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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1965

Page

3

Johnson Plans Domestic Agenda After Erhard Delay

President Johnson shifts focus to domestic programs after postponing talks with West German Chancellor Erhard. He drafts the budget and State of the Union message while at the LBJ Ranch, with Cabinet reports possible this week. Wilson anticipates Viet Nam peace talk notes to calm antiwar elements. The Congo coup also occupies attention as Mobutu rises to power.

Johnson City Tex Johnson Ludwig Erhard Erhard Lbj Ranch Washington Jerhard Harold Wilson Wilson United Nations Moscow Asia South Viet Nam Robert McNamara Anndrews Air Force Base Earle G. Wheeler Joint Chiefs of Staff Viet Nam London Paris Congo Joseph Mobutu Mobutu Joseph Kasavubu

U.S. Opposes Ban on Underground Nuclear Tests

The United States rejected a bid by 34 non nuclear countries to halt underground tests until safeguards are agreed. Disarmament negotiator William C. Foster called a moratorium unacceptable but said a comprehensive test ban was achievable with flexibility from the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet bloc favored local inspections, arguing they suffice without international monitoring, while the 1963 Moscow treaty bans tests in air, space, and under water.

United Nations N.Y United States U. S William C. Foster U.N. General Assembly Foster Sverker Astrom Jose Selte Camara Brazil China France Soviet Union Washington Byelorussia Poland Czechoslovakia Moscow

Nieman Fund Names Two News Leaders

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger of the New York Times and Martin Hayden of the Detroit News join the National Nieman Fund Committee in Cambridge Massachusetts. They will help raise 1.2 million dollars over three years to match a Ford Foundation grant and expand fellowships and programs at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism.

Cambridge Mass UPL Arthur Ochs Sulzberger New York Times Martin 5 Hayden Detroit News Nieman Fund Nathan M. Pusey Harvard Davis Taylor Boston Globe Sulzberger Ford Foundation Nieman Foundation For Journalism Foundation Nieman Library of Nieman Institute For Nieman Reports Nieman Foundation

Four Killed In Vermont Plane Crash

A single engine plane carrying Lawrence LaFountain 31, his wife Hazel 47, their son Richard 23 and daughter in law Lois 19 crashed near Montpelier Airport as snow began falling. The wreckage scattered through a wooded hillside after dark. The Barre family was all aboard.

Montpelier Lawrence LaFountain Hazel Richard Lois Barre

Armory Gas Explosion Kills 7 at Keokuk Square Dance

In Keokuk Iowa officials say a gas leak caused a massive explosion at the National Guard armory during a Swing EZY Club weekly square dance killing seven and injuring 44, with 30 in critical condition. Survivors described a bomb like blast as firefighters and investigators seek how the gas entered the building and what triggered the flare up.

Keokuk Iowa National Guard Swing Ezy Club Illinois Missouri Junior Miller Wilbur Johnson Square Dance Chester Starr

Toll Toll Reaches 174 During Thanksgiving Holiday

A United Press International tally shows at least 174 traffic deaths since the holiday weekend began, with bad nationwide weather hampering travel. The count, tracking until midnight Sunday, lists 174 traffic deaths, 27 fires, four plane incidents, and 22 miscellaneous fatalities, totaling 227.

United Press International

Proposal Would Require Minority Hiring Reports From Major Employers

About 60 000 of the nation s largest employers would file annual reports on minority hiring under an EEOC proposal. First report due March 31 1966. Public hearing set for December 16. Data would cover sex and minority status in nine job categories and joint union hiring agreements.

Washington Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr Commission

Cuban exile leader held for extortion in Hartford

Cuban exile leader Dr. Orlando Bosch, 39, remained jailed after refusing bond on federal extortion charges. FBI seized him at the Cuban Liberation Movement headquarters during a Hartford speech stop, tied to sealed indictments in Miami accusing conspiracy and mailing extortion letters.

Hartford UPI Federal Bureau of Investigation Orlando Bosch Park Street Cuban Liberation Movement Bosch Miami Florida Bradley Field Windsor Locks Bridgeport Iris Jose Salazar FBI Gestapo Marcelino Garcia Jiminez Garcia Movement For Revolutionary Recovery Cuba

First Negro to command Harlem precinct promoted to deputy inspector

In New York, Lloyd G. Sealy was promoted to deputy inspector and put in charge of 11 Brooklyn precincts including Bedford-Stuyvesant. Police Commissioner Vincent L. Broderick announced the promotion during ceremonies for 79 officers, making him the first Black officer to hold such a high post in Harlem.

New York UPI Harlem Brooklyn Bedford-Stuyvesant Lloyd G. Sealy Vincent L. Broderick

Minors May Drink In the Home Says N Y Appeals Court

In a unanimous ruling the New York Court of Appeals reversed Dorothy Martell's conviction for serving beer to minors at her home in Poughkeepsie. The justices held the state law does not prohibit providing alcohol to underage guests in a private residence.

N.Y Albany Court of Appeals Dorothy Martell Poughkeepsie Christina Dutchess County

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