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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1967
Page
2
Union leaders charge Avco management with unfair labor practices by printing names addresses and phone numbers of bargaining committee members. They claim the tactic invades privacy and amounts to harassment while mediators handle ongoing talks as a 4600 member contract nears expiry.
Henan Daily says Maoist groups fight a civil war within party ranks as Lin remains in power. A Peking wall poster hints Chen Yi may have lost his vice chairmanship. Yomiuri notes Chen’s reduced official role and focus on foreign affairs. Memorial services planned for Richard Stiegler, 58, Greens Farms businessman and yachtsman, in Southport.
Olga Bagnall, 38, of Glastonbury Connecticut, was found dead in her hotel room at the Barbizon Plaza in New York. Police say death was tentatively linked to an apparent overdose of an unknown drug.
Four former aides request a fresh inquiry into Senator Dodd alleging he backed nine federal appointees who gave nearly $90,000, with two joining his staff. The letter claims donations and gifts from six industrial firms funded Dodd's campaigns and staff focused on fundraising. Gartland refused comment, saying he and the senator had not seen the letter.
O'Brien retains BEA presidency in a 112 vote edge amid a session at Central High School. All officers were elected unopposed including Joseph Lucia as second vice president for elementary schools and Warren Bosley as administrative and supervisory VP. Budget of 6320 approved after debate. dues hike to 10 rejected.
James J. Hickey 41 of 4 Paugussett Road Newtown dies in an auto crash Tuesday. Funeral tomorrow at 10 a.m. at St Rose Church with a requiem mass. Burial Gate of Heaven Cemetery Valhalla NY. Survivors include wife Lee Carlson Hickey six sons two daughters and his parents. He was a WWII and Korean War veteran and a former US Army Airborne first lieutenant.
Chief Senger said firefighters saw three juvenile boys running from the school as they arrived. The fire damaged a mobile reading lab, left its door ajar while other classrooms stayed closed, and crews labored through the night until after 10 o'clock.
Memorial services will be held Saturday for David S. Abry 21 of Westport son of Mr and Mrs Charles R Abry Sr at Christ and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church noon officiated by Rev Dana Forrest Kennedy He was returning from the University of Connecticut at Storrs where he was a junior The car went off Route 320 in Willington struck a tree and was demolished He was pronounced dead by Dr David Hastings He was a native of Westport and a 1964 Hotchkiss School graduate Survivors include four brothers Paul A Charles R Abry Jr John C and Thomas H Parker
Koskoff advocates jury reform at Washington hearing proposing selection by lot to curb abuse, expanded voir dire for bias screening, and mandatory rules to ensure jury commissioners follow standards governing jury service.
Milford widow Julia M. Tracy Donahue 82 owner and longtime driver of the Donahue School Bus Company died in Milford Hospital. Services set for Saturday at Cody-White Funeral Home and St. Gabriel's Church with a solemn high Mass. She lived in Milford 50 years and was a member of the Milford Golden Age Club. Survived by four sons, a daughter, three sisters, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Edward J. Hamele Jr. 17 of Fairfield pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and larceny under 200 in circuit court. He received two concurrent six month sentences suspended after three days for stealing six boxes of shotgun shells with a 15 year old accomplice on Feb 5. Judge Henry Narak ordered the terms.
In Fitchburg Massachusetts a continuance to June 7 was ordered in the district court for Frank B. Lake 46 of Westport Connecticut charged with leaving the scene of an accident after Andrew J. Lord 16 of Leominster was killed by a car that fled the scene.
Bids for a skating rink project show total costs near one million with multiple firms submitting bids for building, rink, and accessory facilities. E&F Construction tops sums at about 639 125 for the building 83 60 for bleachers and 220 000 for the rink, while other bidders include Mutual Construction Minotti Vitale and Mike Bros with varied allocations. Officials will study the bids with architects before awarding the contract.
Prominent Beijing Conservatory figure Ma recalls persecution during the Cultural Revolution and his escape to the United States with his wife and two children. He credits Maoist rhetoric for courage while describing camp confinement, public shaming, and forced labor before asylum was granted.
Great Britain has repaid 2.1 billion dollars of postwar loans to the United States, settling a major wartime debt.
Soviet reports sketch plans for nine cosmonauts on a spacecraft and for lunar orbit without landing. Cosmos No. 155 carries scientific payloads in a low 178 to 126 mile orbit, while U S officials view it as a possible spy craft. Gagarin notes Americans followed Soviet trails and emphasizes originality.
The Atlantic Fleet reports shortages of trained senior personnel and aircraft parts, with pilot manpower cut below peacetime plans. Shipyard closures cited as causing facility shortages, while ammunition demands from Vietnam affect stock levels. Twenty one ships moved to the Pacific, leaving many vessels not fully ready for combat.
In the southern sector near the Sea of Galilee, Syrian forces opened fire to repel an Israeli armored tractor on disputed land. A spokesman said there was no Syrian interference the next day. A youth, 18, was seriously wounded Tuesday night by a bullet Israelis say came from Jordan.
The Board of Park Commissioners approved a summer Barnum Festival lineup in Sea side park Beardsley park JFK stadium Washington park Seaside park Pleasure beach Ninety Acres park. Events include Midway theater Wing Ding auto show drum corps parade concert street parade fireworks memorial ceremonies square dance festival antique auto show and amateur radio display with dates June 30 to July 5.
Police seized a telephone betting operation after a raid at the Terrace Newsroom on Reservoir Avenue. Cleveland M. White, 35, of Beardsley Terrace apartments, was booked on policy playing charges and jailed in bail set at 500 dollars pending Circuit Court arraignment. Lt. David Garth led the division and noted numerous number plays and callers were recorded.
Detectives investigated the Park Avenue death of Maggie L. Johnson 58 found in her room at 741 Park Avenue just before 4 PM. Authorities noted bruise marks and ordered autopsy at St Vincent's Hospital. An unidentified man seen leaving Tuesday noon is being questioned. Caretaker Daniel Gaylord found the body as Sgt Bert Lancia aids inquiry.
Detective Cafferty details a background probe linking Berrios to a robbery and beating of Juan Bautista Rivera in Puerto Rico. Rivera was robbed of nearly $2,000 and left for dead but later recovered. A second suspect remains in custody as authorities pursue trial.
The motel industry projects 2.9 billion in 1967 revenue, up 14 percent from 1966, said John Lacock president of Quality Courts Motels Inc. The number of available rooms has risen from 1,136,000 a decade ago to over 2,250,000 nationwide.
President Johnson and Latin American leaders clash over how aid funds may be spent within the hemisphere and demand for tariff concessions. Peru's Fernando Belaunde plans a hemispheric common stock market to curb capital flight as Pope Paul VI praises the conference and calls for social justice.
At the Uruguayan summit in Montevideo 18 presidents arrived under ceremonial guards. Disputes over preamble language and defense of economic aims surfaced as tensions rose with leftist protests and warnings from Ecuador's Otto Arosemena about advisers and funding.
President Johnson starts with strategy talks and private chats at Punta del Este. He meets Brazil's Arthur da Costa e Silva and Peru's Fernando Belaunde Terry as 18 Latin American presidents gather for a three day summit.
Police say a 20 500 pound dump truck operated by James E Layden Jr ran over and killed 1 year old Orlando Silvia at the Keith street Norton place intersection. No arrest planned as officials pledge extra patrols and park site safety measures for three weeks while filling proceeds.
A Shelton attic fire at 204 Long Hill Avenue caused heavy roof and third floor damage and was blamed on spontaneous combustion from stored clothes. Echo Hose Company No 1 and multiple apparatus fought the blaze, aided by brush fire crews delaying access. no damage estimate given.
Milford homeowners pressed the Legislature to redraw the Merwin Burwell and Far View Reach Association lines to exclude Crestwood properties 34 homes from the 1964 subdivision. Rep. Gerald F. Stevens said maps not drawn until 1966 left Crestwood inside the 1929 bounds, affecting about 10 acres. The beach group reportedly has no objection to the shift.
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