Bennington approves industry loan for Globe Union plant
Town voters authorized selectmen to borrow up to 160000 for a repayable loan to the Bennington County Industrial Corp and to install a water main for a Globe Union Inc plant. Plans call for a Milwaukee company to produce storage batteries locally, employing at least 125 workers.
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Bennington County Industrial Corp
Globe Union Inc
Milwaukee
Wis
BCIC
State Armory
Norton Barber
Brooklyn
Bennington Village Water Board
Globe Union
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Vermont Development Board
Norman H. Greenberg
Raymond B. Bowen
Bowen
Globe-Union Inc
Hagerman
Niigata Earthquake Aid Rush After 7.7 Quake
U S and Japanese planes drop relief to Niigata as 30 000 buildings are damaged or destroyed. 25 dead 11 missing 376 injured. Fires from oil tanks burn, gas water and electricity scarce. Prime Minister Ikeda pledges swift restoration while 3 500 troops join cleanup. The quake measures 7 7 on the Richter scale.
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Niigata
Japan
UPI
Hayato Ikeda
Temblor
Honshu
U.S. Air Force
Tachiwaka Air Base
Tokyo
Yokohama
Bennington Officials Seek State Help Over Billboard Enforcement
Town officials plan to ask the attorney general for a ruling on state backstop power to enforce Bennington’s billboard ordinance amid recent violations. The move follows guidance from Town Counsel Norton Barber after a discussion with Secretary of State Howard E. Armstrong about state licenses and local compliance.
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Norton Barber
Barber
Howard E. Armstrong
Secretary of State
U.S. 7
Maurice Callahan and Sons
Pittsfield
Mass
Bennington Village
Shaftsbury
Selectmen’s
Alma Langlois
Callahan
Fighting Flares In Cyprus Again
Gunfire flared at four spots in Cyprus marking the island’s worst violence in weeks. Two Turkish Cypriots were killed, one near Yerevosa and a second possibly at Suskiou. UN forces rushed Swedish reinforcements as clashes continued between Turkish and Greek Cypriot communities and nearby villages.
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Cyprus
UPI
United Nations Peacee Keeping Force
Yerevosa
U.N
Suskiou
Inside Vermont notices and opinion notes blend locally
A brief page summary highlights Ford Foundation grants in Vermont discussed by Walter Lippmann about Ike as a moderate Republican. An editorial marks Bennington's first green light for a new industry. Dorset’s Swamp acres reflects on a backyard symphony, West Arlington's grower turned hybridizer recalls starting with five bulbs. County Agent John Page addresses gardening issues amid drought.
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Bennington
Scranton Seeks Wind in Missouri Colorado Swing for GOP Nomination
Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton pressed a nationwide sprint for the GOP nomination stopping in Minnesota Missouri and Colorado. He said we have to go with the wind after talks with Minnesota leaders failed to win delegates and dismissed a death threat as the act of a fanatic. The Goldwater delegation in Minnesota remained solid with eight pledged for Goldwater and the rest split among uncommitted and Judd backers.
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UPI
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Missouri
Colorado
Scranton
Minnesota
Barry M. Goldwater
Louis
Denver
Colo
Minneapolis - St. Paul International
Goldwater
Walter Judd
R-Minn
Judd
Goldwater Near Win on GOP Nomination After Arkansas Move
UPI reports Barry Goldwater could secure the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot as Arkansas and Texas delegates shift to him. The tally shows Goldwater with 659 pledged votes, eight more from Arkansas plus Texas, though some delegates remain uncommitted or legally pledged to Scranton.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Arkansas
Goldwater
Texas
Arizona
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
San Francisco
Scranton
Iowa
George Nagle
United Press International
Henry Cabot Lodge
Scranton Visit Urged for Vermont and New Hampshire
Brattleboro attorney Robert Gannett backing a Scranton trip to southern Vermont and Keene New Hampshire to address Windsor County Republicans. Scranton would speak in Newfane and Boston as Goldwater delegates split among Vermont voters with seven for Scranton, three for Goldwater, one for Smith, one undecided.
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Scranton
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Robert Gannett
Brattleboro
Harrisburg
Newfane
Keene
N.H. Gannett
Windsor County
Massachusetts Republian
Boston
Goldwater
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Johnson outlines national manpower policy at union talk
President Johnson told the 26th annual Communications Workers of America convention that a national manpower policy is needed to match training to future needs. He promised to work with labor and business to ensure every qualified American can work and warned against economic stagnation and national drift.
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UPI
Johnson
the Communications Workers of America
Aflcio
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
Beer Also Prevents Cavities, Says London Study
A Guy's Hospital team soaked healthy teeth in 14 liquids, including beer and fruit juices. After six weeks the fruit juice teeth developed cavities while the beer exposed teeth remained as good as new, suggesting beer may aid dental health.
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London
UPD
Guy’s Hospital
White River Assured On VA Hospital Plans
VA administrator John F. Gleason Jr. told Sen. Winston L. Prouty there are no plans to close the White River Junction VA hospital in Vermont. The facility is slated for modernization but has not yet been scheduled due to other priorities.
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Washington
Vpi
Veterans Administration
White River Junction
John F. Gleason Jr
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Vermont
Prouty
Gleason
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Hap) Pierce
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Dublin
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Ulysses
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Molly
Susan Groehl
Ireland
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