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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1968
Page
15
Last year nearly three million units were contributed by the Red Cross, with blood collections expanding across centers in the United States. The article notes strong donor turnout and steadier supply for medical use nationwide.
Connecticut health data show 1967 under records with a lower death rate 88 per 1 000 and infant mortality 19 per 1 000. Tuberculosis and pneumonia deaths fell. no palio or six disease deaths occurred. Births 49 102. marriages 22 523. motor vehicle deaths rose to 15.8 per 100 000. homicide rate 2 5 per 100 000.
A Waterbury man, 54, pleaded no contest to negligent homicide in a Dec accident in Trumbull. Russell DiDonato, driving a Lombard Bros. truck, ran a red light at Route 8 and Nichols Ave, causing a fatal Stratford woman passenger injury. He received a $350 fine. the road was wet from rain.
U S State Department spokesman did not deny a report that three captured American pilots released by North Vietnam were ordered to fly home on military planes from Laos. Press aide McCloskey denied a condition requiring civilian airliners. Pacifists claim the action endangers future releases and the U S says no released prisoners will be sent back to the war in Vietnam.
The group and several figures criticized a Laos departure by military air as violating the spirit of the protest. Rev Daniel Berrigan argued the action betrayed pacifist aims while Zinn warned the U S feared the pilots comments and McCloskey defended the decision as prudent.
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