Poeter Alleges Keyser Forced Resignation Over Road Plan
Former Vermont Highway Commissioner William H. Poeter testified that Gov. Keyser compelled his March resignation after the road board urged a longer term. He blamed the Emergency Board for pushing a rapid crash program and cited years of understaffing delaying precious projects. Poeter urged gradual staffing to avoid costly overruns and training needs.
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Monpelier
William H. Poeter
Keyser
Highway Board
Poeter
Emergency Board
Highway Department
Legislative Investigating Commission
Vermont
Penny Wise
Pound
Peeter
Year’s Delay in Estes Case Puzzles Probers
Senate investigators pressed for why it took the Agriculture Department a year to act on Billie Sol Estes after Rep. Carl Albert provided May 1961 documents on cotton allotment transfers to Estes lands. Deputy director Wilson Tucker testified farm aid officials searched Texas for such evidence. Estes’ actions were ruled illegal and fined in May of the following year.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Senate Investigations
Estes Affairs
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Department
Oklahoma
Estes
Texas
Albert
Pecos
Tex
Wilson C. Tucker
Tucker
Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Henry H. Marshall
Texas Production and Marketing
Marshall
Union School District 14 Elects First Officers
About 100 voters from four area districts organized Union High School District No 14 electing officers for term to next May. Officers include moderator Waldo Holden clerk Catherine Dermody treasurer Michael Hogan Jr auditors Fred Wellings Joseph Chechile and Herbert Leonard. Directors named from each district include Hutton Williams Wilson Dansch McCullough Hewtt Jenks Faris.
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Union High
Waldo C. Holden
Old Bennington
Catherine Dermody
West Road
Michael Hogan Jr
Grandview St
Fred Wellings
North Bennington
Joseph J. Chechile
Monument Avenue
Herbert H. Leonard
Shaftsbury
Bennington
J. Goodall Hutton
Elm St
John H. Williams II
Main St
Greater Bennington
Robert M. Wilson
Pippin Knoll
Water G. Dansch
Robinson Ave
John G. McCullough
Merritt Hewtt Jr
Faris
Union School
East West Talks Stall Over Berlin and Disarmament
Washington reports a standstill in Berlin settlement talks between the United States and Russia with no progress on either Berlin or disarmament. Secretary Rusk urged Moscow to discuss international inspection to aid any arms cut deal while Khrushchev pushed for Western troops’ removal from West Berlin.
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Washington
Berlin
United States
Russia
Dean Rusk
Anatoly Dobrynin
Rusk
Dobrynin
Khrushchev
Moscow
U.S
West Berlin
Soviet Union
U S wraps up Christmas Island nuclear test series
The United States completed 26 announced nuclear blasts in the Christmas Island area. Potential high altitude tests may occur at Johnston Island where a circular test zone extends 470 miles on the surface and 700 nautical miles at 30 000 feet. Entry bans are lifted for Christmas Island tests effective 5 am EST.
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Washington
United States
Christmas Island
Pacific
Johnston Island
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Christmas Island Test Area
AEC
Pacific Island
House OKs Foreign Aid Bill But With Compromises
The House approved a measure authorizing 4.6685 billion dollars for military and economic aid for the year with a 250 to 164 vote. Kennedy gains some leverage but faces a ban on UN loans and a six month limit on aid to nations seizing American property. The final shape hinges on conference talks with the Senate.
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House
Kennedy
Kremlin
United Nations
Senate House
Senate
Teenagers Reach 13 On Friday the 13th
Joan Leete of Jefferson Avenue and Brian Morrissey of Dewey Street become teenagers today on Friday the 13th. Joan is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon E Leete and Brian is the son of Mr and Mrs Gerald E Morrissey.
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Joan Leete
Jefferson Avenue
Brian Morrissey
Dewey Street
Joan
Leon E. Leete
Brian
Gerald E. Morrissey
Britain and France race for Telstar first transatlantic link
British scientists beat France to the first transatlantic telephone call via Telstar from Goonhilly Downs Cornwall to AT&T in Maine. The event highlighted a space era rivalry as France claimed a TV telecast violated an agreement while AT&T prepared further calls between New York Jacques Marette and British officials.
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New York
Telstar
Space Communications
France
Britain
United States
British
Post Office
England
Federal Communications Commission
Goonhilly Downs
Cornwall
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Andover
Maine
At&t
Cape Canaveral
Eugene J. McNeely
Jacques Marette
Posts and Telecommunications
McNeely
Great Britain
British Post Office
Holden Picked for Bennington Municipal Court Judge Seat
The Vermont GOP key party backs Waldo C. Holden of Old Bennington for Bennington Municipal Court judge to fill the unexpired term of Eugene V. Clark who resigns Aug. 15 to run for a state senate seat. Holden led a 36‑member ballot with 20 votes, Burgess 12, Morrissey 4. Holden is a former county states attorney and ex‑state senator.
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F. Ray Keyser Jr
Holden
Atty
John P. Morrissey
John A. Burgess
Burgess
Morrissey
Clifford B. Harwood
Manchester
Keyser
Harwood
Bennington County
Old Bennington Board of Trustees
Ribicoff Resigns to Seek U.S. Senate Nomination
Abraham Ribicoff resigns as secretary of health, education and welfare to run for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut. He faces Frank Kowalski for the Democratic nomination, with party leaders backing him. The state convention opens tonight as Ribicoff aims to support Kennedy programs from the Senate.
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Hartford
Conn
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Kennedy
Connecticut
U.S
John Bailey
Ribicoff
Frank Kowalski
Bailey
Kowalski
Mike Mansfield
D Mont
Senate
New Threat For Sir Winston
Sir Winston Churchill, 87, faces mounting complications in recovering from a thigh fracture. A hospital source said he had a comfortable night and all is well, but doctors at Middlesex Hospital planned a medical bulletin after further examination. He previously developed a bronchial infection and fever, with prior vein inflammation and a blood clot in the left leg from a June 28 fall in Monte Carlo.
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London
Winston Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Churchill
Monte Carlo
Weston Show Goes On After Fire Destroys Playhouse
Weston acts perform in a tent beside the village green after a fire destroyed the Weston Playhouse and actor’s clubhouse. Director Grant pledges a rebuild and fund drive while fire marshal cites an electric hot plate as probable cause and insurance limits are noted.
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Weston Theater
Harlan F. Grant
Weston Playhouse
Grant
Resch
Weston
Harlan KF. Grant
Weston School
Hearts
Joseph Cioffi
State Fire Marshal’s
Actors’ Clubhouse
Weston Community Club
Weston Players
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Road Board
Union School District 14
Barton Jenks
Arthur S. Faris
A. John Holden Jr
Francis E. Morrissey
Bennington High School
Bennington Graded School
Union High School
Yves Montand
European Broadcasting Union
Geneva
County Gop
Waldo C, Holden
U.S. Senate
Thomas Dodd
Congress
Winston
Dorset
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