Beac on Hill Ends Marine offensive near DMZ
U S forces report end of Operation Beacon Hill a Marine offensive south of the DMZ begun days ago. Marines killed 334 Viet Cong captured four suspects and 31 weapons while suffering 26 dead and 220 wounded. Jets destroyed cargo craft and warehouses near Dong Hoi and Vinh.
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U.S. Command
Beacon Hill
Dmz
South China Sea
U.S. ‘Navy
Air’ Force
North Vietnam
Dong Hoi
Vinh
Trucking Firms Warn Union Over Shutdown Threat
Trucking firms warn the Teamsters union of a shutdown risk as negotiations stall. Gordon says the industry's offer totals 49 cents per hour over three years including fringe benefits, while union demands would cost 95 cents per hour and threaten public service. Hoffa's absence after prison sentence affects talks.
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Hoffa
15000 in New England Set to Take Strike Vote
Boston AP report says about 15000 New England Teamsters will vote today and tomorrow on authorizing the national negotiating committee to call a strike in freight hauling. Morrissey notes New England locals total 80000 members, with the contract covering 450000 of the union's 1.8 million nationwide membership.
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Boston
New England
Teamsters Union
Nicholas P. Morrissey
Morrissey
Teamster
Burglars Enter North End Homes
Police report two North End homes were broken into last night. Shirley Robinson at 597 Queen Street lost cash and jewelry after a rear door was forced and the home ransacked. Joseph Patria at 496 Dexter Drive reported jewelry and other merchandise stolen. a bedsheet used to wrap items was noted. Det. David Roberts placed the time between 6 and 9 p.m.
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North End
Shirley Robinson
Queen Street
David Roberts
Joseph Patria
Dexter Drive
Roberts
Car hits 75 year old woman on East Main Street
Mrs. Susie Misencik, 75, of 508 Brooks Street, was struck by a car on East Main Street near Maple Street at 3 p.m. and sustained shoulder and arm injuries. She was taken by city ambulance to Bridgeport Hospital. The driver, Tadeusa Grabowy, 609 Berkshire, was arrested.
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Susie Misencik
Brooks Street
East Main Street
Maple Street
Misencik
Bridgeport Hospital
Tadeusa Grabowy
Berkshire Are Bug
Timothy Donnelly Wins European Trip on Scholarship Drive
Timothy Donnelly, 14, son of John Donnelly of 33 Redding Place, won a Post Publishing Company European trip in March for scholarship citizenship and salesmanship. He is delivering company papers and says there is an awful lot to see as he plans to share photos with friends and family.
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Post Publishing Company
John Donnelly
Redding Place
Timothy Donnelly
Timothy
Donnelly
Governor Signs Bill to Broaden Student Loans
The governor approved a widening of the state college loan program to cover financial need and merit. The program, started in 1963, was funded by a 1965 appropriation and later boosted by contingency funds, totaling millions in loans backed by bank guarantees and bonds.
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General Assembly
Dempsey
Seven men nine women charged in area gambling raids
Police arrested seven men and nine women in a series of area gambling raids in East Haven and Milford after weeks of undercover CIA investigation. Warrant arrests were made in homes and on streets. defendants face multiple counts including gambling and obscenity with bonds set at three thousand five hundred dollars.
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CIA
Lewis A. Hurwitz
Fifth Circuit Court
Gunman Escapes After Shooting 3 New York Detectives
A gunman shot three New York detectives after ordering a man to identify himself. Bacci was wounded in the thigh, Tranchina was felled, and the gunman used Tranchina as a shield before wresting his revolver and firing at Scavetta. Bacci fired three times. no clear hits reported.
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Bacci
Tranchina
Scavetta
Connecticut business delegation heads to Europe trade tour
Gov. Dempsey announced a state business delegation will tour Europe next month to promote Connecticut made products. Stops include Copenhagen Belgrade and Hamburg with representatives from Middletown Industries Technical Products Acme Backing Franz Manufacturing and Engineered Metal Products among participants.
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Hartford
UPI
Dempsey
Europe
Connecticut
Copenhagen
Belgrade
Hamburg
State Development Commission
Connecticut Indus
Middletown Industries
Middletown
Technical Products Inc
Hamden
Acme Backing Corporation
Stamford
Franz Manufacturing, Company
New Haven
Engineered Metal Products Company
Milford
Judge Bars Rail Strike Over Vietnam War Disruptions
Judge Austin issues temporary restraining order preventing a strike by the National Railroad Adjustment Board backed by 66 railroads representing 73 percent of operating revenue. The order cites threats to transport passengers mail freight and military materials and notes union leader Clyde F Lane vows compliance while criticizing insurers and labor law protections.
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Union II
Wolfe
Clyde F. Lane
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Austin
Lane
Yale Law Mock Trial Portrays Oswald Case For Students
At Yale Law School 500 spectators watched a mock trial portraying Lee Harvey Oswald. The defense aims to show possible frame or look alike while the prosecution relies on Warren Commission findings. Eight witnesses per side, jurors to decide among innocence, guilt, or conspiracy, with an eyewitness for Tippitt's killing.
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Tald Camerman
Robin
CBS
Law School
Fuchsberg
Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Texas
John 8. Connally Jr
J. D. Tippitt
Warren Commission
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
Yale Law School
Gov. Connally
Tippitt
Dallas
Suspect Arrested in Bridgeport Drug Store Holdup
Roger Brunores, 24, of 329 Bishop Avenue, was arrested at 2 p m by Bridgeport police as a suspect in the March 25 Marina Village Pharmacy robbery on Columbia Street. Held on 1000 dollar bail pending circuit court arraignment. The clerk Thomas Evarts, 23, 5 Nob Hill Circle, was forced to surrender 180 dollars at gunpoint.
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Roger Brunores
Bishop Avenue
Bridgeport
Marina Village
Columbia Street
Brunores
Thomas Evarts
Nob Hill Circle
Anthony Fabrizi
Andrew Alexay
Groucho Collects Letters in The Groucho Letters
AP writer notes Groucho Marx curates his mail in a new book The Groucho Letters from Simon and Schuster. The anecdotes span 1940 to 1964, revealing humor and warmth in letters to Arthur Sheekman Earl Wilson Goodman Ace Bet ty Camden and Harpo Marx, among others.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Simon and Schuster
America
Marx
Groucho
Arthur Sheekman
Charlie Chaplin
tEari Wilson
Woman Is Fined $15 In Gun Incident
Annie J. Thomas, 46, of 238 Pequonnock Street, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court in the Underwood Building to discharging a firearm within city limits. She was fined 15 dollars by Judge Henry Naruk after authorities say she fired a gun during a disturbance at Bells bar near Lexington Avenue and Harral Avenue.
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Annie J. Thomas
Pequonnock Street
Underwood
Henry Naruk
Thomas
Bells Bar
Lexington Avene
Harral Avenue
Woman Fined $25 In Shoplift Case At Worth Mart
Circuit court Judge Paul Mac Donald fined Cristinia Ramirez 25 dollars after she pleaded guilty to breach of the peace in a shoplifting attempt at Worth Mart on Main Street last February. Ramirez 35 faced an original larceny under 50 charge. The incident occurred in the early afternoon of February 9 at Father Panik Village.
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Circuit Court
Paul MacDonald
Greek king weighs options as crisis grows
King Constantine seeks a path out of the mounting Greek crisis amid police lockdowns and a press that links Panayiotis Kanellopoulos to a mandate for government formation. Takea backs George Papandreou amid turmoil over parliamentary immunity and a hidden military clique allegation involving Papandreou's son Andreas.
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Constantine
Ta Nea
Panayiotis Damellopoulos
National Radical Union
Canellopoulos
Takea
George Papandreou
Center Union Party
Papandreou
Paraskevopoulos
Andreas
Aspida
Envoys Visit LBJ as Guest Friends of Texas and Latin America
Nicaragua’s Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa head of the Washington Diplomatic Corps praised Texas Latin American friendship amid Johnson hosting 29 envoys. Johnson walked the cabin during the Andrews AFB flight and discussed the upcoming Inter American summit in Punta del Este Uruguay in mid April. South Africa plans a new Cape Town sports complex.
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Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa
Washington
Johnson
Texas
Johnsons
Andrews Air Force Base
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Robbers Use Taxicab As Their Getaway Car
Police reported two men used a taxicab and its driver to commit a $1,570 holdup at Thomas Menditto's variety store in Philadelphia's northeast. The pair rode to the scene, then returned to the cab, paid the fare, and fled after taking the loot.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Menditto
Menditto
Avco Negotiations To Resume Monday In Stratford
Avco Lycoming division Stratford talks with Local 1010 United Mine Workers AFL CIO will resume Monday after a weekend recess. Spokesman Alfred Lepow said no joint session was held yesterday and that progress has been limited with no major breakthrough. The current contract covers about 4600 production and maintenance workers and expires April 15. Denmark plans to import more canned foods.
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Avco Lycoming
Stratford
United Mine Workers
Afl-Cio
Alfred Lepew
Howard Johnson Motor Inn
Lepew
Area Dope Roundup Nets 21 Arrests in Tri‑City Area
Federal agents and local police arrested 21 suspected narcotics dealers across New Haven Stamford and Norwalk after a five month undercover probe. Nine New Haven suspects were nabbed with warrants issued on four others. In Stamford four suspects were arraigned and held on bond, with three others arrested for heroin and marijuana offenses. Norwalk saw one arrest. The operation, led by the Bureau of Narcotics, began Thursday night and involved 40 heroin purchases as evidence.
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New Haven
Stamford
Norwalk
New ‘Haven
U.S
George A. Laden
Bridgeport
Arthur Lake
Waverly Place
Otis Kelly
Merrill Avenue
Charles Lingard
Charles LeGrand
Cottage Street
Grover Raines
West Main Street
Frank Black
Osborne Avenue
East Norvalk
Richard Williams
Warren, Street
Robert Tate
Main
Carl R. Ancrum
Rugby Street
Laden
Fairfield
North Avenue
Alfred F. Rogers
David Hopkins
Diane Cobb
Erest Rogers
Harriet Dixon
Valerie Hall
Harold Thompson
Robert A. Lee
Harold Stewart
Theodore Gray
Margaret Bacote
James E. Strong
Christopher P. Burns
Yale New Haven
Asst
David Marpolis
Hartford
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Federal
U.S. District Court
M. Joseph Blumenfeld
Margolis
Secretary of the Treasury
Carroll Brewster
Army Awards Two Contracts Totaling 3.37 Million
The Army granted two contracts totaling 3,371,759 to Connecticut firms. Lycoming Division of Avco Corp in Stratford received 1,689,640 for turbine engine parts and Hamilton Standard Division of United Aircraft Corp in Windsor Locks received 1,682,119 for propeller assemblies.
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Washingtot (Ap
Army
Connecticut
Aides of Sea
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Lycoming
Avco Corp
Stratford
Hamilton- Standard Division
United Aircraf Corp
Windsor Locks
Milk Strike Averted At 11th Hour
A wage and benefits dispute ends with a settlement affecting about 600 employees. The deal raises surgical schedule pay to 450 for members and families and covers workers from Bridgeport Local 145 and Local 677 in Danbury Norwalk Waterbury areas at Marcus Borden's Brock Hall and related dairies.
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Bridgeport
Sealtest
Beechmont
Borden
Brock-Hall and
Marsh Dairies
Norwalk
Marcus and Borden's Dairies
Danbury
Marcus, Borden’s
Brock-Hall Dairies
Waterbury
State Dairy
Litchfield Farms
Brock-Hall Dairy
Brookside Dairy
City Faces Tug of War Over Property Gift Plan
The Board of Appraisals of Benefits and Damages hears from about 16 families amid distrust of a new street layout proposed by Mayor Curran. Residents like Mrs. Stanley Wolpink fear “something for nothing” and seek written assurances while due process continues.
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Curran
William D. Joslin
Willow Street
Kasper
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