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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1962
Page
1
President Kennedy faces a political crossroads as he prepares a televised address on the nation’s economic position. The speech could influence the November House elections and Kennedy’s pursuit of a second term by weighing immediate tax cuts against retroactive changes.
Continued on page two. Official weather bulletin notes increasing cloudiness and a little warmer today with a chance of widely scattered showers late, high around 80. Tonight largely cloudy with scattered light showers, little temp change, high around 80. Almanac entry marks August 13 as the two hundred fifty fifth day of the year with sunrise at 6 01 am and sunset at 7 55 pm. regional features and daily notices follow in the paper.
Two motorists died in separate auto crashes around the Danbury area. Police filed reports noting the collisions occurred within hours of each other, with investigators examining road conditions and vehicle speeds. No further details on identities or exact locations were released.
Lamton Kor and Charles Roskose, both of Boulder, climbed the Diamond on Long's Peak in Estes Park. They started early yesterday, spent the night 300 feet from the summit, and completed the ascent for the second time.
A Ridgefield man Inha Pant Bacchi and a New York girl were killed yesterday in Danbury area crashes. Three others, including the deceased’s aunt and uncle, were injured and hospitalized. Bacchi, born in Norwalk and a 1960 Ridgefield High graduate, died instantly when a compact car veered off Route 33 into a tree and a parked car. His companion Robert Sturgess, from Fairview Ave, survived with a fractured thigh and head/body lacerations. Police say excessive speed caused the crash. investigation continues. Services for Bacchi are set for Tuesday at 10 am at St Mary’s Church with burial in St Mary’s Cemetery. Bacchi's parents survive him.
Argentina’s economic czar Alvaro Alsogaray condemned the four day parliamentary crisis as a shameful spectacle and warned the episode will delay his bid to restore confidence and foreign aid. He returned from Washington noting Washington’s influence and a compromised war ministry. The political upheaval, he said, harmed his plans and will take months to recover.
Sen Estes Kefauver and other liberal Democrats press for cloture to end debate on the administration space communications bill. The fight centers on government versus private ownership of the U S portion of a global satellite system with southern conservatives seen as pivotal to Tuesday's vote. Kefauver accuses AT&T and allies of pressuring absentees to block the measure.
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin seeks a Monday morning meeting with Secretary of State Dean Rusk to discuss Germany as Berlin's four power talks and wall anniversary loom. U S questions what prompts the call while a Berlin patrol signals Soviet responsibility and tensions rise.
Police surrounded the L and L Distributing Company building at 263 North Washington Avenue early Sunday and detained Jose Soares, 15. Joseph Aranja, 16. and a 14 year old boy for suspected breaking into a parked truck nearby and stealing dairy products. Soares and Aranja were charged with breaking and entering with criminal threat and remanded on bail. The 14 year old was placed in Juvenile Detention.
Fire at Verona’s ancient Roman amphitheater destroyed the moth stage and props used for Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera. Stage hands and a firefighter were lightly injured as flames swept through canvas, wood, and cardboard scenery. Hundreds gathered outside as the blaze raged tonight.
Thousands of armed troops lined the Berlin Wall on the first anniversary of the barrier. West Berlin police had leave canceled as extra Soviet patrols and cross border soldiers were seen near Karlshorst and the Brandenburg Gate. No incidents were reported by midnight, but tensions remained high amid warnings from East and West authorities about possible provocations.
At Cape Canaveral Aug 2 AP reports Russia launches a dual crewed mission, astonishes NASA officials who admit the U.S. lags in the space race. NASA plans Walter Schirra Jr to orbit late next month for a six orbit nine hour flight, longer than John Glenn and Malcolm Carpenter.
A United Airlines four engine jet from Chicago with 83 aboard landed at Troutdale airport by mistake, a runway only 4,641 feet long far shorter than the 8,800 foot Portland International strip. The pilot halted with brakes skidding to the runway edge. no injuries were reported. The airline called the mislanding a misinterpretation of landing instructions.
London Aug 2 AP Lawyers for Dr Robert Soblen outlined a new legal push to block his deportation from the United Kingdom. Soblen, jailed in Britain after fleeing the United States, faces possible extradition on a life sentence as a Soviet spy. The British Home Office issued the order after Israel and other avenues failed to arrange Soblen’s removal. His lawyers said they would seek a writ of habeas corpus from the High Court to challenge the deportation order. The Israeli government argued the matter could be resolved without harming any party, noting Soblen arrived in June under an assumed name with false papers.
A two year old Japanese boy voyageed alone from Japan in a 19 foot sailboat lasting three months. Kenichi Morie reached San Francisco Bay escorted by the Coast Guard and delivered to the Japanese consulate for immigration talks.
Soviet spaceflight reports two cosmonauts Adrian Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich in Vostok craft maintaining contact as they orbit Earth near rendezvous calculations. Each craft has completed many orbits with Nikolayev surpassing 24 circuits and Popovich totaling eight by late Sunday, while the pair plan further operations and potential moon mission prep.
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