March Hearing Set by ICC on Rutland Abandonment
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hold hearings on the Rutland Railway abandonment plan next month. Hearings are scheduled for March 22 in Rutland Vermont and March 26 in Malone New York before examiner Clarence K. Young. Rutland Railway operates 332 miles in Vermont and New York and has run limited service since September 25 due to a wage dispute strike. A Rutland executive supports a Masterton Plan letting a public authority buy the stock and run the line at market price.
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ICC
Rutland
Malone
N.Y
Clarence K. Young
Vermont
New York
Rutland Railway
Donald A. Perkins
Rutland Fire Clay
Board of Realtors
Russians Quitting MIGs Show Up To Exercise Neglect
In Hamburg Berlin air corridor the Soviet MIGs failed to appear for advertised exercises. Western aviation continued normal traffic despite gale winds and rain. A Soviet official hinted at continuing block bookings while Western powers protested and warned of fighter patrols if Soviet flights persist.
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Berlin
Hamburg-Berlin
East Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Hospital Board Stands Firm On Indigent Care Policy
The Putnam Memorial Hospital board reaffirms agreements with Bennington and county towns to cover charges for indigent patients. Dr. Joseph G. Davidson says no policy revisions, as Bennington will pay 50 percent this year 75 percent next year and 100 percent later. The board cites need for half a million dollars for major repairs and notes proceeds from gifts funded earlier hospital building and operations.
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Dr. Davidson
Bennington
Henry W. Putnam
Bennington Village
Board of Corporators
Poet Frost Is Home After Hospital Release
Poet Robert Frost, ill since February 6 with a pneumonia causing virus, was released from Baptist Hospital in Miami Florida on Friday.
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Poet Frost
Miami
Fla
Robert Frost
Baptist Hospital
Glenn Cool Despite 10th Space Delay
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP reports astronaut John H Glenn Jr shows calm resolve after a tenth postponement of his round the world flight due to Atlantic weather. He resumes preflight training, inspections continue on Atlas booster and capsule, fueling repeated, and no sign of tension from Glenn or his medical staff.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Atlantic
William K. Douglas
Congo Death Investigation Trails U.S. Officer’s Servant
In Leopoldville a Congolese houseboy, 38, was arrested for questioning in the slaying of Lt. Col. Helen Stogner, an American assistant military attache. Elizabeth Thring, 21, of Washington, D. C., was also questioned after being found with Stogner, who had a wife and six children in El Paso. The investigation proceeds in secrecy under Congolese law.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Helen Stogner
Stogner
Elizabeth Thring
Washington, D.C
el Paso
Tex
U.S
Miss Thring
Victor Nendaka
GIs to avoid combat in Vietnam officials say
Washington officials expressed optimism that Vietnam will be won with minimal American combat. McNamara will tour Hawaii for talks with US officers and Vietnamese diplomats. US aid stands at about 1.5 hundred million dollars annually. South Vietnamese troops are improving counterguerrilla tactics. The 4,000 strong American contingent remains for training. Only minor casualties are anticipated, mainly from possible crashes.
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Washington
U.S
South Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Hawaii
McNamara
Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
China
Viet Nam
Picketing Youths Endure Cold For Peace March in Washington
About 1,500 college and high school students joined a peace demonstration in Washington with plans for a larger turnout on Saturday. Snow fell and temps hovered near freezing as police directed the march away from the Russian Embassy. White House staff served coffee to demonstrators during a mid afternoon break. Student leaders blamed a State Department briefing for condescension and sarcasm in a clash over Cold War issues.
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Washington
Kennedy
State Department
White House
District of Columbia
Women Appeal To Gov Keyser For Peace Support
Thirteen placard bearing women petitioned Vermont Governor Keyser in a race for peace demonstration at the State House. He urged that disarmament rests with national policy while expressing sympathy for their motives. The protesters said they acted spontaneously and had no ties to Washington groups.
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U.S
Political chiefs meet in Montpelier and Rutland
Republican and Democratic State Committees meet this week end in Montpelier and Rutland. Republicans consider a proposed 104000 budget for 1962 the same as last year. Democrats convene in Rutland to discuss a special projects committee television program series to be shown later this year.
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Montpelier
Rutland
Local Potters Mack Molding Hit By Blaze
A one story wood and cement block building owned by H. W. Myers and Son Inc was destroyed by fire last night across from School Street. Bennington Potters leased part of the building and Mack Molding Co Arlington reportedly rented storage space for paper goods in the west end. Fire crews arrived late as flames had extensive headway. No other buildings endangered. Insufficient loss estimates.
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Bennington Village
H. W. Myers and Son, Inc
County Street
School Street
Bennington Potters
Mack Molding Co
Arlington
Daisy Myers
Woodford
Fred Myers
Pittsfield
Mass
Richard Fradenburgh
Woodford Road
Francis Mathers
Dewey Street
Gilby
Mary Morgan
Johnsonville
N.Y
County and
Mack Molding
New Probe of Exchange Opens Under SEC Study
The government began a broad year long study of the New York Stock Exchange by requesting the business secrets of 350 stock specialists and data on trading in more than 100 securities. SEC distributed 16 page questionnaires to gather this information as part of the scrutiny of the securities industry. Keith Funston praised cooperation and the Exchange staff offered to assist in ensuring fair and orderly markets.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission
American Stock Exchange
SEC
New York
Keith Funston
Exchange
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Davidson
Putnam
Glenn Cool
Congo
Olin
Holbrook
State Dept
Richard Purdy
Burgess Road
Robert Purdy
Gov
Keyser
Mack
David Gil
Gil
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