Opponents of Franco Arrested in Madrid Roundup
hundreds of Franco opponents including monarchists were arrested in a sweeping crackdown. Five monarchists were seized after Munich opposition talks. three offered exile were sent to the Canary Islands, Paris or forced residence for two years.
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Francisco Franco
Munich
Germany
Canary Islands
Paris
Fuerte Ventura
Canaries
Joaquin de Sarrastegui
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Fernando Alvarez de Miranda
Marquis
Valdivia
Jaime Miralles
Jose Maria Gil Robles
Jesus Prados Arrarte
Madrid University
Franco
Arriba
Falange
Spain
U S Plans Huge Pacific Nuclear Test Blast
Honolulu AP reports extended danger zone around Johnston Island as the United States readies the Pacific test series biggest nuclear detonation. Officials say the megaton blast could be 50 to 500 times Hiroshima’s, at altitudes near 200 miles, visible from Hawaii.
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Honolulu
United States
Johnston Island
Joint Task Force 8
Hiroshima
Hawaii
Johnston
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Hawaiian
Dynastic clash headlines Massachusetts Senate race duel
In Boston Massachusetts Republicans attack the dynasty issue over Edward Kennedy while their Worcester convention looms. George Lodge and Laurence Curtis press immaturity as Curtis boasts no famous relatives. Democrats head home from Springfield with a bruising fight lingering into September.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Democrats
Edward M. Kennedy
U. S. Senate
George Cabot Lodge
United Nations
GOP
U. S
Laurence Curtis
Congress
Senate
Lodge
John F. Kennedy
Beverly
White House
House
Edward
Curtis
Springfield
Holyoke Papers Hit By United Papermakers Strike
About 1,400 workers strike five Holyoke mills in a union action that cripples local paper output. Negotiations collapsed after a two week talks period as management offered a two phase wage and fringe benefits package. Mills affected include Chemical Fine Paper and Board Division Standard Package Corp American Writing Paper Valley Paper Franken Paper and Parsons division National Vulcanized Fibre.
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Holyoke
Holyoke, Mass
United Papermakers and Paper Works Union
Chemical Fine Paper and Board Division
Standard Package Corp
American Writing Paper Corp
Valley Paper Co
Franken Paper Co
Parsons Paper Division
National Vulcanized Fibre Co
Williams College Holds 173rd Commencement Ceremony
Williams College in Williamstown awarded 310 diplomas at Memorial Park, including 265 to the Class of 1962, and 45 advanced degrees. U Thant delivered the commencement address after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws. Other honorees included Frederick R. Kappel, James Thrall Scoby, William C. De Vane, Bruce McClellan, and Samuel Herrick.
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Thant
U Thant
United Nations
U Ba Than
U Ba Thwin
Williams College
John E. Sawyer
Williams
Thaw
Thwin
Cluett Center For Development Economics
Barry
Williamstown
Mass
Memorial Park
Frederick Russell Kappel
American Telephone and Telegraph
James Thrall Scoby
William Clyde de Vane
Yale College
Sawyer
Bruce McClellan
Bennington Seniors Hear Benhi Baccalaureate Address
Rev Stephen C Greene urged 75 Bennington High School graduates to set a strong goal and pursue it with purpose. Clergy leaders Rev Donald A Webster and Rev Melvin R McGaughey participated in the services at Bennington Elementary School with musical selections by The Harmonettes and the Mixed Chorus. Commencement address will be delivered by John T Fey, president of the University of Vermont, at 8 30 p m Thursday. report cards for seniors and remaining students will be distributed in the days ahead.
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Stephen C. Greene
Bennington High School
Dr Greene
Second Congregational Church
Bennington
Donald A. Webster
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Harmonettes
John T. Fey
University of Vermont
Benci
Geoffrey Graham
Fires destroy house trailer and shop in weekend blaze
Weekend fires in Bennington destroy an unoccupied six room house owned by Mrs Julius W Humphreys, gut a house trailer at 954 E Main St, and cause a minor blaze at Peter's Ice Cream and Candy Shop. The Bennington Rural Fire Department responded Saturday afternoon to the main house fire likely started when Donald W Humphreys ignited rubbish and grass.
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Woodford
Main St
Peter
Bennington
Julius W. Humphreys
Donald W. Humphreys
William Bruneau
E. Main Street
Aimee Personneaux
Algiers
Algeria
Judith
Bentley Hunt Halted After Fruitless Weekend
State Police suspended the search for 83 year old Richard M. Bentley of Sunderland for a couple of days after a fruitless weekend. Bentley disappeared June 3 while gathering herbs in the woods near Sunderland. Sgt. John Poljacek of Shaftsbury led the probe.
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Bentley Hunt
Sunderland
Richard M. Bentley
John Poljacik
Shaftsbury
Bentley
Ralph
Louis J. Dondero
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Dondero
Poljacik
National Guard
BCHS Seniors Hear Fr. Lynch
The Rev. Leo Gorman celebrated a solemn high Mass at St Francis de Sales Church for 86 Bennington Catholic High School graduates. The Very Rev John Lynch urged carrying spiritual and intellectual lessons into life. Graduation is set for Tuesday at 8 p.m. with Rt Rev Harold Field as commencement speaker.
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Leo Gorman
C.S.C
St. Francis de Sales Church
Bennington Catholic High School
Harold T. Field
Vermont Catholic Tribune
BCHS
Laos Neutralist Souvanna Forming Coalition Cabinet
Neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma announced a cabinet accord with royalist and pro Communist leaders in Laos. He will be premier and defense minister with Souphanouvong as deputy premier and Phoumi Nosavan holding finance. The coalition includes seven neutralists, four royalists, four Pathet Lao, and four Vientiane neutralists.
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Souvanna Phouma
Laos
Souvanna
Souphanouvong
Boun Oum
Defense
Veterans and Social Affairs
Phoumi Nosavan
Vientiane
Phoumi
Pathet Lao
Quinim Pholsena
Phoumi Vongvichit
Geneva
Keyser Seeks Vermont Industrial Growth At Meeting
Vermont Governor F Ray Keyser Jr urged business leaders and educators that Vermont is the place for industrial expansion. He said the state is dedicated to orderly development and boasts a high record of labor productivity and stability.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Vermont
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Barn Fire Destroys Outbuilding in Williamstown
Firefighters from Williamstown battled an undetermined origin blaze that consumed an empty barn of William Richardson on First Street, wiping out the barn and an abandoned car nearby. The house atop a hill on Cole Ave remained standing despite the smoke and crowds.
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Williamstown
William Richardson
First Street
Cole Ave
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