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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1963
Page
3
Senate probe into the TEX fighter project raised questions about Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric. He denied direct financial interest in the General Dynamics led $7 billion TFX award and said his prior law firm work did not involve this matter.
An explosion at Roswell Air Force Base during routine maintenance destroyed the tail of a B52 bomber and killed three airmen with four others injured. Investigators sift debris to determine cause as smoke and flames rose seen blocks away.
In Washington RF news the widow of Baker partner Alfred Novak is set to testify as the first outside witness before the Senate Rules Committee in a closed session. The probe follows questions about Baker's outside business interests and the 1962 death ruling by suicide. Senator Yarborough claims Baker thwarted his committee assignment in 1961, alleging Baker warned against Yarborough’s rise to influence Texas judicial patronage under Lyndon Johnson.
Fragmentary text shows per week mail rates for zones 1 to 4 with figures 2.00 5.00 9.50 18.50 and a note about avoiding interruptions by mail. It also mentions filing and paying at an address with reference to Pilsfield and Berk, implying a postal billing fragment.
Washington AP report shows personal income rose $3 billion in October to a record annual rate of $470.3 billion with about one third due to a military pay raise. The October peak exceeded the prior three month average by $5 billion and was 3 percent higher than October 1962. Excluding military pay, the rise matched early 1963 monthly averages.
Leatherneck Goodwill reports American Marines in Britain have an 18 win to 15 game record against British teams this year after taking up rugby to boost Anglo American relations.
In Knoxville at St. Marys Hospital four people boarded the elevator but five exited. The fifth was a 9 pound 144 ounce baby born to Mrs. Shirley Cooper 32 near Maynardville en route to the delivery room. Two ambulance drivers and a nurse delivered the infant.
NEW YORK AP The AFL-CIO rejected a readmission bid for the Teamsters Union saying no application had been filed. Meany ruled the motion with protests from Teamsters supporters and stressed that readmission requires a proper application under federation rules. The convention also shelved a bid to readmit ILWU led by Harry Bridges amid past corruption and Communist leanings accusations.
In Atlanta AP reports that Preston Cobb Jr., age 17, faced the death sentence again after conviction for killing his elderly white employer in August 1961. This marks the fourth time in two years the youth has been sentenced to death after multiple appeals, including to the U.S. Supreme Court, all denied.
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