Keyser Sees Prospects to Restore More Rail Service
Gov. F. Ray Keyser Jr said negotiations may restore Rutland rail service beyond current terminals and hinted that favorable agreements with other railroads could be reached. He spoke at the Shaftsbury Grange Hall about railroad talks, ICC findings, and Vermont planning programs with UVM for economic research and a 12 year capital plan, noting aviation development plans and airport projects.
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Keyser
Shaftsbury
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Rutland
Coverdale and
Colpitts
Burlington
New York
ICC
Vermont
General Assembly
University of Vermont
Vermont Aeronautics Commission
New England
Bennington
Stowe-Morrisville
Island Pond
South Shaftsbury Grange Hall
Republican Town Committee
Tracy Kenyon Jr
Hagerman
Strikers Picket Ben Mont First Day of Strike Passes Quietly
The Ben Mont Local 534 strike against Dow Chemical and Flint Ink begins with 50 to 70 pickets on line and no incidents. President Lloyd Fleming says the walkout is orderly while funds and legal rulings threaten strike benefits.
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Ben Mont
Lloyd Fleming
Fleming
Ben- Mont
Flint
Vermont Officials Asked to Aid Mediation
Local 534 has accepted mediation with Ben-Mont to resolve a strike. Gov. F Ray Keyser Jr and State Commissioner Raymond Daniels will begin mediation when Daniels arrives in Bennington. The plan follows Vermont statutes guiding mediation after notification of a strike and possible arbitration if needed.
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Ben-Mont
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Raymond Daniels
Bennington
Daniels
Keyser
John A. Burgess
Industial Relations
Lloyd O. Fleming
Vermont
Fleming
Frank A. Howlett Jr
Management
Ben-Mont Union Strike Over Competitive Position Stand
Union spokesmen say management rejects wage increases to keep a competitive position. Affected 216 workers include 178 men, with company claiming female workers earn less on average. The strike follows an impasse in contracts with a local gift-wrap firm and a neighboring ink producer. Management refuses to comment further.
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Ben-Mont
Lloyd Fleming
Bennington
Kennedy Khrushchev TV Exchange Reported For March
US and Soviet sources cite plans to simulcast a 15 minute Kennedy and Khrushchev statement with translation on March 24 or 25. White House aide Pierre Salinger denies arrangements while others say a principle accord exists. The broader cultural pact would cover high public figures on radio or TV and film exchanges between nations.
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White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Mikhail Kharlamov
Paris
U. S
Kennedy
Izvestia
Alexei I. Adzhubei
Khrushchev
Kremlin
State Department
John Glenn Led Capitol Welcome Parade in Arlington
In Washington rain and cheers marked John Glenn Jr the first American to orbit the earth as about 250000 spectators lined Pennsylvania Avenue. The procession carried Glenn in the presidential limousine with Annie and children Lyn and Davis aboard as bands played the Marine Corps hymn and other marches.
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Glenns
Glenn
Earth
America
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Marine Corps
Annie
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyn
Davis
Capitol
Happy Glenns
John Glenn
David
Houses of Congress
Daigneault Pushes Central Recreation Plan and Regional Commission
Crescent Boulevard Democrat Clayton Daigneault calls for a central town recreation program to coordinate municipal and private groups. He backs a regional planning commission, urging delay of consolidation until findings are available, and questions flood control fund practices while supporting emergency use of reserves.
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Clayton Daigneault
Crescent Boulevard
Selectman
Daigneault
Regional Planning Commission
Daugneault
Roaring Branch
Pilots Bomb Diem Palace in Saigon Attack
Two South Vietnamese air force fighter bombers attacked the Independence Palace in Saigon aiming to kill President Ngo Dinh Diem and his family. The assault left part of the palace damaged while Diem declared he and his close collaborators were not in danger.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Siagon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Radio
Kennedy seeks billion-dollar boost in Social Security taxes
President Kennedy urges Congress to fund health insurance for the aged with a $1 billion Social Security tax increase. He pushes a three year nationwide polio and immunization drive, federal loans for group practice centers, and $182 million more for mental health, pollution control and medical research. He previews new bills on mass vaccination and pollution control.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Sam
White House
Pilot Bailed Out Too Late Near Parachute Find
Captain Carl Evankovich 31 of the 76th Interceptor Squadron Westover AFB Massachusetts was found dead near his open parachute after his F102 jet crashed during a training mission in Cambridge New York. A ground search located the body at the edge of a wood following an earlier helicopter sighting of a yellow life raft on the ground.
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Cambridge, N.Y
Carl Evankovich
Washington County
Evankovich
Air Force
76Th
Westover Air Force Base
Massachusetts
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South Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Town
Republican Committee
Highway Department
Tonight
Beckman Division
Dow Chemical Co
Flint Ink Corp
Ben
J.F.K
United States
Soviet Union
John H. Glenn Jr
Arlington
Taste of
Democratic Selectman
Diem Palace
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu
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