Hoff backs Bennington union high for education push
Gov Philip H Hoff voiced support at a Mt Anthony Country Club dinner for Bennington's planned union high school. Speaking to about 335 Democrats he said larger school units, better facilities, and vocational training can cut dropout rates and advance the state's educational needs. Bennington may become a state showcase if local leaders act.
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Philip H. Hoff
Bennington
Union High School
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Hoff
Inside Dorset resident marks 90th birthday today
Vermont governor Hoff urged bonding for a union high school as he called for a state inventory of needs. He noted Vermont’s economy shifted from agriculture to other sectors and 15,000 residents aged 20 to 44 left since 1943, signaling a population drain and rising educational demands.
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Reidset
Vermont
Hoff
New Town Plans Emerge After Libyan Quake
In El Marj Libyan officials move to rebuild after a deadly quake leaving 20 percent of structures standing and most of the town in rubble. Thousands are homeless living in two hastily set camps while planners promise a rapid start on new housing and long roads to recovery. The death toll is estimated at 261 by British army authorities overseeing the rescue effort.
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EL Marj
Libya
Four U.S. fliers reported killed in Bay of Pigs raid
Sen. Everett Dirksen says he has evidence that four American airmen were killed in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. He completed a one man inquiry and plans to share findings with Senate investigators.
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Bay of Pigs
Washington (Ap
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Cuba
Dirksen
Senate
Fidel Castro
Batista
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Hugh Scott
Khrushchev Mao Tze-tung Move Toward Red Unity
AP Analysis notes a thaw between the Soviet Union and China as Khrushchev and Mao Tze-tung seek reconciliation. High level talks feature Chervonenko and Pan Tzu-li with staged praise for unity, while Pravda signals potential private meetings and a future international session of world communist movement.
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Mao Tze-tung
China
Stepan V. Chervonenko
Pravda
Pan
Moscow
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
World Communist Movement
Minnesota governor recount opens in landmark trial
Three district judges begin examining evidence in a historic recount contesting the 112 million vote governor race between Republican Elmer Andersen and Democrat Karl Rolvaag. About 24 categories of disputed ballots will be ruled on as potential irregularities and absentee envelopes are considered.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Elmer L. Andersen
Karl F. Rolvaag
Andersen
Rolvaag
State Supreme Court
J.H. Sylvestre
Crookston
Sidney E. Kaner
Duluth
Leonard Keyes
St. Paul
Ceedings
Harvard Celebrates 30 Billionth Sunrise Anniversary
Fifty tuxedoed Harvard students gathered at dawn on the Harvard Crimson roof to mark the 30 billionth anniversary of the rising sun. They faced east as Beethoven played, then slid down a fire escape and marched to Harvard Square leaving fifty empty beer cans, hinting at spring.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
Harvard Crimson
Harvard Square
Supreme Court voids 187 convictions of anti bias demonstrators
The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision by Justice Stewart, overturned breach of peace convictions of 187 African American students and others who demonstrated against segregation at the South Carolina State Capitol in Columbia on March 2, 1961. The ruling held the 14th Amendment protects peaceful expression, assembly, and petition.
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Supreme Court
South Carolina
Stewart
Clark
Columbia
S.C
State Senate
Warren
Black
Douglas
Harlan
Brennan
White
Goldberg
Daniel McLeod
High Court
Jack Greenberg
New York
South Carolina Supreme Court
Rising Taxes Could Offset Kennedy Tax Cuts Across Nation
A Washington AP analysis notes rising state and local taxes plus Social Security and postal rate hikes threaten to erode Kennedy's proposed 1963 and 1964 tax cuts. It cites a $2.2 billion Social Security rise, a $500 million postal increase, and state legislative actions in 33 states with proposals exceeding $2.5 billion. The Tax Foundation expects a 1963 storm of major tax proposals.
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Kennedy
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
St. Paul
Minnesota
Buffalo
N.Y
Michigan
Mississippi
New Mexico
The
Tax Foundation, Inc
New York
Foundation
Italy and Holland Defy French Trade Pact Move
In Brussels the Common Market ministers debate delaying a $730 million Africa aid and development fund tied to a new trade pact with 18 African states. Italy and the Netherlands refuse to sign while France blocks Britain’s entry, deferring Yaounde talks to late May as parliaments confront elections.
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Italy
Netherlands
France
European Common Market
Britain
Yaounde
Cameroon
Jean Marc Boegner
Africa
Kennedy defends tax cut plan amid critic calls for alternatives
President Kennedy urged tax cut critics to offer positive alternatives and argued the $10.2 billion package could boost economic growth, potentially adding $5,000 to the typical American family’s income over 10 years. He spoke to ABA officials about growth and deficits.
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Washington
Kennedy
American Bankers Association
ABA
Arlington fatal road mishap claims Miss Curran
A Flushing New York woman Phyllis Curran 26 died from a broken neck skull fracture and internal injuries when her car collided with an oncoming truck two miles south of Arlington on U S 7 early Saturday morning It was Bennington Countys first fatal automobile accident of the year Two passengers Anne Liberatore 22 and Ruth Tristram 24 suffered facial injuries and a fractured arm respectively and were taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital Lib eratore was released while Tristram was reported in good condition The accident occurred about 3 am Police reported Curran was driving south around a curve near the See FATAL MISHAP
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Flushing
N.Y
Bennington County
Phyllis B. Curran
Arthur S. Faris
Miss Curran
Anne Liberatore
Ruth Tristram
Bronx
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Liberatore
Miss Tristram
U.S. 7
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