Keyser Awaits 60 Page ICC Action on Rutland Rail
Gov Keyser waits for the Interstate Commerce Commission 60 page decision authorizing the abandonment of most of the Rutland Railway. He plans to meet with Public Service Commissioner Paterson and Attorney General Adams to arrange state action as agent in selling three segments to eastern railroads. Rutland President Ginsburg signed a winter agreement allowing designation of receivers if abandonment is approved and was to testify today before a legislative Rutland investigation panel.
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Montpelier
Keyser
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rutland
Public Service
John D. Paterson
Charles J. Adams
ICC
William S. Ginsburg
Ginsburg
Bennington Banner wins first in page one judging
West Harwich Massachusetts AP contest honors the Bennington Banner for best page one presentation in New England daily newspapers at the 15th annual New England AP News Executives Association meeting. Winners were chosen from about 50 member papers with the Banner printing its Dec 13 1961 issue on the new offset press.
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The
Bennington Banner
Associated Press
Page One
New England
Associated Press News Executives Association
New England AP
Banner
West Harwich, Mass
North Adams, Mass
Transcript
Providence, R. L
Estes On Trial In Texas After Bankruptcy Sale
Billie Sol Estes faces trial in Tyler on four indictments tied to loans on nonexistent fertilizer tanks. His sprawling empire, once valued at millions, was sold in El Paso for 5.8 million plus interest to Morris D. Jaffee after bankruptcy proceedings.
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Billie Sol Estes
Tyler
Tex
Texas
Pecos
el Paso
Morris D. Jaffee
San Antonio
Estes
Tas
Coleman D. McSpadden
Lub
Bock
Harold E. Orr
Ruel W. Alexander
Amarillo
U.S
Orr
McSpadden
Alexander
Soviets Pursue Troika at United Nations
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko seeks backing for a three member troika to replace U Thant as UN secretary general. U.S. support for Thant’s re election is strong. Rusk plans talks with Gromyko amid mixed regional support and veto dynamics.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations
U Thant
Dean Rusk
Thant
United States
Rusk
Gromyko
Khrushchev
General Assembly
U.N
Troika
Dag Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
Two Districts Vote Oct 8 On School Plan
Pownal and Woodford town school districts move their vote to October 8 for joining the union high school district. The change, requested by the union school board, follows signing inconsistencies and aims to satisfy legal formalities as a bonding review factor. Polls open 12 PM to 8 PM at Town Hall for Pownal and Hollow School for Woodford. North Pownal remains on October 1.
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Pownal and
Woodford
North Pownal
Union High School
Union School Board
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Union Board
Chaplin Shifts to Serious Role in Counting House
New York AP reports Sidney Chaplin moves from comic to serious parts on Broadway. After portraying a cheerful idler in Subways Are for Sleeping, he stars in In the Counting House as a business executive in a straight play.
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New York
Sidney Chaplin
Chaplin
Air Crash Victims Plucked From Storm-Tossed Atlantic
An international rescue effort recovered at least 48 survivors from a chartered Super Constellation that ditched off Ireland after engine failure. The Celerina and other ships aided in the night operation as storms and 10‑foot seas tested crews and rescued people with life rafts guiding lifeboats and planes.
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Atlantic
London
Ireland
Andania
Celerina
Joseph K. Lewis
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Lewis
Germany
Flying Tiger
Shannon
U.S. Air Force
Prestwick
Scotland
Adana
Money-Maker Saul Stern Turns 20 Cents Into 1425
Saul Stern aged 14 months turned 20 cents into 1425 this week without leaving his stroller. The 20-cent dividend from one share was mailed by his father Robert 21 to a savings and loan with Saul’s bankbook, showing a balance of 1 425.85 after an accounting error. The bank confirms the error and the father keeps the book as a memento.
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Baltimore
Saul Stern
Saul
Robert
Savings and Loan Association
Contempt Session In Ole Miss Admission Case
Federal court convenes a contempt hearing on the University of Mississippi admission order. James Meredith, 29, seeks entry while officials including Governor Barnett and three top university officers face possible citations for ignoring the order. Judge Mize ruled the three school officials lacked power, as power rested with the board and registrar duties via delegation.
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New Orleans
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
State College Board
Meredith
Oxford
Department of Justice
Barnett
John Davis Williams
Arthur B. Lewis
College of Liberal Arts
Robert B. Ellis
U.S. Dist
Sidney Mize
Meridian
Miss
Vermont Conventions Set Party Lines on Unions and Reapportionment
At the Vermont GOP and Democratic conventions in Montpelier, Republicans kept a right to work plank with a 108 to 31 vote while Democrats moved to insert a House reapportionment plank despite party opposition. Delegates approved education funding reform and stronger state development. Republicans added a tax-equalization study plank.
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GOP
Montpelier
Sen
Aiken
Rep
Stafford
Keyser
Robert Larrow
Burlington
Philip H. Hoff
Larrow
House
Senate
Opening of Unfinished Philharmonic Hall Delayed by Kennedy Arrival
New York AP reports Jacqueline Kennedy entered the box at about 9 14 2 p.m. while Leonard Bernstein conducted the Philharmonic from about 9 02 p.m. The opening night featured Copland s Connotations for Orchestra world premiere as the unfinished Lincoln Center hall dazzled with marble and gold while construction rubble loomed outside.
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Philharmonic
New York
Jacqueline Kennedy
Leonard Bernstein
Philharmonic Orchestra
New Philharmonic Hall
Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts
Philharmonic Hall
Cafe Au Last
Orpheus
Apollo
Richard Lippold
The
Copland
John D. Rockefeller II
Rockefeller
Lincoln Center
West Side Manhattan
Guido in Power Emerges Amid Amnesty Promise and Elections
Argentina's President Jose Maria Guido, backed by triumphant rebels, pledges amnesty and elections after five days of conflict that toppled Frondizi era power. Ongania's forces claim command and vow democratic restoration.
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Buenos Aires
Jose Maria Guido
Guido
Argentina
Juan Carlos Ongania
Ongania
Campo de Mayo
Juan D. Peron
Arturo Frondizi
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Randolph Trabold
Thomas D. Stevens
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David Lamontagne
Providence Evening Bulletin
Leo E. Meyer
Worcester Telegram
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Providence Journal
Charles Cocaine
Worcester Gazette
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