Missing 79 year old man vanishes as 250 join search
In Sunderland and Manchester, a four day hunt continues for Richard Bentley. The 79 year old man disappeared soon after dawn, with 250 volunteers combing woods and Battenkill banks by foot and boat. A Bloodhound named Henry provides hope as rain complicates efforts.
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Bradley’s Bridge
Sunderland
Battenkill
Manchester
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Fannie Doyle
Brattleboro
Bentley
Ralph
Bradley Bridge
Sunderland-Manchester Road
Eastern Star
Wilcox Bros. Dairy
Battenkill Grange
Masons
Manchester Red Cross Chapter
Hale Co
Swezey Lumber Co
Edgerton
Dorset
See Hope Wanes
Meyer vs Shane widen Vermont Dems rift in Senate race
In Rupert Vermont AP report details the feud between Meyer who seeks the Democratic nomination for the Senate and party organizer Robert Shane. Meyer accuses Shane of pressuring Bernard Leddy to oppose him and asks for a public declaration on Shane’s authority. Leddy has indicated no run this year.
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Rupert, Vt
Vermont
Democratic
U.S
William H. Meyer
George Aiken
Hoff For
Robert Shane
Bernard Leddy
Chittenden
Franklin
Washington
Bill Meyer
Meyer
Leddy
Shane
Nixon Clinches California Gubernatorial Nomination
Former vice president Richard M. Nixon wins the Republican nomination in California by a wide margin over Joseph C. Shell while Edmund G. Brown seeks a second term in the Democratic primary. Nationwide, Kuchel Case Smylie also win renomination. other races include John Alsop in Connecticut and Jamie Whitten defeating Frank Smith in Mississippi.
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California
Joseph C. Shell
White Nixon
Shell
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Jamie Whitten
Frank Smith
Congress
Mississippi
Nixon
Los Angeles
California Assembly
Sen
Ruchel
Richard Richards
John Birch Society
John H. Rousselot
Edgar Hiestand
Birch Society
H. L. Richardson
Sen. Case
South Dakota
George McGovern
U.S. Food For Peace
McGovern
Archie Gubbrud
Ralph Herseth
Nixon Wins California Primary In 7-3 Margin Over Shell
California's GOP nominating contest yields Nixon 331,933 to Shell 161,944 with Brown winning 441,063 for the Democratic ticket. Kuchel defeats two conservatives. Birch Society members win three GOP congressional nominations as party primaries set for a tough fall.
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Nixon
Thomas H. Kuchel
Kuchel
The
John Birch Society
Congress
Los Angeles
Shell
California
Pat Brown
Alsop Wins for Governor in Connecticut caucus
Connecticut Republicans chose John Alsop a 46 year old insurance executive as their gubernatorial candidate after a 10 hour fight ending on the eighth ballot at 1 30 a m Alsop beat Edwin H May Jr by 20 votes May will decide later whether to pursue a convention backed primary under the 1955 law.
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GOP
Hartford
John Alsop
Edwin H. May Jr
John N. Dempsey
Alsop
May
House
Anthony Wallace
Wallace
Soviets Gird to Combat Common Market Effects
Moscow leaders from seven East European countries plus Mongolia and Red China observers met to plan measures for farm shortages and aid new machinery and fertilizer plants. They noted the Common Market's growing power eroding Soviet bloc markets and cited Poland's crop troubles as worsening East German hardships, with Albania absent from talks.
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Moscow
Europe
Mongolia
Red China
Albania
Adriatic
Kremlin
China
Poland
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Bennington Schools to lower 1962 tax rate by 21 cents
Residents in the Greater Bennington Schools district may see a 0.21 dollar decrease from the 1961 rate. The Prudent ial Committee tentatively set seven dollars as the recommended rate for the May 28 annual meeting, noting last year’s rate was 7.21 dollars. A Tuesday banner misreported a 21 cent increase.
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Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Prudential Committee
No 2 Terrorist Wins Execution Stay By Plea to Salan
Paris AP reports ex General Edmond Jouhaud, No 2 leader of the secret army in Algeria, gained a stay of execution after his plea to Raoul Salan. The Supreme Court had upheld the death sentence. De Gaulle has not decided on clemency.
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Algeria
Paris
Edmond Jouhaud
Fresnes
Jouhaud
Secret Army
Algiers
Supreme Court
Charles de Gaulle
France
Raoul Salan
Secret
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