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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1968
Page
12
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A two day symposium at University of Chicago Billings Hospital brings together 26 leading cancer experts to discuss normal and cancer cell growth. No dramatic cure is expected as cancer is a group of diseases with varied causes despite $2 billion spent on research and rising death rates.
An editorial urges drivers and gas station attendants to stop fueling with the engine running. It cites a recent arrest and fine of an attendant and stresses universal awareness of the safety rule. It argues learners and all motorists must instinctively shut off the motor and attendants must stay alert to prevent emergencies.
A U S B 52 crashed in Greenland carrying hydrogen bombs and salvage efforts followed. The Soviet Union lodged an official protest over dangerous flights, while the State Department defended the missions as necessary to maintain ready retaliatory power against the Soviet threat.
At the UN disarmament talks in Geneva the Soviet ambassador Alexei Roschin denounced the flights as a flagrant violation of the 1958 seas pollution ban and the partial test ban. The USSR accuses the United States of sensationalism and says it hides its own nuclear threat by exploiting an accident to spread fear among the general public.
The assembly votes 3 to 1 to require New York public schools to hold annual memorial services on May 29 for John F Kennedy, despite Republican amendments to honor other assassinated presidents. Debate highlights partisan overtones and potential political motives ahead of Senate action and Gov Rockefeller.
A civic press release notes National Kraut and Frankfurter Week runs February 22 to March 2, now in its 21st year. It links postwar voter generation to broader shifts while joking about national appetite for potatoes and sausages amid a high tech era.
In a Charlotte News piece the shift from reusable glass to throw away polythene bottles in Britain is examined. Polythene is praised as indestructible and seen as a looming global bottle surplus, raising concerns about civilization’s reliance on plastic packaging.
Tax rules and court rulings affect how you value used clothing, furniture, and art given to charities. The 1967 decision allows valuing property at retail prices, not dealer prices, but you may face Treasury challenges. Cash donations via checks or cash receipts remain deductible, while noncash gifts require careful valuation and may be limited if you receive value in return.
A concise comic dictionary note defines a zoo as a place where people go but wild animals are barred. The entry offers a humorous contrast between visitors and restricted animal sections.
A 1950 Truman emergency proclamation is questioned for exceeding bounds and echoed by presidents Johnson and Kennedy. The piece argues such declarations risk perpetual dictatorial power, urges using lawful, transparent means, and praises candid leadership while warning against legalistic appropriation. It highlights related Wilson and 1917 wartime authorities and notes the American Enterprise Institute publishing Truman, Wilson, and Johnson documents.
The piece criticizes police shooting during a campus riot over a bowling alley barred to Negro patrons. It argues for better police tactics and stresses demonstrators bear some responsibility for violence, while noting Ramsey Clark's Civil Rights Act suit against the alley. It links SNCC influence to police reactions and judicial action to public accommodations law.
Republicans map a strategy to win 31 House seats for control, pinning hopes on New York and Connecticut in the Northeast and the South’s shifting loyalties amid Wallace’s third party bid. Laird sees Rockefeller as a potential hero, Ford favors the South, and party planning assumes a two-party race though Wallace could blunt gains.
The New Britain Gas Co reports theft of about $40,000 from a company safe during the weekend. Approximately $16,000 in cash and $24,000 in checks were taken after the safe was pried open. Police are investigating.
The Connecticut Air Pollution Control commission will hold public hearings on two proposed regulations at the state capital. One would grant emergency pollution controls to the state health commissioner, potentially shutting down industry and altering fuel use. The other would formalize open burning restrictions, possibly limiting outdoor fires to cooking, recreation, or health-protection excuses with permits and limited exceptions. The draft regulatory plan draws debate over impacts on daily life and pollution concerns.
Hartford AP report notes the interim Appropriations committee will form subcommittees to study the projected budget deficit, estimated at over 60 million by the biennium end. Republicans failed to waive the 25 dollar member fee as Democrats held the majority. Next committee meeting scheduled for March 20.
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