Bennington Rutland district forms study group on consolidation
Seventeen of twenty five school directors approved creating an area wide study group to explore consolidating junior and senior high schools. The move follows Supt. Robert B. Vail six week seminar report and a letter to state officials calling Vermont school conditions seriously inadequate and urging action.
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Manchester
Bennington - Rutland
Robert B. Vail
Vail
University of Chicago
State Board of Education
Vermont
Rupert
Tabor
Arlington
Bennington
John Moore
Howard B. Ambrose
U N Security Plans Tight for Johnson Visit at U.N.
United Nations security chiefs arrange extraordinary precautions for President Johnson during a brief 11:55 a.m. arrival to address the General Assembly. A 250 strong reinforced guard will keep the premises secure until the 1:15 p.m. luncheon at the Waldorf. Public access is barred until after the visit.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Johnson
World Forum
United Nations
Frank M. Begley
U.N. Security
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Louis Mayan
Post Office Site Urged by Bennington Panel
Bennington Regional Planning Commission backs an alternative site for a new post office near the western end of the village business district and Elm Street parcel. Officials cited confidential arrangements with interests controlling the property, and the panel held its final meeting in executive session pending federal agreement.
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Bennington
Elm Street
Elm St
South Street
Commission
Postal Department
Central Business District
East Main Street
First Baptist Church
Cabinet Gets Message From L B J on Economy
President Johnson edges economy concerns to the top of his agenda and urges cabinet members to devote personal attention to holding down federal spending. He reports the gross national product will soon top 600 billion dollars, while unemployment sits near 5.9 percent.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Walter W. Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
Man Named To Aid Lodge No 2 In Saigon Post
David G. Nes, 46, a Foreign Service officer with World War II combat record, is appointed No. 2 to Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in Saigon. Nes replaces William C. Trueheart, whose tour expired last October. Nes is a York, Pennsylvania native, Princeton graduate, Harvard master's holder, Merrill's Marauders veteran, and has served in Glasgow Paris Tripoli Rabat prior to this assignment.
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Washington
Johnson
David G. Nes
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Foreign Service
Nes
William C. Trueheart
Lodge
York
Princeton
Harvard
Merrill’s Marauders
Burma
The
Glasgow
Paris
Tripoli
Rabat
Morocco
Cafe Coronary Causes Mistaken Heart Failure
Dr. R. K. Haugen of Fort Lauderdale reports in JAMA that death from choking on food in the windpipe is often mistaken for coronary failure. He names the condition cafe coronary and notes it occurs mainly in restaurants and relates to fat or atrocious table manners, with possible roles for alcoholism and poor teeth.
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Chicago
UPI
R. K. Haugen
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Journal of the American Medical Association
Haugen
Earth Movement Swallows Homes in Gaspe Peninsula
In Quebec a second earth movement swallowed four houses and a truck with four Therrien brothers in the Tourelle Creek area near Gaspe. A bridge and several other homes were washed into the St Lawrence River while rescuers evacuated ten houses and searched for missing occupants.
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Joachim DE Tourel
Second Earth Movement
First Earth Movement
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Gaspe Peninsula
Tourelle Creek
Gaspe Highway
Johnny Therrien
Raymond
Benoit
Onesime
Martin Gauthier
Overcrowding Threatens Bennington High School Accreditation
Bennington High faces potential loss of accreditation if a union high school is not built by 1966. The New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools cites overcrowding and rising enrollment, urging new facilities and a spring vote on a union high school to secure a solid progress report in 1966.
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Bennington
Clarence I. Chatto
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Bendi
Association
New England High Schools
Bennington High School
New England Association
Union High School
Bolivia Hostages Include Four Americans In Catavi Standoff
In Catavi Bolivia a standoff between government troops and Communist led tin miners continues over hostages including four Americans. Monsignor Andrew Kennedy travels from La Paz to Catavi to mediate per miners and jailed union leaders. The number of hostages remains disputed with reports of 11 or 19 captives.
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Oruro
Bolivia
Catavi
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Mser
Andrew Kennedy
St. Louis
la Paz
Msgr
Kennedy
Irineo Pimentel
Feder
Ico Escobar
Defense Ministry
Paz Estenssoro
Comibol
Kenya Gains Independence In East Africa Ceremony
Nearly 100000 Africans celebrated Kenya becoming Africa’s 35th independent nation as Union Jack fell and Kenya’s flag rose at Nairobi Freedom Stadium. Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta received independence instruments from Prince Philip and became leader as Zanzibar also gained independence two days earlier.
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Narsobe
Kenya
Africa
Freedom
Nairobi
Freedom Stadium
Britain
East Africa
Jomo Kenyatta
Zanzibar
Kenyatta
Prince Philip
Malcolm MacDonald
Congressmen Furious At McNamara Faces Bases Closes
Washington AP report says Defense Secretary McNamara plans to close or shrink 25 to 27 bases across about 16 states. Soon after, officials forecast more than 20 installations shuttered with 75 000 jobs lost though later figures suggest 9 000 to 12 000 jobs cut. Protests erupted nationwide including Massachusetts Pennsylvania California and New York as lawmakers pressed for hearings.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Congressional
McNamara
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
John W. McCormack
D - Mass
Massachusetts
Johnson
Boston Navy Yard
White House
Pennsylvania
California
New York
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Pentagon
Defense Department
Congress
Navy
Secretary of Defense
Capitol Hill
Schenectady Army Depot
Griffis Air Force Base
Rome-Utica
Inside Columnist Hazel Wills Recalls Christmases Past
On the Inside Columnist Hazel Wills revisits Christmas memories from earlier years. The piece reflects on traditions and the seasonal atmosphere through personal recollection and period detail.
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Hazel Wills
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