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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1963

Page

8

Cuba Refugees Air Exodus Halts After Sunday Flight

The Miami bound airlift of 89 Cuban and Cuban American refugees ended with no plans to resume. Red Cross will stop ransom air shipments. Pan Am suspends Miami Havana service. A shipload of 6,500 tons plus 1,000 more sails to Havana by Jan 18.

Miami Fla Fidel Castro Cuba Red Cross Pan American World Airways Miami-Havana Castro American Red Cross Shirley Lykes Baltimore Havana Port Everglades Miami International U.S U.S. Immigration Service United States America

Operation Return offers second chance for New York dropouts

New York project Operation Return gives students who left school before October 1 1962 a second opportunity to finish high school. Dr Mary F E Meade, assistant superintendent in the Division of High Schools, says many dropouts should not have left.

New York UPI Mary FE. Meade Division of High Schools

Small NYC Luncheonette Boss Faces Blackout Blues

Phil Simon, owner of a Queens luncheonette, details hit from the newspaper strike. He loses 600 to 700 dollars weekly as afternoon papers vanish, downsizes staff, and closes earlier while Newark and Philadelphia papers replace New York editions.

Simon New York City New York Phil Simon Queens Newark Philadelphia Newsday Garden City Journal-American Post, Press World Telegram & Sun Newark Evening News

Weekend TV Spotlight on Sports and Sketches

The piece surveys weekend television with heavy emphasis on sports coverage from football to golf and parachuting. It praises Garry Moore and Alan Sherman while critiquing Ed Sullivan sketches and noting Steve Allen and Bob Hope for their varying performance in variety shows.

New York Fleix the Cat Garry Moore Carel Burnett Alan Sherman Son Abe Burrows Ed _ Sullivan Sullivan Steve Allen Bob Hope

Horizons Are Clearing For Textile Producers

New York based report notes improved outlook for cotton textile producers as import controls tighten and raw cotton prices may align with domestic support changes. Expect stronger demand from military buying amid international tensions plus a national promotion drive funded at about 1.5 million dollars. Silk prices in Japan likely stay high. wool markets remain firm with tight supply and balanced demand.

U.S Berlin

U.S. Paper Use per Person Surges Since 1950

A UPI report notes Americans use 440 pounds of paper products per year, far above the world average of 57 pounds. Pulpwood production has nearly doubled since 1950, rising from 20.7 million cords to 40 million cords in 1961, per a joint booklet from American Forest Products Industries and American Pulpwood Association.

Washington UPI United States American Forest Products Industries American Pulpwood Association

Assassination of Togo's Olympio Shocks Africa

A coup in Togo left President Sylvanus Olympio dead near the U.S. Embassy in Lome. A military takeover followed as two leaders emerged as possible heads of a new government, with exiled former Premier Nicolas Grunitsky and Idrissou Antoine Meatchi named as potentials. The United States condemned the assassination.

Togo Sylvanus Olympio Equatorial Africa Nicolas Grunitsky Idrissou Antoine Meatchi Togo Assembly Grunitsky Dahomey Meatchi Lome Ghana Olympic U.S Olympio United West Virginia U.N Washington White House United States Africa

Quebec separatism rumbles as Chaput promotes republic idea

Montreal reformer Marcel Chaput, 44, argues Quebec should be a sovereign republic within a democracy. He quit his DRB job to found the Republican Party of Quebec, aiming to rally separatists though recent election results were weak. Premier Jean Lesage leads Quebec’s push for economic reform and national integration.

Montreal API Quebec Marcel Chaput Government of Canada Chaput St. Lawrence River St. Lawrence Seaway Great Lakes Atlantic Defense Research Board Republican Party of Quebec DRB Research Agency New Republican Party British North America Confederation Jean Lesage le Sage Louis St. Laurent

Farmer Plagiarizes Poem at Imperial Poetry Party

Kensaku Yamashita, a 60 year old Japanese farmer, had a 31 syllable poem read at Emperor Hirohito's annual poetry party before it was shown to be copied from two Osaka contest winners. The imperial household agency ordered its removal from archives.

Tokyo Kensaku Yamashita Hirohito Yamashita Osaka Imperial Household Agency

Quick joints cut plastic pipe in under a minute

In Louisville a plumber can join rigid plastic piping in less than 60 seconds using a saw, file, rag and brush. Tub Turns Plastic Inc outlines steps: cut and file the pipe end, clean and apply solvent cement, then insert into a socket fitting for a complete joint in about one minute.

Louisville, Ky UPI

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