U S Forces in Japan to Withdraw 3900 Troops and Planes
Tokyo AP reports the United States will move 3500 airmen and 78 aircraft from Japan to the United States in a major realignment. About 2000 dependents and 2400 Japanese workers face changes as 48 B57s 14 F100s and 16 C134s are pulled back. The 5th Air Force will be realigned toward F105s for future missions.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
United States
Maurice A. Preston
Washington
Pentagon
5Th Air Force
U.S. Air Force
Fuchu
Johnson Plans Defense Budget Cut In Next Year
President Johnson proposes about 51 billion dollars for defense next year, down from commanders’ 60 billion request. He met Monday with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to discuss the plan with defense secretary McNamara and deputy Gilpatric.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
McNamara
Congressional
Joint Chiefs
Defense Department
Congress
Bulgarians Sentence Georgiev to Death
Sofia AP report says former Bulgarian diplomat Ivan Asen Christof Georgiev was sentenced to death by firing squad for spying for the U S Central Intelligence Agency. No appeal is allowed, the sentence was delivered by Bulgaria's supreme court after the trial.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Ivan Asen Christof Georgiev
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Supreme Court
Reapportionment Briefs To Be Filed in Two Weeks
Judge Waterman of the U S Court of Appeals said briefs in Vermont reapportionment cases will be filed in two weeks. The three judge panel will resume hearings after the January 14 filing in a six day trial.
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ST. Johnsbury
Sterry R. Waterman
U. S. Court of Appeals
Second Circuit
Vermont
Waterman
Blaze Destroys Bennington Harness Shop of George E. Small
Fire devastated the two story frame workshop at 119 Main Street Bennington owned by long time harness maker George E. Small. Smoke rose 1000 feet as fire department fought the blaze started by cloth warming over a coal stove. Small insured the building and contents and said the open field location prevented spread to nearby structures.
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South Street
George E. Small
Hagerman
Bennington
Main St
Soulh Street
Small
Six Years Since Unsolved Gibson Murder in Newbury
Newbury dairy farmer Orville A. Gibson died in a so called vigilante killing when bound with rope and dumped in the Connecticut River. The case remains unresolved with a $1,000 state bounty and Burlington Free Press adding 2000. Authorities suspect homicide linked to a Christmas 1957 beating incident. Two men faced trials but were acquitted amid nationwide attention.
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Newbury
Orville A. Gibson
Connecticut
Burlington Free Press
Charles E. Gibson
Gibson
Peaceful Coexistence Theme Takes Hold in Red China
Premier Chou En-lai says China supports peaceful coexistence with capitalism and opposes US aggression. He calls for U S forces to leave Formosa and Formosa Strait while outlining an African tour and talks with Morocco. He cautions France on recognizing Peking and notes Khrushchev’s rival model.
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Paris
Peking
Chou En-lai
Chou
United States
Red China
China
Formosa
Chinese People,’’ Chou
Formosa Strait
Rabat
Morocco
Albania
Soviet Union
Africa
Tunisia
Ghana
Mali
Guinea
East Africa
Khrushchev
Peking-Moscow
France
Rockefeller Announces Birth Expected in June
Gov Nelson Rockefeller and wife Happy expect a child in early June 1964. The announcement notes the governor, 55, and his wife, 36, married last May 4 after divorces linked to his White House prospects. The couple has no prior birth details.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Foundation
White House
Record U S cigarette output hits new high in 1963
The Agriculture Department reports Americans smoked about 523 billion cigarettes in 1963, with output and consumption rising for the seventh straight year and up nearly 3 percent from 1962. The agency expects further increases in 1964, though the impact of an upcoming Surgeon General advisory panel report remains uncertain.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Surgeon
Bennington Chronicle 1963 Year in Review Highlights
Review of 1963 events in Bennington area across pages with a focus on local milestones and notable figures. Editorial praises late sculptor Simon Moselsio, acknowledging his contributions to Old Bennington’s cultural landscape. Additional notes touch on ski bindings and safety guidance.
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Bennington Area
Bennington
Simon Moselsio
Walloomsac Cleanup Progress Report To Bennington Board
State water resources chief Reinhold W. Thieme told Bennington Selectmen that the 1952 Walloomsac River Basin pollution classifications are advancing well. He cited new construction as a pollution source and urged local enforcement and septic system standards to reduce contamination.
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Walloomsac River
Bennington
Reinhold W. Thieme
State
Thieme
Candidates lining up for Democratic state chair
South Burlington AP Daniel J. O'Brien a 30 year old farmer and cattle dealer said he will run for Democratic state chairman when the state committee meets in Montpelier Sunday for the election. O'Brien announced after a meeting with Gov. Philip Hoff and T Wesley Grady of Underhill Grady who was running hard
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S Outh
Burlington
Daniel J. O’brien
Montpelier
O’brien
Philip H. Hoff
T. Wesley Grady
Underhill
Grady
Hoff
John M. Spencer
Cuttingsville
Spencer
George T. Shea
North Bennington
O Brien
Kenneth Beckwith
Middlebury
Congress Faces Battles On Rights Taxes in 1964
Congress closes its longest peacetime session with warnings of tough decisions ahead on civil rights and tax cuts. Senate leaders cite the test ban treaty and education bills as major feats while preparing for renewed fights over aid to public schools and parochial schooling.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Cyprus sees first 24 hours of calm after nine days of fighting
In Nicosia British troops guard the neutral buffer zone as Greek and Turkish Cypriots resume business in their sectors. Negotiations focus on restoring telephone service and locating the dead and wounded while Makarios and Fazil Kutchuk enforce the truce with free British troop movement.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Nicosia
Cyprus
Makarios
Fazil Kutchuk
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Murphy
Walloomsac
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Everett M. Dirksen
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