Adjutant General under fire over Senate remarks
Vermont adjutant general Maj. Gen. Francis Billado faced calls to apologize or resign after Senate floor exchanges in which lawmakers accused him of insulting them. Billado, defending himself, said the remarks would reflect only the facts if senators failed a military style test. He noted difficulty finding a deputy at his $8,800 salary.
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Marcoux
Senate
Billado
Charles L. Delaney
Dchittenden
Burlington
U.S
Army
John J. O’brien
D - Chittenden
Knights of Columbus Open Convention in Vermont
About 75 delegates and their wives arrive for the 65th annual Vermont Knights of Columbus convention. They will elect five new state officers Sunday, attend masses, tour Green Mountain Park race track, and dine with Gov. Hoff and Bishop Joyce at a banquet.
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K OF C
Frank L. Wagner
Burlington
Knights of Columbus
David J. Gaffney
Main St
Leonard Anzivino
Bennington Council
Charles Holden
Buckler
Vermont
Paradise
Philip H. Hoff
Robert F. Joyce
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Sacred Heart Church
St. Francis de Sales Church
Rockefeller Bride Plans Flight Home From Venezuela
Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller and his bride of two weeks are booked on Pan American Flight 442 from Caracas to San Juan Puerto Rico arriving 6 30 p m local time. The airline said reservations information came from its Miami office and it had no details of travel from San Juan.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Venezuela
Pan American World Airways
Rockefellers
Caracas
San Juan
P.R
Miami, Fla
Bike Collapses Hurls Boy Against Tree Near Manchester
Lynn Gribbin, 14, a Burr and Burton freshman, sustained a concussion and possible skull fracture when his bicycle collapsed on U S 7 Friday at 1 15 p m and threw him into a tree. He rested comfortably at Putnam Memorial Hospital later Friday. The bike recently welded fell apart after hitting a curb near George L Markey’s residence. First aid by Dr F E Harrigan and Brewster’s ambulance removed him for observation as state police investigated.
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Manchester
Lynn Gribbin
Burr and Burton Seminary
U.S
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Paul Gribbin
Manchester Depot
George L. Markey
F.E. Harrigan
Gribbin
Brewster’s Ambulance
Accient
Dillon cancels New York Boston IRS merger
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon canceled the plan to merge the New York and Boston regional IRS offices while approving other field office consolidations including Omaha with Chicago and four district mergers. New York City and Boston will retain current regional oversight of their districts.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
New York
Boston
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Dillon
Omaha, Neb
Chicago
Syracuse
N.Y
Buffalo
Camden
N.J
Newark
Kansas City
New York City
New England
Polaris A3 Missile Flies Best Yet In Atlantic Test
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP A Polaris A3 missile scored what Navy officials called its best flight yet on an 1800 mile strike down the Atlantic tracking range. It marked the third straight land launch success for the weapon designed to extend the submarine fleet range by over 1000 miles. The test milestone followed previous failures and focused on fixes to the second stage thrust system.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Atlantic
Astronaut Gordon Cooper Relives Space Views
After a 22 orbit flight aboard the USS Rearsarge Cooper described startling earth views from 110 miles up. He identified his Clear Lake Houston district and noted smoke from villages as he swept past at high speed. Doctors called him a normal healthy subject and praised his mastery of the Faith 7 capsule during reentry.
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Rearsarge
Gordon Cooper
Earth
Cooper
Clear Lake
Houston
Texas
Richard Pollard
United States
Asia
Pollard
Faith 7
U.S
Family on Way to Hawaii to reunite with Gordon Cooper
Mrs Trudy Cooper and her daughters Camala 14 and Janita 13 traveled from Houston to Los Angeles and then to Honolulu for a reunion with space hero Gordon Cooper. Cooper will arrive in Hawaii aboard the USS Kearsarge after completing 22 orbits of the earth.
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Cooper
Air Force
Charles Upp
Detroit
Mich
Trudy
Camala
Janita
Honolulu
Texas
Kearsarge
Hawaii
America
White House
New York
Oklahoma
Roger
Gary Cooper
Moon
Brainerd Holmes
NASA Manned Flight
Los Angeles
Gordon Cooper
Trudy Cooper
Houston
Tex
USS
Kennedy delays Cooper reception for breathing time
President Kennedy rescheduled Maj Gordon Cooper space reception to Tuesday at 12 15 pm to give him a day off. Cooper, fresh from his space flight, will travel from Hawaii to Washington for the event and then proceed to Cape Canaveral for a news conference.
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Cooper
Houston
Tex
Air Force
Kearsarge
Kennedy
Washington
Pierre Salinger
White House
Space Agency
Maj. Cooper
Salinger
Mercury Chiefs Weigh Open End Space Flight After Cooper
Cape Canaveral officials weigh a potential open end Mercury mission following Gordon Cooper's 22 orbit flight. Kraft notes future missions could be longer with safety as the limit. Cooper could return Sunday with a news conference and White House visit planned.
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Cape Canavers
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Project Mercury
Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Chris Kraft
Kraft
Cape Caraveral
White House
No Plans for J F K Meeting With Wallace in Alabama
Governor George C. Wallace and President Kennedy were due to meet in Alabama amid local racial unrest in Birmingham. The visit followed Wallace's expressions of anger over recent events as nationwide calls for racial peace protested delays.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Kennedy
Traffic Control Procedures Outlined At Race Track
Public Safety Commissioner Baumann ordered Taconic Racing and Breeding Assoc to police traffic at Green Mountain Park in Pownal. The track will man two entrances with two officers each and control crossings on U.S. 7 and Vermont 346. Uniformed officers will coordinate with state police. two troopers will assist at school crossings if racing overlaps.
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Montpelier
Baumann
Ray Smith
U.S. 7
Vermont 346
Boston and Maine Railroad
Pownal
Department of Public Safety
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Shaftsbury
Brattleboro
Richard C. Curtis
Arthur Yean
Kennan to resign as Yugoslavia ambassador this autumn
George F. Kennan will resign as ambassador to Yugoslavia and return to academia this fall the White House announced. He has been in Belgrade since March 7 1961 on leave from Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Studies and no resignation date was set.
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Washington
George F. Kennan
Yugoslavia
White House
Kennan
Belgrade
Institute For Advanced Studies
Princeton
N.J
Soviet Union
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