19 Feb 1962
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1962
Page
1
Allied aircraft flew through the north corridor from Berlin to counter renewed Soviet pressure on Berlin air links. Western control officers rejected Soviet block bookings and ordered transports to stand by as Moscow claimed equal rights.
Paris officials said secret peace talks with Algerian rebels ended, fueling speculation a cease-fire is imminent. President Charles de Gaulle’s Algerian Affairs Minister Louis Joxe led negotiators and returned to Paris to report on the progress.
Violence in Georgetown subsides as labor groups suspend a week-long strike after talks with Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan. Six killed and $11 million in damage amid East Indian and Negro tensions. armed forces placed on standby.
Cape Canaveral reports a new countdown for John H. Glenn Jr. to orbit Earth aboard Friendship 7 amid lingering weather worries. NASA officials say conditions at Bermuda recovery and Cape Canaveral must improve, with a final go/no go decision due at a midnight briefing Monday.
Spokesmen for the Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union Local 534 say no comment on Thursday’s strike vote at Benmont Papers Corp. The local president Lloyd Fleming notes a special meeting is set for Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Eagles Hall with Peter Tufo siding from the international union present. The strike followed a six week dispute over extending last year’s contract which ended December 31. The plant makes gift wrappings and is part of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union AFL-CIO.
A late Friday blaze at a 30 by 60 foot warehouse owned by the H. W. Myers estate destroyed the structure west of Bennington Potters. losses exceed 150000 with Bennington Potters and Mack Molding Co reporting major material and production setbacks. The fire damaged kilns and raw materials, with operations likely delayed four to eight weeks as crews salvage what remains.
In Burlington Vermont a two car wreck killed Swanton man Robert V. Drew and left 17 year old Charles Carr of St. Albans in critical condition with head injuries. Warren Rich 19 of St. Albans and driver of the other car suffered a broken leg and chest injuries while Carr, a passenger, was unconscious after surgery.
George C. Lodge denounced anti communists who prey on fears on a Taunton brotherhood stage amid John Birch Society founder Robert Welch. Welch defended Americanism and blasted Communist influence while acknowledging civil rights cautions from Speaker John McCormack and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy said in Bangkok that Thailand and the United States are in accord on peaceful efforts to resolve the Laos crisis. He met Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat and declined to specify whether a coalition under Prince Souvanna Phouma was being considered, noting Thailand fears Pathet Lao influence.
A late Sunday fire gutted the three story Scottie's Manor at Elm Street and Washington Avenue causing more than 45000 in damage. Seven residents were left homeless while five rooms on the upper floor suffered severe damage and a kitchen cupboard fire start is suspected. Professor Alfred Rau, a noted lecturer, was among those evacuated with others guiding the search.
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara met with top military officials in Honolulu to review U S involvement in South Vietnam. He avoided comment on direct guerrilla warfare plans while reiterating that U S personnel would serve in advisory roles, not as combat troops, despite President Kennedy's guidance to defend themselves if attacked.
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