Union School Merger Proposal Backed by Bennington Board
About 60 people heard the Prudential Committee of the Greater Bennington Schools endorse a union high school district and merger with the Bennington Graded District. Danisch outlined a plan to combine rural and village schools, centralize administration, and unify curricula for a May vote, with junior high use at Molly Stark School to handle overflow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudential Committee
Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Greater
Bennington
Walter G. Danisch
Robinson Avenue
Molly Stark
Bennington High School
Arthur S. Faris
Robert M. Wilson
Bennington- Southwest School Planning Board
Faris
Wilson
Bennington-Southwest
Greater Bennington
Union
Danisch
Danish
Excommunicated Wife Prompted Husband to Seek Ban
In New Orleans a segregationist couple faced church censure after Archbishop Rummel excommunicated the wife and two others for opposing school desegregation. The husband, Bernard Gaillot, asked for the same sanction, saying he and his wife are bound by God and have done no wrong to the church. Outside, protesters gathered near the archbishop’s residence as the episode unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Joseph Francis Rummel
Bernard Joseph Gaillot
Gaillot
Chancery
Rutland Stockholders Approve Railroad Abandonment Plan
Rutland Railway Corp stockholders vote to approve abandonment of the strikebound line and back state control of operations. The plan, tied to receivership and a $238,000 discount, ends with reorganized leadership and nine directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland, Vt
Rutland Railway Corp
Dent
William S. Ginsburg
Rutland
Frank A. Augsbury
George Hall Corp
Canada
Wallace M. Fay
Vermont Marble Co
William I. Ginsburg
Maurice J. Mintzer
Rutland Metal Co
David S. Rosen
Daniel A. Bruno
Rutland Railway
Stanley L. Ginsburg
L. James Gumpert
Lawrnce Rsel & Associates
Gas Pipeline May Supplant Rutland R. R.
Rutland Railway President William S. Ginsburg says the company may enter the natural gas pipeline business if the Interstate Commerce Commission approves abandonment of railroad operations. The plan could avoid liquidation if approved, with stockholders possibly pursuing diversified ventures using the right of way for a gas line along the trackage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland, Vt
Rutland Railway
William S. Ginsburg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ginsburg
ICC
Gov. Keyser
Rutland
Teamsters and NH Truckers Trade Negotiations Stall
In Manchester New Hampshire talks between the Teamsters Union and state truck operators ended in a deadlock with a union official saying a strike is the only course left. Teamsters President James Hoffa left for Philadelphia after talks were suspended, warning that stalemate could trigger a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N.H
Teamsters Union
New Hampshire
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Philadelphia
Alternativo
U S Proposes Global Disarmament Plan With Spot Checks
In Geneva the United States unveiled a 35 page treaty draft for world disarmament using spot checks in seeded districts. Ambassador Arthur H Dean presented the plan which aims to freeze military positions and then reduce them gradually with international inspectors and sampling to estimate total strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
United States
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Dezn
Russia
Kennedy Aims No Punitive Action Against Steel
President Kennedy said the administration holds no ill will toward the steel industry after the price battle and will take no punitive steps. He emphasized free enterprise, cooperation between industry and labor, and a minimal government role to protect the public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Washington
Old Bennington Plans May 8 Village Meeting Actions
Old Bennington villagers set a May 8 meeting to consider turning over the municipal sewer system to the town and forming a regional planning commission with Bennington and North Bennington. They seek up to 5000 in borrowing for Vermont 9 repairs awaiting state aid reimbursement, contingent on contractor payment delays.
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Regional Planning Commission
Old Bennington
Vermont 9
Loyal Nash
Bennington
North Bennington
Vermont
Regional Commission
Nash
Morse Parking Project Injunction Lifted in Vermont Case
A Bennington County hearing on Morse Construction Co. and William H. Morse sought to lift a restraining order on a residential parking lot behind a proposed Oneida Market. Judge F Ray Keyser lifted the injunction pending further hearings, with potential conditions on traffic control along Coolidge Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Morse and
Morse Construction Co., Inc
Oneida
George Plumb
Bennington
Morse
F. Ray Keyser
Bennington County
Reuben Levin
Norton Barber
John P. Morrissey
Chambers
Keysr
Coolidge Avenue
Levin
Kaufman Gets 20 Years For Betraying Country
In Wiesbaden Germany Air Force Captain Joseph P Kauffman was sentenced by a court martial to 20 years at hard labor and dismissal for giving U S defense secrets to East German intelligence He will also forfeit pay and allowances The ruling may be reviewed by higher Air Force authorities Kauffman a World War II and Korean War veteran testified about his innocence and was taken to the Air Force stockade He was condemned for supplying data on Greenland radar warning and unit strength to East German and Soviet agents through a defector witness
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U.S. Air Force
Joseph P. Kauffman
U.S
Air Force
Kauffman
George Latimer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Greenland
Guenther Maennel
United States
Maennel
Sondrestrom Air Base
Castle Air Base
Calif
West Berlin
East Berlin
Rutland
Hoosick Falls Underwear Plant Lays Off 250 Workers
Hoosick Falls Undergarment Corp plans to sell after laying off nearly 250 employees. Plant manager Harry Fink cites weak business volume, with only office and warehouse staff remaining by next Wednesday. Many workers are women. owner Saul Milberg has sought buyers since 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Fink
Hoosick
Milberg
E-Z Mills
Bennington
Union Carbide Consumer Products
Hoffa Denies Reuther Peace Pact With UAW Leaders
James Hoffa, head of the Teamsters, denies forming a peace pact with Walter Reuther. He says a reported raid on a Connecticut plant organized by the UAW was withdrawn for lack of international approval and not permitted under policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N.H
Teamsters
James Hoffa
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Hoffa
New Hampshire
Teamster
New York
Herald Tribune
Connecticut
Auto Workers
International
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San Diego
Union School Factor
Hear Union School Report
Dansich
Ter
Rutland R.R
Olin Mathieson Corp
Brandenberg
Morse Parking Project
Main Street
Barber
Edgecomb Steel
Kaufman
Troy
Reuther
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