17 Are Dead 30 000 Homeless In Wake of Tornadoes in South
Floods and deadly tornadoes across the South killed at least seventeen people and left more than 30 000 homeless. Water shortages closed schools in Kentucky and emergency measures, with Red Cross relief in multiple states, and disaster declarations requested for mountain counties.
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Harlan
Civil Defense
Bill Haight
Baxter
Harlan County
American Red Cross
Huntington
W. Va
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Red Cross
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Sandy
Cumberland
Wilson W. Wyatt
Kennedy
Pikeville
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pike
Bond Issue Rejected for Regional High School Measure
Mt Anthony Union School District voters rejected a 1.65 million bond for a regional high school. Result 2,324 against 2,132 in a statewide tally with four districts voting yes but Bennington Village 1,203 to 865 and Shaftsbury by six votes also opposing doomed the proposal.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington Village
Shaftsbury
Union school district votes down bond for new Mt Anthony area high
Proximate 9 000 eligible voters went to the polls as the union school board prepares a second vote on a planned Grades 9 12 high school on a 50 acre Mt Anthony site near Old Bennington. Enrollment would reach 700 initially with 900 capacity and 1 200 potential, after seven months of study. Dr Arthur S Faris called the result disappointing yet close while accusing a Taxpayers Association ad of misleading voters and promising another vote.
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Union School Board
Greater Bennington
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Pownal
Mt. Anthony
Old Bennington
Arthur S. Faris
Lafayette Lyons
Lyons
Trict
George Allard Jr
County St
Dr. Faris
Liberty Amendment repeal of income tax would cut government costs
Willis Stone of Los Angeles told the House Judiciary Committee that abolishing the federal income tax would more than halve government costs and shield private enterprise from government competition. Stone, a retired industrial engineer and founder of the Committee for Economic Freedom, spoke in favor of the resolution yesterday.
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House
Willis Stone
Los Angeles
Stone
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wyoming
Texas
Nevada
Louisiana
Georgia
South Carolina
Vermont
Roger L. MacBride
Halifax
MacBride
Vermont Life Magazine
Collins
Ellery R. Purdy
Mendon
United States
Purdy
State House
William Shea
Burlington
Committee For Economic Freedom
Shea
Russian Troops Depart Cuba Slower Pace Prompts US Pressure
U.S. sources report Soviet withdrawals from Cuba at a slow pace with two days left to meet Khrushchev’s pledge of several thousand by mid March. Pravda notes a fourth ship home and a fifth loading as Washington tallies about 17,500 remaining personnel, while U.S. officials press for deeper cuts amid Cold War tensions.
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Cuba
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Berlin
Germany
Havana
Fidel Castro
Washington
New York
Dean Rusk
United States
Rusk
National Ad
Kennedy Warns of Disaster If Tax Cuts Fail
President Kennedy warned the economy would face downturn and disaster if Congress rejects proposed tax cuts and tightens the budget. He urged balancing tax relief with debt control and warned against bold budget cuts, asserting past policy mistakes led to slow growth.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Town and village clash over sewer system takeover
Bennington town selectmen insist on full ownership control before operating the village sewers. Village trustees object to turnover terms, prompting plans to clarify agreements and resolve misunderstandings. Wording of 1962 1963 transfer articles cited as the source of dispute.
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Bennington Village
Reuben Levin
Selectmen
Donald C. Hicks
Leo Nash
Leon R. Eldred
U S Reduces Demands For On Site Inspections
At a disarmament conference in Geneva the United States cut by a third the on site inspection area for monitoring a nuclear test ban. Ambassador Charles C Stelle proposed a maximum of 500 square kilometers, down from 700 to 800, to distinguish quakes from banned explosions. He noted no Russian reply yet and discussed seven inspections per year per nuclear power, amid stalled talks over overall inspection procedures.
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Geneva
United States
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
Stelle
Soviet Union
Rail Unions and Railroads Split Over Work Rules in Chicago
In Chicago today union leaders and railroad negotiators remained far apart on ground rules for talks over job rules affecting about 65,000 train and yard workers. The dispute centers on eliminating 40,000 firemen positions as unnecessary and overhauling long standing rules blamed for featherbedding costing $600 million yearly.
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Chicago
H.E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
James E. Wolfe
Brotherhoods
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