Berlin Blast Cause Study Organized
A meeting in Albany gathered 25 officials and investigators to form study groups on the Berlin disaster. The aim is to examine the driver, the truck, and the road to prevent a similar propane tank explosion that killed nine. Truck driver McLucas was described as confused but controls were maintained before impact. The effort may take at least two weeks to organize and assess progress.
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Albany
N.Y
Berlin
Motor Vehicles Department
George H. Proper Jr
Office of Local Government
Rensslaer County Fire
John J. Leary
Robert J. McLucas
Leary
Bennington
McLucas
Mink Farm Loss Leads to City Damage Claim
Keene New Hampshire. Calvin T. Johnson Sr. seeks 7100 dollars from the city after dogs broke into his mink ranch. He says 95 infant mink died as their mothers panicked and killed them. Value set at 45 males at 100 each and females at 50 each. Council to city solicitor for action.
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Keene, N.H
Keene
Calvin T. Johnson Sr
Johnson
Navy seaplane wreckage sighted on Luzon mountain
The AP reports a U S Navy seaplane missing with 13 crewmen was located today on a mountain in northern Luzon Island. Navy officials confirmed the sighting and ongoing search efforts.
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Manila
Luzon
U.S. Navy
Charges To Be Checked Gas and Oil Co Officials Deny Danger
Bennington Village President James B. Gibney appointed a four member committee to probe complaints about Vermont Gas Corp and J H Winslow Plumbing and Heating Co oil tanks on Depot Street. The panel will meet at 7 p m in the village office to hear neighbors concerns including odors and potential fire hazards at the testing station on Lincoln Street Extension. Engineers will explain plant operations and officials invite trustees and citizens to visit the plant to voice questions. Winslow manager David Hayden said there is no real danger and the tanks hold No 2 fuel oil which does not explode.
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Bennington Village
James B. Gibney
Vermont Gas Corp
Depot Street
VGC
Lincoln Street
Bruce Griffith
WGC
Griffith
Bennington
Joseph Pello Jr
David Hayden
Winslow Firm
Hayden
Air Recommendations On Zoning Tonight
The Old Bennington Zoning Committee holds a public hearing at 7 30 tonight in the Old Bennington School House on West Road. The meeting will present suggestions to the new zoning panel and its findings will go to the Board of Trustees before a village warning for final approval. A September village meeting is expected to enact the zoning laws.
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Old
Bennington
Bennington School House
West Road
Board of Trustees
New Berlin Crisis Looms as Khrushchev Pressures West
U S officials warn a new Berlin crisis is forming as Khrushchev weighs a separate peace with East Germany and may seek to push West Berlin into negotiations. Ulbricht met Khrushchev in the Soviet Union while Washington hopes to deter Western withdrawal and threats of force.
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Khrushchev
East Germany
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Black Sea
Ulbricht
Soviet Union
Washington
U.S
Llewellyn Thomps
Moscow
Thompson
Kennedy
Anatoly Dobrynin
Dean Rusk
FBI to Probe New Charges In Estes Case
Senate investigators order FBI to identify the author of an Agriculture Department memo cited by Sen. Mundt. The memo allegedly gave Estes a trusted assistant in the cotton division vast authority to validate his allotment deals, now under investigation.
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FBI
Estes
Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
Karl E. Mundt
Billie Sol Estes
Mundt
South Dakota
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Moss
Inves
Vermont House Passes Last-Ditch Reapportionment Plan
The Vermont House approved a compromise senate reapportionment proposal 150 to 75 to avert federal court action. It would give Chittenden County an extra Senate seat at Rutland’s expense but only for 1962, and create a bipartisan commission to study reapportionment for 1963.
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Vermont
House
Senate
Ellery Purdy
Purdy
Mother Rescues 4 Tot, 2 Die in Maine House Fire
In Wallagrass Maine a mother saved four children after a fire swept a two story home shortly after midnight. Janice Desjardin aged 4 and Brenda 5 died in an upstairs bedroom. Loss estimated at 8000 dollars. cause under investigation.
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Wallagrass
Maine
Janice Desjardin
Brenda
Paul Desjardin
Janice
New York State
Bad weather slows Nepal airliner search near New Delhi
Delayed search for a Nepal DC3 missing since Wednesday after a Katmandu to New Delhi flight with 10 aboard, including two U.S. foreign aid officials, was restricted by bad weather near New Delhi.
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New Delhi
India
Nepal
U.S
Katmandu
Keyser Reapportionment Clash Ends in Deadlock
Gov. Keyser’s aggressive lobbying blamed for a Senate House impasse over Vermont’s reapportionment plan. Lawmakers warn of possible federal court intervention as the stalemate persists, with Chittenden and Rutland counties at the center of the dispute.
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Keyser
Senate
British order El Al to fly Soblen to United States
London reports the British government instructed El Al to remove fugitive spy Dr. Robert Soblen to the United States. U.S. marshals awaited to escort him as he faces a life term for espionage in New York. The order, delivered this morning, follows Israel’s prior halts and court appeals over his extradition.
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London
Israel
Robert Soblen
United States
U.S
New York
Jerusalem
el al
Transport
Bar Yehuda
Soblen
Britain
Henry Brooke
House of Commons
Ari Ankorion
Israeli Supreme Court
Czechoslovakia
Pan American
American Line
High Court
Court of Appeal
Ben Bella Plans Triumphal Entry To Algiers Today
In Algiers Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella, 45, heads to a triumphal entry as the rival factions agree to a compromise. The seven member Ben Bella bureau will guide elections on August 27, with power then passing to the National Council of the Algerian Revolution. Opponents Krim and Boudiaf accept the plan to avert chaos.
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Ben Bella
Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria
National Council
Belkacem Krim
Mohammed Boudiaf
Kennedy Foes Lose Primaries In Tennessee
Tennessee Democrats back ex Governor Frank Clement for a third term as governor. Clement defeated Chattanooga Mayor P. R. Olgiati and Memphis official William W. Farris. Reps James B. Frazier and J. Carlton Loser trailed, with Clement leading across six districts as returns neared completion.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Democrats
Frank Clement
Kennedy
Clement
Chattanooga
P. R. Olgiati
Memphis
William W. Farris
James B. Frazier
Rep
J. Carlton
Olgiati
Farris
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Episcopal Diocese of
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
K. West
U.N
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Montpelier
Chittenden County
Rutland
Chittenden
Rutland County
Industrial Commission Room
Phoenix
Ariz
Charles E. Milligan
Dr. Soblen
Pan Am Willing
Judy Moore
Bennington Recreation
Stark Street
Dewey Memorial Park
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