Powers Tells Spy Story To Congress
Pilot Francis Gary Powers steps from seclusion to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee. He is expected to describe seeing a parachute after bailing from the U2 over the Soviet Union, amid questions whether a rocket or engine trouble caused the crash on May 1 1960.
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Washington
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Powers
Senate Armed Services Committee
Moscow
Khrushchev
150 Vote Approves General Fund and Highway Assessments
Town meeting at the State Armory saw about 150 voters approve 10 ballot articles with minimal debate. Measures include raising the town highway tax to 95 cents, increasing general budget levy to 2.20, and exemptions for Paran Recreations Inc. from taxation for up to 10 years. Articles also authorize land sales, an external audit, and new lease terms for town land, with several motions on tax payments and reporting.
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State Armory
James A. McKee
Hagerman
Water Board Quiet on Deed Challenge to Bennington Hospital
Col Fairfax Ayres told the Bennington Water Commissioners last night they have no present plan to challenge Henry Putnam's deed of gift conveying the water works to Bennington. He urged the hospital board to seek a declaratory judgment and asked towns to delay legal steps while officials discuss indigent care fee policy.
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Shaftsbury
Bennington
Ayres
Putnam
Water Department
Bennington County
Water Board
Three Way Race for Town Selectman in Local Election
Voting at the State Armory opened 10 am and ran steadily with about 350 ballots by 11 am. Candidates include Thomas Haley, Republican. Clayton Daigneault, Democrat. and Alfred Arnold, Independent, competing for a three year term.
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State Armory
John P. Proud
Board of Civil Authority
North Bennington
Proud Uso
Thomas R. Haley
Clayton Daigneault
Alfred E. Arnold
Old Bennington Residents Seek Private Water Main Install
Old Village Trustees and Bennington water officials agreed to install a four inch water main on Fairview Street to serve six families. The project, funded by residents at an estimated 3000 dollars, would be supervised by the Water Department and become part of the system, with a clause protecting both districts and households in the ongoing dispute over the service line.
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Bennington
Board of Water Commissioners
Old Bennington
Fairview Street
Hamilton L. Shields
Loyal Nash
Water Commissioners
Water Department
Corp. Atty
Reuben Levin
Shields and
Nash
Real Willingness Seen in Ben-Mont Strike Talks
Gov F Ray Keyser Jr and Industrial Relations Commissioner Raymond V Daniels said the Ben-Mont strike shows real willingness to settle after a three hour mediation session. Local 534 seeks 20 cent wage rise, better vacation policy, and a union shop clause affecting 208 Ben-Mont and 8 Flint Ink workers.
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F. Ray Keyser
Ben-Mont
Local 534
Keyser
Bennington
St. Petersburg
Fla
Union
Hagerman
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Raymond V. Daniels
Ben Mont
Flint Ink Corp
Dobeckman
Dow Chemical Co
Ben-Mont Company
Flint Ink Company
Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America
Afl-Cio
Peter Tufo
Town Meetings Vote on Zoning and Welfare Costs
Voters in Bennington County towns face zoning debates in Manchester and Pownal, with Pownal weighing authorization to form a commission for a new ordinance. Manchester considers a $40,000 bond for a $44,000 firehouse replacement, while Arlington weighs records vaults and rising school costs. Other towns debate civil defense, billboard regulation, and a Wilmington sewage project with federal funding plans.
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Bennington County
Manchester
Pownal
Reid Lefevre
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Sunderland
Election Battles and School Bonds Dominate Vermont Town Meetings
Mayoral races unfold in Montpelier and St. Albans while Burlington faces a $2.9 million high school bond and a 44 cent tax rise for teachers. Montpelier proposes a $795,000 sewage project. Vergennes, Barre, Newport, Brattleboro see varied contests as most towns hold annual meetings under seasonable weather.
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Montpelier
St. Albans
Burlington
Vermont
Elbert C. Colburn
Public Service
John D. Paterson
James Pignona
James T.walsh
James Malloy
David Daigneault
Benjamin Gould
Vergennes
Barre
George N. Estivill
Elbert W. Logan
Board of Aldermen
Fred Davis
Newport
Brattleboro
Crewmembers Die in Fort Worth B58 Bomber Crash
A B58 jet bomber from the 43rd Bomb Wing crashed in Fort Worth Texas on Monday night. All three crewmen were killed as witnesses heard two small blasts followed by a large explosion sending debris up to 250 yards. Earlier that day another B58 set cross country speed records.
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Fort Worth
Khrushchev Backs Down On Summit
President Kennedy answered Khrushchev sending a reply that clears the path for Geneva foreign ministers talks on disarmament and nuclear testing. Khrushchev agreed to open Geneva proceedings at the foreign ministers level and to send Gromyko early to Geneva to meet Rusk and Home.
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J.F.K
Geneva
Khrushchev
Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Andre Gromyko
Moscow
White House
Andrei A. Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Macmillan
Rusk
Gromyko
Home
Soviet Union
U. S
India
Gale Warnings Spread Along New England Coast
The weather Bureau issued whole gale warnings with easterly winds up to 50 mph causing flooding along the New England coast. Tides run two to four feet higher today and three to five feet higher tonight. High water near 13 to 15 feet above mean low water in Boston. Snow possible in Massachusetts Rhode Island southern Vermont and New Hampshire with Cape Cod in rain mixed with snow.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhodes Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Cape Cod
Block Island
Provincetown
Eastport
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Congress
General Fund
Paran Recreations, Inc
Roaring Branch River
Brooklyn Bridge
the Auditor of Accounts
Vermont Soldiers
Selectmen
Gerald E. Morrissey
Cutler Street
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Donald C. Hicks
John J. DeVito
John Page
Page
DeVito
Moder
Ayres’ Recommendation
Shields
Daniels
Ingness
Albany
John A. Burgess
Gov
Wilmington
Deerfield
The
Associated Press
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