Robbery gang tied to mail heists linked in police probe
Boston report links a Lynn bank robbery gang to the highwaymen who stole 1.5 million from a U S mail truck last week. Capt Cullinane notes facial similarities between mail robbery suspects and Essex Trust Co gang members from West Lynn. A March 30 holdup left 1 injured and a driver kidnapped at gunpoint.
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Boston
Lynn
U.S
Michael J. Cullinane
Essex Trust Co
West Lynn
Henry Steadman
Buster
Tony
Boston Herald
Cape Cod
Southern Italy Rocked by Earth Tremors and Quake Toll
Panicked southern Italy after a major quake Tuesday night with about 15 dead and at least 100 injured. Premier Fanfani arrived to speed relief as thousands spent the night outdoors. Jacqueline Kennedy was nearby at Ravello as shocks continued at 4 10 a m and 7 15 a m.
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Naples
Italy
Adriatic
Jacqueline Kennedy
Ravell
Mrs. Kennedy
Caroline
Amintore Fanfani
Bennington Bounces Back Festival Opens Thursday
A three day Bennington Vermont campaign to celebrate recovery from major fires unfolds with a ribbon cutting at Putnam Square, a street lighting ceremony, open houses, and a luncheon for Gov. Keyser. Public events run Thursday through Saturday with a parade and beacon lighting.
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Bennington
Vermont
Main Street
Putnam Square
George Amidon
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Amion
New Paradise
George Bierwirth
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Gibney
Bennington Banner
Bennington Catholic High School
Gov. Keyser
Rotary Deer Park
Four 21
Greater Bennington Association
Missing Girls Found Safe Close To Home
Two 7 year old girls Maria Teresa Moreley and Rita Ohlgren were found alive by two FBI agents after being trapped in a vacant second floor apartment bathroom since Sunday. The girls, hungry but unharmed, sheltered in the lavender tub and drew with crayons while awaiting rescue.
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Alexandria
FBI
Maria Teresa Moreley
Rita Ohlgren
Maria Teresa
Geneva Talks To Be Recessed In September
The 17-nation disarmament conference will recess from Sept 8 to Nov 12 while the deadlock is referred to the U N General Assembly. Cochairmen the United States and the Soviet Union agreed on the recess and will have ambassadors Dean and Kuznetsov consult on a resumption date. Dean rejected a Soviet plan for destroying all means of delivering nuclear weapons and eliminating foreign bases in the first stage.
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Geneva
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Cochairmen
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Dean
Gas Plant Controversy Rages as Village Presses Action
Vermont Gas Corp. manager Bruce Griffith cites a spilled waste barrel as the odor source at the WGC Lincoln Street site. Flint and Robbins officials report illnesses among workers from odors, while villagers seek state health input amid ongoing complaints and a bright flame from the Stark generator.
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Vermont Gas Corp
Bruce Griffith
Flint and Robbins
Elbert E. Robbins
Flint and Robbins, Inc
WGC
Lincoln Street
Griffith
Robbins
Noother
Bennington Grand List Up 330 Thousand in 1962
Bennington town officials report the 1962 grand list at 12,098,222, up 330,507 from 1961. Real estate rose to 10,515,062 while personal property fell to 1,583,160, driven by new homes and commercial construction amid tax exemptions and a post fire inventory dip.
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Bennington Sisters
Raymond P. Betit
Betit
Ben Mont
The
Polygraphic Co. of America
Francis J. Hogan
Bennington Village
North Bennington
Old Bennington
Soviet Sentries Move By In West Berlin Amid Rainy Tension
Soviet war memorial guards rode armored cars between Checkpoint Charlie and the memorial as heavy rain cooled West Berlin protests. An American ambulance crew stood ready at Checkpoint Charlie to aid East Berlin refugees if needed, while officials weighed countermeasures.
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West Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie
Soviet War Memorial
U.S
East Berlin
West
Washington
Wall
Berlin
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Dobrynin
Poll Tax Ban Nearing Vote
Washington AP The House leadership plans a Monday vote on a proposed constitutional amendment banning the poll tax for federal elections. It would require two thirds of members present to pass in the House and then go to the states for ratification by 38 of them. Five states Virginia Alabama Arkansas Mississippi and Texas currently levy poll taxes.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
House Rules Committee
Senate
Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
Missisippi
Texas
Congress
Lou Smith hosts first Open House at Green Mountain Park
About 250 residents of Pownal and Green Mountain Park gathered near the Housic River for an open house on the track grounds just north of the U S 7 construction site. Lou Smith introduced track officials as Taconic Racing and Breeding Association's baby stood in dust from equipment. Attendees included Pownal selectmen Donald Hicks the Greater Bennington Association's executive director, State's Atty John Burgess and Alexander N Dragon promoter of Bennington Bounces Back. Vermont Racing Commission See Pownal Meets
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Pownal
Green Mountain Park
Vermont
Lou Smith
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
U.S. 7
Hoosic River
Taconic
Green Mountain
Pownaltown Selectmen
Donald C. Hicks
Greater Bennington Association
John A. Burgess
Alexander N. Dragon
Bennington
Vermont Racing Commission
South Vietnamese troops claim major Viet Cong surrender push
South Vietnamese forces report 134 Viet Cong guerrillas killed in the first phase of Operation Pacification in the Mekong Delta. The 1st Airborne Battalion fought near Bac Lieu, with 54 killed on the ground and 80 by air strikes, while government casualties were six dead and 14 wounded. A small arms and fuel stash was captured.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
Bac Lieu
Ba Xuyen
Viet Nam
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Passo Bclano
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Robert B. Aiken
Aiken
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