Fire destroys North Bennington mill. Cushman losses reach 20000
A wind driven blaze heavily damaged the century old North Bennington mill known as the Red Mill. About 30 firefighters fought the fire for over three hours. The Cushman Manufacturing Co. reported a 20000 loss including returned goods and packing materials. The building owner is the White estate. No cause has been determined.
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North Bennington
H. T. Cushman Manufacturing Co
Cushman
Martin (Junior) Percey
North Bennington Fire Cement
North Village
Paran Creek
J. Edward White
Shaftsbury
School Board Approves High School Site Plans Progress
The Union School District 14 board approved progress on a proposed high school site at Fillmore Farms and reviewed space requirements and costs. They adopted a wait-and-see stance on merger actions with Greater Bennington Schools and the Bennington Graded District while considering a 50 acre initial site plus a 50 acre option and a buffer for a future bypass.
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Bennington
Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Bennington Graded School District
Union High
Fillmore Farms
Booz-Allen and Hamilton
New York
Arthur S. Faris
Faris
J. Goodall Hutton
Cops Collar Clumsy Crook In Bennington Heist
Vermont State Police nabbed 29 year old George C. Mohlke Jr listing White Plains New York Minneapolis as he tried to break into the First National Store in Bennington Flats around 1 30 a m on U S 7. Troopers Elrich and Adams caught him after they watched the suspect attempt to open the safe and enter the building. Mohlke awaits court action on breaking and entering charges.
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Bennington
Vermont
First National
Bennington Flats
George C. Mohlke Jr
White Plains
New York City
Minneapolis
Mohlke
Shaftsbury Barracks
James R. Elrich
Gordon Adams
U.S. 7
New Shopping Center
Soviet Troops in Cuba Reported Building Fortifications
The New York Times reports Soviet troops in Cuba are expanding underground fortifications and new airfields. A Nov. 29 Havana dispatch also notes some camps closed, but many units and advisers remain, with estimates of 5,000 to 10,000 troops.
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New York
Cuba
New York Times
Washington
Tad Szulc
Havana
Kennedy
Moscow
the Times
Soviet Union
Adenauer Plans Resignation Amid Coalition Shifts
Bonn Germany AP Konrad Adenauer 87 will retire from office next fall announced by Heinrich von Brentano parliamentary floor leader of the Christian Democratic party Brentano said at a party executive meeting that Adenauer made the decision and that the party rejected a coalition with the Socialists. A new coalition with the Conservative Free Democrats seemed practically assured following the Spiegel affair.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
Heinrich von Brentano
Brentano
Free Democrats
Spiegel
Desperate Rescue Efforts for 36 Trapped Miners Near Robena Mine
Rescue crews closed within four thousand feet of 36 miners trapped at Robena No. 3 mine after a blast at 1 15 p m. There is no contact since the explosion. Secretary of Mines Lewis Evans calls the situation desperate but hopeful, fearing gas and fires may trigger another blast. Forty four workers in another section exited unharmed.
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Robena No
U.S. Steel Corp
Lewis Evans
Pennsylvania
Evans
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
Clairton
Britain Ties Military Hinging on EEC Entry Fate
London reports Britain warns the European Community that if entry is blocked by French and German refusals, Britain could review all military commitments in Europe. Sources say the United States may follow suit if a closed European market emerges, impacting forces in Germany and overall defense posture.
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Britain
European Economic Community
U.S
New York Times
Europe
Germany
Washington
United States
Kennedy flies west to inspect U S nuclear defense sites
President Kennedy, on Pearl Harbor anniversary, flies to Offutt AFB near Omaha to view Strategic Air Command headquarters and the Minuteman program. He will also visit secret nuclear development sites in New Mexico and Nevada before Palm Desert rest period with Bing Crosby.
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Kennedy
U.S
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Andrews Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
New Mexico
Nevada
Bing Crosby
Palm Desert
Calif
Vice Presi
SAC
Offutt Afb
Japan
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
White House
Smog Death Toll Surges as London Suffers Worst Crisis in a Decade
Dense fog and choking smog in London kill 106, send over 1,000 to hospitals, with travel disruptions at London Airport and on main lines. Meanwhile a major autumn snowstorm blankets the Great Lakes region to Tennessee, causing 14 deaths and widespread outages and road hazards.
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London
U.S
British Automobile Association
Thames Estuary
Great Lakes
New York
Tennessee
U S expects Soviet troops to leave Cuba after weapons removal
U S intelligence estimates 9 000 to 15 000 Soviet troops remain in Cuba with 42 bombers aboard ships outbound as missiles are removed. Officials expect a broad troop withdrawal, while Kennedy and Khrushchev negotiate in New York for full removal and international inspection.
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Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
Cuba
Pentagon
Navy
U.S
U.S. Navy
New York
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Kremlin
United States
Barbara Fell Sentenced in Confidential Documents Case
Barbara Fell a 54 year old government information officer in London was sentenced to two years in prison for handing over Foreign Office papers to Smiljan Pecjak a Yugoslav Embassy press officer. She pleaded guilty and admitted she was Pecjak's mistress.
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London
Barbara Fell
Foreign Office
Smiljan Pecjak
Khrushchev and Tito Meet Amid Tense Communist Talks
In Moscow Khrushchev and Yugoslav President Tito held a second meeting amid signs they discussed the officially ruptured relations between the Soviet and Yugoslav Communist parties.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Tito
Polaris missile runaway avoided inland disaster in Atlantic
Cape Canaveral AP reports a wrong way runaway section of a Polaris missile escaped destruction by landing in the Atlantic Ocean about 150 miles east of Savannah Georgia. Range safety procedures will be reviewed after the test flight went awry when the second stage ignited and the range safety officer ordered destruction by radio signal.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Savannah
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