Hicks Named Head of State Chamber Unit
Donald C. Hicks was elected president of the Vermont Association of Chamber Executives at its fourth annual meeting in Manchester. He succeeds Eigil de Neergard. vice president is Donald Rowan and Margaret Saunders is secretary treasurer. Awards and a panel discussion on brochures highlighted the event.
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Weller
Sally L. Pabst
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Hicks
Manchester
Rutland
Poverty War in State Would Affect 61 000 Vermonters
Planning Coordinator Paul H. Guare reported that 61 000 Vermonters earning under 3000 dollars annually would fall under President Johnson's proposed anti poverty campaign. Governor Hoff ordered the study to gauge Vermont participation and impact on rural development, education, and job training within the plan.
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Montpelier
UPI
Paul H. Guare
Johnson
Guare
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Mystery Plane Buzzes Cuban Fishing Boats
Cuban refugees report a U S made B 26 bomber buzzed Cuban fishing boats near Ensenada de Mora in Oriente Province. Cuban broadcasts say two Russian MIG fighters were sent to intercept but arrived late. The incident follows a prior exile sea raid by Manuel Artime's MRR.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Oriente
Castro
U.S
Manuel Artime
Revolutionary Recovery Movement
MRR
Cuban Machine Radio
Bennington Trustees Eye New Elementary School Site
Bennington Graded School District trustees approved a plan to seek a site for a new elementary school to ease overcrowding, likely a K to 3 or K to 6 campus, preferably in the southwest village area. The building committee will search while considering a middle school option and policies on tuition pupils from surrounding districts.
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Bennington Graded
Bendi
Bennington
Pownal
Woodford
Pelsue
Danby
Wallingford
Granville
Anthony Pello
Heath
Train Hits Car On Route 67 Near Eagle Square Plant
State police report a train struck a car on Route 67 near Eagle Square plant in Shaftsbury this afternoon. Injuries and extent of damage are not yet known, but indications point to injuries.
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Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Barracks
Eagle Square
Secret Service laxity charged by accused agent
Abraham Bolden, 29, the first Black Secret Service agent assigned to guard President Kennedy, alleges laxity and drinking among agents. He faces charges for trying to sell a confidential government file to a man linked to counterfeit bonds. Bolden says he plans to testify before the Warren Commission.
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Chicago
UPD
U.S
Secret Service
Kennedy
Abraham Bolden
South Side
Washington
Burrill A Peterson
Bolden
Warren Commission
Hyannis Port
Edward V. Hanrahan
Hanrahan
Golden
Mass
Dallas
Warren Come Mission
Lincoln University
Jefferson City
First Lady Visits Appalachia To Spotlight Poverty
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson tours Breathitt County Kentucky to dedicate a new Breathitt High School gymnasium and press the war on poverty. She notes continued illiteracy and needs for more public works while praising self help and rousing projects in Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Kentucky Federation of Women’s Clubs
Phoenix Hotel
Lexington
Johnson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Breathitt High School
Edward Breathitt
Lick Branch
Texas
Washington
National Airport
Carl D. Perkins
William Batt Jr
Area Redevelopment Administration
Peter Jones
Secretary of Commerce
Helen Bertsch
Farmers Home Administration
Elizabeth Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
New Hampshire Chief Seeks Liberalized Sweepstakes Sales
Concord officials push to loosen sweepstakes law with proposals to sell tickets beyond liquor stores and race tracks. Edward J. Powers cites Pickett’s ideas and notes ticket sales hit 27 000 to 30 000 weekly as first million dollars worth of tickets nears. State officials question toll plaza viability for sales due to staffing limits at toll gates.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Powers
Pickett
Turks Blamed For Finns Death At Cyprus Clash
United Nations confirms shots that killed Finnish UN soldier Juhani Matikainen northwest of Nicosia came from Turkish Cypriot positions. He died after being hit by three bullets at 70 to 80 yards during a heavy exchange. Kanli Kelly village leader apologized for the incident.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
UPI
United Nations
U.N
Juhani Matikainen
Matikainen
Kanli Kelly
Inside Vermont Railway excursion thrills buffs and spooks cows
A Vermont excursion by rail draws railfans and unsettles nearby cows. An editorial debates where industrial action should lie. Arlington Grade 8 journalism class publishes The Eagle. North Bennington church hosts a missionary commissioning service Sunday.
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North Bennington Church
Stevenson Defends Vietnam Policy Before U N Security Council
Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson told the Security Council the United States will aid Southeast Asia against armed aggression and will not abandon Viet Nam or Laos. He urged honoring existing agreements and rejected new Geneva talks, as Laos and Cambodia face escalating crisis and U S casualties rise. The council weighs Cambodian aggression charges tied to border raids in May.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
Southeast Asia
Stevenson
Security Council
Viet Nam
Korea
Russia
China
France
French Indochina
Steven
Son
Laos
Cambodia
Johnson Administration
Council
Neutralist Forces Holdouts Reported West of Plain of Jars
Pockets of neutralist troops remain in the hills west of the Plain of Jars amid fighting as Kong Le’s command posts are targeted. A breakthrough unit from Phou Teneng reached Ban Na, while Muong Soui remained calm and Muong Kheung saw skirmishes. Souvanna Phouma urged Britain and the Soviet Union to seek action to end the conflict.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Plain of Jars
Kong le
Phou Teneng
Ban Na
Parachute Battalion Four
Pathet Lao
Muong Soui
Muong Kheung
Souvanna Phouma
Dorset Sage Delivers Wide Ranging Science Talk to Sixth Graders
An 82 year old Dorset naturalist Carl T. Ramsey known as the Sage of Swamp Acres spoke to Molly Stark sixth graders for an hour and a half. He covered geology biology astronomy and more using arrowheads as a prop and discussed evolution and carbon dating.
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Molly Stark
Carl T. Ramsey
Dorset
Swampacres
Ramsey
Norman Lariviere
Robert Brock
United States
Wisconsin
Green
North America
Charles Darwin
Santa Claus
Mark Twain
Vermont
Amazon River Valley
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Mystery Plane
Riddle
Knapp
Appalachia
N.H. Sweeps Chief
John O. Morton
Finn
Arlington
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