Yogi Berra Named Yankees Manager, Retires as Player
Yogi Berra, 38, named official new manager of the New York Yankees and announces retirement as a player. Berra succeeds Ralph Houk, who becomes general manager after three American League championships and two world titles in three years. Club President Dan Topping spoke at the Savoy Hilton Hotel, noting Berra’s one year contract at his own request and salary matching the former manager Casey Stengel.
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YANKEES STAR YOGI BERRA RISES TO FAME IN 1940S
Yogi Berra born May 12 1925 in St Louis. He joined the Yankees farm system in 1943 with Norfolk Piedmont League and later Newark in the International League. After Coast Guard service and Normandy Beach involvement he returned to the Yankees and pursued a regular position under Manager Bucky Harris.
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Peabody Aide Appointed to Superior Court
Gov Endicott Peabody appointed chief legal counsel George P Ponte of New Bedford to the Superior Court to replace the late Judge Daniel O Brien who died last week Ponte's nomination was sent to the Executive Council for confirmation and marks a notable promotion for a key aide in Peabody's administration
GE Craftsmen Vote On Strike Authorization
GE Craftsmen at Pittsfield plants schedule a strike authorization vote for November 1 over seniority bumping rights amid layoffs. Local 140 president Edmund Noetzel says 315 of 470 members approved the meeting at 7 44 p.m. at the Portuguese American Club. The union protests the end of a supplemental agreement governing layoffs after November 3 and warns of possible action if GE does not recognize day to day terms. Melikan of GE expresses regret but sees a hoped agreement by November 3.
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Water supply holds at 100 days in city reservoirs
City officials report about 1.2 billion gallons remain across five reservoirs, a level cited as sufficient compared with 509 million gallons on November 1, 1957. Public Works Commissioner John S. Daniels notes current use averages about 12 million gallons daily with no planned emergency restrictions, though hose restrictions between 7 and 9 p.m. persist. A dry USGS test well in Great Barrington is also reported.
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Labor Sees Recession If No Tax Cut
Washington report on AFL CIO legislative director Andrew J. Biemiller warning Senate Finance Committee that without a tax cut, a recession and rising unemployment would hit in 1964. He urged bigger cuts for low and moderate incomes, oppose large corporate benefits, and proposed reducing the top corporate rate from 52 to 50 percent to fund more relief for workers.
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U S bishops press Vatican for anti bias declaration
U S bishops at the Vatican urged the Ecumenical Council to condemn racial discrimination and declare no inequality among humans based on race. Bishop Tra cy of Baton Rouge said the laity chapter should affirm racial equality, while the council approved Chapter IV of a liturgical reform, allowing some cases to read the breviary in modern language.
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Seferiades Wins Nobel Prize in Literature for Greece
Greek poet and diplomat Giorgas Seferiades, writing as Seferis, won the 1963 Nobel Prize for literature, the first Greek laureate. The Swedish Academy cited his unique thought and beauty of language in a career spanning diplomacy and major Greek poetic works.
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Massachusetts Town Would Make R I 3 Acres Smaller
SEEKONK Mass The Seekonk School Committee plans to seek a change in the state line to buy three acres of a 27 acre site for a new 2 million dollar high school that lies across the border in East Providence R I Duranleau a planning board member said Massachusetts law bars a town from owning land in another state and the town has an option on the land.
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Council Turns Down W. L. Putnam Appointment
BOSTON The Governor's Council on voice vote today refused to confirm Governor Peabody's appointment of William L. Putnam of Springfield to the Mount Greylock Tramway Authority. Councilor Patrick J. McDonough of Boston spoke in opposition before the vote. Putnam, a Springfield and Greenfield TV stations operator, is the son of Roger L. Putnam, former Springfield mayor and 1942 Democratic candidate for governor.
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U.N. marks 18 years amid optimism and caution
As the United Nations celebrates its 18th birthday, optimism rises for reduced East West tension though major issues such as disarmament and financial woes persist. The group has grown to 111 members with shifts toward Asian African dominance and a broader peacekeeping role since 1945.
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Kennedy Pushes Civil Rights Bill As House Vote Delayed
President Kennedy personally pressed for civil rights legislation, but a White House conference yielded only a postponement of the crucial House Judiciary Committee vote to next Tuesday. The plan to advance a compromise bill faced limited Republican support and opposition to the stronger version, with administration hopes tied to midsummer proposals.
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Four USAF crew and four Vietnamese reportedly killed in Viet crash
SAIGON South Viet Nam A U S Air Force transport plane on a flare dropping mission crashed in Communist territory about 65 miles south of Saigon. The U S spokesman said all eight aboard were killed with no survivors. The wreckage was scattered and a cause was not yet known.
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