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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1966
Page
29
The first snow storm of the season moved into Bridgeport with forecasts of six inches or more by breakfast. By 9 pm two inches lay on the ground as the Weather Bureau issued a heavy snow warning for the area.
A major snow storm shut schools in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia, with up to a foot in higher elevations and eight inches in others. Widespread travel delays hit the Mid Atlantic, Baltimore issued a snow emergency, and races at Laurel were canceled.
Partial clearing this afternoon after snow with possible sleet and rain along the shore. High near 40s. Tonight remains cold, low 20s to 30. Tomorrow fair and continued cold. Snow probability 3 percent today and tonight. Northeasterly winds 20 to 30 mph along coast, diminishing tonight. Almanac notes December 14, 343rd day of year, sun 7:09 to 4:24.
The Johnson administration proposed a stronger voluntary business program to stem the overseas dollar drain through 1967 and tied continuation to the end of the Vietnam War. Officials cited war costs as the reason for ongoing balance of payments strains while urging stepped up exports and tighter curbs on overseas investments.
The Department of Parks and Recreation seeks a $1,330,133 budget for the next fiscal year, a $416,793 rise, funding a Newfield park comfort station and pavilion, marina expansions, paving, and a proposed $5,000 rope tow for winter sports at Fairchild Wheeler golf course and memorial park.
A knife wielding slasher terrorized a West Side street near 9th Avenue between 32nd and 33rd Streets. Hector Ramos, 25, slashed at two dock workers grabbed an elderly woman and a girl before a policeman shot him in the leg. no one else was hurt. Two men were killed Saturday in Bryant Park by a former mental patient with a rifle.
Raleigh AP report: Raymond P. McCauley, 19, NC State student, was found bound gagged and strangled with an extension cord in his locked dorm room. Assistant coroner Truman Rhodes noted uncertainty if foul play or suicide caused death. autopsy awaited.
A proposed budget of 3 095 980 to operate the Bridgeport Police Department in 1967 68 was submitted by Superintendent Joseph A Walsh. The Board of Police Commissioners approved the request as 248 933 above last year and sent it forward. Walsh called the 67 68 request realistic and not beefed up, noting 2 567 486 goes to salaries including step raises and added funds for school guards and civilian staff.
The dark haired mother of Dr. Carl Coppolino testified that Marjorie Farber said she wanted to marry his son and raise their children as Coppolino’s wife would have. The remarks reportedly occurred in Florida after Coppolino’s first wife Carmela died in 1965. Hypnotists testified Farber could not have been hypnotized against her will in the July 30, 1963 murder of her husband.
Thomas Davis elected chairman of the East End Neighborhood Council at Newfield branch library meeting. The council, affiliated with Action for Bridgeport Community Development, includes Davis of Jenkins Transportation and members from Doric lodges AM and Walters Memorial A.M.E. Zion church. Rev George Werner to contact Mayor Curran for business community backing as area merchants plan a banquet for East End Browns, Pop Warner champions.
Washington reports dramatic pictures of the earth from dawn to dark captured by the 700-pound ATS-1 satellite. The display at Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Maryland demonstrated the Applications Technology Satellite launched December 4. ATS-1 orbited about 23 000 miles from Earth during the test.
Pentagon sources indicate the Soviet Union is near a massive ICBM program to add multiple independently guided nuclear warheads, each at least one megaton, to its missile fleet. The United States also studies multiple warhead concepts for Minute Man 3 and Poseidon. If successful, the program could offset U.S. offensive advantages.
Britain reports Jane's Fighting Ships 1966 67 credits the Soviet Union with strong surface ships and submarines while noting the United States remains the world’s second naval power and presses Japan for merchant marine leadership. The record cites Soviet conventional submarines and gaps in nuclear powered subs and aircraft carriers. Continued on Page Four.
Reported U S jet bombers hit targets near Hanoi for the first time in 22 months of raids. Communist sources said districts along the Red River were struck and many buildings burned. A separate blast killed two villagers near Hue, with one wounded, in an accidental bombing during U S operations.
Senate leader Mike Mansfield urged the United States propose a cease-fire and stand-fast for 45 days or longer in Vietnam. He spoke as an individual, noting North Vietnam had floated 48 hour pauses at Christmas and New Year. He suggested a counter proposal to extend the halt from Christmas through mid February.
A dense Telegram Daily page lists features across sections including Classified Ads Comics Crossword Puzzle Dear Abby Editorials Fashions Financial News Obituaries Polly's Pointers Theater News TV and Radio Women's News and Sylvia Porter columns.
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