Rutland Rail Strike Ends After Gov Hoff Mediation
Rutland Railway workers and railroad officials, led by Gov. Hoff, reach a settlement ending the 1961 strike. The agreement includes a $400,000 damages suit settlement, an end to legal challenges to abandoning operations, and the state’s plan to buy the line for 2.7 million dollars for later sale or lease to other railroads.
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Hoff
Ginsburg
Rutland
Boston & Maine
Delaware & Hudson
Vermont
New York Central
John D. Paterson
Public Service Board
Brotherhoods
U.S. District Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
House Votes To Increase Vermont Meals Tax
The Vermont House supports a meals and rooms tax bill raising the rate to three percent on purchases of one dollar or more. The plan starts at 14 cents with tiered cents charged for lower amounts and applies to hotel and restaurant receipts. Republican opponents Emory Hebard Roger MacBride and W Clark Hutchinson urged against it.
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Montpelier
Vermont
House
Emory Hebard
Glover
Roger L. MacBride
Halifax
W. Clark Hutchinson
Rochester
Vermont House Rejects Senate General Appropriations Bill
The Vermont House voted 190 to 37 against the Senate version of the general appropriations bill totaling 72,281,779 for the next two fiscal years. A conference committee will reconcile differences with action expected by week’s end. The panel includes Sen. Boylan and Rep. Mallary among others.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Senate
House
John H. Boylan
Essex
Richard W. Mallary
Fairlee
Erma Puffer
Vernon
Olin D. Gay
Windsor
Inside Interviews Highlight Four Bennington School Board Hopefuls
Four candidates vie for seats on the Bennington Graded School District board with profiles and brief statements. Editorial notes question the role of education while pondering the Supreme Court prayer debate. Legal overview outlines an anticipated lawsuit between Bennington County towns and Putnam Memorial Hospital over indigent care charges. Craig Galipeau tops Vermont Amateur scoring in the Vermont Open Golf Tournament with the best score to date.
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Bennington Graded School District
Bennington County
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Craig Galipeau
Vermont
Cardinals Meet in Rome To Elect a New Pontiff
Eighty cardinals gather in Vatican City to begin the conclave for Pope John XXIII successor. Voting starts Thursday with four ballots daily until a two thirds majority is reached, likely yielding an Italian cardinal as a compromise moderating forces between conservatives and progressives.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Apostolic Palaces
Sistine Chapel
Soviet Space Duet Returns to Earth
The Soviet Union’s Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova returned to Earth after long orbital missions. Bykovsky completed 82 orbits and Tereshkova 49, landing separately in Kazakhstan. Tass reported both were well and greeted by crews, with radio and television coverage across Moscow and major cities.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Virgin Lands
Tass
Valery Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova
Bykovsky
Miss Tereshkova
Valentina
Valentina Teresh
Macmillan Stands Undaunted Amidst Cries for His Scalp
London reports show Harold Macmillan refusing to abdicate amid calls for his political scalp after the Profumo scandal. In Commons, 27 Conservative MPs abstained, lowering the government majority to 69 as Sir Frank Markham urged the Prime Minister to resign and named possible successors Butler and Hailsham.
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London
NYT
Harold Macmillan
Britain
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Wilson
Macmillan
Conservative
Frank Markham
Buckingham
Frank
R.A. Butler
Viscount Hailsham
Kennedy proposes broad civil rights program to Congress
President Kennedy sent Congress a five point civil rights plan aiming to end racial discrimination in hotels restaurants and public facilities speed desegregation expand fair employment and create a federal community relations service. The draft bill would ensure equal access to services and facilities at public establishments including hotels motels theaters and retail venues and bar federal aid for discriminatory programs. Continued on page 16.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Troopers Disperse Vigil By Negroes in Alabama
About 300 to 350 Black protesters on Gadsden courthouse lawn were dispersed by roughly 100 state troopers led by Col Albert Linwood. The unrest followed Tuesday arrests of 396 demonstrators as tensions rose between Black protesters and white residents in Alabama's fourth largest city.
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Gadsden
Ala
Albert Lingo
Lingo
Alabama
Etowah
Dewey Colvard
Colvard
Weather satellite Tiros 7 launches to photograph 1963 hurricane season
U S Weather Satellite Tiros 7 lifted from Cape Canaveral aboard a Delta rocket and began orbiting about 400 miles up. The craft sent cloud cover pictures on its first pass, joining Tiros 6 in a bid to study hurricanes across Atlantic and Caribbean regions during the 1963 season.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Tiros 7
Weather Observatory
Wallops Island
Atlantic
Caribbean
Kennedy Sees Western Trip Boosting Allied Ties
President Kennedy plans a 10 day Western Europe swing to strengthen Atlantic alliance and reassure allies of U S defense commitments. He will address U S resolve to defend Western Europe and West Berlin amid De Gaulle’s push for independent deterrents, seeking calm and better understanding.
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Kennedy
Western Europe
United States
U.S
West Berlin
Charles de Gaulle
American University
Lee Kennedy
Jackson sees glimmer of racial peace after Evers slaying
One week after Medgar Evers death Jackson Negroes tentatively end demonstrations with minor dissent. The mass meeting Tuesday night approved conciliation by city officials and set voting registration as the main focus, said Rev. G R Haughton.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson
Medgar W. Evers
Elizabeth Taylor to wed Richard Burton confirms wedding plan
A spokesman for Elizabeth Taylor confirmed she plans to marry Richard Burton. He said Taylor would not disclose a date and noted she is still married to Eddie Fisher while Burton remains married to Sybil Williams.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Elizabeth
Richard Hanley
Miss Taylor
Burton
Eddie Fisher
Sybil Williams
Hoover expresses impatience to recover for unfinished work
Former President Herbert Hoover, 88, is impatient to get well again and resume duties, a family spokesman says. Doctors report he remains seriously ill with pneumonia but note some Tuesday improvement.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
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