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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1962

Page

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End of year war details leak from Algiers and France

In Algiers and Tunis rebel regimes move to publish communiques as De Gaulle’s speech is heard faintly on radio. Secret talks in Switzerland reportedly shape proposals. Amid airwaves battles in Algiers, crowds beat pots and pans while a bomb explodes at the Toca governor's office. no casualties are confirmed.

Tunis Switzerland Tani ‘Tah Algiers Re Gaulle Algerie Francaise Algieris Oran DeGaulle Arly Marselilaise Fom Radia France Toca

Milford Board Fills Seats Amid Party Switch Debates

Milford officials approved appointments to the Civil Service Commission Planning and Zoning board and the Redevelopment Agency. Heenan disclosed he switched from Democrat to Republican, triggering party balance questions for a five member commission.

Milford Feb. S Richard HE Loving Lynch Widerines McCarthy Board of Alderpointment Civil Service Heenan Regal Dis-Publican Mepule Carthy Aldermen Valde Francis Quality Civil 4 04 Service Commission Jet. C Gunther Planning and Zoning Board Charles Campbell Retr Development Agency Howard Speocer

Adoula Talks Unity as Congo Leader Meets U S Officials

Adoula, leader of the Central Congo government, arrived in Washington and was hosted at a White House luncheon with Vice President Johnson and Secretary of State Rusk. He pledged continued U S support for United Nations efforts and planned talks with World Bank President Eugene Black before returning to New York.

U. S Adoula Washington New York United Nations Congo United States Kenenedy White House Lyndon B. Johnson Dean Rusk Mergbare House Senate Kennedy George W. Ball Ball U.S Eugene Black World Bank Valeria Zaria Russia Amly Zaria jAdoula

Norwalk Planning for City Audit

The Auditing committee of the Board of Estimate and Taxation will meet Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon in the City Clerk’s office at City Hall to meet with accounting firms interested in auditing the city’s financial records. Chairman Louis A. Kupan asked certified public accountants to call City Clerk Steven Tenn to request an appointment. other members are Louis Caruso and Robert Moure.

Norwalk Board of Estimate and Taxation City Hall Louis A. Kupan Cerified Public Accountants Steven Tenn Louis Caruso Robert Moure

Baxford Mass Boasts 14 Historic Homes

Baxford, Massachusetts highlights 14 beautifully preserved houses built before 1800, remaining in their original state and serving as a link to early settlement life.

Baxford Mass

Milford Spurns Site Buy For Devon School Project

Milford aldermen ordered the city attorney to begin immediate negotiations to purchase the Warner property on West Avenue for a new Devon area elementary school. The move, unanimous, aims to address crowding at Devon and Lenox Avenue schools with funds from an existing two year old bond issue. a March report and possible condemnation if terms fail.

Milford Wrrnee Devon James White Loving Leity Thomas Ponelli Citizens Committee For West Avenue School Devon Grammar School Howard Rissell Devon School PTA Lenox Avenue School Milford Pta Lenox Avenue Spurs Devon Grammar Sidermen Warner Property Plains Road Ite Milford Waler Company Warner Water Company Vincent Byrne Anderson Avenue Joseph A. Foran

Hidden Civil War Fire Tactics and Civil Service Milestone

During the Civil War Confederate agents burned Union transports on the Mississippi by tossing bottles containing a spontaneously inflammable mixture called Greek fire. Chester A. Arthur was president when the Pendleton Act established the Federal Civil Service in 1882.

Mississippi Chester A. Arthur United States Federal Civil Service Bet

Funds Shifted To School Board From State Aid Increase

The Common Council voted to transfer 170,960 dollars from last year’s state school aid increase to the Board of Education. Previously 17,750 was allocated, and the council approved directing further funds to education programs including fire safety renovations and school lighting. Also notified were anticipated tax receipts from the Fireside Apartments project.

Board of Education Tedesco Francis 3. King Ohey Bridgeport Housing Authority City Treasury BHA Palisade Avenue Robert C. Grateher Humane Affairs H. P. Dinan Aew

Elegy Influences Shuffle Through Village Churchyard Visit

The note recalls Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and a trip to Stokes Poges churchyard in Hockingham shire with a reference to his mother’s grave. The fragment hints at literary reflection tied to a place and lineage.

Thomas Gray Stokes Poges Hockinghamshire

Four Scottish Quintuplets Born In Inverness With One Dead

In Inverness Scotland Feb AP reports quadruplets born to 11 year old Mrs Alexander Jeppy. One boy died after birth and another three babies remain in critical condition. The quads include two boys and two girls weighing 1 11 and 1 7 ounces at birth. The hospital spokesman gave an update on the fragile condition of the surviving infants. Stephen Austin is noted as the founder of Texas.

Inverness Scotland Alexander Jeppy

Army to Send Home 10 Called by Mistake

Providence dispatch reports ten Rhode Island ready reserve soldiers will be released next Sunday after an error recalled them to active duty during the Berlin crisis. A Providence Evening Bulletin account cites tour findings by newsmen and Maj. Gen. Leonhard Holland detailing misfiled transfers from ready reserve to mobilized status.

Providence Ait Rhode Land Army Rhode Island Leonard Holland Fort Knox Fort Silt Oklo Providence Evening Bulletin Hayleg Berlin

Monroe Rejects Bus Proposal

Monroe voters defeated a referendum on state aided private school transportation citing public funds must not support private education. The Citizens' committee highlighted costs of parochial students and urged a yes or no on continuing transport for all children. Clergymen opposed the measure while turnout reached 70.4 percent with broad spectator interest.

Citizens’ Committee For the Safety of Our Children Cumming Monroe Newtown Brookfield Browsfield Lever Sander Norman T Haflich

Isenate Probers Set Showdown In Censor Issue

McNamara defends subordinates and censorship while denying security risks among censors. He notes strong anticommunist themes remain in edited speeches and says evidence suggests South Vietnam forces are improving against rebels. US may not reveal talks with Kennedy on executive privilege. He mentions troops and draft adjustments amid ongoing tensions with the Soviet Union and Cuba.

McNamara Eeithet Kennedy Tor MacNamara Guerrllas United States Russia Pestagon Benin Soviet Union Cuba

Nixon illness delays stint on Paar show

Former Vice President Richard Nixon’s appearance on the Jack Paar show was postponed due to illness. Nixon, who had been scheduled to appear tonight, is in bed with a virus and will not fly from California until Thursday. NBC said the schedule stemmed from an August 1960 agreement when Nixon appeared on the Paar program during his presidential bid. Kennedy also had commitments to the Alliance for Progress but is expected to meet the first-year pledge. The report mentions broader Cuban and international matters discussed at the UN and U.S. policy, with no direct link to the Nixon postponement.

WM Heedan Democratic Het Jean Thomas Heenan Jee. L Thomas Heenan Republican Party France DeGaulle Algeria Nee Europe Jof New York Vice Press Nixon Jack Paar California NBC Paar John F. Kennedy Alliance For Progress Czechoslovakia Romania General Assembly United States Cuba Bela Garcia Kennedy Punta del Este Valeriyn A. Zocin Steven Bennomet Japan Toyo Anst Encegtic Cty Karel Kurka Czecho- Slovakia Stevenson Castro Cube Zorin Latin America Colombia Venezuela

Report on Study of Teen Drivers Safety Program

The commission executive director Williams explained the study focuses on teen driver protection, not blame. He said delaying solutions by raising the minimum driving age would not solve the issue, and emphasized better driver education and youth safety programs.

Jlamnes K. Williams Commission Puubuhs Willams

Kennedy meets Japanese leaders during Tokyo visit

President Kennedy engages with Japanese officials in private talks with Prime Minister Ikeda and Foreign Minister Kosaka. He assures Tokyo that American policy will not neglect Japan and receives a mixed reaction from officials and students. Communist groups send statements but no protests materialize.

Woos Kennedy N. Ice Justice Ministry Seiichiro Ono Oldsters Hayato Tkeda Zentaro Kosaka Fapan Hime Eisenton Jjec Tri

Mental patient dies by leap at Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco reports John Gustefson a 20 year old gardener on leave from a state hospital treatment leapt from the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge and crashed through Fort Point roof, later dies at Presidio Letterman hospital. It is the first known suicide in this area.

San Francisco John Gustefson State Hospital Golden Gate Bridge Fort, Point Presidio Lettermas

Stagg Hospitalized With Inflamed Knee

Stockton Calif Feb 5 Amos Alonzo Stagg, 29 the patriarch of American sports, is in a hospital for treatment of an inflamed knee. His condition is listed. Stagg coached football for 7 years until 1960 after being a member of Walter Camp's first All American as an end at Yale in 1889.

Stockton Calif Amos Alonzo Nnfair Stagg Walter Camp Yale

May backs unmarked cars in highway patrol effort

Edwin H. May Jr. endorsed the use of unmarked police cars to patrol Connecticut highways arguing lives saved outweigh opposition from the State Bar and others. He urged police and Motor Vehicles cooperation to curb delays in suspending licenses and reduce crash risk.

New Haven Edwin H. May Jr Y Usng Connecticut Leo J. Mulcahy State Bar Association May

Group Supports Debt Limit Hire Debate Echoes Budget Strain

Budget commentary highlights a half billion dollar redeuction in Agriculture spending and forecasted debt interest needs. Critics warn that tax credits for business investment may not meet expectations while others see potential in stimulative tax and depreciation measures. Washington economists tout proposals as a path to growth and employment if trends hold.

Kennedy Agriculture Department Department of Agriculture Laulice Richard A. Musgrave Princeton University Congress Edward M. Bernstein Lington

Senate Amends College Aid Bill and Classroom Loans Debate

Senate debate centers on college aid provisions with Marse defending dormitory construction support as essential to university operation while Ervin argues dorms are merely housing and not like classrooms. Morse parallels dormitory funding to classroom construction loans citing facility needs.

Marse Ervin North Carolina Legislat ‘Tion Morse

Police 10 Get New Captain

The Council moves to appoint a new captain in Police Department 10 after a Civil Service and commissioners review. A Civil Service recommendation also calls for 18 additional women crossing guards, referred to two committees for study with no immediate report.

Common Council Board of Police Commisioners Thi Civil Service Coutmission Coningh Civil Service Police Board Council

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