Segni Elected Italy President in Nine Ballots Amid Party Split
Antonio Segni, a 71 year old Christian Democrat and pro Western foreign minister, won the Italian presidency after nine parliamentary ballots. Left wing rebels and opposition from Communists Socialists Democratic Socialists and Republicans opposed him. Democratic Socialist leader Giuseppe Saragat refused to withdraw and urged his party to back Segni only if another candidate was chosen.
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Rome
Antonio Segni
Italy
Christian Democrats
Christian Democrat Coalition
Democratic Socialist Party
Giuseppe Saragat
Segni
Christian Democrat
Aldo Moro
Saragat
SEC Director Promises Probe of Stock Dealing
Washington AP report on the SEC launch of a broad stock market inquiry. Milton H. Cohen states the hearings aim to study practices and controls, not prosecute individuals, focusing on mutual fund salesman qualifications and supervision. Industry witnesses include Walter Benedick of Investors Planning Corp. of America and H L Hamieson of King Merritt & Co. Inc. in New York City.
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Washington
Milton H. Cohen
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cohen
Walter Benedick
Investors Planning Corp. of America
H. L. Hamieson
King Merritt & Company, Inc
New York City
Connally-Yarbrough runoff reshapes Texas Democratic rift
In Dallas AP report Connally leads six in Democratic gubernatorial nomination race and faces June 2 runoff with Don Yarborough. The contest heightens long standing conservative liberal feud within Texas Democrats and could aid Republican Jack Cox in November.
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Dallas
Tex
Navy
John Connally
Houston
Don Yarborough
Texas
Connally
Yarborough
Breckenridge
Jack Cox
Hicks Takes Over as GBA Executive Director
Donald C. Hicks arrived at the GBA offices at 9 a.m. to become the new executive director, replacing Paul J. Short. He aims to coordinate bureau activities for Bennington’s development, expand tourist business, and broaden GBA membership while stressing inclusivity and community benefit.
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Donald C. Hicks
GBA
South Street
Greater
Hicks
Greater Bennington Association
Spring
Vermont
Hagenguth
U S Denounces Laos City Capture by Rebels
Pro Communist forces seized Nam Tha, provincial capital near the Chinese border, as Premier Boun Oum’s royal Laotian government and Peiping radio confirmed the fall after Sunday fighting. The United States denounced the move.
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U.S
Laos
Nam Tha
Red China
Boun Oum
Peiping Radio Today
United States
Luang Prabang
Peiping Radio
Pathet Lao
First Polaris Nuclear Warhead Test Marks Long Range Strike
The United States fired a Polaris submarine launched missile with a nuclear warhead for the first time, in Operation Dominic. The test near Christmas Island produced a 1,400 mile range weapon with an estimated 600 thousand ton TNT yield, launched from the Ethan Allen undersea, with details not disclosed.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Christmas Island
Polaris
Ethan Allen
AEC
Three States Weigh United Protest of New York Drink Age
Congress members from New Jersey Pennsylvania Vermont Massachusetts and Connecticut will meet to discuss action against New York liquor laws. Rep Florence P Dwyer says a Congressional show of concern could push New York to raise the drinking age to 21. New York currently allows 18 year olds to drink in public.
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Washington
Congress
New York
Florence P. Dwyer
Rn.j
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Venezuelan forces crush Carupano uprising with arrests
A Venezuelan warship captured several Communist leaders and two rebel naval officers fleeing by boat after the Carupano revolt collapse. President Betancourt praised loyal forces as he blamed Communists for trying to install a Castro style regime. Casualties ranged from five to forty dead and thirty to one hundred fifty wounded nationwide. government losses were two dead and ten wounded.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Carupano
Red
Eloy Torres
Betancourt
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Bennington Village Eyes 1925 Bylaw for Building Permits
Village Attorney signals trustees and President Gibney to enforce a voter approved 1925 bylaw requiring building permits from trustees for new buildings additions and alterations. The bylaw remains in abeyance since 1956 amid zoning questions after Morse Construction suit.
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Bennington Village
William H. Morse
Morse Construction Co. Inc
Reuben Levin
James B. Gibney
Levin
George Plumb
Court of Chancery
Morse
Gibney
Seven North Korean Agents Nabbed in Seoul Espionage Sweep
South Korea's marines announced the arrest of seven alleged North Korean Communist agents on March 20 while they were engaged in espionage work.
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Seoul
South Korea
NATO Warns Soviet Union On Defense of Freedom
Twenty four of twenty six states reject the Pentagon plan to disband Army National Guard units as part of a nationwide 475-unit cut. Governors have not voiced support while White House delays action on a governors' committee meeting request.
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Soviet Union
Pentagon
Washington
Army National Guard
National Guard Bureau
Army
White House
Governors’ Committee
Kennedy
Governors
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
NATO Pledges Defense As Allies Unite On Nuclear Policy
In Athens NATO ministers wrap up a four day strategy review promising to defend members by all necessary means. They approve steps to share nuclear policy studies with allies while keeping bomb making techniques secret and seek faster conventional arms buildup.
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Greece
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Berlin
NATO
U.S
Washington
Alliance
America
Five States Hold Primaries For Governor and Congress
Voters in Ohio Florida Indiana New Mexico and West Virginia head to polls on Tuesday for governor and congressional primaries. Key races feature taft and fess offspring in Ohio, Smathers facing rivals in Florida, Mechem seeking fifth term in New Mexico, and multiple incumbents in Indiana and West Virginia avoiding serious opposition.
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U.S. Senate
House
Ohio
Florida
Indiana
New Mexico
West Virginia
Claude Pepper
George A. Smathers
Kennedy
Smathers
Robert L. Davis
Douglas R. Voorhees
Emerson Rupert
St. Petersburg
Ken Hechler
Elizabeth Kee
Pope Proclaims Peru Mulatto Saint Martin de Porres
Vatican reports Pope John XXII canonizes Dominican Brother Martin de Porres of Peru as a saint. A 30,000-strong audience at St Peter’s Basilica highlights his life among the poor and sick as a model for youth. Cardinals from around the world attend including Cardinal Rugambwa and Archbishops Spellman Meyer Ritter.
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Vatican City
John XXII
Martin de Porres
St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter’s
Laurian Cardinal Rugambwa
Tanganyika
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Albert Gregory Cadinal Meyer
Chicago
Joseph Cardinal Ritter
St. Louis
Albany Novelty workers approve three year contract
About 200 production workers at Albany Novelty Division ratified a three year contract with Albany Novelty and North Bennington unit of Local 806. The deal includes a total 10 cent hourly wage increase with step raises and a six month trial for overtime premiums after eight hours per day. The agreement runs April 1 1962 to March 31 1965 with other benefits and shorter probation for new hires.
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United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union
Albany Novelty Division
North Bennington
Robert C. Watson
Watson
Union
The
Polygraphic Co. of America
Garrison House, Inc
Brothers Buy Suits From Same Clerk in Des Moines
Five Des Moines brothers Wayne Warren Darrell Roger and Ron Gass shopped for new suits on the same day and ended up buying them from the same clerk at the same store revealing no prior knowledge of each other’s plans.
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DES Moines
Wayne
Warren
Darrell
Roger
Ronald Gass
Blough urges harmony between business and government
Roger M. Blough, chairman of U S Steel, told stockholders the economy needs harmony between business and government for progress. He rejected any government price setting, defended a recent price hike, and said future pricing should be market driven. He disagreed with Kennedy's wage settlement yardstick when costs rise.
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Hoboken
N.J
Roger M. Blough
Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Kennedy
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