10 District Plan Ready For Council
The Charter Revision commission votes 5 4 to submit a 10 district 20 aldermen plan to the Common Council. They omit specific salaries but urge future study. The plan creates 10 aldermanic districts electing two aldermen each, aligning with 10 General Assembly districts. A Republican minority will submit a dissent.
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Charter Revision Commission
Common Council
City Hall
John P. Maiocco, Jr
Commission
General Assembly
Hopes Brighten For Accord on Kennedy Book
In New York AP reports look for a settlement between Look Magazine and Mrs. John F. Kennedy over The Death of a Président. Richard Goodwin met with Look officials as talks continue amid claimed progress and possible wording changes. Manchester’s prose remains central to final decisions.
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New York
Look Magazine
John F. Kennedy
Associated Press
Richard Goodwin
Kennedy
Look
Manchester
William Manchester
Harper
Bridgeport Weather Today and Tides Overview
Cloudy with little temperature change today in Bridgeport and vicinity. Highs in the mid to upper 30s, with a 3 percent snow chance this afternoon and 16 percent tonight. Small craft warnings for Long Island Sound, northeast winds 15 to 20 mph shifting to northwesterly 15 to 25 mph this afternoon. Tides show today highs at 6:54 am and 6:54 am, lows at 12:42 am and 12:30 pm. Winter begins tomorrow at 2:29 am.
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U.S
Bridgeport
Long Island Sound
Arlio Granted None In Blackmail Case
State's Attorney Otto J. Saur announced the decision to drop the blackmail charge against Anthony S. Arlio, Stratford Planning and Zoning Commission member, after a separate trial of Stratford Councilman Thomas Venezia ended with a not guilty verdict. The Venezia jury's result led Saur to conclude continuing Arlio proceedings would be futile and wasteful. Arlio's case had been tried separately from Venezia's following legal motions and defense efforts.
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Richard P. Onder
Otto J. Saur
Anthony S. Arlio
Stratford Planning and Zoning Commission
Westport
Thomas Venezia
Stratford
Robert A. Wall
Arlio
Venezia
Saur
Theodore I. Koskoff
Sigmund L. Miller
Charles Hanken
Veneza
Mr. Saur
Costello Dies in Trumbull Amid Appeals in High Court
Frank Costello seventy nine aged 59 of 19 Glen Arden road Trumbull died yesterday at St Vincent hospital after a serious illness. He faced a federal gambling conviction appeal to the U S Supreme Court scheduled for next month. Services were set for a time to be announced at S Spadaccino funeral home with burial at St Michael's cemetery. Surviving are his wife Donna Jean Cozza Costello a son Frank Costello Sr and several nieces and nephews.
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Frank Costello
Glen
Arden Road
Trumbull
U.S. Supreme Court
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Costello
S. Spadaccino
Washington Avenue
St. Michael's Cemetery
Donna Jean Cozza Costello
Aid Sought for 40 Homeless After East End Fire
Bridgeport service agencies ABCD Red Cross Salvation Army aided 40 people in eight families displaced by a Fifth Street tenement fire. Most found shelter in public housing or private homes with Housing Authority cooperation. A fund drive topped $200 as agencies plan furniture and clothing pickups and future aid.
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Decerbo
James Upchurch
Mr. Upchurch
Fifth Street
Lionel
Wallace
Louis Marvin
Tammy
Vincent
Bridgeport Red Cross
ABCD
Salvation Army
Bridgeport
East End
City
Arcade Hotel
American Red Cross
Action For A Bridgeport Community Development, Inc
Citadel Corps
Raephola Taylor
Taylor
Francis J. Shanley
City’s, Housing Authority
John Garfield
The
Red Cross
Tax-Exempt Funds Are Helped More Than They Give
Washington AP. Rep. Patman reports tax exempt private foundations received 4.6 billion in four years but spent only 2.2 billion on causes. He urges tighter rules on exemptions, cites flexible laws and treasury gaps, and notes foundations profited from stock gains while paying large admin salaries. Covers 1961 to 1964.
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Patman
Washington (Ap
Wright Patman
Dtex
University of Miami
Florida
House
Treasury Administration
UN Assembly Ends 21st Session with Peace Plea
The UN General Assembly president Abdul Rahman Pazhwak urged warring sides in Vietnam to use the holiday truce to declare willingness to negotiate a peaceful settlement. He praised U Thant’s quiet diplomacy and urged a genuine start to negotiations during the pause in hostilities.
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United Nations, Nay
U.N. General Assembly
Vietnam
Assembly
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
U Thant
Pazhwak
Admiral says Red A subs avoid U S coasts
Vice Admiral Charles B. Martell told reporters the Soviet undersea fleet, roughly 400 subs, is deploying but avoiding U S coasts and sensitive areas. He cited no Soviet subs observed in the South China Sea near Vietnam and noted cautious Soviet behavior amid an aggressive global program.
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U.S
Washington
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Charles B. Martell
South China Sea
Martell
Navy
Imartell
Adm
David L. McDonald
Naval Operations
48 Red Chinese Seized by U.S.
SAIGON UP I reports forty eight Chinese fishermen were captured in the Gulf of Tonkin over two weeks ago and held by United States and South Vietnamese authorities. The men, aged 7 to 70, were believed to be North Vietnamese but were later identified as Chinese from Hainan. Authorities sought a method to return them.
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Geo Boats
Twee American
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Red Missile Explodes In Own Fishing Fleet
U S Navy reports two SAM missiles sighted near Vinh North Vietnam with one hitting a fishing fleet ten miles northeast of Vinh while another hit a beach. A4 Skyhawks identified as the sighting aircraft as Christmas cease fire nears and bridges and rail lines face renewed strikes.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Vinh
U.S. Navy
Vinh City
U.S
China
Utah Gas Station Killings Spark Fear Among Attendants
Salt Lake City scene as attendants report arming themselves or traveling in pairs after police say a single sadist killed two young men. Investigators consider known sexual deviates and pursue multiple leads while detailing abductions from nearby night stations to remote areas where victims were stripped and stabbed five times with a razor sharp weapon.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Dewey Fillis
GOP Spent Million Deficit Maxed After State Election
MARTEFORD AP The Republican State Central committee spent over a million dollars in the November 8 state election and carried a deficit of about 341 thousand dollars. The Democratic State Central Committee ran about 142 thousand with a deficit near 3 thousand. Governor Dempsey defeated Clayton Gengr as GOP nominee by 115,1000 votes. Democrats swept state offices and both legislative chambers.
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Marteford
Republican State Central Committee
Democratic State Central Committee
Secretary of State’s
State Central Committees
Dempsey For Governor
General
Governor Committee
Dempsey
Clayton Gengras
Cash and Cigarettes Stolen From Panel Truck
Thieves forced open a side door of a Deluxe Vending Machine panel truck at 520 Success Avenue and took 330 dollars in cash and 240 cartons of cigarettes. An employee Joseph Nacovitch said the truck was in the Bankruptcy Sales yard at 2475 Fairfield Avenue when he returned to find the theft.
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Deluxe Vending Machine Company
Success Avenue
Palice
Joseph Nacovitch
Bankruptcy Sales, Inc
Fairfield Avenue
Optical illusion blamed for Danbury airliner collision
The Civil Aeronautics Board blamed an optical illusion from upslope cloud tops for a December accident near Danbury that killed 4 of 112 aboard two four engine airliners. A TWA jet struck an Eastern shuttle as both were at altitude, the board said, causing one plane to bank and the other to climb.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Thesday
New York City
San Francisco
John O F. Kennedy International Airport
Boston-Newark
New York-Connecticut
Eastern Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Powell Staff Used Public Funds in Bahamas Probe
A House Administration subcommittee investigates Rep. Adam Powell use of government funds. A clerk served as housekeeper cook at his Bimini retreat last summer while airline tickets charged to funds were not used by staff. Powell declined to appear. his estranged wife also did not respond to a subpoena.
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Wirepham
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
U. S
Washington
Powell
U. S. Marshal's Office
Ivette Diago
Cook
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Puerto Rico
Blanket of Snow Stirs Hopes for White Christmas
Bridgeport area received snow and forecast an inch locally with a half inch possible over Christmas weekend. Flurries may linger into the afternoon and colder, clear conditions expected tonight. Weather bureau expects a warmer than usual Christmas range of 23 to 38 degrees.
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Bridgeport
U. S. Weather Bureau
Stratford
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Buffalo
Chesapeake Bay
Westport Barracks
Allis
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