Bridgeport Telegram and Bridgeport Post Subscription Details
The Bridgeport Telegram and Bridgeport Post publish daily except Sunday with combined service on holidays. Subscription rates list daily and Sunday options, including 1 year and 6 month plans, plus outside Bridgeport distances and post differences.
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Advocate Of Love Honors Dr King With Bridgeport Memorial
The city should honor Dr. Martin Luther King the way he deserves as a beacon of brotherhood. He spoke in Bridgeport and Westport praising nonviolence and education to curb prejudice and showed courage against unjust laws. The piece urges Americans to reassess personal conscience and contribute to America's moral life.
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Curran
Martin Luther King
King
America
Bridgeport
Frank Jacoby
University of Bridgeport
Westport
Dr. King
Mahatma Gandhi
Aiken Attacks Senate Ethics Code as Slush Fund Doubt
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont denounces the Senate ethics code calling it the farce of the year. He, a five term Republican veteran, opposed a last minute change allowing private contributions for personal or office expenses while the chamber passed the measure 67 to 1. The majority defended the rule as preventing improprieties, arguing others rely on supporters and fundraisers to run offices. Aiken urged lawmakers to fund themselves directly if needed.
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George D. Aiken
Vermont
Senate
Aiken
Death by Own Action and Auto Fatalities
Safety experts link fatal car crashes to personal crisis and homicidal tendencies. Dr Edwin S Shneidman cites one fourth of drivers dying in auto accidents due to imprudent risk taking such as drinking while driving. Dr Melvin L Selzer notes nearly half of fatal crash drivers showed mental illness traits in a study of 96 cases.
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Edwin S. Shneidman
Federal Center For Suicide Prevention
Bethesda
Melvin L. Selzer
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor
Drivers in Emotional Distress Face Higher Crash Risk
The passage notes drivers with paranoia, depression, or personal crisis traits exhibit irrational violence tendencies. Only 16 of a control group had emotional illness, warning that drivers in a low mood can trigger fatal crashes affecting themselves and others.
Welfare payroll tax idea faces strong worker opposition
Washington reports President Johnson’s nominee Wilbur J. Cohen suggests linking welfare to payroll taxes to curb welfare handouts. He notes the Protestant ethic on contributing to Social Security and proposes expanding coverage to welfare. Critics warn it would trigger a national uproar and fear of theft from workers.
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Washington
Johnson
Welfar
Cohen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Growth in Freight Costs and Carriers Decline
A Northwestern University conference reports motor carriers now account for 11.1 billion dollars in freight revenue, 48.5 percent of the total. Rails follow with 9.8 billion, 43.58 percent. Predictions call rail and air revenues rising by 1980, with air freight set to sevenfold and passenger traffic to triple.
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Transportation Center
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Air Force One safety questioned over cabin materials
The Airline Passengers Association urges standards to regulate cabin materials after concerns that rugs seats and other fittings on the President's plane could emit poisonous hydrogen cyanide in a fire.
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Air Force
Airline Passengers Association
What Does It Mean
A Milwaukee Journal comment notes the federal booklet Growing Up Poor uses dense wording to describe why lower class men face more depressive reactions and identity confusion in the war on poverty, arguing the text is hard to understand and undermines its own aims.
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Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wives Wield Power In China
Leon Dennen reports on the ascent of Chiang Ching and other prominent wives in China’s political scene during the cultural revolution. The piece contrasts their influence with Khrushchev era Russia and explores intrigue, rivalries, and personal ambitions shaping power around Mao Zedong and Lin Piao.
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New York
Red China
Peking
China
Chiang Ching
Mao Tse-tung
Red Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Nina
United States
Kremlin
Russia
Teng Ying-chia
Cho En-lai
Yeng Chung
Lin Piao
Mao
Chiang
Communist Party
Ho Tse-chen
Yenan
Shanghai
Ten Han
Wang Kuang-mei
Liu Shao-chi
Red Guard
Production to Cease At Ontario Gold Mine
Preston Mines Ltd will cease production at its South Porcupine Ontario gold mine in late May with a mid summer outlook. Company president R D Armstrong said the closure will not affect earnings as Preston largely relies on its 43.94 percent stake in Rio Algom Mines Ltd for revenue.
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Toronto
Preston Mines Ltd
South Porcupine
Ontario
R.D. Armstrong
Preston
Rio Algom Mines Ltd
Secret Service origins and early duties described
The U S Secret Service, a bureau of the Treasury Department, was created to detect counterfeit currency. Agents later served in other executive departments for specialized duties and to protect the president.
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U.S. Secret Service
Treasury Department
World Leaders Mourning King's Death Prompt Global Reactions
Leaders across the world expressed sorrow and concern over Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination and its possible impact on the United States. Messages came from kings emperors presidents prime ministers and church bodies, warning against violence and urging calm and justice.
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Associated Press
Martin Luther King Jr
United States
Soviet Union
Izvestia
USA
Paul VI
King
Vatican
Graham
Australia
Billy Graham
America
Africa
U.S
Ghana
Seaders
Hamani Diori
Niger
Commission Report Is Due On Reorganizing Postal System
Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien backs a nonprofit federal corporation to run the mail, arguing it would speed modernization and relieve Congress from funding limits. A presidential commission report is due soon to review his plan and assess its viability.
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Commission
Isabelle McCaig
Washington
UPI
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
O'Brien
Johnson
Pony Express
Ben Franklin
Congress
Corporation
Missing Copperhead Snake Found at Worcester Museum
A three-foot poisonous copperhead, missing since a weekend burglary at the Worcester Sciences Museum, was found Friday three feet from its cage. Two museum workmen located it near the walls, suggesting it had stayed inside the building before resurfacing perhaps for water. The museum had been closed since Monday while the snake was missing.
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Worcester
Mass
Worcester Sciences Museum
Vietnam War Turns as Johnson Abandons Reelection Bid
Analysis of President Johnson’s bombing pause and refusal to seek reelection. The piece notes internal U.S. divisions, Hanoi’s guarded response, and the shifting mood toward peace talks, with historic precedents in Austria and Korea.
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Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
North Vietnam
Thaove
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
U.S
DRV
Hanoi
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Korea
Bailey's Intricate Role in Democratic 1968 Contests
The article analyzes Democratic National Chairman John Bailey during the 1968 political crisis. It notes his need to appear neutral while possibly keeping Lyndon Johnson’s draft option alive, shaping strategy as Vietnam peace prospects rise or fall and maintaining maneuvering room for a strong nominee.
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Tehran
Iran
Amir Abass Hoveida
United States
Tevestia
King
John F. Kenedy
Erance-Soir
America
Geneva
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U Thant
Ralph Bunche
Bunche
Florida
John Bailey
Bailey
Lis
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
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