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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1963
Page
2
Washington and Moscow quietly pursue a consular treaty to ease Cold War tensions and potentially boost U S Soviet trade. Talks in Moscow involve State Department aide Ward Cameron as discussions revive after past closures and incidents.
Palm Springs Calif UPI a drive in theater installed watering troughs and oats for horses inside the lot to amuse patrons while long films continue Yet the two powers oats and water provided by consular posts recall a 1942 Vladivostok setup for equestrian cinema. Washington AP Senators urging President Kennedy to approve a wheat sale to the Soviet Union weigh executive action vs Congress and consider political economic effects. United Nations sources say Russians want about 250 million dollars of U S grain with shipments potentially starting by early November and debates over subsidized prices. Frank Lausche Ohio warns against selling subsidized wheat to the Soviet Union as a policy in opposition to the deal.
Premier Khrushchev warned Soviet agriculture faced a difficult harvest season due to bad weather. He urged utmost efforts, expanded chemical fertilizer use, and irrigation expansion in Ukraine and Central Asia to raise grain and reach targets of 33 million tons yearly by 1965 and 140 million by 1970, while noting Canada’s 7 million ton wheat import.
Tokyo AP reports a new rule banning takeoffs and landings from 1 p.m. to 6 a.m. at Tokyo International Airport as a sleep disturbance concession. The measure disrupted Pan Am Flight 845 from Los Angeles, arriving at 4:55 a.m., well past the start of the ban.
Secretary of the Treasury C Douglas Dillon told world finance ministers that the United States has slowed the rise of its international payments deficit. He noted the deficit rose to an annual rate of 4.2 billion dollars in early 1983 but said steps to shrink dollar outflow are showing signs of arresting the deterioration in the accounts.
An airport official stated permission to land was granted because it was the first day. Pan Am apologized for the incident and expressed regret.
Lawyers for indicted Boston councilor Joseph Crimmins seek to overturn the Massachusetts Crime Commission’s legality. They allege commissioner Edward Simmons was ineligible due to Republican ties, citing party switches and a four-member limit, while Crimmins faces bribery charges based on evidence from the commission. Simmons says he resigned from the Marion Republican Committee before joining the panel. Benoit is mentioned among those indicted alongside Crimmins.
Druggist Hubert Alderson said he reinforced his home after a theft and then had to call police when he accidentally locked himself inside yesterday. Police responded to the alarm from his locked residence in London as he sought entry.
After five days with temperatures over 100 degrees in much of Southern California, cooler air moved in from the coast. Los Angeles cooled by 14 degrees to 95 yesterday, ending a streak that peaked at 109 in the city on Thursday.
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