Selectmen OK Beltline Plan and January Hearing Set
Bennington selectmen unanimously approved the Beltline design by district highway engineer Ivor S. Pelsue and prepared for a public hearing slated for January 29. The plan, Plan G, features a new cloverleaf inland interchange, a northward shift of the Beltline near Chapel Road, and road reconfigurations to connect with East Main Street and U.S. 7, with state legislative priorities guiding construction.
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Bennington
Highway Department
Salvatore
West Main Street
Pelsue
Deer Park
Manchester
Selectman
J. Duncan Campbell
Vermont
Montpelier
East Main Street
East Main
Broad Brook Press
Chapel Road
South Shaftsbury
Monument Avenue
Carpenter Hill Road
Varney School
Wvu
Gore Road
Beech Street
Burgess Road
Oakes Street
Arab Israeli fighting mars Christmas Eve in Holy Land
Christmas Eve unrest in the Holy Land included Jordanian bazooka fire along the Jordan River and Israeli jets striking gun nests south of the Sea of Galilee. In Bethlehem Christians prayed amid security troops as tensions rose. Moscow sent A Gromyko from Cairo. observers fear a new Middle East war sparked by Egypt or U.S. policy shifts.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
Jordan River
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Bethlehem
Jesus
Moscow
Cairo
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Kremlin
Middle East
UPI
Eliav Simon
Richard M. Nixon
Apollo 8 Enters Lunar Orbit On Christmas Eve Telecast
Apollo 8 reached lunar orbit after a 36 minute delay and a 230000 mile voyage from Earth. Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders conducted the first live TV from lunar orbit showing the Moon’s back side and promising a Yule telecast during subsequent orbits.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
America
Space Pioneers
Earth
Lunar
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Moon
Glynn Lunney
Anders
Apollo 8
Lovell
Pyrenees
Mission Control Center
Gilbert
Borman
Jerry Carr
Ground Control
Pueblo Crew Returns After North Korea Capture Ordeal
Exhausted Pueblo crew nearing home after 11 months in captivity in North Korea. Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher credits crew for endurance amid beatings and camera pressure while stressing they were not brainwashed. Families gather at Miramar for Christmas reunion as officials pledge medical checks and support.
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San Diego
Calif
UPID
Pueblo
Midway Island
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
United States
Bucher
Charles Law Jr
Tacoma
Wash
Bridge of No Return
Hell
West Coast
Miramar Naval Air Station
North Korea
Edwin Rosenberg
Seoul
Balboa Naval Hospital
Rosenberg
Vermont
Philippines
el Cortez
Mark
Michael
Sharon McCartney
Glendale
Edward S. Russell
Frank Curran
Ronald Reagan
California
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Bernard Raeder
First Fleet
Allen Shinn
Naval Air Forces
Pacific
Navy
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Scribner
Mary Schaaf
New York
UPS
U.S. Court of Appeals
Alfred University
Alfred
Allegany County
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Leland Miles
Albany
James A
Irmgard) Shepard
Jimmy
Williamstown
Mass
James A. Shepard
U.S. Navy
Warren Klint
Pittsfield
Shepard
Lina G. Shepard
Hoosick Falls
Germany
Vance
Paris
Cyrus Vance
U.S
Johnson
White House
William P. Rogers
Nixon
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