Bridgeport Telegram Rates and Publication Details
The Bridgeport Telegram information lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with prices for 1, 3, 6 and 12 month terms, regional mailing fees beyond 150 miles, and notes on holiday copying from The Bridgeport Post. It also identifies the publisher The Post Publishing Company and its connection to The Bridgeport Post and Bridgeport Sunday Post.
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Police join students to build Santa’s village roof
Fifteen Bullard-Havens students teamed with Beardsley Park police volunteers to complete shingling on Santa’s chalet at the PAL Christmas Village. Lieut. Peter Cybul led the appeal and organizers may recruit more from masonry and other trades if needed.
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Bridgeport
Santa Claus
Beardsley Park
Bullard-Havens Regional
Peter D. Cybul
PAL
Edward Wasil
Bullard-Havens
Surveillance Rising as Private Eyes Track Theft and Purchases
The piece notes new Cubic Corp technology to monitor bartenders and sales with tilted bottle sensors and price‑coded signals. It also describes Newport Beach plans for mobile and fixed cameras around public spaces, monitored by police, amid privacy concerns and claims that theft and employee pilferage drive crime and business failures.
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Cubic Corp
Science Service
Newport Beach
Calif
Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Bureau
United States
Paul D. Astor
Fireman's Insurance Company
Life Magazine
Big Brother
The Chemistry of Life and Lab Made DNA
Scientists led by Dr. Arthur Kornberg at Stanford Medical Center have produced in the lab the active core of a virus and synthesized biologically active DNA. The work prompts debate on whether life itself has been created in a test tube, with Kornberg noting the need to define life to answer. DNA is hailed as the master chemical of heredity.
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Arthur Kornberg
Stanford Medical Center
Scientist cautions on cancer control limits
A speaker warns that cancer control remains uncertain and emphasizes life includes physical, mental, and spiritual aspects beyond chemistry. He notes no scientist contemplates creating nonphysical life, stressing caution over future breakthroughs.
Governor's Key Move Crushes Arkansas Illegal Gambling
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller's anti gambling drive reaches a turning point as Lynn A. Davis destroys stockpiled equipment worth about 500000. The director of state police is jailed for contempt after resisting grand jury questions but later freed. The crackdown sparks broad support and shifts the state’s fight against illicit gambling.
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Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Rockefeller
Lynn A. Davis
FBI
Davis
Grand Jury
Arkansas Supreme Court
Seasonal danger myths and old coin origins featured
A humorous column warns against mistletoe and seasonal hazards while noting the charm of Christmas decorations. It then shifts to social trivia about Charles de Gaulle and historic British currency names, explaining terms libra solidus and denarius and the origins of the pound and shilling.
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Wood
Jackie Kennedy in Cambodia Eases Tense Ties Through Soft Diplomacy
Jacqueline Kennedy visits Cambodia in a nonpolitical, person to person tour that boosts goodwill with Norodom Sihanouk. The charm of Jackie shifts American perception, making the United States less identified with imperialism and more linked to her cultural interest.
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Chicago
Jacqueline Kennedy
Cambodia
Jackie
United States
Norodom Sihanouk
Prince Sihanouk
Sihanouk
America
Jackie Kennedy
Romney Idea on Neutralizing Southeast Asia Draws Mixed Praise
From Paris to Moscow, Gov. George Romney seeks foreign cred with a plan to neutralize Vietnam Cambodia and Laos. Western leaders mix support and caution while critics weigh Johnson Rusk policy against Kremlin aims and Yugoslav observers.
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Paris
Michigan
George Romney
South
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Southeast Asia
Europe
Asia
Dennen
Romney
U.S
de Gaulle
Je Grand Charles
United States
South East Asia
Moscow
Kremlin
Christie’s London Auction Records Strong Autumn Turnover
Christie's London reports a record autumn turnover with prices up about 50 percent from last year. The rise spans paintings silver porcelain jewelry and wine led by Monet's La Terrasse a Saint Adresse sold to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art for 1,411,200 dollars.
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London
Christie’s
Monet
la Terrasse A Ste. Addresse
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fiscal year mismatch prompts calls to align with calendar year
An AP analysis notes the U S government operates on a July 1 to June 30 year while Congress runs January to December. With only one of 13 funding bills approved, continuing resolutions help avoid a shutdown but delay payrolls and budgeting. A shift to calendar year funding gains support from House leaders and conservatives, though a full overhaul remains unlikely.
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Uncle Sam
Congress
Executive Branch
House
House Government Operations Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Imeans Committee
Bunker confident on Vietnam progress and peace hopes
U S Ambassador Bunker says chances of winning in Vietnam are better now than eight months ago while signaling pessimism about immediate peace talks. He cites military and political progress, expansion of allied troops, and Thieu Loc reforms as signs of accelerating progress in 1968.
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Vietnam
Barry Kramer
Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Associated Press
Hanoi
Henry Cabot Lodge
Questone
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
Thieu
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
South Vietnam
Korea
Nguyen van Loc
Hidden Fronts in Southeast Asia War Strategy
The Geneva 1962 Laos neutrality treaty constrains U S action yet the Ho Chi Minh trail remains a secret frontline. North Vietnamese 14 000 to 25 000 troops are believed in Laos with 5 000 guarding key routes as U S air power and Laotian guerrillas attempt to cut the trail. Cambodia's Sihanouk trail adds logistics pressure as Phnom Penh and Attou Peu routes feed South Vietnam. Allied intel notes rising bombing losses push Hanoi to rely on rice shipments while Laos and Cambodia resist.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Vietnam
U.S
Southeast Asia
China
Vjesnik
Peking
Russia
Yugoslavia
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Dak To
Demilitarized Zone
17Th Parallel
Vientiane
Thailand
Pakse
Savannakhet
South Vietnam
Cambodia
United States
Amd
Sikanoukville
Gulf of Siam
Mekong River
Phnom Penh
Attoupeu
Sihanouk
United Press International
Nutmeg Politics Connecticut Yankee
Alan Olmstead reflects on E Clayton Gengras a Republican candidate for governor who donated 1000 dollars to Mayor Richard Lee a Democrat of New Haven for the 1967 reelection noting the publicity and the clash between independence and party rules. The piece argues Gengras gains notoriety from acting as his own man and may end political life in Connecticut.
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E. Clayton Gengras
Alan Olmstead
Richard Lee
New Haven
Gengras
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Connecticut
iGrants Announced For Connecticut Nursing Schools
U S Rep John S Monagan announced federal funds for six Connecticut nursing schools under a new 1968 grant program. Recipients include Bridgeport Hospital St Vincent s Hospital Hartford Hospital New Britain General Hospital University of Bridgeport and University of Connecticut with grants ranging from 2 000 to 31 000 dollars.
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Washington
U.S
John S. Monagan
D-Conn
Connecticut
Gengras
Ion
Monagan
Port Hospital
St. Vincent's
Bridgeport
University of Bridgeport
Hartford Hospital
New Britain General Hospital
University of Connecticut
Bridgeport Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Uniersity of Bridgeport
HoldUp Man Returns
Nashville mayor Lee faces scrutiny after a 78 dollar grocery hold up incident involving Doris Anderson. Investigators question motive and ethics, weighing smart operation against genuine intent. The episode triggers broader debate on independence in public life and the ethics of political conduct.
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Madison Avenue
Lee
Gengras
Nashville
Tenn
Anderson
Sulphur Shortage Seen to Persist and Prices Rise
New York AP reports ongoing tight sulphur supply with rising prices spurring new sources. Freeport Sulphur Co president Robert C Hills states the end of the shortage depends on additional production at current prices and Western world economics. U.S. consumption rose about 1 percent in 1967 to 9.3 million long tons while production reached about 9,225,000 tons, up from 1966.
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New York
Robert C. Hills
Freeport Sulphur Co
United States
U.S
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