Five rescued from Petrel as long tow battle rages
A British freighter plucked three women and two men from the stricken Petrel 5 Stay Aboard. six remain for a long tow home. The S.S. Georgia is 120 miles east, and the Cotswold will stand by through the night. Coast Guard planes scouted the scene as the wind howled and water flooded the yawl.
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New York
Provincetown
Mass
Coast Guard
Tmaroa
Staten Island
N.Y
S. S. Georgia
Petrel
Cotswold
Petre
Bill Donnell
Newport
R.J
Atlantic
Bermuda
Stamford
Quonset,r.i
Naval Air Station
Ex-Convicts and Sister Charged in Kidnap and Deaths
In El Paso two ex convicts Robert Lee Gawne and William Banks and Banks’ half sister Mary Kathryn Evans were arrested in a Reno Nevada kidnap case linked to the slayings of two Michigan girls. The trio face federal charges and are held on bonds. A separate Rome tribute marks Walt Disney’s memory with a gala and Fantasia screening.
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EL Paso
Tex
Michigan
Nevada
FBI
Robert Lee Gawne
Ecorse
Mich
William Thomas Banks
Little Rock
Ark
Banks
Mary Kathryn Evans
Wyandotte
Novemer
Mary Kathryn Striker
Reno
Nev
Eddith Grisham
California
U.S
Fred Morton
Gawne
Mrs. Evans
Baggs
Wyo
Dearborn Heights
Rome
UPI
Italy
Walt Disney
Disney
Weather Summary for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Mostly sunny today with milder temperatures than yesterday and highest in the upper 40s. Tonight cloudy and a bit milder with lows in the 20s. Tomorrow: mostly cloudy and milder with near zero to 10 percent precipitation chances. Westerly winds 1 to 15 mph.
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Tata
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport and Vicinity
Sub Sailor Finds Wife Slain In Montville Home
Phyllis A Manwaring 23 was found dead tied to her bed in Montville home. Husband Douglas a Navy sailor returned from duty on USS Fulton as state police held a secretly identified suspect. Autopsy to determine cause. Neighbors questioned. weapon missing. motive undisclosed.
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Groton
Douglas Manwaring
Hartford
New Year Arrives With Varied Moods Across Area
Weather in Bridgeport favors a sunny day and clear night with upper 30s temperatures and near zero precipitation. New Year’s Eve services planned by Baptist Temple, Silliman Memorial Baptist, and Westminster Presbyterian start late this evening, with Sunday worship and Catholic Mass marking the Feast of the Octave of Christmas.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport Municipal
Stratford
Baptist Temple
Colorado Avenue
Silliman Memorial Baptist Church
Fairfield Avenue
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Laurel Avenue
Stock Market Ends A Turbulent Year
New York AP reports the stock market reached a record peak before sinking, erasing over half its gains in a 34 year bull run. Volume was the year’s highest on record at 1.900 billion shares, surpassing 1965. Doubts linger as year end slips defied the traditional rally.
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New York
Wall Street
Johnson to hold 11 a.m. news conference at Texas ranch
President Johnson will meet the press at 11 a.m. Eastern today at the LBF Ranch near Johnson City. Moyers says no major announcements will be made as the President continues consultations on legislation and antipoverty programs. Newsmen have rarely seen him since his arrival for a working holiday.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
LBF
Johnson City
Texas White House
Here
Britain launches New Year push for Vietnam peace talks
Britain invited the United States and the governments of North and South Vietnam to a conference on British soil with Soviet participation possible. The move aims to restart peace discussions ahead of a New Year truce, with London stressing a Geneva framework but signaling independence from prior Soviet coordination.
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London
Britain
Vietnam
United States
Red China
Dean Rusk
Saigon
Hanoi
Washington
U.S. State Department
Foreign Ministry
George Brown
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Thant urges early end to Vietnam war for global cooperation
UN Secretary General U Thant urged an early cease fire in Vietnam citing hopes for a new era of international cooperation. He outlined a three point plan including an unconditional halt to bombing, mutual reduction of military activity, and Viet Cong participation at talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
Vietnam
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Thant
Hanoi
North Vietnam
United States
Lam
Paul VI
Six Die as Brooklyn Fires Claim Gypsy Family
A Christmas tree fire in a gypsy tea room in Bed ford-Stuyvesant killed five family members and a man died trying to help others. The blaze spread through a three story building, with additional fatalities reported among fire crews and a hotel occupant. The city recorded a fire death toll of 240 for the year.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn Heights
Steve Uwanawich
James
Bryan L. Lavelle
Lavelle
Steve Ananawich
N.Y
Anana- Wich
Auditors Ordered To Release Fairfield Shortage Records
State Tax Commissioner John L. Sullivan demands that auditors hand over files on 432000 shortage in the late Fairfield tax collector John Pinchin. The Allen Cassidy firm, auditing since 1950, was dismissed by the Fairfield Finance Board for improper procedures and failure to reveal defalcations. The board says legal action will be taken to recover losses.
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John L. Sullivan
Fairfield
John Pinchin
Sullivan
Robert F. Cassidy
Allen Cassidy, and Company
Fairfield Finance Board
Joseph R. Coates
Finance Board
Allen Cassidy
Connecticut and New York Seek 53 Million for Rail Commuter Upgrade
Connecticut and New York filed a joint preliminary application for 53,333,332 in federal aid to modernize and streamline New Haven Railroad commuter operations. The plan totals 80 million with CT and NY contributions and federal funding covering the rest.
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Hartford
Connecticut
New York
New Haven
John Dempsey
Nelson Rockefeller
Urban Transportation Administration
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Need
Connecticut Transportation Authority
Frank M. Reinhard
Tri-State
New York City
ICC Brief Opposes Delays on Merger
The ICC told the Supreme Court that the Pennsylvania and New York Central merger could fall apart if indefinite delays sought by the Justice Department are approved. The agency, which approved the $6 billion deal last April, urged against renewed challenges from eight railroads and communities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Justice Department
ICC
New Jersey
Vietnam War Truce Begins Amid Fresh Viet Cong Attack
A two day New Year truce starts as Viet Cong fire hits a US 1st Infantry Division patrol north of Saigon. Four thousand new American troops arrive near Vung Tau before the cease fire. Helicopters and artillery support, with Col. Sidney Berry’s unit targeted but unharmed, mark tense early hours of the pause.
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Saigon
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. Sth
Vung Tau
Sidney Berry
Ang
Quang Ngai
U. S
Soviets Reveal Moon Surface Hardness From Luna 13 Probe
The Luna 13 mission reported by Tass showed a hard lunar surface similar to Earth in density. A soil test with a powder gun device drove two rods about a foot into the ground, indicating limited radioactivity and suggesting safe landing for future manned missions.
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Moscow
Earth
Tass
Eseth
Moon
Luna I
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Bridgeport Post
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