Village set to vote Dec 18 on trailers in residential areas
Bennington trustees ordered a special Village Meeting for Dec 18 to decide if trailers and trailer parks may be situated in residential zones. The move follows a Morgan Street Imperial Avenue neighborhood protest against a proposed 120000 square foot trailer site and related plans.
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Bennington
Morgan Street
Imperial Avenue
Bennington Water Commissioners
Joseph D. Corcoran
McKinley St
Corcoran
Water Commissioners
Charles E. Ulrich
Morgan St
Morgan and
Imperial Streets
Imperial St. Morgan St
Edmunds
Attorneys Clash Over Changing Putnam's Will in Bennington
Two Bennington lawyers spar at a Village Trustees meeting over whether Henry W. Putnam's will can be modified to expand and improve the village water system. Cummings urges updating for water and hospital aims. Levin counsels caution against changes. Trustees took no action as study of the deed, legislation, and acceptance continues.
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Bennington
Henry W. Putnam
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Reuben Levin
Putnam
Old Bennington
Hamilton L. Shields
Loyal R. Nash
Cummings
Water Department
Pentagon reshapes Army Reserve and Guard forces plan
The Defense Department proposes dissolving four Army Reserve divisions and four National Guard divisions along with 731 smaller units. It would create 11 new brigades and six high priority Guard divisions while keeping 13 reserve divisions as training units. Governors must approve peacetime Guard changes, with Rosellini opposing Guard abolition in Washington.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army Reserve
National Guard
Vermont Independent Party seeks federal court reapportionment
The Vermont Independent Party plans a federal court challenge to Vermont General Assembly apportionment. Founders Buckley and Crispe discuss wiring a constitutional fix either by altering representation or blocking elections until reapportionment, aiming to address rural domination and time locks.
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Vermont Independent Party
Vermont
General Assembly
T. Garry Buckley
Buckley
U.S
Newfane
Atty. A
Luke Crispe
Independent Party
Crispe
Legislative Study Commission
Argentine Economy Aide Alsogaray Resigns in Clash
Economic Minister Alvaro Alsogaray quit after week of government divisions opposing his inflation fight. The resignation also emptied his 20 member economic team amid limited acceptance by President Guido while military leaders were to be consulted. Rumors circulated of a Navy secretary’s resignation as well, reflecting broad discontent among business, labor and armed forces factions.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Alvaro Alsogaray
Adm
Carlos A . Kolungia
Navy
Jose Maria Guido
Alsogaray
Benjamin Rattenbach
Alsogary
Coalition crisis in West Germany as Free Democrats seek deal
In Bonn the Free Democrats plan talks with Socialist leaders to form a right left coalition to unseat Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Half of Socialists reportedly oppose cooperation unless Adenauer retires, as Spiegel case arrests shake political stability.
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Bonn
Germany
Free Democrats
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Spiegel
Bundestag
Josef Augstein
der Spiegel
Rudolf Augstein
Four Vermont Reserve units disband under defense plan
The 453rd Quartermaster Service Company of Bennington is to be deactivated along with the 450th Quartermaster Service Co in Beecher Falls the 716th Engineering Co in Burlington and the 874th Ordnance Detachment in Rutland. Capt Max L Perrotta said personnel will seek transfers to nearby units with pay status preserved during training. Lt John M Dempsey said the 102nd Armored Cavalry Regt in Bennington recruits to fill openings while preserving ranks for prior service. Gov Keyser hailed the plan as an improvement and the state adjutant general plans a 100 percent strength drive.
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453Rd Quartermaster Service Company
Bennington
Army
National Guard
Vermont Reserve
Defense Department
450Th Quartermaster Service Co
Beecher Falls
716Th Engineering Co
Burlington
874Th Ordinance
Rutland
Max L. Perrotta
453Rd
Army Reserve Center
Chester
Perrotta
L 102Nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
John
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Vermont
Vermont Guardsmen
Keyser
Francis W. Billado
Defense
McNamara
Billado
Ben Bella seeks foreign aid to ease Algeria crisis
Premier Ben Bella told the National Assembly Algeria faces severe postwar hardships with mass unemployment and depopulated Europe backed by aid from abroad. He called for austerity and emergency help while security actions against dissidents continued and Paris offered Treasury advances, potentially around 50 million dollars.
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Ben Bella
Algeria
Algiers
National Assembly
New York Times
Assembly
France
United States
Paris
13 Arrested in Florida Keys For Planning Raid on Cuba
Thirteen anti Cuba sympathizers, including two Cubans and a Canadian, were jailed 90 miles from Cuba on charges of violating the Neutrality Act. The group, led by Gerald Henning Jr of Los Angeles, included American citizens and was held on $1,000 bond each and turned over to U S District Court in Miami.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Florida Keys
U.S
William V. Albury
Miami
James A. Lewis
San Francisco
Calif
Gerald Patrick Henning, Jr
Los Angeles
Henning
Keys
Elena O. Alvares
Remingio Arce
William J. Dempsey
Stratford, Ont
Congo government claims Kongolo town capture
The central Congolese government says it has captured Kongolo in north Katanga, where about 1500 gendarmes loyal to Katanga President Moise Tshombe had held out since February, a move seen as bolstering Premier Cyrille Adoula. Italy's Communist party condemns Peking and pledges solidarity with Moscow. A sulfurous smog blanket shuts London, delaying thousands.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Katanga
Kongolo
Moise Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
Leopoldville
Petrillo Ousted As Chicago Musicians Chief After 40 Years
In a dramatic move the Chicago Federation of Musicians Local 10 apparently ousted James Caesar Petrillo from the presidency he had held for four decades. The development signals a major leadership change in a nationally known labor figure.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Musicians
James Caesar Petrillo
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Xiii Army Corps
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Dempsey
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Andrew
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Mound City
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