Indigent Care Policy Faces Public Vote Push
Shaftsbury resident Fairfax Ayres calls Bennington and county officials to drop a court action over the Henry W. Putnam Deed of Gift. He urges town meetings next March to decide hospital policy and endowment fund use, arguing residents should vote on care charges rather than courts or selectmen.
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N.Y
India asks Kennedy for helicopters as China nears Assam
Nehru pleads for U S helicopter and transport planes to bolster India's border defenses as Chinese battalions advance toward Assam. Ambassador B K Nehru delivers report on military needs and asks for more arms beyond the five million dollars already delivered.
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Nehru pledges fight to defeat Chinese forces in India
Prime Minister Nehru announces a new army chief and vows India will endure a desperate stand against Chinese troops moving toward Assam. He notes Chinese advances near Bomdila and Ladakh while seeking allied aid and air support from the United States and United Kingdom.
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Calcutta
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Castro Offers To Remove Jets In Cuba Crisis
Washington says the United States holds the Soviet Union responsible for withdrawing jet bombers from Cuba after Fidel Castro offers to relinquish the aircraft. Castro says he will not block the Soviet decision if it aids negotiations and resolves the crisis.
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Bonn Coalition Splits on Aide Strauss Crisis
Bonn reports say the Free Democratic party authorized five cabinet resignations, signaling a new coalition with Adenauer's Christian Democrats free of Strauss. Strauss, defense minister, travels to Munich to meet CSU leaders amid calls to drop him after Bavarian elections. Kennedy discusses Cuba as U.S. negotiators pressure Soviets on bomber removal and insist on verification amid ongoing crisis.
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U N Assembly Pushes Talks On Disarmament Approval
The General Assembly backed a directive to Geneva disarmament negotiators to continue until broad arms controls are agreed. The top committee passed the resolution 97 to 4 with France abstaining. The plan aims for action Wednesday to prepare for the 18 nation talks resuming in Geneva Monday.
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Bomb Destroys Car At Cuban Leader Home
A bomb exploded in front of the Miami Beach home of Cuban Revolutionary Council President Jose Miro Cardona destroying his automobile.
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Fla
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Jose Miro Cardona
Fire Levels Home After Son Drives Off Suspects Threat
Stamford Vermont State Police investigate a Monday night blaze that destroyed a one and one half story house on Tatro Road owned by Robert Farron. Farron says two unknown subjects threatened him to leave the hill and the house before his son Linwood called his brother Norman for help. Norman and Linwood saw the fire as they reached the Wallace Tatro home and alerted the Stamford Fire Department. The Farrons lost some furniture but most possessions had been moved in advance. State police continue to press the investigation.
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Tax Cut Pushes Economy As October Data Improve
October data show gains in personal income construction and durable goods as the Advisory Committee on Labor Management Policy backs a $10 billion tax cut early next year. Personal income rose to a record 445.6 billion, construction output surged, and durable goods orders hit a new peak driven by steel demand.
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Tober
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W. Willard Wirtz
Launch Fund To Buy Home For Mayer Family
Bennington residents start a Mayer Building Fund to help the Bernard Mayer family replace their fire-destroyed Chapel Road home. Leaders Robert Sears and William Mattison organize donations through Vermont Bank and Trust with Armand Lampton in charge. They plan to view a 7 room Water Street area house owned by William Brown of Wilmington as a potential new home.
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Robert G. Sears
East Road
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Rural Fire Department
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Chapel Road
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Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Vermont Bank and Trust
Maver Building Fund
Mattison
Bennington
Lampton
Sears
Mayer
North Bennington
Water Street
William Brown
Wilmington
Pric
Negro Says College Hid His Application
In Anderson South Carolina lawyers for a Negro seeking entry to all white Clemson College say a filing card for Har vey Gantt 19 was placed in a vault instead of being acted on Clemson contends the denial came from improper order of the application In U S District Court Kenneth Vickery director of admissions and Clemson registrar testified the card was vaulted due to potential litigation.
Unbridgeable Moscow Peking Gap Deepens in Poland
AP analysis notes Warsaw observers see an widening split between Moscow and Beijing as Poland strengthens ties with India. Diplomatic signs include the possible Wang Pingnan departure and postponed meetings with the U S ambassador as Poland grants India $32.3 million in eight years, signaling Moscow’s efforts to shore up its flank.
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Unemployment Down In Vermont Last Week
Vermont unemployment slightly declined for the first time in months the Department of Employment Security reports. Jobless rate fell 0.4 percent from the week ending November 17 and initial claims dropped by 117 from the prior week.
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