Congress Overrides Works Bill Veto in New Era
Washington UPI reports Congress overrode President Eisenhower's veto of the public works appropriation bill. The House passed 280 to 121, eight votes above two thirds. the Senate followed 72 to 23, eight above needs. Rep. Silvio Conte of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, voted to sustain the veto.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Senated
Senate
Silvio
Conte
Massachusetts
Republican
Pittsfield
Mass
U of M Bars Liquor From Its Campus
The University of Massachusetts faculty voted to ban alcohol at all university social events on campus and in housing for resident students. Undergraduates are prohibited regardless of age. graduate students will be held to appropriate conduct. The policy, effective immediately, follows a four year study and discussions with fraternities and other state universities.
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Eagle Amherst
University of Massachusetts
Bvil
J. Paul Mather
Mather
New England
Town Chief Cites Drunkenness Rise in Amherst
Amherst Police Chief Francis Hart calls the rise in drunkenness at the college town serious. He notes 151 arrests in the 10 months Sept through June, with arrests dropping to two per month after colleges closed in July and August. He warns drunkenness often accompanies other crimes.
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Amherst
Mass
Francis FE
Hart
College Town
Amherst College
University of Massachusetts
Amherst Drops 12 Underachievers on Leave of Absence
AMHERST MASS AP Eleven undergraduates labeled underachievers not failing or disciplined were given leaves of absence as part of a college program to push all students to higher effort. Twenty eight students and parents had warnings last year. some improved and others remained watched. The dean said the program aims to force all abilities to reach potential and leaves may return next year if ready.
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Amiterst
Mass
Uneiderachievers
Amherst College
C. Scott Porter
Congress Kept Over For Delayed Wind-Up
Washington AP reports the threat of civil rights clashes kept Congress from adjourning this week. The Senate plans an early Monday session to finish the year’s legislative work if civil rights action does not spark a major clash. The House backs a third-try housing bill with White House approval amid ongoing foreign aid money debates and possible veto concerns. Senate GOP leader Basher Woodksen notes money measures may stretch past Monday.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Civil Rights Commission
House
Eisenhower
Baserett WooDuksen
Illinois
Low Food Prices Seen Stabilizing Cost of Living
Kennebunkport Maine A Bureau of Labor Statistics official told the 42nd annual convention of the International Association of Governmental Labor Officials that the cost of living index should stabilize for years. Ewan Clague said food prices around 30 percent of the index will fall due to better agriculture and cheap feed. pork and meat prices may drop soon while services rise. He cited progress in agriculture and a doubling of agricultural man hour output since 1947.
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Kennebunkport
Maine
API
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
International Association of Governmental Labor
Clague
Zsa Zsa to Lead Folies Bergere Next Spring in Paris
AP reports Zsa Zsa Gabor will be the top star of the Folies Bergeres starting next spring. Folies director confirmed the casting but declined to provide details.
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Paris
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Folies Bergeres
Folies
College Teacher Raises Win Heavily in House
The House approved a plan to raise salaries for University of Massachusetts teaching staff effective Sept 1, 1960, with a Senate follow-up likely. Nonteaching university personnel were largely excluded after amendments, including registrar and librarians, while the measure kept focus on classroom instruction. Governor Furcolo backed the bill, reviving it after a Senate defeat.
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EAGLE
Boston
House
University of Massachusetts State
Berkshire County
Senate
Enright
Thomas Enright
Pittsfield
Amon
Berksmer
Sala
D-North
Adams
Curtiss
R-Sheffield
Joseph Garceynski
D-Chicopee
Furcolo
Return of Mediator Sought in Bus Strike
The City Council seeks state and clergy help to resolve the 83 day Berkshire Street Railway Co. strike. Mayor Haughey and officials mull a three clergymen commission while courting labor conciliator Curran for a possible conciliation session with management and union reps. The strike persists as arbitration threats loom.
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Berkshire Street Railway Co
Haughey
Ward 2
George A Purnell
Parnell
Council
Charles J.kidney
Joseph P. Curran
Longmeadow
Curran
Hauchey
Patrick E. Callaghan
Charles J. Kidney
Labor and Management
Ward 7
John F. Fraser
Berkshire Street Railway
Fraser
Arcam
Governor Faces Delay on Flat 86 Car Fee Bill
The Senate sent to Gov Funcolo a bill to set a flat 86 automobile registration fee, replacing the current scale of 4.40 to 11 dollars a year based on car value. It would take effect immediately and raise teacher pay, costing about 300000 this year and around one million annually. Rep Toomey urged sending the bill to study as preferential to teachers. the proposal failed 125 to 84.
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Boston
Upl
Senate
Funcolo
John J Toomey
Cambridge
Toomey
Frank §. Giles
Methuen
No Caviar for Premier Five Dollar New York Dinner
Soviet Premier Khrushchev will join New Yorkers at the regular five dollar Special dinner. The Waldorf plan for champagne caviar and roast beef was scrapped by Mayor Wagner. Crabmeat replaces caviar and champagne, and the main course becomes chicken or beef tenderloin.
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New York
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Waldorf- Astoria
Robert F Wagner
Tuna Catches by Natick Priests Ignite Friday Feast
In Natick Rhode Island two parish priests Reverend Laurent Bourke and Reverend Robert Langlais caught a 1525 pound tuna aboard the Jane Louise off the Charlestown breakwater. Parishioners lined up outside the rectory garage as the clergy carved and wrapped tuna steaks with Father Bourke storing 40 pounds for the nuns and parish school and reserving four more pounds for friends in the priesthood. The fish was shared with parishioners.
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Natick, R.I
St. Joseph's
Laurent Bourke
Robert Langlais
Jane Louise
Charlestown
Father Bourke
GE Here Swaps Steel In Shortage
GE Here Swaps Steel In Shortage describes the General Electric power transformer department exchanging steel with Rome and Schenectady plants to maintain production during a steel strike. W Seaman, GE Pittsfield general manager, notes the department is the largest steel user and expects continued shortages to ease with exchanges. The move aims to keep operations running and preserve employment while sourcing steel from other plants.
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General Licenie Co Power Transformer
W Seaman
Rome
Hendersonville
Seaman
Schenectady
M2 Seaman
Pittsfield
Gov Furcolo Signs Increase in Workmen’s Comp Benefits
Boston AP Gov Foster Furcolo signed a measure raising weekly maximum workers compensation to 45 dollars and boosting the total limits for temporary total incapacity from 10,000 to 14,000 dollars and partial incapacity from 10,000 to 15,000 dollars. Dependents’ benefit rises from 4 to 6 dollars weekly per dependent.
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Boston
Foster Furcolo
Nehru Cites Crisis In China Relations
Washington reports show about 318000 people left the unemployment rolls in August while 6724000 held jobs, due to steel strikes and auto model changeovers. The Labor Department notes 145000 rail, mining, construction and primary metal layoffs, plus 80000 more auto workers idled for 1960 models. The August job total reached 47245000 with farm employment down 468000, a records-based August high. Long-term unemployment declined slightly, with about 783000 jobless for 13 weeks or more.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Seymour Wolfbe
Whexnert
Wolfbein
Gobless
GE Lawyer Challenges City Parking Ordinance
Atty Equaid Dobbins of General Electric began a legal fight that could overturn Pittsfield parking rules. He appealed three all night parking verdicts in front of his home, posting $30 bail for Superior Court. He argues Chapter 40 Section 21 limits local bans to occupant dwellings with proper signs, challenging city authority to regulate parking.
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Atty Equaid Lo Paobins
Bartlett
Aseo
General Electric
City & Parking Ordiname
Dobbins
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Harold Gore
Wey
Goewes
Superior Court
Commonwealth
Cites
Train Hits Stalled School Bus Kills Seven Children
An eastbound Baltimore & Ohio passenger express struck a stalled school bus at a grade crossing outside Oakland Md. Seven children were killed and 11 injured, with at least three in critical condition. The bus carried 26 pupils. driver Leroy Campbell 49% suffered shock. The disaster halted the train after a sudden emergency stop. authorities investigated crossing signals and bus engine failure.
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Oakland
UPI
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
St. Louis
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
Leroy Campbell
Otto Dorge
Cumberland
Ing
Campaign Succeeds in St Ives Transit Issue
Nicholas Phillips alderman and deputy mayor led a campaign against a tram delay caused by a health outbreak of hitterbugs in St Ives. No injuries reported. He was fined 140 for dumping waste at a Washington city beach after the delay.
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ST. Ives
England
UPI
Nicholas Phillips
Baltimore
St Iveo
Ecene
the Common
Washington City
India proposes Longju truce zone amid border clash
India and China exchange notes over a border crisis in Parliament. Nehru says Chou En-lai’s letter adds gravity. India offers a temporary no man’s land at Longju pending talks while both sides maintain claims. Chinese warn against retaking Longju as Beijing accuses India of aggression. Soviet appeal to settle misunderstandings and avert Western provocation.
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UPI
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Mt. Inshan
Kinagshi
India
Liu Chao-chi
New Delhi
Red
China
Nehru
Chou En-lai
Longju
No Man’s Land
Loneyu
Peiping
Nehu
Chow
Lonegu
Enlay
Pekong
Prine
Aow
Chou
Soviet Union
Paiping
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Gold Bulova wrist watch found in Lanesboro area
Mrs. D Paul Sweeney of 5h Deborah Avenue placed a classified ad in the Eagle seeking the owner of a sentimental gold Bulova wrist watch lost Saturday night at the Lanesboro Golf Driving Range. The watch was found by a caller responding to the ad, delivering a happy outcome for the family.
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Paul Sweeney
Deborah Avenue
The
Eagle
Lanesboro
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