Stratfordite Hurt Riding Pinned Man
A Stratford man was injured while helping a seriously hurt motorist after a car struck guard posts and overturned on Lordship boulevard near Surf avenue. Charles Rost er aided the wounded driver before another vehicle struck him. Gregory W. Janson of the Coast Guard crew attached to the Stratford lighthouse was driving when the second crash occurred.
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Stratford
Lordship Boulevard
Surf Avenue
John A. Wise
Grove Street
Charles Royster
Garibaldi Street
Mr. Wise
Wise
Gregory W
Newtown Youth Held in Break Into Bank Here
A 20 year old from Botsford identified as Peter Jacoby was captured Sunday morning after breaking into the Lafayette Bank on State Street. Police say he stole a guard’s uniform and coins and is alleged to be an escapee from the State hospital in Newtown.
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State Hospital
Newtown
Lafayette Bank
State Street
Arthur Buchanan
Peter Jacoby
Botsford
James Tennant Dies After Golf Collapse
James M. Tennant, 61, of Trumbull, a noted local athlete and former FBI agent, collapsed and died yesterday while playing golf at Hillandale Country Club. Born in Shepherdstown, he grew up in Gettysburg, starred in high school football and baseball, and briefly played pro baseball with the Orioles before attending Mt. St. Mary’s College.
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James Tennant
FBI
James M. Tennant
Windy Ridge
Trumbull
Toe Hillandale Country ‘Club
Trumb' al Hadl
Mr. Tennant
Shepherdstown
Virginia
Gettysburg
Ife
Pennsylvania
Baltimore Orioles
Youll Work 2 Hours Daily Just To Pay Your Federal Income Tax
The Tax Foundation estimates the average American spends about two hours and 25 minutes of an eight hour workday to earn money for federal taxes in 1967. Taxes occupy more working time than housing, food, or transportation, with housing at 1 hour 26 minutes and food and tobacco at 1 hour 14 minutes.
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New York
Tax Foundation, Inc
Nixon sees U S tactics not war as 1968 issue
Nixon in Saigon says war itself unlikely to decide the 1968 election but U S tactics such as bombing and manpower will be. He believes Americans favor stronger action to end the war and sees no near negotiated settlement or early military decision, yet expects eventual U S success.
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Nixon
U.S
Saigon
Richard M. Nixon
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Canadian Peace Plan Rejected by North Vietnam
North Vietnam rejected a four stage peace formula proposed by Canada as a smokescreen for U.S. peace talks. Nhan Dan described the plan as incomplete and urged immediate conditions demanding the United States stop bombing North Vietnam and withdraw.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
Canada
North — Vietnam
Nhan Dan
Paul Martin
Johnson
Red
Vietnam
U.S
Printers Strike Waterbury Firm Over Labor Dispute
A strike began last night at Eastern Color Printing in Waterbury. The walkout was called by the International Stereotypers and Electrotypers union, which employs 24 workers at the plant that prints comic books, Sunday newspaper supplements, and circulars.
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Waterbury
Eastern Color Printing Company
International Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union
Areo strike halt ordered to protect helicopter engine plant
President Johnson instructed the attorney general to seek a federal court injunction today to halt the Lycoming plant strike at Stratford Connecticut. The walkout of about 4600 workers disrupted T 53 helicopter engine production essential for Vietnam. The action follows a Taft Hartley cooling off provision after wage talks failed.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Vietnam
Avco Corporation
Lycoming
Stratford
Conn
Robert
McNamara
U.S
T-H
Lycoming Division
United Auto Workers Union
Texas White House
Ramsey Clark
Federal District Court
Washington, D.C
Robert Fleming
White House
Aveg
Ithe
Adenauer Condition Stabilized Says Doctors
In Bonn West Germany doctors reported former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer remains seriously ill with influenza and bronchitis but his heart and circulation have stabilized. The medical bulletin noted his overall condition improved though his general frailty persists.
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Bonn
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Carpenter the 2nd American to orbit edges toward silent flight
Navy Cmdr. M. Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit Earth, has lost hope of future spaceflight after arm surgery failed to restore function. He remains in the astronaut corps but not medically cleared for flight, with only Schirra and Cooper considered flight-ready among Mercury’s originals.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Navy
M. Scott
Carpenter
Earth
Mercury
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper
Virgil I. Grissom
Apoilo 1
Bermuda
Callous
Thim
Boulder
Colo
Pacific Ocean
California
Sehirra
Cooper
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Donald K
Deke) Slayton
John H. Glenn Jr
United States
Marine Corps
National Aeronautic and Space Administration
Shepard
Slayton
Shephard
Astronaut Office
Escaped convicts surrender to Gov Maddox at mansion
Four Negro inmates who escaped from a Wilkinson County rural work camp turned themselves in to Georgia Governor Lester Maddox during a public reception at the governor's mansion in Atlanta. Mrs. Albert Hill of Macon escorted the men, who spoke of alleged mistreatment and requested an investigation. Maddox promised inquiry and kept the men in state trooper custody after a private 20 minute talk.
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Atlanta
UPS
Lester Maddox
Governor's Mansion
Albert Hill
Macon
Wilkinson County
Maddox
Hill
Intensified Border Barrier Plan Near South Vietnam Demarcation
U S military HQ says intensified measures will seal the Vietnam border to curb Communist infiltration. Premier Ky says work has begun on a fortified barrier just below the DMZ along the South China Sea inland 15 miles. Nine Americans wounded by grenades at a Saigon bus station amid rising tension.
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Saigon
U. S
South
North Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
China Sea
U.S
Expedition in Arctic Stymied by Ice Ridge
An Arctic overland North Pole attempt reported being stalled by a massive ice ridge about 190 miles north of Ellesmere Island base camp in Canada's Northwest Territories. A search plane found the expedition at the ice ridge base after two days with no radio contact due to a broken radio.
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Cedar, Rapids, Iowa
North Pole
Ellesmere Island
Canada
Northwest Territories
Complete Shutdown Expected By United Auto Workers Strike
The 4600 UAW members at Avco Lycoming end work as a complete plant shutdown looms after a one day strike over the T 53 helicopter engines. Fewer than 100 reported for first shift as production halts amid court order and 80 day cooling off injunction likely. Leaders say they will obey the injunction and instruct members to return to work.
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Leeter
Doty Stratford
United Auto Workers
Avco Lycoming
AFL. Cio
Johnson
U.S
New Haven
Leonard Schiller
UAW International
United Press International
Schil
Tokyo elects left-leaning governor in first for city
Ryokichi Minobe, 63, a Communist Socialist backed economics professor, wins Tokyo governorship, granting the left new control of the city. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato faces internal party pressure as U S Japan security treaty reviews loom. Tadashi Adachi calls the result a blow to international interests.
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Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Ryokichi Minohe
Sato
Tadashi Adachi
Japanese Chamber of Industry and Commerce
U.s.japan
Minobe
Japan
United States
Oil Slick Treks Cape Cod Killing Ducks and Ruining Beaches
A large oil slick along 33 miles of Cape Cod beaches from Provincetown to Chatham killed hundreds of ducks. Coast Guard helicopters worked to determine extent and source while Job Corps workers washed oil from birds. Officials blamed a tanker crude oil spill arriving with the southeast wind.
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Cape Cod
Wellpleet
Mass
UPI
Atlantic Ocean
Cape
Iti
Provincetown
Chatham
Truro
Wellfleet
Orleans
Job Corps
Coast Guard
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Polly's
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Sylvia Porter
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Areo
LBJ
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