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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1965
Page
3
Defense officials said the Pentagon will hire 60,000 civilians starting next year to free 75,000 military personnel from non combat duties. Draft calls remain set to rise to 35,000 monthly as part of a 340,000 man buildup.
A five day search by 300 plus Navy Coast Guard and Army crews located the chlorine barge in the Mississippi River south of Baton Rouge just before midnight. The Corps reported no danger to residents as cleanup continues after Hurricane Betsy. River traffic resumes. damage estimates along the river reach about $1 billion. Dr Harold C Martin to be inaugurated as Union College president on Oct 2 with over 200 participants.
A 15 year old Chicopee High sophomore Kenneth Sirecki says President Johnson pledged every possible assistance for his 10 foot two stage rocket aimed to reach 26 miles up. NASA officials in Huntsville pledged ground testing and possible White Sands test shots, with sponsors sending materials worth over 3000 dollars.
U S Supreme Justice Tom Clark praised a new program for law students to assist court appointed attorneys in federal cases. The initiative, funded by a grant from the National Legal Aid and Defense Association and run under the Criminal Justice Act, allows students to work for academic credit.
Gov. George Wallace announced the resignation of Public Safety Director Albert Lingo, effective October 1. Col. W. Russell will become acting director. Wallace said he accepted the resignation with regret, noting Lingo served the state ably and well amid civil rights disturbances.
The Army Air Force wage board will raise wages for 1,477 Springfield Armory civilian workers by about 71 cents an hour, effective Sept. 30. Senators Kennedy and Boland said the Air Force is also lifting wages for 265 workers at Westover Air Force Base by 74.4 cents an hour, in the first pay period after Sept. 30.
Actor Spencer Tracy, 65, remained serious after a Sept 4 prostatectomy and a Tuesday turn for the worse. A hospital spokesman said he rallied enough to leave the critical list, with hopes to pull him through. The Milwaukee born star won two Academy Awards for Captains Courageous and Boys Town and faced years of respiratory trouble and illness. He has lived in virtual seclusion, with close friend Katharine Hepburn, as his career waned due to health issues.
Washington awaiting Senate debate on Johnson immigration reform. Administration backs limited hemispheric immigration, with a 120000 cap on entrants from the Western Hemisphere. Civil rights groups press MFDP challenge against Mississippi congressmen amid Capitol vigil.
A federal court jury acquitted James Robert Loftis Jr, former administrative assistant to Secretary of Defense McNamara, of embezzling 3873 from Defense Department overseas travel accounts in 1960 and 1961 and of making false statements about the funds. The verdict came after about two hours of deliberation in Alexandria Virginia.
New Bedford Mayor Edward Harrington refused a $4 weekly raise for 600 city workers, accusing employees of going behind his back to win council approval for a fourth week of vacation for ten-year veterans. The raise had been planned after a previous wage increase. He reversed the plan and halted the new raise.
The Maritime Trades Department AFL-CIO met to consider resolutions on American ships carrying U.S. wheat to Russia and supplies to Viet Nam. It urged retaining Kennedy era orders that require 50 percent of Russian wheat be carried by U.S. ships and supported using U.S. Merchant Marine for Viet Nam aid. The spokesman cited delays in San Francisco as foreign vessels refused Vietnam shipments.
A performer known for The Last Mile wed Louise Treadwell. They have two children, John aged 41 and Suzy aged 33.
Gov. Edmund G. Brown testified before the McCone Commission on the South Los Angeles riots and acknowledged the disturbances may be a political issue. He said he would not assign blame for the Aug. 11 riots and suggested the Republican Party might weaponize rumors about the event.
A late summer blizzard dumped up to 18 inches of snow in Montana and Nebraska, with 15 inches at Crawford Nebraska setting a September record. Five deaths occurred on icy roads as Trail Ridge Highway was closed and Montana saw four foot drifts.
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