Army shapes mobile unit for trouble in world regions
The Pentagon approves two more U S Army battle groups from the 4th Infantry Division to join Germany for NATO training creating air transportable brigades. One group returns to Fort Lewis Washington while two remain to train as potential independent trouble shooting brigades for Europe and the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Middle East
Africa
Army High Command
West Germany
Okinawa
Far East
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
4Th Infantry
Army Strategic Reserve
Europe
Ft. Lewis
Wash
United States
Defense Department
Defense
Congress
Village trustees withdraw permits for Vermont Gas tanks
Bennington Village trustees at a monthly meeting withdrew building permits for a Vermont Gas Corp site on Depot Street and halted use of five storage tanks pending a Zoning Board hearing. Residents, backed by attorneys Harte and Cummings, argued proposed expansions risk welfare. the fire marshal’s panel may require plans before any further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Post
Bicentennial Park
Bennington
John B. Harte
Harte Realty Corp
Dragon’s Shoe Store
Main Street
Hagerman
Bennington Village
Vermont Gas Corp
Depot Street
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Harte
Vermont Gas
A. Sidney Edson
Board of Appeals
Reuben Levin
Hicks
Leon R. Eldred
Board of Trustees
Levin
Frank Prideaux
Vermont. Gas
Prideaux
Zoning Board
Lincoln Street
Convict's Bizarre Furlough Tale Shocks Lynn Police
Mississippi inmate Kimble Berry, 24, held on 5000 bail in Lynn for fugitive from justice while authorities probe a wild story about a half million burglary loot. He claimed a Christmas furlough, a safe deposit box raid at a Keiser bank, and a payout of cash and securities, but prison officials deny the tale and say he planned an escape. The case drew rare official attention as state leaders consider investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Mississippi
Kimble Berry
Greenville
Miss
Parchman
Berry
Keiser
Ark
Hattiesburg
Aubrey Botts
Arthur B. Clarke Jr
Memphis, Tenn
Commercial Appeal
Paul Johnson
Ross Barnett
Barnett
Erant
Trhnenste Manuadt
Bennington Village Ends Fiscal Year With Black General Fund
Bennington Village trustees released the 1961 balance sheet showing $1,849.92 in the General Fund with Highway at $106.58 under budget. Overages hit office expenses salaries meetings insurance and fire department while surpluses largely came from street lighting and other under-spent items totaling $3,155.87 to offset $1,305.92 in over-expenditures.
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Bennington Village
Village of
Donald C. Hicks
Hilda Hurley
Selig
Albany, N.Y
Stark Street
Bennington
Charles Bodine
General Fund
Gage Street
Cambridge Area Girl Dies in Auto Train Crash
A 10 year old girl Sylvia Jean Cook was killed and six family members were seriously injured in a collision with a Delaware and Hudson Railroad engine near Cambridge New York at First Crossing Road. The family was en route to North Bennington when their 1951 sedan struck the diesel locomotive. The crossing had faced protests over lack of protection and was described as inadequately protected. The train crew included engineer Elmer Houston and fireman Bernard Archambeault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
N.Y
Mary McClellan Hospital
Sylvia Jean Cook
Forrest
Guy) Cook
Center Falls
Albany Medical Center
Joanne Marie Cook
Donna Ann Cook
Marion Cook
Forrest Cook
Marion Darlene Cook
Nancy Lea Cook
North Bennington
Cook
Edward
White Creek Road
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Cambridge Village
Whitehall
Eagle Bridge
Elmer Houston
Bernard Archambeault
Philip Sica
Spurr
Sylvia
Ski Access Roads Policy Proposed For State Action
The Greater Bennington Association submitted a plan to Gov. F Ray Keyser Jr and state officials outlining a financing method for ski area access roads. A private development corporation would pay the road within its property while the remaining segments would be shared among the state towns and the private entity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bennington Association
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Vermont
GBA
Emissaries Meet No New Berlin Offers
Washington reports that Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko gave no new Berlin offer in talks with U S Ambassador Thompson. Officials expect a follow up meeting soon as Washington aims to keep diplomatic channels open and study the initial dispatch for any shift. Kennedy is kept informed of Moscow developments and support for firm Western rights in Berlin.
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Washington
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
Berlin
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Thompson
Gromyko
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Moscow
State Department
Defense Chiefs and Kennedy Confer on 1962 Policies
President Kennedy met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and top defense leaders at his Florida estate to review the operational and strategic outlook for 1962. Vice President Johnson and Defense Secretary McNamara attended, with Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor serving as personal military adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Maxwell D. Taylor
Kennedy
Plan Mental Test for Grandmother Suspected of Killing Her Daughter
Brockton Massachusetts authorities pursue an early grand jury and possible mental tests for Mrs. Walter W. Howard 54 charged with strangling her daughter Gloria Eldridge 32. She was held without bail as a hearing was reset to January 11 after a long disappearance ending with the discovery of the victim under the eaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
Walter W. Howard
Gloria Eldridge
Howard
Gloria
First Baptist Church
Charles Eldridge
Kennedy seeks bipartisan front in Congress on key proposals
President Kennedy plans a breakfast with White House hosts to drum up cross party backing for a broad tariff negotiating authority with the European Common Market. He aims for GOP and Democratic support for foreign aid and a Social Security financed elderly medical care program, while Republicans hint at possible opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
White House
India
Congo
House
Charles A. Hallick
Indiana
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Senate
Dutch Move To Negotiate Rejected by Indonesia
Jakarta AP Subandrio rejected the Dutch bid to talk over West New Guinea. Indonesia would only negotiate if the area is handed to Indonesian control. Otherwise Jakarta pledges to seize the western half of West Irian by force, asserting transfer of administration as the aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakarta
Indonesia
Subandrio
West New Guinea
West Irian
Jan de Quay
de Quay
Netherlands
West Triga
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Army
NATO
Deny Story
By Taylor Holbrook
Cambridge Area
North Village
Defense Chiefs
Dorothy Howard
Hazel McNamara
J.F.K
United Front
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