Castro Attacks Escalante Dismissal in Cuba
Fidel Castro derided Anibal Escalante in a radio address as creating chaos by pursuing personal power and steering the United Party of the Socialist Revolution toward sectarianism. He indicated Escalante, 53, has been dismissed from top posts amid accusations of factionalism and personality cult influence.
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Fidel Castro
Anibal Escalante
Cuba
Castro
Escalante
Hoy
Integrated Revolutionary Organizations
ORI
Popular Socialist (Communist) Party
United Party of the Socialist Revolution
Keyser Pleased Offer To Buy Rutland RR Revealed at ICC Hearing
The St Johnsbury and Lamoille Railroad offered to absorb Rutland Railway segments if the ICC approves abandonment of the strikebound line. Gov Keyser welcomed the proposal as good news as hearings in Malone and Rutland proceed. Local dairy and farm interests warn abandonment would harm northern New York economy and jobs.
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Malone
N.Y
Vermont
Rutland Railway
Murray M. Salzberg
St. Johnsbury
Rutland
Salzberg
Lic
Interstate Commerce Commission
Delaware and Hudson
Boston
Maine
Keyser
Cleveland
New England
New York
Carlton King
R-N.y
Con
Court ruling could reshape state reapportionment in New England
The Supreme Court decision allowing federal challenges to state legislature makeup may affect Vermont where Rep. William Mikell seeks an injunction in Chittenden Rutland Addison Orleans counties until reapportionment. Vermont Senate has not redrawn since 1941 and may require a special session if pursued.
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Associated Press
U.S. Supreme Court
New England
Vermont
William Mikell
Chittenden
Wick
Montpelier
Woman Reaches For Handbag, Crashes Car
A Bennington woman, Catherine Cooke, reached for a handbag in her moving 1953 Chevrolet on U S 7 near Pownal Center. The car ran off the road, hit two culverts, then smashed into a brick garage. She was admitted to Putnam Memorial Hospital in good condition with multiple injuries.
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Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Catherine Cooke
Pleasant St
U.S. 7
Pownal Center
Rusk and Gromyko Report Some Progress at Geneva Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said they made some progress in Geneva toward clarifying points of agreement and difference on Berlin. They will resume discussions via ambassadors in Moscow and Washington while keeping tensions from exploding.
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Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Rusk
Washington
Kennedy
Moscow
Gromyko
Ruskin
U.S
United Nations
Khrushchev
Reservist faces court martial over critical remarks
At Fort Polk Army Capt Gerland R. MacManus testified he warned Pfc Bernis Owen that publishing his criticisms of a general could bring a court martial. Owen 23 of Seadrift Texas is charged with disrespect after comments about an order banning reservists from protesting.
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FT. Polk
Gerland R. MacManus
Pfc
Bernis Owen
Seadrift
Tex
Owen
Powell to be released mid April for vacation begins
Gov Wesley Powell of New Hampshire will leave Exeter Hospital in mid April and depart for a vacation outside the state. Senate President Samuel Green of Manchester will assume governor duties during his absence. An executive council meeting set for March 30 will be held at the hospital where Powell recovers from a heart attack.
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Concord
N.H
Wesley Powell
Exeter Hospital
New Hampshire
Senate
Samuel Green
Manchester
Powell
Robert W. Rhodes
Union School Faces 1.46 Million Bond For High School Plan
Community discussion centers on forming a union high school district for eight Bennington County districts. The plan envisions converting Bennington High into a junior high and building a new 900 pupil high school with site and equipment costs. Estimated annual outlay, including debt service, would approach 483 thousand dollars, funded by a 20 year bond.
Frost vows another book after 88th birthday reading
Washington AP Robert Frost the acclaimed American poet told guests at a black tie dinner that his 88th birthday pledge in verse will be fulfilled with another poetry collection. Chief Justice Earl Warren introduced him. Atty. Gen. Kennedy and many dignitaries attended the Udall and Holt Rinehart dinner.
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Washington
Robert Frost
World of Letters
Earl Warren
Frost
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
White House
U.S
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Lee
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Stewart Ud
Citizens consider forming regional high school district in Vermont
More than 500 residents from seven towns in southern Bennington County heard a call for a public vote within 60 days in eight independent districts to form a union high school district. Robe rt Wilson outlined rising costs and the need for regional schools, with towns weighing anticipated expenses and steps before the vote.
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Robert M. Wilson
Pippin Knoll
Bennington
Bennington County
Molly Stark
Bennington Southwest
Arthur S. Faris
Bennington-Southwest
Vermont
Wilson
Shaftsbury
Bennington Village
Separate Shirt Collar Goes Out Of Style After 60 Years
New York AP reports Phillips-Van Heusen announces dropping the separate shirt collar line after six decades as the collar-attached shirt dominates. Cluett-Peabody declined comment. The split had seen sales fall from 24 million in 1924 to 18,000 in 1961.
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Phillips-Van Heusen Corp
Cluett-Peabody & Co
Phillips-Van Heusen
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