Union high school plans progress timetable set for 1965 opening
Union district directors outlined a six district merger with Pownal and Woodford joining. A timetable targets preliminary plans in months, bond issue vote in February 1963, detailed building plans by September 1963, bids soon after, with construction to finish by June 1965 and doors opening September. Arlington and Pownal voted against joining.
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Bennington
Pownal
Woodford
J. Goodall Hutton
Arlington
Union
Bennington Graded
Greater
Union District
50 Acre Farmland Site Chosen For Union High School
Union School District No. 14 directors announced a 50 acre Fillmore Farms site on the northeast Mt. Anthony flank as the preferred location for a new high school. The $28,000 option covers the first 50 acres with an exclusive option for up to 50 more until 1975 at the 1962 price, with access from Monument Avenue, Elm Street, and Vermont.
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Arthur S. Faris
Shaftsbury
Union Board
Mt. Anthony
Fillmore Farms, Inc
Union School District No. 14
Merritt Hewitt Jr
North Bennington
Addi
Fillmore Farms
Monument Avenue
Elm Street
Vermont
Eugene V. Clark
Hewitt
U.S. 7
Willow Road
Vermont Soldiers
Town School Board Considers Civil Defense Plans
The Greater Bennington Schools Prudential Committee met at Molly Stark School to review civil defense steps for students. They plan a special Nov 26 meeting at 7 p.m. to finalize a program with evacuation routes and shelter options including Jolivette Co. building as a potential 415-person shelter.
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Town School Board
Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Prudential Committee
Molly Stark School
W. Phillip Walker
Lena Adams
Beech Street School
Walker
Molly Stark
Harriet M. Davis
William F. D. Smith
Allen
Mrs. Davis
William Mattison
Jolivette Co
Old Town Farm
Bennington
GOP Legislators Vow Not to Block Hoff Program
Vermont Republican and Democratic leaders say Hoff will get a fair chance to lead. They caution against blocking proposals and stress Vermonters first, with Republicans in a 3-1 majority ready to debate issues on merit rather than party lines.
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GOP
Rutland
Philip H. Hoff
Roland Q. Seward
John M. Spencer
Hoff
Seward
Spencer
Billings Plans Run for Vermont House Speaker
Rep. Franklin S. Billings Jr., 40, and aide with prior roles in Civil and Military Affairs and the Senate, is expected to announce a bid for Vermont House Speaker in January. If elected, he would join Lt. Gov. Ralph A. Foote as a Republican leader.Billings’ father was Vermont House Speaker in 1921.
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Woodstock
Franklin S. Billings Jr
Vermont
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Billings
House
Leroy Lawrence
Stamford
State House
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Ralph A. Foote
General Assembly
Philip H. Hoff
Billing
Foote
India Raises Defense Budget to Battle Red China
Indian Finance Minister Morarji Desai asked Parliament for an additional 199.5 million dollars to cover higher defense costs as Nehru leads a six day debate affirming the resolve to drive back the aggressor. Shastri announced plans to expand armed forces, train all able bodied men, and arm border villages amid tense border clashes.
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Morarji Desai
Nehru
India
Ladakh
Peiping
Rangoon
Earler
Calcutta
Bombay
China
Red Chinese Reported Bolstering Forces
Taiwan dispatch reports the Chinese Nationalist Defense Ministry spokesman says the Chinese Communists are stepping up naval training activities off the China mainland coast opposite Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
Defense Ministry
China
Deficit Numbers Put Kennedy Tax Cut in Jeopardy
Washington officials project a 1962 7.8 billion deficit may imperil Kennedy's proposed 1963 tax cut. Sen. William Proxmire and others warn against rushing tax relief as revenues fall short and spending rises to 93.7 billion amid debt costs postal and farm measures. The prior year posted a 6.3 billion shortfall.
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Tration
Kennedy
William Proxmore
D-Wis
Congress
Budget Bureau
Treasury
Eisenhower Urges Tax Overhaul to Spark Economy
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower told the Economic Club of New York that current income tax rates hinder growth and demand a reform to expand purchasing power. He warned any tax cuts must pair with restrained federal spending in two years.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cuba
Eisenhower
Guam Rescue Teams Brace for More Victims After Typhoon Karen
Rescue teams sift through a Guam junkyard scene and warn of more victims in rubble from Typhoon Karen. The storm, described as the worst disaster for the island, left six dead and at least 100 injured with damages exceeding 100 million dollars. Winds reached 174 mph over four hours Sunday night.
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Agaia
Guam
Karen
Western Pacific
Cooper Named Pilot for Next U S Space Flight
Air Force Major Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was selected to command the next U S manned space mission a 24 hour orbital flight scheduled for next April at Cape Canaveral. The 35 year old flyer will complete 18 orbits around the Earth, following Walter Schirra Jr. who flew six. Cooper expressed delight at the choice and noted his long pursuit of the goal while his wife and daughters reacted warmly at their Houston home.
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Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
U.S
Air Force
America
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Cape Canaveral
Cooper
Houston
Tex
Trudy
Cape
Camala
Janita
Leroy G. Cooper
Talks stall as Soviet Cuban demands surface at U.N.
U.N. delegates report new Soviet Cuban demands include U.S. withdrawal from Guantanamo as part of crisis talks. Steverson said talks were constructive while U.S. aims to see IL28 bombers removed and verified dismantling of missiles.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
U.S
Guantanamo
United States
Adlai E Stevenson
Kuznetsov
Cuba
Soviet Union
Kennedy and Adenauer Meet in Washington on Berlin Ties
In Washington President Kennedy and West German Chancellor Adenauer met to assess how the Cuban crisis affects East West Berlin policy. They noted the Cuban situation remains unsettled with Soviet bombers in Cuba and unclear outcome of the U S Soviet confrontation. Adenauer arrived from Bonn as diplomats anticipate broad talks on Berlin coordination.
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Washington
Kennedy
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Cuba
Khrushchev
Adenauer
Bonn
U.S
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Walloom Sac ‘Inn
Novatiate
Mount Anthony
NEW Union High School
Union School
Tion
Stewart E. Allen
New Delhi, India
Red
Lal Bhadur Shastri
Red Chinese
Ike
Leroy Cooper
U.S. Space Flight
Cape Canaveral, Fla
L. Gordon Cooper
USAF
Earth
U Thant
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Carlos Lechuga
Thant
Castro
Fidel Castro
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Havana
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