Doubt Over School Merger Vote Opens Questions in Bennington
Bennington school leaders question public backing for the elementary merger before the Union High School bond vote set for February. Officials note time limits and funding details as a potential hurdle to informing voters.
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Bennington
Union High School
Rodger Randall
Citizens Elementary School
Allan J. Heath
Leon E. Wagner
Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Bennington Graded School
Greater
Bennington Schools, Inc
Citizens
Randall
R. Marshall Witten
Legal Group
Curriculum Committee
UHS
Kennedy reviews U.S. military buildup near Cuba bases
President Kennedy and top military leaders viewed the mobilized forces at Fort Stewart Homestead and Key West after a 12 hour tour. About 250 rocket armed jets at Homestead and 200 interceptors at Key West were showcased alongside the 1st Armored Division en route from Fort Hood. The president praised the services and noted reconnaissance flights aided U.S. security.
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Kennedy
Cuba
White House
Army
Ft. Stewart
Homestead Air Force Base
Fla
Navy
Key West
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Homestead
1St Armored Division
Ft. Hood
Tex
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Southeast
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Congress
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Georgia
Air Force
Marine
Lawrence Bows Out of Race For Speaker of State House
Leroy Lawrence, Vermont House speaker in 1961, announced he will not seek re election as speaker in January. He cited a long standing tradition against self succession and a back injury from a December auto crash that limits his stamina. The field for speaker will be narrowed to two announced candidates when the General Assembly meets in January.
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Stamford
Leroy FE
Lawrence
Vermont
West Berlin holds firm after Cuba era threat
AP analysis notes four years since Khrushchev’s six month demand for West Berlin. U S Britain France keep 12,500 troops as Moscow’s regime quiets after Cuba. Berliners cherish calmer times yet fear renewed danger amid ongoing Cold War tensions and family separations. Kennedy’s leadership boosts morale as U S units demonstrate united defense.
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Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Khrushchev
Cuba
State Unemployment Declines Again
Vermont unemployment edged down for the second straight week. The Department of Employment Security reported 4,076 idle workers filed jobless claims last week, with initial claims declining by 188 to 580. Unemployment fell in six of eleven sectors, notable shifts in St. Johnsbury up 25.3 percent and Rutland down 17.8 percent.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
Department
St. Johnsbury
Rutland
750 U S Jet Sorties Over Cuba in Two Days
Key West AP report details about 750 U S air defense sorties over the waters between Florida and Cuba in the first two days of the Cuban crisis. An informed source says fighters on five minute alert scramble on radar blips and denies Soviet U2 overflights.
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Fla
U.S
Florida
Cuba
Navy
Mikoyan Says Soviet Castro Stand Remains Firm
At the United Nations Mikoyan said sharp U.S.-Soviet differences on Cuba persist and Castro will not soften. He joined U Thant dinner with Stevenson and McCloy as U.N. talks continue.
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Castro
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U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cuba
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Stevenson
John J. McCloy
Kennedy
Washington
White House
Soviet Union
Anastas I. Mikoyan
U Thant
Center
Ralph Bunche
Fidel Castro
Russians Hold Ground in Geneva Disarmament Talks
The 17 nation disarmament conference resumes with no compromise on inspection. Tsarapkin insists on Soviet terms for a test ban and reject sur face test bans while US and Britain push for international oversight. Kennedy urges priority to a treaty as talks resume after the Cuban crisis. The session is not meeting today and resumes Wednesday.
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Geneva
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
Joseph B. Godber
Soviet Union
Godber
Varig Flight 810 Down Near Lima with 97 Aboard
A Varig Air Lines Boeing 707 with 97 aboard vanished eight hours earlier and was found wrecked 75 miles south of Lima Peru no survivors reported. Flight 810 originated in Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre and was bound for Los Angeles with planned stops in Lima Bogota Panama City and Mexico City.
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Peru
Los Angeles
Varig Air Lines 707
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Brazil
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Pisco
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Colombia
Panama
Mexico City
Sao Paulo
South America
New York
Real Line
India China War Sees Renewed Fighting Feared as Truce Heads Sixth Day
India warns that fighting may resume on the border with China as the ceasefire enters its sixth day. President Rajendra Patel, Prime Minister Nehru and Home Minister Shastri pledge to press for withdrawal and readiness to fight if necessary. Britain agrees to supply free military aid to India though amounts are undisclosed.
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India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nehru
China
Shastri
Hindustan Times
Foreign Ministry
Ladakh
Pakistan protests U.S. arms to India amid war stance
In Rawalpindi opposing members of Pakistan's National Assembly call for ousting Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali and withdrawal from Western military blocs. A neuutral policy push follows criticism of Western arms to India fighting China, while U S and British envoys plan to visit to reassure Pakistan. President Ayub Khan labels Hindu imperialism a greater threat than communism.
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Pakistan
UPI
National Assembly
Mohammed Ali
India
New Delhi
U.S
U. S
Averell Harriman
Washington
Kennedy
Duncan Sandys
Karachi
Walter P. McConaughy
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Assembly
Alabama U Silent On Negro Entry Try
Vivian Malone, 20, one of three Negro students applying to transfer to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, says she has not heard from the university yet. The spring semester begins in February.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama A&m College
University of Alabama
Vivian Malone
White University
Tuscaloosa
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