Bridgeport Post and Telegram publish details ad figure
The Bridgeport Post and Telegram announce home delivery rates and combinations for daily papers with Sunday editions, prices for 1 year and 6 months, single copy costs, and cross-availability during holidays. Also notes association with AP and postal details for Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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Bridgeport Telegram
State St
Bridgeport
Cann
Bridgeport Post
Post Publishing Company
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Audit Bureau of
Sunday Post
Sun Post
Associated Press
Conn
Federal plan to curb crime via grants and local effort
The President asks Congress to fund a crime control program using federal grants to spur community planning and innovations in enforcement. Starting at 50 million dollars the first year and rising with local matching, the plan parallels federal support used for urban development and aims to tackle crime by addressing root causes through education and work preparation alongside stronger law enforcement resources.
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Johnson
Congress
America
Senate probes anti poverty program failures and fixes
The Senate Labor and Public Welfare committee authorized a year long study of the anti poverty program. Chairman Joseph S Clark says the two year old effort needs evaluation of root causes and effectiveness. The probe aims to identify what works, what doesn t, and what new programs are needed to help 35 million Americans.
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Congress
Senate
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Joseph 5. Clark
Pennsylvania
Government inventory puts U S assets at 347 billion
The House Committee on Government Operations values land, buildings, and furniture at 347 billion, covering the national debt with 27 billion to spare. Values reflect purchase prices, not replacement cost, implying land alone would vastly exceed the debt. A church sign proclaims God is alive and well with visiting hours daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Government Operations
U.S
Academic Deaths Call for Reform in Education System
Dr. L Carroll King of Northwestern University warned at a Middle Atlantic Region ACS symposium in New York that the U S education system causes academic deaths by pushing students to 17 hour days. He urged reform for individual attention and flexible pacing to reduce dropouts and burnout.
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L. Carroll King
Northwestern University
Middle Atlantic
American Chemical Society
New York
Dr. King
Cleveland designer plans nonstop world flight solo in sailplane
James Bede of Cleveland intends a 25,000 mile zigzag round the world flight in a 63 foot wing span sailplane with a 210 horsepower engine. He will fly at 15,000 to 20,000 feet on oxygen, refuel only once, and carry 565 gallons of gasoline for about 235 dollars in fuel.
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Charles Lindbergh
New York
Paris
James Bede
Cleveland
Ohio
Bede
United States
Atlantic
Europe
North Africa
Indian Ocean
Australia
South Pacific
Hawaii
Pacific
Everest
America
Report All Crime Urged To Curb Increase
A presidential commission notes that three times more crime goes unreported than shown in police statistics. The argument stresses that reporting all crime is essential to stop it.
Air Quality Act of 1967 U S Johnson program urged
The New Britain Herald endorses President Johnson's Air Quality Act of 1967 as a bipartisan, health oriented federal approach to air pollution. It outlines six planks including emission controls, vehicle devices, stronger enforcement, research, an air quality commission, and broad public understanding to protect American health.
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New Britain Herald
Johnson
Is this the time to borrow money with rising credit ease
The piece notes a turning credit pattern after a severe squeeze in 1966. It says borrowing is becoming easier and cheaper, but not truly cheap yet, with banks easing limits and yields falling. It urges borrowers to shop lenders, compare terms, and plan ahead, while noting persistent high mortgage and consumer loan rates.
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U.S
Federal Reserve System
Status Symbol Sells High Life Image as Expensive Taste
A social symbol of affluent living is used to signal wealth as people spend to impress others. The notion of constellations of expensive goods depicts status seeking in modern culture.
Diplomatic Immunity Rules Scrutinized in U S Policy
A column reviews how diplomatic immunity shields foreign envoys and some Americans abroad from prosecution, citing cases like the Hearne incident and a Guatemala ambassador caught in drug trafficking. It notes stopovers and enforcement limits, plus a plug for Andrew Tully’s new book on Vietnam from the Editor.
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United States
United Nations
Washington
Andrew Tully
Vietnam
U. S
Saigon
Khrushchev Era Echoes in Current Soviet China Feud
Moscow and Peking are again locked in a sharp clash over China policy, echoing Khrushchev’s final year. The piece notes similar protests at embassies and public demonstrations, with Brezhnev era shifts back toward engagement with the West while China remains a potential adversary, and Vietnam receding from prominence.
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Khrushchev
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Peking
West
Khru
Shchev
China
Red Square
Red Guard
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kasygin
Sinkiang
Central Asia
Communist Parties
Kremlin
Vietnam
Louisiana's McKeithen as Southern National Figure in 1960s
The piece portrays Louisiana Governor John McKeithen as a rising Southern National Figure, detailing romantic entanglements with Ted Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, a 1965 Bogalusa racial incident, and McKeithen's appeal to Democratic presidential hopefuls. It notes his appeal to northern industry, a constitutional amendment enabling a second term, and his allure as a moderates’ choice to keep federal troops away.
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Ous
Ted Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Russell Long
Russell
Long
John McKeithen
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Lyndon Johnson
University of Louisiana
Humphrey
McKeithen
Bogalusa
Louisiana
National Negro Organizations
Department of Justice
U S Won't Allow Vague Peace Bids to Stop War
Washington strategists debate peace bid limits as Vietnam truce nears end. Johnson and Rusk require reciprocal military cuts and renewed air campaigns to show seriousness. Some veterans fear war could fade without formal talks, while Hanoi hints at talks without preconditions.
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U.S
Lewis Gulick Washington
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Washington
South Vietnam
Mississippi Solon Enters Governor Race
Rep John Bell Williams of Mississippi, stripped of seniority for backing Goldwater, enters the governor’s race promising a States Rights path to progress. He declares he will not resign his seat until Dec 31, 1967, then only to assume the governorship Jan 1, 1968, and says Barnett will campaign for him. Williams criticizes past “doom and despair” politics and vows positive programs for the state.
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Raymond
Miss
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Willams
Barry Goldwater
House
Williams
Barnett
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