Gas plant to stay shut in Bennington after controversy
Vermont Gas Corp announced that the Stark Generator at its Lincoln Street plant will not resume operation in Bennington. Vice President Frank Prideaux cited ongoing complaints, state and local investigations, and a decision not to invest further, while seeking possible damage payments from the village.
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Stark
Vermont Gas Corp
Lincoln Street
Bennington
VGC
Frank Prideaux
Nhe
John D. Paterson
Vermont Public Service Board
Vermont
Paterson
Charles J. Adams
Chester M. Kirby
Bennington Village
Yugoslav Consular Mission Attacked in Bad Godesberg
About 30 attackers, described as Croatian refugees, bombed and ransacked the Yugoslavian consular mission in Bad Godesberg. Two injured reported. 17 suspects under arrest after the raid timed with Yugoslavia’s national holiday.
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Bad Godesberg
Germany
Croatia
Yugoslavia
U.N. Set to Publish U.S.-Belgian Plan on Katanga Exports
The United Nations was expected to publish a new U.S.-Belgian plan to weaken Katanga by steering some of its mineral exports through a Congo port. The move aims to undercut Katanga’s economic strength amid the secessionist dispute.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Katanga
Congo
Algeria bans Communist party as Ben Bella regime tightens grip
Algiers Information Minister Mohamed Hadj Hamou said the government has banned the Communist party and has not decided actions against its leaders. Premier Ahmed Ben Bella’s government has yet to determine further steps.
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Algiers
Communist Party
Mohamed Hadj Hamou
Ahmed Ben Bella
Kennedy Asks To Postpone Strike In West
President Kennedy invokes the Taft Hartley Act to halt the Lockheed strike. A three man board will study the dispute and report by Monday with a likely federal injunction possible for 80 days. Union shop votes and ongoing talks in California Florida and Hawaii are central issues as machinists threaten renewed action if talks fail.
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Burbank
Calif
Kennedy
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
International Association of Machinists
National Health and Safety
Arthur M. Ross
University of California Institute of Industrial Relations
Los Angeles
Lockheed
California
Florida
Hawaii
Machinists
Thomas McNett
Machinists’ District 727
Appeals Court
Railroads to Eliminate Featherbed Jobs in US, Court Rules
U S rail carriers push to cut about 65 000 featherbed positions saving over 592 million annually after the U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld earlier rulings. Five unions plan joint action with a possible Supreme Court appeal and a Washington meeting to decide next moves.
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Chicago
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
U.S. District Court
Joseph Sam Perry
Charles Luna
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
U.S. Supreme Court
Luna
Washington
Teller predicts nuclear blasts for earth moving projects
Dr. Edward Teller, called the father of the hydrogen bomb, argued nuclear explosions could dig canals harbors open mineral deposits and create underground reservoirs. He cited the Sedan test in Nevada using a 100 kiloton device to remove 7.5 million cubic feet of earth creating a 320 foot deep crater 1,200 feet wide.
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Washington
Edward Teller
Teller
Vermont
Walter Schoenknecht
Mt. Snow
West Dover
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Livermore
Calif
Nevada
Sedan
Atomic Energy Commission
Alaskan Panhandle
Tombigbee River
Tennessee River
Mississippi
Alabama
Schoenknecht
AEC
Banner Wednesday
Current Weather Increases Air Pollution Risk
The New York State Health Department warns current weather worsens air pollution and urges minimizing emissions. A high pressure, windless conditions trap pollutants, with calls to curb open burning and postpone fires. The alert covers the Buffalo to Caribou corridor and coastal southeastern storms contribute to the risk.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State Health Department
Buffalo
Charleston
W. Va
Boston
Mass
Caribou
Maine
H. E. Hillbee
Weather Bureau
Hilleboe
Five Divisions Targeted For Cuba Invasion Plan
Five of the Army's paratroop infantry and tank divisions were slated for possible invasion of Cuba before the crisis cooled. Washington stated today that the plan outlined the units involved and the scope of a potential ground assault.
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Cuba
Washington
New England Rail Executive Urges Rate Control Removal
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad president W Jerome Strout urged Congress to lift Interstate Commerce Commission controls on minimum freight rates to restore rail competition. He pressed for faster action when the 88th Congress opens, backing Kennedy’s national transportation policy and calling for flexible rates to meet competition.
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New England Rail Executive
Boston
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. Jerome Strout
Bangor and Aroostook
Railroad Community Committee of
New Eng
Kennedy
Cuba
Berlin
Strout
Kennedy probes Mikoyan on Soviet aims after Cuba
President Kennedy plans a briefing with Anastas Mikoyan to gauge whether Khrushchev seeks easing of tensions beyond Cuba. Mikoyan’s visit, including lunch with Dean Rusk and dinner with Stewart Udall, may influence U.S. policy as talks focus on removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba and U.S. responses to Cuban aggression.
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Washington
Kennedy
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Khrushchev
Mikoyan
Fidel Castro
New York
Dean Rusk
Stewart Udall
Udall
Soviet Union
United States
Cuba
U.S
Castro
U Thant to Serve Extended Term as U N Secretary General
The United States and Soviet Union agreed on a path for U Thant of Burma to remain U N secretary general until late 1966. Security Council would recommend his election, General Assembly to elect him for a full five-year term dated from his acting start November 3, 1961. Thant seeks retirement in 1966 for personal reasons.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
U Thant
Burma
U.N
Security Council
Thant
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Sweden
Two Senior World Figures Turn 88 and Face Illness
Sir Winston Churchill, 88, will mark his birthday quietly with family as well-wishers flood his London home. Pope John XXIII, 81, suffers gastropathy with anemia, remaining in bed but in good spirits after a birthday mass as Vatican officials urge prayers for recovery.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Anthony Montague Browne
Sir Winston
House of Commons
Browne
Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican
Pope John
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Lockheed Aircraft
van Nuys
John Paterson
Public Service Board
Commonwealth Services, Inc
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Fitzgerald
State of
Village of
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Reds
West
Edward W. Olson
Proctor
Vermont State Railroad Association
White House
Soviets
Sir Winston Churchill
Pope John XXIII
John
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