Resignation of Premier Deepens Brazil Political Crisis
Brazil faced a general strike and a new government crisis after Prime Minister Auro de Moura Andrade resigned after 36 hours. Army and police were on alert in Rio de Janeiro and other cities as labor leaders pushed for a Labor party prime minister. President Joao Goulart’s office confirmed Andrade’s resignation, saying he could not form a cabinet.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Genera
Auro de Moura Andrade
Rio de Janeiro
Andrade
Joao Goulart
Drought Triggers Bennington Water Restrictions
Bennington Village faces water limits after a three month drought. Water board chairman Alfred W. Blett warns users to stop wasting water and bans sprinklers and perforated hoses. Officials tapped Lake Hancock after low spring flows. Morgan Spring pumping may start if misuse continues. Weather observer Paul Bohne notes no significant rain since early April.
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Alfred W. Blett
Bennington Village
Bennington
Ellett
Lake Hancock
Morgan Spring
Paul W. Bohne
U.S
Bohne
Optimism in St. Joseph's College Fund Campaign
George Allard, general chairman, said the St. Joseph Junior College Development Fund aims for 100000 dollars with 50871 pledged and 600 pledge cards outstanding. An extension of 10 days was approved to pursue additional large gifts as demand grows for a new campus at Main Street and Catamount Lane in Old Bennington.
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George Allard
St. Joseph Junior College Development Fund
Knights of Columbus
Main Street
Allard
St. Joseph's
Bennington
Catamount Lane
Old Bennington
The
Business College
Rutland Congregaton
Sisters of St. Joseph
Rutland Man Killed in Wallingford Car Van Crash
A Rutland man, Gerald Siplas, 24, was killed when his northbound car collided nearly head on with a southbound horse van driven by Luella B. Chandler, 24, near Wallingford on U.S. 7. The van toppled, three horses fell, one was destroyed, and Siplas’ wife Nancy Siplas, 20, and their two children were hospitalized with severe injuries.
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Rutland
Luella B. Chandler
Clarence Chandler Jr
U.S. 7
Wallingford
Gerald Siplas
Siplas
Nancy Siplas
Gerald
Thomas
Kennedy and U S officials seek clues in De Galindez case
U S and Dominican authorities jointly press to resolve the 1956 disappearance of Dr. Jesus de Galindez, a Columbia International Law professor who exposed Trujillo’s regime. Investigators review old files and question former intelligence officers as a new government seeks answers.
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Jesus de Galindez
New York
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Columbia University
Caribbean
Trujillo
de Galindez
U.S
State Department
Saskatchewan doctors strike turns violent threats personal
Saskatchewan doctors in the fifth day of a province wide medical care strike faced threats of harm from a Swift Current safety committee. Police guarded clinics and homes as doctors moved out of the province while public demonstrations and government refusals to back down intensified tensions.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Woodrow Lloyd
J. H Brockelbank
Swift Current
Swift Current Citizens Safety Committee
Saskatoon
St. Paul’s Hospital
Hans Taal
Keep
Bert McKay
Moosomin
Japan Invited To Invest In U.S. Plant Expansion
Tokyo reports the Kennedy administration invited Japan to invest in U S factories. Regions mentioned include Wichita Kansas Wilmington North Carolina Maine New Jersey and West Coast areas. The move aims to improve the U S balance of payments with Japanese funds and export markets.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Wichita
Kan
Wimington
N.C
Maine
New Jersey
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Europe
Nihon Keizai
U.S. Department of Commerce
Kennedy backs European partnership as tax talks.
President Kennedy urged a united Europe as he met with Secretary Dillon to review the economy and potential tax cuts. He called for cross‑Atlantic partnership, noting the United States seeks cooperation not a rival, while awaiting Congress verdict.
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Dent Kennedy
Europe
Douglas Dillon
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Dillon
Congress
Kennedy
Knnedy
America
U.S
United States
Fierce gun battle in Oran shakes Algerian independence
In Oran a violent gun battle erupted during Algeria's independence celebrations with over 100 dead or wounded in the first hour. European and Muslim communities were affected as police secured key streets and the conflict underscored a power struggle between Ben Khedda's moderates and rival Ahmed Ben Bella loyalists. The nationalist army in exile began moving toward Algeria from Tunisia and Morocco.
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Oran
Ben Khedda
Algiers
Algeria
Youssef Ben Khedda
Wilaya No. 3
Ahmed Ben Bella
Tunisia
Morocco
Holiday Auto Toll Reaches Record High
Traffic accidents killed 138 people during the nation's 30 hour observance of Independence Day. The death count on streets and highways exceeded the one day Fourth of July record set in 1956. The National Safety Council estimated the toll would range from 110 to 150 during the holiday period.
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National Safety Council
Safety Drive Holds Traffic Deaths to Six
AP reports Fourth of July highway safety in New England kept traffic deaths to six from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday. Vermont records four deaths. Massachusetts and Connecticut each one. Also two drownings and a Massachusetts fire fatality plus a New Hampshire fall. Names: Gerald Siplas Rutland VT Bernard Griffin Burlington VT Kenneth Teferi Lunenburg MA Vernon Carmack Elizabeth NJ.
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Boston
New England
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Gerald R. Siplas
Rutland
Neighbors Help After Floyd Rice Barn Fire
Neighbors rallied to aid Floyd Rice after a barn fire near Bennington on U.S. 7 smoldered overnight. Fire Chief George J. Deslaurier said the blaze is nearly out. Helpers worked into the night cutting hay and continued raking and baling today.
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Floyd Rice
Bennington
U.S
George J. Deslaurier
Readsboro Fourth of July Celebrates Nation and Keyser Hope
Gov. F. Ray Keyser Jr spoke at Readsboro Fourth of July events after a Hershey conference with U.S. governors. He touted national recognition for Vermont’s reorganization plan and signaled a late-week or early-next-week election announcement. The celebration drew 2,500 attendees with parades, games, a flag display, awards, and fireworks ending in a woods fire response.
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Readsboro
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Vermont
Hershey, Pa
U.S
Gov
Keyser
One Accident Reported in Bennington County on Fourth of July
Vermont State Police logged a single crash in Bennington County on July fourth. Pliny H. Williams, 21, of Granville New York, lost control on Vermont Route 153 in Rupert at 6 45 struck a tree and suffered a broken collarbone. He was hospitalized in Cambridge New York in satisfactory condition.
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Vermont
Bennington County
Pliny H. Williams
Granville
N.Y
Vermont 153
Rupert
Bennington Village
Williams
Cambridge, N.Y
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St. Joseph’s Fund
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Putnam Hospital
Washington
Manhattan
A. G Cookson
Action
U.S. Europe
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Hershey
Atlantic Partnership
Times of London
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South Carolina
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
John Dempsey
Edmund G. Brown
California
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
Anderson
Landgrove
Samuel R. Ogden
Ogden
Man
Associated Press
Doris Kirkpatrick
Gov. Keyser
Oregon
Minnesota
Uncle Sam
William Hall
4-H Club
Rupples Klub
Children of Mary of St
Golden Gators
Joseph Cordagni
Raymond Roberts
Jacksonville
Albert Jangrow
Stamford
James Sprague
Carl Jillson
Whitingham
Roy Hubley
Monroe Bridge
Clarence Ross Sr
Earl Bolber
Harry Bailey
Laurence Lemaitre
Rizieri Comas
Brooks Titcomb
Margaret MacArthur
Marlboro
Jemima Clumb
Guilford
American Legion Post
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