Criticism Tempered with Affection Legislator Draws Read on '18th-Century VI.'
Williams College poet in residence William Jay Smith notes Vermont politics feel 18th century with rural aristocracy views and land voting roots. He cites Vermont as a state of mind, distinguishing myth from reality and describing a "big house psychology" among inhabitants. He plans to submit his talk to Atlantic Monthly.
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Mass
Vermont
William Jay Smith
D-Pownal
Wiliams College
Smith
Vermont House of Representatives
Williams
Atlantic Monthly
Ireland
President Kennedy to announce new U S air test policy
President Kennedy is expected to say the United States will resume atmospheric nuclear testing next month unless the Soviet Union accepts a reliable test ban with strong international inspection. He will appeal for a quick treaty before Geneva talks, with tests to start in April if no deal.
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Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
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Voice of America
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Britain
Khrushchev
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Nixon Attacks Bircher Welch in California Governor Run
Former Vice President Richard Nixon campaigns for California governor and denounces the John Birch Society led by Robert Welch. He urges Republicans to exit the group over Welch’s anti Eisenhower rhetoric, saying he will not back any candidate tolerating Welch's stance. The GOP subcommittee backed Nixon 3425 over Joseph Shell.
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Berkeley
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
California
John Birch Society
Robert Welch
Nixon
Welch
The
Birch Society
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Republican Assembly
Joseph C. Shell
Los Angeles
State's Attorney Aids Mediation in Ben-Mont Labor Dispute
Gov. Keyser's office says the mediation role of State's Attorney John A. Burgess is not a new policy. Local officials and attorneys debate whether such participation risks conflicts, while Burgess and officials insist the action was cooperative and in good faith to speed resolution.
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F. Ray Keyser Jr
John A. Burgess
Barry Locke
The
Banner
Burgess
Locke
Charles Gibson
Gibson
Astronaut John Glenn Visits United Nations After New York Welcome
John H. Glenn Jr accompanied by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Adlai Stevenson visits the United Nations headquarters on a special invitation from U Thant. He meets delegates on the peaceful uses of outer space and reflects on the massive city welcome as tragedy looms with a Jamaica Bay airliner crash.
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John H. Glenn Jr
United Nations
Glenn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Adlai E. Stevenson
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U.N
U Thant
U.N. Committee On the Peaceful
Road Probers Air Criticism of Appraisals
Assistant Right-of-Way Director Max Leighty is to testify in the Vermont Highway Department probe. Appraisers accuse the department of limiting bidders and contracts. Cleon Perkins expects interstate contracts Burlington to Massachusetts in four years with 1968 for White River Junction to Milton. Chairman Perkins also outlines aims to simplify road administration and freeze local fund allocations from the 6 percent gas tax.
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Underhill
Highway Board
Cleon Perkins
Vermont
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Massachusetts
White River Junction
Milton
Norwich
Derby
St. Johnsbury
New Hampshire
Chimney Corners
Swanton
Vermont - Quebec
Perkins
Woman Pedestrian Killed by Taxi in Montpelier
Mrs. Adina Sandquist, 70, of Montpelier was killed on Main Street when struck by a taxi driven by Walter Dukette, 39. Dukette swerved to avoid her. she changed direction and hit her head on ice as the car struck her, police said.
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Adina Sandquist
Walter Dukette
New England Loses Leaders in NY Plane Crash
Boston based AP reports that several New England figures died in yesterday's New York plane crash. Among the dead were retired Adm. Richard L. Conolly, 69, ex president of Long Island University and C W Post College, and his wife Helen. Also killed were W. Alton Jones, 71, former Cities Service president, and James D. Hamilton, 27, of Worcester, a plant manager for New England Permac Co. Others include Sebastian Perucchio of Middletown and David L. Corbin of Greenwich.
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New York
New England
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Long Island University
C.W. Post College
Naval War College
Newport
R.I
Close
W. Alton Jones
Cities Service Corp
Eisenhower
Exeter
Peter F. Masse
Freeport
N.Y
C.H. Sprague & Son
James D. Hamilton
Springfield
Mass
Valerie
Robin
Neal
Hamilton
New England Permac Co
Worcester
Los Angeles
95 Are Killed As Ship Dives Into N Y Bay
New York AP reports 95 people died when an American Airlines Astro Jet crashed into Jamaica Bay after taking off from Idlewild. Investigators say the cause remains unknown, possibly unresolved for a year. The 257000 pound Boeing 707 plunged straight down with no warning.
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New York
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N.Y. Bay
American Airlines
Jamaica Bay
Federal Aviation Agency
Trans World Airlines
Chicago
Burma Defense Chief Seizes Power in Bloodless Coup
Gen Ne Win declares martial rule as the Burmese army takes over Rangoon. Prime Minister U Nu and officials arrested, Parliament suspended, and major security and transport points were seized. About 10,000 troops and 30 tanks deployed, Rangoon airport girded, flights canceled. city largely calm with soldiers concentrating at police stations.
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Burma
Ne Win
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Ran
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Search for Spouse Of Slain Woman
Boston police widened a search from Boston to Chicago for the husband of Mrs Mary Wilson 64 whose beaten body was found in her Cambridge Street West End apartment. The daughter Marilyn Buccellato of Enfield New Hampshire reported a Chicago postmarked letter signed by Jess Wilson her stepfather noting the death. A detective forced entry and found the body on a bed.
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West End
Marilyn Buccellato
Enfield
N.H
Jess Wilson
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