI promulgated two ecumenical council decrees and announced beatification proceedings for Pius XII and John XXI. The divine revelation decree expands scripture's role and biblical scholarship, while another decree increases lay participation. A six month jubilee and a new Mary church in Rome were proposed as part of closing the council.
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UPI
Paul VI
Pius XII
John AX
St. Peter’s Basilica
John XXI
Rome
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