15 Feb 1967
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1967
Page
1
A Bridgeport housing code proposed by Mayor Curran would place duties on owners and tenants with penalties for violations. Supporters and opponents spoke, including Rev. James D. Peters urging rent receivership, and landlord Joseph Katz warning the code needs teeth. Aldermen will study the proposals and hear further testimony.
Sister Clair presented hospital expansion proposals with slides of the site. The plan aims to influence Fairfield's health for generations as the chamber honors St. Vincent's for over 60 years of service and welcomes a new era as a town resident.
The Soviet Union says it will sign if the other four nuclear powers join. American observers oppose including the U S Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in the zone claiming they are U S possessions vital to defense. Britain protests as its Caribbean possessions would be constrained without rights. US and UK secure rights to transport nuclear weapons through the zone if not violating international law. British observers object to anti colonial resolution pushed by Argentina Venezuela and Guatemala.
The city approves an eight thousand dollar pay increase for Dr Dinan partially offsetting the loss of private practice. Dinan will phase out private work as a separate renewal seeks to fill the 8 757 10 170 post of community facilities director with top candidate William Rosenberg and counselor Philip Trager urging a department be chosen to handle the appointment. The original delay stems from court appeals and a death, with civil service routing the issue to the city attorney. Other actions include upgrades for Ruth McHugh and a custodial job at Roosevelt School, plus a six month deferral for a public health nurse candidate who is a Vocational Opportunity Center teacher. A committee was formed to press the Building Commissioners to drop a plan for a new masonry inspector exam and instead hire from existing lists for assistant building inspectors, while uncertainty remains over the masonry inspector starting salary.
The report says 25 military leaders are under attack including Deputy Defense Minister Hsiao Ching kuang and district commanders as Chiang Ching kuang rises to chair a purge committee. Chou En lai named adviser while Javietia notes a Soviet stance but ongoing anti-Soviet campaign persists.
Viola Day 31 of East Side shot in a quarrel with longtime boyfriend outside her home on Valentine's Day. Richard Mayfield 34 surrendered to police and was charged with aggravated assault after a domestic dispute, held on $5,000 bond. Detectives investigated.
Lester T. Beall of North Brookfield Center designed the forthcoming 10 cent Andrew Jackson post stamp. Based on Thomas Sully’s portrait of the seventh president, the lavender vehicle stamp is part of the Prominent Americans series. It will be issued March 15 at Hermitage Tennessee on Jackson’s 200th birth anniversary.
Mayor Curran lauded the Bridgeport YMCA and H Parker Lansdale for advancing community development as Bridgeport faces over 5 000 jobless persons. Avery elected YMCA Branch board chair with Dunn recognized, and new officers named. A folk group from Easton entertained after dinner, explaining Sport Hill road’s old name Jackson Pike.
Second District Councilman Frank LeCardo questioned airport sale plans calling them a needle sab from Bridgeport. He argued if sale were real Stratford would be asked if they want to buy. Dorne cited fines as part of the discussion.
Mexican patient Fernandez remains under hospital care after a second operation with a plastic valve and partial implant of a heart pump. The device, led by Dr Michael DeBakey, supports the damaged left ventricle to aid recovery. Four prior deaths cited from postoperative complications. one survivor from five pump patients at Methodist. Esperanza del Valle Vasquez, Mexico City, previously operated in August and released after a September checkup in Houston.
Reds dynamited a helicopter base 25 miles west of Pieiku and faced counter mortar fire from U S forces who used artillery to silence Communist positions in an 11 minute attack. American casualties were reported as light with no figures for Communist losses. B52 jets then targeted southern Panhandle areas and bases near Quang Ngai and Binh Tuy as air strikes resumed against North Vietnam.
The controversy centers on Barbara Beidler's poem Afterthoughts on Napalm Drop on Jungle Villages near Haiphong published in Venture. Church leaders defend the work as free expression while Pentagon chaplains consider its inclusion on a recommended publications list for military bases.
Bridgeport Red Cross pays tribute to founders Mrs. Waller B. Lashar and Mrs. Eliza Fleck plus past leaders including Edmund S. Wolfe and William K. Mulvihill. The event profiles wartime service, blood drives contributions by local companies, and awards to newspapers and organizations.
New Haven Post 320 reports Veterans of Foreign Wars urges Congress to oppose Pentagon limits on Arlington National Cemetery burials. Copies of the letter were sent to Senators Dodd and Ribicoff, Rep Giaimo, and Senate and House leaders as part of a nationwide campaign. Arlington burials top 7,000 yearly with fewer than 6,500 plots left.
Wilson asserts a secret agreement with Russia and notes the lunar new year truce in Vietnam saw a large North Vietnamese buildup that could upset the balance, complicating Johnson’s belief that Hanoi seeks peace. He says mutual trust remains lacking and stresses American sincerity to negotiate a peace.
Allied forces and Viet Cong clash in hit and run actions with unknown enemy casualties. a satchel charge is found abandoned. terrorists detonate an explosive device on a roof occupied by Americans in nha be south of saigon killing a vietnamese woman and child. u s air strikes resume on north vietnam roads bridges and storage areas, using radar guided raids in cloudy weather.
Lunar Orbiter 3 is set to photograph proposed Apollo landing locales. Images focus on Low Volcanic Dome Site No 1 near Maskelyne crater in Sea of Tranquility, where few craters exist and larger ones are masked by volcanic material.
Pentagon data show about 12 percent of enlisted in Vietnam from 1961 to 1965 were Negroes, with an 18.6 percent death rate, about 55 percent higher than their 12 percent share. Officials cite educational gaps and re enlistment patterns as factors and note higher Negro representation in elite units and airborne divisions.
Becker who backs Pinney in the GOP, competes with Patterson for the state auditor post as Baldwin plans June retirement. The two auditors chosen by the Assembly serve four-year terms. Becker’s Hartford roots include work with the Chamber of Commerce and the Public Expenditure Council.
In a late development Patterson telephoned GOP House and Senate leaders to say he was withdrawing from the race while Becker continued his campaign. Scientists doubt intelligent life exists on Mars, Venus or other solar system planets.
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