Vietnamese GI Denounced by Guerrillas in Broadcast
Vietnamese communists aired a claimed captive American soldier statement denouncing U.S. imperialism in South Viet Nam. Spec. 4 George F. Fryett Jr., 26, missing from Saigon, reportedly urged leniency and said he wished to aid locals. U.S. officials disputed the claimed signed statements.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
George F. Fryett Jr
California
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Fryett
Bien Hoa
Communist “Liberation Radio
Viet Nam
South
St Joseph Junior College Fund Trails at $5,635 Toward $100,000
Campaign workers at Bennington Elementary School heard a cautious progress report showing $5,635 raised toward the $100,000 goal for a new St. Joseph Junior College building. Chair George Allard Jr urged more outreach and pledges before the June 28 deadline as supporters stressed local educational and economic benefits.
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St. Joseph Junior College
Ernest L. Erickson
Rutland
St. Joseph
Allard
St. Joseph’s
Bennington
St. Joseph Business College
the Sisters of St. Joseph
Dean Hanson
Main St
Hanson
M. J. Dailey
Grandview Street
Sailor and two women die in New Hampshire trailer blaze
A 23 year old Navy sailor Jimmy H Rolland his wife Sandra 20 and Sally A Almer 22 all died when trapped in a burning trailer at Hillcrest Trailer Park near Portsmouth New Hampshire. Fire broke out about 2 30 am and was fought by Navy state and local investigators. Rolland daughter hometown Orwigsburg Pa wife from Saratoga Springs N Y. Cmdr Leslie D Kelly was among first on scene.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Jimmy H. Rolland
Portsmouth Naval Base
Sandra
Sally A. Almer
Tower Drive
Hampton
Navy
New Hampshire
Rockingham County
Cmdr
Leslie D. Kelly
Rolland
Hoff Says $300,000 Needed for Highway Balance
Democratic candidate Philip H. Hoff said the 1963 Legislature must appropriate 300000 to restore balances in the highway account. He toured St Johnsbury area criticizing Gov Keyser for shifting funds from the state aid account to the secondary road fund, which he said would create a deficit.
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ST. Johnsbury
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Keyser
Rockefeller Seen as GOP Front-Runner for 1964 Nomination
West Coast Republicans attending national committee meetings hold Rockefeller as the likely 1964 GOP nominee if he wins re election. Debate over Nixon, Romney, Scranton, and Goldwater figures into pressing questions about the party’s path to the White House.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Richard M. Nixon
California
George Romney
Michigan
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
George L. Hinman
Hinman
Rockefeller
Nixon
GOP
John F. Kennedy
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Fanfani Loses Endorsement in Left Turn Vote
In Italy's municipal elections the ruling Christian Democrats lost ground as Amintore Fanfani pushed a left turn coalition. The alliance won 49.3 percent across 34 large cities, with Rome council control slipping by one seat and gains for Democratic Socialists but continued declines for the Christian Democrats.
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Rome
Italy
Christian Democratic Party
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfani
Christian Democrats
Democratic Socialists
Republicans
Socialist Party
Communists
Naples
Pisa
Inquest Opens Into Bennington Gambling Raids
A municipal court in Bennington began an inquest before Judge Eugene V. Clark as a followup to the gambling raids. The state seeks information in three not guilty pleas while nine were arrested, five pleaded guilty, one disposed of, and three named defendants Mouroutsos Schockett and Maroney Jr. remain.
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Bennington
Eugene V. Clark
James Mouroutsos
Joseph S. Schockett
Thomas F. Maroney Jr
Catholic Center Use By School Protested
Burlington resident Pierson Ostrow protests use of St. Mark's Youth Center by public elementary schools arguing church and state separation. He plans to address the school board at the July 2 meeting and emphasizes a moral concern rather than an anti Catholic crusade.
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Burlington, Vt
Burlington
Pierson Ostrow
St. Mark’s
Ostrow
Kennedy Health Plan Faces Compromise Talks In Congress
Kennedy aides push a compromise version of his health plan as the Ways and Means Committee debates it. Ribicoff signals acceptance of two points while warned that without Social Security financing the bill has little chance of passage this year. House Republicans view the move as defeat and doubt the bill can clear the committee or House.
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Kennedy
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ribicoff
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
General Fund of the Treasury
GE Worker Killed in Route 4 Crash En Route to Vermont
A General Electric employee from Roanoke Virginia was killed when his car struck the rear of a stalled tractor trailer on Route 4 between Whitehall New York and Fair Haven Vermont. Three of his children and two other men were injured and taken to a Rutland Vermont hospital. The deceased was 37 year old David E. Conant who had been transferred to a GE plant in Burlington Vermont.
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Whitehall
N. Y
General Electric Co
Vermont
David E. Conant
Roanoke
New York
Fair Haven
Conant
Burlington
Rutland
Covant
Charles
Brenda
Roger
Jack Goddard
Bordentown
N. J
Michael Leeming
Burlington, Vt
U S Forces to Stay in Thailand Amid Laos Coalition Pact
Washington reports the United States will retain about 4 800 troops in Thailand despite Laos three princes forming a coalition government. Officials say the Laos threat is averted for now but the new government may be too weak to stop Communist infiltration from North Vietnam and guerrilla movement through southern Laos. Geneva talks expected by early July to formalize Laos neutrality and remove it from the Cold War. Prince Souvanna Phouma slated to head the Laotian delegation. U S aid to royal and new governments paused at $3 million monthly since February.
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United States
Thailand
Laos
Viet Nam
U.S
Souvanna Phouma
Geneva
National Union
Jurors Seek Billie Sol Estes In Marshall Death Probe
Franklin Texas AP report: Grand jurors reexamining the 1961 Marshall ranch shooting death of Henry H. Marshall seek testimony from West Texas financier Billie Sol Estes. A subpoena was sent to Estes' Pecos, Texas home. Estes had not been found.
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Franklin
Tex
Henry H. Marshall
West Texas
Billie Sol Estes
A. B. Nail
Pecos
Estes
Nail
John Dennison
Robertson County
Grand Jury
Marshall
Here
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
Top-Ranking Group Agrees To Aid Nation
A group of prominent businessmen led by Roger Pleigh of U S Steel agreed to study the Kennedy administration efforts to halt the balance of payments deficit and curb gold outflow. They met with President Kennedy and Treasury officials to prepare recommendations, as the administration pushes for economic cooperation across sectors.
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Washington
U.S
U.S. Steel Corp
Roger M. Pleigh
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Three Troopers Die as Bus Crashes on New Jersey Turnpike
Four-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike left three troopers crushed to death when a Royal Blue Coach bus struck their patrol car and ran over it. Driver Raymond E. Peters Jr. said brakes failed. Victims were Joseph De Frino Milan Simcak and Arthur J Abagnale Jr. Several others injured.
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Kearny
N.J
New Jersey Turnpike
Raymond E. Peters Jr
Easton
Royal Blue Coach Inc
Public Utility Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph de Frino
Lyndhurst
Milan Simcak
Paramus
Arthur J. Abagnale Jr
Cliffside Park
Peters
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Rocky
Seattle, Wash
Goldwater
Washington (Ap
Welfare
Abraham Ribicoff
Geneva Action
Four Chimneys
New York Daily News
Polygraphic Corp
North Bennington
Sunday News
Alice Petersen
Ella Elvin
Robert C. Watson
Marie Bourke
William H. Garrison
Polygraphic Corp. of
North America
Yale University
Salinger
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles Halleck
America
Dirksen
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Dillon
Jersey Pike
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