Rutland Rail Plan Moves to Lease Stage
Vermont designates the Burlington to White Creek section of the Rutland Railway for purchase and lease to a yet unnamed railroad. Governor Hoff hopes service can resume within two weeks along the 140 mile stretch through western Vermont before winter.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Burlington
White Creek
N.Y
Rutland Railway
Philip H. Hoff
Middlebury
Rutland
Bennington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burlington- White Creek
Public Service Board
PSB
William S. Ginsburg
Hoff
Racial Demonstrators Arrested in East St. Louis Lay In
About 170 demonstrators, mostly teenagers, were taken into custody after a lay in at five East St. Louis banks and a savings institution. Police booked 33 adults for unlawful assembly. others, under 17, were handed to juvenile authorities. The march began at City Hall with a noon rally.
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East St. Louis
First National Bank
Illinois
East ST. Louis, Ill
East St. Louis Banks
Cial
Oakes Islum on Charges Canal Hearing Was Unfair
Burlington Vermont Senator James L. Oakes chairing the Champlain Waterway Commission faced criticism over a first hearing. Richard A. Snelling of Shelburne accused Oakes of bias and a biased approach to the public hearing process.
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Oakes Islum
Burlington
James L. Oakes
Brattleboro
Champlain Waterway Commission
Richard A. Snelling
Shelburne
Oakes
Rights Group Applauds Saint Peter's Church Bus Plan
The Vermont March for Civil Rights endorsed Saint Peter's Episcopal Church decision to coordinate a second bus of Vermonters for the August 28 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. John Shoemaker of Shaftsbury voiced approval, while about twenty opponents challenged a letter to The Banner editor.
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Vermont
Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church
Cancellation of Northeast Route Is Under Attack
CAB set to end Northeast Airlines operations south of New York faces heavy protest from Boston officials and airline spokesmen. Critics, led by New England lawmakers and Gov. Peabody, say the move would reduce air service, threaten jobs for about 1,500 Northeast workers, and risk a monopoly on the New York to Florida corridor. The board’s 3-2 ruling would restore Northeast as a New England local carrier with subsidies.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northeast Airlines
New York
Boston
Senate Aviation
New England
Congress
Northeast
New
Rail unions accept Wirtz bargaining procedure guidelines
The rail unions adopted W. Willard Wirtz’s suggested bargaining guidelines for the jobs dispute. The proposals, issued August 2, set limits for negotiations but were not settlement offers. J. E. Wolfe of the railroads responded that unions demand a give and take while railroads would concede all, dampening any earlier optimism.
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Washington
Secretary of
W. Willard Wirtz
J.E. Wolfe
Railroads
Five Suspects Charged in Great British Train Robbery
Five hooded suspects, three men and two women, were charged in a village court with robbery or receiving part of the 7.2 million dollar haul from Britain's great train robbery. William Boal denied the charges as police linked loot to the Cheddington hold up. Police announced the recovered cash total 141000 pounds. The group remains in custody until August 24 as the manhunt continues.
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London
Britain
William Boal
Boal
Linslade
Cheddington
Glasgow
Surrey
Aylesbury
England
Hearing on pollution feature stirs debate on waterway plan
Snelling urged a two hour expert panel before public input in a pollution hearing on the waterway proposal. He testified against the plan while Capt. Dunton, a Salisbury opponent, praised the fair process. A second hearing was held at the University of Vermont campus.
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Snelling
Commission
Oakes
C. E. Dunton
Salisbury
University of Vermont
Meredith poised to graduate from Mississippi State University
James H. Meredith relaxed with his family as the State College Board overruled Gov. Barnett and allowed Meredith to graduate Sunday, seemingly making him the first Black student to earn an Ole Miss degree.
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Jackson, Miss
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Ole Miss
Kosciusko
State College Board
Barnett
Meredith
Perez Jimenez Extradition Set Stalled at Miami Airport
Justice Arthur J. Goldberg refused to block the extradition of former Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez. He found the applicant’s claim lacking in merit as a charter airplane stood by at Miami Airport to take him back to Venezuela to face embezzlement charges totaling 13 million dollars.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Supreme Court Today
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Perez Jimenez
Goldbert
Miami
Senators See Strong Case for Test Ban Treaty Support
Three Senate committee chairmen expressed confidence in administration witnesses building a strong case for ratification of the limited nuclear test ban treaty. They noted military and scientific evidence supports adherence despite some disadvantages and signaled an open mind as hearings continue.
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Washington
Senate
Richard B. Russell
The
Armed Services Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
John O. Pastore
D-R.1
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Rela
Tions
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Conservatives Hold Stratford Seat After Profumo
In Stratford on Avon England Conservative Angus Maude won the seat previously held by John Profumo, but by a slim margin of 3,470 votes over Labour candidate Andrew Faulds. Lib nominee Derek Mirfin aided Faulds, pushing the Labour-Liberal total past the Conservatives by 4,512.
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Stratford ON Avon
England
Macmillan
John Profumo
House of Commons
Britain
Angus Maude
Stratford
Maude
Andrew Faulds
Faulds
Liberal Party
Derek Mirfin
Navy Says Air Mishaps Kill Seven
Navy reports seven sailors missing and presumed dead in two accidents. A submarine tracker plane from Kearsarge crashed off Japan, leaving five missing besides surviving Gregory Pullen Jr. A helicopter from Benedictington crashed in Gulf of Alaska, four aboard with three more missing.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Japan
Alaska
Aviation
George James Pullen Jr
Kearsarge
Gulf of Alaska
Bennington
Lawrence Richard Allen
Coronado
James Raymond Melancon Jr
Gages Lake
Ill
Michael John Gerou
Drayton
N.D
Inside Reviews of Browning Version and Dial M for Murder
The Dorset Play House presents Inside Reviews of the Browning Version and Dial M for Murder on page 2. Critics assess acting, pacing and stagecraft in these two contrasting productions.
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Dorset Playhouse
U S Accepted Red's Ground Observation Plan in Talks
The United States said it could accept Khrushchev's proposal for ground observation posts on both sides of the Iron Curtain to deter surprise nuclear attack. Ambassador Stelle in Geneva urged elaboration on operation details while not tying the plan to aerial or mobile surveillance or overlapping radars.
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Geneva
United States
Khrushchev
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
Stelle
Kremlin
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tax Bill Tightens Rules on Dividends and Tax Cuts
The sweeping tax relief bill tightens dividend taxation and aims for faster cuts than Kennedy proposed. It seeks about 11 billion dollars in net relief, with most taxpayers seeing around 15 percent reductions. The House committee approved changes, facing Republican opposition and a first test in the House next month.
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J.F.K
Washington
Congress
Kennedy
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Treasury
U S and Russia Agree on Weather Satellite Plan
NASA announced final approval of a joint weather satellite program with the Soviet Union aimed at coordinated data sharing and cloud image transmission. The accord includes joint meteorological experiments using Echo II and a world magnetic survey in 1965, with a Washington Moscow data link and possible future launch cooperation.
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Washington
United States
Russia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moscow
Rusk Sees Accord Possible on Reducing Surprise Attack Risks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said a settlement with the Soviet Union on measures to lessen the danger of a surprise attack might be reached if Moscow does not attach conditions demanding cuts to East West forces in Europe or similar steps. He spoke at a news conference in Washington.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Russia
Europe
Rusk
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