House Group Approves Debt Ceiling Hike and Certificates
The House group backs a higher debt limit while using agency revenues to curb spending. A proposal by Rep. Byrnes would count participation certificates toward the national debt and allow higher long term bond rates, with a six billion dollar sale target to mirror planned certificates. He urged counting certificates as debt and lifting the interest cap.
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Treasury
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Byrnes
Gengras names Norton as finance aide for state GOP
Clayton Gengras announced Nicholas Norton of Colchester as executive director of the Republican State Finance Committee. Norton, 36, will serve full time as a volunteer and brings business and political experience to aid fund-raising and debt cleanup efforts. Norton chairs Colchester boards and has held industry roles in paper, banking, and civic groups.
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Hartford
Clayton Gengras
Republican State Finance Committee
Nicholas Norton
Colchester
Norton
C. H. Norton Company
National Shoeboard
American Paper and Pulp Association
Hartford County
Connecticut
Gengras
Nick
Finance Committee
Connecticut Bank and Trust Company
Board of Finance
Stratford Girl 11 Struck by Car in Stratford
An 11 year old Stratford girl Elizabeth Ciongoli was struck by a car at 3 50 p m near Longbrook Avenue. The driver Lydia Chucka 46 of 560 Hilltop Drive Stratford did not stop after asking if she was all right. Elizabeth was treated for facial and hip injuries and released. Chucka reported the incident and was charged with evading responsibility and released on 100 dollar bond for circuit court appearance.
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Stratford
Elizabeth Ciongoli
James Ciongoli
Main Street
Longbrook Avenue
Lydia Chucka
Hilltop Drive
Stratford Ice
Elizabeth
Brideport Hospital
John Gaughan
Brian Graham
Chucka
Decline Noted In City Assessment Appeals
Assessment appeals to the Board of Tax Review headed by Mrs. Agnes Giannini are fewer this year and mid-session stood at a little over 2 hundred. Final sessions run today from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. About half of the appeals involve Main Street business property with others citywide.
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Board of Tax Review
Agnes Giannini
City Hall
Main Street
Board Seeks State Curbs On Reducing Groups
A Bridgeport Better Business Bureau submission urges state limits on weight loss groups. Local doctors urge medical screening for dieters and physician prescribed plans, noting obesity links to diabetes hypertension and heart disease and warnings about non medical diet supervision.
Widow Wins $400 in Puzzle Game
Local widow Liz Capwell wins $400 in a puzzle contest. She often spends hours crafting puzzles and helps neighbors with their clues. Her late husband Philip Capwell ran a Bridge photography studio and wrote lyrics for the song Madeline.
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Liz
Capwell
Philip
Bridge
Madelaine
Symphony Plans Events During Barnum Festival
The Symphony board backed involvement in the gala Barnum Festival. Officials announced three upcoming concerts including February 18 dedication to Bridgeport and Mayor Curtin, a March 18 Salute to the Symphony from Bridgeport Stratford and Fairfield, and an April 15 Shakespeare Special with Morris Carnovsky honoring local universities.
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Symphony Board of Trustees
Symphony
Bridgeport
Cur- Tan
Stratford
Fairfield
Morris Carnovsky
Sacred Heart
Woman Robbed Here While Parking Car
Mrs. Vera Shahtan of 125 Bell street was attacked and robbed last night as she parked her car in her home garage. Police describe a series of similar robberies in Bridgeport over weeks. The purse containing 66 dollars was taken. she suffered a slight hand cut but refused medical treatment. Detective Robert Cafferty provided details.
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Vera Shahtan
Bellstreet
Bridgeport
Robert Cafferty
Shahtun
Prize Puzzle Winner Plans Move to Louisville
Mrs Capwell, now retired, helped her husband in early business years and later worked five years at Leavitt’s department store. She has three daughters, two married in Kentucky and Arizona. She plans to relocate to Louisville next month to cover moving costs with her prize money and continues solving puzzles in The Post.
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Louisville
Post
Sunday Post
Drug suspect nabbed at Parkway Toll after chase
Bridgeport detectives had surveilled Cedrone for a week. At the New York state line he returned from the city, then was trailed to the toll station where he tried to discard bags of heroin. State troopers aided in the arrest. Cedrone faced $5,000 bond and was jailed. material sent to the state lab for analysis.
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Madison Avenue
State Laboratory
Bridgeport
New York State Line
New York City
Cedrone
Westport Barracks
R. W. Nesper
Westport
Wilbur Barrett
George Wesche
John Chernak
Frank Kapostas
William Brackett
Guy Honuomo
Robert Plitt
Dave Miller
Precipitation Falls Short of Norm in Three Months
The weather center reports precipitation for November through January well below normal with major reservoirs at 60 percent capacity. Readings show New Haven 7.18 inches, Bridgeport 7.21, New York City 8.04, Albany 6.04, Providence 8.7, Boston 9.74, Burlington 0.88, Rutland 0.64, Rumford 11.28, Portland 10.99, Caribou 0.0, Concord 6.66, highlighting regional deficits and explained by seasonal patterns.
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Connecticut
New Haven
Bridgeport
New York City
Albany
Providence
Boston
Burlington
Rutland
Rumford
Maine
Portland
Caribou
Concord
N.H
National plan eyed to move unemployed to job rich cities
The Labor Department outlines experimental programs to relocate chronically unemployed families from places like Watts Los Angeles to Seattle and other urban areas. Aims include job placement offices and moving grants totaling 108 for a worker and spouse plus 54 per child, with overall project costs in the hundreds of thousands.
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Michael T. Kastanek
Bureau of Employment Security
Watts
Seattle
Wash
Labor Department
Iowa
Johnson urges concessions from Hanoi for peace steps
President Johnson said the United States would discuss mutual actions to ease the Vietnam war in exchange for prisoner releases and demining of the DMZ but accused North Vietnam of no reciprocal moves. He urged Congress to approve a Soviet consular treaty and defended the Democratic National Committee while pledging to seek bipartisan agreement.
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North Vietnam
Johnson
United States
North
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Joohnson
Congress
China
Senate
Soviet Union
FBI
Democratic National Committee
Asia
House
GOP
Johnson outlines foreign policy and consular treaty push
President Johnson defends fulfilling campaign pledges and cites 83 percent Senate agreement through Senator Mansfield. He backs talks with the Communists to end the war, and urges Senate consent to a Soviet consular treaty to protect 18,000 Americans visiting the USSR. He notes 452 Soviet officials in the U.S. and discusses press relations, public image, and optimism for better international relations.
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Gress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Johnson
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
U.S
United States
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek
Czechoslovakia
Dr. Lyon Re-elected President Of Humane Affairs Board
At a City Health and Welfare session in the Health and Welfare building Mayor Curran oversaw the re election of Dr Grover A Lyon to a sixth one year term as president of the Board of Humane Affairs He remains a member of the Condemnation board and was nominated by Stephen L McMahon who was elected to a third term as vice president also on Lyons nomination Dr Cecelia R McFarlan was named board secretary The board approved appointing Humane Affairs administrator H P Dinan as medical director for Hillside hospital with salary to be worked out by the mayor Dinan has served in the role since the previous holder died and the 1962 merger of Health and Welfare into Humane Affairs left the post informal The mayor praised Lyons leadership and encouraged Dinan to seek comptroller approval to hire staff for 18 new beds at Hillside with payroll costs around 100 000 to boost receipts In other business Dinan was authorized to survey dental hygiene needs in schools to determine if portable drills should be replaced with electrically operated ones and to assess manpower needs including potential new dentists
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Better Business Bureau of
Bridgeport
BRB
Alvin E. Kerstein
New York City
Dinan
Phil
Leonard F. DelVecchio
Spitalny
Great Britain
Grover A. Lyon
Better Business Bureau
National
New York
Curran
Health and Welfare
Board of Humane Affairs
Board of Condemnation
Lyon
Board of Health
Humane Board
Stephen L. McMahon
McMahon
Cecelia R. McFarlan
Humanes Affairs Office
Humane Affairs
H. P. Dinan
Hillside Hospital
Humane Affairs Department
Civil Service
Dr. Dinan
Thomas M. Doyle
Roosevelt
Dental College
Viet Nam war updates report pre dawn strikes and casualties
U S and allied forces claim multiple enemy and civilian losses across Vietnam. Coast bombardments from carriers destroy seven barges and damage ten, while rail and highway targets fall to air strikes. Casualties rise with 131 Americans killed, 822 wounded, and 979 enemy dead reported, amid weather and monsoon disruptions.
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Ticonderoga
Air Force
Panhandle
North Vietnam
U. S
Quang Ngai City
South China Sea
U.S
South
Laos
Pathet Lao
Ho Chi Minh
Phnomh Penh
Svay Angang
Saigon
West Ender Robbed By Pair Near Home
Paul Pradlik, 52, of 300 Osborne Street, was attacked and robbed by two unidentified men in front of his home last night. They took his wallet containing 40 dollars and fled on foot. He described the attackers as Negroes and was treated at Park City Hospital before detectives arrived.
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Paul Pradlik
Osborne Street
Wofford Edges Erskine In Late Rally
Wofford overcame an eight minute Erskine scoring drought to win 50-43 at DUB WEST South Carolina. Erskine led 38 34 with ten minutes left before the surge. England may restrict the use of public pools.
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Dub West
S.C
UPI
Wofford
Erskine
England
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Newtown
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Hanoi
Joan
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Washington
Select Society
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Cathy Douglas
Supreme Court
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White House
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Washington Post
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