Air Force air strikes report heavy Vietnam war action
U S Airmen downed MIGs and attacked watercraft near Hanoi and Yen Vien. Bombers hit Ha Gia oil depot and other targets while gunships silenced coastal anti aircraft sites. A destroyer engaged shore batteries off the Vietnamese coast with no US casualties. Viet Cong retaliatory claims followed.
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Air Force Thunderchief
Hanoi
Song Chay
Tih
Killy Hawk
Vinh
Air Force
South Viet Nam
Chu Lai
U. S
U.S
Ingersoll
Yen Vien
China
Nanning
Ha Gia
Washington
South
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Lith Armored Cavalry Regiment
Hartford Meeting Notice for OR Technicians
The Connecticut Operating Room Technician Association will hold an open meeting for all operating room technicians on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Hartford hospital's Continuing Care Unit auditorium at 80 Seymour Street, Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Operating Room Technician Association, Inc
Hartford Hospital
Seymour Street
Hartford
Police Pact Vote Today Sets Pay and Vacation Benefits
Police union chief challenges published cost estimates while Mayor calls the offer outstanding. The Common Council set to vote on a contract granting officers 125 dollars and four weeks of vacation after twenty years of service. Patrolman Peter Gernat claims the city’s costs are miscalculated and notes a current surplus. He warns the vote could go either way.
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Common Council
Curran
City Hall
Peter Gernat
Gernat
U.S. Proposes Vehicle Inspections and Driver Exams by 1968
Federal officials outlined tentative highway safety standards including annual vehicle inspections, periodic driver exams, and unified medical policy oversight. States would set eye test criteria, revoke licenses for welfare fraud, and require separate licenses for vehicle types while expanding driver training and helmet use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddon
Great Meadows Plans Aired at Stratford Forum
Stratford residents heard proposals for developing the Great Meadows area tied to Long Beach and a new harbor. speakers from the Static Water Resources commission and Connecticut Development Commission urged rail and deep water access to attract industry while balancing conservation.
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Great Meadows
Stratford Forum
John Curry
Static Water Resources Commission
Army Engineer Corps
Stratford
Fred Kelly
The
Recreation Commission
Long Beach
Edward O'Mara
Connecticut Development Commission
Bridgeport
Fairfield
Jesson
Connecticut
New London
New Haven
Sikorsky
Merritt Parkway
Milford
Frank Timmons
Stratford Conservation Commission
Martin Ryan
Lewis Gut
Planning and Zoning Commission
Public Works Department
Waterfront Authority
Economic Development Commission
State Water Resources Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Meadows
Ryan
Wilson Sets Stage for UN Sanctions on Rhodesia Crisis
Britain’s prime minister urged the United Nations to impose full mandatory sanctions on Rhodesia, warning of possible force if Ian Smith’s regime persists. He cited a 48 hour crisis and warned the Salisbury cabinet rejection could trigger inevitable consequences. Contemporaries urged stronger action beyond economic penalties, with African ambassadors calling for force.
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Wilson
Smith
Rhodesia
Britain
Salisbury
Tiger
Edward Heath
Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty Independence Recognized By No One Except Themselves.” Wilson
Security Council
United Nations
Ian Smith
U.N. General Assembly
United States
France
Spain
Portugal
Moussa Leo Kelra
Mali
Mohamed Fakhreddine
Sudan
Council
Marof Achkar
Guinea
South Africa
Beira
Portuguese Mozambique
Soviet Union
Britons Ignore Rhodesia News in London Scenes
Londoners hurry home from work showing little concern for Rhodesia news. Prime Minister Harold Wilson consults with cabinet members at 10 Downing Street while small crowds watch guarded doors. At Rhodesia House a lone policeman keeps vigil outside the mission.
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London
Rhodesia
Downing St
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia House
UN Rhodesia Talks Due This Thursday
UN diplomats anticipate swift Security Council action on Britain’s request for economic penalties against Rhodesia while African nations push for military intervention to topple the white-minority regime. The 15 nation council will convene at 10:30 a.m. EST Thursday in New York for the Rhodesian question. Lord Caradon formally requested the urgent meeting in London as Prime Minister Wilson sends George Brown to present Britain’s demand.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Britain
Rhodesia
Lord Caradon
London
Wilson
George Brown
New York
Council
Jan Smith
Tiger
Mediterranean
Smith
Salisbury
Security Council
Brown
United Nations
Commonwealth
South Africa
U.N
Central Africa
Balthazar J. Vorster
Smyth
House of Commons
Red China Claims We Sank 6 Boats In August Clash
The item reports China accusing the United States of sinking six boats during a three hour Aug 29 air attack in the Tonkin Gulf. It notes nine sailors killed and seven wounded, with prior July and August harassment of Chinese shipping. Peking's daily threatens repayment and vows total, resolute action against U.S. aggressors.
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Peking
U.S
Tonkin Gulf
Dame Ape
Peking People's Daily
Thors
French singer Bécaud aborts London trip after cold
Gilbert Bécaud flew 6 800 miles round trip from the United States to London for the Royal Variety Show but fell ill with a severe cold and returned to New York unable to perform.
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London
UPI
Gilbert Becaud
United States
New York
Death Penalty Demanded for Dr Coppolino
A Florida death trial centers on Palo Coppolino charged with first degree murder in the deaths of his first wife Carmella Coppolino and her neighbor Marjorie Farber. The case features defense tactics from F Lee Halley and a juror selection process guided by Judge Bailey and consultant Dr William J Bryan Jr.
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Carmella
Sarasota
Fla
Cappolino
Mary Gibson
Farber
Coppolino
Mary Gibson Coppolino
Palo
Bailey
William J. Bryan Jr
American Institute of Hypnosis
Los Angeles
Bryan
Hrgan
Sheppard
Jerram
Marjorie Farber
Freehold
Beatty Signs Estelle Parsons for Bonnie and Clyde
Warren Beatty signs Broadway actress Estelle Parsons as his leading lady in Bonnie and Clyde to be produced by Beatty's own company.
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Hollywood
UPI
Warran Beatty
Estelle Parsons
Beatty
Council Slashes West Side Bond Authorization
Bridgeport council backs a plan to let the Park Department spend from a new Capital Improvement fund funded by park property sales. Assistant City Attorney McGuinness Jr. asks the Park board to submit proposed park projects to the Tax board for feasibility and cost study, while preserving park board authority.
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Bridgeport
John J. McGuinness Jr
Board of Park Commissioners
Park Department
Tax Board
McGuinness
Park Board
Marocco Heads Common Council For Fourth Time
The Common Council named members to standing committees for the 1966 97 session with Finance reduced to five members after Alderman Donofrio stepped down. Commissions were set with five aldermen per committee in order and Leroy Rice was reappointed to the Zoning commission for a new five year term.
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Donofrio
General Assembly
Donald A. Brown
Edward E. Lesko
Paul K. Ryan
Heriberta IM. Crespo
O’brien
Michael Mehal, Jr
Lesko
George W. Brown
Agron Ment
Mizak
Ernest Gosselin
James A. Conmelly
Ment
O'Brien
Paul J. Macciocca
Lavery
Walter D. Flanagen
Donfrio
Gosselin
George Brown
Macciocca
Crespo
Maiocco
Flanagan
Mehai
Ryan
Connelly
Council
Leroy Rice
Rice
Vole
Automakers To Trim December Output Amid Uncertainty
Motors reports plans for cuts at GM Ford Chrysler and AMC as December production targets shrink. GM eyes eight percent total decline from 1966 levels with a two stage cut starting now and January. Ford plans December schedule changes with possible layoffs, while industry-wide output nears eight million for the year. Kenny Ford II cites policy uncertainty as a factor.
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Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Kenny Ford II
Dr Kaufman Elected by Hopkins Alumni in Connecticut
Dr Maurice Kaufman of Fairfield elected vice president of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association of Connecticut. More than 40 Hopkins graduates attended the New Haven meeting where James P Connolly of Hartford was chosen president.
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Maurice Kaufman
Golfview Terrace
Fairfield
Lafayette Street
Johns Hopkins Alumni Association of Connecticut
Baltimore University
New Haven
James P. Connolly
Hartford
Rhodesia Rejects British Settlement Proposal and Parliament Move
Rhodesia spurned a British provisional settlement reached aboard the Tiger in the Mediterranean. Prime Minister Smith’s cabinet rejected the pact as Security Council readiness to act grows. Britain vows to pursue sanctions and a path to majority rule amid tense debate in Parliament.
Mayor outlines Bridgeport goals for industry and city upgrades
The mayor reports tax credits to lure industry with pollution controls, a regional marketing center study, and a plan to redevelop the railroad area. He cites a federal grant to end open burning at the dump, a rising cultural scene, and progress in education and North End lighting reforms.
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New York City
Leity
Jolson
Bridgeport
Barnum Museum
Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra
Board of Education
Bullard - Havens Technical School
Dinan Center
Dr. Dinan
H. P. Dinan
Seaside Park
John P. Malocco
Police Warn Woman After Car Hits Rail
Priscilla A. Kelly, 25, of 170 Yaremich Drive, was issued a police warning for failure to drive in an established lane after her car struck a fire hydrant and guard rail on Knowlton Street near Washington Avenue yesterday at 7 a.m. Police quoted her saying she noted another woman driver disregarding a stop sign and while turning to check for oncoming traffic she hit the guard rail.
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Priscilla A. Kelly
Yaremich Drive
Knowlton Street
Washington Avenue
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Fredericksburg
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Johnson
J. Richards Nelson
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Nelson
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Banford Islands
Long Island
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Red China
Lington National Cemetery
Marjorie Cullen
Newtown
Estelle
West Side
Marocco
Dr. Kaufman
Hopkins
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