Democrats weigh new state chairman as Spencer exits
In Montpelier Democrats consider candidates to replace state chairman Jon M. Spencer who won’t seek reelection on November 24. Top contenders include George Shea of Shaftsbury North Bennington and Readsboro auto dealer John Beckworth and T Wesley Grady of Underhill Hoff aide. Meyer Malloy mentioned in chatter but unlikely.
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Grady
Beckworth
William H. Meyer
West Rupert
Meyer
James Malloy
St. Albans
Iraq Revolt Attempt Is Battled Down
Beir ut Lebanon AP. Iraq's Ba A th Socialist party government defeated a violent revolt led by an ousted minister. After morning combat including jet strikes on Baghdad palace and Al Rashid camp, the capital grew quiet by midday. Premier Ahmad Hassan El Bakr and Defense Minister Mahdi Saleh Ammash urged unity on Baghdad Radio warning against Ba A thists.
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Lebanon
Iraq
Ba’Ath Socialist Party
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al Rashid
Ahmad Hassan el 1 Bakr
Mahdi Saleh Ammash
Baghdad Radio For Unity
Viet Nam Army Shows Some Morale Improvement After Coup
U S officials report a moderate favorable trend in morale and determination among South Vietnamese troops in the two weeks after Ngo Dinh Diem's overthrow. They caution there is no basis yet to judge if the coup changes the war against Communist guerrillas, with impact due by Easter.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Defense
Honolulu
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paul D. Harkins
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saigon
Viet Nam Aid Is Resumed
The United States will resume full economic aid to Viet Nam’s new revolutionary government after prior cuts to pressure liberal reforms. Military aid continues. the commodity import program worth about 100 million dollars annually is reactivated with new licenses issued. Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu were ousted and killed earlier this month.
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Viet Nam
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Ngo Diem Nhu
Girl with cancer flooded with good wishes from all
Cleveland AP Christine Simko fourteen an amputee girl due to a malignant tumor is receiving floods of mail flowers and gifts Metropolitan General Hospital reports her in fair condition Tuesday evening Hospital says visitors may come in limited numbers soon after overwhelming phone inquiries to the hospital switchboard continue.
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Christine Simko
Metropolitan General Hospital
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No Church Baccalaureate Debate Divides Montpelier Board
The Montpelier School Board unanimously rejected ministers' proposal to move the high school baccalaureate service from the school auditorium to churches. The board cited non compulsory attendance and non curricular status, noting concerns about Catholic student access and church attendance rules.
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Horace Teachout
Timothy J. Dwyer
Sunderland Faces Push for Central School Amid Overcrowding
Sunderland officials hear from Robert B. Vail on the urgent need for a central kindergarten through sixth grade building to relieve four overcrowded one room schools. He cites rising costs and dropout risk, urging immediate construction and a long range study for a junior senior high regional system.
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Bennington
Robert B. Vail
Sunderland School Association
Vail
Albert R. Lawrence
Lawrence
Arlington High School
Burr and Burton Seminary
Lift Troops Home as Equipment Moves in Big Lift
At Bergstrom AFB Texas the first C135 jet transport of the Big Lift brings 2nd Armored Division troops from Germany near Frankfurt. 87 flights plan to return 16 2nd troops by Nov 21 with landings at Gray and Connally bases. Soldiers chose wives over steak in a straw vote, then headed to Ft Hood for reunion.
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Tex
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Killeen
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Waco
Jet Noise Pushes Lake Worth To Build Underground School
Lake Worth may issue a 950000 bond to construct an underground junior high with 21 air conditioned classrooms and a cafeteria to shield 1710 students from jet noise at Carswell Air Force Base. The school board approved the measure for the November 26 vote as jet activity disrupts instruction.
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Fort Worth
President Kennedy News Conference on Thursday Schedule
The President will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. EST on Thursday with both live and delayed broadcasts planned. NBC will cover live TV, while radio coverage comes from NBC AB C CBS and Mutual. CBS will televise at 1 30 p.m. and ABC at 2 p.m.
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Kennedy
National Broadcasting Co
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Mutual Broadcasting System
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ABC
CORE Director Urges Employers to Hire Qualified Negroes
James Farmer of CORE told University of Vermont students that employers should hire qualified Negro job applicants before whites when qualifications are equal. He urged active integration, training for minorities, and warned against firing white workers. He linked civil rights to voter turnout and warned of possible party realignment if major parties fail to adapt.
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James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Farmer
University of Vermont
Vermont
UVM
Amercan
Kennedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Barry Goldwater
Deep South
Hoff weighs bigger education funds for Vermont special needs
Gov. Hoff considers a state Education Board proposal to allocate 1.5 million dollars to train more of Vermont 2 500 retarded children doubling the current support. The board backs the plan after Miss Jean Garvin outlines that current funds cover only 500 youths and says 1 000 more could be helped. A interdepartmental committee to fight mental retardation is urged, with potential access to a 300 million dollar federal allocation.
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Miss Garvin
John G. Kristensen
Guilford
Inside the paper jungle and regional notes
A digest from the pages lists Inside Elizabeth Dwyer’s beetling through journalism, notes on undereducated parents driving dropout rates per the National Education Association, Vermont’s dairy strength with weak overall agriculture, and a Connecticut man converting a West River railroad station into a ski cabin.
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