Lincolniana Era Markers in Old Bennington Preserve Garrison Legacy
The 154th anniversary observance notes two Lincoln era memorials in Old Bennington. A Lincoln statue in the museum courtyard overlooks a youth while a smaller marker honors William Lloyd Garrison, who briefly lived in Bennington during 1828–1829.
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Old First Church
William Lloyd Garrison
Garrison
Bennington
Boston
Bennington Gazette
Andrew Jackson
the Times
Franklin
Bennington Centre
Old Bennington
Benjamin Lundy
Baltimore
Whig Weekly
GOP Senators Blast J.F.K.'s Programs
In Keene New Hampshire Senators Roman Hruska and George D Aiken assailed the Kennedy administration at county Lincoln Day dinners praising restraint on federal power and forecasting trouble for the Kennedy budget The Claremont event saw Aiken call Medicare a political joker and a fraud with GOP officials in attendance.
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Keene
N.H
Nebraska
Claremont
Vermont
Roman Hruska
George D. Aiken
Aiken
New Hampshire
Norris Cotton
Hruska
James C. Cleveland
New London
GOP
Norma Currier
William King
John Fairbanks
Sullivan County
Lincoln Birthday at White House Emphasizes Civil Rights
President Kennedy will receive a 250 page historians report on civil rights progress since emancipation as 800 officials and civil rights leaders gather for a press free buffer and a 5 pm ceremony honoring Lincoln’s birthday tradition. The guest list remains unofficial amid desegregation leaders and state officials invited from across the nation.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Kennedy
Commission On Civil Rights
Lincoln
GOP
Lincoln Tribute Will Rise Again
In Winooski AP report 13 year old Robert Lavallee planned to rebuild a snow sculpted bust of Abraham Lincoln as a Lincoln's Birthday tribute. Pranksters toppled it yesterday, two days after initial two day effort.
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Winooski
Robert Lavallee
Abraham Lincoln
Union High School district to reveal building and bond plans
Union High School District No. 14 plans a public 8 p.m. preview at Molly Stark School as part of a series of meetings ahead of a March 12 bond vote for a new regional high school serving six member districts. If approved, construction could start for a 1965 fall term completion.
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Molly Stark
Union High School District No. 14
Union
Shaftsbury Town
North Bennington Graded
Greater Bennington
Woodford Town
Pownal Town
North Bennington High School
Bennington Catholic High School
Benning- Lee Union School
Vermont seeks dismissal of reapportionment suit in federal court
Vermont Attorney General says the 14th Amendment is not violated and seeks dismissal of a federal reapportionment case. The suit by two Vermont Independent Party members asks to redraw House and Senate lines before the next election. Defendants include Gov Hoff Lt Gov Foote and others with clerks urged as indispensable parties.
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Montpelier
State of
Vermont
U.S. District
Burlington
Charles E. Gibson Jr
Gibson
House
Senate
Brattleboro
A. Luke Crispe
Philip H. Hoff
Ralph A. Foote
Franklin S. Billings Jr
Howard E. Armstrong
Ernest W. Gibson III
Joint Legislative Commission
Studing
Hoff
Kennedy urges guarded test ban accord at disarmament talks
President Kennedy appeals for a safeguarded nuclear test ban to build trust among nations. He notes progress is fragile but improvements seem possible and urges measures to reduce war risk from miscalculation. Britain and Soviet positions differ on on-site inspections and safeguards.
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Geneva
Kennedy
William C. Foster
Britain
United States
Joseph Godber
Soviet Union
Macmillan Poised to Sell Plan After De Gaulle Veto
London AP: Prime Minister Harold Macmillan led a two day Commons debate on Britain’s economic future after De Gaulle vetoed entry to the Common Market. With a Conservative 100 vote margin over Labour Liberal opposition, a no confidence motion faced little chance of success.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
House of Commons
Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Heavy Snow Warning for New England Regions
The Weather Bureau issued a heavy snow and hazardous driving warning. Snow totals of over four inches are expected in interior northern and western Massachusetts and over six inches in northern New England. Snow shifts to rain in parts of Massachusetts and southern Vermont New Hampshire and Maine.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Rhode Island
Democrats Blast GOP Charges Over Cuba Policy
Senate leaders Mansfield and Humphrey denounce Republican criticism of Kennedy Cuba policy as irresponsible and partisan. They defend administration disclosures on Soviet strength in Cuba and deny any secret deal with Khrushchev to remove missiles from Europe in exchange for Cuban withdrawals.
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Washington
Kennedy
Sens
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Mansfield
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Defense Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Cuba
Rockefeller
United States
Hemisphere
Scott
Khrushchev
Europe
Deputy Uses His Head
Tucson AP reports Deputy Gene Suarez adopted a barber device after testing it during a haircut. He found the tool useful for his fingerprint work, using the same device to blow hair and apply talcum powder.
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Tucson
Ariz
Gene Suarez
Suarez
Fifty Miles of Disgrace Marines Hike in Fitness Test
Brig. Gen. R M Tompkins leads 33 Marine officers on a 50 mile hike at Camp Lejeune amid rain and scrutiny of fitness standards. The event echoes Teddy Roosevelt era orders and draws attention from officials including Gen David Shoup and Attorney General Kennedy as some may not finish.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
R. McC. Tompkins
Nedly
Maee
Frederick L. Wieseman
2Nd Marine Division
Tompkins
David M. Shoup
Teddy Roosevelt
Shoup
Kennedy
New England rail service pleas heard in merger talks
Trustee Richard Joyce Smith told ICC examiners that including the bankrupt New Haven Railroad in the New York Central Pennsylvania merger could cut losses and protect service to 26 military installations in New England. Boston and Maine proposes mergers as alternatives and seeks inclusion in Pennsy Central as a hedge.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Smith
ICC
New Haven
New England
Daniel A. Benson
Boston & Maine
Boston
Norfolk and Western
Nickel Plate
Boston and
Maine
Pennsy Central
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local School and Government News
A Vermont youth dropout story heads to Page 2 while a retired woman befriends local youths appears on Page 3. Bennington municipal reform discussed at meetings and high school basketball coverage on Page 8. Republican tickets and budget cuts feature in Page 12 notices.
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Vermont
Bennington
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Sheilah Marlow
the Liberator
American Antislavery Society
Frederick Douglass
The
Bennington Historical Society
Elijah Dewey
Henry Clay Day
J.V.D.S. Merrill
Historical Society
Emerson Estabrook
Daily Banner
J. Bertoli
Gar- Lee
Miller
GOP Senators
J.F.K
Union School Board
State
U.S. District Court
T. Garry Buckley
Janette N. Berry
Rep
Foote
Billings
Armstrong
Ernest W. Gibson
Fendant
Stratton
Commonwealth Trade Ministers
Konrad Adenauer
de Gaulle
Adenauer
Dems
George Fox
Stader
Robert F. Kennedy
John Lemnah
Swanton
Newport
Lemnah
Laconia
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