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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1967
Page
3
Hartford Hospital shuts down a 27 bed nursing unit due to a statewide shortage of nurse aides LPNs and RNs. The unit will remain closed until adequate staff is available and two floors of a new continuing care unit are delayed. The hospital previously faced a similar closure a year ago.
Charred bodies of 14 persons recovered from a century-old chateau used as an old folks home after a blaze swept three stories of the Green Valley Castle. Firefighters rescued 77 elderly residents, many senile, as two people remain missing.
Dr. Morgan Martin, superintendent of Norwich Hospital, has been appointed to the World Health Organization Expert Advisory Panel on Mental Health. The appointment places a regional medical leader among global experts advising on policy and research in mental health initiatives.
The House select committee resumes hearings on Adam Clayton Powell's right to sit in Congress. Subpoenas were issued for Corrine Huff in Bimini and for Marjorie Flores Powell, but responses are unclear. Special assistant C Sumner Stone will testify, while Emma Swann remains uncontactable after previous testimony about travel charges.
In Detroit, attendance stayed near normal at schools factories and city departments during a one day strike in solidarity with Harlem congressman Adam Clayton Powell The organizers claimed higher absenteeism but independent checks showed limited plant shutdowns and about 15 percent participation among the Negro community with 20 percent at some schools.
Rep. Emilio Q. Daddario warns at a Rice University pollution seminar that solving air and water pollution will cost tens of billions of dollars. He calls for an assessment board to study new technologies and demand clearer environmental standards and a shift to day-to-day policy in government and business.
President Johnson greeted Emperor Haile Selassie at the White House as he urged friendship among nations. The ceremony featured full military honors despite cold weather and moved indoors to the East Room. Haile Selassie flew from Addis Ababa after stops in Geneva and Shannon.
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. reported its New England holdings totaling 487 million dollars with state breakdowns: Maine 584 million, New Hampshire 25 million, Vermont 7 million, Massachusetts 302 million, Rhode Island 18.7 million, and Connecticut 76.2 million. The company listed Connecticut 12.6 million among investments and several firms including United Aircraft Corp. 4.7 million, Eldon Realty 5.8 million, Bridgeport Hydraulic 2.5 million, Greenwich Water Co. The policy holders meeting noted benefits paid in the six states totaling 144.2 million dollars.
Gainesville Florida AP attorney Selig Goldin says only a token penalty will be appealed for Pam Brewer 38-23-38 nude center spread in Charlatan and public hearing last Friday could yield minor discipline if UF president J Wayne Reitz imposes it.
Gen Abelardo Luiz Rodriguez, former Mexican president from 1932 to 1934, died Monday at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla California. He had been admitted January 20 for treatment of complications from an esophageal ulcer.
Actress Jayne Mansfield says she wants a female water buffalo to pair with a male given to her in Thailand. She notes she owns several dogs cats burros goats a mynah bird and a full grown ocelot and adds she simply loves animals.
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