Suspended Animation: Union School Idea Fails Yet Hopes Renew
Mt Anthony union school board reviewed a twice defeated proposal to form a five member district excluding Bennington Graded School District. Directors rejected further bond votes before June 30 and acknowledged a lame duck status. Some members blamed misinformation while others said the plan, though not good enough, may be revived. Franklin Frantz won a new term. Dr Arthur S Faris noted indecision about re election.
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Mt. Anthony Union School
Bennington
Outfit
Arthur S. Faris
Franklin Frantz
Woodford
Dr. Falls
Merritt Hewitt Jr
North Bennington
Union High
Hewitt
Greater
Union Board
Bennington notices sweep plans and school bond debate
Inside Bennington Village trustees plan mechanical street sweeping while editorials push community planning. Flo matic Corp. names Wilbur C. Rice president in Hoosick Falls as bond issues and a potential five member district loom over Bennington Graded and union school talks. Senator Jackson warns White House on nuclear test ban amid Khrushchev Mao tensions. Astronaut Gordon Cooper readies to orbit next week.
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Henry M. Jackson
Dash
White House
Khrushchev
Mao
U K and Soviet Clash Over Laos Truce Shore Up Plan
Britain and the Soviet Union traded sharp accusations over efforts to shore up the Laos truce. As cochairmen of the 1962 Geneva peace talks, each side charged the other with violating the Geneva accords after Moscow published the proposed terms of a letter from Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma.
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London
Britain
Soviet Union
Laos
Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
Souvanna Phouma
Lord Home
Gromyko
Vientiane
Cochairmen
Moscow
Tass
Foreign Office
Plaine Des Jarres
Stanley Tools Moves Unit to Shaftsbury Plant
Stanley Tools of New Britain Connecticut will relocate woodworking operations to Eagle Square Manufacturing in Shaftsbury as part of a plan to cut costs and create 50 to 60 new jobs over the next 18 months. Eagle Square is described as a division of Stanley Tools with manager John Clawson announcing the move to Greater Bennington Association directors.
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Stanley Tools
New Britain
Three Massachusetts Officials Indicted on Bribery Conspiracy
Three state officials including Joseph Ray Crimmins Leo Benoit and John A Letteney were indicted by the Suffolk County Grand Jury on charges of soliciting and taking bribes and conspiracy The indictments allege bribe schemes tied to housing projects in West Springfield and Agawam in 1960 with totals around 1800 dollars Superior Court set arraignments for Monday and witnesses included two architects and a Crime Commission investigator
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Massachusetts
State Housing Board
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Attorney General’s
Massachusetts Crime Commission
Joseph Ray Crimmins
Somerville
Leo Benoit
Chicopee
John A. Letteney
Lancaster
Benoit
Letteney
Crimmins
Walter J. Skinner
Douglas C. Goodman
Agawam
Joseph F. Paley
Jack Goff
Crime Commission
Benoit and
Pagy
Bosch Decries Duvalier Regime as Madman in Haiti Crisis
President Juan Bosch accused Haiti’s Duvalier regime of human rights violations and urged the OAS to probe violations of international law. He warned of possible force, defended Dominican embassy refugees, and said Dominican troops would stay on the border to deter further aggression.
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Duvalier
OAS
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Organization of American States
Port Au Prince
Francois Duvalier
Kennedy
United States
U S Ambassador Threatens Force Over Haiti Evacuations
Washington AP Raymond L Thurston reportedly warned Haitian officials of possible U S military action to evacuate Americans if the Duvalier regime blocked exit permits The State Department confirmed that U S naval forces are available nearby to assist in evacuation if needed.
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Washington
U.S
Raymond L. Thurston
Haiti
State Department
Thurston
Joseph Reap
Death and Jail Demands in Penkovsky Wynne Spy Trial
In Moscow the prosecutor seeks execution for Oleg Penkovsky and ten years for British codefendant Greville Wynne in a high profile spy trial. The proceedings depict Western intelligence as waging a covert war, with Penkovsky’s alleged morals and private affairs spotlighted during the show trial ahead of verdicts.
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Moscow
Oleg Penkovsky
Greveille Wynne
Britain
United States
Penkovsky
Wynne
Kleig
Artem Gorny
Soviet Scientific Research Committee
Gorny
Soviet Union
U.S
Penkovsky-Wynne
Igor Rudovsky
Galina Zacharova
Birmingham Desegregation Accord Promises Wardrobe of Change
Biracial Birmingham committee proposes staged desegregation of lunch counters restrooms and drinking fountains within 90 days and nondiscriminatory hiring of Negroes within 60 days. It also outlines release of arrested demonstrators on bond and reestablishment of communication between communities. King says agreement signals progress though not binding and urges calm and reconciliation as a broader civil rights campaign unfolds.
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King
Birmingham
James Bevel
Cleveland
Miss
Bevel
Alabama
Mississippi
Pope John XXIII Wins Balzan Peace Prize in Vatican
Pope John XXIII received the Balzan Peace Prize, 160000 dollars, in privacy and public rites at St. Peter's. The 81 year old pontiff, recently ill, expressed humility and gratitude to God, pledging to work for world peace as dignitaries and crowds watched in the basilica.
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John XXIII
Papal Throne Room
St. Peter’s
Pope John
Balzan Foundation
Balzan
Antonio Segni
Italy
Vatican
Reactions Vary Birmingham Seen Giving U.S. Black Eye Abroad
Western European officials and editors react cautiously to U.S. racial troubles in Birmingham. They warn images of police dogs and fire hoses could damage U.S. prestige in Africa and Asia, while praising Kennedy’s handling and noting limits of federal power.
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U.S
London
Europe
Alabama
United States
Africa
Asia
Spain
Portugal
Netherlands
Nigeria
Moscow
Peking
Kennedy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Washington
West Germany
Paris
Rome
Pearson and Kennedy Discuss Seven Key Issues
President Kennedy and Canadian Prime Minister Lester B Pearson met at Kennedy's Hyannisport retreat to review seven major topics. They pledged progress on all matters and planned formal communiques after further talks with NATO and labor leaders.
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Hyannisport, Mass
Kennedy
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Pearson
United States
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
C. M. Drury
John G. Diefenbaker
Geneva
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Ottawa
Nine Area Schools Participate in Southwestern Vermont Arts Fair
Students from Arlington Bennington Molly Stark Wilmington North Bennington Manchester Elementary Red Brick Whitingham and Mt Laurel competed at the fifth annual Arts and Home Economics Fair held in the high school auditorium. About 500 projects were displayed despite heavy rain with prizes awarded in 15 categories for homemaking and foods.
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Vermont
Arlington
Bennington
Molly Stark
Wilmington
Manchester Elementary
Red Brick School
Whitingham
Mt. Laurel School
Karen Allen
Judy Roberts
Wellingham
Patricia Kelly
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