Dutch Lad Learns Farm Life in US While Learning English
Hessel Bouma, a 21 year old Dutch farm learner, arrives at Doornhof in Shaftsbury Vermont under a foreign exchange program. He works with Henry Schurink and speaks Dutch only when necessary, studying American farming methods, tractor use, and farm organization. The visit aims to compare farming practices and explore marketing, with emphasis on labor efficiency versus land abundance.
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Hessel
United States
Doornhof
Henry Schurink
Twitchell Hill
Shaftsbury
Schurink
Federal Extension Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Friesland
Holland
Bennington County
James
Bud) Edgerton
U.S
Vermont
New York
Washington, D.C
Hessel Bouma
Little Rock group calls off plans to ship Negroes
The Capital Citizens Council of Little Rock canceled plans to send two Black families on a one way flight to Boston citing no applicants. The council would fund one way rides for those seeking California destinations. A Boston committee was formed to aid any arriving Negroes through Kennedy family channels.
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Little Rock, Ark
Capital Citizens Council
Boston
Amis Guthridge
Little Rock
California
Massachusetts
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
President Kennedy
Pulitzer Prizes Award Drama Fiction and Public Service
The 1962 Pulitzers honor How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and The Edge of Sadness as drama and fiction winners. The Panama City News-Herald earns public service for a Bay County anticorruption drive. AP photographer Paul Wathis wins for Camp David Kennedy Eisenhower photo. Theodore H White tops new general non fiction prize for The Making of the President 1960.
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New York
Boston
Abe Burrows
Jack Weinstock
Willie Gilbert
Frank Loesser
Edwin O'Connor
Columbia University
Graduate School of Journalism
Joseph Pulitzer
Panama City
Fla
News- Herald
Gulf Coast City
Bay County
Walter Lippman
New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
Paul Wathis
Harrisburg, Pa
Associated Press
Kennedy
Theodore H. White
Centaur Rocket Maiden Flight Set After Delays
A sixth launch attempt is planned at Cape Canaveral to test the Centaur high energy rocket on its maiden flight. Previous attempts since April 6 were thwarted by weather and a failed power cable disconnect, with hydrogen fuel issues contributing to delays. The initial firing aims for a brief 15 minute ballistic test to assess systems and hydrogen performance in space.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Centaur
Sunderland Union School Decision Looms Over District Plans
Sunderland faces a pivotal choice on joining Arlington and Sandgate in a new elementary district, which could boost Arlington's chance to join the proposed Bennington union high school district. Three options are outlined: maintain four small schools, merge with Arlington, or build a Sunderland Central School with varying costs and tax rates.
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Sunderland
Arlington
Union High School
Bennington Union High School
Bennington
Sandgate
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Union
John M. Moore
Arlington School Board
Lawrence
Arlington-Sunderland
Arlington School
Memorial High
Fisher
Robert B. Vail
Bennington-Rutland
Manchester
Dorset
Rutland
Moore
Laos Reds warn rightists to join coalition or face consequences
The Pathet Lao captured Nam Tha prompting a warning to Gen. Phoumi Nosavan to join a coalition or endure military pressure. The U.S. backs a neutralist led government with Souvanna Phouma, while Phoumi resists, and Nam Tha seizure tests cease-fire diplomacy amid regional pressure.
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Tokyo
Phoumi Nosavan
Pathet Lao
Nam Tha
Phoumi
Laos
Phourmi
Vientiane
Defense
Souvanna Phouma
United States
U.S
Boun Oum
Kong le
Moscow
Europe
Kennedy
Ex Bridges Aide Seeks Republican Nomination for Congress
Chester M. Wiggin Jr., former administrative aide to Sen Styles Bridges, launches a bid for the Republican nomination from New Hampshire’s First District. The 45 year old attorney is the second contender, joining Joseph T. Jalbert of Dover, as Rep Chester E. Merrow may enter the Senate race. Wiggin says he resigned from Sen Norris Cotton’s staff to run.
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Conway
N.H
Chester M. Wiggin Jr
Styles Bridges
Congress
Joseph T. Jalbert
Dover
Chester E. Merrow
GOP
U.S. Senate
Wiggin
Frost Recites Poem After Audience Help at Library
In Washington 88 year old Robert Frost stumbled over a line but was aided by fellow poet Louis Untermeyer. Frost recovered to finish stopping by woods on a snowy evening drawing a standing ovation during a Library of Congress appearance marking his week as honorary humanities consultant with a three year term pact.
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Robert Ward
Nyack
N.Y
New York City Center
Arthur Miller
Alan Dugan
New York City
Washington
Robert Frost
Frost
Library of Congress
Louis Untermeyer
Library
Woods
Kennedy Tells Labor to Seek Single Voice in Bargaining
President Kennedy urged both labor and management to act with responsibility to the public and warned against unjustified wage or profit demands. He said the administration will not fix prices or wages but will define goals and encourage voluntary action to protect the national interest. He spoke to the United Auto Workers in Atlantic City and to the Chamber of Commerce about restraint in wage contracts and prices.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Kennedy
Labor Today
United Auto Workers Convention
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Old Bennington Voters Asked to OK Tax Cut and Actions
Voters in Old Bennington will decide tonight on reducing the general tax rate to 2.87 dollars plus to vote on transferring the sewer system to the town and forming a regional planning commission with nearby villages. Other measures include borrowing authority for 5 000 dollars for state aid reimbursements and expenses, zoning questions about St Joseph Business College, and appointing an accountant for village audit.
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Old Bennington
Bennington
Vermont 9
Loyal R. Nash
Board of Trustees’ and Zoning Commission
St. Joseph Business College
State Auditor of Accounts
Nash
George D. Hughey
Waldo Holden
Caroline Darlington
Helga A. Jennings
Darlington
Oakley Frost
Hamilton L. Shields
Fabian Kunzelmann
Stanley R. Pike
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Saturn
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Hearst
W. A. Swanberg
William Randolph Hearst
Gipson
Lawrence H. Gipson
Lehigh University
Sunderland School Association
Arling
Albert R. Lawrence
Union School
Korea
Bridges
Cliff Winters
Riverside
Cal
Winters
UAW
J.K
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