Bennington Water Board Defers Fluoridation Action
Bennington voters are asked to request fluoridation of the municipal water as the Water Commission defers action. The board reviews a Greater Bennington Association study urging study and notes costs of about 2500 dollars initial and 1200 dollars yearly. They say neutral stance and will seek voter approval and tax backing if pursued.
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Bennington Water Commissioners
Greater Bennington Association
Allard
Williamstown
Charles Notsley
Cmsr
Seymour Shultz
Herbert Horst
Horst
Shultz
Commissioners Fail to Act On Water Supply Expansion
Bennington water commissioners debated two expansion proposals without action. Seymour Shultz urged a citizens study. George Allard proposed starting a $15 000 sinking fund to finance a $500 000 expansion. They plan a joint meeting with selectmen to pursue wider service.
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Bennington Village
Cmsr
Seymour Shultz
George Allard
Shultz
Bennington
Bickford Hollow
Woodford Mountain
Supreme Court to Review Half Million NY Times Judgment
Inside U.S. Supreme Court agrees to review a $500,000 judgment against the New York Times. The item indicates the appellate step in a high profile press case. No further details are provided in this brief entry.
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U.S. Supreme Court
New York Times
Tshombe Returns to Capital As U.N. Consolidates Hold
Katanga leader Moise Tshombe returned to Elisabethville under U.N. occupation as a broad military campaign tightens the grip on Katanga. U Thant’s UN command plans a unity plan by January 14 and warns against scorched earth tactics while preparing potential actions against Kolwezi.
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Tshombe
U.N
Elisabethville
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Kaniama
Kolwezi
New York
U Thant
United Nations
Thant
Stock Averages Noon Report from Dow and Bache Albany
The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 667.96, up 5.82 for the noon update. The railroad average rose to 149.52, utilities to 132.32, with a composite at 236.64 and total sales reported as 2,340,000.
U S and Soviet Union End Cuban Crisis Stage
The United States and the Soviet Union say the Cuban crisis no longer needs Security Council attention. They acknowledge unresolved issues such as foreign inspection access and guarantees against invasion, but cite understandings reached to move on. The letter to U Thant was signed by Adlai Stevenson and Vasily Kuznetsov.
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N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
U.N
U Thant
Security Council
Cuba
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Russians Still Stationed in Cuba After Crisis End
Washington reports 16 000 to 17 000 Soviet personnel remain in Cuba including advisers and combat troops. U S officials say the force will be reduced gradually as trainers depart while combat battalions stay, with ongoing aerial surveillance and limited trade restrictions continuing to press Havana.
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Main Avenue
Fidel Castro
Castro
National Institute For Agrarian Reform
I.N.R.A
Cuba
Washington
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Kennedy Faces Tight Senate Fight as 88th Openings Loom
President Kennedy aims to push major reform through the new Congress while House Democrats seek to keep a liberal 15 member Rules Committee. Senate liberals clash with conservatives over filibuster curbs as Republicans signal opposition and Southern opponents plan filibusters. Ways and Means prepares revenue changes to fund elder health care via Social Security taxes, with early June and July timing eyed.
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Senate
Rules Committee
Kennedy
House
Ways and Means
Printers Boycott Probe of New York Newspaper Strike
Striking printers halt work on a jurists study of the city’s newspaper blackout and call on the U S attorney general to investigate possible antitrust violations by publishers. The jurists invited all parties to attend a session on the dispute.
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New York
U.S
Board of
Jurists
Ole Miss Says It Has Obeyed the Law
Ole Miss Chancellor John D Williams says the university has obeyed all federal orders since the desegregation crisis. James Meredith says he will stay through exams and spring registration January 31 to February 2. Kennedy urges action to keep Meredith enrolled amid rising academic concerns and calls for a conducive learning environment.
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Ole Miss
Oxford
Miss
Robert F. Kennedy
John D. Williams
University of Mississippi
Williams
Justice Department
Kennedy
James H. Meredith
Meredith
Mississippi
Washington
Kennedy Returns to Capital to Push Legislative Agenda
President Kennedy lands in Washington after the holiday break and schedules meetings with the 16 congressional leaders. He attends a formal dinner at the French Embassy and opens a Mona Lisa exhibit at the National Gallery. Vice President Johnson and key aides join the White House session as the new Congress begins.
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Kennedy
Congress
Palm Beach
Fla
White House
National Gallery of Art
Leonardo da Vinci
Louvre
Paris
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Europe
India
Elephants Take Lead as Uganda Builds Roads
Four footed traffic jams mark Uganda as elephants exploit new jungle roads to shorten trips between feeding grounds. Motorists face delays but locals recognize elephant right of way as road construction advances.
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Uganda
State seeks boost for Aid to Dependent Children in Vermont
Vermont social welfare commissioner John J. Wackerman asks the legislature for authority to expand the ADC program with a 16 new staff additions and $48,000 more over two fiscal years. Total program cost would reach $192,000 with 76 percent funded by federal aid, and current field caseloads of 180 per worker limit personal visits.
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Montpelier
Vermont
John J. Wackerman
Wackerman
Social Welfare Department
ADC
Hoff, Democrats To Meet In Montpelier
Gov. Hoff and Democratic lawmakers plan a Montpelier meeting to chart their 47th biennial session strategy. discussion centers on possible House speakership bid with Republicans Billings and Masterton as declared candidates. Sen. O'Brien will host a dinner for the gathering.
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John E. Kelly
D - Winooski
John J. O’brien
D-Chittenden
Teen with $22 telescope finds two new comets
Kaoru Iketani, 19, a Hamamatsu factory worker, used a homemade telescope to spot two new comets near Spica on January 3 and 4. The Tokyo Astronomical Observatory confirmed the findings and notified the International Astronomical Union in Copenhagen.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
Kaoru Iketani
Hamamatsu
Japan
Iketani
Tokyo Observatory
International Astronomical Institute
Copenhagen
Atlantic and Gulf Dock Strikes Resume Amid Mediation Discord
Negotiators for both sides in Atlantic and Gulf coast dock strikes reconvened after a federal mediator voiced disappointment. Losses exceeded 320 million dollars as the long running walkout crippled shipping from Maine to Texas in its seventeenth day.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Maine
Texas
Britain to discuss Polaris nuclear deterrent with U S officials
A British government mission flew to the United States to study how to provide a Polaris based nuclear deterrent. In Washington meetings, officials will consider implementing the Nassau agreement reached by President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan last month.
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London
United States
Britain
Washington
Nassau
Kennedy
Macmillan
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