Rutland Railway sale or lease eyed by state officials
Public Service Commissioner Ernest W. Gibson III said at least part of the idle Rutland Railway may be designated for sale or lease to an operating carrier this week. He filed with the ICC to abandon the line by Aug. 1 and noted waivers from involved parties may speed state purchase for resale or lease.
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Burlington
Rutland
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
North Bennington
Gibson
ICC
PSB
Hoff
William S. Ginsburg
Rutland Railway
Yard Places Stakeouts On Bureglars
London police stalk five missing criminals tied to history’s greatest train robbery. Scotland Yard set watch at five addresses as informers flood stations with tips after the Glasgow London mail train held up by 15 masked men and loot valued at over $7 million, much of it old currency. The master mind is suspected to be a former military man.
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London
East End
Scotland
Simple Rites at Farm Sen Kefauver Funeral in Tennessee
Washington AP reports Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee will be buried Tuesday at the Kefauver farm near Madisonville. His body will be flown to Tennessee Tuesday morning and lie in state at the First Baptist Church in Madisonville before a service on the family porch. He died Saturday from a ruptured aorta after a hospital stay.
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Sen. Kefauver
Tennessee
Washington
Senate
Estes Kefauver
Congress
Kefauver
Madisonville
Tenn
First Baptist Church
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Cape Cod
Kennedy
Boston
Prison Farm Riot Quelled by Shotguns in Indiana
About 500 inmates at the Putnamville state farm rioted to seize narcotics. Troopers fired birdshot, two prisoners fled, two hospitalized, five with minor wounds. two escapees named Saint and Crouch. Guards recovered part of the drugs as authorities assessed damage.
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Putnamville, Ind
Arthur Campbell
Muncie
Robert Glen Stith
Samuel Eugene Crouch
Walter Oliver
Indianapolis
Frank Harrison
Robert Long
Campbell
Four Die On Vermont Roads In Weekend Toll Rise
Four people died on Vermont highways over the weekend. A boy fell from a cliff near Hinesburg and an elderly Morgan couple perished in a two car crash on Vermont 111. An airman from Plattsburgh and two Barre Montpelier Road victims also died in separate crashes.
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Westfield
Saint Hyacinthe
Que
Morgan
Vermont 111
Ruth Gray
Walter Clayton Hubbard
North Danville
Barre - Montpelier Road
Berlin
Michael L. Millette
Bethel
Nils R. Molander
Williamstown
Madeline
Two Bills Face Action In Congress
Congress moves to vote on Kennedy administration college construction bill and to advance a National Service Corps proposal as Senate debates a limited nuclear test ban. The week also includes civil rights bill drafting and potential revival of a Mexican farm labor bill.
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Washington
Kennedy
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
National Service Corps
Peace Corps
Rockefeller urges ratification with cautions on Western power
Governor Rockefeller supports ratification of the limited nuclear test ban treaty but warns the U S must not overcommit Western military strength. He calls the treaty a symbol of peace hopes and asks for disclosure of other talks with the Communist leadership while doubting a Western alliance nonaggression pact.
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N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Senate
United States
Rockefeller
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Rusk urges Senate to ratify test ban treaty
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the limited nuclear test ban pact should slow the arms race without harming U S security. He argued the agreement would not trigger recognition of East Germany and said the United States and the Soviet Union already possess enough capability to deter major threats.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Senate
United States
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Republican Committee
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
East Germany
Moscow
Soviet Union
Negro student Hood quits Alabama University
James A. Hood, 20, from Gadsden withdraws from the University of Alabama citing physical and mental health reasons. The board of trustees meeting to consider charges stemming from a July 16 speech was canceled after the withdrawal became official.
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Tuscaloosa, Ala
James A. Hood
University of Alabama
Hood
Board of
Gadsden
Vivian J. Malone
Univer
Kennedy Family Visits First Lady After Premature Birth
President Kennedy and their children visited Mrs Kennedy in the hospital after the premature birth of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy who lived 39 hours. The First Lady 34 is recovering, walking, eating solid foods, and greeting visitors at Otis Air Force Base before the return to Washington.
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Caroline Kennedy
Otis Afb Hospital
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
John F. Kennedy Jr
Kennedy
John
Caroline
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Squas Island
Hyannis Port
St. Francis Xavier Church
Leonard J. Daley
Halleck as Darkhorse in 1964 GOP Presidential Talk
Reports from Washington indicate Charles A. Halleck of Indiana is being quietly courted by House Republicans as a possible 1964 presidential nominee. Backers cite his national name recall, leadership role, and media exposure on the Ev and Charlie Show as strengths, while ruling out Rockefeller and Goldwater. Halleck has long harbored ambitions and came close to Dewey’s ticket in 1948.
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Washington
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Halleck
Hoosier
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Thomas Dewey
Vermont sports notes and upcoming arts events
Inside coverage highlights a Pownal man launching a local business serving Epi curean tastes alongside a Vermont pianist set to perform at the Southern Vermont Art Center. Also notes Prince’s Waite’s victory, 6-2, in the Vermont Class A softball tournament in Burlington.
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Vermont
Southern Vermont Art Center
Prince
Waite
Burlington
Montreal Police Seek Drugs
Montreal police pursue a $2.5 million narcotics haul tied to an international ring, with Roger LaPierre and Anatole Ethier jailed on drug charges after raids in Ontario and Quebec. Other suspects include Roger Laviolette Alain Phaneuf and Paris nightclub owner Roger Coudred arrested in Paris.
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Roger LaPierre
Anatole Ethier
Hull
Que
Ontario
Quebec
Roger Laviolette
Alain Phaneuf
Paris
Roger Coudred
Pierre Lamontagne
New York
Fresh Air Proposal Passes Pennsylvania Legislature
Harrisburg lawmakers approve a bill allowing prisoners of good behavior in Pennsylvania jails and workhouses to spend part of each day outside of confinement under the proposed program.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
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