Vermont Education Task Force cites unequal opportunity in state schools
The Vermont Education Task Force led by John G. Kristensen reports that the state fails to provide equality of educational opportunity. It notes large class sizes, uneven course offerings, and stark funding contrasts, urging recommendations for a winter legislative session.
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Randolph Center
John G. Kristensen
Guilford
State Board of Education
Harold Raynolds
Pomfret
Board of Education
Robert M. Wilson
Bennington
Ellen McKibben
South Burlington
League of Women Voters
William O. Moeser
Springfield
Raynolds
Vermont
Middletown Springs
Brattleboro Union High School
Birth and Death Tragedy After Cape Cod Outing
Jacqueline Kennedy and her friends travel to Osterville for a sea air day when contractions begin early. Dr. Walsh and Dr. Travell arrange caesarean delivery at Otis Air Force Base. Baby Patrick, born 4 pounds 10 1/2 ounces, faces lung complications. mother rests well.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Cape Cod
Jacqueline Kennedy
Emer
Diplomacy Seen Reopening Between United States and Hungary
Washington reports strong belief among diplomats that the United States and Communist Hungary will resume full diplomatic relations by late summer despite State Department denials. Relations deteriorated after the 1956 Hungarian revolt and the Soviet crackdown. Edward T. Wailes earlier led the U.S. legation before a chargé d affaires took over.
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Washington
United States
Hungary
State Department
Edward T. Wailes
U.S
Union Board Likely To Keep Architects In High School Plan
Mt Anthony Union School District directors delayed a decision on extending The Architects Collaborative TAC in developing a new union high school proposal. Most directors favored retaining TAC citing familiarity and potential cost savings if they stay with the current plan. The board set Sept 12 for a final decision, with cost concerns and site choices already debated.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Architects Collaborative
TAC
Cambridge
Mass
John H. Williams
Allan Chapman
Joel Maybank
Edma A. Riley
Riley
Chapman
David Adler
Scotland Yard Probes Historic Train Robbery in UK
Scotland Yard and police from 14 nations hunt for the gang behind the Glasgow London mail train raid. Some outlets estimate losses near 3 million pounds, with rewards totaling 35,000 pounds. About 15 masked robbers seized 120 bags of registered mail, gems, and negotiable banknotes 40 miles NW of London.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Post Office
Cheddington
England
Wall Street Reacts Calmly To Mutual Funds Critique
New York AP report notes tension eased after the final SEC inquiry on securities market practices since the 1930s. Brokers and fund managers expect tighter Washington supervision and possible changes in procedures, with focus on mutual fund sales tactics and potential conflicts of interest.
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Wall Street
New York
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Congress
Wil
Liam L. Cary
Stock Exchanges
Mutual Fund Industry
National Association of Security Dealers
Cary
Congressmen urge CAB to save Northeast Florida route
The Inside New England delegation plans to petition the Civil Aeronautics Board to prevent cancelation of Northeast Airlines Florida service. Also noted: series on the White South, Vermont meals tax debate, Bennington highway funding, Dorset premiere of The Marriage Go Round with William Gilbert review.
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New England
CAB
Northeast Airlines
Florida
Cows Enter Nuclear Fallout Shelter Test Near Elkhorn
Thirty Guernsey cows and a bull moved into a $35,000 shelter on J. Gordon Roberts’ Omaha area dairy farm to study animal reactions in a two week nuclear fallout environment. The shelter was erected in 1961 near Elkhorn, Nebraska.
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Elkhorn
Neb
Guernsey
J. Gordon Roberts
Omaha
Roberts
Kennedy Infant Dies Of a Lung Ailment
The newborn son of President Kennedy died in the pre-dawn hours in Boston. The hospital listed hyaline membrane disease as the cause after a premature birth. President Kennedy attended the hospital as doctors and staff faced the infant's critical struggle to breathe.
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Kennedy
Boston
Boston Children’s Hospital Medical Center
President Kennedy flies to wife’s hospital side
President Kennedy arrives at the bedside of Jacqueline Kennedy at Otis Air Force Base to share the death of their infant son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. He is accompanied by Attorney General Robert Kennedy and travels in a black canvas topped car after a Caesarean birth and brief Cape Cod journey.
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Boston
Kennedy
Jacqueline
Otis Air Force Base Hospital
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Robert Kennedy
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Cape Cod
Kennedy Urges Proof of Security in Test Ban Treaty
Senate hearings will probe U S security gains from the limited nuclear test ban as Republicans press President Kennedy to prove his claims. Dirksen says witnesses will be called while Rusk Harriman and Koster outline the administration case. Goldwater says the treaty record must be made before it can stand or fall.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
United States
Soviet Union
Dirksen
Moscow
Britain
London
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
W. Averell Harriman
William C. Koster
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Rusk and Khrushchev Hold Cold War Conference at Black Sea Estate
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk met Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev for a shirt sleeve conference at Khrushchev’s estate above the Black Sea. Rusk arrived in Gagra after a stop in Moscow as part of the developing high level talks on Cold War differences.
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Gagra
U.S.S
Vanya
Nikita
Rusk
Richard Davis
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Llewellyn Thompson
Moscow
Khrushchev
Black Sea
Thresher Loss Slows Navy Polaris Program
The Thresher disaster slows Navy plans to rapidly build the Polaris submarine fleet. Officials predict a five month delay as Polaris subs under construction in boatyards receive modifications to avoid a repeat of the April 10 sinking that killed 129. The Thresher was not a Polaris sub, but construction was rescheduled.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Polaris
Navy
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