Selectmen Refuse Water Line Fund Article For Molly Stark School
Bennington selects reject a 20 000 repayment article to the Molly Stark School on the 1962 town warning. They cite muddled letters from the rural and village districts and potential village cost exposure. A sidewalk project and land deed transfer were also considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Molly Stark
Bennington Water Company
Village Water Board
Prudential Committee
Hicks Corners
Norton Barber
Dynamite blasts strike three Birmingham Negro churches
Dynamite explosions damaged New Bethel Baptist St Luke's African Methodist and Triumph Church of Kingdom of God in Christ near Birmingham, Alabama. No worshippers were present and two officers suffered minor injuries. Police attribute the attacks to dynamite with a history of racial tension in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
A. Rosenfeld
New Bethel Baptist Church
St. Luke’s African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Sial Independent Church
Triumph Church of Kingdom of God In Christ
Vermont conference weighs tax reform aims at fair value
The Vermont Labor and Farm Council hosted a two day meeting at Goddard College in Plainfield with 65 attendees to discuss local taxation. Topics included tax bases, personal property tax abolition, town income tax and uniform assessment ratios. Gauthier led property tax talks urging fair market value appraisals to equalize state and local bases and proposing county wide appraisals and outside experts to start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert G. Ogden
Hartland
Laine Vance
Danville
Leslie Gallup
Montpelier
Laurence G. Gauthier
State Tax Department
L. R. LaVallee
Goddard College
Leslie Giddings
Springfield
Gauthier
OAS Report Expected Critical Cuba Review
The Organization of American States faces a awaited report condemning Cuba for subversion human rights violations and ties to the Sino Soviet bloc. Committee chaired by Ambassador Francisco Lima includes Colombia United States Uruguay and Venezuela with US plans to attend Punta del Este ministers conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Inter- American Peace Committee
Cuba
Organization of American States
Fidel Castro
Peru
Castro
Francisco R. Lima
el Salvador
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Colombia
United States
Venezuela
Peace Committee
U.S
Dean Rusk
Foreign Ministers’ Conference
Knight quits California governor bid due to illness
Goodwin J. Knight withdrew from the 1962 California gubernatorial race, citing infectious hepatitis and a doctor’s advice against campaigning. His exit tightens the Republican contest behind Richard M. Nixon, with Joseph C. Shell emerging as Nixon’s main challenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight
Sacramento
Calif
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Nixon
Joseph C. Shell
Los Angeles
Shell
Harold J
Butch) Powers
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
William F. Knowland
Knowland
U.N. Probes Kongolo Atrocity Reports
The United Nations voiced concern over reports of massacre and mutilation in Kongolo North Katanga. Accounts say 18 to 20 Roman Catholics were killed by Congolese troops and youths, with Vatican figures noting 17 European priests and a lay brother among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Kongolo
Katanga
U.N
Vatican
Cyrille Adoula
Kivu
Cold Wave Warning Hits Vermont and Northeastern New York
The weather bureau issued a cold wave warning for northeastern New York and Vermont tonight predicting temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below zero. Slightly warmer readings are expected near Lake Ontario with 2 to 4 inches of snow accumulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Weather Bureau
New York
Vermont
Lake Ontario
Balaguer Resigns as Dominican Republic Turmoil Widens
President Joaquin Balaguer quits after deadly riots in Santo Domingo. A four civilian, three military junta takes power from the Civil Council, aiming for elections by 1963 amid international concern and local opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Caribbean
National Palace
Balaguer
Rafael L. Trujillo
National Civic Union
Civic Union
Antonio Bonilla Atles
Radio Caribe
Washington
State Department
United States
State Council
Antonio Imbert
Luis Amiamalio
Band of 12
Trujillo
Wilfredo Medina Natal
Neil Rafael Seija
Adm
Enrique Valdez Vidaurre
Armando Oscar Pacheco
Huberto Bogaert
Searsburg Records No Vital Statistics in 1961
Searsburg reports a year with no births deaths or marriages for the first time in its 130 year history. Town Clerk George Briggs notes prior years with missing vital events, including 40 years with no marriages from 1833 to 1961 and 17 birthless years since the first child in 1825.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searsburg
George Briggs
Arson Eaton
William
Eunice Eaton
Briggs
U.S. Plans New Push in Test Ban Talks in Geneva Context
The United States aims a renewed push to secure a nuclear test ban with international inspections, while continuing underground tests. Washington expects a decision on atmospheric testing within months, as Geneva negotiations reopen March 14 with 18 nations likely to participate. The talks recently stalled, with Britain and the United States attributing the collapse to Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Kennedy
U.S
Geneva
U.N
Britain
Moscow
State Department
Town Fathers Back Regional Planning and Tax Reform Proposals
Town officials approved in principle regional planning and polling hour changes while delaying final action pending consultations. They will seek guidance from the Vermont Development Department and GBA before forming a regional planning commission and funding shares. The board also supports quarterly tax payments and synchronized annual meetings, with a WCB pollution abatement inquiry and a Clark’s Woods sewer line issue moving forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton Association
Greater Bennington Association
Vermont Development Department
Norton Barber
GBA
Regional Planning Commission
Republican Town Committee
Board of Civil Authority
Vermont Water Conservation Board
WCB
Walloomsac River
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Margaret Rose
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
By Collamer
H. Abbott
Ihier
OAS
New Junta
Richard M. Nixon
Democrats
Armed Forces
Air Force
Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria
Rodriguez Echavarria
Selectmen
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Hogan
Richard van Santvoord
Clark's Woods
Robert S. McNamara
Andrews Afb
McNamara
Lyman Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific
Hawaii
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