Nixon Drive Highlights Primaries Under Way in Five States
Five states vote on party nominees for state and national offices as California draws main attention to Richard Nixon in the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Contests also seen in South Dakota Idaho Montana and Mississippi with Connecticut Republicans holding a convention.
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California
Richard M. Nixon
South Dakota
Idaho
Montana
Mississippi
Connecticut
Republican Convention
Are
Birch Society
John Rousselot
Edgar Hiest
A. Searle Pinney
GOP
John Lodge
Horace Seely-Brown
Vivian Kellems
Prescott Bush
Lodge
Francis Case
A. C Miller
Food For Peace
George McGovern
Boise
Vernon K. Smith
Robert Smylie
Frank Church
George V. Hansen
John T. Hawley
Arnold Olsen
James F. Battin
Richard Nixon
Los Angeles
Pownal Rep. Smith Will Not Seek Re Election
Pownal Democrat Rep William Jay Smith announces he will not run again for town representative or any other state office. He cites lengthy sessions and plans to devote time to Williams College duties while signaling possible support for Hoff. he also calls for a special session over Keyser’s reapportionment challenges.
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Iowa
Edmund G. Brown
Nixon
John Birch Society
Shell
Birch Society
California
Pownal
William Jay Smith
Smith
Philip H. Hoff
Burlington
Vermont General Assembly
Montpelier
Rep. Hoff
Rep. Smith
F. Ray Keyser
Scientists prove warhead can be blown apart without nuclear explosion
Scientists at Johnston Island destroyed a Thor missile and its nuclear warhead high above the Pacific. Fragments fell into the ocean. officials said no hazardous radioactivity levels are expected in water or for people. The test will be rescheduled with a new date to be announced.
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Honolulu
Johnston Island
Thor
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Johnston
Venezuela arrests Communist leader after revolt suppression
President Betancourt's government detained Gustavo Machado, secretary general of the Communist Party and a member of the Chamber of Deputies, as the crackdown on a Marxist led revolt near Caracas proceeded. Authorities reported 135 dead with unofficial counts over 200 and 1,000 wounded as rebels, marines based at Puerto Cabello, were crushed.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Puerto Cabello
Gustavo Machado
Communist Party
Chamber of Deputies
Moscow
End of brief Algerian truce sparks threat of renewed bloodshed
The European Secret Army Organization signals a five day truce's end and vows a new campaign in Algiers. It seeks concessions for Algeria's European minority after independence while promising limited contact with future rulers. U S officials condemn the threat and urge peace. Moslem attacks wounded three French soldiers and two civilians near Algiers as tensions rise.
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Algiers
Secret Army Organization
Algeria
Secret
U.S. State Department
Secret Army
Charles de Gaulle
Lincoln White
Washington
Greater Bennington Schools to set $7 tax rate for 1962
The Prudential Committee plans a $7.00 tax rate for 1962, down 21 cents from 1961. The 1961-62 balance shows about $22,000 surplus, with $281,000 gross revenues and $250,000 budget, plus $16,000 borrowed money not counted.
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Prudential Committee of the
Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Vermont
Molly Stark
Spray of Lilies Marks Atlanta Memorial for 105 Victims
Atlanta mourns 105 residents and 10 other Georgians killed in the Air France crash near Paris. Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. announced that identification and repatriation may take time as leaders react to the worst single plane disaster in aviation history. The Georgians had just completed a European tour sponsored by the Atlanta Art Association.
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Atlanta
Art Museum
Ivan Allen Jr
Paris
Air France
Europe
Atlanta Art Association
Village Resident Recounts Air Disaster Losses
The Bennington community mourns as news spreads of an airliner crash that killed 121 members of the Atlanta Art Association and their families. Relatives and friends of Mrs. Frederick A. Burt recall connections to the group and note that Walter Hill and Mrs. Hill were not aboard.
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Bennington
Atlanta Art Association
Frederick A. Burt
Union Street
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Cincinnati Art School
Burt
AAA
Reginald Polling
Burts
Walter Hill
Association
Hill
Fire damages Walloomsac mill roof and ventilating chute
A fire at the Boxboard division of Columbia Corp in Walloomsac N Y caused considerable damage to the ventilating chute and a roof section. The North Hoosick Fire Department responded at 4 48 p m and stayed until 5 45 p m using hydrant and booster lines. sprinkle heads also helped control the blaze. Assistant chief Malcolm Brownell said roof and chute damage were extensive but no estimate was available.
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Walloomsac
N. Y
Boxboard
Columbia Corp
North Hoosick
Malcolm Brownell
Top-to-Bottom Tax Cuts Outlined by Sec Dillon
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon outlined a proposed top-to-bottom income tax rate cut to be enacted by Congress next year. He linked the plan to a broader reform and offsetting revenue measures, while signaling continued work on broader base expansion and closing loopholes.
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Sec
Dillon
NEW York
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
New York Financial Writers Association
Vermont highway safety factor eyed for Pownal track access
Vermont officials consider possible highway access for the Taconic Racing and Breeding track in Pownal. Russell A. Holden indicated no commitment to build access roads and noted funding through 1963 would block new appropriations without a special legislative act. The Bennington Council of Churches urged an investigation into state funds, while Holden weighed reducing railroad crossing points to one for safety.
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Vermont
Russell A. Holden
Pownal
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
Holden
Bennington Council of Churches
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Keyser
Council
State Highway Board
Public Service Commission
Boston and Maine Railroad
U.S. 7
Highway Department
Search Expands for Missing Richard Bentley in Sunderland Woods
In Sunderland and Manchester areas more than 250 people join the hunt for 79 year old Richard Bentley missing since Sunday noon. Volunteers include Hale Co employees, Arlington students, Hawley Furniture staff, and local residents aided by state police tracking and road searches through the Burning area. Bentley, who needs heart and asthma medicine, vanished while hunting ginseng with his son.
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Sunderland
Richard Bentley
Hale Co
East Arlington
Martin Hirsch
George Bicknell
Arlington Memorial High School
Arlington Fire
C. Lee Marsh
Hawley Furniture Co
F. John Hawley
Dana Thompson
Manchester
Albert Christie
John Pollacik
Bentley
Ralph
Ralph Bentley
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Norman Erbe
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Kellems
John Alsop
Insurance Company
Edwin H. May Jr
Pownal Man
Joint Task Force 8
Earth
Harold Eliaser
SCCA
San Francisco
Lake Merced
Melvin I. Cronin
OAS
State Department
Union District Study Board
Prudential Committee
Leon Wagner
Walloomsac Mill
Great
New York Stock Exchange
Man
Bennington County
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