Reshipment Point Is Hit In New Raid
Saigon reports Viet Cong rockets hit Tan Son Nhut air base and shell sites from Hue to the Mekong Delta. Nine casualties occur from shelling. Nha Be oil tank farm attacked again. Power failures black out much of Saigon as air strikes and artillery move along the DMZ and Laos Ho Chi Minh trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Thanh Hoa
South Vietnam
Nha Be
Esso
Shell Oil Companies
Tan Son
U.S
My Tho
Mekong
Hue
Panhandle
Dmz
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Israel Claims Arab Terrorism In UN Session
In a UN debate the Israeli delegation labeled Arab terrorism and reported renewed fighting. A first meeting occurred Saturday with another planned today. El-Farra criticized the US backed observer proposal as irrelevant. France Canada Denmark and Brazil backed US observers.
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Israel
U.N
Israel-Jordan
U Thant
United States
El-Farra
Israr’i
France
USN
Canada
Denmark
Brazil
Two held up at Norwalk jewelry store using burning spray
Norwalk witnesses describe a robbery at Newstadt's Jewelry, 42 Wall Street, where two white men entered around 2 p.m. and tried to torch the scene with a burning spray. Clerk Ann Avery and a customer halted the robbers, injuring none. Paul Turner and Robert Brown were treated after minor injuries. All three suspects fled in a car driven by a third man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Newstadt
Wall Street
Ann Avery
Robert Brown
Miss Avery
Mr. Brown
Ruder
Paul Turner
Hamden
Council Votes to Create High Level Police Posts and Clerical Jobs
The council approves two senior police posts to handle duties and free administration time for officers. It also creates seven school clerical positions and one cafeteria helper at the Board of Education's request, Alderman Connelly noting principals gain administrative time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Connelly
City Considers Advisory Group for Eastuaryine Conservation
A favorable committee report moves a city plan to create a W member Community Conservation Advisory Council to advise the mayor and Common Council on estuarine conservation. The Ash Creek Committee led by Victor Muniec urged action to protect Creek property in Bridgeport. The state Water Resources Commission halted recent filling at Journey's Inn rear area amid talks with city officials on designating Ash Creek as a conservation area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Sabo
Common Council
Ash Creek
Trum Bull
Beachview Avenue
Bridgeport
Victor E. Muniec
Ash Creek Association
State Water Resources’ S Commission
Journey's Inn
Fairfield Avenue
State Commission
Association
Curran
Quake Strikes China Coast Near Amoy or Formosa
Hong Kong’s Royal Observatory estimated an intense earthquake hit the China coast at 5:00 p.m. Monday. The epicenter lay about 310 miles east-northeast of Hong Kong, near Amoy in Fukien Province or in the Formosa Straits between Amoy and Formosa.
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Hong Kong
Royal Observatory
China Coast
Amoy
Fukien Province
Formosa Straits
Formosa
Jack Olschan Electric Firm Founder Dies
Jack Olschan founder of an electric firm died after a lengthy public service career including the city planning commission and a five year term. He belonged to Temple Lodge AF and AM the Lafayette Consistory Pyramid Shrine and Birchwood Country Club. He supported the Kennedy Center building fund. Survivors include two sons Ernest of Fairfield and Robert of Bridgeport and five grandchildren.
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City Planning Commission
Ile
Temple Lodge
AF and
Lafayette Consistory
Pyramid Female Shrine
Birchwood Country Club
Kennedy Center
Ernest Olschan
Fairfield
Robert Olschan
Bridgeport
Humphrey Withholds Plans Meets LBJ Today
HHH draws about 00 supporters and avoids discussing his campaign strategy. He will meet President Johnson tomorrow and speak later. He cites his Mexico trip pledging U S support for a treaty banning nuclear weapons in Latin America and expresses sadness at Johnson's retirement. He vows to continue his duties as vice president.
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Johnson
Humphrey
Mexico
U.S
Latin America
White House
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Mexico City
Nixon
Bumphrey
Vietnam
Afl-Cio
Johnson Star
Democratic Party
Washington
Thomas W. Gleason
Aflcio International Longshoremen's Association
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hubert Humphrey
New York
Paul Findley
House
Viet
Newark Riot Taxis Driver Found Guilty of Assault
John W. Smith, a Negro taxi driver, was found guilty by an all white jury of assaulting a policeman after rioting erupted in Newark last July. The jury deadlocked on a second assault count against patrolman Oliver Lofton. Smith faces up to seven years and a $2000 fine at sentencing May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Nad
John W. Smith
Potential Johnson alternative sparks feverish nomination chatter
A growing list of candidates surfaces as possible Johnson stand ins led by Connally Ellington Albert Jackson Branigin and McKeithen. Virginia politicians urge caution while other states weigh Kennedy McCarthy Humphrey and remaining hopefuls amid mounting regional support.
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Chicago
John Connally
Texas
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Henry Jackson
Washington
Roger D. Branigin
Indiana
John McKeithen
Louisiana
Branigin
Johnson
Kennedy
McCarthy
Virginia
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Tom Corcoran
Kansas
Geri Joseph
Minnesota
John E. Powers
Massachusetts
J. Marshall Brown
Humphrey
Blanche Long
John MckKeithen
Jim Arrington
Frank Erwin
Gov. Connally
Robert Kennedy
Ola Kerner
Illinois
Luther Gunsett
Columbus
Ohio
Luke Graham
Henry M. Jackson
Charles L. Terry Jr
Delaware
Mildred Larsen
Phoenix
Arizona
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Democratic Governors Conference
John N. Dempsey
E. Franklin Jackson
Washington, D.C
Dani Moore
North Carolina
Democratic Party
Edgar A. Brown
South Carolina
Girl Speeder Fined In Bridgeport Case On Merritt Parkway
A 1 year old Bridgeport girl was fined $40 after pleading guilty before Circuit Court Judge George Wise to speeding on the Merritt Parkway in Trumbull last February 11. State police said a car driven by Deborah A Baldino of 3500 Main Street was clocked at 50 miles an hour past the radar unit.
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Bridgeport
George Wise
Merritt Parkway
Trumbull
Deborah A. Baldino
Main Street
Johnson Ties Push for Peace to Vietnam War Fallout
Johnson shifts to pursuing peace with Hanoi as Moscow voices doubt and markets rally. Thieu reiterates U.S. resolve, pledging more troops and modern arms while warning Hanoi against conquest. Kennedy and McCarthy laud Johnson’s move as party divisions ease.
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Vietnam
United States
Southeast Asia
Thieu
Johnson
U.S
Manila
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Robert F. Kennedy
Thieu Accepts Partial North Vietnam Bombing Halt
President Nguyen Van Thieu announced South Vietnam would join a partial bombing pause against North Vietnam, saying it reflects goodwill and stressing it would be the last time for such a gesture. He spoke at a Saigon news conference amid Johnson's Washington speech context.Thieu accepts partial bombing halt. Saigon says goodwill gesture, last such move.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Thieu
Presidential
Johnson
Washington
Republic of Vietnam
Driver Fined 185 After DUI Plea in Stratford Circuit Court
Robert R. Bachman, 36, of Stratford, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and breach of the peace in Circuit Court. He received a $185 fine and faced merged charges of evading responsibility, failing to drive in the right-hand lane, resisting arrest, and injury to a public building. The incident began Feb 27 when police saw his car hit a telephone pole on East Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Bachman
Teakwood Drive
Stratford
Bachman
Joseph Adorno
Underwood
Joel Kantor
Mr. Kantor
Smith Professor Named Whitman College Head
A Hartford College for Women trustee named ninth president of Whitman College in Walla Walla Washington. Donald H. Sheehan a Smith College history professor succeeds Louis B. Perry who led Whitman from 1959 to 1967. He holds degrees from Duke Columbia.
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Northampton
Mass
Hartford, Conn
College For Women
Whitman College
Walla Walla
Wash
Donald H. Sheehan
Smith College
Louis B. Perry
Whitman
Sheehan
Duke University
Columbia
Tweed Airport to Get Tower Control Funds
The Tweed New Haven Airport will receive FAA funds for tower control in the next fiscal year, becoming the sole facility in the nation to do so. Rep. Robert Giaimo announced the funds will take effect once the city completes its share of the proposal, with eight flight controllers requested by the FAA for the tower.
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Washington
Tweed-New Haven
Federal Aviation Administration
Tower Central
Robert N. Giaimo
D-Com
Giaimo
FAA
Stocks Soar to Record High on NYSE Trading Day
The market rose 5.6 points to 308.3 amid 1,068 advances and 273 declines in 1,494 issues traded on the NYSE. IBM gained $18.50, Xerox $14.50, Control Data $10.37, Lockheed $4, and General Motors $3.50 as trading peaked with tape delayed by 15 minutes. The session swung on news of North Vietnam rejecting Johnson’s peace proposal before finishing at day’s high.
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New York Stock Exchange
North Vietnam
Johnson
International Business Machines
Xerox
Control Data
Lockheed
General Motors
U S May Call Up 60 000 Reserves
The report outlines a possible 60 000 reserve call up mainly from Army units with some Navy construction outfits and possibly Air National Guard units. No specific units named. SRF divisions such as the 28th and 38th Infantry and 47th Infantry are noted among existing forces. Several SRF brigades could be affected as manpower needs rise. Officials expect a staged approach with the SRF contributors, while the 82nd Airborne Brigade remains in Vietnam.
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North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Vietnam
Strategic Reserve Force
Dominican Republic
Army
National Guard
SRF
28Th Infantry Division
Pennsylvania
38Th Infantry Division
Indiana
47Th Infantry Division
Minnesota
67Th
Nebraska
Iowa
69Th Infantry
Kansas
Missouri
49Th Infantry
California
29Th Infantry
Hawaii
Westmoreland
82Nd Airborne Division
27Th Marine
Marine Corps
Rep St Onge Returns To House Floor After Heart Surgery
Representative William L. St Onge of Connecticut returns to the House after six months away. The 53 year old congressman suffered his third heart attack last October and had heart surgery nine weeks ago in Cleveland.
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Washington
William L. St. Onge
D-Conn
Cleveland
Education unit to meet to discuss April 9 plans
St Onge told a reporter the board of directors of the association will meet April 9 in Connecticut. He reaffirmed his intention to run for a fourth term at Famous Artists School in Westport.
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St. Onge
The
Connecticut Audiovisual Educatond, Thon Association
Famous Artists School
West
Port
Hard fighting seen in Viet as talks hopes rise then fade
U S officials see a climactic phase in Vietnam with heavy fighting near Khe Sanh and border areas. President Johnson urges North Vietnam to de escalate while Britain and the Soviet Union discuss potential peace talks. George Ball predicts no serious negotiations before a new U S president takes office. The outcome hinges on Hanoi reconsidering war aims and Soviet influence.
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Buster
London
Soviet Union
Moscow
Tass
North Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Johnson
New York Stock Exchange
Paris
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy
George Ball
Ball
Britain
Michael Stewart
Mikhail N. Smirnovsky
Mass
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
United States
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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New Orleans
Louis A. Doucette
Malden
Thieu Oks
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