Mansfield Seeks Unified U S Effort in Viet Nam
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield warned that U S success in South Viet Nam hinges on prompt, united actions by all American agencies to policy changes from President Kennedy. He urged a single voice in Saigon and criticized disjointed operations, noting over 15 000 Americans aiding the effort and calling for bureaucratic reform if needed.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
South Viet Nam
Kennedy
Montana
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Saigon
Mansfield
CIA
Viet Nam
Birmingham church bombing case optimism grows for leads
Sheriff Melvin Bailey voiced optimism a lead will emerge in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four African American girls. FBI and local authorities press on with investigations. 800 National Guard troops stand by as desegregated schools report improving attendance and a Catholic Diocesan letter denounces violence. The President moves to dispatch a two man peace commission led by Earl Blaik and Kenneth Royall to Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Melvin Bailey
Bailey
FBI
U.S. Dist
Macon L. Weaver
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Weaver
Mobile- Birmingham
Thomas J. Toolen
Alabama
Florida
Earl Blaik
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
The
Draft Board Seeks Marriage Certificates for Young Married Men
MONTPELIER AP The Selective Service director urged married men under 26 with no children classified 1-A to file certified copies of marriage certificates with local draft boards. Col Elbert T Kimball said the move follows President Kennedy's order delaying inductions for married men without dependents. Local boards are mailing questionnaires to separate married men from single ones.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Selective Service
Elbert T. Kimball
Kennedy
Kimball
Teachers urged to use Ford grant for curriculum plans
Arlington leaders brief Bennington Southwest district teachers on a $4000 Ford Foundation grant to develop curriculum improvements. A regional committee will study innovations, travel for educators is funded, and a second grant may fund implementation for 4600 students in 17 schools.
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Arlington
Bennington Southwest
W. Philip Walker
Molly Stark
Memorial High School
Walker
Ford Foundation
Fund For the Advancement of Education
Foundation
Vermont
Bennington Graded
Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington
Armand J. Landry
Science Research Associates
Cleveland
Ohio
Greater
Landry
South Viet Nam First Lady Cards Khrushchev as Threat
Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu, wife of South Viet Nam’s leader, said in Belgrade that Soviet Premier Khrushchev is more dangerous than Mao Tse-tung. She condemned Khrushchev’s version of coexistence as not genuine but a subversive form.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ngo Dinh Nhu
South
Viet Nam
Khrushev
Mao Tse-tung
Khrushchev
Dario to Fight Civil Suit Over Hancock Track
Providence Rhode Island business figure B A Dario says he will contest a civil suit seeking 124000 from a Buffalo firm tied to Berkshire Downs financing in Hancock Massachusetts. Dario and two others deny responsibility, claiming Salvatore Rizzo assumed all obligations when he became Berkshire Downs president.
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Providence, R.I
Rhode Island
Buffalo, N.Y
Berkshire Downs
Hancock
Mass
B. A
Dario
Lincoln Downs
Salvatore Rizzo
Scarsdale
N.Y
Kennedy proposes joint U S Soviet moon expedition
At the United Nations Kennedy urged a public pause in the cold war by proposing a joint U S Soviet lunar mission. Gromyko welcomed the conciliatory tone but pledged to study the concrete proposals. Cuba boycotted the speech while about 1500 U N staffers were praised by the president for their service.
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United Nations
N.Y
Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
Gromyko
Khrushchev
U.N
Cuba
Carlos Lechuga
United Na
U.S
International Organization
Conerly Checks From Bookmaker Are Investigated
New York AP reports Commissioner Pete Rozelle's office is assembling facts on five checks totaling 9,575 dollars endorsed by Maur ice L. Lewis Memphis gambler and cashed by former Giants quarterback Conerly. One check dated November 6, 1961, came while Conerly was with the Giants who beat Green Bay in the title game. Conerly retired February 1962 after 14 years with the club.
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NEW York
Pete Rozelle
Maurice L. Lewis
Memphis
Charles
Chuck) Conerly
New York Giants
National Football League
Lewis
Shelby County
Tennessee
Memphis Press-Scimitar
James J. White
Conerly
Giants
Green Bay
University of Mississippi
Sukarno Reassures Britain on Indonesian Property Protections
Indonesia sought to mend ties with Britain after anti British protests and the attack on the British Embassy in Jakarta. President Sukarno barred the seizure of British companies without his approval and pledged no further demonstrations.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Britain
Sukarno
Malaysia
Inside Test Your Ingenuity With Jean Wassick Quiz
The page features Jean Wassick's quick quiz challenging readers to test their ingenuity on page 3. A photo on page 5 shows Bennington Rescue Squad at work.
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Jean Wassick
Bennington
Richard Severson
Hoosick, N
Kevin Barry
Washington Ave
Buckler
Tax Cut Without a Spending Cut Is Russian Roulette Claims
GOP tax spokesman Rep. John Byrnes warned cutting taxes without spending controls risks huge deficits. He urged a spending cap tied to 97 and 98 billion dollar limits for the current and next fiscal years as condition for the tax bill. Byrnes pressed for budget discipline while Kennedy argued for rapid enactment of the 11 billion dollar tax cut.
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GOP
Washington
Congress
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Kennedy
Byrnes
United States
House
Ways and Means
The Slow Reader Strikes Again
After 40 years the overdue two volume work Biographical Sketches of Royalists in the American Revolution was returned to the Harrisburg Public Library from Greenwich Connecticut but with 1478.25 dollars in fines unpaid. The library cannot identify the borrower due to bookkeeping error.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Harrisburg Public Library
Greenwich
Conn
Hoff Forms Mental Health Advisory Board in Vermont
Gov. Philip Hoff announced creation of a 31 member Mental Health Advisory Board to guide a $50,000 federal funded state wide study on adult disorders including crime mental illness and alcoholism and child disorders such as delinquency truancy and school dropouts. The panel will meet first in Barre on September 25.
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Liam F. Kearns
Health Department
Hoff
Barre
Sorel Mayor Calls Seaway Inadequate For Growing Traffic
Sorel mayor Dr C Robert Fisette urged International Joint Commission hearings to build a Richelieu Seaway from Sorel to Lake Champlain and Hudson River area. He warned delays and time loss in locks on the St Lawrence Seaway as traffic grows and said the route would spur southwest Quebec and Vermont New York industry. St Johns brief urged a link to the Lapgairie basin near Montreal.
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Sorel
Que
C. Robert Fisette
St. Lawrence Seaway
Fisette
International Joint Commission
Richelieu River
Quebec
Lake Champlain
Hudson River
New York State
Richelieu
City of
St. Johns
Lapgairie
St. Lawrence
Montreal
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Los Angeles
Richard Boone
Will Travel
Ford
Marie Mattison
Fisher
Robert Brock
Beatrice Gilman
North Bennington
Ruth Martin
Shaftsbury
Brock
University of Vermont
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Mao
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.K
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Bennington High School
Windsor
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