Bennington Fall Foliage Fest Dances Amid Weather Woes
Rain and high winds dampened Bennington Vermont festival events but clearing skies later boosted attendance from out of state visitors. Gov candidate Hoff to present trophy after Bennington Catholic high school football game. Queen Freda Betts and royal court attend.
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Vermont
Greater Bennington Association
Bennington
Freda Betts
Freda
Philip H. Hoff
Bennington Catholic
Bendi
The
Jaycees
State Armory
Knights of Columbus
K of C Hall
Bill Hart
F. Ray Keyser
Queen Freda
Dave Alcorta
WBTN
Bassin High Court Denies Disqualification in Bridges Case
Concord New Hampshire AP reports lawyers for Perkins Bass rejected claims of knowledge of a campaign ad linking Bridges to Loeb. The case centers on campaign finance limits and whether the ad impacted Bass's primary spending, with Mrs Bridges seeking disqualification. The state Supreme Court kept the petition alive, delaying witness testimony until Monday.
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Concord
N.H
Perkins Bass
Senate
Bridges
Loeb
Doloris Bridges
Sen
Styles Bridges
Bass
U.S. Senate
State Supreme Court
William Phinney
High Court
Phinney
William Loeb
Manchester Union Leader
Supreme Court
S Garry Oniki Voices Church Racism Fight In Nashville
Rev Dr S Garry Oniki of New York told a Nashville meeting that the church must confront its racism as a cancer within the body of Christ and lead society in eradicating it, calling current failure faithlessness.
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Nashville, Tenn
United Church of Christ
S. Garry Oniki
New York
De Gaulle Plans Election After Assembly Coup Bid
Paris AP: President Charles de Gaulle ignores the French crisis and will dissolve the National Assembly after talks with Assembly and Senate leaders following Pompidou's censure defeat. He plans a national election despite customary presidential fatigue and a low profile response.
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de Gaulle
France
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Senate
Navy man indicted in spy case with Soviet mission links
Cornelius Drummond a 16 year Navy veteran was indicted on selling national defense secrets to the Soviet Union over five years. Four Soviet mission secretaries faced charges with two arrested at a Larchmont N Y diner. Drummond could face the death penalty if convicted.
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New York
Cornelius Drummond
U.S. Navy
Soviet Union
FBI
Drummond
Navy
United Nations
Larchmont
N.Y
London
England
U.S. Naval Base
Newport
R.I
Naval
G-men
Prokhorov
Vyrodov
Burgess May Resign as Bennington County State’s Attorney
Reliable reports Friday said John A. Burgess will resign early next week to return to private practice in Montpelier. Burgess did not confirm the reports and kept a no comment stance. Elected in 1960, he declined to seek re election this fall.
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Bennington County
John A. Burgess
Montpelier
Burgess
Radiation Belt Could Have Killed Schirra
Air Force scientist Lt Col Trakowski warned an artificial radiation belt from a 250 mile high N test could have been fatal to Walter M. Schirra Jr if he exceeded 400 miles during flight. The belt, starting at about 200 miles and reaching 1,000 miles, could blind spy satellites and permanently damage film, infrared, and TV equipment.
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Washington
Walter M. Schirra Jr
U.S
Air Force
Schirra
Albert C. Trakowski Jr
Earth
Globe
Space
Trakowski
Soviet
Court Denies Negro Transfer to Clemson
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denied immediate admission for Harvey B. Gantt to Clemson College, ordering a prompt trial in district court within 15 days. The decision keeps Gantt at Iowa State University while the case proceeds toward a possible January 1963 hearing and February 1963 start date if he wins.
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Alexandria
Clemson College
South Carolina
Harvey B. Gantt
United States 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Gantt
U.S. District Court
C. C. Wyche
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Ames
Booing and gunfire cloud Ole Miss desegregation week
Federal officials report easing tensions at Ole Miss as Negro student James Meredith attends classes amid boos and threats. A gunshot incident near an Army vehicle prompts FBI inquiry and a campus football game relocation plan to avoid a large hostile crowd.
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Nicholas Katzenbach
U.S
James H. Meredith
Ole Miss
Meredith
Defense Department
University of Houston
Hurricane Daisy Strikes Bermuda With 100 MPH Winds
Hurricane Daisy, a 600 mile wide storm with a core of 100 mph winds, battered Bermuda Friday night as gale conditions extended 350 miles north and east. The eye was near 28.5 N, 69.3 W at 5 p.m. EST with winds spanning 80 miles in all directions and a noted threat to the U.S. mainland later.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Weather Bureau
Daisy
U.S
Vatican issues eight stamp set for Second Vatican Council
Vatican City AP reports the Vatican post office will issue an eight denomination stamp series on October 30 to commemorate the Second Vatican Council.
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Vatican City
Vatican Post Office
Fourth of Brink's reward money distributed
A committee distributed $25,000 in reward money to three men for helping solve the 1950 Brink's robbery. Edward Coffin and John Gonsalves received $10,000 each for identifying truck parts and the panel truck, while Harry Hamilton earned an unspecified amount for providing FBI information. The panel truck was linked to the crime, and O’Keefe, who testified, did not receive a reward. The remaining $75,000 was to be used to aid law enforcement and honor the FBI effort.
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Bridges
Bass
Committee
Phinney
Atty
Gardner Turner
Brink
Joseph J
Specs) O'Keefe
O’keefe
Edward L. Coffin
Boston
John E. Gonsalves
Stoughton
Coffin
FBI
O'Keefe
Harry A. Hamilton
Gonsalves
Hamilton
Foreign Aid Bill Pegged In Accord
Washington AP report on congressional wrangling over foreign aid and pension plans blocks adjournment hopes. Senate and House maneuver for Saturday sessions, plus a $3.9 billion foreign aid bill and a self employed pension plan. Smathers threatens to block adjournment to push a $400 million supplemental bill.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
House
Senate House
Yugoslavia
Poland
Cuba
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Congress
Kennedy
Smathers
Senate Appropriations Committee
Burlington Cop Pleads Guilty In Break Scandal
Harry J. Muir Jr., 27, a Burlington police officer, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering after retracting his earlier innocent plea. He faces sentencing Monday as four fellow officers who were arrested last winter have already pleaded guilty and serve prison terms. The cases arose from a December January burglary probe involving on duty and in uniform conduct.
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Burlington, Vt
Harry J. Muir Jr
Burlington
Muir
Chittenden County Court
Windsor
Windsor County Court
Woodstock
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Reds
Evgeni Prokhorov
Ivan Y. Vyrodov
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Mikhail Stepanovich Savelev
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George van Santvoord
Hoff
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Democratic
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