Audit Finds Fifteen Year Tax Collections Shortfall
Fairfield audit shows a 15 year loss with $161,774 from general tax collections and $313,743 from interest on assessments. Missing records for 1952–1956 hinder full reconstruction, but 1957 advance tax shortfalls totaled $80,627. Irregularities stem from altered deposit slips and deposits differing from machine tapes and ledgers, spanning 1957 through 1968 with multiple years showing discrepancies.
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Cies
Tavac
Arencemantin Tranrtar
Mayland
Tax Collector Office Lapses Prompt Audit Findings
Auditors found repeated overstatements and delays in tax collections from 1962 to 1966. Weak internal controls allowed one official to handle cash, postings, deposits, and reconciliation, risking unverified transfers to the treasurer and unsegregated duties.
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Aca Aiu
Teamsters VP Says No Strike Despite Walkouts
Teamsters VP Fitzsimmons says no general strike despite local walkouts as marathon talks continue. Industry spokesmen note strikes in Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Fort Smith, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Chattanooga with small worker counts. National negotiations cover 410,000 workers at 12,000 trucking firms. Teamsters will not call a general strike. a complete stoppage requires a general lockout by employers.
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Trucking Employers Inc
Houston
Dallas
Tex
Alanta
Oklahoma City
Okla
Fort Smith
Teamsters
Fitzsimmons
Strike Deals Knockout Blow To Oscar Awards
AFTRA struck and picketed networks as writers and stagehands walked out across NBC CBS and ABC delaying the Oscar ceremony and forcing reruns. NBCs Huntley Brinkley was off air with David Brinkley continuing solo while ABC CBS and NBC shuffled substitutions and studio staffing amid the national performers strike.
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Phoenix
Ariz
NBC
John V. Lindsay
CBS
Montreal
ABC
Huntley-Brinkley
David Brinkley
AFTRA
Chet Huntley
Baker Lawyers Plan Appeal
Former Senate aide Baker, 35, sentenced to one to three years for theft conspiracy and tax evasion. Attorneys plan appeal and Baker remains free on $3000 bond. Judge Gasch ordered sentences concurrent. no fine imposed. Baker resigned in 1963 and built a fortune in stock, motels, real estate, and law practice.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
U.S. Senate
Baker
Senate
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Oliver Gasch
Gasch
Edward Bennett Williams
William C. Bittman
Bishop Curtis to Fly to Chicago Tomorrow
The Most Rev Walter W Curtis will depart Bridgeport tomorrow night to attend the US Conference of Bishops meeting opening Monday in Chicago. A diocesan spokesman says Bishop Curtis will also launch the 1967 Annual Giving Appeal on WSHU radio before his flight.
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Walter W. Curtis
Bridgeport
Conference of Bishops
Chicago
Curtis
WSHU
Living Room Dialogues program advances here
A Bridgeport report details ecumenical efforts with Living Room Dialogues, explaining a three step plan culminating in a coordinating committee. The discussion, led by Rev William Norgren, involved 30 lay representatives from Anglican Orthodox Protestant and Roman Catholic churches and emphasized common belief in Jesus Christ.
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National Council of Churches of Christ
Paulist Press
Parker
Living Room Dialogue Coordinating Committee
Kossuth Street
John E. Butler JR
Younng Men's Christian Association of
Bridgeport
William A. Norgren
Department of Faith and Order
National Council of Churches
Ralph Parker
Living Room
Norgren
Self
William B. Greenspun
Apostolate of
Good Will Confraternity
Chris
Japan
Suspect Nabbed Here in Berlin Clothing Theft
A 62 year old John Dell alias John Dellam jargia of 50 Lawn Street Berlin is charged with receiving stolen goods in a $12,000 break in at Norman Miller Clothing in Webster Square Berlin. Detectives Cecil Cafferty and Walter Potz arrested him at a Fairfield residence and Berlin set bail at $3,000.
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Berlin
Bridgeport
John Dell
John Dellamjargia
Lawn Street
Dell
Norman Miller
Webster Square
Fairfield
Thomas A. Gerdis
Annual Ball Tonight For 242nd Battalion
The fifth annual Military Ball for the 242nd Engineer Battalion Connecticut National Guard occurs tonight at Stratford Armory from 9 p.m. to 1 30 a.m. About 550 guests are expected. Music by Matty Del Percio and his 12 piece orchestra. Attending military guests include Major Gord era E Donald Walsh adjutant general Brigadier General Albert E Carter and Colonel Walter M Jakubowski the commanding officer of the 208th Engineer Group Const.
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242Nd Engineer Battalion
Combat
Army
Connecticut National Guard
Stratford Armory
Matty del Percio
Gortera E. Donald Walsh
State of Connecticut
Albert E. Carter
Walter M. Jakubowski
208Th Engineer Group
Const
Jets Clash in Israeli Syrian Fight
Israeli air force engaged Syrian positions after Syrians began shelling Israeli settlements. Syria said four of its planes were downed and casualties were reported. Jordan said three Syrian MIG21s crashed but pilots were safe. Tel Aviv and Damascus trade claims as exchanges continued around the demilitarized zone. Rabin suggested Syrians learned a lesson from the clash.
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Syria
Amman
Jordan
Demilitarized Zone
Kawash
Bingen
Beit Katsir
Ha-Oun
Tel Aviv
Mordechai Hod
Damascus
Israel
Rabin
Regional Cold War Tensions Rise Near Syria and Lebanon
Amman radio reports Syrian air patrols over Damascus and a tense border scene. King Hussein meets top commanders as Lebanon denounces Israeli strikes and Baghdad pledges support to Syria. A civilian Iraqi flight to Damascus turns back as Syrian airports close amid the crisis. A land cultivation dispute east of the Sea of Galilee pits Hoana settlers against Arab villagers over demilitarized zone rights.
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Jordan
Amman
Damascus
Hussein
Lebanon
George Hakin
Syria
Baghdad
Iraq
Sea of Galilee
Hoan
Cops Reject Fairfield Pact Offer
A week long dispute centers on a proposed pact with Fairfield police. Officers face a 700 hour annual reduction and seek shift pay differentials, an escalator for pensions, parity pay, and promotion by examination rather than assignment, noting detectives would earn $400 more than uniformed officers.
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Detective Department
Uniformed Department
Housing Code Probes to Inspect 1751 Buildings Citywide
Housing officials plan a Monday drive to inspect 1751 buildings in the district. Mr Nobili said the office contacted ABCD and local clergy to urge residents cooperation. The effort will expand indoors across the city, targeting Divner occupied dwellings and rentals.
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Nobili
ABCD
Man Fined $7 for Firing Gun at Neighborhood Kids
William iChilds, 65, of Father Park Village, pleaded guilty in Circuit court to discharging a firearm within city limits. He fired a gun into the ground in front of Brown's Pool Room on Pembroke Street on March 30 to stop neighborhood kids. Judge John Hanrahan imposed the $7 fine during the Underwood Building session.
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Bridgeport
William iChilds
Father Park Village
Brown
Pembroke Street
John Hanrahan
Underwood
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