Massachusetts weighs penalties on states sending Negroes to Hyannis
Gov. Volpe considers asking the federal government to deduct southern welfare disbursements to redress costs in Hyannis Cape Cod. Among 35 arrivals from Arkansas Louisiana Georgia 27 from Arkansas one from Macon three have jobs most live on welfare. Several families travel with many children and seek work with scant funds. The plan includes possible use of surplus Otis Air Force Base housing and dormitory space at Community College. The arrivals say some communities promised jobs but failed. President's brother Edward Kennedy noted in Hyannis Port nearby.
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Hyannis
Mass
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Cape Cod
Arkansas
Macon
Louisiana
Shreveport
George Hooks
Volpe
Barnstable
Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
Community College
Otis Air Force Base
Heys
Philadelphia
Georgia
Hooks
White Citizens Council
Edward M. Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Refugee Flow Into Hong Kong Drops Sharply
The number of Chinese refugees sneaking into Hong Kong fell markedly in the last 24 hours to under 2,000. British patrols nabbed fewer crossers, a sharp drop from the 4,000 to 5,000 range of recent days. Officials cited mystery causes and noted continued gunfire reports from border villages but no corroboration of increased Communist pressure.
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Hong Kong
Kennedy
United States
Bennington County districts push vote on union high school
Four Bennington County school districts rally last minute to turnout for Monday special meetings noon to 8 pm to decide forming a union high school district. Planning Board notes this vote does not decide financing or curricula. those would come after union formation with a separate board.
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Bennington County
Boards of Civil Authority
Bennington-Southwest
Union High School
Bennington High School
Bennington-Southwest School Planning Board
Union School Board
Planning Board
North Pownal
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Pownal
Arlington
Union High
Sunderland
Woodford
Molly Stark
Bennington
Union
Special Village Meeting on Charter Revision and Zoning Likely
Village President James B. Gibson plans a special trustees meeting on June 4 to consider three charter and zoning items. Proposals include creating a Charter Revision Committee, reaccepting the potentially voided zoning ordinance, and approving the Village Planning Commission as the acting body. Funds to hire a professional consultant would be requested.
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Bennington
James B. Gibney
Village Planning Commission
Citizens Charter Revision Committee
Vilage Planning Commission
Carpenter Survives Orbits Lurid As Space Fiction
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Malcolm Scott Carpenter survived a three orbit flight that overshot its landing by 250 miles and vanished for 41 minutes He was plucked from a dinghy and flown to Grand Turk Island before a news conference is planned His flight raised questions on landing targets and space manning toward future missions
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Carpenter
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Atlantic
Navy
Grand Turk Island
Bahamas
John H. Glenn Jr
Mercury
Neptune
Intrepid
Pierce
Aurora 7
Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
Grand Turk
Vermont Escapes Tornado Hit, Winds Lash State
Vermont escaped the worst of a storm that swept southern New England as rain and high winds struck the state. A possible tornado did not materialize in southern counties, but winds up to 50 mph hit Middlebury, knocking out power at Middlebury College and felling trees. Power outages were also reported in Rutland Brattleboro Bennington and Manchester.
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Middlebury
Vermont
New England
Weather Bureau
Middlebury College
Rutland
Brattleboro
Bennington
Manchester
Waterbury Smashed By Brief Roaring Twister
A tornado struck Waterbury Connecticut at 5 35 pm causing one death and dozens of injuries. It demolished 45 homes and damaged 150 more while trees and power lines came down and gas leaked from rubble. The storm also hit nearby Walcott Bristol and Southington. The deceased was Paul Hartung 68. Governor Dempsey declined a state emergency.
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Naugatuck
Walcott
Southington
Bristol
John N. Dempsey
Edward D. Bergin
Paul Hartung
Carpenter Talks Astronaut Tells Flight Details
Navy Lt Cmdr Malcolm Carpenter, the second American to orbit Earth, speaks after Thursday's flight. The de briefing continues with Glenn and Schirra as Carpenter recovers at a British base hospital ahead of a Cape Canaveral news conference and motorcade. He recalls near anxious moments about fuel during reentry and the attitude control.
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Carpenter
Cape Canaveral
Patrick Air Force Base
Cocoa Beach
U.S. Air Force
John H Glenn Jr
Bank bandit duel leaves police officer dead in Boston
Patrolman John J. Gallagher, 33, died after a pre-dawn shootout at the Kenmore Square National Shawmut Bank. A private guard, Harold Gillette, 56, was wounded, and the suspect Charles Tracy, 37, was injured and hospitalized.
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Boston
Protective Service
Kenmore Square
National Shawmut Bank
John J. Gallagher
Beth Israel Hospital
Gallagher
Harold Gillette
American District Telegraph Co
Charles Tracy
Boston City Hospital
Tracy
Commonwealth Avenue
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John Glenn
Earth
Glenn
Here
Anegada Island
Virgin Islands
Florida
Lee Carpenter
Waterbury, Conn
Waterville Union Church
Cmdr
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