Fire guts sawdust bin at Cushman Manufacturing plant
Firefighters raced four departments to the H.T. Cushman Manufacturing Co. plant on Water Street, North Bennington, where a wooden sawdust storage bin about 15 by 40 feet was largely destroyed. The blaze halted area production for about a week while cleanup and reconstruction offered to about 50 workers. The state firefighters convention in Rutland was disrupted as trucks and crews rushed to the scene.
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Shaftsbury
Bennington Village
H.T. Cushman Manufacturing Co
Water Street
Bennington Rural
Hall W. Cushman
Vermont
Rutland
Bennington
Pownal
Weekend accident toll lists 28 deaths in New England
A 54 hour period ending Sunday midnight saw 28 fatalities across six New England states with about a third of victims under 18. Among the deaths were three Air Force men in a Pease AFB B47 crash and two teenagers killed in Connecticut. A farm accident in Andover Maine claimed Myra Chaison and Russell Wentzell.
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Air Force
Pease Afb
Portsmouth
N. H
Gerald S. Sarges
Stanley J. Prusinowski
Southington
Conn
Berlin
Andover
Maine
Myra E. Chaison
Cambridge
Mass
Russell L. Wentzell
Soviet 40-Megaton Nuclear Test Shocks Arctic Siberia
Uppsala reports the Soviet Union launched a new nuclear test series with a 40 megaton blast centered near Novaya Zemlya in Arctic Siberia. Western officials deem it a somber episode but pursue a global test ban, while Geneva talks await new proposals as Moscow plans maneuvers in the far north.
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Arthur H. Dean
Japan
Kaoru Yasui
Japan Council Against
Typhoon Opel Devastates Formosa Killing Dozens
Typhoon Opel struck Formosa with 170 mph winds and heavy rains, killing at least 87 people and injuring nearly 1,500. The storm weakened over the China Sea as it moved toward the Chinese mainland.
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Formosa
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Romney Runs In Primary In Michigan Kansas And Missouri
The Associated Press reports quiet campaign action ending Tuesday with state primaries in Michigan Kansas and Missouri Nominations include two governorships two Senate seats and 34 House posts Romney faces competition in Michigan while Richard Durant unaffiliated write in effort surfaces The Kansas race features two Senate spots with James Pearson Edward Arn and Frank Carlson in contention Missouri Democrat Edward Long seeks another term and R Crosby Kemper is favored to win the Republican nod against Long for the November showdown
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Senate
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American Motors
Richard Durant
John Birch Society
Durant
John Swainson
Andrew Schoeppel
James Pearson
Edward Arn
Frank Carlson
Joe Corpstein
Edward Long
R. Crosby Kemper
Long
Vietnamese Paratroopers Attack Tam Tan Beach Town
A battalion of Vietnamese army paratroopers dropped into Tam Tan, a coastal town about 75 miles east of Saigon, as Viet Cong guerrillas overran the area. Vietnamese authorities launched a large operation to retake Tam Tan.
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Viet Nam
Tam Tan
Unanimous Admiration Marilyn's Death Shock Around the World
World leaders and stars react to Marilyn Monroe death with shock and tribute. Tass reports cause of death as overdose while officials note possible self-inflicted action. Colleagues Billy Wilder and Laurence Olivier comment on her talent and public scrutiny.
Kennedy Urges Restoring Teeth to Kefauver Drug Bill
President Kennedy asks the Senate Judiciary Committee to restore strong provisions in the Kefauver bill to remove unsafe drugs. He backs 25 amendments urging tighter controls after thalidomide concerns over infant malformations in Europe and distribution to U S doctors for experiments. Humphrey supports animal testing and a drug research center under the Public Health Service.
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D-Miss
Eastland
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Kefauver
Fauver
Humphrey
Senate
Public Health Service
Marilyn Monroe death probed after drug overdose
Hollywood reports doctors and investigators sought to determine whether Marilyn Monroe died by her own hand or by accident. Coroner Theodore Curphey said psychiatric evidence would be crucial as friends and associates were questioned about her mood before death.
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Marilyn Monroe
Norma Jean Baker
Ralph Greenson
Eunice Murray
Britain Blocked By France From Common Market
London reports trace the Brussels deadlock over Britain's bid to join the six nation European Economic Community. France blocks Canada Australia New Zealand tariff free farm exports. Heath says broad agreement exists yet entry unlikely before 1964.
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Times
Edward Heath
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Heath
Jan de Pous
Fire-Breather Burned By Gas Blowback
Amsterdam AP reports a 28 year old dancer from the Guinea National Ballet was badly burned when a mouthful of gas in his act flare back on Sunday night. He was hospitalized after the flame flashed back into his mouth during the Camera Faculy routine.
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Camera Faculy
Guinea National Ballet
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