Briton Warns New Nations Threaten U.N.
London AP report records Foreign Secretary Lord Home warning that racialism and aggressive nationalism threaten the United Nations. He accused Communist powers of stirring malice in the General Assembly and urged unity with the UN Charter while noting concerns about newly independent African and Asian states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Home
United Nations
Home
U.N. General Assembly
General Council
U.N. Association
Assembly
U Thant
R. A. Butler
U. N
Britain
Macmillan Removes Seven Cabinet Members in Shakeup
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan fired seven cabinet ministers including Chancellor Selwyn Lloyd and Defense Minister Harold Watkinson. He named Home Secretary R A Butler as deputy prime minister, signaling his choice of successor if he leaves the Tory leadership. Other ousted ministers were Viscount Kilmuir, Lord Mills, Sir David Eccles, Dr Charles Hill, and John Maclay.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Harold Watkinson
Macmillan
R. A. Butler
Lloyd
Watkinson
Viscount Kilmuir
Lord Mills
David Eccles
Charles Hill
John Maclay
Scotland
Brazil Chamber Ends Deadlock On New Cabinet
The Chamber of Deputies approved cabinet selections by Prime Minister Francisco Brochado da Rocha, ending a 17 day crisis between Parliament and President Joao Goulart. The 13 man cabinet, largely nonpolitical, was approved 139 to 63 as Brazil faced economic turmoil and food riots.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Chamber of Deputies
Francisco Brochado da Rocha
Joao Goulart
Kennedy
Brochado da Rocha
Goulart
No Gardener Tomatoes Grow In Walk Crack
Alfred W. Ellett grows a healthy tomato plant in a Main Street sidewalk crack near the Bennington garage. City workers note the plant needs staking and no one claims credit for the unusual garden. Village officials warn no permit was issued for sidewalk plantings.
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Bennington
Alfred W. Ellett
Main St
Edmunds
George Cushing
Solons' Feud Still Broiling Over Money Bills
Washington AP report says members of the Senate and House Appropriations committees met in a closed session to break a deadlock on procedure for funding bills. They will reconvene Monday afternoon to discuss settlement terms as Rep. Albert Thomas and Sen. Richard Russell describe progress and maintained good temper.
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Washington
Senate
House
Albert Thomas
D-Tex
Thomas
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Indonesia fields rocket battalion with 12 launchers
Jakarta reports a new Indonesian artillery battalion is equipped with 12 rocket launchers each firing 32 rockets, part of an arms deal with the Soviet Union. Antara notes earlier army plans to boost rocket firepower.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Antara
Soviet Union
State Investigators To Survey Walloomsac Pollution
State investigators will visit Bennington Monday to survey pollution in the Walloomsac River basin. Two pollution control investigators will assess sewage disposal along streams feeding the river and urge corrective action where needed. Vermont Tissue Paper Co. aims to cut river pollution further, with a two stage plan including plant recirculation and reduced solids in wastewater.
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Walloomsac
Reinhold W Thieme
Bennington
Walloomsac River
WRB
Trol
Thieme
Vermont Tissue Paper Co. Inc
Reapportioning Plan Challenged In Alabama
Birmingham residents asked a federal court to block a statewide election on a proposed constitutional amendment to reapportion Alabama's Legislature. The measure would create a 67 member Senate with one senator per county and redraw the House by population, with a standby plan if the amendment fails. The court reconvenes to review the contested plan amid a five week session.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Birmingham
House
Senate
Estes bankrupt and three others plead guilty in multimillion fraud
U S Judge R Ewing Thomason declared Billie Sol Estes bankrupt. Three Superior Manufacturing officers Coleman McSpadden Harold Orr and Ruel Alexander pleaded guilty to five counts tied to about 22 million in fraud through mortgages on non existent fertilizer tanks. Sentencing date not set. All remain free on bond.
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R. Ewing Thomason
Texas
Bille Sol Estes
Thomason
Estes
Superior Manufacturing Co
Superior Manufacturing
Administrators blamed for farm program mess
Senator McClellan criticized the farm aid system as loosely run and poorly supervised, citing delays and mismanagement in rejecting Estes transfers. The Senate probe traced 3 000 acres of cotton allotments tied to Reeves and Pecos counties, with guilty pleas on mail fraud and obtaining money from Heller Investment Co. The case notes extensive liabilities, a broader bankruptcy process, and ongoing efforts to recover assets from Estes’ enterprises.
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Washingtn
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Billie Sol Estes
McClellan
Senate Investigations
Texas
Oklahoma
Reeves
Pecos
Wilson Tucker
Department
Howard Rooney
Rooney
Carl Albert
D-Okla
House
Exas
Estes
Washington
Senate
Walter E. Heller Investment Co
Chicago
Heller
Heller Company
Thomason
Thornton Hardie
el Paso
Tex
Western youths face crackdown in Red Square protest
A group of about two dozen Western youths attempted a silent Red Square protest in Moscow, unfurling banners against nuclear tests. Soviet police swiftly seized banners and threatened deportation, while Tass asserted Russia’s claimed right to resume testing.
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Red Square
Moscow
Tass
Russia
United States
Kremlin
Wayne Mills
Saratoga
Calif
Brandeis University
Boston
Philip Seed
Alexander Korneichuck
Not Out of Woods Sir Winston Beats Infection
Doctors reported Sir Winston Churchill, 87, has beaten back a bronchial infection that threatened his recovery from a fractured left thigh. A Middlesex Hospital spokesman said no bulletins would be issued until Monday but cautioned he is not yet out of the woods and will need careful nursing.
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Clark's Woods
Thieme
London
Winston Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Winston
Sir Winston
Lady Churchill
Churchill
Britain
Battler
Ordered Out Canada Bounces Vermont Doctor
Dr. Gerhardt Beck, 53, ordered by the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons to leave Canada or face arrest for practicing without a license. Beck, a Jacksonville Florida native, arrived from Regina en route home after serving as an interne at Leader Hospital Sask. He left July 3 amid the province’s medical dispute and pressures from the college.
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Winnipeg
Man
Gerhardt Beck
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
United States
Jacksonville, Fla
Rutland
Regina
Leader
Sask
George Peacock
Canada
Saskatoon
W. Barcotes
Saskatchewan College
Beck
Saskatchewan
Ing
College of Physicians and Surgeons
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Vermont
Florida
Bob Marik
Leader Hospital
Goldberg Moves To Settle Eastern Airline Strike
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg invited representatives of the flight engineers and pilots unions and Eastern Airlines to meet him Monday to seek a settlement. The strike by flight engineers began June 23 over cockpit job rights as the airline plans to cut jet crews from four to three.
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Washington
Secretar
Arthur J. Goldberg
Eastern Airlines
EAL
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Reds
Solons
Red Rockets
By Bob Hagerman
Selectmen’s Meeting
Horace Baker
Grove St
U.S
Billie Sol
EL Paso, Tex
U. S
John Cofer
Austin
West Texas
Coleman McSpad
Den
Lubbock, Tex
Harold KE. Orr
Amarillo
Ruel W. Alexander
Riculture Department
Goldberg
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