It Was a TRAIN in North Bennington
In North Bennington a small diesel freight train returned after two years, delivering engine and boxcars to the village rail yard. The scene drew railroad enthusiasts, with boxcar markings from Lackawanna Seaboard Delaware Hudson and the Boston and Maine switch engine No. 1115 engaging onlookers as officials unlocked switches and the train faded toward Hoosick.
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Bennington
New England
Lackawanna, Seaboard Railway
Delaware and Hudson
Boston and Maine
BenMont Papers to Resume Rail Shipping of Gift Wrap
The BenMont Papers plant in North Bennington plans a 2 30 p m rail departure for its first gift wrap shipment in nearly two years, using a rented diesel from Boston and Maine to move boxcars to North Bennington and connecting tracks to White Creek New York. Company officials expect a public service revival in about 30 days via Rutland Rails with Jay L Wulfson leasing the Burlington White Creek segment. The scene shows plant manager Frank A Starbird amid elated workers as they prepare for resumed shipping while private shuttle operations continue until full carrier service returns.
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BenMont
Dow Chemical Co
Boston and Maine Railroad
Ben-Mont Avenue
North
Bennington
B&m
Rutland Railway Corporation
White Creek
N.Y
Boston and Maine
North Bennington
New Jersey
Jay L. Wulfson
Rutland
Burlington
Ben-Mont
Frank A. Starbird
Clear and cool today with mild Monday heat
The forecast calls for clear skies and cooler conditions with a high in the low 70s today and a low around 50 tonight. Wednesday remains fair with little change from Monday's 77 high and 48 low, and the moon is at last quarter today.
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Ta.m
China Claims U S Soviet Alliance Aims to Suppress Revolutions
In Red Flags article broadcast by Radio Peking Beijing asserts a new holy alliance among the United States India and Yugoslavia to strangle revolutionary movements and reinstate capitalism. The piece criticizes Khrushchev and warns the alliance will fail as past ones did.
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Tokyo
Red China
United States
India
Yugoslavia
Holy Alliance
Red Chinese
Red Flag
Khrushchev
Radio
Peking
Nehru
Tito
China
Cuba
Dragon Lady Plans U.S. Visit in October
In Bangkok Mme Ngo Dinh Nhu, powerful first lady of South Viet Nam, says she will visit the United States in mid October but has no plans to attend the U N General Assembly session. She stopped in Bangkok briefly en route to Belgrade, sister-in-law to President Ngo Dinh Diem.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Ngo Dinh Nhu
South Viet Nam
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Ngo Dinh Diem
Belgrade
Vatican cancels audience with Diem brother
Vatican sources say Archishop Pierre Martin Ngo Dinh Thuc brother of South Viet Nam President Ngo Dinh Diem was listed for a private audience with Pope Paul VI at Castel Gandolfo but did not attend and the meeting was called off.
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Vatican City
Archibishop
Pierre Martin Ngo Dinh Thuc
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
Vatican
Pope Paul VI
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Squelch of Saigon teen protests marks martial law rise
In Saigon students at three high schools demonstrated against President Diem but security forces moved in as more than 1,000 youths were arrested over the weekend. Authorities posted troops at schools and reinforced Marines to enforce martial law while reporting a major victory against guerrillas in the delta. A source notes defections to neutral Cambodia. In Bermuda, the Queen of Bermuda reported incident of an unidentified plane and strange buoys near the Atlantic.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Mekong Delta
Cambodia
Kennedy halts drafting of married men in favor of singles
President Kennedy issued an executive order stopping the draft of married men while enough single men remain to keep military strength. The order requires married men to be inducted only after all single men in the 1925 age group have been drafted, with officials forecasting ample single availability.
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Washington
Kennedy
Kennedy Federalizes Alabama Guard and edges Alabama desegregation
President Kennedy federalized 17 000 Alabama Guardsmen, seizing control from Governor Wallace as 20 Negro children entered public schools in Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee amid mixed student and police scenes. Huntsville desegregation proceeded with no troopers present and a quiet start.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kennedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Mobile
Tuskegee
Wallace
Montgomery
Guard
Hunstville
West End High School
Murphy High School
Huntsville
West End
White House
University of Alabama
Adj
Alfred Harrison
Harrison
Goldwater Delays Decision On 1964 Presidential Run
Sen. Barry Goldwater indicates he will decide before year’s end whether to seek the Republican nomination for president. He cited pressures and said no man can ignore them as he weighs his options.
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Goldwater
Cleveland
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Southwest District schools report rising enrollments districtwide
The Bennington Southwest School District shows total enrollment at 1999, up from 1915. Elementary enrollment rises to 1418 and high school to 581, with Molly Stark Junior High counted in high school figures. Arlington and North Bennington host high schools. Woodford remains smallest.
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Bennington Southwest
Arlington
North Bennington
Molly Stark
Greater Bennington
Pownal
North Pownal
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Inside Road salt prompts early fall colors discussed
Editorial analyzes prospects for Green Mountain Park on page four. Bennington College reopens with campus photos on page five. Hoosick Falls residents protest pool tax on page six. BCHS football reflects on lessons from last year to aid this season on page nine.
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Green Mountain Park
Bennington College
Hoosick Falls
BCHS
Legionnaires Hurt As Cannon Goes Off At Parade
A small cannon exploded during the American Legion convention parade in Miami Beach Florida injuring four people. Lester Cordell of Tulsa Oklahoma said he lit the fuse with a cigarette lighter as the gun passed, and the blast shattered a plate glass window.
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Miami Beach
Fla
American Legion Convention
Lester Cordell
Tulsa
Okla
Bay State Legislator Denies Bribery Charges
Massachusetts state representative Leo J. Turo of Worcester pleaded innocent to two bribery indictments. He was released without bail after waiving reading of charges. John A. Letteney of Lancaster, urban renewal director, was also indicted for bribery related offenses.
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Bay State
Fitchburg
Mass
Leo J. Turo
Worcester
Worcester County
Edward W. Brooke
Turo
John A. Letteney
Lancaster
State Housing Board
Letteney
Suffolk County
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James Hogan
Marshall W. Cross
Frank W. Starbird
Eugene V. Clark
Donald C. Hicks
The
Greater Bennington Association
Bennington Village
James B. Gibney
Bennington Town
Joseph J. Caracciola
Reid Lefevre
Manchester
Hagerman
Shipping Today
By Bob Hagerman
Rutland Railway
U.S
Madame Nhu
Brother of Diem
Hamilton, Bermuda
Bermuda
Atlantic
George Craig
Ramsay High School
Atleft
Southwest
Trict
Pownal Town
New Hampshire
Rep
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
William Knowland
California
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Gold
Nicola Gadaleto
Gadaleto
Department of Public Works
Leominster
Charles W. Dingman
Princeton
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