High Court Voids Village Parking Restrictions
Vermont Supreme Court reversed a chancery ruling and dissolved a restraining order on Bennington trustees power to enact new parking statutes. Justice Percy L. Shangraw held an act empowering incorporated villages to regulate special parking gives village authorities authority to issue the laws. The decision overturned protests by village businessmen and a lower court finding.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Supreme Court
Bennington
Percy L. Shangraw
High Court
Chancery Court
Shangraw
Mariner 2 Midcourse Dilemma Delays Earth Lock Find
Scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirm Mariner 2 antenna aimed at earth but may miss aim as midcourse correction awaits. Weathered by Venus project delays, engineers pause for 24 hours to verify whether the sensor is locked on earth or moon before proceeding with the critical burn.
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Pasadena
Calif
Venus
Earth
Moon
Flying Space Laboratory
Mariner 2
Propulsion Lab
Bolivia Withdraws from OAS Over Water Dispute with Chile
Bolivia suspended its participation in the OAS Council and all organizations in the system amid a wrangle with Chile over Lauca River water. President Paz Estenssoro postponed a planned U.S. visit as Bolivia cites danger to its economy from the sale of surplus tin from American emergency stocks.
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Washington
Bolivia
Organization of American States
Chile
OAS Council
Albert Zulueta Angel
Victory Paz Estenssoro
United States
Jose Fellman Belarde
Paz Estenssoro
Bennington Schools Reopen As Area Students Return
Bennington area students head back to class with Woodford Elementary opening at 9 and other schools resuming tomorrow. Sacred Heart and St Francis departments announce revised schedules and mass times while district leaders introduce new teachers and discuss preschool data.
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Bennington Catholic High School
Hagerman
Woodford
Ellen Therese
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Academy
St. Francis
Joseph F. Wiseman
Sacred Heart School
Sacred Heart
Morrow
Bennington High School
Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Arlington
Molly Stark
Bennington
Allan J. Heath
John Riddle
District School Board
Arthur S. Faris
Shaftsbury
Union High School Board
John Miller
Bennington Elementary Schools Citizens Merger Committee
Guerrillas Stiffen Defenses As Army Nears Algiers
News report details wartime buildup around Algiers as guerrilla forces reinforce positions while government troops close in. Military maneuvering, casualty notes, and regional security implications are described with emphasis on escalating tension and strategic stakes in the area.
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Algiers
Rebels Halt Forces In Algeria Clash Near Algiers
Rebel guerrillas halted columns of Ahmed Ben Bella regular troops south of Algiers and repulsed another east of the city in heavy fighting near Oued Djenane. Dozens killed and wounded as Ben Bella's forces clashed with Wilaya No 4 units amid moving reinforcements and bridge explosions.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Boghari
Ben Bella
Oued Djenane
Aumale
Wilaya No. 4
Wilaya No. 3
Kabylie
Casbah
Medea
Orleansville
Oran-Algiers
Houari Boumedienne
Army
Iran Faces Toll of Quakes Across Northwest
Iran endures its worst earthquakes in 70 years as rescue workers pull bodies from mud huts across 23 000 square miles. Officials report over 4 000 dead with Red Cross fearing up to 10 000. Aid flights and military airlifts mobilize blankets tents and a hospital unit while nationwide mourning and prayers begin.
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Dan-Isfahan
Iran
Red Cross
U.S
Germany
Tehran
Ing
Kiavan
Reds Charge U2 Violated Its Borders
Moscow reports the Soviet Union charged that a U2 reconnaissance plane violated its borders in the Far Eastern area on August 30. Tass recalled Francis Gary Powers and the 1960 spy flight, noting Eisenhower and Kennedy pledges to end such missions and pressing for a U.S. explanation.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States U2
Easern
Tass
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Rudolph Abel
Eisenhower
Kennedy
U.S
Castro Alarm Casts Florida Senate Bid in Cuba Clash
Emerson Rupert, Republican Senate candidate from Florida, urged President Kennedy to enforce the Monroe Doctrine and act against Fidel Castro’s regime in Cuba. The call heightens tensions between campaign rhetoric and Cold War policy in 1960 Florida politics.
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Miami, Fla
Emerson Rupert
U.S. Senate
Florida
Kennedy
Cuba
West Berlin tension as U S forces tighten guards near memorial
U S command in Berlin positions battle dress troops at Sonnenallee Oberbaum Bridge and Heine Strasse near the Soviet War Memorial as Western demands pressure Soviet armoured units to take shorter routes. barricades rise at Sandkrug Bridge while Glienicker Bridge hosts small U S detachments ahead of a likely action.
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Berlin
U.S
West Berlin
Sonnenallee
Oberbaum Bridge
Heinrich Heine Strasse
Berlin Wall
Charlie
Sandkrug Bridge
War Memorial
Brandenburg Gate
Landkrug
Glienicker Bridge
Potsdam
East Germany
Red Border Guards Shoot Refugee Near Berlin Wall
East German border guards shot a refugee fleeing over the wall in the Red sector. West Berlin police said the man lay about 50 yards inside the border area and appeared dead at the scene before being taken away.
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Red Sector
Meany Predicts Recession as Labor Day Appeals Echo
AFL-CIO president George Meany warned of a winter recession during Labor Day events in Seattle. President Kennedy praised high employment as 70 million Americans work, while calls for a 35 hour week and guaranteed annual wage gain momentum among labor leaders. Detroit clash saw George Romney attend uninvited, stirring union comments on political alliances.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Seattle
Wash
O’boyle
Washington
Kennedy
United States
James B. Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
Pennsauken
N.J
Peter J. McGuire
Labor Day
Carey
Organized Labor
America
Detroit
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
John B. Swainson
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Jerome Cavanagh
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Wayne County
al Barbour
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