Soviet Court Sentences Mott to 18 Months
Mott of Sheffield Massachusetts, a young American tourist, received an 18 month term in a Soviet labor camp for illegally crossing the Norway Soviet border near Borisoglebsk. The judge noted good behavior and potential parole in nine months, while his parents attended the trial in Russia.
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Mott
Sheffield
Murmansk
Ussr
Newcomb Mott
Mass
Norway
Soviet Union
Washington
State Department
G. I. Klemelyey
Howard Mott
Russia
U.S
William Shinn
Arctic
Viet Nam
Scandinavia
Klementyev
Newcombh
U.S.S.R
Let Us Give Thanks Humbly Let Us Give Thanks
Washington report on Thanksgiving food inequality compares American daily intake to global hunger. It notes the average American consumes about four pounds daily versus about one pound for the average Indian, and highlights a White House turkey fed on 1400 calories daily. The American Freedom from Hunger Foundation cites 400 to 509 million people malnourished worldwide, many receiving only 2600 calories and dying from starvation.
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Washington
UPI
American Freedom From Hunger Foundation
Foundation
White House
Aircraft Strike Accord Reached on Vietnam War Jet Work
Negotiators announced a complete agreement to end a strike by about 17,000 machinists at McDonnell Aircraft Co in St Louis. The walkout halted production of Navy Phantom jets, a key aircraft in the Viet Nam war effort.
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Washington
APS
McDonnell Aircraft Co
Viet Nam
McDonnell
St. Louis
Navy
Volpe Urges Auto Insurance Relief in State Message
Governor Volpe pledged to seek a program to lower auto insurance costs when presenting his annual message. He reviews the state insurance picture and wants concrete recommendations rather than more study. Insurance Commissioner Farnam said 1965 compulsory car rates will rise about 5 percent. Massachusetts remains among few states with compulsory liability insurance.
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Mott
Boston
John A. Volpe
State Department
Dean Rusk
Volpe
UPI
Eugene Farnam
Massachusetts
Our Week's War Losses Bring U S Casualties to 1335 Dead
UPI and AP report, Saigon says last week costliest of the Vietnam War with 24 Americans killed and 470 wounded, raising total U S losses to 1,335 dead and 6,131 wounded. Six Americans reported missing. Most casualties from the 1st Cavalry Division after a weeklong Chu Pong Mountain battle that killed over 2,260 North Vietnamese. South Vietnamese forces clash near Quang Ngai with 150 communists reported killed. U.S. jets hit a Mekong Delta base camp. 25 Viet Cong casualties and 19 buildings damaged. Other strikes on North Vietnam continued. All planes returned safely.
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Saigon
U S
U.S
Army
Air Force
Navy
1St Cavalry
Chu Pong Mountain
Ia Drang
Provin
Cial
Quang Ngai
Mekong
Viet Nam
Williams faculty urge Johnson to push Viet talks
Ninety Williams College faculty members signed a statement urging President Johnson to pursue unconditional talks in Vietnam. They call for suspending bombing in North Vietnam and halting further US troop increases in South Vietnam. They also advocate including the Viet Cong National Liberation Front as an independent party and seeking an immediate cease fire as a first step. The list of nine sponsors is named, with further signers adding later.
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Williams College
Washington
Viet Nam
Johnson
Rusk
Leverett Saltonstall
Edward M. Kennedy
Silvio O. Conte
North
South
Viet Nam Naional Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Frederick L. Schuman
Howard P. Stabler
Kurt P. Tauber
Court delays med school site action in Worcester fight
Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Whittemore ordered the UMass trustees to pause their decision on Worcester as the site for a new medical school. He asked the attorney general to enforce the order after a citizens group petition urged Amherst campus reconsideration. The petition was referred to the full court for decision.
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Boston
UPS
Arthur E. Whittemore
Massachusetts Supreme Court Today
University of Massachusetts
Worcester
Justice Whittemore
Attorney General's Office
Whittemore
The
Massachusetts Taxpayers Committee For Quality Medical Education
State College
Amherst
High Court
Five Day Forecast Near Seasonal Normal Temperatures
The forecast projects average daily highs and lows around 33 degrees through Monday. Rain and snow are expected on Friday and Sunday, with other days mostly dry and cool.
GE to spend 27 million on Pittsfield transformer facility upgrade
General Electric Co will invest 27 million dollars over four years to modernize its power transformer PT department facilities in Pittsfield. The plan includes a huge new building for assembly and test operations, realigning some production to Rome, Ga, and trimming the Pittsfield footprint from 50 to 32 buildings. GE says employment will remain roughly the same, with no net job increase during the period.
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General Electric Co
Pittsfield
England
A. Eugene Schubert
PT Department
Schubert
Rome
PT Tank Shop
Tyler Street
Baby Doing Well After Womb Blood Transfusions
In Westerly Hospital a newborn boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mitchell of Block Island, is reported doing well after two in utero blood transfusions. Doctors say the procedure saved the baby's life as the mother suffered R-H blood incompatibility, a cause of miscarriage who had two previous stillbirths.
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Westerly
R.I
UPL
Westerly Hospital
Ernest Mitchell
Block Island
Mitchell
Pittsfield backs $2.6 million reservoir water plan
Pittsfield City Council unanimously backs a $2.6 million project to tap Savoy streams and feed a Windsor reservoir, aiming for a daily yield of 4.3 to 5 million gallons. Metcalf and Eddy prepared plans. five years before completion. state legislature must approve use of others’ water resources and funding.
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Savoy
Pittsfield
Water Commission
John Burbank
Windsor
Burbank
Metcalf & Eddy
Boston
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
Remo del Gallo
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Calif
Julie Dillard
American Cancer Society
Julie
National Cancer Crusade
James Dillard
UPE
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LBJ
Murray Baumgarten
Jots Db. Eusden
Robert L. Gaudino
Robert N. E. McBaw
William J. Peck
John 4. Power
Aun
New PT Building
Thomas
Morton
Pittsfield Country Club
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