Bridgeport Telegram and Post publish date and rates
A note details publishing company status, contact dial, and holiday copying policies. It lists subscription rates for Bridgeport area and beyond, with annual, semiannual, quarterly terms, and single copy prices for daily and Sunday Post editions.
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Bridgeport Telegram
State St
Bridgeport
Conn
Bridgeport Post
the Post Publishing Company
Sunday Post
Sun Post
Associated Press
Fast for Peace Beginnings Amid Viet Nam and Lent
A Buddhist New Year fasting initiative begins the three day Fast for Peace as belligerents agree to a four day lull in Viet Nam fighting. Interfaith clergy back the fast hoping to pressure North Viet Nam toward a conference, but critics say it may provoke more fighting and distract from real peacemaking.
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Vietnam
North Vietnam
North
Ant Vyuune
Luis
Hartke
Indiana
Bob Kennedy
President Johnson S alliances in Congress threaten southern defection
The President aims to keep the southern Democratic bloc from joining Republicans in the 90th Congress. He plans to trim the Great Society to win loyalty, while Rep. Gerald Ford’s cautious stance creates a delicate coalition dynamic. Ford’s position forces Johnson to balance liberal defections and conservative southern support.
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Johnson
Congress
Gerald B. Ford
House
Ford
Wheeler and Dealer
Senate
South
Brown Bag Liquor Law Debates In North Carolina
The North Carolina legislature faces sweeping questions as a pending ruling bans public alcohol consumption. The uncoupled brown bagging practice in social venues conflicts with decades of liquor laws dating to the 1920s and the 1937 state store system.
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North Carolina
State Supreme Court
Susie Sharp
State liquor sales thrive despite limited counties
In 1965 North Carolina state stores posted sales of 108,251,516 with a 15,255,461 profit while only 41 of 100 counties permit liquor sales. The state also sees illegal moonshine production near two million gallons annually, much of which travels north.
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Tar Heels
Bradley Airport Expansion Plans Reach For Bigger Airfield
Connecticut officials push Bradley International Airport expansion, proposing to add 2 800 acres to the current 2 700 acre site in Suffield and East Granby at an estimated cost of 2 5 million. State Aeronautics commission votes for the larger plan amid resident concerns, aiming to gain General Assembly approval to advance aeronautical progress and keep state leadership in the field.
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Bradley Airport
Connecticut
State Aeronautics Department
Bradley International Airport
State Aeronautics Commission
Suffield
East Granby
Aeronautics Department
General Assembly
Johnson proposes $250 million a year for veterans benefits
President Johnson urges expanded veterans pay and education aid to servicemen and civilians in war zones. He notes 84 percent of Vietnam veterans use GI benefits, with 300000 studying now and expected to 500000 by 1968. The plan raises monthly stipends and allows high school completion without using college funds.
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Johnson
Navy
Boy corrects father on party suit in humorous quip
In Rawlings Wyoming a life prisoner at the state prison pens a column for the prison newspaper titled Here Today, Here Tomorrow. He recalls a boy remarking that his father’s party suit always gave him a headache the next day.
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Rawlings, Wyo
Federal Motor Vehicle Insurance Guaranty Proposal Seen
New London Day reports Senator Thomas J. Dodd introduces a bill to create a Federal Motor Vehicle Insurance Guaranty Corp. The measure mirrors bank and savings agency guarantees to protect 300,000 policyholders facing about $620 million in claims with only $25 million in assets, risking large losses without a national guarantee. States show varying expected recoveries from minimal payouts per dollar.
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Senate
U.S
Thomas J. Dodd
Motor Vehicle Insurance Guaranty Corp
Dodd
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Michigan
Missouri
Your Money's Worth Social Security boosts debated in Congress
The article explains proposed Social Security increases and how they affect workers at different income levels, noting that lower earners would see minimal changes while higher earners face larger contributions. It discusses future maximums, potential benefit rises, and the credibility of the plan amid broader fiscal debates.
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Congress
Abe
Art critic as translator of meaning or artist himself
A witty remark on art criticism defining a critic as someone who explains what the artist means rather than what the artist means about himself. It juxtaposes interpretive duty with intrinsic authorial intent.
Court Protects Free Speech Over Draft Punishment
Appeals Court rules draft boards may not punish demonstrators by reclassifying them 1-A, preserving First Amendment rights. Two University of Michigan students involved in a sit-in challenged actions by Gen. Hershey and local boards, with decision emphasizing constitutional protections against using Selective Service as a weapon for dissent.
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Appeals
Draft Board
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Harald Medina
Selective Service Board
Vietnam
Marcel Proust
Lewis Hershey
General Hershey
Ann Arbor Board
Uncle Sam
Rassling
Department of Sanitation
Hershey
Damocles
Justice Department
Court of Appeals
Bel
Containment Policy Seen Evolving Since Kennan's View
Analyzing postwar shifts in the containment strategy from Kennan's original 1947 proposal to today. The piece notes Kennan's prediction of gradual Soviet mellowing, China's rise, and the changing stance toward communism as pressures on the USSR ease while nationalism grows in satellites.
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Stalin
China
Soviet Union
Turkey
Red
Greece
Ussr
Kennan
Europe
S.S.R
United States
US S.S.R
Kennen
Clash of Hartke and Wallace Signals 1960s Politics
In a brief Senate Finance Committee scene, Senator Vance Hartke and George Wallace clash over federal aid and Title VI, framing a broader race context. Wallace uses anti HEW leverage to challenge federal power while Hartke defends federal supremacy and welfare policy amid looming 1968 campaign signals.
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Vance Hartke
George Wallace
Marthe
Alabama
Senate Finance Committee
Wallace
Hartke
Gore
Tennessee
Long
Louisiana
Williams
Delaware
Morton
Kentucky
Talmadge
Georgia
Hill
Alaama
Bill Hartke
Pentagon more than doubles U S Asia flight losses total
The Pentagon raised its Southeast Asia aircraft loss totals from 622 to 1,172 for planes and from 255 to over 600 for helicopters, signaling a near 1,800 total including noncombat damage. Officials cited operational wear, accidents, and attacks, while defending the full accounting amid inquiries.
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Washington
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Laos
Thailand
Defense Department
Hanoi
Soviet Union
China
U.S
Saigon
George Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Canada Popular For Emigration
NEW YORK AP Canada is becoming a very popular place for United States emigrants. A total of 17,514 U S residents emigrated to Canada in 1966, 16 percent above the 1965 figure. The largest group, more than 6,000, listed Ontario as their planned destination, followed by British Columbia Quebec and Alberta. New York led among states with over 2,000 emigrants. Officials say they are seeking ways to encourage more movement to Canada, including bringing back Canadians who moved south.
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New York
Canada
United States
U.S
H.W.P. Thomson
Canadian Immigration Service Office
Thomson
New York City
Canadian Immigration Office
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
Alberta
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Italy
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State Department
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HEW
Federalia
U.S. Asia
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
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