Viet Nam Prisoners Describe Torture Under Diem Regime
Vietnamese freed from camps described torture on naked bodies and blinding as interrogators sought info on Buddhist and Student movements. A high school youth was beaten to death. fingers chopped off. some blinded. Miss Hoang Thi Dong recounted stripping beating and water chokes before a coup ended martial law.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen van
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Hoang Thi Dong
GOP Starts Dixie Drive in Charleston South Carolina
Republicans opened a 13 state campaign workshop in Charleston aiming at the South with a push for Barry Goldwater. The GOP leadership hopes a southern sweep in 1965 possible, focusing on economic restraint and a firmer stance against communism while softening civil rights issues.
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Dixie
Rockefeller Opens NH Campaign HQ as Underdog Claims Fight Ahead
Gov Nelson Rockefeller opened the 1964 presidential campaign in Concord NH announcing he will fight every step to win the nomination. He trails Barry Goldwater in early polls but vows to tour NH repeatedly and debates Goldwater to unify the party. He also attacked the Kennedy administration over the Communist threat and free enterprise.
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Concord
N.H
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Manchester
Nashua
New York
New Hampshire
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Arizona
Dartmouth
New England
October Births Set Record At Putnam Memorial
Putnam Memorial Hospital reported a record 75 births in October, the highest monthly total ever. Administrator Robert D. Stout said the increase surpasses October 1962’s 72 births, while 1963 may or may not set a new yearly record. In 1962 the hospital saw 650 births.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Robert D. Stout
Stork
Stout
Putnam Hospital
Inside Bennington Town Meeting Faces Farm Acquisition Vote
A town meeting debate centers on the possible purchase of a town farm to serve as a site for a union school. The article outlines arguments for and against the acquisition and the potential impact on local education.
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Bennington
Union
U S Grants License for Wheat Sale to Hungary
The United States ended a wheat deadlock with the Soviet bloc by authorizing a $6.5 million sale of 3.7 million bushels of soft winter wheat to Hungary. Cargill disclosed receipt of the license, with shipments to begin late this month under a framework for four million tons of wheat to Russia and European satellites.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Hungary
Minneapolis
Cargill Inc
United States
Rus
Sia
Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Soviet Union
Million-Dollar Diamond Heist Strikes Midtown New York
Four armed bandits hijacked a diamond district pickup in midtown Manhattan just before 1 p.m. and looted an estimated $1 million in gems from six unarmed guards. Two robbers wore police disguises and Halloween masks, prompting FBI involvement as the diamond truck was diverted to Nassau Street for distribution to buyers.
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New York
Manhattan
FBI
AAA Jewelers Service
Louis Moots
Ridgefield
N.J
West 47Th Street
Nassau Street
Convoys To Berlin Pass Soviets Without Incident
Western powers test Berlin access by running three convoys through the Soviet checkpoint. British Lt. Ivan Scott Lewis reports a smoother attitude at arrival in West Berlin. Khrushchev warned of more holdups if Soviet road rules are not followed.
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Berlin
Ivan Scott Lewis
Prince of Wales
West Berlin
Khrushchev
West Germany
U.S
Lewis
Marienborn
Mrs Nhu Denies Money Abroad After Vietnam Coup
Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu says all her money is in Viet Nam and dismisses rumors of a villa abroad. She remains in seclusion in Los Angeles with her children and plans to discuss finances with relatives in Britain and Rome. The former South Vietnamese first lady rejects international wealth claims and notes her Dalat home as her retirement plan. She adds her younger children will join her in Los Angeles soon.
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Viet Nam
Tran van Khiem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Saigon
Diem
le Thuy
Los Angeles
Allen Chase
Bel-Air
Associated Press
South Viet Nam
Dalat
Washington
Nhu
French Riviera
Erty
Ngo
Dat
Tran van Chuong
Ngo Dinh Diem
Great Britain
Thuc
Pierre Martin Ngo Dinh Thuc
Rome
Hoff urges regional approach as Vermont growth lags
Gov. Philip Hoff told Bennington Rotarians that Vermont's population would reach 700 000 to 800 000 if it grew as New England or the nation. He argued town system needs reevaluation, endorsed a 12 district model for schools, and urged industrial development and smarter highway administration to modernize the state's economy and governance.
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Vermont
New England
Green Mountain
Philip H. Hoff
Bennington
Hoff
Club
Robert M. Wilson
Fiveeman
Bennington Rotary Club
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Vermont Development Commission
John Kennedy Jr
John Poljacik
Ivor S. Pelsue
Ronald R. Knapp
S. Whitney Dickie
Eugene V. Clark
Rusk Defends West Berlin Access and Viet Nam Stance
Secretary of State Dean Rusk stated the United States will insist on free access to West Berlin amid Berlin crisis. He criticized heavy foreign aid cuts and urged Congress to avoid hampering policy flexibility while addressing Viet Nam and Cuba concerns.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
United States
West Berlin
Berlin
West Germany
Rusk
Khrushchev
Congress
U.S
South
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Germany
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Diem
International Control Commission
Saigon
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
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Mitch
Grimm
Miss Dong
United Nations Fact-Finding Mission
U.S. Information Agency
Gop
Dixie Drive
Charleston
S.C
Kennedy
White House
William E. Miller
Rocky
Benningtonian
Saltless Sumner
Green Mountain Park
Voices Hope
VietNam
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