Golan Heights Battles Escalate as Soviet Ties Tighten
The article reports intensified fighting on the Golan Heights amid Syrian-Israeli hostilities. It notes Hafez Assad’s Moscow talks, Soviet pledges to boost Syria’s military capacity, and new arms deliveries including MIG fighters. It also covers Sadat’s warning of potential cross‑Channel missile strikes and Cairo’s war chatter.
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Israel
Damascus
Golan Heights
Hafez Assady
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
al Anwar
Assad
Soviet Union
Middle East
United Nations
New York
Jacob Malik
Kremlin
Kissinger
Geneva
Malik
Council
Lebanon
Cairo
Moshe Dayan
Beirut
Shaab
Sadat
Syria
Ali Amin
Egypt
al Ahram
Jerusalem
Mordechai Gur
Gur
Lufkin backs Panuzio on campaign spending limit
Congressman Robert J. Steele criticizes a $100 per person cap as nuts and harmful to GOP campaigns. Mayor Panuzio welcomes Lufkin's endorsement as a key environmental expert, calling it a significant boost from outside Bridgeport.
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Panuzio
Robert J. Steele
Lufkin
Bridgeport
Lufkin and Sullivan Set to Speak at Fairfield Seedling Drive
Dan W. Lufkin formerly of the state Environmental Protection Department and John J. Sullivan Fairfield First Selectman will address volunteers at Fairfield store on Post Road. Scouts from Troop 89 will help distribute 1 000 evergreen seedlings to county children under 16.
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Dan W. Lufkin
Newtown
State Environmental Protection Department
First Selectman
John J. Sullivan
Fairfield
iLam
Post Road
Fuel dealers told to refund 33626 dollars to customers
Hartford UPI report says the IRS district office ordered 25 fuel dealers to refund 33626 dollars to customers for the week ending April 12. Since November 1973, refunds total 1313408.26 dollars by 1036 dealers for fee overcharges.
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Hartford
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
Joseph J. Conley
City Man Dies in Newtown Route 23 Crash
A 37-year-old Bridgeport man, William Tate of 553 Trumbull Avenue, died at the scene when his northbound car reportedly crossed the center line on Route 23 near Green Briar lane and struck a southbound car driven by David Lindblom of Danbury. Lindblom, 23, was admitted for facial lacerations and back injuries. A passenger in Lindblom’s car, Allan Yaeger, 34, Seymour, was treated and released for a leg laceration and back injury.
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Newtown
Bridgeport
Green Briar Lane
William Tate
Trumbull Avenue
Fairfield Hills Hospital
Robert _Grossman
Tate
Center Rine
David Lindblom
Stadley Rough Road
Danbury
Lindblam
Danbury Hospital
Allan Yaeger
Crestwood, Road
Seymour
29 Area Students To Enter UConn Phi Beta Kappa
Twenty nine area students at the University of Connecticut will be inducted Friday night into Phi Beta Kappa the national honor society in liberal arts and sciences. The ceremony at 8 p.m. in the Student Union ballroom features Dr. Alexander G. Mednicott Jr. delivering the address on Emersons American Scholar Revisited.
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University of Connecticu
Phi Beta Kappa
Office of Public Relations
Theniversity
University -Lof Connecticut
Alexander G. Mednicott, Jr
Emerson
Karen L. Karpie
Hawley Avenue
Armando’ Manduca
Boston Avenue
Bridgeport
Barbara J. Wilson
North _ street
Milford
Steven ©. Williams
Shady Knoll Lane
New Canaan
Linda M. Cosentino
Joyce P. Kennedy
Power Horn Hill
Weston
Pamela
Fitch
Old Hill Farms
Lynn A. Koopman
Greens ‘Farms
James E. Meister
Weathervane Hill
Robert H.moulton
Hight Point Road
Patricia A. Saviano
Saviano Jane
Westport
Eric Taylor
Delafield Island Road
Darien
Ann M. Hogan
Scofield J Avenue
Stamford
Enrico G. Frisone
Tahoe Circle
Trumbull
Medical clinic opens at San Francisco International Airport
A new medical clinic at San Francisco International Airport offers emergency treatment for illness or injury and provides full medical services to more than 25 000 airport employees. It includes preventive health care through a computerized physical checkup center.
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San Francisco
UPS
San Francisco International Airport
Bowerman outlines dividend adjustment after stock split
Bowerman said the board plans to adjust dividends so per share payments drop after the split while equity and voting rights stay intact for shareholders holding all shares. The board had approved bids to acquire Connecticut gas properties from Northeast Utilities to align with the Utility Holding Company Act. Southern Connecticut Gas directors were fixed at 14 after reelection. by‑laws cap was 12 to 24.
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Bowerman
Connecticut
Northeast Utilities
Northeast
Prairite Utility Holding Company
Northeastern
Southern Connecticut Gas
Four firms bid for Bridgeport solid waste plant
Refuse Fee and Power, American Can, Combustion Equipment, Raytheon Service, Garrett Research and Development and Occidental Petroleum unit are the four bidders. Proposals outline fuel recovery from processed garbage with iron glass and aluminum recovery options. A Bridgeport meeting set for April 26 will review the four plans for a plant targeted to open in 1976.
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Devon Station
Garrett
Raytheon
Cansist Glass
Chase
Bridgeport
CRRA
General Assembly
Chats
Michigan special election tests Nixon fallout and party loyalties
In a two year term race in Michigan's district a Republican Sparling beat Traxler amid Watergate pressure and Nixon campaign impacts. Voter turnout surged in Bay City and Saginaw while GOP majorities faded elsewhere. Traxler branded the contest a referendum on Nixon policies and leadership with Percy and Jackson aiding both sides.
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Rio
Grand Rapids
Nixon
Michigan
Sparling
White House
Harvey
Sparring
Saginaw
Traxler
Bay City
Michigan House
Brewster challenges Yale hecklers over Shockley talk
Yale merchant Brewster denounces hecklers who disrupted a Shockley Rusher debate while noting the plant closure and landfill plan. Yale President Kingman Brewster warns students on disciplinary action as geneticists dispute Shockley’s racial inferiority theory.
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Brewster
Yale Hecklers
Shockley
New Haven
UPI
Yale
Kingman
William Cross
Yale Corp
William Rusher
Rusher
Jaworski seeks tapes in Watergate case for prompt fair trial
Jaworski filed a motion asserting that materials contain or likely contain evidence material to the trial. He noted requests to James J. St. Clair for tapes on Jan 9 and March 12 and said a subpoena would be sought to secure a prompt fair trial.
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Jaworski
James J. St. Clair
St. Clair
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Taworski
Archibald Cox
Sirica
Court of Appeals
Grand Jury
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Colson
Democratic Party
Hatdeman
Ronald L. Ziegler
Raymond Voytek Dies at 32 Engineer and Oxford resident
Raymond Stephen Voytek 32 of 28 Cedar Lane Oxford formerly Stratford died yesterday in Bridgeport hospital. He was a manufacturing engineer with Pro vnto Machine. Services Friday at 10 a.m. in Oxford United Church of Christ Congregational, Rev. C Ronald Wilson officiating. Burial in Limited Church cemetery. Miller Ward funeral home Seymour in charge. Survivors include wife Phyllis Bailey Voytek, brother Edward A. Voytek, parents Steven M. and Mrs Voytek, and a nephew.
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Oxford
Raymond Stephen Voytlek
Cedar Jane
Stratford
Provnto Machine Company
Bridgeport
Oxford United Church of Christ Congregational
C. Ronald Wilson
Miller-Ward Funeral
Bank Street
Seymour
Voytek
American Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Phyllis Bailey Voytek
Edward A. Voytek
Middlebury
Steven M. Voytek
Calley Court Hearing May Be Set, Nixon Review Pending
Henson said no hearing before May or June. Ziegler stated Nixon will review Calley's case. Callaway noted no prior discussion with Nixon about cutting Caf fey's sentence. Calley, commander at My Lai on March 16, 1968, received a life term on March 31, 1971 for premeditated murder of at least 22 civilians and assault to murder a child. He remains confined at Ft. Benning pending appeal review.
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Columbus
Henson
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Calley
Callaway
Caffey
Ziepler
Army
My Lai
Ft. Benning
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Goffe Street Armory
Joseph Leno
Clinton Avenue
Richard Pustarl
Kettle Road
Norwalk
John A. Picarazzi
Partridge Lane
Charles H. Percy
R-M
Henry M. Jackson
DiWash
Joe R. Baldwin
Saginaw News
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Hardeman
Ehrlichman
John W. Dean II
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E. Howard Hunt Jr
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