Bennington celebrates bounce back event and festivities
Crowds fill Main Street as State Treasurer Amidon cuts the ribbon opening the revived Bennington business district. A kids rubber ball contest, a 12:30 luncheon at Paradise Restaurant, and a street lighting commemoration draw locals. Gov Keyser to attend parade and lunch. Bermuda trip prize announced. See Bounce Back on Page 10.
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George Amidon
Bennington
Main Street
Paradise
Amidon
Putnam Square
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Deer Park
Four 21
Greater Bennington Association
Donald C. Hicks
Ben Bella Wins Acclaim On Vow of Civilian Control
Ahmed Ben Bella wins Algeria’s first popularity test as 30,000 rally in Algiers applauded his vow to place the military under civilian rule in a socialist state. Demonstrations turned violent earlier, then united in support of the deputy premier amid power-struggle with guerrilla leaders.
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Ben Bella
Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria
Ben Bellas
France
Mohammed Khider
Postal Inspectors Probe Plymouth Mail Truck Heist
William F. White says the $1.5 million Plymouth mail truck robbery may involve a five man and one woman gang, possibly hiding in a metropolitan area rather than rural countryside. Investigators have no solid leads and are checking tips from about 25 callers. Five fingerprints from a burned car near Mattapan did not match known criminals. 5 of 300 questioned remain suspects with no prior criminal records.
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Boston
Plymouth
William F. White
New England
Mattapan
Optimistic 19-Year-Old Amputee Starts Steps With New Legs
Diane Mills of Edina Minnesota, 19, begins walking again using new artificial legs after a car accident left her with amputated limbs. She vows to complete her exercises to leave the hospital early next month and credits a visit from a gravely ill boy with Muscular Dystrophy for restoring her outlook.
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Minneapolis
Diane Mills
Diane
12 Days Pay Allowed for Vermont Legislator
Vermont law caps pay at 10 dollars per working day for a special legislative session. Atty. Gen. Charles Adams ruled that lawmakers receive 10 dollars daily for each active day, replacing Lucchina’s 16 day claim. Regular sessions grant a 70 dollar weekly salary.
Bennington Installs Modern Mercury Vapor Street Lights
Village officials and CVPS manager George E. Bierwirth presided over a switch throwing at Putnam Square marking the activation of 45 new 20,000 lumen street lights. The upgrade replaces the 1937 system, boosting total lumens from 450,000 to 900,000 as streets along County Street to U.S. 7 gain brighter, modern lighting.
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Putnam Square
James B. Gibney
Bennington
George E. Bierwirth
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Leo Nash
Greater Bennington Association
Breard Hawks
Bierwirth
CVPS
County Street
River Street
U.S
Elephants Stampede in Assam Kills Four in Tezpur District
Floods drive a herd of wild elephants from their normal habitat into a Tezpur District village in Calcutta reports. Four people dead, one injured, and 49 huts destroyed by the stampede this week.
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Calcutta
India
Assam
Tezpur
U S Army Vehicles Tour East Berlin Without Escort
More than 100 U S Army vehicles with troops moved through East Germany to West Berlin unescorted amid a Soviet threat to escort American convoys. The 6th Infantry Division’s 2nd Battle Group, 342 men in 108 vehicles, cleared the Marienborn checkpoint with no interference.
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East Germany
West Berlin
6Th Infantry Division
2Nd Battle Group
Marienborn
West
East Berlin
West Germany
6Th Infantry
3Rd Battle Group
Berlin Wall
Wall
White River VA Hospital Will Not Move
Senator Norris Cotton said VA Administrator John Gleason Jr. confirmed the White River Junction Vermont hospital will stay at its present site. A modernization program begun in 1957 will continue with renovations to two buildings as the facility, employing 350 staff and serving about 160 patients on average, remains near the New Hampshire border.
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Veterans Administration Hospital
White River Junction
Norris Cotton
R-Nh
John Gleason Jr
Burlington
University of Vermont Medical School
Gleason
New Hampshire
Sen. Cotton
Connecticut River
Policeman's Slayer Dies in Electric Chair
Chicago 37 year old James Dukes, convicted killer of a detective, died in the Cook County Jail electric chair. Warden Johnson said he was scared but took it real good as he walked with a chaplain and eight guards to the death chamber.
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Chicago
James Dukes
Cook Count
Jack Johnson
Dukes
Litter Kills Walrus Seeku at New York Aquarium
Seeku the baby walrus died after a year at the New York Aquarium. Officials blame littering for the fatal stomach contents including a nickel, pennies, plastic spoon, wrappers, tin foil and ice cream sticks. The walrus grew from under 150 pounds to about 750 pounds before death.
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New York
Seeku
Aquarium
New York Aquarium
Western Allies Reject Red Plan to Alter Berlin Control
The United States Britain and France issued a joint 600 word statement in Washington London and Paris urging that Russia cannot drop its Berlin duties or remove Western rights. They condemned East German and East Berlin guards at the wall and urged adherence to the original four power agreements until all parties consent to change.
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Russia
Berlin
Washington
Moscow
Berlin Wall
London
Paris
East Germany
U.S
the Wall
East Berlin
Senate approves controversial drug safety bill without opposition
The Senate passed the drug safety bill by a 78 to 0 vote and sent it to the House. Kefauver urged compulsory licensing for high price markup but the amendment failed 53 to 28. The measure, spurred by thalidomide fears, would allow removing dangerous drugs from the market with a quick government action followed by post hoc hearings.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
West Germany
United States
Americans
U.S
Kennedy
Judiciary Committee
Space Center Faces Threat Of New Strike
Opti mism and pessimism surrounded a possible end to a 10 day old strike at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama. A Marshall Space Flight Center spokesman expressed cautious optimism about a return to full operations as electricians begin to resume work. About a third to 38 percent of the normal electrician roster reported back on Thursday with some later leaving projects. The IBEW local warned that not all members may heed calls to return to work. The walkout began August 14 with 150 electricians picketing three arsenal gates over non union workers by Baroco Electrical Construction Co of Pensacola Florida.
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Huntsville
Ala
Redstone Arsenal
Marshall Space Flight Center
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
James Haygood
Haygood
U.S. Dist
Clarence W. Allgood
Gordon Freeman
IBEW
Arsenal
Baroco Electrical Construction Co
Pensacola
Fla
Berlin Crisis Raises Remote Chance of Reserve Call-Ups
Washington reports that a new Berlin crisis is unlikely to trigger swift mobilization. The Regular Army now has 16 divisions with five in Europe and one in Korea, eight ready in the U S and 119 000 reservists recalled last year. eight continental divisions and rapid deployment plans exist if needed.
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Berlin
Europe
United States
Hawaii
Thailand
Korea
West Germany
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