Red Chinese Shoot Down Yank Plane Near Hainan Island
Two American Air Force planes strayed near Hainan Island in the South China Sea. one A 1 Skyraider was shot down by Red Chinese MIGs and the other escaped to Da Nang Vietnam. Pentagon officials said navigational errors led to the incident. Peking Radio accused the United States of war provocation.
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Washington
Hainan Island
da Nang
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Hainan
Peking Radio
Tokyo
United States
Navy
People’s Liberation Army
Peking
Asst
Phil G. Goulding
Arson Charged To School Aide In Darien Fire
A handyman and watchman at Cherry Lawn School, Albert Tabor y, 34, faced arson charges after a dormitory dining kitchen building was destroyed in a late Sunday fire. About 35 occupants were displaced, with students and staff kept in temporary quarters as flames raged for hours. The four story building housed a gym library and the school kitchen and was nearly leveled. Principal Ludwig C. Zuber noted families and staff stayed on with classes and meals uninterrupted.
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Darien
Cherry Lawn School
Albert Tabory
Ludwig C. Zuber
Courts consider seizure of houses tied to crime
In a Connecticut appellate ruling the court upheld the seizure of a car used in a gambling operation and discussed broader use of property forfeiture. The case involved John W Cody of Trumbull and William Guzette of Milford with Cody claiming no knowledge of the car’s use.
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Connecticut
Vamlment DY
Cody
Markle
Circuit Court
Arnold Markle
Head Rest Rule Set for 1969 Cars by U S Safety Standard
The U S government announced a new auto safety standard requiring head rests on all passenger cars built after December 31 1969 to reduce whiplash neck injuries in rear end crashes. Highway Administrator Lowell K Bridwell cited the protective need and the rule’s timetable.
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Washington
Lowell K. Bridwell
United States
National Safety Council
Volkswagen
William Haddon Jr
National Highway Safety Bureau
Department of Transportation
Weather notes and almanac details from Bridgeport
Partly sunny and warmer today with high 35 to 40. Tonight and tomorrow partly fair, lows in the teens to low 20s. Flurries possible 19 percent. Westerly winds 16 to 20 mph. Almanac and safety notes follow about rear end crashes and head restraints standards proposed by the National Highway Safety Bureau.
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Dole
U.S
Burrey
Bridgeport
Long Island Sound
Bombers Raise Siege Ring Around Khe Sanh
U S bombers and fighter bombers press a heavy campaign around the Khe Sanh Marine base, aiming to break the North Vietnamese siege as 5 000 Marines contend with a larger force. More than 7 000 sorties and 85 B52s rain bombs on surrounding mountains amid reports of tunnel defenses.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Khe Sanh
U.S. Air Force
Air
Navy
Marine
Ta Kung, Pao
Hong Kong
Kung Pao
Hanoi Seeks Breakthrough in Pueblo Talks
White House envoy Cyrus Vance after a 10 hour session with Foreign Minister Choi Kyu hah reported near agreement on most issues troubling U S South Korea ties. Agreement on a draft communique was said to hinge on final talks with President Park while points on United Nations forces and retaliatory actions remained unsettled.
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Seoul
White House
Cyrus Vance
South Korea
U.S
Choi Kyu-hah
Vance
Pueblo
Choi
Chung Hee Park
United Nations Command
U .U.S
Park
BHA Seeks $5 Million From United States for Upgrades
Bridgeport Housing Authority applied for five million dollars in federal funds to modernize aging projects. Executive director Francois J Shanley announced a housing assistance team will review need and factors affecting the decision, including management policies and tenant relations. The board also heard from architect Toby Vece that March 15 is the estimated date to take action.
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Bridgeport Housing Authority
BHA
Franzois J. Shanley
U.S. Housing Assistance Administration
HAA
M. McDonald Isaac, Jr
Toby Vece
Coast Guard to Build New Haven Boat Station
The Coast Guard announces a $1.6 million New Haven waterfront station with an administration building barracks boat shed and a single pier. Construction starts before next fall with completion in the 1989 boating season and a 45 person crew including an 80 foot patrol craft for search and rescue in Long Island Sound.
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Coast Guard
New Haven
Robert N. Giaimo
Long Island Sound
Fort Totten
Queens
N. Y
Eaton's Neck
Long Island
Driscoll Faces Union Leaders Over Power Project Stand
Three Boston labor leaders criticized John J. Driscoll of Bridgeport for backing the Dickey Lincoln hydroelectric project in Maine. They called his statement misleading and contrary to the views of many in New England organized labor. Driscoll pushed back asserting his position.
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Boston
John J. Driscoll
Bridgeport
Connecticut State Labor Council
Afl-Cio
New England
Maine
Charles Hardy
Brotherhood of Utility Workers, Inc
John Woodburn
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Richard Brosnahan
International Union of District 50
United Mine Workers of America
Drisco
Organized Labor
New Engared
Driscoll
Fast
Features and notices in the daily Telegram section
A compact listing announces departments and pages such as Classified Ads OMICS Lee kee eens Cooking Is Fun Crossword Puzzle Dear Abby Deere beentaee Financial News Jacoby on Bridge Obituaries Polly's Pointers Sports Sylvia Porter Theater News TV and Radio Women's News and more across pages 26 to 63 with feature items and regular columns.
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Telegram
Omics Lee Kee Eens
Dear “Abby
Deere Beentaee Financial News
Jacoby On Bridge
Polly
Sylvia Porter
DeLury Denied Jail Release to Talk Trash Pact
New York AP reports John DeLury head of the Uniformed Sanitationmen Association was denied temporary jail release as wage talks resume with City Hall. Attorney Paul O'Dwyer said heat subsided and attitudes cooled though a State Supreme Court ruling upheld the contempt sentence.
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DeLury
New York
John DeLury
Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association
Paul O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
State Supreme Court
U S Air Raids Hit North Vietnam Bridges and Airfields
American warplanes launched their largest strike in six weeks targeting Phuc Yen and Hoa Lac airfields and a bridge near Hanoi. Four missile sites were silenced while B 52s pressed strikes on Khe Sanh and naval targets near Haiphong as Hanoi claimed six enemy planes shot down.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Hue
South Vietnam
Imperial City
Canal “Es Rapides
China
Vinh
Air Force
Phuc Yen
Hoa Lac
Thai Nguyen
Strick
Navy
Haiphong
Affidavits Detail New Haven Bomb Plot From Undercover Agents
U S affidavits filed in federal court reveal undercover agents posing as gun dealers attended a November motel meeting with defendants Ronald Johnson and James Cotter among others. The six men face trial in state court on charges of conspiring to blow up public buildings.
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New Haven
U.S. District Court
Superior Court
Philip Salafia Jr
State Police
Plassie Williams
U.S. Treasury Department
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Salafia
Williams
New Haven Motor Hotel
Ronald Johnson
James A. Cotter
Guilford
Johnson
Organiz
NAACP leader says Johnson invited to Bridgeport event
Rev. Charles R. Gordon of the Bridgeport Stratford NAACP branch said President Johnson was invited to speak for Negro History Week in Bridgeport Friday night but urgent White House business prevented a trip. Gordon read greetings from the President at an inter faith service in East End Baptist tabernacle wishing success for the week's activities. The invitation was extended by letter and telegram hoping for a major policy statement.
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Charles R. Gordon
Bridgeport - Stratford
NAACP
Johnson
White House
Bridgeport
East End Baptist Tabernacle
Gordon
Rusk Says Hanoi Rejected San Antonio Peace Formula
Secretary of State Dean Rusk stated that Communist North Vietnam has rejected President Johnson's San Antonio peace formula. He said Washington remains unwilling to accept propaganda gestures and will seek serious moves toward peace only when Hanoi shows readiness to engage.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
North Vietnam
Johnson
San Antonio
Rusk
United States
Hanoi
Robert J. McCloskey
State Department
U.S
U Thant
Amintore Fanfani
McCloskey
Vietnam
Johnson Ede
Texas City
Greenwich GOP Endorses Weicker for Congress Nomination
Greenwich Republican Town Committee unanimously endorses former First Selectman Lowell P. Weicker Jr. for the 4th district GOP nomination for Congress. He already received endorsement from the committee's executive committee last week.
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Greenwich
First
Psycho strangler hunts after two deaths in Gaffney
Police in Gaffney South Carolina hunted a self described psycho after the strangulation of a woman and a teenage girl and the kidnapping of another teen. Sheriff Julian Wright tied the three incidents as related and a newsman reported a caller warned of more deaths if not caught.
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Gaffney
S. C
College Town
Cherokee County
Julian Wright
Opal Dianne Buckson
Gracie Buckson
Bill Gibbons
The
Gaffney Ledger
Gibbons
Jon
Wright
Nancy Carol Partis
Nancy Christine Rhinehart
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John Rose
Seoul OK
Korea
Sandy Hocking
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Opinion Research Center
Public Health Service
N. Viet
Reds
Greenwich Gop
Weicker
Dixie Cops
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