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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1959
Page
22
The market rebounded Friday erasing much of Thursday’s drop led by steels motors and electronics. The Dow Jones rose 3.98 to 637.36 while volume and breadth improved as investors bought marked-down shares amid rumors of a near term settlement in steel talks.
A pigeon darkened 150 square miles of northern Maine after landing on the Houlton sub station tower and touching a 34 000 volt wire. The arc burned insulators, knocked out power for three and a half hours to Houlton and nearby areas, and nearly struck polio patient Donn Carter, 20, in an iron lung. Police said Carter became feverish. Civil Defense provided a generator, and power was restored shortly before 4 a.m. Carter is reported in good condition.
The Senate approved a bill prohibiting the federal government from accepting compensation to cover state income tax withholding from federal employees. The measure, sent to the House, followed Massachusetts’ law paying such expenses. Debate centered on a provision limiting withholding to residents of the taxing state, opposed by Sen. Leverett Saltonstall and others, who argued it would breach existing tax practices. The committee provision was struck after a voice vote, and Saltonstall’s amendment to remove it was adopted.
New York and Vermont legislatures were urged to require sewage treating devices on pleasure craft in Lake Champlain after a three day conference of the New York Vermont Interstate Commission. Increasing large vessels have intensified water pollution due to dumping raw sewage.
The Civil Aeronautics Board determined pilot error caused a December 15, 1958 crash near Woonsocket Rhode Island. Seven people were killed aboard a Linden New Jersey to Boston flight. The plane continued despite one engine failure during a snowstorm.
Dutch Princess Beatrix arrives in New York for a 10 day U.S. visit retracing early Dutch settlement steps. She attends a Battery red carpet welcome and a Broadway ticker tape parade, meets Mayor Wagner, and is slated for a Washington meeting with President Eisenhower. She also tours City Hall.
A 21 year old heiress to the Dutch throne arrives for Hudson Valley anniversary, greeted in New York. Beatrix, oldest child of Queen Juliana, plans to study for a year in Urbana before seminary training for a Methodist ministerial career. William W. Holman, longtime ad man, announced resignations and future plans to study at a seminary.
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