Westmoreland says unity, urges resolve to beat Reds
General Westmoreland addresses Congress praising U S troops and allied efforts in Vietnam. He warns against ceasefires aiding the North, forecasts continued Communist buildup, and thanks lawmakers for robust support while urging patience and resolve at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Vietnam
Westmoreland
Cheir
Capitol
White House
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
John A. Volpe
R-Mass
Raymond P. Shafer
R-Pa
William L. Guy
D-N.d
Otto Kerner
D-11
Johnson
William A. Rhodes
Ohio
Martha Raye
Associated Press
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
John W. McCormack
North Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
Coast Guard
U.S
Army of
Free Asia
Building Plans Attuned to Future Education Faced Costs
Dr. Felix McCormick, former Bridgeport BOE consultant, outlined six focus areas for future school planning including technological and value changes and mobility. He directs Columbia Teachers College Institute of Field Studies. The conference was sponsored by the State Education Department and the Connecticut Society of Architects with speaker State Sen. John M. Lupton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix McCormick
Bridgeport Board of Education
McCormick
Columbia University Teachers' College
Institute of Field Studies
E State Education Department
Connecticut Society of Architects
John M. Lupton
R-Weston
Added Powers Urged In Education Setup
The Connecticut Public Expenditure Council urged the legislature to give the Commission on Higher Education broader authority. It called for a master plan, budget review for higher education, policy control over scholarships and student aid, and guidelines for salaries and positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Connecticut Public Expenditure Council
Commission
Johnson presses Congress to avert rail strike
LBJ urges solons to extend talks to prevent the looming railroad strike. A 47 day extension is approved after Johnson pledges prompt legislation. Top aides and union leaders meet as mediation board recommends wage hikes and staged increases for skilled workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LBJ
Solons
Johnson
Senate
House
Senate Labor
House Commerce
Capitol Hill
Congress
W. Willard Wirtz
James Reynolds
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Transportation
Alan Boyd
Smachvists
Tectricians
Carmen
Mussolini’s Killer Cleared in Italy Court
Milan Italy AP Walter Audisio the partisan who killed Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci was cleared in a 12 year old damage suit brought by the Petacci family State Atty Mario de Simone ruled he could not be prosecuted Audisio used the alias Co Valerio and later served as a Communist deputy in the postwar Parliament
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Aly
Benito Mussolini
Clara Petacci
Petacci
Mario de Simone
Walter Audisio
Co. Valerio
Legal History Made at Coppolino Trial
Coppolino is acquitted of murder charges after a four week trial in which the jury convicts on second degree murder. The case centers on a drug used to kill Coppolino’s first wife, with testimony from his mistress Marjorie and his defense team denying hypnotic control. Mary Coppolino reacts with silence as verdicts are read and Coppolino is led away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Coppolino
Carl Coppolino
Naples
Fla
Coppolino
Mary
Cappolino
New Jersey
William E. Farber
Marjorie
Sarasota
Pr. Cappolino
James McEwen
James Russ
Harry Miller
Coppolina
Miller
Silvertooth
Bailey
Teri Plant
Conpolina
Mr. Corrigan
Long Defends Dodd Amid Censure Debate in Senate
Senator Long denounces censure as a smear and defends Thomas Dodd, noting political pressures and comparing to Nixon. He accuses columnists of misinformation and urges ethics reform while the Senate prepares a vote next week. Mansfield and Dirksen leaders coordinate timing on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Dodd
Long
Ethics Committee
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Mikeé Monroney
D-Okla
D-Minn
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Stennis
Mansfield
Cotton
Carlson
Bennett
Washington
Tom Dodd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Congress
Louisiana
Pearson
Anderson
Justice Department
Dirksen Center
Mike Mansfield
D-Mant
Everett M. Dirksen
Illnos
Armed bandits steal over forty thousand in Bridgeport bank
Four masked assailants armed with guns robbed a Stop and Shop bank in a Connecticut Post Center parking lot, forcing two cashiers to hand over about 9 000 to 10 600 dollars. The car used had been stolen in New Haven and later found in Hamden, with Bridgeport police joining the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Nugent
Frances Markins
Connecticut Post Center
New Haven
Bridgeport
Chester Orlowski
Moose Hill Road
Monroe
Singer Metrics Company
Barnum Avenue
Edward Casey
Hamden
Orlowski
Gaullist Ministers Shake Up as Special Powers Sought
De Gaulle asks Parliament for special powers shocking management, labor, and Gaullists. Pisani had earlier served as agriculture minister in 1961 and later headed equipment and production planning. Reactions split with leftist deputies vowing censure while some Gaullists, including Valery Giscard d Estaing allies, oppose the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisani
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Valery
Giscard d'Estaing
Independent
Republican Party
Special Powers
Debate on Liberty and Public Safety Hosted by Local Institutions
The Bridgeport Bar Association and Fairfield University will co sponsor a public debate on The Supreme Court Individual Liberty and Public Safety Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Fairfield University as part of Law Day. Panelists include U S District Attorney Jon C Newman Yale Law School professor Jan G Deutsch and Jacob D Zeldes of Goldman Stein law firm. Albert L Coles will chair and Stephen J O Brien will moderate. Additional Law Day talks with dates and speakers are listed for Sunday Monday Tuesday and Thursday at various venues and times across area schools and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Bar Association
Fairfield University
Supreme Court
U. S
Jon C. Newman
Jan G.deutsch
Yale University Law School
Jacob D. Zeldes
Goldstein Law Firm
Albert L. Coles
Association
Stephen J. O'Brien
Aram H. Tellahian
First United Church of Christ
Yam
Edward J. Behvici
Holy Name of Jesus School
P.m
John F. Merchant
Newfield School
Harold T. Pitt
St. Emory's
Raymond £. Baldwin, Jr
Holland Hill
Robert J. Berta
Lincoln School
Mark Gross
Thomas ‘Seymour
Woodrow Wilson School
James Gentile
Bryant
Connecticut Colleges Share $736000 Work-Study Funds
Rep. Donald J. Irwin reports 22 Connecticut schools receive $736,761 in federal work-study funds for college work-study programs. About 11,400 students statewide benefit, with five Fourth District institutions listed and the student counts per campus to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Donald J. Irwin
D-Conn
Connecticut
Irwin
Office of Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
East Side Burglary At 255 East Main Street
Burglars forced a door lock at 255 East Main Street and stole $17 in cash two wristwatches rings and other items. Detective Dominic Costello is the investigating officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Vacquez
East Main Street
Dominic Costello
Talks Collapse In Union Bottlers Dispute
Talks between Teamsters local 1040 and two soft drink bottlers broke down with no scheduled further negotiations. Contracts for 90 employees expire Sunday, while three other firms hold later expirations. union seeks synchronized contracts across all five firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters
1040
Battlers, Inc
Connecticut Avenue
Norwalk
Pepsi Cola
Simonelli
Carpenter Hall
Burr Court
Pepsi Cola Company
Coca Cola of
Bridgeport
Canada Dry
Milfard
American Bottling
Vacancies Rise in High School Teaching
Hartford federal report shows 1 793 teaching vacancies must be filled before the next school year. Most openings are in high schools as enrollment trends push demand upward. elementary vacancies have decreased since last year while fall enrollment aims at secondary levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
UPI
State Department
of ‘Education
Maurice J.ross
Education Department
Milford City enters fact finding over wage and hours dispute
Impasse looms as Milford negotiates with Fire Police and Public Works unions over six percent raises with a $300 minimum and a 40 hour week. Mayor Jepson backs current settlements but MEA plans a general meeting to decide on Connecticut act fact finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Slater
Connecticut
Milford
Jepson
MEA
Civil Service Commission
Milford Employes Association
Navy Air Strikes Hit North and South Vietnam in Coordinated Raids
Carrier based air units from Kitty Hawk and Hancock struck the Ha Noi area and oil storage near Vinh, while battleships and B52 bombers conducted raids 29 miles south of Quang Ngai and near Thanh Hoa. In the north, 1st Corps elements faced heavy shelling followed by B52 strikes on Red holdlings along the DMZ flank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Air
Thailand
Hanoi
Kitty
Hawk
Hancock
North Vietnam
Vinh
Thanh Hoa
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai City
Nash
Reds
U.S
Red
Longest Day of the Year Across States and Time Change
The passage discusses Daylight Savings Time and its reach, noting authority to sue states in federal courts over the statute. It mentions Alaska Hawaii and the Virgin Islands, and cites exemptions and the federal role in enforcing time standards. The debate touches outdoor time, farming and school schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Virgin Islands
Alaska
Hawaii
Transportation Department
Niemezyk Heads Stratford Unit of Dresser Club
John J. Niemezyk of Pilgrim’s Jane Trumbull elected president of the Stratford chapter of the Quarter Century Club of Dresser Industrial Valve Instrument division at the 16th annual dinner. Edward J. Plaveau becomes vice president Catherine S. Simendinger secretary Anne T. Voght treasurer. Thirty-nine new members welcomed. total 374 members with 11 950 years of service. Main speaker was W Glenn Oslin vice president of marketing for the Dresser Stratford division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Niemezyk
Pilgrim's Jane
Trumbull
Stratford
Dresser Industrial
Stratfield Motor Inn
Edward J. Plaveau
Catherine S. Simendinger
Anne T. Voght
Niemczyk
William W. Harding
W. Glenn Oslin
Dresser Stratford Division
Demonstrators Burn U S Flags At Madrid U
Demonstrators on the Madrid campus burned three U S flags and marched from a meeting at the School of Political and Economic Sciences. U S exchange students led by Karen Winn faced opposition from other students amid antiwar protests linked to Vietnam policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rique Gutierrez Trios
U.S
Angier Biddle Duke
Foreign Ministry
North Vietnam
Karen Winn
Walnut Creek
Calif
University of California
School of Political and Economic Sciences
Roberta Alexander
Los Angeles
Jing
U. S
Vietnam
Miss Winn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Javits
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William (Fishbait) Miller
Wiliam C. Westmoreand
Senate Committee
White’ House
Mussolini
Italy
Australia
Sen
John Stennis
D-Miss
Norvis Cotton
R-N.h
Frank Carlson
Adam Clayton Powell
Bank
Bombe Ghose
Red Capital
Niemezyk
Dresser Club
Madrid
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