Vermont parimutuel track walkout halts grandstand work
A wildcat carpenters strike stalls construction on Vermont's first parimutuel track in Pownal. Union jurisdiction disputes and wage concerns drive about 30 carpenters from DeMatteo Inc. off the job, with other trades striking in sympathy. Louis Smith of Rockingham Park inspected progress and offered no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald E. Morrissy
Bennington
Morrissey
Louis Smith
Rockingham Park
Salem
N.H
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
Smith
Bennington Local 994
United Carpenters and Joiners of America
Pownal
Racetrack
DeMatteo
Wildcat
Pownal Racetrack
Hagerman
Wilde
Williamstown
Paul Rivard
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Berkshire Council
Rivard
Keyser Will Appoint Atty Holden as Judge
Gov. Keyser to name Waldo C. Holden of Old Bennington as Municipal Court Judge, succeeding Eugene V. Clark who resigns Aug. 15 to run for state senate. Holden, 59, is brother of Vermont Education Commissioner and was chosen by the County Republican Committee for the vacancy.
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Montpelier
Keyser
Waldo C. Holden
Old Bennington
Eugene V. Clark
Holden
Vermont
Republican Committee
Clark
State Senate
Peru Faces Imminent Military Coup Over Elections
Lima reports a looming military coup after Cabinet resignations as President Prado refuses to nullify June 10 elections. APRA candidate Haya de la Torre leads but misses one third, while the military threatens dissolution and rule by decree until new elections.
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Lima
Peru
Manuel Prado
Carlos Monteyra Paz Soldan
Prado
Alex Zarak
Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
Popular Revolutionary Alliance
APRA
Haya de la Torre
Congress
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Popular Action Party
Manuel Odria
Crator
Belaunde
Odria
Algeria’s 45000 strong army backs Ben Bella power bid
Algeria’s regular army trained as Communist style shock troops backs Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella in a power struggle. The force, active mainly in Tunisia and Morocco during the war, has not fought a major battle yet and is alleged to favor a military dictatorship. Boumedienne led its reform before being dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Tunisia
Morocco
Algerian Leaders Seek Reconciliation in Secret Talks
In the mountains south of Algiers military leaders from interior wilayas and the regular army met to push for a CNRA meeting and possible shift in power toward Ahmed Ben Bella. Ben Bella advocates rapid socialist reform and aligning with the Communist bloc, while Boumedienne's forces remain loyal to the ongoing regime.
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Algiers
Algeria
Wilayas
Vilayas
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
National Council of the Algerian Revolution
CNRA
Ben Bella
Wilaya
Tunis
Ben Khedda
Boumedienne
Evian
Sahara
Aures Mountains
U S 7 Motel Signs Issued State Permits
Bennington officials said three motel signs along U S 7 were issued state permits before placement. An inspection found them previously unapproved but properly licensed. now reviewed to determine if they pose a traffic hazard near the highway.
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Bennington Village
U.S. 7
Reilly
Green Acres
Hillbrook
Negro rider starts own business on Cape Cod
David E. Harris, 43, a former Army sergeant and cook from Little Rock, Arkansas, opens a barbecue stand and chili parlor in Hyannis Massachusetts after arriving as the first Negro rider sent to the Cape Cod resort. He rented a restaurant site on North Street with a barbecue pit and will operate year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyannis, Mass
Cape Cod
David E. Harris
Little Rock
Ark
Harris
Hyannis
South
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
U. S. Senate
North Street
Colorado
Robert Hickman
Dothan
Hickman
Grand Junction
Colo
David Harris
Mass
Wife of Senator Pushes Women in Space Program
Mrs Philip A Hart wife of Michigan senator told a House subcommittee that women should be included in space travel. She noted that officials showed little enthusiasm for female astronauts and argued women have a real contribution to make beyond avoiding discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
PTA
Bridge Club
Outer Space
Philip A. Hart
House
United States
Space Agency
Michigan
Soblen says self harm aimed at British justice in bid for asylum
Dr Robert Soblen testifies in a London high court affidavit that his knife wound on a New York flight was to reach British soil and justice. He fled to Israel claiming innocence in a Soviet spy case and faces potential asylum as a political refugee if freed.
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Soblen
Blen
British High Court
America
Israel
Brixton
Home Office
New York
Athens
London
James McShane
Britain
United States
Vermont Supreme Court Rules PSB Exceeded Authority in Randolph Petition
The Vermont Supreme Court held the Public Service Board exceeded its powers by dismissing a Randolph village petition amid a rate dispute. Chief Justice Hulburd noted the PSB has only express statutory authority and sided with Randolph trustees who sought to dismiss a residents petition challenging water rates filed in March 1961.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Supreme Court
Public Service Board
Randolph
PSB
Benjamin N. Hulburd
Hulburd
Adam C. Dixon
Charles R. Ross
The
Public Service Commission
High Court
Body Of Fifth GI Found In Jungle War
Searchers located the body of an enlisted American near a helicopter wreck in the Laotian frontier area northeast of Saigon. Five Americans died and four were missing in three air crashes over two days. Maj. Robert F. Corneil survived, as did another Vietnamese officer.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Robert F. Corneil
U.S
Pentagon
Washington
Anthony J. Teneza
Fairfax
Corneil
Daleville
Ala
Joseph Goldberg
Sanford
N.C
James E. Lane
Spring Lake
Harold L Guthrie
Burlington, NC
Kennedy health plan vote looms in Senate defeat could end program
The Senate faces a pivotal vote on killing the administration compromise health care plan for seniors. Leaders predict victory on both sides as a defeat could doom the proposal for this session, while a win offers momentum for education, farm, and tax reforms. The compromise would cover hospitalization for those over 65 but not doctors’ fees.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Congress
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Berkshire, Mass
Carl Wilde
Atty. Holden
Carpenters
Berkshire County
Berkshire
George Ely
Ely
Torre
Bella Power
Houari Boumedienne
Red China
Soviet Union
Land of
Opportunity
Cape
Robert So
East River
Newark
Wall Street
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