Bridgeport Telegram, The (Newspaper) - December 29, 1967, Bridgeport, Connecticut Forecast COLD WINDY TODAY FAIR COLD SATURDAY THE BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM Fairfield County's Morning Newspaper VOL NO 310 Second Class Postage Paid at Bridgeport Conn BRIDGEPORT CONN FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 29 1967 Published ct n Stole St Conn 06602 44 Pages SEVEN CENTS Asian Flu Spreading In Nation Respiratory Infections Have Broken Out in 24 States and B.C ATLANTA Ga Outbreaks of Asian flu and similar respiratory tions are spreading out much of the nation cording to reports reaching the National Communicable Disease Center Outbreaks have been re- ported in 24 states and the District of Columbia The NCDC reported that the mortality rate does not appear to be unusually high at this time however Death Rate Higher But New York City health said the death rate there is slightly higher than usual The tolerance zone for deaths from influenza and pneumonia in New York is 88 for the week ending Dec 22 But there were 100 such deaths The figure in- cludes deaths in five New York boroughs Health officials say it is cult to measure the seriousness of outbreaks because the best means of determining the rate of ab- closed during the holidays Mild Strain Problem In most instances an Press survey showed Thursday tie virus appears to be a relatively mild strain and health officials say this is a part of the problem Most of the cases are so mild that people simply won't go to said Dr John McCroan of the Georgia Health Department They are walking around spreading the bug around An estimated cases have occurred in north Georgia most of them in metropolitan Atlanta The NCDC said tion of Asian flu has been made in Michigan Florida New sey New York homa Illinois Kansas Iowa and Georgia Probable Asian flu has been reported in Indiana Virgnia Wisconsin Louisiana and souri Possible Flu And the NCDC says possible Asian flu has been reported in Ohio Maryland Mississippi Tennessee Arkansas vania Nebraska North na South Carolina and the Dis- of Columbia There have been reports too Continued on Page Two Storm Falls Short of Billing Numerous Mino Accidents Features for Everybody In Telegram Every Day Page Chef 28 Classified Ads Crossword Dear Dr Brandstadt 28 Editorials 22 Fashions 23 Financial Obituaries 38 Polly's Sports Sylvia Theater News 17 TV and Radio 31 Women's News 24 Weather Forecast S Bureau BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY Partly cloudy windy and cold today high in the middle to per 30s Fair and cold tonight and tomorrow low tonight in the low 20s Snow flurry probability 20 per cent today and 10 per cent tonight Winds shifting to westerly at 15 to 25 miles an hour today diminishing to around 10 per cent tonight Gale warnings displayed on Long Island with tides running two to three feet above normal Some minor flooding can be expected along coastal sections primarily af nich tide this morning TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday J Lowest yesterday Highest year ago yesterday 3 Lowest year ago yesterday I PRECIPITATION Yesterday For Month A Tins Barometer p.m reading 28 Humidity 8 Today Tomorrow High p Low a m J V ALMANAC Friday December 29 Today is the three hundred day of the year am he seventh day of Winter Th sun rises at and sets a p.m Tax Hike May Stay On Shelf Telegram Hayduk CREW REPAIRS SNAPPED Illuminating company linemen repair a utility pole on Old Town road near Sylvan avenue which snapped when it was struck by a car that left the road after being hit by another late yesterday afternoon At the scene were UI men Robert Horahan Louis Sorraco Thomas Moran James Gleason and Robert Gaoler the fore- man Company officials said the accident did not cause any power Special Holiday The Bridgeport Telegram will a Holiday Monday January 1 This issue contain all THE POST features and comics in usual TELEGRAM features There will POST on Monday in of New Year's Day Holiday BY special cooperation of newsdealers and paperboys THE TELEGRAM will be serviced Jo all regular POST subscribers as Well as to TELEGRAM readers On sale at all newsdealers delivered by all newspaper delivery carriers A driving winter storm slammed into the Bridgeport area yesterday testing thi mettle of motorists pedestrians and emergency service personnel Provisionally billed as the season's first major East Coast storm it fell short o anticipated heavy snow accumulations in the city but significant amounts of th white stuff did fall in outlying areas Fall Here Easton and New Canaan eac recorded six inches of snow inches fell in Trumbull and clos to five inches in Milford Bridge port and Stratford recorded clos o three inches during the day Hazardous driving condition prevailed throughout the are during most of the day wit State and local police numerous minor accident throughout the afternoon and eve ning With icy rain falling last night the U S Weather bureau Bridgeport Municipal airport fore cast a change to snow along th immediate coast beginning abou today and ending b daybreak Little or no accumula was expected to result from the flurry activity The weatherman said today wii je partly cloudy windy and wit a possibility of more snow flur ries during the wit or no accumulation antic pated System on Move The cause of yesterday's wea ther upheaval a storm system centered last night to the wes of Norfolk Va and moving ve rapidly should keep the greate portion of the Eastern in turbulent weather through io night The intensified low system was expected to cente just south of Long Island b early this morning and continu racking toward Maine durin the morning hours Early morning temperature n the Bridgeport area were ex to hover near the freer ing point or just below makin driving conditions hazardous Po lice officials issued repeatei warnings last night urging mo to observe extreme cau tion on rain slicked and icj highway and secondary roads Gale warnings were AP LET LOOSE IN THE housewife Mrs nora Lopez plunges into a pile of pesos top and collects an armful bottom even holding a few in her teeth to win first prize in a contest called Instant Riches held In Manila re- cently The mother of seven scooped up about worth of pesos which she got to keep as her prize She and eleven other finalists were turned loose in pile of pesos on the floor of a bank Continued on Page Two 3 Boy Skaters Sought At Middletown Lake MIDDLETOWN AP Po searched the vicinity of man made Crystal Lake Thursda night for three young boys whi had gone to the lake Thursda morning to ice skate Police said Francis Scanlon 10 of Andon Road David Bula 11 of 531 Ridge Rd and Jame Taylor 10 of 43 Hillcrest Ave had not returned home Thurs day night State police scuba divers pro pared to search the lake Friday morning Searchers saic the ice at the lake was abou an inch and a half thick Searchers found a thermos hot tie partly filled with hot choco late a blanket and two pair of shoes near the lake Signaling Delay Until Budget Shows Spending Cut WASHINGTON Congressional tax writers are flashing signals to the Texas White House that resident Johnson's crease may stay in the until he produces i budget continuing to re- spending Economy Still Issue Economy still is the big issue Rep John W Byrnes of sin said in an interview day Byrnes as senior can member of the Ways and committee plays a key role in tax legislation At the same time the Federal Reserve moderate twist if the credit screw was being videly interpreted as pressure a tax raise as well as re- spending The unanimous action requiring banks to more money on hand and bus cut back on lending was certainly not lost on Johnson and his fiscal chiefs now ing over the budget at the Texas ranch The Ways and Means Com- shelved the proposal for a 10 per cent surcharge on in- come tax pending agreement on a fiscal The 1967 congressional session ran out without committee action though at the very end ment of a sort was reached on a cut in spending Tax Consideration Thereafter the committee did announce it would resume con- sideration of the tax about a week after Congress reconvenes Jan 15 The announcement took account of urgent pleas by the administration and Federal Re serve Chairman William McC Martin for the tax increase t help bolster the dollar in inter national markets However the committee wants assurances that the fisca restraint will continue not only for the rest of the current book keeping year but also in the beginning July 1 Byrnes spelled out what is ap the position of- mos Goldberg Is Reported Quitting About Feb 1 WASHINGTON AP Ar- thur J Goldberg U S to the United tions has told friends he plans to resign possibly about Feb 1 the Washington Post reported in its Friday editions The Post in a dispatch from its United Nations cor- respondent said Goldberg may wish to leave the formal announcement of his tion to President Johnson The newspaper quoted re- ports that Goldberg intends to join a New York law firm and has been promised pointment to the high court by Johnson whenever a cancy occurs Puzzle Pot Hits All-Time Mark After Fans Fail in Week Efforts of faithful fans were this week in the quest or the cash jackpot in The ay Post prize crossword puzzle nd the prize to be offered in the vord game next Sunday will qual the all-time previous high f That's the amount that will be for a single perfect to the tricky crossword game Puzzle 710 which will be n the next issue of The Sunday members of the It would be pointless and in fact rather derelict to take up a tax increase before we have a good look at the figures for fis cal 1969 The budget bureau is supposed to have them ready by late January He would not forecast Continued on Page Two Heart Transplant Doctor to Visit With LBJ Today SAN ANTONIO Tex AP Dr Christian Barnard thi famed South African surgeon who made world's firs heart transplant will call on President Johnson this mornin at the LBJ Ranch The Texas White House saic Barnard had asked to see John son while he is in this country He and his wife will visit the President and Mrs Johnson about 1 p.m EST today physician was flying to San An tonio Thursday night from Chi cago where he had said h would like to meet the Chief Ex Plans London Visit He is expected to leave New York and then London aft er the ranch visit Barnard transplanted a hear Dec 3 in a 55-year-old grocer Louis The lived 18 days before dying of a massive lung infection The heart that was transplant 1 came a South African woman Denise Darvall who was killed in an automobile accident not far from Barnard's hospital Groote Schurr in Cape Town Barnard said in Chicago he expects to perform another heart transplant next week Me said the patient has been chosen and is awaiting a donor The doctor came to this coun try last Sunday for an appear ance on the CBS television show Face The Nation Heart Attack in 1955 In Johnson Barnard will be seeing a man who suffered a vere heart attack in 1955 while serving as Senate majority lead er Dr Barnard said Thursday in Chicago that the next one wil be the first successful heart transplant He spoke to newsmen al O'Hare International Airport er arriving with 22 other heart Continued oa Page Two 300 Viet Reds Killed In Half Dozen Battles SAIGON Vietnamese forces reported killing 52 guerrillas in an eight-hour battle in the coastal lowlands Thursday but the Viet Cong counterattacked and fighting continued another 514 hours Government spokesmen said South losses in both engagements were light Communist casualties in the counter- attack were not known Fighting in the coastal lowlands has raged for three days since the Christmas truce ended and allied reports list at least 300 enemy killed in about half a dozen battles A government force of Rangers infantry armored cavalry and militia ran into the Viet Cong near Hoi An on Thursday as the South Vietnamese set out to uproot guerrillas around the big U.S Marine base at Da Nang about IS miles to the north ins said About Fight Begins at Noon Fighting began at noon and heavy action continued until 10 p.m with sporadic firing last- Sam who went in with the rines But the number of dead and wounded was believed The battle began after 1 copters landed about 500 miles farther I ernecks in a muddy rice paddy south U.S Marines and Com- munist troops fought across rice paddy dikes Thursday night There casualty for an assault on a fortified hamlet in the Hoi An sector about 360 miles was no announced least of Saigon report from cither j The paddy about 400 yards Press reported the hamlet later seemed Kim Ki I ringed by about diers The helicopters drew my sniper and machine-gun fira both in delivering fighting men and removing the wounded Marine jet planes and ter gunships bombed and strafed enemy positions while mortar and machine-gun fire spewed from the hamlet Sam reported that the rines consolidated their tions behind paddy dikes as Continued on Page Two U.S Is Trying Hard to Prevent Reds Using Cambodia Sanctuary Sunday's prize of Post Last vould have been a bountiful Christmas bonus had any of the contestants come up with a cor- rect solution to Puzzle 709 Now as the jackpot bulges a it bigger the cash still looms as a tidy New Year's benefit should a successful puzzler pear on the scene The AGED hobbled into a good least week in the clue in Puzzle 709 but the clue left quite a few ABED and sleep ing soundly In the clue FACTS were the things which counted and lots of Puzzle Fans had red FACES when the smoke cleared Explanations of the clues in Puzzle 709 were as fol 2 FALLS not CALLS The clue is concerned with a practical disadvantage as when duty FALLS to a policeman on mas day The call of duty is a WASHINGTON AP The United States is mounting a multi-national diplomatic effort in hopes of curbing Communist use of Cambodian territory as a military sanctuary In disclosing this Thursday State Department officials left open the possibility that the U.S providing evidence of Red bases in be made to some Communist as well as munist countries Press officer Robert J certain feeling towards duty it or attitude hardly relates to the requirement of a man to be on duty at some particular time 6 OUT not PUT OUT gesting in full links up well with see them For PUT Continued on Page Two The Solution 21 H B 3 SHEE is ami Q H a Solution to Dec 24 Puzzle Putney Chapel Damaged by Car Woman Is Held The Putney chapel a Stratford landmark at Chapel and Main streets Putney was extensively damaged by a hit-and-run car yesterday at p.m Stratford police said Police said the car was ed by a nearby resident as il struck the northwest the building backed corner 01 off and drove away A listing of the was traced to Mrs la B Lesneski 48 of 525 Chapel street Stratford Mrs Lesneski was arrested on a charge of evading responsibility and failing to drive in an lane She was released un- der bond for appearance in Circuit court The Lesneski car police said was extensively damaged in t h e front end and carried wood ters from the chapel The town had expected to open bids for the removal of the ing from its present location Jan The building owned by the ney Chapel association was to lave been placed on a new dation diagonally across Main street in Boothe Memorial park No estimate of the damages to chapel was obtained and Stratford Department of Public Works crews were expected make a determination today to interested governments would be contacted But they did not dispute suggestions that these could include parties to the Ge- include Russia and Red well as the Closkey declined however to make public what he termed the documented evidence at this time Diplomatic Initiative We are attempting a serious and private diplomatic initiative and reserve the right to keep some portions of it confidential the State Department man said Officials declined to say what New Yorkers Facing Their Share of Woes By JERRY BUCK NEW YORK AP What a morning to get First of all there was snow patting against the window panes and the forecasters ing a blustery storm was on the way with up to four inches of the white stuff On top of that with miles of streets to clean was a report that up to half of the city's snow removal equipment was disabled Look at Headlines But the Thursday morning newspapers held still more news Here's a look at the and subway strike threatened drivers may walk out mob infiltration of meat industry poisoned cakes at ery overtakes Mid- on Page Ten neva agreements on Indochina interrogations territory the South Vietnamese frontier The note included a summary of evidence compiled from documents and Reject Base Charge Cambodia's Dec 24 reply re- tional Control Commission the charge of North India Canada and Cong use of I bodian territory as groundless areas followed publication of an Poland The newest move in the mering dispute over military activity in Vietnam bordering Wednesday's exchange of notes between the United States and avowedly neutral dia The U.S note dated declared American forces have no hostile intentions toward Cambodian territory It said the root cause of the long-standing friction with Cambodia over border incidents stems from Viet Cong and North presence in Cambodian accusations and once again the United States of aggressive acts against bodia Although pressure has been increasing from some U.S and South Vietnamese military com- manders to strike against the Red hideaways in Cambodia State Department officials said Washington is still interested in amicable diplomatic trying for an ment through McCloskey acknowledged that Continued on Page Ten Board Backs Suspension Of Long-Haired Student The Fairfield Board of Education last night upheld the suspension of a Roger Ludlowe high school sophomore for refusal to cut his long hair and set the stage for possible court action in the controversy Headmaster Upheld Following an executive sion of the board in which the student Blake Wade son of Mr and Mrs Harvey B Wade of North street remained firm in his determination not to cut his Lincoln hair board Craighead chairman ed the decision to uphold master Roger L Warner's pension of the youth He issued a statement which read as Inasmuch as the Board of Education has carefully considered the tions of the school tion in regards to dress and grooming it finds that such regulations are desirable and necessary in that they have been arrived at in a reasonable and not in an arbitrary fashion The board after careful of the suspension of AP THE HAPPY AP Artist Len version of what is besetting the typical New York City resident these days Blake Wade under these rules supports the decision of the headmaster to suspend him un- til his hair is cut to a able length Wade had been suspended Nov 16 He appealed the suspension to Dr Joseph S Zapytowski of schools who re- Continued on Page Ten S Viet Confirms Cease-Fire From New Year's Eve SAIGON AP The South Vietnamese government con- firmed Friday that it will ob- serve a 24-hour cease-fire to run from 6 p.m New Year's 6 p.m the next day The government announced two weeks ago that it had ed in principle to observe a 24-hour cease-fire at New Year's and a cease-fire during the Vietnamese lunar New Year TET at the end of January Friday's announcement was distributed by Vietnam Press the official government news agency Loc Directs Order It said Premier Nguyen Van Loc directed the defense ter to order all South servicemen not to un- any offensive military operations during the 24-hour cease-fire The South were ordered as in past breaks in the war to take all necessary precautions for self- defense There was no immediate com- ment from the U.S Command but a senior officer said It can be anticipated that American and other allied forces will go along with the 24-hour fire as they did during the hour Christmas period This would include a 24-hour pause in the bombing of North Viet Cong The Viet Cong announced Continued on Page Ten
