Johnson sets guidelines for anti poverty job programs
President Johnson announced an executive order in Texas that maintains federal, state, and local control over job training while granting more local agency power. The move aims to stimulate participation and align manpower activities with local needs, endorsing CAMPS goals but stopping short of militants' demands for total control.
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Puzzlemaster Recovers and Sees Prize Rise
A Stratford man fuels a revived bid in the Sun day Post prize crossword. Puzzle fans buzz as a near miss prompts a renewed drive, with $125 jackpot for Puzzle 741 after the Old Maestro’s recovery and promise of more cash for correct entries.
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Bridgeport Area Weather Summary for Friday
Fair and pleasant conditions continue in Bridgeport and vicinity with a high in the lower 80s. Increasing clouds overnight bring a chance of showers later. Temperatures yesterday and day details follow with operational almanac data and tide times for the day.
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Law
Nuns Burned In Pike Collision Reported In Norwalk Hospital
Westport nun passengers from Our Lady of Peace convent were injured when their car collided with a trailer truck on the Connecticut turnpike near the Saugaluck River bridge. Six details indicate multiple burn and bruise injuries with two sisters listed as hospitalized and one later released. The truck driver, Henry Gibbon of Easton, is identified as the other party.
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State Bond Unit Tightens Reins on Poverty Funds
Connecticut Bond Commission tightens oversight on antipoverty programs. The panel requires full project details before final approval, aiming to ensure transparency in housing site development and related community aid. New actions authorize 1.8 million for housing and human resource programs, plus purchases of Old Newgate Prison renovation and tidal marsh land, among others.
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US Cardinals Finish Vatican Meeting Instruct on Encyclical
Four of America’s six Roman Catholic cardinals left Rome after a secrecy shrouded visit to the Vatican where they briefed Pope Paul VI on U S reaction to Humanae Vitae and how to carry out the encyclical ban on artificial birth control. Cardinals O'Hoyle Cody Kroll McIntyre were identified. others omitted.
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Chicago
John Cardinal Kroll
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James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Los Angeles
Richard Caredinal Cushing
Gaston
Lawrence Carding Ehehan
Baltimore
Pope Paul VI
Castel Gandolfo
Cuban pilot flies self and 13 to Florida
A Cuban trap-dusting pilot flew a single engine aircraft with 1 other aboard across the Florida Straits to Homestead Airport near Miami. The fumes from the insecticide-laden plane caused hospitalization of a 21 month old girl and medical attention for others at Freedom Gate refugee port. The pilotclaimed to fly at low altitudes to avoid radar detection while weather and seas challenged the 209 mile crossing.
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Mercedes Dodge
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U.S. Navy
Kendra Carcasses
Freedom Gate
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Angelicardo
Varadero
Heavy Fighting on Northern Front Marines and Viet War Updates
Reports describe heavy fighting on the northern front with Marines and Viet Cong forces. The text highlights personnel from Sikorsky and United Aircraft including executives Kulert and Mui, detailing leadership changes and contributions to jet engines, propulsion, and research across divisions in Stratford and associated sites.
First Move For Easier Money Made
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday approved a 0.25 percent reduction in the discount rate, starting in the Minneapolis area today and likely to extend nationwide. The move follows increased fiscal restraint and reduced treasury financing needs, with President Johnson noting it should ease borrowing costs and support home building.
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Young Democrat Chief, 31, Dies After Beating
Edward Himes, 31, executive chairman of the Connecticut Young Democrats and a New Haven political figure, died at St. Raphael's Hospital after being beaten. He was admitted Aug. 9 with a fractured skull and multiple injuries. Himes had served as a political aide to Democratic Town Chairman Arthur Barbieri and recently became Young Democrats chairman two months earlier.
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Clifford pushes safety pledge to halt bombing in Vietnam
Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford said a full bombing halt over North Vietnam hinges on guarantees of safety for Americans near enemy territory. He warned a third major offensive may be planned absent a clear signal that the lull is a lasting shift, urging an immediate halt to all raids to break the Paris talks impasse.
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Council Sets Hearing Tuesday On Charter Plan
The Common Council fixed next Tuesday at 7:90 pm for a public hearing on the proposed city charter. City Hall chambers will host the session led by Council President John P. Maiacen Jr. No vote will be taken then as aldermen study the charter and comments before deciding whether to call a referendum. The hearing follows a motion by Alderman Ernest J. Gasclihe after a charter revision commission report led by Milton H. Betinkée was received.
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Tuenay
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Charter Revision Commission
Milton H. Betinkée
U S Establishes Center for Population Research
Washington AP reports the federal government formally established a Center for Population Research to study health factors related to birth control techniques and potential hazards to mothers and children. Secretary Wilbur Cohen announced the center will be part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development with Dr. Philip Corfman named as head.
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Foe Slain in Encounters Along Gio Linh Front
U S Marines and South Vietnamese forces reported heavy fighting near Gio Linh and Con Thien on the northern frontier. The battles produced 41 enemy dead near Camp Carroll and 159 more northeast of Gio Linh with light U S casualties. US and Vietnamese patrols also spotted and countered an ambush site, with mines and weapons seized.
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Group to Chart Department of Housing Named
A nine member study committee was named by Rev Willam W Sullivan to draft proposals for a City of Bridgeport Department of Housing. The group follows meetings called by Mayor Curran and includes Judge Margaret Driscoll as chairwoman and members Fay Old Bresky, Bruce E Dillingham, Arnot H Rutkin, Eugene Spear, Leonard Mainiero, and others.
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ABCD backs theater skill training for 673 youths
Action For Bridgeport Community Development or ABCD approved a program to train target area youths in theater from business basics to script writing. The project aims to produce an original musical at Stratford's Shakespeare Theatre next summer with two thirds funding sought from state authorities and $80,180 total cost. The Youth Bridge will contribute $46,800 in services and equipment led by June Havoe and Paul Netwman, with demonstrations in target neighborhoods planned to drum up support.
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Iocal Anti-Poverty Agency
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Stratford
State Department of Community Affairs
State Bond Commission
Youth Bridge, Inc
June Havoe
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Paul Netwman
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Moon forms raisin bread masses threaten lunar landing
AP reports scientists at Pulsian Laboratory describe the moon as a raisin bread formation with dense mascon regions beneath the surface. The discovery could delay manned Apollo landings as Orbiter 5 and 6 data show gravity anomalies over Mare Imbrium Serenitatis Crium and other seas, potentially shifting landing targets by miles.
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Pulsian Laboratory
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U.S. Space Agency
Paull. Muller
William Z. Sjogren
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