Foote Urges Unity for GOP Despite Differences
Lt. Gov. Ralph E. Foote urged Vermont Republicans to unite on leadership and sound government at a Shaftsbury fund dinner at Mt. Anthony Country Club. He warned factions helped Nixon lose in 1960 and called for open party membership to back a Republican victory locally and statewide.
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Ralph E. Foote
GOP
Foote
Shaftsbury Town
Republican Committee
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Republican Party
Vermont
Charles E. Gibson, Jr
Tracy Kenyon Jr
Hagerman
Paterson backs Keyser Rutland rail compact validity
Public Service Commissioner John D. Paterson said the Keyser Ginsburg rail compact remains valid after an ICC order allowed Rutland to sell the line. He noted the order does not invalidate the agreement or block further state Rutland efforts to restore rail service, citing specific discount provisions on two segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service
John D. Paterson
Rutland Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rutland
F. Ray Keyser Jr
William S. Ginsburg
Keyser-Ginsburg
Bellows Falls- Gassetts
Rutland, Burlington
Kennedy Defends Free Market Over Reds Before Editors
President Kennedy told about 350 business editors the free market outperforms central planning and is key to economic efficiency. He acknowledged inflation factors, noted government limits on the free market, and warned price swings like coffee could threaten hemispheric security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Washington
State Department
Boston and Maine May Purchase Area Rail Line
Boston and Maine officials say the railroad is studying an Interstate Commerce Commission report granting Rutland Railway permission to abandon most of its 331 miles. The B and M may consider acquiring Rutland segments between White Creek New York and Shaftsbury Vermont and the North Bennington to Bennington spur. The line is connected Boston Mechanicville to White Creek and faces financial strain per a New York consulting firm.
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Boston and
Maine
Boston
Mass
Boston and Maine Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rutland Railway
Robert G. Bleakney Jr
Boston and Maine
Mechanicville
N. Y
Rutland
White Creek
N.Y
Vermont
New York
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Bennington
ICC
Barcelona Flood Toll Mounts in Spanish Disaster
Barcelona Province faces Spain’s worst modern flood toll with 341 dead 546 injured and 464 missing official counts. The disaster hit a 150 square mile industrial area north and west of Barcelona leaving 1 500 homeless, 10 000 jobless and $80 million in damage as nine hours of rains swelled rivers and wrecked mills and cottages.
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Barcelona
Spain
Tearrasa
Kin of Keyser Raises Vermont Flag At World Fair
Vermont serves as honor guest at the Seattle World Fair with Mrs. John Nordmark a Keyser cousin to raise Vermont’s flag. Hilton F. Marcy of the American Dairy Association attends. New Hampshire day follows with Ben Adams representing Gov. Powell. Maine honors close the state tributes.
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Seattle
Vermont
John Nordmark
Bellevue
Wash
F. Ray Keyser Jr
New England
Maine
Edwin W. Heywood
John H. Reed Jr
Army to Triple Antiguerrillas To 15 000 Men
The Army reportedly won approval to boost its elite antiguerrilla Special Forces to about 15 000 men about three times their present strength. Pentagon sources disclosed the scope of the increase and a spokesman confirmed the decision without details.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
U.S
Air Force
Officials to weigh Stark Generator review proposal
State and local officials plan a Monday Montpelier meeting to discuss Virgil Stark's offer to hire an independent gas expert at his expense to review the Stark generator at Vermont Gas Corporation's Lincoln Street plant. The move follows complaints and a village vote labeling the generator a nuisance with Nov. 1 cessation possible.
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Montpelier
Stark
Vermont Gas Corporation
Lincoln Street
Vermont Public Service Board
John D. Paterson
Virgil Stark
North American Utility and Construction Corp
VGC
Paterson
Charles J. Adams
John S. Burgess
Chester M. Kirby
Benington
James B. Gibney
Peterson
Public Service Board
Banner
Bennington
Mississippi Standoff Over Meredith Enrolment Faces Court Hearings
In Oxford Mississippi Lt Gov Paul Johnson blocks James Meredith from enrolling as federal marshals surround the gate. Federal officials led by Attorney General Kennedy weigh use of troops as the 5th Circuit orders Gov Barnett and Johnson to appear for contempt hearings in New Orleans and prepares for possible arrest.
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James Meredith
Miss
Paul B. Johnson Jr
Johnson
University of Mississippi
Mississippi
Ole Miss
Oxford
Meredith
Paul Johnson
James H. Meredith
State University
U.S
U.S. Naval Air Station
Memphis
Kennedy
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Barnett
New Orleans
State College Board
Powell Chooses Not to Run as Independent in 1962
Governor Wesley Powell reviews independent candidacy filings at the 6 pm deadline. After checking petition totals, he announces he will not file and says he will reveal his 1962 election stance later. He leaves doors open to possible support for Pillsbury or King.
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Powell
John Pillsbury
Manchester
Robert Rhodes
Stark
Edward Kelley
Kelley
Rhodes
Executive Council
New Hampshire
Pillsbury
John King
King
Yemen Imam Deposed in Liberal Revolutionary Seizure
An announced liberal revolutionary army seizes power in Yemen, with source in Aden saying Imam Mohammad Al Badr was assassinated Wednesday night though Cairo Radio says he was deposed. Al Badr, 35, had ascended the throne Sept 19 after his father Ahmed died.
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Aden
Yemen
Mohammad Al-Badr
Cairo Radio
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Saudi Arabia
Al-Badr
Imam Ahmed
Mohammad
Soviet Union
China
East Germany
Hoff Backs Simpson Plan for School Aid in Vermont
Democratic candidate Philip Hoff endorses the Simpson Formula to redistribute education aid and urges Republicans to take a clear stand. He says GOP platform is vague, proposing aid doubled to 40 percent over two years, funded by economic growth and pari mutuel betting tax gains.
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Montpelier
Philip H. Hoff
Republican Party
Keyser
GOP
Burlington
Hoff
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Tracy E. Kenyon Jr
Daulton Mann Jr
Peru
Mann
Eugene V. Clark
Senate
Bennington County
Clark
Hazel M. Wills
William H. Wills
Clifford M. Harwood
Keyser-Rutland
Lee
Kin of Keyser
Trustees’ Gas Investigation Committee
Barks Negro
Concord
N.H
Robert Stark
Wesley Powell
Hott
Simpson
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