U S Airfields Close to Dutch Troop Planes
Indonesian student mobs attacked the U S Embassy in Jakarta injuring staff after a Dutch troop plane refueled on U S soil en route to West New Guinea. The U S warned the Dutch not to extend landing rights and closed airfields to Dutch troop flights.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
U.S
West New Guinea
Howard P. Jones
Mary Manchester
Hague
John Rice
Rice
Hans van Houten
Tokyo
Japan
Comedian Dedicates His Hospital in Memphis
Memphis AP reports comedian Danny Thomas dedicates St. Jude Research Hospital for Children costing $6 million. The nonsectarian facility aims to cure leukemia and catastrophic pediatric diseases with free treatment and supports teen fundraising marches in about 100 cities. Thomas and wife Rosemary plan to Gulf Coast events in February to expand donations.
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Memphis
Romney signals run for Michigan governor on GOP image
George W. Romney, 56, president of American Motors, said on NBC Meet the Press he will decide this week whether to seek the Michigan governorship. He argued the GOP has been too identified with business and a single economic segment, while Democrats have been viewed as a union party.
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Washington
George W. Romney
Michigan
Romney
American Motors
NBC
Meet the Press
Democratic Party
Hall named Outstanding Young Man of the Year in 1961
Joseph Hall 28 of Harwood Hill received the Outstanding Young Man of the Year award for 1961 from the Bennington Jaycees at the annual Jaycee Banquet at Mt. Anthony Country Club. Also honored were Salvatore Santarcangelo as Outstanding Benningtonian and the Bennington County Firefighters Mutual Aid Association as Outstanding Area Organization for last year.
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Jaycee Awards
Bennington Jaycees
Joseph H. Hall
Harwood Hill
Center
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Ben Mont Ave
Joseph Hall
BenMont Ave
Bennington County Firefighters Mutual Aid Association
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Hall
North Bennington
Mutual Aid Association
Association
William Mattison
Jaycee
Ted Bird
Edward Frazier
William McCoy
Philip McKenna
Philip O’neil
Richard Ralph
Gerald Stowell
Orin Sumner
Richard Torrey
Richard Workman
State Jaycee Organization
Philip Hoff
Burlington
Hoff
Eugene V. Clark
John P. Riddle
Leon R. Eldred
Oakley Frost
Kenneth R. Clayton
John Kennedy Jr
Robert Harrington
Hoff Proposes Vermont Take Look at Itself
Philip Hoff, Burlington attorney and Bennington junior chamber speaker, urged a Hoover-type commission to survey Vermont’s potential and identify key development areas. He called for major reforms in schools highway funding and tax structure to modernize the state and attract growth. Hoff urged active participation from young residents to shape political life at any level.
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Hoff
Vermont
Philip Hoff
Burlington
Burlington City
Bennington
Massachusetts Highway Rights Probe Opens Under Call for Thorough Inquiry
A House Public Works subcommittee starts investigation into alleged corruption in federal highway rights of way in Massachusetts. Rep. Perkins Bass urges a complete inquiry without a whitewash while Chairman Blatnik promises a month long hearing focusing on irregularity and misjudgment in land acquisitions and related practices.
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House Subcommittee
Mass
Washington
House Public Works
Massachusetts
Perkins Bass
R-N.h
New
John A. Blatnik
Dminn
Blatnik
Bass
Thomas Worcester
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
Worcester
Boston
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
House
Federal Roads Bureau
Castro Predicts Revolution To Sweep Latin America
Fidel Castro in Havana predicted a Latin American revolution "like a march of giants" while denouncing Kennedy and Cuba's OAS expulsion. Khrushchev sent support, and U.S. tobacco sanctions were said to cost Cuba about 35 million dollars annually.
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Castro
Latin-America
Havana
Kremlin
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Latin America
Jose Marti Plaza
Kennedy
U.S
Washington
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
United States
Punta del Este
US “Ministry of Colonies
OAS
De Gaulle Report On Algerian Cease Fire Draws Tense Guard
Paris braces for a radio and TV address as France and Algeria monitor reports of secret negotiations toward a cease fire in Algeria. Riot police, tanks, and armored cars arrayed around Paris mirror security fears while rebel leaders in Tunis weigh a settlement and await National Revolutionary Council approval.
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Paris
France
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Tunis
Hierachy
National Revolutionary Council
Six Men Escape After Car Sinks Through Ice
In St. Albans Bay Vermont a car broke through thin ice on Lake Champlain. Eldon Laplant and five others fled to safety as the vehicle settled on a sandbar in 18 inches of water. Laplant was with three sons and a companion ice fishing nearby when the crack appeared.
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ST. Albans
Lake Champlain
Eldon Laplant
St. Albans Bay
Bennington Officers Protest Police Pay Scale Change
All eight regular Bennington Village Police protested a proposed 1962 budget change that would raise chief Edward L. Silver and Assistant Chief William Fox by $500 while regular officers receive no raise. Officer James M. Kearns Jr led the protest, urging the Police Committee to consider differential adjustments aligning with private industry. The committee, chaired by Trustee Henry Mallory, said pay scales are being adjusted to reflect management labor differentials.
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Bennington Village
James M. Kearns Jr
Kearns
Edward L. Silver
William Fox
Police Committee
Henry Mallory
Mallory
Land Rentals Paid To Okinawa Residents Since Fifty Eight
The United States has paid nearly 33 million dollars in land rentals to Okinawa residents since 1958 for property leased to American military forces on the island.
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Naha
Okinawa
United States
Island
Cuba seeks UN action to counter U.S. moves
Cuban delegate Mario Garcia Inchaustegui urged the General Assembly Political Committee to back a communist resolution calling on the United States to end interference in Cuba. He cited Kennedy’s embargo as proof of U.S. aggression while Adlai Stevenson argued against action. The Czechoslovak Romanian resolution appeared unlikely to pass.
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U.N
United States
Cuba
Castro
Khrushchev
United Nations
N.Y
Organization of American States
Mario Garcia-Inchaustegui
General Assembly
Kennedy
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Adlai E. Stevenson
Mario Amadeo
Argentina
Rutland Group Seeks Railroad Return to Save Area Firms
A Rutland committee of officials urges a special legislative session to allow the state to purchase the Rutland railroad. Fifteen of 35 responding firms report they must move or close if service is not restored, paying taxes totaling 300,086 dollars and risking a statewide economic blow.
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Rutland, Vt
Rutland
John Masterton
R-Goshen
State Officials Weigh Efforts To Restore Rutland Railway
Montpelier Vermont officials discussed restoring the Rutland Railway to service including a possible special legislative session to authorize state purchase. Gov Keyser, Lt Gov Foote, House Speaker Leroy Lawrence, Atty Gen Adams and PSB member Paterson met to review options. Additional aides were listed as attendees with no final statement planned.
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Montpelier
Rutland
Keyser
Ralph A. Foote
Leroy Lawrence
Charles J. Adams
John Paterson
Ustin B. Noble
John C. Calhoun
PSB
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GOP
Jaycees’ Oym
Jaycees
By Bob Hagerman
Mt. Greylock
Williamstown
DeGaulle
Rep
William C. Cramer
R - Fla
Uruguay
Hemisphere Family of Nations
Communist Bloc
John W. McCormack
Subcommittee
Stevenson
Clar Vaughn
Arlington
Rutland Group
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