Vietnam War updates from Quang Nam and Binh Dinh reports
U S Marine losses rise as North Vietnamese attack Quang Nam and Binh Dinh provinces kill 19 Marines and about 33 enemy dead with two captured. A Viet Cong cease fire is noted as allied forces plan 24 hour halt from Sunday 6 p.m. to Monday 6 p.m. Ambassador Bunker meets Thieu at a base camp in a secret talk amid ongoing operations and New Year goodwill visits.
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Quang Nam
1St Corps
U. S
South China Sea
Binh Dinh
Ellsworth
Bunker
Nguyen van Thiu
Thieu
Bearcat
U. S. 9Th Infantry Division
Saigon
South Vietnam
Top Charity Gift Highlights Mayor's Ball Fundraiser
The Mayor's Ball featured a $1200 top charity gift and an inviting charity drive. Dancers revived jitterbugging on the floor as couples attended by invitation, paying $33 per couple for tickets. Over 1,000 invitations were issued.
Spencer Lee Jr Named to Direct CDAP Agency
Spencer Lee Jr. is named to lead the CDAP agency at Iinstitute Hampton Virginia. A US Army Engineers veteran, he is Central High School class of 1951 graduate and holds roles with the Chessman foundation Worshipful master of Doric lodge 4 F and AMPHA. He aided Mr. Dearborn on the Bridgeport model city program which won federal approval. The CDAP board also includes Laurence J. Flyntz and Dr. Graver A. Lyon.
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Iinstitute
Hampton
US. Army Engineers
Central High School
Chessman Foundation
Dearborn
Bridgeport
Missing Wife and Wallet Purses Found Linked to Derby Couple
A black leather pocket book belonging to Sandra Mead of Derby was found washed ashore at Rocky Point along with a wallet belonging to Patricia Hemenway of Derby. The items were linked to a light plane missing since December 15, piloted by James Tyree of Massapequa with student Ted Satcher aboard. The notes and documents indicate a possible tie to the Derby residents as search efforts continue.
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Derby
Rocky Point
L.L
Suffolk County
Wesley Mead
Olive Street
Sandra
Hull Dye Iworks
Patricia Hemenway
Mrs. Mead
Miss Hemenway
Bridgeport Municipal
James Tyree
Massapequa
L.J
Ted Satcher
Valley Stream, L.I
Dodd seeks quick ruling on removal of papers in libel suit
Senator Thomas J. Dodd asks the court to limit his $1 million damage case against Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson to trespass matters regarding removal of documents from his office. Judge Holtzoff previously ruled jury should decide factual libel issues. hearing set for January 9.
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Dodd
Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
U.S. Dist
Alexander Holtzoff
Connecticut Democrat
John F. Sennett
Holtzoff
NY Man Indicted in Sale of Stocks Stolen by 2 Women
Spiro Williams Hakkas, 69, of Manhattan, indicted on two counts for selling more than $54,000 worth of securities allegedly stolen from a Los Angeles brokerage by Terry Frank and Annelie Mohn. The women were found slain in Hollywood, Florida, Dec. 8. Hakkas arraignment set for Jan. 2. faces up to 10 years and $10,000 fines per count if convicted.
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N.Y
New York
U. S
Hollywood
Fla
Spiro Williams Hakkas
Manhattan
Los Angeles
FBI
Constance Baker Motley
Hakkas
Charles J. Fanning
U. 5S
Terry
Convict Three Drug Firms In Price Fix Case
Three drug companies were convict ed of price fixing. The verdicts state that prices were set by costs beyond manufacturing, including headquarters, legal, advertising and research expenses. Each defendant faces up to 150000 in fines and possible civil treble damages under the Sherman Act.
Bus Co. Founder Fred Kaeser Dies at 82 in Danbury Hospital
Frederick Fritz Kaeser Jr. 75 of Little York Road Southbury, early Bridgeport bus operator and Gray Line founder, died Friday in Danbury Hospital. Services Tuesday 11 a.m. at Honan Funeral Home Newton, Rev. George Smith officiating. Burial Zoar Cemetery. Survived by son Fred Kaeser Brookfield, daughter Mrs. Michael Hanlon Southbury, brother Conrad Kaeser Stratford, five grandchildren. World War I veteran.
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Frederick
Fritz
C. Kaeser, Jr
Little York Road
Southbury
Bridgeport
Danbury Hospital
Honan
Main Street
Newtown
George Smith
South Britain Congregational Church
Zoar Cemetery
Kaeser
Gray Line Bus Company
Gray Line
Fred Kaeser
Brookfield
Michael Hanlon
Conrad Kaeser
Stratford
Monsignor Grady 74 Dies Former St Patrick’s Pastor
Monsignor Grady 74 longtime church leader and ex St Patrick’s pastor dies. He served as chaplain for Catholic War Veterans and Immaculate Conception post and held roles with the Legion of Decency and Anchor Clubs. Rites set at St Patrick’s with a morning requiem Mass and burial in St Michael’s cemetery. Survivors include his sister a niece and a nephew.
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Council of Vigilance For the Faith
Legion of Decency
Immaculate Conception Post
Catholic War Veterans
Anchor Club
Anchor Clubs of America
Monsignor Grady
Dayville
Killingly Grammar
St. Thomas Seminary
Hartford
North American College
Rome
Basilica of
St. John Lateran
Basil Cardinal Pompili
United States
Monsignor
Grady
St. Augustine's
St. Anthony’s
St. Mary
Norwalk
St. Lawrence
West Haven
North Avenue
Harold L. Hill
Walter J. McCarthy
St. Patrick's
New Date Debate Over Congress Opening
The AP report notes a legal question about Congress starting its next session on January 15, as permitted by a law signed by President Johnson. It contrasts constitutional guidance requiring the first Monday in January with the new date set by law.
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San Antonio
Tex
Congress
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Lean Pig Tale: Burlington Liar Club Names World Champion
The Burlington Liars Club crowned S. A. Schliz of Seattle as the World Champion liar for 1967. He recounted how foraging conditions left Schliz's pigs so lean we had to fry the bacon in butter.
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Burlington
Wis
U S Proposes Support for Cambodian Border ICC
Sihanouk discussed border issues with the United States backing the national Control Commission ICC built by Indian Polish and Canadian representatives The ICC monitors Cambodian neutrality and border surveillance The U S suggests funding equipment helicopters and fixed posts to curb Viet Cong and North Vietnamese use of Cambodian territory.
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National Control Commission
ICC
McCloskey
U.S
Sihanouk
Soviet Union
Poland
United States
Vietnam
Cambodia
Dean Rusk
Rusk
South Vietnam
Washington Post
Black Holes and Supernova Mystery in July Sky
The article discusses the 1054 supernova seen as a brilliant, bright star that surged then faded, prompting questions about how such explosions occur and what happens to stellar cores. Dr Wheeler offers a possible explanation about matter collapsing under gravity into invisible states.
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Dr. Wheeler
Philly Mom Slain In Maternity Ward
In a Philadelphia hospital maternity ward, a new mother Mrs. Cynthia Hamilton of North Philadelphia was fatally shot. Her estranged husband Alexander Hamilton wounded himself after shooting her, in what witnesses and police described as a murder suicide. The couple had a newborn son born earlier in the week.
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Philadelphia
Cynthia Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Housewife Value Opinions Split Across Surveys
An Associated Press survey shows housewives’ worth varies widely from about 30 to 150 dollars a week based on tasks, with others arguing against assigning a monetary value. Respondents cite hiring costs for maids, cooks, nurses, and extras, while some prefer outside work or being cared for.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Agriculture Department
Hugh Savage
Kansas City
Albert Jensen
Chicago
Chase Manhattan Bank
William Pichler
Miami
Right to Challenge Sought In Aid to Private Schools
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. filed a friend of the court brief urging the Supreme Court to allow individual citizens and non taxpayers to challenge federal aid to private and church affiliated schools as a First Amendment violation. The case stems from a 2-1 federal court ruling in New York relying on the 1923 rule. defendants are John W. Gardner and Harold Howe II.
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Washington (Ap
Sen
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Supreme Court
Jen D. Henkin
UPA
Albert Shanker
the United Federation of Court
Frank Abrams
Americans For Public Schools
Irving Dwark
The
Baptist General Asso American Jewish Congress
Cration
Virginia
New York
Ervin
New York City
WITS
Piusence Levin
Uleme Indational Congress of Parents and Teachers
Helen Buttenwieser
New York Civil Liberties Union
John W. Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare
Harold Howe II
Senate
House
Miscarriage Blamed on Crisis During exile of Greek royals
Queen Anne Marie suffered a miscarriage attributed by her gynecologist to the stress of exile and Greece's political crisis. The Danish born queen, 21, expected a June child, lost Thursday night in Rome after fleeing Athens with Constantine during the December upheaval.
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Rome
Anne-Marie
Constantine
Basil Coutilaris
Coutilaris
Alexia
Paul
Milford Marine Wounded in War
Lance Cpl. Robert J. Danner III aged 15 is wounded in the left shoulder near Quang Tri in South Vietnam. He was evacuated to the USS Valley Forge and is listed as serving with L Company 2nd Platoon 3rd Battalion 1st Marines.
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Milford
Marine
Robert J. Danner
Robert Danner
Kittery Street
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
Danner
Valley Forge
Marine Corps
Cpl
Maplewood Avenue
Bridgeport
Bassick High School
Marines
Vietnam
3Rd Battalion
1St Marines
NHRR Deficit Tops $19 Million Mark
The bankrupt New Haven railroad posted an operating loss of 1 316 599 in November. The first two months of 1967 showed a 19 6 million deficit, up from 10 9 million a year earlier. An emergency 1.7 million cash infusion was received to last through January while awaiting U S Supreme Court action on the Pennsylvania New York Central merger.
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NEW Haven
U.S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Klan leader and six others receive terms in Mississippi
FBI agents found bodies in a clay dam on a farm near Philadelphia Mississippi on August 5 1964. Cox sentenced six men to three year terms and gave bonds ranging from five thousand to six thousand dollars allowing appeal. Other defendants faced mistrials or acquittals with potential retrials to be announced.
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FBI
Philadelphia
Miss. Cox
Bowers
Roberts
Price
Posey
Cox
Barnette
Bower
Travis Buckley
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Edgar Ray Killen
Neshoba
Ethel Glen Barnett
Jerry McGrew Sharpe
Two Men Convicted In Bridgeport Bonds Conspiracy
The Mechanics & Farmers Savings Bank case ends with convictions for Coppola and Connelly. Pharmacist Anthony Testo of Fairfield testified for the prosecution and was named as a co conspirator but not a defendant. FBI agents arrested the defendants in downtown Bridgeport as the trial concluded after two court weeks. The government ties thirty thousand dollars of transferred bonds to Testo who used them to secure a fourteen thousand dollar loan in Fairfield.
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Mechanics & Farmers Savings Bank
Bridgeport
Anthony Testo
White Oak Road
Fairfield
Testo
Bethel
Connelly
Samuel Heyman
U.S
FBI
New York
Newberger and Loeb
Coppola
Test
Winchester Idies 800 At New Haven Plant
Eight hundred employees of the Winchester-Western Division of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp were laid off Friday due to changes in specifications for new government orders. A company spokesman said the ammunition plant makes 7.62 mm ammunition and expects to recall workers soon, within several days.
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New Haven
Winchester-Western
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Ammuunition
Dacey Wins Court Fight After Appeal Ruled Against
In Yuma Arizona two children died and six family members escaped a late night blaze. The court upheld a dissenting Appellate division judge against Dacey who called the decision part of a long legal battle over a bookstore sale and free speech rights.
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Yuma
Ariz
Youngsion
Dacsters
Linda Durham
Cindy
Mr. Dacey
Sailors Lane
Court judge linked to association in lower New York ruling
Mr. Dacey asserts the judge who presided in the New York Supreme Court case was a member of the association, noting connections within the lower court.
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Ion
Dacey
New York Supreme Court
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Bus Co
Mser. Grady
St. Patrick’s
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Philly
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Greece
Athens
NHRR
Klan
Winchester
Court of Appeals
New York County Lawyers Association
News Corner
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