Hoff Plans Abolition of Vermont State Development Board
Governor elect Philip Hoff says he will ask the Vermont Legislature to abolish the State Development Board and create three new agencies and one new fund. The plan includes an Advisory Commission on Development, a state planning commission, and a state recreation authority to back private loans for regional recreation facilities.
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Montpelier
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
State Development Board
Advisory Commission On
Labor
Hoff
Devel
Planning Commission
Development Department
Solons
Vermont Supervisory Unions Face State Reorganization Plan
Directors from Bennington area districts plan a joint meeting on January 2 to discuss a state education department proposal to merge supervisory unions in southwestern Vermont. The plan would move Arlington into the Bennington Rutland union and absorb the Southwestern Union into Bennington South, with further hearings set for Rutland and a state board decision anticipated January 16.
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State Department of Education
Vermont
Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union
David Adler
Pownal
Molly Stark
Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Bennington Graded School District
Union High School
Adler
State Education Department
Arlington
Bennington - Rutland Supervisory Union
Manchester
Rutland
Southwestern Supervisory Union
Bennington South Supervisory Union
Union School District No. 14
Bennington Village
Union High
Southwest Supervisory Union
Leon E. Wagner
Southwest Union
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Greater Bennington
State Board of Education
Donovan in Cuba To Free Captives
New York attorney James B. Donovan flew to Havana to negotiate with Fidel Castro for release of 1,113 invasion prisoners in exchange for food and medicine. The Cuban Families Committee and the Red Cross join the effort as 32,000 pounds of medicine arrives in Miami and more shipments are planned from idlewild, St. Louis, and Los Angeles.
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Miami
Fla
New York
James B. Donovan
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Donovan
Pan American World Airways
Miami International
International Red Cross
Castro
Trans World Airlines
Idlewild
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Red Party Guilty in Failure to Register Case
A federal jury convicted the Communist party of 12 counts for failing to register as an agent of the Soviet Union and fined the party $120,000, with Judge Holtzoff imposing the maximum $10,000 per count. Lawyers Forer and Abt said they would appeal to the Court of Appeals and possibly the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Joseph Forer
John J. Abt
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
U.S. Dist
Alexander Holtzoff
Pegler to Write for Birch Society
Belmont Massachusetts former King Features columnist Pegler will write a column for American Opinion the monthly publication of the John Birch Society The announcement says Pegler will first appear in February and that harsher critique of the Kennedy administration will be welcomed
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Belmont
Mass
Westbrook Pegler
King Features Syndicate
American Opinion
John Birch Society
Pegler
Man Confesses Killing His Parents in New Jersey
Gabri el Richard Trifari, 26, confessed to bludgeoning his parents Maxim and Maria Trifari and siblings Maxim Jr and Olga to death at the Lakewood area chicken farm. He claimed God commanded the killings after family conflicts. police detained him for examination by doctors.
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el Richard Trifari
Trifari
Maxim
Maria Trifari
Maxim Jr
Olga
Lakewood
Frank Snyder
Sny
Kennedy warns allies over defense burden and future talks
President Kennedy, in a televised interview, rebukes European allies for lax defense commitment, doubts a quick Khrushchev summit, and insists the United States cannot back off this century. He notes NATO forces and US aid, and urges Western Europe to bolster conventional forces and aid for the developing world.
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NATO
United States
Kennedy
Western Europe
Dominican Republic votes under cloud of postponement demand
The Dominican Republic faced its first potential dictator-free election in 38 years as the National Electoral Board refused to delay voting despite a major party protest. Juan Bosch of the Dominican Revolutionary party faced pressure amid accusations of communism by a Jesuit priest, while Bosque urged a boycott if delay persisted. Bishops released a neutrality statement as Bosch and Garcia debated the issue on national TV and radio.
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Rafael Bonnelly
Juan Bosch
Dominican Revolutionary Party
National Civic Union
Laudico Garcia
Bosch
Father Garcia
Kennedy and Macmillan meet in Nassau to discuss Western alliance
President Kennedy travels from Andrews AFB to Nassau to confer with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on reinforcing Western unity amid the Cuban crisis and Moscow-Peking split. They weigh Skybolt, NATO plans, and Britain’s nuclear role with the Common Market talks looming.
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Kennedy
Nassau
Harold Macmillan
Western Alliance
Andrews Air Force Base
Bahaman
Macmillan
London
Soviet Union
Red China
Skybolt
Cuba
Moscow
Britain
Congress
London Daily Mail
Nas
Skybolt Controversy Deepens With Senate Inquiry Promised
Washington AP reports Senator Russell chairs a Senate Armed Services probe into Skybolt, hearings set for early next month. Kennedy backs McNamara’s push to drop Skybolt amid claims by four chiefs of staff that the program could stay alive despite delays and high costs.
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Skybolt
Russell
Senate
Washington
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Service Committee
Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
Adm
George W. Anderson
Naval
Army
Earle G. Wheeler
David M. Shoup
McNamara
Bennington Village Debates Trailers Ban at Armory Meeting
Residents gather at the State Armory at 8 to discuss banning trailers from residential areas. Village attorney Reuben Levin supports legality citing state and federal cases, while critics warn of potential discrimination and enforcement issues. Trustees, water department officials, and town selectmen would handle permits if adopted.
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Bennington Village
State Armory
Reuben Levin
Levin
Vermont
Board of Trustees
Bennington Water Department
Bennington Town Selectmen
Polaris A3 Submarine Missile Faces Repeated Test Failures
Washington AP reports the A3 advanced Polaris submarine launched missile has suffered six straight test failures while the Navy maintains optimism about its future prospects.
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Washington
Navy
Soviet Union builds vast Siberia science city says Benton
Former Sen William Benton travels from Connecticut notes in the Saturday Evening Post that the Soviet Union is creating a huge science city in deep Siberia. He calls it one of the most extraordinary scientific centers in the world with 16 institutes for 50 000 researchers. Hollywood mourns Thomas Mitchell dies of cancer at 70 in Beverly Hills.
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New York
William Benton
Connecticut
Soviet Union
Siberia
Saturday Evening Post
Jon
Hollywood
Thomas Mitchell
Beverly Hills
Inside Indian troops dig in high in the Himalayas
The article notes Indian troops establishing high Himalayan positions as a prolonged conflict with China looms. A related item discusses President Kennedy indicating delays before a U.S.-Soviet accord. Other brief items mention a proposed foreign affairs academy and North Bennington school board civil defense preparations.
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Himalayas
Kennedy
U.S. Foreign Affairs Academy
North Bennington
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