Fairfield U Study Names Curran Bridgeport's Most Influential Leader
A Fairfield University survey labeling Bridgeport's power structure spots Mayor Curran as the most influential leader, with the Bridgeport Area Chamber of Commerce named the most influential organization. The study, funded by a federal grant, used 23 informants in 1966 1967 and covered business, education, law, medicine, religion, and social service sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield University
Bridgeport
Curran
Bridgeport Area Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Business and Public Administration
Robert F. O'Neil
Stamford
Samuel W. Hawley
The
People’s Savings Bank
Walter W. Curtis
Gas Main Fire Evacuates Milford Families
About a dozen families on Woodruff Road in Milford were evacuated for over two hours after a leaking gas main ignited at 6 45 pm. Southern Connecticut Gas crews shut off the gas around 300 per clock and worked to repair damages and restore service while Central fire headquarters kept a vigil.
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Milford
Woodruff Road
Southern Connecticut Gas Company
Central Headquarters
Richard F. Coley
$2 Million Marijuana Seizure Ties Five Los Angeles Men
Los Angeles five men were arrested after federal authorities seized $2 million worth of marijuana at the Mexican border in Calexico California. The men charged with knowingly receiving and transporting approximately 956 kilograms of marijuana. The case includes arraignment before a U S Commissioner and a preliminary hearing set for January 19.
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Telegram
Dr. Brandstadt
Customs Bureau
Financial News
Los Angeles
Polly
Sylvia Porter
Calexico
Harder
Samtiago
Sooratecimo
Women's News
Calif
Treasury
Willam C. Picmnes
Fairfield Uni
U.S
Russell R.versity
Edward P. Bullard Hermann
Bullard Com
Ampany
William L. Hawkins
Bridgeport Area Chamber of Commerce
Newman L. Marsilius
Producto Machine Company
Isaac Schine
City Lumber Company
Albert E. Diem
University of Bridgeport
John J. Driscoll
State Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Henry W. Littlefield
D. Laurie MacCuaig
General Electric Company
Archer Clifford
Redevelopment Agency
Albert L. Coles
Superior Court
Leete P. Doty
the Bullards Company
Warren Faust
the Bridgeport Brass Company
Donald J. Irwin
D-Conn
Lee §. Johnson
Sikorsky Aircraft Company
Rev. H. Parker Lansdale
Bridgeport Ymca
Lewis A. Shea
The
Connecticut National Bank
William Cooper
United ‘lNuminating Company
W. ‘Raymond Flicker
Post Publishing Company
Edward E. Harrison
Coulter and McKenzie Machine Company
Ronald A. Malony
Southern Connecticut Gas Company
Lester S. Silverstone
Bridgeport Supt. of Schools
Charles R. Gordon
Bridgeport-Stratford
NAACP
William S.simpson
Raybes
Firemen Win Appeal On GI Service Time
Bridgeport firefighters win grievance on counting wartime military service for pension time. Months weeks and days can be counted under union contract. first grievance settled at local level since 1966. Civil Service Board ruling reversed, allowing partial years as credit. Weather notes and almanac details follow.
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Bridgeport
Civil Service Commission
Ploye
Board of Fire Commissioners
Connecticut General Assembly
John J. Moore
Fire Union
Pre Test Kidney Transplant Works Fine for Woman
New York AP reports a kidney transplanted from a dead person to Sylvia Szlak, a 42 year old German born daughter of concentration camp survivors, was the first known case with extensive donor recipient tissue testing to determine compatibility. The recipient, hospitalized at Bellevue, had been on artificial kidney support four days after surgery. Doctors deemed the donor tissue unusually compatible after four hours of testing.
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New York
Sylvia Szlak
Daugh
Sur
CMS Gnu Naw
UCC
Avivem
Bellevue
Szlak
Fugitive Complaint Issued on 2nd Man In JFK Death Plot
Los Angeles AP report says district attorney issued a fugitive complaint Tuesday against Edgar Eugene Bradley 49 in a JFK death plot case. Bradley plans to surrender in Municipal Court and fight extradition to Louisiana. Prosecutor cautions the action is procedural and not a judgment of guilt.
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Los Angeles
District Attorney's Office
Edgar Eugene Bradley
New Orleans
Dist. Arty
James Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Peter J. Pichess
Bradley
George Jensen
Nail
Jensen
Louisiana
Dist
Atty
Evelle J. Younger
Garrison
Younger
Fortas Denies Plea To Delay Rail Cash
Federal court in New Haven freed 1.7 million dollars held in escrow to cover railroad operating expenses, as bondholders seek a Supreme Court stay. Justice Fortas denied the stay, noting no delay in payment. Connecticut Gov. Dempsey urged U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark to intervene.
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Washington (Ap
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
New Haven Railroad
New Haven
Conn
Johnson Atthd
Fortas
Dempsey
John Dempsey
Connecticut
U.S
Ramsey Clark
Clark
U.S. Supreme Court
First Mortgage
Richard Joyce Smith
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Penn-Central
U.S. District Court
Blast Fences Added To Bridgeport Airport Project List
Bridgeport Airport Commission proposes installing blast fences at runway ends along Main Street. Project aims to curb debris from aircraft takeoffs and protect adjacent buildings. State Aeronautics Commission approves 2 156 250 dollars in aid through 1969 with federal and city supplements, subject to FAA funding.
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Main Street
Stratford
Bridgeport Airport Commission
Nicholas J.mainiero
State Aeronautics Commission
State Commission
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Federal Aviation Agency
Great Meadows Road
Allies Pin Battal ion Against Sea Report 200 Killed
South Vietnamese infantry backed by U.S. helicopter gunships pinned a Viet Cong battalion along the South China Sea coast nine miles northeast of Quang Tri City. U.S. reports say about 200 enemy soldiers were killed. two helicopters were forced down and one crewman was wounded.
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Saigon
South China Sea
Quang Tri City
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
North Vietnam
Dmz
Saigon Seeks Direct Talks to End War
South Vietnams Foreign Minister Tran Van Do in Paris said Saigon wants direct talks with Hanoi on ending the conflict and that a letter from President Nguyen Van Thieu outlining proposals may already have been sent to Ho Chi Minh. He added the letter would be made public once it reaches North Vietnam and suggested settlement on the basis of Geneva 1954 cease fire dispositions.
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Paris
South Viet‘nam
Saigon
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Tran van Do
Neuyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Cambodia Nixes U S Border Aid
Washington reports Cambodia rejects a December 4 U S offer to assist with border monitoring of the Vietnam Cambodia frontier. U S officials say they will continue seeking an amicable solution while ready to repel Viet Cong and North Vietnamese incursions from Cambodian soil.
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Washington
U.S
Cambodia
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
United States
Lus
White House
Cambodian Foreign Ministry
Laos says North Vietnamese attacked government posts
Laotian military sources report seven battalions of North Vietnamese troops attacked government posts in Laos and are likely moving south toward South Vietnam. The sources estimate about 5,200 regulars with heavy mortars and some artillery advancing southward as the Laotian Embassy awaits official word.
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Saigon
Laos
South Vietnam
Viet Enemy Losses Heavy In Killed Captured in '67
AP from Saigon reports Allied forces captured 5 650 enemies this year, nearly doubling 1966 totals, while 52 089 enemy troops were killed. Prisoners held total 8 891, including about 1 500 North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong and some women.
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Saigon
Associated
Three Lassiter brothers die in mill pond crash near Stratford
Thomas A Lassiter III 18 Dennis 16 and William 15 sons of a General Electric foreman were found dead in a car raised from a North Carolina mill pond after plunging through a guard rail on Green's Mill bridge. Father led search. victims were Stratford students.
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Stratford Brothers
General Electrc
North Carolina
Thomas A. Lassiter III
Dennis Lassiter
William Lassiter
Garibaldi Avenue
Stratford
Green's Mill Bridge
U.S. 158
John Lassiter
Lassiter
W. H. Eure
Hayes Carter
Mill Pond
Nansemond - Suffolk
Thomas
Dennis
Stratford High School
William
Johnson Junior
Washington, D.C
Richard
Deborah
Varity
Westmoreland Sees No Change In Viet Reds Strategy
General Westmoreland, head of U S forces in Vietnam, says 1967 was a year of progress but enemy strategy is not expected to change in 1968. He cites over 80 000 enemy killed in 1967 and more than 20 000 Allied deaths. He notes shifts between guerrilla and main force actions and predicts the same pattern continuing, with the enemy trying to win support in populated areas.
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Westmoreland
Saigon
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Mutual Broadcasting System
Dak To
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Highlands
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Chamber
Hugh C. Curran
Dela v
Seaman Weseae Ee Hospital
AP Wikes
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Mansion Grounds
N.C
AP Wirsphoto
Hughes Aircraft Company
California
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Moon
Edwin Q. White
N. Viet
Lassiter Boys Sons of
GE Ride
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