Two Pownal Girls Die In Head On Crash
A two car head on collision on U.S. 7 near Jackson Crossing Road killed 13 year old Diane Della Chaffee and 2 year old May Cindy Chaffee. Their mother 42 Mrs Lawrence A Chaffee was hospitalized in critical condition with severe injuries.
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Pownal
U.S
Diane Della Chaffee
May Cindy Chaffee
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Lawrence A. Chaffee
Pownal Center
Julius H. Manes
Donald Shea
100 ft Ladder Used To Free Boy From Cliff
Augusta Montana AP report describes two Augusta carpenters A R Bender and Charles Welsh building a 100 foot ladder from boards to rescue 10 year old Bruce Krummel trapped on a cliff ledge over 20 hours. The boy, on a weekend fishing trip with his parents from Great Falls, was rescued after 125 feet up the Sun River area with two prior failed attempts and an Air Force helicopter diversion due to darkness.
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Augusta
Mont
A. R. Bender
Charles Welsh
Augusta Carpenters
Bruce Krummel
Sun River
Rock Mountains
Robert Gill
Great Falls
Gill
Bruce
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Bender
Air Force
Welsh
Old Bennington Votes Tonight On Zoning Plan
Old Bennington voters gather at 8 tonight at the Old Bennington Schoolhouse to decide a proposed zoning ordinance. The code, over a year in preparation, would replace the 1932 ordinance deemed probably invalid by Village Counsel George H. Plumb. Equity Publishing Corp of New Hampshire prepared the draft under voter authorization, after two public hearings and a Sept. 3 adoption of the final draft by trustees.
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Old Bennington
Bennington
George H. Plumb
Equity Publishing Corp. of
New Hampshire
Kennedy Seeks Birmingham Racial Calm Through Meetings
President Kennedy holds three talks with Birmingham white civic leaders six church leaders and his two appointed representatives Earl Blaik and Kenneth Royall as part of efforts to ease the Birmingham racial crisis following the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Also large memorials and nationwide protests unfold with leaders proposing an America’s Conscience Fund to rebuild the church.
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Washington
Kennedy
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Army
Earl
Red) Blaik
Kenneth C. Royall
16Th Street Baptist Church
Albert Boutwell
Don Hawkins
Hawkins
Robert F. Kennedy
Burke Marshall
Justice Department
New York
Blaik
Royall
Lafayette Park
White House
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Spirit of Brotherhood
New York City
Shreveport
Edmund G. Brown
California
Charles Taft
Cincinnati
J. R. Hicks
Busy Week Ahead for Congress to Viet Nam Mission
McNamara and Taylor will lead a week long survey trip to South Viet Nam to assess military and political conditions. The White House will accompany them with Ball and Bundy as they seek on the ground truth amid internal religious political divisions and varying U S reports. The trip signals President Kennedy’s determination to back the Saigon effort while avoiding open criticism of Diem or Lodge.
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Washington
Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
White House
George W. Ball
McGeorge Bundy
Ball
Bundy
Newport
R.L McNamara
Andrews Air Force Base
Air Force
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
U.S
Diem
Paul D. Harkins
Henry Cabot Lodge
Diem criticizes U N debate on Buddhist rights
At the United Nations, a Diem regime spokesman accuses the U S of cutting off its nose to spite its face by backing a General Assembly discussion on Buddhists in South Viet Nam. Prof Buu Hoi says Soviet bloc nations will push broader U S influence issues during the debate.
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United Nations, N.Y
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Buu Hoi
111- Nation Assembly
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Soviet Bloc
Men With Light Touch In Burglary Tools Case
Chattanooga police stopped an Atlanta car for no tail lights and found dynamite a sledgehammer crowbar concrete drill bits and punches. Robert Croker 45 and his nephew John Davis Evans 21 were charged with possessing burglary tools and explosives claiming they were sewing machine mechanics.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Atlanta, Ga
City
Robert Croker
John Davis Evans
Jakarta Embassy Guard Crisis Near Diplomatic Break
The British Indonesian dispute over guarding Britain's burned embassy escalated as police blocked access to the vault. Governor Sumarno Sosroatmodjo agreed to a joint guard, while Ambassador Gilchrist halted a news conference to rush to the embassy. Ambassadors from the US Australia Canada and France joined to support the crisis.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Britain
Sumarno Sosroatmodjo
A. G. Gilchrist
Gilchrist
U.S
Howard P. Jones
Rusk schedules talks with 11 foreign ministers at UN HQ
Secretary of State Dean Rusk set a rapid schedule at the United Nations by meeting 11 foreign ministers including six Central American ministers and visitors from Spain Peru Ireland Brazil and Niger ia. He aims to press discussions with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko later in the week as part of pursuing East West arms control steps.
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New York
Dean Rusk
Central America
Guatemala
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Costa Rica
Panama
Rusk
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Spain
Peru
Ireland
Brazil
Nigeria
U Thant
Washington
U.N. General Assembly
Inside Dream Moon Project Debate
An editorial on a dream moon project argues for practicality. Notes on local context appear from North Pownal and Wilmington coverage. Sports brief details include Bendi defeating Windsor 27 to 14 and BCHS loss to Bellows Falls 7 to 6. Bloodmo bile donation drive scheduled Wednesday.
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Bendi
Windsor
BCHS
Bellows Falls
Kennedy era battles spark Senate votes on test ban and taxes
The Senate rejected Goldwater’s demand to force Soviet removal of Cuba weapons as a condition for ratifying the limited nuclear test ban. The vote was 17 to 77 against. The treaty, signed by 100 nations, awaits a Tuesday Senate vote. The same week, Kennedy seeks a tax cut of about $11 billion, with Republicans pressing spending cuts and Southern Democrats likely backing the plan. a McClellan committee crime hearing also resumes Wednesday.
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Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Cuba
U.S
Goldwater
Kennedy
House
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Sen
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Gregg says New Hampshire backing for Goldwater grows
Former New Hampshire governor Hugh Gregg, now NH coordinator for Nelson Rockefeller, reports strong money backing for Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential race. He urges Rockefeller to campaign in New Hampshire and involve Mrs Rockefeller, noting divorce talk may affect perceptions. Gregg also says NH GOP is currently disorganized after recent elections.
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Boston
Hugh Gregg
New Hampshire
Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Gov
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