22 Nov 1963
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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1963
Page
1
Nine Koreans, villagers near a Seoul area firing range, were killed and nine injured when a U S Army Honest John rocket struck scrap collectors. Army notes the victims were trespassing and had been warned to leave. firing interval was shorter than usual.
Berkshire County Negroes were urged at a Pittsfield rally to use Massachusetts laws to pursue economic and social equality. NAACP leader Mrs. David Gunn urged residents to qualify for jobs and homes, file discrimination complaints, and press white allies to act, highlighting housing and employment as core issues and questioning racial barriers in trades and service sectors.
The forecast calls for temperatures about 10 degrees above the seasonal normal of 34 for the next five days through Wednesday. Expect cooler conditions Sunday and Monday with rising temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rain is expected on Tuesday.
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard stated that Germany must rely on the Atlantic Alliance and believed the United States would respond with full force if Europe were attacked. He spoke after a two day visit to France, urging French German cooperation and European unity as steps toward a larger Atlantic union, while clashing with De Gaulle’s push for a sovereign Europe.
Raymond Knibb won a divorce from his wife Thursday after she trampled all the dahlias in his garden.
New York UPIs Niebuhr s Christianity and Crisis biweekly journal prints a feature calling its theological Tom Swifties The samples include I have sinned said Adam and I see through a glass said Paul with the tone of biblical figures reacting to modern wordplay, including Peter sternly and J s wife saltily.
New York The New York Stock Exchange halted operations today following news of an assassination attempt against President Kennedy. Market activities paused as authorities assessed safety and volatility concerns across key listings.
Dublin police report ventriloquist Eugene Lambert aged 34 was convicted of making a false declaration after applying for a driver's license for his dummy Finnegan. Lambert claimed it was a joke to prove anyone can obtain a license in Ireland.
The Vatican Ecumenical Council approved the schema for modernizing liturgical language by a 2 158 to 19 vote. After 13 months of work, it moves toward papal promulgation, poised to become the first decree since 1870.
Wa terville Maine AP New England journalists honor Louis St Lyons with Colby Colleges Elijah Parish Lovejoy award and an honorary doctor of laws Lyons urged the press to maintain stern constant criticism of mergers and reader choice lamented reduced information and urged fearless public appraisal Hartford Courant Editor Herbert Brucker urged focus on creating a fresh factual record and warned against entertainment driven Radio and TV He noted newspapers must dig out the hows and meaning.
President Kennedy was assassinated in downtown Dallas as his open car moved through the streets. Gov. Connally was wounded, and Vice President Johnson prepared to take the oath of office. Secret Service and hospital staff acted as the nation learned of the tragedy.
President Kennedy announced the United States will test a Saturn rocket booster early next year to leap ahead of the Soviet Union in thrust and payload. He defended the TFX fighter program, calling it a flexible, cost-saving aircraft that could be used by Navy and Air Force and would advance freedom with rapid, long-range missions.
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