Bridgeport Telegram, The (Newspaper) - October 23, 1969, Bridgeport, Connecticut Weather Forecast WINDY COLD TODAY COU AGAIN FRIDAY THE BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM Fairfield County's Morning Newspaper YOL NO 255 MCMi it BRIDGEPORT CONN THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER 23 1969 Pages Gas Firm Stymied Temporarily in Bid To Issue Higher Bills By ALAN E SCHOENHAUS HARTFORD The Southern Connecticut Gas company yesterday found itself temporarily stymied in its efforts to implement a court ruling that would permit it to proceed provisionally with billing its customers in line with a proposed rate increase PUC Mum on Bonds The delay was revealed cly yesterday afternoon when the State Public Utilities com- mission demonstrated an unwill if bonds anc assurances filed by the company in connection with the al rate boost are satisfactory to the regulatory body The utility received a able ruling from a Superior court judge last week to go ahead with the rate hike since Senate Votes Easier Trade With Commies WASHINGTON AP The Senate overrode administration objections Wednesday and then passed 49 to 24 a designed to ease curbs on trade with Russia and the Communist nations of Eastern Europe An effort to extend for two years the present Export Control Act with minor changes as the House voted to do last Thursday was defeated The issue now will be thrown into a conference committee which will try to work out a compromise Sponsors of the said present export controls are largely self-defeating and in the interest of trying to im- prove East-West relations trade restrictions should be U.S Security Peril But opponents said passage of the could imperil U.S rity by strengthening the potential of the Soviet bloc especially at a time when Russia is continuing to supply the North Vietnamese Sen Wallace F Bennett Utah told his colleagues that the administration vigorously op- poses the Bennett said the could re- mit in undue weakening of ex- on Page Two the PUC earlier indicated that it would not rule on the actual rate hike application until after it conducted a hearing and gation of its own In granting the provisional authority to be- gin charging its customers in- creased rates the court ruled that the utility would have to agree to pay the money back to the event the in- crease was not granted as re- quested It also indicated that company was free to ceed as the PUC ruled the necessary bonds and ances as satisfactory In the course of yesterday's hearings on the rate increase plication yesterday afternoon the utility's lawyer Daniel F Wheeler of Bridgeport the commission could indicate whether it found the bonds or satisfactory or er any further company action might be The commission chairman Eugene S Loughlin responded We're not in a position to tell you anything right now When Mr Wheeler attempted to determine when the PUC might rule oh the question Mr Loughlin said As soon as we can reach an and then closed the discussion by re- turning to matters before the hearing session The matter was again brought Continued on Page Two Gleason Chandler Named Acting Deputy Fire Chiefs By PETE MASTRONARDI Two Bridgeport assistant fire chiefs both members of the department 33 years were pointed provisional deputy chiefs by the Board of Fire during a meeting last night in headquarters They are John F Gleason of 2683 Old Town road acting chief of the department the past two years who will tions deputy chief and Francis C Chandler of 115 Sunnydale road presently clerk of ment who will be administrative deputy chief The two veteran officers will remain in the positions until an examination is conducted by the Civil Service in which 10 assistant chiefs are eligible to compete at a later date S Certifications Asked During the busy session the commissioners voted to ask the Civil Service commission to the names of the next eligible for promotion to assistant fire chief the next fighter on the list eligible for captain and the name of the son next on the examination list lieutenant It was learned the next date for assistant chief is mond Parks of 23 Porter street brother of assistant chief William H Parks Next on the candidates list for Continued on Page Two The Weather Doto from U.S Bureau BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY windy and cold today high 35 to the lower 40s Fair and continued cold tonight and row low tonight in the 20s to lower 30s In southern areas Probability of precipitation 30 per cent today Northwesterly winds at 15 to 25 miles an hour today diminishing to 10 miles an hour or less tonight TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday 59 Lowest yesterday 47 Highest year ago yesterday 65 Lowest year ago yesterday 41 PRECIPITATION Yesterday Trace For Month Barometer 8 p.m reading 29.82 Humidity reading THE TIDE Today Tomorrow High Low 4 54 p.m p.m ALMANAC Thursday October 21 Today is the two hundred tieth day of the year and the thirty-first day of Fall The sun rises at and sets at p.m AP APOLLO 12 ASTRONAUTS IN GOOD Apollo 12 were In good humor as they posed for photographers Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center as they took a break in their training for the Nov 14 launch From Charles Pete Conrad Jr Richard F Gordon Jr and Alan L Bean City School Issues Are Aired At Board Candidates By H SIDNEY FOLSOM An accusation from the ence that the Board of ion is lagging in replacing di- schools in older ty neighborhoods brought an ex- ra note to a candidates forum ast night The for Board of Education candidates was in McKinley school in the East End with about 40 present It grew spirited as some ors mostly Negro rose during the question period to denounce some Board of Education policies as favoritism to whites This turned out to be the est topic when compared with he six candidates replies on questions submitted in advance The two other candidates in the race were absent because of ness The controversy was an shoot of an on what the candidates to have the schools comply with the state's new racial balancing law Most of these answers were generally in favor of ending im- balance with details yet to be settled Public Hearing Mentioned A new side element was by Francis J King candidate for re-election Now board president fee said the proposed state guidelines for putting this law into effect will be given a public hearing in the State Capitol on Nov 10 and Contempt Stay Granted Norwalk Unit Hurricane Laurie Sloshing Toward Coast of Florida By RICHARD P ONDEK The Teachers ation was granted a stay in court yesterday of con- empt of court proceedings against the association and its of- stemming from a day boycott of classes which pre- sented Norwalk schools from opening for the first four days of this school year The stay granted by Judge Ar- hur H Healey was the latest tep in the ramified proceedings the Norwalk Board of Education and the Teachers gaining unit It is being watched with it by education officials and municipal 1 e g aT the as there are tions yet to be decided in this tate which de- ermine whether Fighting Forces Mend Of Lebanon to Resign By SLIAS ANTAR Associated Press Writer Lebanese Prime Minister Rashid Karami resigned Wednesday after bloody clashes between the Lebanese army and Palestinian guerrillas The fighting unleashed a storm of protests at home and abroad and brought threats from other Arab nations Iraq offered the guerrillas military aid Syria closed its border with Lebanon and Libya recalled its ambassador Thousands of Arabs in of Beirut the capital Iraqis besieged the Lebanese Embassy in Baghdad Jordanian down American and Lebanese flags in Amman Elsewhere in the Middle East there were these Cairo an Egyptian spokesman accused the United States of supporting rael with men as well as arms and said the presence of cans in Israeli uniforms de- air hope of any peaceful Continued on Page Two prevented from striking against school systems Yesterday's action motion by Arnold Bai of Goldstein and Peck counsel for the NTA held contempt proceedings in abeyance on the Superior court level pending a ruling on two opposing motions filed by the contending parties in the State Supreme court The first of these motions is an appeal by the NTA against Judge Continued on Page Ten State Carpenters Convening Here JOO members of of ters a two-day convention at the Holiday 815 day land l Robert Money of expected re-elected as president of the convention ex- I to be re-elected are Robert J McLevy of wood road Fairfield vice and Edward Donald of Hartford The convention will start this morning with a- general beginning at 10 o'clock Mayor Curran is ex- to address the ing along with Patrick J Campbell of the carpenter's First district of New York which includes New England The Right Rev Edward Zibell of St Ambrose church will deliver the invocation The council will also meet at 9 and at a noon luncheon at the Holiday Inn tomorrow Ribicoff Says General Turner Should Be Tried for Perjury WASHINGTON AP Claims of perjury and cover-up were made by Sen Abraham Ribicoff Wednesday as he closed his Senate gation of retired Maj Gen Carl the Army's former top policeman Ribicoff said the Justice De- will be asked to con- sider perjury action against Turner In a summary ment Ribicoff said the conflict in testimony is direct Perjury was committed In these ings in connection with handling of 536 guns from the Chicago and Kansas City lice departments Ribicoff said the evidence showed Turner sold 22 of the weapons Regarding Turner and an sergeants conspiracy in the operation of military service clubs in Germany the United States and Vietnam Ribicoff said there is the matter of the Continued on Page Two be voted on by Board of Education on Nov 12 The main thing leading to the heated questions was a statement by Republican candidate Victor E that the GOP as a way to racial balance He said generally creates new and his position is for integration through use of quality schools at more central locations with new con- struction as needed possibly with At this Joseph Langston a member of the audience called For all candidates to tell how about it was the only way possible to Continued on Page Ten MIAMI Fla AP Gale warnings were raised Myers to Key West Wednesday as Hurricane Laurie sloshed Ronald L Ziegler across the Gulf of Mexico ward the Southwest tip of da A hurricane watch was in fect along a stretch of coast and boaters along the er west coast the and Florida Bay were advised not to stray far from shore At midafternoon Laurie was some 265 north-northwest of Key West moving terly at 10 winds in gusts of 85 Torrential Rains Laurie was centered at 25.2 north longitude 86.0 west rains covered the water about Continued Page Stratford Widow Daughter Clubbed to Death in Chicago Scott Urges Cease-Fire Bat Laird Rejects Idea WASHINGTON AP Sen ate Republican Leader Hugh Scott proposed Wednesday tha he United States unilaterally a cease-fire in Viet nam but Secretary of Defense R Laird rejected the idea I do not believe that a successful told a group of reporters Caution Against Action As secretary of defense would caution against a eral action on the part of the United States without some firm from the other side hat we would have assurance hat they would go along with t Laird spoke to reporters after stipulating that he not be named but the Defense Depart ment later identified him as official concerned Scott said he hopes President Nixon a date on which American forces will stop shoot ng unless attacked Scott the administration's chief spokesman on the Senate floor said he was not signaling any White House intention This is not a trial balloon for he Scott said it's i personal But Scott's expression of thai for a course long by Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield was certain to tighten speculation that Nixon ilans some such dramatic move n his Nov 3 to the nation Scott said he was speculating I think anything could happen of that kind before Nov Pentagon official who that he not be speculation on what Nixon will say in his speech 10 days hence At the White House press aird was reflecting the views jf administration and of the Defense Department Obvious y this is a part of the and thought that ex sts in the gler said He announced that Nixon's on Nov 3 will start at p.m EST and will lasl about 30 minutes Both Scott and Mansfield said the administration's new ield policy of protective ion represents a major step ward a cease-fire Under that policy Mansfield U.S troops fire only to enemy attack This is certainly a far cry rom the tactics of maximum iressure and search and de- NEW YORK Judge Lloyd F MacMahon in a scathing denunciation Wednesday enjoined a draft from inducting a student at University of Bridgeport who was denied a student de- draft overzealous and erroneous ing of young man's plight inspired confidence in the MacMahon wrote The young Thomas law Walsh Jr 24 of was classified as as a student at the university When he in class e to and dered to report for induction last June Walsh applied for a full board hearing asking for a could con- said his studies Retired Pair Need To Live Government Says AP government said akes nearly a a retired couple to maintain a standard of living President Nixon in proposing 10 per cent Social Security like said the average retired couple now gets a year in and is allowed to earn another without any loss of benefits for a maximum income of Nixon's proposed 10 per cent Features for Everybody In Telegram Every Day Page Chef 48 Classified Ads Comics 52 Crossword Puzzle 54 Dear Abby 46 Dr 48 Editorials 40 Fashions 49 Financial News Jacoby on Bridge 51 Obituaries 70 Polly's Pointers 47 Sports Sylvia Porter 40 Theater News 39 TV and Radio 53 Women's News 44 i increase plus a boost in extra allowed income to would bring the average retired couple a shade above the Labor De- moderate budget inflation Ups Living Post The report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics said inflation had increased living costs of re- tired couples about 10 per cent in the last two years Nixon also would provide increases for future ing cost hikes The report also included er and lower living budgets since many couples fall below or above the average The report said the in- or moderate budget cost in the spring of 1969 up 9 per cent since spring of 1967 Living cost in- creases since Spring would add at least another one per cent The lower budget was listed as and the higher budget The is defined as a 63 or over and his v living indep in a arate dwelling 1 enjoying reasonably good the re- port said The budgets are based on the manner of living and con- sumer choices of the It said They permit the couple to Continued on Page Two Mansfield said and to me is an indication that the President is moving toward a cease-fire and cy The high defense official ed that Secretary of Defense Melvin R Laird first used the term protective reaction to describe authority U.S com- manders have been given in conducting border area attacks as a means of defending their positions He said for example that U.S troops were allowed to move into the edge of Laos to ferret out the enemy while un- der heavy attack That was protective Continued on Page Fifty-Seven AP NOT HE Paul McCartney of the Beatles protected to London Wednesday that of death were exaggerated Story on Page Judge Bars UB Senior's Induction Blasts Board This application was denied and Walsh charged hat this change in his status was tantly lawless on the part o Local Board 10 in Mt Vernon and brought the court action ort upheld this tion ruled that was entitled to student deferment and It is this kind which had alienated the youth of the nation bred disrespect for V Sparked the disorders which a gap tions and the very structure of society It feeds the for tion of the whole selective vice system to bottom not only by mounting number of defiant young also Continued on Page Two Has Tacit To Aid Laos Premier Says PARIS AP Prince vanna of Laos sai Wednesday he has a agreement with the States that Washington will vide aid to defend Laotian neutrality and rial integrity But the Laotian premier de- nied United States has infantry in Laos adding there are only Laotian soldiers getting themselves killed any American Seeks More Aid said in an that the United States is only doing its duty by ng us satisfaction He just ar- rived in Paris from Washington on a mission to obtain an in- crease in American aid basis for U.S aid to Laos he said was an unwritten agreement made at the U.S embassy in Vientiane in 1964 after the Soviet Union had re- used to supply his troops with urther munitions In Washington Chairman J W Fulbright of the Senate Foreign Relations Com- said he knows of no with Laos We don't normally recognize tacit oral Ful bright said We've been given the exact apposite impression that there has been no agree Here is the text of part of the which the Laotian I About aid for which it appears you President Nixon Yes him for more aid Is there a forma your gbv and the on anc so when was it It was not a formal ment In 1964 when the ist troops were attacked anc chased from the Plain of Jars by North Vietnamese and et Lao Lao tian troops I had no munitions for the arms the Soviets had given me and Moscow refused to continue giving me tions Turns To U.S To permit my soldiers to de- fend themselves I asked the Continued on Page Two Living Costs Up Again WASHINGTON AP It ost nearly a nickel more a pound to bring home the bacon ast month and other price hikes added fuel to the nation's worst inflation In some 20 years he government said lay Living costs rose one-half of ine per cent in September pushing the federal Consumer rice Index to 129.3 That means it cost last month or the goods and services that ost ten years ago Bacon Hike Parade Bacon led the parade of food price hikes climbing from 90.9 cents to 95.8 cents a pound the Labor Department said cery prices on the average re- mained unchanged instead of showing the usual September drop and higher restaurant charges boosted over-all food prices of one per cent Clothing prices showed twice the usual September rise up 1.7 per cent for the month housing costs climbed of one per cent and medical care tenths of one per cent The only major item to de- was transportation down ono per cent ly because of lower new and car prices In anticipation of the model year said the Continued on Page Two Son Is Held In Slayings Victims Mother and Sister of the Late Frank Jacopian The mother of the late Frank Jacopian of Stratford and her old daughter a former Stratford teacher were slain a Chicago hotel room Tuesday night and Chicago police said they were bed to death by the teacher's son The victims were Mrs Anna Jacopian of ford and Mrs Christian copian of Silver Springs Md wife of the Rev Frank Woyke Sr secretary of the Baptist World Alliance Forgive Son Cries Held in the slaying Woyke Jr 26 of Chicago who police said was found nude and dazed in the hotel room ing the words forgive me when they arrived in response to a room clerk's call Both women we're rushed to Oak Park hospital where they died shortly after the brutal sault Mrs husband was sleeping in another room when the occurred Chicago police said the and Mrs Jacopian had come to Chicago to take the younger east for medical ment lie was held on two counts Mrs born in formerly taught at Center in Stratford but more recently lived in Silver Spring Md and school there The Baptist World Alliance of which her husband is an 29 million members with ters in nearby Washington D C Her mother Mrs Anna Jacopian was the mother of the of Jacopian Cleaners and Tailors and active in fraternal and civic affairs in the area for many Continued on Page Ten Enemy Ambushes Flare in Areas Of Old Battles SAIGON AP New fighting raged on old battlefields in the central highlands and around Tay Ninh City U.S Command spokesman said Wednesday There was no pattern in the string of fights to indicate a new enemy offensive but both areas of some of the war's major been ively quiet during the past four months Kill 75 Enemy U.S and government troops tilled 75 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong while suffering ons tilled and four wounded tha said In fighting farther two U.S Marine reconnaissance numbering only a of with lorth Vietnamese soldiers of Da Nang and lost iree dead and five S headquarters said today Three enemy were reported Allied battle Continued on Page Two Marines Heading Home SAN DIEGO Calif AP A ask force is sailing home from with men of the rd Marine Regiment A Navy said Wednesday tho Leathernecks are part of the reduction in combat roops ordered by President in August Six warships carrying the Continued on
