Ben-Mont to Start Rail Service Linking Bennington Plant
Ben-Mont will operate its own rail service connecting its Bennington plant with the Boston and Maine line via North Bennington and White Creek New York using a leased diesel locomotive. H James Wallace says a three-man crew will run the operation which begins soon on a line idle since 1961.
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Ben-Mont
Bennington
Boston and Main
North Bennington
White Creek
N.Y
Rutland
H. James Wallace
Boston and Maine
Dow Chemical Company
Wulfson
Burlington
Philip H. Hoff
Leas
New Jersey
Hoff
Wallace
Ben-Mont Avenue
Boston
Maine
B&m
Ben- Mont
Rutland Railway
Vermont Employment Security Department
Dash Steps Down As Chairman O Bennington GOP
Bennington Town Republican Chairman James B Gibney announces he will not seek re election at the caucus later this month. Democratic Chair Lawrence F Powers plans to seek re election. Caucuses set for Sept 16 and Sept 25 at the Bennington County Courthouse to elect new town committees and officers.
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Bennington Town
James B
Dash
Bennington County
South Street
Five Navy helicopters tasked to evacuate crew from Texas Towers
Five Navy helicopters were ordered to evacuate 31 men from Texas Towers II and III off Cape Cod as Lipsett Inc dismantles the towers. Coast Guard vessels and Air Station Salem support, while all weather squadron at Quonset Point prepares to fly. Dispatch time aims to complete within four hours.
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Chatham
Mass
Navy
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Boston
Lipsett, Inc
Lipsett
Texas Tower II
Tower III
Ingham
Norfolk
Fairhaven
Acushnet
Portland
Maine
Quonset Point
R.I
Naval Air Station
Coast Guard Air
Salem
Teachers in New York City Vote To Strike
The AFL-CIO United Federation of Teachers delegates vote 1,500 to 17 to strike on opening day, despite a State Supreme Court injunction. Board of Education insists schools open for over one million pupils. dispute centers on pay and working conditions. The union has about 21,000 members of the city’s 43,000 public school teachers.
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New York
Afl-Cio United Federation of Teachers
New York City
Supreme Court
Charles Cogen
Max J. Rubin
Board of Education
George Postel
Federation
Sit-In by NAACP Members Continues in Boston
Eight members of the Boston NAACP including six men and two women staged a night long sit in at the Boston School Committee offices. Twelve demonstrators arrived at 10 30 a m to protest de facto segregation in Boston public schools. Eight remained in the third floor offices at 4 45 p m as officials left for the day. Kenneth Guscott led the group promising possible further action and possible legal moves against the committee.
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Boston
NAACP
Boston School Committee
Kenneth Guscott
The
Guscott
Alabama Mothers Defy Gov Wallace as Bible Readings Continue
Thousands of public school pupils began the new term with Bible readings or prayers despite a Supreme Court ban on mandated religious devo tions. Open defiance was rare but widespread in many states, with some districts continuing voluntary or school sanctioned practices. In North Brookfield Mass the first day included the Lord's Prayer and Psalm 100, while Hawthorne New Jersey held similar devotions. Alabama stood out with Gov Wallace pledging to enforce state law and continue daily Bible readings. Others, including Florida Tennessee South Carolina and Arkansas, followed prior practices in absence of state orders.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Florida
Tenessee
South Carolina
Arkansas
New England
North Brookfield
Mass
Hawthorne
N.J
Atlanta
San Antonio
Tex
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Supreme Court
Wallace
25 Women March Children Into Closed Huntsville School
About 25 mothers ignored Governor Wallace and state troopers to enter East Clinton Grammar School as others blocked entrances. A second scene at Fifth Avenue and other schools showed troopers barring entry while federal orders require desegregation. The move followed Wallace’s closure order, drawing local protest and sparking debate over executive authority.
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Huntsville
Ala
George C. Wallace
East Clinton Grammar School
State Highway Patrol
Fifth Avenue School
S. W. Hereford IV
Wallace
East Clinton
Joe Payne
Rison Junior High
Birmingham
South
Rison
Fifth Avenue
Terry Heights
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mobile
Murphy High School
Bison Junior High
Raymond Christian
Christian
Tuskegee
China Sides Accuse USSR of Subverting Sinkiang
Reports from Tokyo cite Peking accusing the Soviet Union of subverting China's Ili district in Sinkiang and of luring tens of thousands of Chinese across the border. Beijing claims Khrushchev demanded control, warning of a near split in Communist ranks and ongoing subversive activity in 1962.
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Tokyo
Red China
Sinkiang
Soviet Union
Peking
Khrushchev
China
Moscow
South China Morning Post
Communist China
Ili
Russia
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
CPSU
Khrushchevy
Peking People’s Daily
Red Flag
Mao Tze-tung
International Communist Movement
De Sapio Loses Tammany Comeback by 41 Votes in NY
Carmine De Sapio, once Tammany Hall chief, falls short by 41 votes in Greenwich Village district leadership race to Edward I. Koch. Koch 4656 to De Sapio 4615. Aldrich wins Manhattan councilman at large GOP primary by 342 over Lamula. O'Dwyer to face Aldrich in November.
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New York
Carmine G. DeSapio
Tammany Hall
DeSapio
Manhattan
Aldrich
John J. Lamula
State Assembly
Rockefeller
Lamula
Erie County
Upstate
Paul O’dwyer
William O’dwyer
O’dwyer
Robert B. Blaikie
John H. Young
U.S
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Harlem
Charles J
Fireworks at White House Honor Afghan King
Nighttime fireworks at the White House entertained President Kennedy and guests including King Mohammed Zahir and Queen Homaira. Police fielded about 1,000 calls as residents mistook bursts for explosions, while a military review lit the green lawn for the royal visit and the fall social season opener.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Capital
Afghanistan
Mohammed Zahir
Homaira
Air Force
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Gov. Wallace
High Court
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Marshall Space Flight Center
Army Missile Command
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John J. Williams
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