Debates Over Operation Abolition Stir Bennington Audience
A Bennington High School crowd of more than two hundred watched the film Operation Abolition, produced by the House Committee on Un American Activities, which argues for its premise that student demonstrations were Communist inspired. The evening also featured Operation Correction by the Northern California ACLU, which contested edits and claimed the HCUA portrayal was biased.
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Bennington High School
The
Bennington Jaycees Inc
House Committee On Un-American Activities
HCUA
San Francisco
Operation Correction
Second Congregational Church
Jaycee
Northern California
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Hoff Weighs Keyser Sr. for Vermont Supreme Court
Gov. Hoff said he is seriously considering naming Superior Court Judge F. Ray Keyser Sr. of Chelsea to the Vermont Supreme Court if Chief Judge Harold Sylvester declines the post. Keyser is the father of Hoff's defeated rival in last year’s election. Sylvester’s decision is pending. Holden is expected to become chief justice.
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Benjamin N. Hulburd
Keyser
Natt L. Divoll Jr
Rockingham
Hoff
Sylvester
Supreme Court
Vermont Bar Association
Committee On Selection of
James L. Oakes
Brattleboro
James S. Holden
Bennington
Can is Turned Over to South Viet Nam Rebels
Ngo Dinh Can, brother of President Diem and central Viet Nam boss, was handed to the revolutionary government in Saigon after seeking asylum at Hue's U S consulate. The junta named Nguyen Ngoc Tho premier as it asserts control while pledging a Republican government under military oversight.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Can
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
U.S
Hue
Can
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Hue Long
Minh
Tho
Messages To Madam Nhu Sympathetic Messages
In Los Angeles an aide says Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu, heartened by many sympathetic messages from Americans, may return to the United States after reuniting with her three younger children in Rome. She postponed her Rome trip 24 hours to confirm the children are there before leaving. Over 3,000 telegrams and messages have flooded her hotel since the Friday coup that toppled Ngo Dinh Diem's regime.
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Los Angeles
Ngo Dinh Nhu
United States
Rome
Governor Urges Statewide Zoning for Vermont Beauty
Hoff calls for statewide or regional zoning to protect Vermont’s untouched beauty amid growth at the 21st Governor’s Conference on recreation. He urged action on water resources stream pollution and minimum flow and intends to propose legislation at winter session as about 400 attend.
Army Sends Supply Convoy Through Berlin Blockade
U S Army moves to open a 44 man 12 vehicle convoy stranded at Marienborn as 15 West Berlin trucks with water tankers prepare for a 110 mile journey through East Germany. The stand off drew top-level talks with Bonn and London backing allied convoy rules.
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Helmstedt
Germany
U.S
Marienborn
East Germany
West Berlin
Spiridinov
John Lamb
North Augusta
N.C
Berlin
Lamb
6Th Infantry
West Germany
Democrats Seek Leddy in Vermont Senate Bid
In Montpelier, Democrats explore Bernard J. Leddy of Burlington as a Senate candidate with possible Kennedy administration intervention. A Washington visit may precede talks with Lawrence O'Brien to persuade Leddy to challenge Senator Winston L. Prouty, aiding Gov. Hoff’s reelection and complicating Fayette’s entry.
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Leddy
Washington
Lawrence O’brien
Kennedy
Governor seeks jail terms to curb Vermont road deaths
Gov. Hoff calls for stiffer penalties including jail for speeding and drunk driving as highway deaths rise 30 percent from last year. He proposes raises for judges and prosecutors and plans for court reorganization with pilot programs in Montpelier and Barre.
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Montpelier
Hoff
Vermont
Vermont Bar Association
Barre
Inside the Frustration Letter and Election Pages
A letter to the editor discusses the politics of frustration on page 4. Shaftsbury School directors promise Christmas will be observed in town classrooms on page 5. Election coverage is noted for today’s New England races on pages 2 and 8.
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Shaftsbury School
New England
Bacon Bribes Offered to Voters in Charles City Election
In Charles City Iowa a livestock buyer and a local supermarket promise a half-pound of bacon to each voter casting a ballot in today’s municipal election. The city has 5620 registered voters but only 633 voted in the previous city election.
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Charles City
Iowa
Drilling for Miners Reaches Crucial Stage
In Brostedt Germany an iron mine rescue entered a critical phase as a shaft 196 feet deep neared completion after concrete lining. Work on a 7 inch supply shaft continued alongside, with beams to brace a flooded gallery.
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Broistedt
Germany
Rudolf Stein
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Irving Adler
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Thich Tri Quang
Madam Nhu
Iron Curtain
Bonn
Soviet Union
London
Dean Rusk
Georgi M. Kornienko
Kornienko
Britain
France
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Winston L
Bacon
Heinrich Kellner
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Thomas Keating
James Finnegan
Lincoln National Bank
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