Bombing plot timed for first major snowstorm in Elm City
Connecticut and New Haven faced a December snowstorm as five suspects were arrested on conspiracy to cause injury charges tied to a dynamite plot. Police say undercover agents trapped the suspects, with one more sought, while guards protected Mayor Lee and local schools. Names and targets remain undisclosed.
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Elm City
Connecticut
New Haven
Tiernan
Ronald Johnson
Curtis Belton
Alonzo Russell
James Cotter
Guilford
Benton
Russell
Brooks
Medicare Supplement Premium Raised to Four Dollars
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare announced a one dollar monthly increase in the voluntary medicare supplement plan. Beginning April 1968 the rate will rise from 3 to 4 dollars per subscriber, with about 18 million Americans enrolled. The hike funds higher physician fees, growing use, and the deductible’s relative effectiveness.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Convict 3 Drug Firms In Price Fix
A New York jury found American Cyanamid Bristol Myers and Pfizer guilty of conspiring to control production and distribution of 1.7 billion dollars worth of antibiotics. The trial, which began October 23, charged restraint of trade and monopoly under Sherman antitrust laws from 1953 to 1961.
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New York
American Cyanimid
Bristol Myers
Charles Pfizer and Co
Pfizer
Cyanimid
Weather Forecast for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Mostly sunny and cold today with a high near 30. Tonight remains cold with a low of 5 to 15. Sunday should be mostly cloudy and cold with a 10 to 20 percent chance of snow. Winds from the west at 5 to 15 mph.
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Duo
U.S. Weater
Burea
Bridgeport
Monseigneur James Grady Dies Visiting Kin
The Right Rev. James Henry Grady, 74, retired pastor of St. Patrick's church and a priest for 49 years, died yesterday in Pawcatuck while visiting his sister. He had been hospitalized three weeks, had lived at 175 Kennedy Drive since retirement, and supervised the construction of Our Lady of Good Counsel church during his tenure at St. Patrick's. He was honored by Pope John XXIII in 1959 with the title of Domestic Prelate.
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James Henry Grady
St. Patrick’s Church
Pawcatuck
Grady
Pauline Wood
St. Patrick’s
Kennedy Drive
St. Patrick's Parish
John XXII
Monsignor
St. Augustine’s
St. Raphael’s
St. Mary’s
St. Patrick's
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
Sylvan Crest
Dedi
Klan chieftain Bowers and six others sentenced in Mississippi case
Ku Klux Klan leader Sam Holloway Bowers Jr. and Alton Wayne Roberts received 10 year terms for conspiring against civil rights workers killed near Philadelphia Mississippi in 1964. Deputy Cecil Price and Billy Wayne Posey got six years, six others received three year terms with no fines. The seven were convicted October 20 of conspiracy to violate civil rights of Schwerner Goodman and Chaney.
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KU Klux Klan
Sam Holloway Bowers Jr
Mississippi White Knights
Federal Court Building
Jackson, Miss
Neshoba County
Horace Doyle Barnette
Cullin
Jimmy Arledge
Jimmy Snowden
Meridian
Miss
Cox
Board of Paroles
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Schwerner
Goodman
Chaney
Mississippi
Black Holes May Lurk in the Universe
New York AP reports Princeton physicist Dr. John A. Wheeler suggests invisible black holes could abound as remnants of collapsed stars. He notes the universe may hide unseen matter, while visible stars tell only part of the cosmic history, with Crab Nebula appearing centuries after its initial eruption.
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New York
Princeton University
John A. Wheeler
Wheeler
Dr. Wheeler
Sihanouk urges immediate reinforcement of international borders
The United States weighs boosting border inspection machinery for neutral Cambodia as Prince Sihanouk calls for reinforced monitoring. He says Cambodia is not an enemy to the U S and would not intervene militarily if limited combat occurred involving forces illegally in his country. Mansfield could be invited to represent the president in talks with Sihanouk.
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Washington
United States
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Sihanouk
Washington Post
Texas White House
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Montana
Johnson
Phnom Penh
Mansfield
Stanley Karnow
Dacey Wins Court Fight Over How to Avoid Probate Book
Nor man F. Dacey of Bridgeport Connecticut won a Court of Appeals ruling allowing continued sale in New York State of his best selling book How to Avoid Probate. The case centered on whether the book amounted to practicing law without a license and the New York County Lawyers Association had sought to block distribution citing the 55 pages of text and 310 pages of legal forms. The high court did not issue its own opinion but agreed with the dissenting Appellate Division view.
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Albany
N.Y
Norman F. Dacey
Bridgeport
Dacey
Appellate Division
Lawyers’ Association
High Court
Lit
Appellate Divi
Bridgeport forms CDAP agency and names leaders
The Bridgeport Community Development Action Plan agency formed recently with appointments by Mayor Curran named Spencer Lee Jr. as director. Dwight T. Alvord was elected chairman at City Hall with E. Stanton Kennedy as vice chairman and John W. Lancaster as secretary treasurer. Lee, a staff engineer, will help prepare the state funded plan under the Community Development department.
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Jacoby
Bridgeport
CDAP
Ap- Theater News
Curran
Yes- TV
Terday
Spencer Lee Jr
Women’s News
John W. Lancaster
Lee
Laurel Avenue
Redevelopment Agency
Joseph M. Dearborn
Hampton
New Haven Men Convicted in Stolen Bonds Plot
A U.S. jury found Gennaro Coppola and John Connolly guilty of conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen bonds after their March arrest in New York related to a $2.1 million brokerage theft. Judge Timbers set bonds at 75000 and 2500 respectively.
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NEW Haven
Pualene Ue LE Pees
Gennaro J. Coppola
Ashland Place
John W. Connolly
Davis St
New York
U.S
William H. Timbers
Coppola
Connolly
Asst
Samuel Heyman
Marines Overrun North Vietnamese Fortified Village
In Quang Tri Province near Thon Tham Khe the 1st Marine Battalion faced two North Vietnamese regiments. US casualties totaled 48 killed and 81 wounded with 27 enemy dead reported. Marines used naval gunfire and air support before overrunning the village at dawn.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thon Tham Khe
South China Sea
716Th
$1,200 Tops Charity Gifts At Mayor's Holiday Ball
The Mayor Curran announced a $1,200 gift from the Bannon and Larson foundations at the Mayor's Charity Ball in University of Bridgeport Hubbell gym. James W. Jolly, co-chair on the committee led by Robert W. Huebner, said proceeds would be reported soon and may reach five figures. Proceeds support the Bridgeport Area Foundation Inc. Woody Herman's band played, with many gifts in the $100–$200 range noted.
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University of Bridgeport
Hubbell Gymnasium
James W. Jolly
Robert W. Huebner
Curran
Bannon and
Larson
Jolly
Bridgeport Area Foundation, Inc
Woody Herman
Herman
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Common Council
Broad Street
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