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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1968

Page

8

Bridgeport Post Telegram circulation and rates notice

Public notice of Bridgeport Post and Bridgeport Telegram publication details. Includes pricing for subscriptions by period and region, daily and Sunday editions, mail payables, and Associated Press rights. Also lists office exchange and circulation confirmation, with rates for distant subscribers.

Bridgeport Post Bridgeport Telegram Audit Bureau of Circulation THE Post Publishing Company Bridgeport

Adlai Stevenson and the Pueblo Crisis in International Waters

The text recalls Stevenson's use of aerial evidence to show missiles in Cuba and refute Soviet claims at the United Nations. It notes Goldbergs maps and charts proving the Pueblo seizure occurred in international waters, shaping a legal record. It urges President Johnson to demand the ship and crew's return and threaten seizure of the Soviet vessel if not complied.

Adlai Stevenson Cuba United Nation Arthur Goldberg United States Pueblo North Korea Johnson Moscow U.S Kennedy

Budget for 1969 Threatens Costly Additions to Nation

President signs the 1969 budget as Director Charles Schultze clutches his head in visible distress. The plan includes $186 billion in spending with $50 billion for health and welfare and $77 billion for defense, highlighting shifts to social security taxes and rising federal costs across health, pensions, and highways.

Johnson Charles Schultze Defense Vietnam Department of Health, Education and Welfare U.S. News & World Report George Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt Kennedy

Teen rebellion and wealth noted in historical observations

The piece reflects on teen age rebellion and antiwar demonstrations, noting new recruits each year. It cites two wills in Britain, Brian Epstein leaving 1,166,476 dollars and Lord Attlee 17,508 dollars, with wealth partly in his wife’s name. she left 126,379 dollars in 1964. It ends with the claim that pop music pays more than politics.

Great Britain Brian Epstein Beatles Lord Attlee Britain Attlee

Blamed for Youth Ire Critics Target City Schools

Amid claims of deterioration in big city schools Dr Havighurst rejects this view. He argues city schools educate ready to learn students and that blaming schools for youth woes is unfair. The piece calls for broad study to identify causes and remedies beyond schools.

Robert J. Havighurst Fordham University

Lincoln reimagined as white supremacist in Ebony piece

Lerone Bennett Jr. argues Lincoln should be seen as an opportunistic white supremacist rather than the Great Emancipator. He concedes Lincoln condemned slavery and aided the 13th Amendment, but claims the emancipation acts were responses to pressure, not noble motives. Vincent Harding notes many black historians disagree but trend toward Bennett’s view.

Abraham Lincoln Lerone Bennett, Jr America Ebony Magazine Bennett Lincoln Vincent Harding Spelman College Atlanta

Water Cleanup Costs Projected At 26 to 29 Billion

The Federal Water Pollution Control Administration estimates five year costs to clean the nation’s waterways of industrial and municipal waste at 26 to 29 billion dollars. Additional expenses for sediments acid mine drainage and feedlot runoff will occur but are not yet estimable.

Federal Water Pollution Control Administration Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall Congress

Japan high speed rail plan to 2500 miles in 20 years

Japan intends a vast high speed rail network parallel to existing routes. The 323 mile Tokaido line between Tokyo and Osaka remains the most profitable. Completion would cut travel times to a third or less, benefiting most regions. the piece ends with an unrelated rhetorical question about adjustable sound for children.

Japan Tokyo Osaka

Pueblo A Gain For Soviet Side Analysis In Pueblo Incident

United Nations coverage notes how the Pueblo incident bolsters Soviet aims against Red China. It argues Moscow gains from North Korea's actions, with Kim Il Sung loyal to Moscow, and critiques Western and Chinese responses shaping future policy.

United Nations Hungary Red China Pueblo Mao ‘Tse-tung Peking North Korea Chinese Ceon Dennen United States North ‘Korea Czechoslovakia Radio Prague Yugoslavia Romania America Johnson Russia Moscow Kim Il Sung Red Army Kim Kremlin Mao

16 Convicted by Military Tribunal in Crete

A five member special military tribunal in KHANIA Crete Friday night convicted 16 of 35 defendants on charges of anti government activity in Athens. The court acquitted 19 including three former deputies a parish priest and local newsman Filios Ioannides former secretary general of Center Union youth group on Crete was sentenced to 100 years for leading and organizing two resistance groups.

Khania Crete Athens Filios Ioannides Center Union

Railroads and unions seek new era after health and job protection pacts

The AP analysis notes railroads and 600000 union workers inch toward a peaceful shift after signing health and welfare and job protection accords. A joint labor committee may meet three railroad presidents as leaders push for less court reliance and fewer compulsory arbitrations, signaling cautious optimism amid lingering wage tensions. James Marlow writes the column.

G. E. Leighty Association of American Railroads White House Leighty Railway Labor Executives’ Association

Shanties to Highlight Poverty in King March on Washington

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr announces plans to lead a Poor People's Campaign march to Washington in April with shanties among cherry blossoms to dramatize the plight of the needy. He aims to pressure Congress while President Johnson urges constructive action and nonviolence remains central to the plan.

Atlanta, Ga Martin Luther King ‘Jr Washington King Washingon White House Johnson Congress America Mississippi Selma J. King Ala Hie legisla-Jclent

St Onge Gains In Transplant Of Heart Artery

Congressman William L. St Onge 53 undergone heart surgery at the Cleveland Clinic to transplant a chest artery into his heart to replace a damaged artery scarred by mild attacks. A spokesman called the procedure new and promising and he was to stay in hospital about two weeks.

St. Onge Cleveland

Inside Saigon War Zone A Vietnam Dispatch

The piece details Viet Cong presence in Saigon and outskirts with battalions inside the city. It describes tainted security, detection tips for new arrivals, and the danger from the Mekong delta to Saigon’s status as Westmoreland HQ. It notes past raids on the embassy and hotels and explains measures to relocate Americans away from the city.

Saigon South Vietnam Tan Sonhut Mekong River William C. Westmoreland U.S. Military Assistance Command My Canh Bien Hoa

Groundhog Day Absent as Possum Outsmarts Woodchucks

Alan H. Olmstead recalls Connecticut folkways and explains why groundhogs vanished from the ritual. A dog possum duel reveals the possum's patient, defensive tactic as the author ponders the fate of woodchucks and the odd absence of a weather forecast on Groundhog Day.

Alan Olmstead

Miracle Sought To Settle Long Copper Dispute

Washington AP reports a federal panel chief told spokesmen for four big copper firms and 26 striking unions a miracle cannot settle their 614 month old strike. He urged joint effort to find a solution as the panel has no power to decide issues in the deadlocked talks affecting operations in two states. The panel will report to Labor Secretary Wirtz and Commerce Secretary Trowbridge.

Washington George Taylor U.S Taylor George Reedy George Higgins Willard Wirtz Alexander Trowbridge Ihe Copper Company Douglas Soutar The America Smelting and Refining 0

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