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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1963

Page

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Second Firm Acting Hurlbut Clean Up of River Poised

Hurlbut Papers, a Mead Corp unit with two mills in South Lee, plans to take necessary steps within the next 12 months to abate its river waste. Dr. Edwin Flinn, GM, says a final report from two years of analysis will be submitted to the state Health Department.

LEE Hurlbut Papers Mead Corp South Lee Housatonic River Hurlbut Edwin Flinn The Eagle Peter J. Schweitzer Mills Columbia and Fagie Mills Willy and Laurel Mills Dr. Flinn

Butler Hailsham Maudling Vie For Tory Premiership

Britain's Conservative Party faces a three man race to succeed Harold Macmillan. Richard Butler leads followed by Lord Hailsham with Reginald Maudling the dark horse addressing 4000 delegates at the Blackpool conference. Macmillan’s illness leaves the field unsettled as party factions jockey for influence and future leadership.

Blackpool England Britain Harold Macmillan Richard A. Butler, Jr Lord Hailsham House of Lords Dark Horse Reginald Maudling Maudling High Command Commons Butler Macmillan

Williams Trustees Kick Off Campaign With Pledges

Williams College trustees have started a three year anniversary fund drive with total pledges of 1 011 000 toward a 14 million goal. The 16 trustees span the continent from Boston to Palo Alto and include Ferdinand K Thun president of Berkshire Knitting Co Reading Pa as the senior pledged member. Alfred E Driscoll a trustee and former governor of New Jersey serves campaign chairman with Massachusetts trustees William E Park Boston and Talcott M Banks Jr Cambridge along with President John E Sawyer a 1939 graduate.

Williamstown Williams College Boston Palo Alto Ferdinand K. Thun Berkshire Knitting Co Reading Alfred E. Driscoll New Jersey Massachusetts William E. Park Talcott M. Banks Jr Cambridge John E. Sawyer

Vermont Joins N.H. Shuts Woods

Showers were forecast across New England but little relief was expected for parched woodlands. The Weather Bureau said rainfall would be light and not ease the prolonged dry spell, keeping forest fire danger high in Central Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire, and Vermont. Governor Hoff banned access to Vermont woodlands, the worst fire threat in 15 years, with similar orders already in New Hampshire. Maine officials warned against smoking in woods and may restrict activity if conditions worsen.

Boston New England U.S Weather Bureau New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Philip Hoff John W. King Maine Austin H. Wilkins

Sixteen States Drought Stricken

Drought conditions aggravated by hot autumn weather parch areas in at least 16 states from Texas to New Hampshire. An Associated Press survey shows rainfall deficits since 1963 causing water shortages and fire risk as municipalities report restrictions. both surface sources and deep wells are affected.

Chicago Texas New Hampshire Associated Press Rockies

St Johns Vote Blocks Peabody On Public Works Reform

Sen Edmund R St John Jr cast the deciding vote as Gov Peabody failed to win Senate approval for DPW reorganization. A 20 19 substitute bill cleared, after earlier defeats, with Parker absent Illness and St Johns later break tying vote. The plan would shift control to the governor and replace the three man DPW commission with a five man board.

St. John’s Peabody On Public Works Dept Boston Edmund R. St. John Jr Adams Deabody John J. Parker Taunton Parker Senate John ©. Powers Peabody DPW Long Sen. St. John St. John Ways and Means Committee Ricciardi John D. Warner George C. Toumpouras

Five Day Forecast From Weekend Cool. Warm Tuesday Wednesday

Five day outlook shows temperatures near 49 degrees on average for the period. Cooler conditions expected this weekend with a warm trend returning by Tuesday and Wednesday. Scattered showers are forecast for Wednesday.

Red Army Blockade Halts U.S. Convoy on Autobahn

About 100 Soviet troops blocked a U.S. Army supply convoy from Berlin on the autobahn near Babelsberg. A second convoy of 100 armed soldiers stood nearby, ready to assist. The incident marked the worst auto highway confrontation in years amid East West tensions.

Berlin West Germany East Germany Babelsberg

Moon Flight Ban Stymies Joint U S Moon Project

The House approved a 5.1 billion space agency appropriation but barred any use of funds for a joint manned lunar mission with Russia. Rep Thomas Pelly led the restriction, backed by Republicans and Southern Democrats, with 125 to 110 vote.

Washington National Space Agency Russia Kennedy United Nations United States Thomas M. Pelly IR Wash Pelly Senate National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Agency Thomas’ Committee Louis G. Wyman R-N.h Wyman New Englander

Algeria Expels Four Foreign Newsmen

In Algiers Algeria expelled four foreign correspondents including Alain Raymond of United Press International who was ordered to depart tonight. Andrew Boroweicz of Associated Press Christian Guy of the Paris newspaper Aurore and Jacques Menachem a correspondent for several foreign publications also received expulsion orders.

Algiers API Algeria Alain Raymond United Press International Andrew Boroweicz Associated Press Christian Guy Paris Aurore Jacques Menachem Trench

Soviet Economy Admits Lag Behind U S Output

Moscow report in Moskovskaya Pravda acknowledges the Soviet economy trails the United States in productivity. Industrial workers are said to be 2 to 24 percent as productive as American workers. The piece, echoing Premier Khrushchev, also predicts the Ing will be wiped out within ten years.

Moscow United States Moskovskaya Pravda Communist Party Khrushchev Ing

Lasting Coexistence Seen By Lord Home

Blackpool England AP Foreign Secretary Lord Home predicted a prospect of genuine and lasting coexistence between Western Allies and the Russians. He cautioned that complete understanding is not yet reached and Allies must stay vigilant until it is. He urged cultivating contacts with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and seeking political agreements to narrow differences. He stressed keeping the United States allied with Britain as essential to security and balance of power.

Blackpool England Lord Home Home Soviet Union Europe United States Britain

Rusk protests Soviet delay of Berlin West Germany convoys

Secretary of State Dean Rusk summoned Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin to protest the latest harassment of American troops on the Autobahn linking West Berlin with the West. The 18 vehicle 61 man convoy was delayed 16 hours at the West German checkpoint and halted again near West Berlin as President Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko held talks in Washington.

U.S Marienborn Berlin Babelsberg West Berlin Washington United States Soviet Union Siay West Germany Dean Rusk Anatoly F. Dobrynin Rusk West Kennedy Andrei Gromyko

Kennedy Gromyko near accord on two minor issues

President Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister An der Gromyko held a two hour White House session to ease East West tensions. They agreed to start technical talks for a commercial aviation agreement and press for a UN resolution urging no nuclear weapons in space orbit. Both sides signaled no major concessions on Berlin or other friction points. Khrushchev praised the nuclear test ban and hinted at pulling West troops from Berlin while Moscow said most Cuban combat forces had left.

Washington Kennedy Russia Berlin Germany White House Ander Gromyko Gromyko Kremlin Cuba Moscow UPS Nikita Khrushchev Harold Macmillan Andrei Gronmyke

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By Edward K. Shanahan Maulding Hailsham House of Commons N.H Hammond Charles A. Bishee Jr Chesterfield George D. Hammond Westfield James J.long Woburn Bishee Japan Reds Ma- Newborn Albert Thomas D-Tax Appropriations Pravda Dobrynin
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