International concerns over high altitude space tests
In Bennington Banner editorials Britain’s astronomers urge international consultation before high altitude hydrogen blasts planned over the Pacific. They argue space belongs to all nations and warn unilateral tests could disrupt the Van Allen belts. a global framework and prior consent are needed.
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Britain
United States
Pacific
Cambridge
Sir Bernard Lovell
Fred Hoyle
Martin Lyle
Earth
Sir Bernard
International Committee On Space Research
Washington
James van Allen
Bennington
Tito Regime Jails Djilas Over Stalin Book Appearance
Milovan Djilas receives a nine year prison term in Belgrade for his book Conversations With Stalin slated for U.S. release. The case argues secrecy but reveals Djilas details of Moscow missions from 1942 to 1948. The regime fears Kremlin reaction to new depictions of Stalin and Khrushchev.
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Tito
Khrushchev
Belgrade
Milovan Djilas
Djilas
Stalin
Moscow
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Pownal State Aid Questioned Over Race Track Effects
The article argues Vermont's state aid formula for schools is inequitable and would not automatically shrink with a larger local tax base from a proposed pari mutuel track in Pownal. It cites a 1960 study showing Pownal's aid exceeded its share and warns towns with underfunded aid to question higher state taxes funding others.
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Pownal
Vermont
Bennington
MacMurray Plan to Cut Courses at MacMurray College
MacMurray College in Jacksonville Illinois will drop about 200 courses representing 40 percent of offerings. Home economics journalism shorthand and typing are among the subjects to be ended as the school shifts to a broad education base. President Gordon Michalson says the aim is to reduce over specialization and build well rounded individuals with a grounding in humanity to communicate across disciplines.
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MacMurray
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Ill
Gordon Michalson
Michalson
Drama of the Sea In One Act
A humorous one act about young Britons seeking sea life but finding the Seamen's Union blocks them. A dockside exchange mocks bored youths and the closed shop of modern seafaring with a line about breaking into the Bank of England.
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Britain
Cmdr
Charles Fletcher-Cooke
Seamen's Union
Fletcher-Cooke
Southampton
Portsmouth
Seamen’s Union
Bank of England
Washington Calling Giving Nuclear Weapons to France
Washington policymakers warn that arming France with its own nuclear deterrent risks destroying hopes for broad arms limits. The piece argues one united Europe and a stronger Western alliance depend on keeping the deterrent centralized, while noting French and British doubts, Algeria violence, and shifts in Franco Soviet trade.
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Washington
LaFayette
Rochambeau
France
Charles de Gaulle
Europe
de Gaulle
Kennedy
Western Alliance
United States
Thage Ee
Soviet Union
Soviet Russia
Algeria
Paris
Bifocals Dividing Opinion Among Grown Ups
HAL BOYLE argues that pride keeps many over forty from wearing bifocals though Franklin used them late in life. He notes benefits such as reading a telephone book and folds in sight, but adds downsides like distorted perspective and a grandmotherly look. Marlene Dietrich is cited approvingly.
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Marlene Dietrich
Don’t Sit There Do Something Vote For Education
A Shaftsbury letter urges civic duty and parental involvement in the Bennington Southwest District School Planning Committee project. The writer praises the committee’s exhaustive work and warns democracy depends on educated voters. he urges reading Our Schools Our Towns Our Future and attending Robert Wilson demonstrations, then voting on the May 28 proposal.
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George
Adolf Hitler
Joe Stalin
Bennington Southwest
Union High School
Robert Wilson
Pete
Editor letter argues against socialized medicine and tax socialism
Geoffrey Graham of Bennington criticizes New Jersey doctors, government bureaucracy, and socialized medicine. He cites Mrs. Vivian Kellems and tax withholding battles, condemning centralized power and forecasting computer enforcement to punish tax evasion. He calls socialization a modern Frankenstein and urges individual rights.
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New Jersey
Republic
Vivian Kellems
Bridgeport
Conn
Supreme Court
Frankenstein
Khrushchev
Geoffrey Graham
Empire State Politici Campaign for Governor Moving Into High Gear
NY Governor Nelson Rockefeller pushes for a second term as national politics spotlight grows. The race includes Howard J. Samuels seeking Democratic nomination, a revived Roosevelt-Farley dynamic, and a Conservative challenge to Rockefeller. Voters face liberal and conservative divides, with upstate and New York City trends noted.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kennedy
Anyne
Rockefeller
White House
W. Averell Harriman
Upstate
New York City
Howard J. Samuels
Canandaigua
Samuels
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Councils of Europe
Cape Cod
Allen H. Morgan
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Hal Boyle
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Ben
Shaftsbury
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Empire
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Albany
U. S
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James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
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Roosevelt
Steuben-Chemung County
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