U S Reframes Red Threat in South Viet Nam as Clear Danger
The White Paper Warns of a clear and present danger of Communist conquest in South Viet Nam and warns that a fall of the region would topple the Asia power balance. It details Viet Cong strength, North Viet Nam backing, and calls for allied readiness and pressure on the International Control Commission.
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U.S
S. Viet Nam
United States
South Viet Nam
State Department
Asia
Southeast Asia
International Control Commission
Viet Nam
India
Poland
Canada
South
North
Moscow
Peiping
United Eee
W. Averell Harriman
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Pakistan
Philippines
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Governor Demands Probe Of Hub Police
Governor Volpe orders a full inquiry into Boston police after viewing a TV film showing officers at a suspected bookie joint. He spoke with Police Commissioner Sullivan and urged rapid action to clear honest officers and jail any involved. The call drew remarks from Edward Brooke, Edward McCormack, and Frank Giles.
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Boston
John A. Volpe
Leo J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Massachusetts Public Safety
Frank S. Giles
Dorset Woman Injured in Crash on Snowy Hill
State police reported a 1957 Volkswagen bus damaged at 900 dollars and Mary C. Holden of East Dorset injured with bruises to knees chest and forehead after losing control on a steep snow covered hill near Dorset.
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Dorset
U.S. 7
Vermont
Mary C. Holden
East Dorset
William G. Loomis
Manchester
Searsburg
William T. Shutt
Chelmsford
Mass
Henry A. Silver
Keene
N.H
Fredrick T. Frelinghuyser
James R. Euick
Poeter to Probe Interstate Contract Charges in Vermont
Highway Commissioner William Poeter orders an inquiry into reports that three Vermont interstate projects were granted under a 60-40 or higher state share before the 90-10 federal formula took effect. Lawmakers note the contracts exceed 2 million dollars and may have been awarded prior to the new funding rule.
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Montpelier
William Poeter
Vermont
Highway Department
James Oakes
R-Windham
Goldfine Stricken With Apparent Small Stroke
Bern ard Goldfine, 71, in federal prison for income tax evasion, suffered an apparent small stroke last night at the Danbury facility. Warden Frank Kenton said he is much improved and his condition is satisfactory today. Goldfine serves a one year term and faces five years of probation.
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Danbury, Conn
Bernard Goldfine
Federal Correctional Institution
Frank Kenton
Goldfine
Crisis as Balaguer rejects plan to install ruling junta
Dominican Republic crisis deepened as President Balaguer rejects the National Civic Union proposal for a seven member provisional council and a staged transition. Civic Union demands included Balaguer's resignation before Dec 31 and elections in 1962 with a new government by Jan 1963. Negotiations were said to continue by Balaguer but Civic Union claimed talks are terminated.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Balaguer
Civic Union
Rafael Trujillo
Congress
Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria
Trujillo
Margolin Block’s Fate Still Up in the Air
Insurance adjusters assessed the Margolin block after a Monday fire that destroyed the building. Gerald Greenberg, son in law of owner Mrs. Samuel Margolin, said Morse and Butler Inc. checked for loose bricks and removed any in danger, adding he had not heard further updates.
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Margolin
Gerald Greenberg
Samuel Margolin
Morse and Butler Inc
Greenberg
Labor Leaders Split on Kennedy Trade Plea at AFL-CIO
Kennedy urged broader tariff cutting powers to expand foreign markets. AFL-CIO leader George Meany pledged cooperation, while Dubinsky and Potofsky pressed for clear guarantees to protect workers and communities hurt by imports. Both sides view reliance on trade balancing as essential to jobs and profits.
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Bal Harbour
Fla
Kennedy
Afl-Cio
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Congress
America
George Meany
David J. Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers
Jacob Potofsky
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Powell's Decision Rocks N.H. Political Circles
In Concord New Hampshire Governor Wesley Powell named Maurice J. Murphy Jr. a 34 year old lawyer as U s senator to replace the late Styles Bridges. The move drew sharp reactions including Publisher William Loeb who condemned the choice as disloyal and detrimental to party unity.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Wesley Powell
Styles Bridges
Maurice J. Murphy Jr
Washington
Deloris Bridges
Powell
Sen. Bridges
Bridges
Senate
Murphy
William W. Treat
Hampton
Republican National
Norma Studley Currier
GOP
Doloris Bridges
Robert O. Blood
Howard T. Ball
Claremont
New Hampshire Republican Womens Federated Clubs
Tanganyika Embraces Independence Under Nyerere Hopes
Tanganyika marks independence with Julius Nyerere as prime minister facing a shaky largely agricultural economy and a 9 million population. The new state seeks Western aid and aims for democratic leadership within the British Commonwealth as Sir Richard Turnbull becomes governor general at the dawn of self rule.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanganyika
Indian Ocean
Julius Nyerere
Nyerere
Africa
Duke of Edinburgh
Ghana
Richard Turnbull
Hearing Begins On Stratton Water Dispute
Testimony was heard in Superior Court before Judge F Ray Keyser Sr on an injunction against Stratton Corp diverting Styles Brook. Plaintiffs Malvine Cole and Hilda Wendland testified the ski area should not divert water, citing domestic and recreational use. The case includes Rutland attorney Joseph M O Neill representing Cole Wendland Kent. The hearing resumed later that day.
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Brattleboro
Stratton
Superior Court
F. Ray Keyser Sr
Styles Brook
Stratton Corp
Malvine Cole
Hilda Wendland
Cole
Wendland
Irish Troops Reinforce UN in Congo Amid Heavy Skirmishes
Two hundred Irish troops joined the UN force near Elisabethville as American airlift resumed to bolster multiracial units including Gurkhas Swedes and Norwegians. U.N. reports spoke of intensifying sniper and mortar fire on positions outside the city.
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U.S
U.N
Leopoldville
Katanga
Air Force
Paris
Congo
Elisabethville
Leopoldville, the Congo
Sean McKeown
Globemaster Pilot with Local Ties Survives Hit Flight
Lt. Col. Burgess Gradwell of Oneida New York piloted a Globemaster transport hit by ground fire while circling Elizabethville with U N supplies. The craft landed safely with one engine aflame. 12 crewmen unharmed. Gradwell has relatives in Bennington and spent part of his boyhood there.
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USAF
Globemaster
Elizabethville
U.N
Burgess Gradwell
Oneida
N.Y
Bennington
Dublin
Leopoldville
Col. Gradwell
Laura Belle Burgess
J. Oliver Burt
H.W. Burgess
George Gradwell
Wrgb-Tv
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