Ribicoff Proposes Cabinet Level Education Department
Senator Abraham Ribicoff proposed creating a cabinet level Department of Education to consolidate 29 federal education programs. The plan would absorb the HEW Office of Education and include Head Start, Follow Through, Job Corps, and Manpower Act programs now in Labor.
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Palm Sunday Observances Mix Traditional and Modern Roles
Area churches marked Palm Sunday with both traditional and modern events. Stratford United Methodist held a modern life of Jesus with over 50 youths acting in A Man Dies. Fairfield hosted Jesus Christ Superstar alongside morning services at First Church Congregational and First Presbyterian. Beethoven Mass in C Major was performed by Salem Lutheran’s choir.
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Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast Today and Tonight
Sunny and pleasant today with highs in the 50s. Partly cloudy and not so cool tonight. Tuesday clouds with a chance of rain and highs in the 40s. Precip near zero today and tonight. Northeast to east winds 10 to 15 mph. Highest yesterday 56 and tide for Monday April 5 notes spring day count.
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Sign of Cop-Out Dreaded by Calley
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. says awaiting trial he developed a fear of dying accidentally because the world would think he copped out. Time magazine quoted him noting moments like at airports when he feels everybody staring at him.
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Paranoia Echoes in My Lai Trial Reflections
The piece cites Time Magazine remarks on Lieutenant Calley after his My Lai verdict and life sentence. It recalls his fear of sleepwalking to a lethal fate, his guarded Ft. Benning status, and his late admission of error in Vietnam.
Fairfield author Bert Gilden 56 dies after WWII service
Bert Gilden 56 of 250 Algonquin Road Fairfield co authored with wife Katya the novel Hurry Sundown published 1955 and basis for a film by Otto Preminger. He grew up in Bridgeport, served as World War II tank commander earning Silver Star Bronze Star and Croix de Guerre.
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Los Angeles
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Bridgeporter Killed In Car Plunge
TRUMBULL A Bridgeport man was killed yesterday afternoon when a car driven by his 25 year old daughter plunged down a 17 foot embankment at Route 25 construction. Wife Doris 58 hospitalized with multiple fractures. daughter Gloria treated and released.
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Relatives Sought for Valachi Body in El Paso
Joseph M. Valachi, 66, Cosa Nostra informer, died Friday at La Tuna Correctional Institution. Officials say no relatives have claimed the body, delaying funeral plans and shipment. Valachi testified before a Senate subcommittee in 1963 and faced a $100,000 bounty. He was held in a special cell with tight guard and separate meals at La Tuna.
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Plight of Cities The Basic Issue Surviving Under Federal and State Demands
Cities nationwide face shrinking revenues and cutbacks as they plead for funding. Cincinnati reduces teaching staff, Cleveland closes police academy, Seattle neglects parks, and Chicago trims library programs while mayors seek new revenue strategies and local control to restore citizen faith.
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Two Meriden School Escapees Reoffend Steal Car
A pair of teenage escapees from the Meriden School for Boys fled a second time after being recaptured and returned. Bridgeport police nabbed one suspect last night and pursue the other as the boy suspects face probation officials' handling.
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