Belgium Reopens Diplomatic Ties With Congo Government
Belgium resumes relations with the Congo government during a Katanga crisis, backing Adoula’s unity efforts as Katanga lawmakers prepare to debate constitutional changes. The move signals Brussels shift away from Tshombe and toward central governance in Leopoldville amid ongoing U.N. involvement.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Belgium
Congo
Cyrille Adoula
Katanga
Adoula
Moise Tshombe
Patrice Lumumba
Tshombe
Brussels
Elisabethville
U.N
Kitona
Six Motorists Injured in Three Crashes on Vermont Roads
State police report five injuries from a 4 05 p m crash on U S 7 north of Bennington Village where a 1955 Buick driven by Clara L Ordway 36 of Shaftsbury stopped for a left turn and was rear ended by Ruth M Gratton 25 of North Bennington. Additional accidents on slippery village intersections damaged three of four cars with several injuries reported, including Marion Wright in Cameron's car and others treated for neck and head injuries.
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U.S. 7
Bennington Village
Clara L. Ordway
Shaftsbury
DeMarco
Bennington Flats
Ruth M. Gratton
North Bennington
Ordway
Gratton
Clara Ordway
Julia Dunbar
Benningon
Timothy Ordway
Ruth
Robert Gratton
Abraham Moskovitz
Depot and
River Streets
Philip E. Talarico
Williamstown
Mass
Depot Street
River Street
Talarico
Florence C. Cameron
Bradford Place
Cameron
Marion Wright
Gage and
Park Streets
Lee W. Morgan
East Road
Hugh Bussiere
Harwood Hill
Morgan
Gage Street
Bussiere
Park Street
Governor vows fight to keep Vermont VA hospital
Governor Keyser vowed to oppose moving the Veterans Administration Hospital in White River Junction to another state. He denied any specific move plans and said no proposal to relocate or build a new 400 bed VA hospital in South Burlington has been confirmed.
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Montpelier
Keyser
Veterans Administration Hospital
White River Junction
Boston
Hanover
N.H
Burlington
Veterans Administration
University of Vermont
Legion Remembers Vermont Soldiers Home Vets
Vermont veterans at the Soldiers Home and VA centers received $5 gifts under the Gifts for Yanks program. Dept. Cmdr. Owen C. Williams, Adjt. Earl Thomas, and hospital chairman Jewel Young distributed funds totaling $700 to state patients at White River Junction and other facilities including Northampton and Rutland Heights MA, Waterbury, Pittsford Sanatorium, and Bennington home.
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Vermont Soldiers
Vermont
American Legion Department of Vermont
Veterans Administration Center
White River Junction
Dept. Cmdr
Owen C. Williams
Dept. Adjt
Earl Thomas
Jewel Young
Northampton
Rutland Heights
Mass
Vermont State Hospital
Waterbury
Pittsford
Pittsford Sanatorium
Bennington
Vermont Legionnaires
Boston University to face Queens in invitational hockey tourney
Boston University faces Queens University of Kingston tonight in the Invitational Christmas Hockey Tournament. The winner meets Michigan State tomorrow after MSU routed Northeastern 13 to 4 in the opener, with Claude Fournel scoring a hat trick for Montreal, and Northeastern goalie Dave Tierney making 40 saves in his first start. Real Turcotte of Michigan State had five assists.
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Boston
Boston University
Queens University of Kingston
Ont
Michigan State
Spartans
Northeastern
Claude Fournel
Montreal
Dave Tierney
Real Turcotte
DeNucci Faces Tiger Jones In 10 Round Rematch
Joe DeNucci meets Ralph Tiger Jones in a 10 round bout at Boston Garden on January 16. The match marks their third meeting with DeNucci seeking revenge and a national ranking after Jones previously beat him and then fought to a draw last February.
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Boston
Joe DeNucci
Ralph
Tiger) Jones
Boston Garden
Sam Silverman
Jones
DeNucci
Newton Lad
Trade program outlined for post reconvening Congress
The article says hearings would take weeks to shape a bill with a chance at House passage. Key issue is aid to vulnerable industries to diversify under higher competition. Kennedy will present detailed recommendations after Congress reconvenes January 10. Administration strategists claim the 25 member committee can approve a bill aligned with Kennedy ideas, while some Republicans push for broader reciprocal trade and domestic relief provisions.
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Kennedy
Congress
Buckeye Quintet Tops AP College Basketball Poll
Unbeaten Ohio State earns every first place vote to lead The Associated Press major college basketball poll. Cincinnati holds second after a 52-51 loss to Wichita, with Duquesne, Southern California, Kansas State, Kentucky, West Virginia, Wichita, Purdue and Duke rounding out the top ten. Newcomers Wichita, Kentucky, and Duke enter. Providence, St. Bonaventure, Seattle, and Arizona State drop out.
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Ohio State
Associated Press
Buckeyes
Cincinnati
Wichita
Duquesne
Southern California
Kansas State
Kentucky
West Virginia
Purdue
Duke
Santa Clara
Providence
DePaul
Xavier
Ohio
St. Bonaventure
Seattle
Arizona State
Bennington Briefs Show Holiday Visits and Local Events
Multiple Christmas visits are noted including Dorothy Hathaway and Pauline Crosier in Athol and brothers Bert Weller in South Stream Road. Also mentioned are Ed ward Prescott family in Brattleboro and James Provencal group from Brockton. A Veterans' Memorial Committee meeting is set for Thursday at 8 p.m. at the VFW rooms, with annual reports.
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Dorothy Hathaway
Athol
Mass
Bert Weller
South Stream Road
Pauline Crosier
Athol, Mass
James Provencal
James and
David
Brockton, Mass
Veterans’ Memorial Committee
VFW
North Street
Reserves Added to Blue Gray Rosters Before All Star Game
Two late signings fill gaps in Montgomery injury depleted rosters for the 23rd Blue Gray game. Florida end Tom Smith joins the South and Oklahoma halfback Mike McClellan joins the North to replace injured players Bill Hull of Wake Forest and Norm Beal of Missouri respectively.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tom Smith
Florida
South
Mike McClellan
Oklahoma
Smith
Bill Hull
Wake Forrest
McClellan
Norm Beal
Missouri
Hotel Fire Injures Firemen During Perry Como Show
A blaze in a hotel used for Perry Como television shows injured two fire lieutenants and two firefighters on the eighth floor. Firemen fought flames from standpipes as smoke forced evacuation. John King of Commack, 29, was among the injured. a unidentified woman was also reported. Cause undetermined.
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John King
Commack
Long Island
Wyzel
Helen Hall Carpenter Dies in Hoosick Falls
HOOSICK FALLS Mrs Helen Hall Carpenter longtime Golden Crown Rebekah Lodge leader died Monday after long illness. Born in Huddersfield England she lived with daughter Mrs George W Chatfield 35 Snow St Hoosick Falls. Survived by Mrs Chatfield Mrs T Ward Gleason Tampa Fla two grandchildren twelve great grandchildren and four grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 11 am Leo J Mahar Funeral Home Hoosick Falls Rev Wesley P Miles officiating Interment Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Helen Hall Carpenter
Noble Grand
Golden Crown Rebekah Lodge
Carpenter
George W. Chatfield
Snow ’St
Huddersfield
Yorkshire
England
van Rensselaer
OES
T. C
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Wesley P. Miles
First United Church
Maple Grove Cemetery
Buskirk man Jacob S. Young 97 dies after long illness
Jacob S. Young 97 of Buskirk died Saturday night at his home after a long illness. He leaves 136 immediate survivors including ten children, 52 grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren and 24 great great grandchildren. He worked for the Boston and Maine Railroad in Hoosick Falls area and lived in Buskirk 48 years. Funeral at Leo J Mahar Funeral Home Hoosick Falls Tuesday at 2 pm with burial at Hill Cemetery Buskirk.
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Buskirk
N.Y
Jacob S. Young
South Shaftsbury
Sidney
Samantha Young
Young
Boston & Maine Railroad
Hoosick Falls
Nellie Decker Young
Sidney W
John
Frederick
Robert
Clayton
Cambridge
Samantha Webber
Margaret Russell
Agnes Moon
Mary Gibbons
Dorothy Coon
White Creek
Leo J. Mahar
Main St. Hoosick Falls
Sie Hill Cemetery
Stella Barber Hakes dies after long illness in Hoosick Falls
Stella Barber Hakes of Petersburg died Monday at Hoosick Falls Health Center after a long illness. She was born in Petersburg, daughter of James and Ruth Barber and widow of William Karl Hakes. Survived by three daughters, one sister, 14 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. from Thomas M Barber Funeral Home Petersburg with Rev Floyd G Sheeley officiating. Interment Meadow Lawn Cemetery Petersburg.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Stella Barber Hakes
Petersburg
Hoosick Falls Health Center
James and
Ruth Moses Barber
William Karl Hakes
Chatham Lutheran Church
Thomas M. Barber
Stanley Harwood
Floyd Humphrey
Lloyd Pine
West Hoosick
Ambrose Brown
Edna Lewis
Floyd G. Sheeley
Petersburg Baptist Church
Meadow Lawn Cemetery
Boil in the Bag Promises Growth For Polyethylene Industry
AP reports optimism from food packaging and polyethylene makers that boil in the bag meals will expand in 1962 with predicted polyethylene sales rising 10 to 15 percent and sales aiming for 300 million units by 1965. Companies like Seeman Bros. Continental Can and Seabrook Farms note packaging advances and hospital and restaurant uses.
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New York
U.S. Industrial Chemicals Co
Modern Foods Council
Food and Drug Administration
Formed Container Corp
Seeman Bros
John B. Fowler Jr
Seabrook Farms
Birdseye
Fowler
Armour
General Foods
Hoosick Falls Couple Treated After Gas Inhalation Incident
A Hoosick Falls couple Arnold and Mrs. Knebler Jr. were found unconscious Christmas Day in their home by Arnold Knebler Sr. They were treated with oxygen at Bennington hospital and released the next day. Their six month old daughter Lory-Ann was found safe in another room. The cause was blamed on a vent defect in the gas furnace.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Arnold Kuebler Jr
Babcock Lake Road
Arnold Kuebler Sr
Fox Hollow Road
Kuebler
Kueblers
Schenectady
Lory-Ann
Philip Martinez
Bennington Hospital
Town of
Youth John and others face court actions in Bennington
In Municipal Court Judge Eu Gene V Clark deferred sentencing for Howard Moffit 17 of South Shaftsbury after pleading guilty to operating a vehicle without the owner's consent. Moffit on probation may face a probation violation warrant. Also pleaded guilty were John A Potter 21 Shaftsbury to breach of peace with a suspended 4 to 6 month sentence and Toyvia Mackey 22 West Pawlet for speeding and unassigned plates with fines of 35 and 15 respectively. Other defendants included Charles Bancroft Howard Roquet and Edward Munks with various fines for parking speeding and careless driving.
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Howard Moffit
South Shaftsbury
Eugene V. Clark
Moffit
Herbert Davenport
North Street
Arlington
Bennington
Daniel Holland
John A. Potter
Shaftsbury
House of Correction
Clark
Potter
Toyvia Mackey
West Pawlet
Charles G. Bancroft
Barre
Howard L. Roquet
Troy
N.Y
Edward J. Munks
Albany
Climate warming devastates northern Trees across region
In parts of northern New England and eastern Canada birch trees are dying as warming trends intensify. Spruce and balsam fir have suffered significant losses amid the rising temperatures.
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New England
Canada
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Paddock Place
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Londonderry
Edward Prescott
Brattleboro
Alice Houston
Melbourne
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Richard Sawyer
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Glenn Spencer
Safford Street
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