Post Office Isn't a Dead Issue in Bennington Planning Talks
The Bennington Regional Planning Commission moves to study a "package arrangement" for a new post office, possibly using Elm Street property with town assets, and seeks selectmen approval for a three month delay while a patron poll gauges public opinion on location and travel patterns.
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Bennington
Bennington League of Women Voters
Postal Department
Elm St
Elm Street
Commissioners
Arthur Wickenden
North Bennington
Post Office Department
Commission
Hagerman
Robert L. Hagerman
Union Official Resigns Over Free Forum Speaking Engagement
Arthur G. McDowell, longtime official of the Upholsters Union, AFL-CIO, quits after union pressure to cancel his talk at the Vermont Freedom Forum. McDowell called it a matter of conscience while Vermont Labor Council head Ralph E. Williams criticized the group as right wing. Williams noted the forum promotes the idea that the nation must educate people at all ages to be free.
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Vermont Freedom Forum
Arthur G. McDowell
Indiana
McDowell
Sal B. Hoffman
Ralph E. Williams
Ruteland
Vermont Labor Council
AFL - Cio
Freedom Forum
What Kind of Winter Is Coming
Articles survey animal behavior and almanac notes to forecast a milder U S winter than last year. Zoological observations from the National Zoo and reports from Winchester hint mixed signals while the Farmers Almanac predicts warmer average temperatures with heavier snowfall.
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Washington
U.S. Weather Bureau
Ralph Norris
National Zoo
Norris
Manacs
Farmers Almanac
Inside Glamorous Manchester trip sparks weekly rehearsals
Report notes a Glamorous trip to Manchester inviting more chamber music fans to join the weekly rehearsals. Also covered is a pre-election dinner for Democrats in Hoosick Falls with over 275 attendees and a scholastic football season ending with determination in the area.
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Manchester
Page
Hoosick Falls
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Indiana Fairgrounds Blast Seeks Cause Among Debris Search
Indiana troopers sift debris at the Coliseum after a Halloween night explosion killed 68 spectators and wounded 385. Officials consider leaking gas as a possible origin while eyewitness accounts and probe results offer no conclusive cause. A 15 year old concession worker reported a blue haze near an overturned cylinder before the blast.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum
Edward O. Carter
Viet Nam Army resumes contest against the Reds
South Vietnamese forces backed by the United States renewed operations against Communist guerrillas after a coup in Saigon. The Viet Cong offered minor resistance in the Mekong Delta as the ruling junta moved toward a Buddhist led caretaker government. Funeral plans surfaced for Diem and Nhu with graves awaiting bodies at a Saigon cemetery amid tightened security. In Berlin, a Soviet checkpoint delayed a U.S. Army convoy on the auto bahn as Allied dispatch procedures were debated.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Mekong
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Viet Cong
Doung van Minh
Nguyen Ngoc Tho
West Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
Col
Spiridonov
Frontier clashes intensify as Morocco defeats Algerian forces
Morocco says its troops beat back thousands of Algerians near Figuig and security patrols were boosted along the northern frontier. Mali and Ethiopia were named to a cease fire mission, with Mali officers already at the frontier to help police the truce. The OAU was urged to intervene as both sides held to the Mali backed cease fire.
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Rabat
Morocco
Organization of African Unity
Figuig
Hassan
Mali
Algiers
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Commission
OAU
Ahmed Balafrej
Doudou Thiam
Senegal
Thiam
Stafford Opposes Pay Increase for Congressmen and Senators
Rep. Robert T. Stafford of Vermont denounces the proposed raise from 22500 to 32500 as hypocritical. He notes the federal deficit and inflation concerns while urging leaders to curb wage hikes and press tax cuts.
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Washington
Robert T. Stafford
R - Vt
Vermont
Stafford
Greece Votes: Papanadreou Underdog Center Union Wins
In a dramatic upset in Athens, 75 year old George Papandreou and the Center Union defeated Premier Constantine Karamanlis and his National Radical Union. The new parliament convenes December 11 as Karamanlis hints at stepping back from public life.
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Athens
Greece
George Papandreou
Center Union
Constantine Caramanlis
National Radical Union
ERE
Caramanlis
United Democratic Left
EDA
Progressive Party
NATO
Papandreou
Hoff Delays Judge Picks Awaiting Sylvester Decision
Montpelier AP Gov Hoff postpones key Vermont judicial appointments until Chief Judge Harold C. Sylvester decides whether to move to the state Supreme Court. Sylvester asked for 7 to 10 days to consider, as Chief Justice Hulburd's health forces a vacancy. If Sylvester advances, Natt L. Divill would become chief superior judge.
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Hoff
Sylvester
Natt L. Divill
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