Hospital and UCS plan $134000 joint building in Bennington
UCS and Putnam Memorial Hospital announce a 6000 square foot single story facility on hospital grounds to house cancer research under Dr Helene Toolan and counseling services. The project funded from hospital funds with Hill Burton bids sought. aims include closer psychiatric social work ties and new local jobs.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Robert D. Stout
Dorothy Hager
United Counseling Service
Stout
Ellerbe and Co
St. Paul, Minn
Bennington
Helene Toolan
Sloane Kettering Research Institute
New York
1962 Tax Relief On Way For Pensioned Vets Widows
The Bennington Town Board of Civil Authority will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Sept 18 in the Town Office to consider applications of disabled pensioned veterans or their widows for 1962 tax relief under new law enacted by the General Assembly. Town Counsel Norton Barber said applications must be filed for review before Sept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Butlisters
Hogan
Barber
Listers
Plan Shakeup Of Job Agency Plan Shakeup Of Job Agency
An agency set up by President Kennedy to promote equal job opportunities for Negroes is due for a policy shakeup. It aims to combine compulsory and voluntary efforts to end employment discrimination under one leader. Theodore Kheel has reportedly urged greater action while balancing internal debate over two main approaches. A separate legal notice concerns veterans tax exemptions and the restoration process for 1962 lists, affecting about 70 people as listers plan a special meeting to adjust records and issue new bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
New York
Theodore Kheel
Contractors Seek Strike Accord At Space Site
Huntsville Alabama AP contractors tied to the Redstone Arsenal strike plan to meet with Birmingham lawyers to assess the situation. H W Pearce of the North Alabama Contractors Association said 10 to 12 contractors would attend. The NLRB is investigating the dispute to determine if a federal court order restraining picketing is being observed and if the strike is active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Redstone Arsenal
Birmingham
H. W. Pearce
North Alabama Contractors Association
Paul Styles
Marshall Space Flight Center
National Labor Relations Board
Carlton Bryan
NLRB
Thant Sets Deadline On Katanga Unification Plan
U Thant gave Katanga President Tshombe a week to 10 days to accept a U.N. program to unify the Congo peacefully. If rejected, the U.N. could impose economic sanctions by halting copper and cobalt purchases. The plan includes a federal constitution, shared mine royalties, currency unification, and integration of Katanga forces.
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United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Congo
Tshombe
Thant
Belgium
Britain
Robert Gardiner
Cyrille Adoula
U.S
Dean Rusk
Old Warrior Churchill Flown Home After Hospital Stay
Sir Winston Churchill, 87, returned to Hyde Park Gate London after two months at Middlesex Hospital with a broken thigh. A ground floor suite and parallel bars were prepared for his recovery as nurses arranged a quiet lunch for him and his wife. He hoped to return to the Riviera soon after a June 28 vacation cut short by the injury.
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London
Winston Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Churchill
Hyde Park Gate
Britain
Elder Statesman
Winston
Riviera
Monte Carlo
Airman Rescued From Deep Well After 32 Days
Airman Gerald Becker 18 of Mapleton Minnesota survived 32 days trapped in an abandoned gold mine pit near Hill City South Dakota after a tourist group spotted him Monday. He fell 50 feet when the edge collapsed and cried out for help from the base hospital where he was under observation.
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Hill City
S.D
Gerald Becker
Here
Becker
Mapleton
Minn
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Sheridan Lake
Rio DC8 crash leaves 12 dead and 11 missing
A Panair do Brasil DC8 with 102 aboard crashed into Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro after takeoff from Galeao Airport. Twelve bodies recovered. officials cite 11 missing and possible survivors who did not report back. Stewardess Fernanda Fortunata the sole crew fatality. Pilot Renato Cesar reported control failure as aircraft lifted.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Guanabara Bay
Fernanda Fortunata
Panair Do Brasil
Buenos Aires
Agentina
Lisbon
Portugal
Galeao
Governor's Island
Rio
Renato Cesar
Bennington Bounces Back From Downtown Revitalization Plan
Greater Bennington officials stage a three day Bennington Bounces Back celebration to promote a revived Main Street shopping district after 1959 and 1961 fires. Governor Keyser leads ribbon cuttings and luncheons with dignitaries while merchants offer prizes including a cruise, go-karts, luggage, and race-track passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Grover Williams
GBA
Merchant’s Bureau
Bennington
United
Williams
Banner Publishes Special 40 Page Bennington Themed Supplement
The Banner releases a 40 page special edition in color for Bennington Bounces Back. William F. Pouffe photographs the cover featuring Main Street Bennington. Ruth Haskins edits with Donald Sprague handling advertising. 16 000 copies printed and mailed to nearby communities.
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Bennington
New Main Street
William F. Pouffe
Pittsfield
Mass
Ruth Haskins
Richmond
Berkshire Eagle
Donald W. Sprague
Alexander Drysdale
Hazel M. Wills
Robert L. Weichert
Mercantile
Hoosick Falls
N Y
N.Y
Williamstown
Manchester
Banner Business
Missing Bay 3 Abduction Sought by Police
ISLIP N Y AP Long Island State Park police theorize a love starved woman abducted 3 year old Stephen Papel from Heck Sher State Park during a family outing. The boy with blond hair was last seen near a play area a quarter mile from the beach. Police searched the 1600 acre park and say water remains a possible route.
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Islip
N.Y
Long Island State Park
Stephen Papel
Hecksher State Park
Gil Senan
Two 7-7 Year Old Girls Feared Lost In Alexandria Case
Authorities shifted to a focused probe into the disappearance of Rita Ohlgren and Maria Theresa Morley in Alexandria Virginia. Police, FBI, Marines and soldiers searched Brookville area, canvassing homes, woods, sewers and a gravel pit after the Sunday night report. The girls, four feet tall and 60 to 70 pounds, were last seen playing near their adjoining apartments.
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Alexandria, Va
FBI
Brookville
Washington, D.C
Rita Ohlgren
Maria Theresa Morley
Russell A. Hawes
Alexandria
Henderson Barracks
Mt. Myer
Rita
Maria Theresa
General Watson rebuffs Soviet protest in Berlin clashes
In West Berlin, Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II declined meetings with Soviet deputy commandant Col. C. V. Tarasov after two protests over stonings of Soviet buses. Mayor Willy Brandt planned Western talks for more Allied support as riots surged following the East German border incident.
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Berlin
U.S
Col
C. V. Tarasov
Watson
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
the Wall
Brandt
West
State Police Eye Greater Role In Mail Probe
Massachusetts State Police head Frank S. Giles says the mail truck robbery probe should have broader police leadership after postal inspectors took charge. Giles, on vacation, called the move a curveball and pledged continued involvement. William F. White of the Postal Inspection Service leads the investigation, supplanting FBI and state probes.
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Massachusetts
Frank S. Giles
William F. White
New England
FBI
Edward J. Mc.Cormack Jr
Giles
White
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John McMorrow
Heliccopter
Brooklyn
Edward R. Shore Jr
Galloway
Tenn
Tokyo
Japan
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
UCS
United Counseling Service Board of Directors
Hager
Bennington Sisters
Board of Civil Authority
Michael J. Hogan Jr
U.S. Dist
Clarence W. Allgood
Sir Winston
Leo Nash
George Amidon
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Putnam Square
Amidon
Paradise Restaurant
Reid Lefevre
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
James B. Gibney
Richard van Santvoord
Tion Committee
Bennington Catholic High School
Gov. Keyser
Deer Park
Main Street
Four 21
Joseph McDonough
Berman
Pownal
Norman Rockwell
William Morley
Gen. Watson
Paran Recreations
Gunnar Schonbeck
Hagerman
Boston
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