Anger in Congress Morse Optimistic on Dock Strike Talks
A presidential board led by Wayne Morse pressed for a quick settlement of the 27 day East and Gulf Coast dock strike while Congress grew angrier. The ILA and New York Shipping Association clashed as losses reached $570 million and 60,000 longshoremen faced wage disputes.
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Teddy) Gleason
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Old Village votes zoning code and funds study
Old Bennington voters adopted a new zoning ordinance and authorized up to $1000 for professional legal and zoning consultants to review doubtful provisions. An amendment requires unanimous board of adjustment approval for exceptions, amid questions about compliance with Vermont statutes. The council plans a recalled meeting to consider recommendations.
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Old Bennington
Landlord locks family in apartment for 10 hours
In Mexico City a landlord who owed $50 back rent soldered a steel door and kept a father and seven children captive for ten hours while the mother was locked outside. Police forced the door open and freed them.
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Mexico City
Hoff forms study committee to map Vermont needs
Governor Hoff moves quickly to establish a bipartisan study committee to examine seven areas of legislation before his program begins. Co chaired by W Arthur Simpson the group includes Walter Cook Walter Herlihy John Hooper Andrew Nuquist and members from both houses. The panel will coordinate sub committees and task forces to gather state information and plan remedial legislation while about 200 staff may be hired.
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Vermont
Walter Cook
Vermont Electric Co-op
Walter Herlihy
Rutland
Ludlow
John Hooper
Brattleboro Daily Reformer
Andrew Nuquist
UVM
Legislature
Senate
Samuel W. Fishman
Addison County
John H. Boylan
Essex County
William R. Curtis
Windsor
Lyndon
Town Officials Endorse Black's Hospital Plan
Representatives from 11 Bennington County towns authorized Atty Henry F Black of White River Junction to take the first step to determine if towns must pay Putnam Memorial Hospital for indigent treatment. The move came after a one hour executive session in Bennington. The group will share costs per capita until the initial step is finished and a further meeting is planned.
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Bennington County
Henry F. Black
White River Junction
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Alma Langlois
Black
Furious Yellow Sea Storm Sinks Ferry Off Korea
A coastal ferry Yun Ho sank in a Yellow Sea gale near Mokpo while 80 to 100 people were aboard. Only Suh Chong-soo survived after clinging to a plank and drifting for an hour in freezing water. Nine bodies were recovered as searchers combed the stormy coast.
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South Korea
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Hainam
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Kaiji
Labour leader Gaitskell dies after illness in London
Hugh Gaitskell, 56, long time Labour leader and potential prime minister, dies after two weeks of illness from a mystery virus. His death disrupts opposition leadership as Britain faces upcoming elections.
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Hugh Gaitskell
Labor Party
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
New Crisis Feared As Bourguiba Attacks Ben Bella
In Tunis and Algiers a growing North Africa crisis looms after President Habib Bourguiba accuses Algerian Premier Ahmed Ben Bella of backing an assassination plot. Diplomatic contact slows as Tunisian and Algerian teams depart Algiers with tensions rising. about 200000 Tunisians rally behind Bourguiba.
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Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Bourguiba
Algiers
Goodby
Ahmed Mestiri
Ben Bella
Neo-Destour Party
Norwich Cadet Steals Loader Then Abandons It
Norwich University cadet stole a five ton bucket loader worth 17000 dollars from Barre and drove it 17 miles to the parade grounds. He left his ID in the cab and faces disciplinary action. the machine owner will not press charges.
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Norwich University
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Kennedy seeks support for nuclear weapons sharing plan
President Kennedy met Friday with the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee to sound out support for his plan to share nuclear weapons know how with friendly nations. The 30 minute session covered NATO nuclear issues and relations with Britain and France, with no specific actions requested. The Nassau agreement and France Britain relations were also discussed, and the President updated the panel on nuclear policy developments from the Nassau meeting.
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Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
White House
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D-R.i
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Britain
France
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Nassau
Pastore
Bahamas
Harold Macmillan
Granai seeks abolition of state's death sentence
In Montpelier AP report Rep Cornelius Granai a Republican from Bar re city filed a bill to abolish the death penalty for first degree murder and to end electric chair executions except for a separate unrelated second offense. Another measure by Rep Joseph Moore would reclassify state highways turning about 400 miles of state aid roads to towns with $350 per mile maintenance funding.
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Cornelius
Granai
R - Barre City
Joseph Moore
Plymouth
Highway Department
ECM Door Still Ajar For Britain
In Brussels five trading partners united to prevent final closure of the European Common Market door to Britain. They require a new meeting on Jan 28, the originally scheduled date for the next negotiation round. Britain’s Conservative government faces possible collapse of its entry efforts after 15 months of effort. The United States was drawn into the dispute amid ministerial debates.
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Belgium
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Harold Macmillan
European Economic Club
United States
Havana frees and evacuates inmates amid ransom crisis
The Shirley Sykes docked in Havana with more ransom pledges for 1,113 invasion prisoners. A Pan Am jet carrying 90 U.S. citizens left for Florida, bringing total exitors to about 2,200.
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Cuba
Shirley Sykes
Fidel Castro
Pan American World Airways
Florida
U.S
United States
Kennedy Accepts Bonn Visit After Rome Trip
President Kennedy extends Europe travel to include Bonn visit with Chancellor Adenauer. White House says the trip will begin in Rome in late May or early June and stop in Bonn before returning. no Paris stop planned. The visit signals U.S. support during Adenauer’s retirement and West Germany’s leadership transition. Mrs. Kennedy will join the journey to Rome.
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Kennedy
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France
Charles de Gaulle
White House
Konrad Adenauer
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Nassau
Bahamas
Atlantic
Paris
United States
U.S
Adenauer
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy Eyes Over Six Billion for Education Aid
Washington AP Kennedy administration outlines a five year education aid program with more than 6 billion dollars in expenditures. Budget to Congress shows 144 million for the year starting July 1 and a request to authorize up to 1.2 billion next year to enable fivefold spending later. White House has pushed federal aid for education for years though new enactment is uncertain amid church versus private school funding debates.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
White House
Refugees From Communist China Enter Hong Kong
The South China Morning Post reports that nearly 140,000 Chinese refugees fled to Hong Kong in 1962, seeking asylum in the British colony amid ongoing upheaval.
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Hong Kong
China
South China Morning Post
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