St Johnsbury Trucking Opens New Bennington Terminal
St Johnsbury Trucking Co Inc opens its 6000 square foot Bennington terminal on North Bennington Road as part of a 24-terminal expansion serving ten states. Irving Willett will run the facility, which speeds transfers via eight unloading bays and introduces containerization to stock movements. The firm aims to double monthly freight to about 1000 tons and double local jobs from ten.
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St. Johnsbury ‘Trucking Co. Inc
Bennington
Bennington Road
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Irving Willett
Willett
Bellows Falls
St. Johnsbury Trucking Co
St. Johnsbury
Cambridge
Mass
New England
Anthony de Santolo
St. Johnsbury Co., Inc
Vermont 67A
Gagarin invited for Greece visit next week
The Hellenic-Soviet Friendship Society invited Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to visit Greece next week, officials said.
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Athens
Greece
Hellenic-Soviet Friendship Society
Yuri Gagarin
Government Proposes Federal Pay Share for Shelter Space
In a letter to Congress Defense Secretary McNamara outlined a Civil Defense plan for federal incentives to build public fallout shelters. The proposal caps payments at 25 dollars per shelter space, with estimated first year outlays of 450 million dollars to provide space for 20 million persons and total shelter protection for 50 million spaces.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Fense
Thurmond Calls Resume of Pentagon Censor Probe
Senator Thurmond urged the Senate to reopen the investigation into Pentagon censoring of anti-Communist speeches despite Kennedy administration orders blocking witnesses. Chairman Stennis signaled a possible return within a week as a later clash over Marine interrogations drew Senate and Pentagon protests.
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Washington
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Senate
Pentagon
Kennedy
Thurmond
John Stennis
D-Miss
Defense of State Department
Stennis
TV Specials Cover Politics And Debutantes
New York AP report notes seven days of TV specials from debutantes to politics and weather tests. NBC slots three Sunday evenings The Loyal Opposition The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe and Spellbound. CBS has Carl Sandburg Lincoln reminiscences on Ed Sullivan Show. Fred Astaire hosts Mr Easy on ABC Tuesday night.
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New York
NBC
Lerner and Loewe
Carl Sandburg
Abraham Lincoln
CBS
Fred Astaire
Ring Broken in Budapest Prostitution Case
Hungarian police dismantled a call girl ring centered in Budapest according to Nepszava. The investigation exposed an organized network involved in prostitution and trafficking within the capital city.
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Budapest
Hungary
Nepszava
Hathaways End For Chimps Causes Final Reprieve For Weston
Hollywood actor Jack Weston says The Hathaways ending felt like a reprieve though critics blasted the show for premise of a suburban couple raising three chimpanzees. Weston and Peggy Cass starred with the Marquis family, lamenting missed chances for a real show business angle.
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Hollywood
Chimps
Jack Weston
the Hathaways
Weston
Peggy Cass
Marquis Family
Peggy
Pegg
Communists Arrested in Venezuela Plot to Attack Factory
Venezuela's government said nine Communist party members were arrested in Caracas for a plot to strike the national match factory and steal explosives. Six were Venezuelans and three Spaniards, according to the announcement.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Communist Party
Newspapers hike prices to 10 cents in 62 markets
The American Newspaper Publishers Association reports that daily newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico maintained a price trend to 10 cents per copy last year with no major drops in circulation.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
Uelses Improves Slightly After Hospitalization
John Uelses the Marine corporal and the world’s first 16 foot pole vaulter was listed in slightly improved condition at Quantico base hospital Friday after entering Thursday for treatment of bronchitis and influenza.
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Quantico
John Uelses
Marine Base Hospital
Uelses
Soviet Mapping Plan Could Cost Canada a Billion
R A Stewart of Canada's topographical survey warns the Soviet Union plans a mapping project to map the whole USSR at 2 percent inch to the mile, a venture Stewart says would cost Canada a billion dollars to duplicate. The statement was made to the Canadian Institute of Surveying.
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Ottawa
R. A. Stewart
Canada
Topographical Survey Agency
Soviet Union
Canadian Institute of Surveying
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Formica
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David M. Shoup
Marine Corps
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Stephen M. Young
D-Ohio
Cynthia Lowry
AP TV
Hathaways
By Bob Thomas
Best
R.A. Fonteneau
Harwood Hill
Tel
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