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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1969

Page

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Japanese Educator Driven to Death by Own Action

Tokyo AP report states Professor Toshio Ishihara, director of Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital, died by hanging amid campus unrest. Police say notes indicate distress from university strife and inability to cope. Two other professors have died by their own actions over campus issues.

Tokyo Japan Toshio Ishihara Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital Priday Communist Party Mao Tse-lung U.S Kiichi Aichi Kisaku Sato Shibaura Institute of Technology

Governor Sargent Meets Finch on Welfare Policy

Massachusetts Governor Fran cis W. Sargent and U S Secretary of Health Education and Welfare Robert Finch meet to discuss Nixon admin welfare plans. Sargent, a critic of the administration, has helped organize GOP governors for federal welfare takeover. Finch spoke at Harvard Law School Forum after a Cape Cod trip evaluating a diesel oil spill from the barge Florida Went aground off Falmouth. Coast Guard and state agencies limited damage, with sea life including bay scallops affected.

Rockefeller Finch Massachusetts Washington Harvard Law School Forum Sargent California Cape Cod Florida Falmouth Coast Guard

Deep South Civil Rights Leader Backs Haynsworth Nomination

Greenville attorney John Bolt Culbertson, a longtime NAACP ally and critic of segregation, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Judge Clement Haynsworth for the Supreme Court. He praised Haynsworth as honest and of integrity, saying he would be among the court’s greatest justices and that opponents’ segregation charges were unfounded.

Haynsworth Washington Deep South Clement F. Haynsworth Supreme Court Senate Judiciary Committee John Bolt Culbertson Greenville, &. C James Eastland D-Miss NAACP Mississippi Hubert H. Humphrey Arthur J. Goldbarg Humphrey Nixon Republican Party Culbertson Afl-Cio Greenville

Celler Deserves Credit For Electoral Reform

Washington AP reports Representative Emanuel Celler of New York steered the proposal to abolish the Electoral College through the House by 239 to 70, prompting praise from Majority Leader Carl Albert and a rare standing ovation for his leadership. The reform would move the nation toward direct popular election of the president, with a long road ahead.

Washington Emanuel Celler New York Celler Carl Albert Cellier

Gains by cereals boost fight against hunger

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center reported record harvests for dwarf Mexican wheat varieties in India and Pakistan despite drought. The Green Revolution expands food output, with India poised for wheat self-sufficiency in two years and Pakistan posting a surplus.

New York Times News Mexico City International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center India Pakistan Center Rockefeller and Ford Foundations Mexico Turkey Rockefeller Foundation Ford Foundation North Africa Tunisia Afghanistan Iran Kenya Lebanon Edwin Wellhausen International Rice Research Institute Philippines

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