Brattleboro Man Named Director of Greater Bennington Association
Gordon W. Hall of Brattleboro has been chosen as executive director of the Greater Bennington Association. The 33 year old Baylor graduate will assume duties April 16 after a selection process involving nearly 20 applicants. Hall has held roles in London television advertising and U S broadcasting and worked on Garry Moore and New York Yankee telecasts.
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Greater Bennington Association
Gordon W. Hall
Brattleboro
Baylor University
Hall
Charles W. Hobson, Ltd
London
England
J. Walter Thompson Co
New York City
Spring Floods Surge Across Midwest States
Flood workers battled rising waters across Iowa and Nebraska as warm, sunny days melted heavy snow. Pierce reports the North Fork River spilling over 30 blocks in a town of 1,200, with evacuations continuing. Minor flooding seen in nearby Norfolk as farmland areas flood between the towns.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Pierce
Norfolk
Information Campaign to Present Union School District Story
Bennington county planning board officials plan an educational campaign to explain a proposed eight district union school district. They unveiled the plan to 500 people and schedule meetings through May with Arlington and other towns to assess support and speakers.
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Union
Bennington- Southwest
Union School District
Bennington County
Arthur S. Faris
Molly Stark
Planning Board
Coolidge Avenue Residents Challenge Parking Lot Plan
Coolidge Avenue residents held a special meeting with village leaders to protest work on a tract owned by William Morse that fronts Coolidge Avenue and backs a commercial site where an Oneida Market is under construction. They fear rezoning disputes and traffic impacts and warned of legal action if trustees permit a parking lot.
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Coolidge Avenue
Bennington Village
James B. Gibney
William E. Hoisington
Steve T. Wassick
Donald C. Hicks
Gibney
Oneida
William E. Morse
Morse
Board of Zoning Appeals and Trustees
Zoning Board
Main Street
Wassick
Hicks and Hoisington
Memorial Park
Hoisington
T. Garry Buckley
Frondizi Faces Military Coup as Protests Escalate
Argentine President Arturo Frondizi remains in office at 7:25 a.m. while military leaders from the army navy and air force reject a compromise. Gen Raul Poggi orders Plan 3 to overthrow, navy moves, and the defense minister declines to reveal details of a proposed settlement.
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Buenos Aires
Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi
Argentina
Rodolfo Martinez
Raul Poggi
Navy
Government House
Martinez
Nuclear tests to probe Zeus anti miss iles near Pacific drills
Defense Secretary McNamara says atmosphere blasts as part of the U S test series over the Pacific will study radar disruption, ground based impacts, and neutron effects on warheads to aid Zeus anti ICBM research. The $1 billion program aims to test Atlas missiles vs. Kwajalein launches from Vandenberg.
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Washington
U.S
Pacific
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
House Appropriations
McNamara
Kwajalein Island
Atlas
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Rutland Railroad Abandonment Protested By Mont Group
A Rutland line abandonment proposal drew heat from Ben Mont as a spokesman for a group controlling several railroads and bus lines. He said the Rutland segments would be acquired only if ICC consent allows abandonment and would be operated as independent railroads.
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Rutland RR
Ben Mont
St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad
Rutland
ICC
Morris H. Smearson
Flushing, N. Y
Banner
New York City
Portland
Maine
Wellsville
Addison
Galeton
Pennsylvania
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Southern
Stockholders Hearing Cancelled Over Rutland Railway
State Public Service Commissioner John D. Paterson said the hearing on Rutland Railway management and control has been cancelled due to an apparent agreement between Governor Keyser and Rutland President William S. Ginsburg on partial service restoration. Keyser had asked subpoenas for about 400 Rutland stockholders to determine their interests in the line.
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Montpelier
John D. Paterson
Rutland Railway
Paterson
Gov
Keyser
Rutland
William S. Ginsburg
Atty
Charles J. Adams
Council
John C. Lawson
Barre
Malone
N.Y
Lawson
Burlington
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Railroad
ICC
Clarence K. Young
Young
Commission
Rutland rail line fate heats up as protests mounted
Ben-Mont Paper Co. urges ICC to condition any abandonment on continued Bennington area service. Vermont labor groups and political figures press against cutting Rutland line. Rail rivals express interest in segments while hearings probe financials and waivers.
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Rutland
Ben-Mont Paper Co
Bennington
Rutland Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ben-Mont
Edward M. Rogalski
Shaftsbury
White Creek
N.Y
ICC
Clarence Young
Ben- Mont
F. Ray Keyser
Rutland Pres
William S. Ginsburg
Vermont Labor Council
Listers Get Green Light to Hire Help for Office Machinery
Town listers win limited approval to hire temporary help to operate the automatic bookkeeping equipment for the current listing period. The vote split with Selectman Daigneault opposing. Francis J. Hogan led the request citing a post election board change.
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Hogan
Charles Toomey
Norton Barber
Catherine Dermody
Toomey
van Santvoord
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By Elton C. Fay
Zeus
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Gassetts
Bellows Falls
White
Smearson
United Press International
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Benngton
Cummings
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Malone Junction
Murray W. Salzberg
St. Johnsbury
Clinton
Mooers
Ellenburg
Franklin
New York State
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Daigneault
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Leon R. Eldred
Old Bennington
Atty. Barber
Charles A. Maguire
Fort Devens
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