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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1959

Page

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Soviet recalls Peiping envoy and replaces police

Moscow announced the recall of Pavel Yudin as ambassador to Peiping and his replacement by Stepan Chervonenko secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party. Yudin 60 a Marxist theorist who helped oust Tito from the Cominform. Chervonenko has led Ukrainian party affairs since Khrushchev’s rise. Also named new security chiefs in three southern republics: Taney Kazakhstan Karadachev Azerbaijan and Pishchuhn Turkmen.

Moscow Pavel Yudin Peiping Stepan Chervonenko Tass Yudin Marshal Tilorom Cominform Hervonenko Chervonenko Khrushchev Ukraine Jawaharlal Nehru India Order of Lenin Soviet Union

Trouble Brews Between Union and Bus Co Again

Dispute flares as Berkshire Street Railway mechanics fill in as drivers refuse to continue. Union argues contract terms force a return to normal operations Oct 15. Company cites emergency clause and driver shortages with 24 of 43 prestrike drivers back. Some routes run late as management patches service.

Berkshire Street Railway Co Atty Anthony J. Ruberta Street Railway Roberta Alow Mechanics Roberto George B. Crane Crane

Visit changes Khrushchev view of American capitalism

U S propaganda chief George V Allen says the Communists have altered their line after Nikita Khrushchev's U S trip. He reports Moscow now concedes capitalism produces abundance yet faults wasteful use of effort and resources while socialist planning could deliver similar abundance with less waste.

New York U.S George V. Allen Nikita Khru Ahbey United States Allen U. S. Information Agency Public Relations Society of America

Designer sells Gracie hurricane inspired design to Fug maker

In Hancock Illinois a designer named Augusta Bartholomew Dillon states her Gracie inspired wind design has been sold to a Fug manufacturer. The claim frames Gracie as an aging force and notes the sale of the wind themed creation.

Hancock N.il Augusta Bartholomew Dillon Gracie

375 Year Old Elm Victim of Pike Blasts

FRAMINGHAM Mass UP. New England s oldest tree a gnarled 575 year old elm with 120 feet long branches is dying Ted Ashby Boston Globe feature writer reports the elm 50 feet around at the base is gone Roots killed during blasting for the nearby Massachusetts Turnpike Town officials have spent more than 20 000 over the years to protect the tree from hurricanes and ice by steel guy wires and by feeding it once a year with a special tree food

Framingham Mass UPN New England Ted Ashby Boston Globe

Union protest over driver hiring delays at local firm

Roberto charged the company with stalling by not adding more drivers. He said union drivers were sent but told the firm was not hiring. The union lawyer claimed this conflicts with the contract and job classifications and demanded concrete driver hires to end the delay.

Roberto Istic

Barber Seeks Presidency With Lewis on Ticket

Graham Gray of Norfolk a barber for decades announced a run for president from behind a downtown shop chair He plans to qualify on the Independent party line and would accept John J Lewin as running mate Gray touts free government enterprise and constitutional rights from Norfolk Virginia AP

Norfolk Graham Gray United States Gray Guaie No Independent Party John J. Lewin

Dwyer Wins Final Freedom After 22 Years Behind Bars

Paul N. Dwyer, 40, imprisoned 22 years for a 1937 murder, won parole in Maine after a unanimous board vote. Release date not yet fixed, with conditions to be met. The decision followed an interview and consideration of a tailored parole program for community safety.

Dwyer Thomaston Maine Paul N. Dwyer State Probation and Parole Board South Paris Clinton A. Clauson Executive Council Dinyer James G. Littlefield Tawyer Allan L. Robbins Thhose Maynard C. Dodoff

Errol Flynn Dies at 50 After Seizure in Vancouver

Actor Errol Flynn died at age 50 after a seizure in an apartment, later attributed to a heart attack. He was en route to the airport with hosts George Caldough and Beverly Radland. the ambulance carried him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Flynn’s life featured publicized adventures and legal spats, including a Cuba trip and a pursuit of his $100,000 yacht Zaca. He was born June 29, 1909, in Hobart, Tasmania, and famed for swashbuckling roles in films like Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk.

Vancouver B.C Errol Flynn George Caldough Beverly Radland Flynn Radland Zaca Caldough Ti Giso Patrice Waymore Washington, D.C Nora Eddington Flynn-Hames Beverly Hills Calif Dierdre Rory Liv Damita Paris Erroll Jean Flynn Cuba Fidel Castro Hobart Tasmania Theodore Thomson Flynn Queen's College Belfast Ireland New Guinea South Seas London Warner Brothers Charge of the Light Brigade Elizabeth Essex Burma Rand United Press

Nobel Prize Winners Announced For Biology Breakthroughs

Stockholm awards the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine to Sev re Ochoa of New York University and Arthur Kornberg of Stanford for discovery of biological synthesis of nucleic acids DNA and RNA. The work, begun in the 1940s and 1950s, links DNA to heredity and cancer, and explains how cells build proteins, potentially guiding future cancer control and offspring traits.

Stockholm UPIN Severo Ochoa New York University Medical School Arthur Kornberg Stanford Univer Calif Ctty Palo Alto Sweden Caroline Medic -Chimiteicat Institute American Cancer Society New York Ochaa New York University College of Medicine Ochoa Kornberg Washington University St Louis Chicago Federation of Ameriican Societies For Experimental Biology

FTC Chairman Warns of TV Quiz Policing Limits

FTC chairman Earle W. Kintner told the National Association of Broadcasters that broadcasting should remain free of deceit but may need more policing if self regulation fails. He urged Congress to decide whether the FTC or FCC should oversee policing, noting the agency’s current authority covers only advertising. He warned that public trust sustains advertising value and that lax compliance harms the industry.

WPI Earle W. Kintner Charman Federal Trade Commnission FTC Broadcasting Industry Kintner FIC Kramer National Association of Broadcaste Broadcastig Felf Congress Federal Communications Commission FCC Kintzer

Five Men Freed In Vermont Vigilante Killing Case

In Vermont, murder charges against five men linked to the vigilante killing of Orville Gibson were dismissed. Robert Welch was freed by directed verdict with no defense witnesses. Frank Carpenter’s trial was cancelled as the state dropped its case. Gibson’s body surfaced in the Connecticut River after he vanished on Dec 31, 1957, following a farm incident that stirred local resentment.

Chelsea Newbury Orville A. Gibson Robert Ozro Welch Frank W. Carpenter Frederick M. Reed the Conch Welch Gibson Connecticut River Newbury Farm Frain

Cigarette Output Claims Moon Distance Benchmark

The Agriculture Department reports world cigarette production at 1.971 billion last year with 470 billion by the United States, a 4 percent rise over 1937. At that rate a carpet of cigarettes reaching the moon would span 221,900 miles when laid end to end.

Washington Agriculture Department

New President At Smith Hits Non-Finishers

Northampton mass AP president Smith College Dr Thomas C Mendenhall declares the drop out of women from American colleges is a national disgrace noting last year near sixty percent and sixty to thirty percent in institutions like Smith. He says equality of opportunity remains distant and warns that many view college as a path to marriage rather than education.

Northampton Mass Thomas C. Mendenhall Smith College Mendenhall Ang Smith Iendenhall Wwomien Agai Jwomien Khrushchev

Chance Seen Accord May Bypass Court

Washington AP report on Eisenhower steel inquiry panel asking for more time as industry and union resume talks. Chairman George W. Taylor hints solution may emerge this weekend to avert a Taft Hartley injunction. Panel to report Monday, then court action possible for an 86 day cooling off period. Details on proposals for penalties, scheduling, and wildcat strikes discussed by Republic Steel Car and Bethlehem Steel lawyers. The 93 day strike is the longest in history, with open session planned for Sunday.

Washington George W. Taylor Eisenhower Steel Inequiry Board Taylor Eiserhower White House Confu Vic.ory J. C. Lumb Republic Steel Car Lumb Steelworkers Lamb John Morse Bethlehem Steel Morse David J. McDonald

Stocks Rally On Steel Outlook Amid Taft Hartley Hope

New York trading opened with steels and rails showing gains on expectations steel industry labor disputes may be settled without invoking the Taft Hartley Act. Major steel shares rose 2 to 3 points while rail and related stocks advanced modestly. New York Central Southern Pacific and Illinois Central inched up about a point.

NEW York New York Central Southern Pacific Illinois Central

Billy Graham says golf keeps faith steady on greens

Evangelist Billy Graham told followers in Indianapolis that golf helps him stay calm, quipping "Oh no" when a shot goes awry. He stressed there is no reason for worry and that playing golf maintains his faith and focus during travels.

Indianapolis Ind UPI Billy Graham

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