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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1963
Page
1
Walter Lippmann returns from six weeks in Europe and reports a new turn in East West relations. He notes generation shift and discrediting of traditional Marxism and conservatism, with Europe questioning U S leadership and seeking renewal. He shares discussions from Rome Paris London Budapest Warsaw on China Soviet tensions and Western openness.
In Baghdad a brief flare of gunfire marked renewed clashes as Iraq’s new military government pressed the Baath Socialist party’s remnants. Syrian Baathists claimed countryside control, while a dawn curfew lifted partially as power transfer continued.
Western diplomats report a bitter Chinese barrage against Premier Khrushchev calling his conduct a buffoon and his nuclear policy dangerous. The 18 000 word Peking statement accuses him of recklessly playing with nuclear weapons and bowing to imperialist blackmail amid Sino Soviet tensions over Cuba and peaceful coexistence, with no immediate Soviet response.
Boston Traffic Commissioner Thomas F. Carty reports meters yield nearly $900 daily from about 8,000 meters as vandals rent forged keys at $3 per night. In ten months, meters were robbed of $265,000 with $123,000 in repairs. about 4,000 meters are out of order. He urged dime-an-hour vandal-proof meters, noting 350 tested in Back Bay.
North winds bring snow and a North Winds Want Ad for storm windows. A large lot is offered at 1 dollar each, with Dial-afer 3 pum. The advertiser notes seven calls, urging prompt listings through the Dial 447-731h adtaker.
A Republican legislator in Boston filed a bill to pay Fred B. Dole’s legal expenses. Dole, former Associate Commissioner of Public Works, was tried on conspiracy charges in the highway program case. Convicted, an appeals court overturned the verdict for lack of evidence. he resigned after indictment and now receives a state pension. Rep Merbert B. Hollis of Braintree called it a payment to discharge a moral obligation.
Massachusetts Crime Commission has visited Pittsfield and Adams among 78 communities in its broad corruption probe. Investigators, aided by 37 staff, traveled to cities including New York, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Six indictments have been filed, with two executive councilors named among those charged. The panel, formed in 1962 under Alfred Gardner, aims to root out corruption in public office before expanding to organized crime.
GE announced in Lynn Massachusetts that its air craft accessory turbine department will close by January 1 1964 with a loss of 800 to 900 jobs. Gerhard Neumann said the division realignment was needed due to a sharp drop in business, with most layoffs occurring in the first quarter of 1964.
The FAA said ninety percent of continental U S airspace has high altitude radar collision protection after the Miami area control center joined the positive control program. The system monitors flights above 24000 feet with modern radar.
A Pittsfield General Hospital spokesman defended PGH against claims of poor administration and waste in a legislative inquiry into Blue Shield Blue Cross operations. He disputed figures on staff, pay, parking attendants, meals, and the internship program, stating PGH has 539 employees and three full time administrators. The report also criticized Wesson Memorial Hospital Springfield for alleged doctor anesthesia practices and a chaotic building program.
New York based Northeast Airlines reported a deeper deficit for the first nine months of the year. The carrier showed a net loss of 5.19 million as operating revenues fell from 40.87 million to 36.07 million. The airline faces potential loss of its New York to Florida route, possibly limiting future flights to New England.
Washington reports Rep. John S. Monagan backs Western Connecticut as ideal for a $50 million NASA space electronics research center. Hearing opened to choose site amid political pressure, with seven regional candidates including Waterbury Water town Middlebury corridor and other towns in the Willimantic and Litchfield area highlighted as suitable locations.
Thousands cheered Prince Norodom Sihanouk as he urged ending all U S military and economic aid by December 31 unless broadcasts from a South Vietnamese border station are halted. Washington sought clarification while denying U S responsibility for the broadcasts.
A mouse climbed into instruments at a Bethlehem area Pennsylvania Power and Light substation causing a blackout that affected about 4000 residences and businesses for roughly 40 minutes. The incident occurred Monday in Bethlenem, Pennsylvania, according to United Press.
President Kennedy returns from Florida where he urged Cubans to overthrow Castro and pledged US aid to any government resisting foreign communism. He outlined plans for a forthcoming Texas tour and reaffirmed readiness to assist Cuba post sovereignty restoration, signaling a long term hemispheric policy.
The State Department named a nine member team including biologists and diplomats to inspect Antarctica bases of Russia and other nations. From now until March the crew will visit scientific installations to verify compliance with the 12 nation treaty that designates Antarctica for peaceful purposes.
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