Bennington Boards Eye 40 000 Reappraisal Price Tag
Bennington selectmen heard an estimated 40 000 to 34 000 for a full town reappraisal by Cole Layer Trumble of Dayton Ohio. The firm would reassess both real and personal property to update values, with real property costing about 40 000 and personal property the rest. The current plan includes potential public discussions and possible multi year funding to gain voter approval.
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Bennington
Robert H. Patten
New England
Cole, Layer, Trumble
Dayton
Ohio
Patten
India Moves Troops as Diplomatic Pushes for Peace Continue
India rushes troops to strengthen Himalayan border defenses while pursuing diplomacy with China. US Air Force transports shift men and supplies to the front as the cease fire holds for a seventh day. Nehru's government seeks support from neutral nations. A K Sen meets Nasser in Cairo and Lakshmi Menon tours Asia to rally regional backing. Chinese officials reply with warnings of retaliation if India advances those positions.
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New Delhi
India
China
Nehru
Himalayas
Peking
A. K. Sen
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ghana
Lakshmi Menon
Rangoon
Cambodia
Indonesia
Ceylon
Ceylon. An Hour Before Mrs. Menon
Huang Chen
Burma
Ne Win
Northeast
Frontier
Ladakh
Satur
Air Disaster Near Lima Was Eighth-Worst Ever
Rescue workers retrieved bodies from a rocky peak after a Varig Boeing 707 bound for Los Angeles crashed near Lima. Ninety seven dead, including 19 Americans, with no survivors. Cuba and Peru officials among the victims. U S investigators to join the probe. The captain issued an emergency before the crash in clear weather.
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Lima
Peru
Fidel Castro
Jesus Melgar
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
U.S
Varig
Machinists Strike Key Defense Firm at Lockheed
In Burbank California the International Association of Machinists struck Lockheed Aircraft Corp a major defense contractor Two divisions faced action accounting for about two thirds of the companys workforce and representing a significant portion of its labor force
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Burbank, Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
International Association of Machinists
Lockheed
Atomic Bomb Plans for Mount Snow Ski Slopes
Walter Schoenknecht, president of Mount Snow Development Corp, aims to use an atomic blast to enlarge Mount Snow beyond its nine double chairlifts and 40 trails. He cites AEC openness, cites Nevada test results, and describes a crater and silicon-like surface as ideal for a larger ski area. If not by atom, he will use conventional methods.
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West Dover
Walter Schoenknecht
Mount Snow Development Corp
A.E.C
Atomic Energy Commission
Schoenknecht
Mount Snow
AEC
ABC
Talks Set on Cuba and Cold War at United Nations
United States and Soviet negotiators return to the bargaining table in New York to press Khrushchev’s missile removal proposal and international inspection while rejecting Castro’s demand to dismantle anti Castro exile bases. Stevenson to push for Cuban missile base dismantling and U N inspection.
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Cuba
United Nations
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kennedy
Washington
New York
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Mikoyan
U Than
Stevenson
United States
Castro
Puerto Rico
U.N
Queen Wilhelmina of Netherlands Dies at 82 in Het Loo
Former Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands dies in her sleep at Het Loo palace at 12:59 a.m. She led as queen for 50 years and abdicated in 1948. Her death follows a heart condition and long diabetes, with Queen Juliana and other royals abroad.
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Apeldoorn
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Europe
Het Loo
Dutch Empire
East Indies
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Margriet and
Marijke
Soestdik Palace
Irene
England
Beatrix
Hong Kong
Japan
United States
Victoria
Congress
Canada
Winston Churchill
Cost of Living Drops 0.1 Percent in October 1962
Washington AP reports the cost of living fell one tenth of one percent in October 1962, the first decline this year. Lower meat prices helped offset September increases, bringing the index to 106.0 percent of the 1957-59 average and 130.1 on the 1947-49 base, with BLS noting further small declines possible in November.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold E. Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
American Eastern merger push faces CAB examiner rebuff
CAB examiner Ralph L. Wiser said the American Airlines Eastern Airlines merger could create a monopoly and is not justified by business necessity. Despite the ruling, both carriers pledged to press for approval, with final decision resting with President Kennedy due to international routes involved.
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Ralph L. Wiser
Wiser
American
Eastern
Kennedy
Police Officer Wounded in Bear Hunting Accident
A 24 year old New Britain Connecticut police officer Stan ley Pikora was wounded in the knee during a bear hunting trip near East Dorset Vermont. The wound, treated at the scene and then at Putnam Memorial Hospital, was described as fair and was thought to have been caused by an unidentified hunting companion. Stamford Vermont state police are investigating the incident.
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New Britain
Conn
Vermont
Rutland
Stanley Pikora
Harold Cobb
East Dorset
Pikora
Cobb
Harold Boswell
Clifford M. Harwood
Manchester
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Brewster Ambulance Service
Philip Giddings
West rejects Swedish moratorium plan on nuclear tests
Geneva report says the United States and the Soviet Union rejected a Swedish proposal for an unpoliced moratorium on nuclear tests until a satisfactory control system could be worked out. The West dismissed the plan.
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Geneva
Merger Plans Not Ruled Out By the Rebuff
A CAB examiner’s report on the Eastern American Airlines merger does not kill the proposal. Airlines say the plan could save up to 50 million dollars annually. Both carriers seek a speedy CAB review. The five member board must decide, with White House oversight.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern
American Airlines
New York Herald Tribune
White House
Kennedy and Mikoyan to discuss Cuba and broader Cold War
President Kennedy and Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan are due at the White House Thursday for talks on Cuba and broader Cold War issues. Officials say no formal agenda exists but expect discussion of bilateral disputes and potential detente within NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
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Washington
Kennedy
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Cuba
White House
U.S
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Dobrynin
Mikoyan
New York
Havana
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Laos plans unite armies into single national force
In Vientiane, Laos three party government agrees on a plan to merge its rightist, pro Communist and neutralist armed forces into a unified national army. The move aims to stabilize the country amid regional tensions and push toward national unity.
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Vientiane
Laos
Illinois limits airspace distance to airports
Springfield report from the Department of Aeronautics notes that no aircraft may fly over Illinois more than 50 miles from a hard surfaced lighted airport. The department says this spread is unmatched by any other state.
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Springfield
Illinois
Department of Aeronautics
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