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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1967
Page
7
Last year newsprint production in North America reached a record 10,528,933 tons, up 9.4 percent from 1985. The gain reflects higher demand and expanded mills across the region.
In Langley Virginia a playful profile of the CIA shows a vivid local scene. Citizens and shopkeepers joke about the agency while guiding visitors past the guard house and into the public roads gallery behind a Bureau of Public Roads sign. The piece mixes humor with a portrait of Langley as a forested suburb hosting the famed agency.
Board of Education opened five bids for Harding High School renovations with A Prete and Son Construction of New Haven offering the apparent low base bid of 329000. Optional extras include unbreakable glass for doors and windows at 9866 and other upgrades. A bidding discrepancy revealed a $1375 item should have been 13730, prompting board review at Feb 27.
In Jakarta Congress plans a March 7 meeting to consider removing President Sukarno amid fears of civil war. Military leaders warn against opposing Suharto and recall the 1965 Communist purge as Congress probes Sukarno’s links to the coup and the outlawed party.
New Orleans officials including Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison refuse comment on a published report that he has opened a broad probe into a possible assassination plot tied to New Orleans. The States Item says investigators spent over $8,000 on travel and expenses to Dallas, Houston, Miami, Washington, San Francisco, and Apolga, with leads involving Oswald and a Cuban suspect.
AP reports a Los Angeles bound flight faced a bizarre incident when a stewardess wearing an inflatable bra expanded during cabin depressurization. A passenger with a hatpin partially addressed the problem, while a man of foreign descent misread the scene thinking self harm. Order was restored amid laughter.
Gov. John Dempsey announced an allocation of 196000 to install median dividers on 8.8 miles of the Connecticut Turnpike at Clinton Westbrook and Old Saybrook. This brings total median barrier construction to over 100 miles since last June with an additional 674000 allocated last week for 27 miles on other highways.
Beverly shorts and major features fill local screens. Georgy Girl, Hallucination Generation, Monkey s Go Home and Tobruk headline at several venues. Notable runs include The Sound of Music, Doctor Zhivago, Not With My Wife You Don t, and Return from the Ashes across Milford Norwalk and surrounding drive-ins and cinemas.
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