Bennington Moves Against Large Billboard Violation
Town officials rally to enforce a billboard ordinance after two to three large signs along U S 7 by Callahan and Sons of Pittsfield exceed the 40 square foot limit. Selectmen consider legal steps led by Town Counsel Norton Barber as petitions from residents urge prompt action.
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Bennington
Maurice Callahan and Sons
Pittsfield
Mass
U.S. 7
All Man
Public Service
Shaftsbury
Bennington Village
Norton Barber
Pownal
Callahan
Billboard
Halvor Halvorsen
Barber
The
Banner
Clarence E. Howard
Monument Avenue’ Extension
Guidance Counselor Leaves Bennington for Burlington High
Stanley C. Faryniarz, longtime Bennington High School guidance director since 1958 and staffer at Bennington since 1952, accepts a new role as guidance director at Burlington High School next year. He will lead a four member department and oversee K12 students. salary reportedly 9500 dollars. Allan J. Heath confirms Faryniarz leaves at end of current year after district board vote to grant release from his signed contract. Heath notes the new job is a clear advancement and could place him in a key administrative post in Burlington. successor unnamed.
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Stanley C. Farymarz
Bennington High School
Bendi
New Burlington High School
Burlington
Farryniarz
Allan J. Heath
Bennington
Farymarz
Heath
Faryniarz
House Hearing Opens on School Prayer Amendment
Rep. Frank Becker leads testimony as the House Judiciary Committee starts hearings on a constitutional amendment to allow prayer and Bible reading in public schools. About 60 sponsors will push the measure while opponents and church leaders prepare to testify over the next weeks.
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Frank J. Becker
R.N.Y
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Becker
Supreme Court
No Comment On Cushing By Bircher
The editor of the John Birch Society magazine American Opinion would not comment on Cardinal Cushing's repudiation of support for the society. Cushing withdrew his endorsement after a radio speech. Long denied any Birch member called Kennedy a Communist and blamed leftists for using Kennedy's death to push civil rights legislation.
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Stanley Long Jr
Long
Kennedy
Inside column recalls collecting joys and woes at fair
Elizabeth Dwyer writes on collecting arts while Arlington candlemakers represent Bennington County at the World’s Fair. Hoosick Falls village board sets a tentative budget as BCHS, Bendi, and Burr & Burton stories unfold with the baseball season opener mentioned.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Arlington Candlemakers
Bennington County
Hoosick Falls
BCHS
Bendi
Burr & Burton
Civil rights protest stalls World Fair opening
UPI reports mass arrests as civil rights demonstrators clashed with police at the New York World Fair. Bayard Rustin James Farmer and CORE leaders led sit ins from Times Square to Flushing Meadows, with more than 100 arrested by noon and police injuries reported. Traffic was lighter than expected despite stall in mobilized protesters and subway disruptions.
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New York
UPI
Manhattan
Times Square
Flushing Meadows Fair Grounds
Bayard Rustin
Washington
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Herbert Callender
Bronx
Henry A. Barnes
Fair Area
LBJ Sees Peace Ahead At New York World’s Fair Opening
President Johnson predicts peace is coming nearer at the opening of the New York World’s Fair with the theme Peace Through Understanding. He envisions an America where no one is poor or discriminated by race, belief, or church, and notes civil rights issues under ongoing protest.
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LBJ
New York
UPI
Johnson
America
Wynne and Lonsdale Spy Exchange Reached at Berlin Border
British businessman Greville Wynne freed after 11 months in a Soviet prison in exchange for Soviet spy Konon Molody known as Gordon Lonsdale. The swap, at dawn on the Berlin border, mirrors the Abel Powers exchange and reduces sentences by 29 years.
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London
UPS
Greville Wynne
Berlin
Gordon Lonsdale
Britain
Wynne
Sheila
Russia
Moscow
Lonsdale
Konon Trofimovich Molody
Col
Rudolf Abel
Francis Gary Powers
Abel
Powers
Wynne and
West Berlin
East Germany
U S Flights over Cuba Loom as Crisis Threats Rise
Johnson administration readies contingency plans for a Cuba crisis within six weeks amid danger of Russia arming Castro with advanced anti aircraft missiles that could down U2 reconnaissance flights. A diplomatic clash could arise if Castro seeks UN condemnation over U S patrols.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Russia
Fidel Castro
Ing U2
Castro
United Nations
United States
Cuba
U. S
Gilbert and Sullivan
Russia posts lowest industrial growth in seven years
Soviet Central Statistical Board data for Q1 1964 show Russia's industrial growth at its slowest since the seven year plan began. Analysts attribute the dip to large chemical industry investments while most sectors still beat state quotas. Khrushchev launched the chemical drive last year to lift agriculture and consumer goods.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
United States
Judge Dismisses Charges In R I Sweeps Case
Central Falls Rhode Island judge dismisses charges against Louis Hamod 63 of Central Falls who faced a Rhode Island lottery law violation over New Hampshire sweepstakes slips The ruling followed a defense motion to quash the charge in a case seen as a test of out of state sweepstakes sales.
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Central Falls
R.I
UPI
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Guillaume Myette
Louis Hamod
Hamod
Hoover warns of Communist influence in civil rights movement
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover testified on January 29 that Communist influence exists within the Negro civil rights movement. He said the Communist Party seeks to exploit militant forces and build with non Communist hands, warning the influence can sway masses and distort issues.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
House Appropriations
Communist Party
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Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Judiciary Committee
Celler
Cushing
Bircher
Farmer
New York City
Callender
Elmhurst
Bayard Austin
Florida Pavilion
Florida
Farris Bryant
Bryant
Citrus Tower
National Organization of the Congress of Racial Equality
Flushing Meadows Fair Site
Robert Moses
Flushing Meadow
Soviets
U.S
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Central Statistical Board
Nikita Khrushchev
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