Postmaster Contest Narrowed in Bridgeport Race
Civil Service ratings place three candidates Flynn Bruno Keller in top three for Bridgeport postmaster post. congressional and Democratic Town committee processes to pick basis for Senate confirmation. Local figures Flynn Bruno Keller have long service backgrounds. list includes several city officials and professionals.
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U.S. Senate
Democratic Town Committee
Rep. Iaving
Stratfield Motor Inn
Civil Service Commission
Flynn
Post Office Department
Bridgeport
New England Regional Office
Boston
New York
Connecticut
New England
Bruno
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Effore
Keller
Samuel J. Tedesco
Jasper McLevy
United Fund
Knights of Columbus
Catholic War Veterans
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Neary
Russell F. Neary
Paul EE. Donovan
Dominic A. Cretetla
John
Donnelly
M. McDonald Isaac, Jr
Bridgeport Housing Authority
Francis E. Fagan
Board of Police Commissioners
Edward CC. Liska
City Purchasing Board
Gerald J. Murphy
Board of Fire Commissioners
John C. Mandanici
Zoning Commission
Donald A. Mellish
Benjamin J. Resnick
Joseph E. Scala
Joseph P. O'Neill
William J. O'Brien
Edward PD. Sullivan
William D. Kuntz
Washington
Travel Tax Debates Hover Over U S Tourism Push
A Johnson administration plan urges incentives to lure foreign visitors with cheaper travel and visa waivers while boosting the U S Travel Service budget. Congress weighs a travel tax for Americans abroad, with industry urging no tax on foreign travelers and focus on attracting outsiders.
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U.S
United States
Earl B. Clark 79 Monroe native dies in Florida
Earl B. Clark a former Monroe resident died Friday in Dunedin Florida where he had lived since 1956 He was 79 and a retired contractor He lived in Bridgeport worked for Bridgeport Brass before starting his own contracting business He served as Monroe dog warden in the early 1950s Survivors include his wife May Elizabeth Clark and a son Jer W Clark of St Petersburg Iowa
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Monroe
Earl BR. Clark
Dunedin
Fla
New York
Clark
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Brass Company
Lovers Lane
Florida
The
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
May Elizabeth Clark
Jer W. Clark
St. Petersburg
Three Men Indicted in Connecticut Murders
Schaw and Christiansen were arrested in Oakland on narcotics charges and charged with Inman’s murder. Christiansen allegedly aided Schow in the killing of Inman, released from Fairfield State jail a day earlier. Inman was beaten with a rock after an argument near a railroad trestle. The trio are held without bond as first degree murder indictments allow prosecution to proceed.
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Schaw
Christiansen
Oakland
Calif
Bridgeport
Inman
Schow
Fairfield
Decufour
Norden
Nor Walk
Denette
Trumbull
Monroe
State
Dedufour
Carolyn Rae
Norman A. Porteus
Michael del Vecchio
James McDonald
Bureau of Indentification
Robert Morrill
Trumbull Department
St. Vincents's Hospital
David Lobdell
Ahmad Haghighati
Sauer
Anthony Fabrizi
Arthur Sallhouse
George J. Molnar
Connecticut
Fairfield State
Traffic Group Adds 14 New Members
The Bridgeport Traffic association held its Mov ers Warehouse and Carloaders night at Journey's Inn and approved 14 new members including James Howse Carl Palermo William Pane Harry Santana Robert Sykes David Garlay Frank Ayal lon Sal DeFelice Henry Giffin Milton Goldstein Robert Dowd and Norman Rousseau. The root systems of most trees are more extensive than the trunks and branches.
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Bridgeport Traffic Association
Journey's Inn
James Howse
Carl Palermo
William Pane
Harry Santana
Robert Sykes
David Garlay
Frank Ayallon
Sal DeFelice
Henry Giffin
Milton Goldstein
Robert Dowd
Norman Rousseau
Johnson urges vital civil rights bill as step toward equality
President Johnson called a crucial civil rights bill a vital step toward equality and endorsed open housing provisions to ensure fair access to housing and public facilities. He said the measure would punish violence against citizens exercising rights like voting and education and urged broader reforms in employment and jury selection.
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Johnson
Appeal Argued On Confiscation of Woman's Car
Three Circuit judges heard arguments over whether the state may keep a 1966 Cadillac seized April 24 during a gambling raid. Bridgeport lawyer Charles Hanken argued bias in the trial judge denied Leslie Boston a jury trial and that the car should be returned. Assistant Chief Prosecutor John Rose said evidence showed the car was used in illegal gambling and noted Caserta’s guilty plea.
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Meriden
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Charles Hanken
Bernard A. Kasicki
David H. Jacobs
Searls Dearington
John G. Cicala
Leslie Boston
James J. Caserta
Bellview Terrace
Antonia
Fairfield
Caserta
Hanken
Cicala
Miss Boston
Circuit Court
John Rose
United Air Lines Flight Food Bill Tops 1967
United Air Lines reports its 1967 inflight food bill around 15 million dollars. The carrier served 19,131,156 inflight meals, averaging over 52,000 daily. Passengers drank 760,000 gallons of liquor, 158,000 of soft drinks, 440,000 gallons of milk, and consumed 4,376,000 pounds of coffee.
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New York
UPI
United Air Lines
United
Windsor School Chief Refuses Hartford Student Bus Plan
Windsor superintendent Lloyd Calvert declined Hartford’s request to bus Hartford Negro pupils into Windsor. He cited overcrowding and the need to rent space for next year as Windsor’s reason. Hartford, Rocky Hill, and Canton rejected Project Concern. five towns agreed, eight hadn’t replied. Separately, state troopers competed in two exam centers for the new rate of corporal, a 1967 standard.
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Windsor
Hartford
Lloyd Calvert
Medill Bair
Calvert
Bair
Barr
Rocky Hill
Canton
General Assembly
Hamden
American Bar Votes to Limit News on Crime
Delegates debate restricting crime reporting with guidelines aimed at fair trials. ABA officials cite mild steps while critics warn free press will suffer. The study, begun 35 months ago, would bar disclosure of prior records and certain test results, while listing basic details of the accused.
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York City
Lombard
Willam T. Gossett
ABA
Theodore Koop
CBS
Sigma Delta Chi
Washington, D.C
D. Tennant Bryan
Richmond, Var
American Newspaper Publishers Association
House of Delegates
Free Press
J. Edward Murray
The
Arizona Republic
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Fair Trial
Paul C. Reardon
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Mrs Eileen Sullivan of Norwalk services set for Wednesday
Mrs Eileen Smith Sullivan 79 wife of Michael J Sullivan of 18 Ohio Ave Norwalk died Sunday. Services planned Wednesday at 8:30 am at Collins Funeral Home 92 East Ave and 9 pm? in St Marys Church with a Requiem Mass burial at St Johns Cemetery. Survivors include husband three sons Francis Joseph John P Sullivan a daughter Alice Rooney all Norwalk three sisters Alice Robinson Ontario Calif Charles McCann Stratford six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Fire strikes nearly 2000 American homes daily and claims a life every 43 minutes.
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Norwalk
Eileen Smith Sullivan
Michael J. Sullivan
Ohio Avenue
Collins
East Avenue
St. Mary’s Church
Women’s Society of
St. Philip’s
Francis J
Joseph M
John P. Sullivan
Alice Rooney
Alice Robinson
Charles McCann
Ontario
Calif
Louis Petrier
Stratford
City Council Considers Penalties to Curb Car Theft
Bridgeport council backs stronger actions amid rise in stolen vehicles with 1800 autos taken last year. Aldermen discuss ordinances limiting use and sale of car keys left in ignition and restricting tear gas devices with fines up to 500 dollars and one year in jail.
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George W. Brown
136Th
Bridgeport
John P. Maiocco, Jr
Connelly
New City
Curran
Joseph A. Walsh
Pearson Falls Short on Tax Vote in House
In a chaotic session Deputy Speaker Batten began a vote unready for action as fifty Conservative MPs joined with 15 NDP, five Creditistes, three Social Credit members and an independent to upset Pearson. The Commons tally stood Liberal 130, Conservative 95, NDP 22, Creditistes 8, Social Credit 4, Independent 3, vacant 3. Pearson, due back from Jamaica after an honorary degree, faced opposition leader Stanfield and former PM Diefenbaker as calls for resignation arose.
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Alistair Fraser
Herman M. Batten
New Democrats
Creditistes
Social Credit
Gilles Gregoire
Liberals
Conservatives
NDP
Pearson Jour
Jamaica
University of the West Indies
Robert L. Stanfield
John Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Region Planners Seek Reports on L I Bridge Study
Region planners schedule a February meeting at the Jewish Community Center to review the second regional plan affecting Bridgeport, Monroe, Trumbull, Stratford, Easton, and Fairfield. Easton officials plan to attend to assess the agency despite not backing it. Federal funds, delayed since September, threaten bills and payroll though state grants and local contributions sustain operations. A Bridgeport zoning referral requests approval to build 36 apartments on Old Town Road near the Bridgeport Trumbull line, with nine buildings on 2.15 acres and a zone change from A-residence to urban deprecated.
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Bridgeport
Monroe
Trumbull
Stratford
Easton
Fairfield
Alex Sowchuk
Sowchuk
Sawchuk
City of
Thomas Emanuel
Old Town Road
Bridgeport-Trumbull
Aerdan Snartmante
Council Mulls Parking Tag Hike Amid Mayor Cur ran Push
The Norwalk council reviews an ordinance to raise overtime parking fines from 1 to 5, and then to 10 if unpaid in 14 days, with a later rise to 15 for violations near hydrants. Anthony Arcamone, 71, of Norwalk died Sunday. services are set today with burial at St John’s. Survivors include three daughters, three sons, a brother and sister in Italy, and 13 grandchildren.
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Curran
Bridgeport
Arcamone
Baroni
di Ischia
Italy
Norwalk
Nash
Anthony Arcamone
Avenue B
Prospect Gardens
East Vienna
Afolnnis
Rose Arcamone
John Nooney
Harold Notzelmann
Redding
Rocco
Clement
Ralph Arcamone
Tourists Create Jobs in California Warns Automobile Club
About 350000 California jobs tie to tourism per the National Automobile Club. Lodging provides 77000 positions, food service 64000, amusements 52000, and air transport 44000.
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Los Angeles
California
National Automobille Club
Ocean floors remain largely unmapped worldwide
The ocean covers about 70 percent of Earth yet less than 5 percent of the seafloor has been accurately charted. Scientists urge expanded mapping to better understand ecosystems, resources, and climate connections across global depths.
Stubborn Fire Fought By Norwalk Firemen
Norwalk firefighters battled a stubborn blaze in an apartment building at 65 East Avenue for nearly four hours. Fifteen occupants evacuated as two apartments were gutted and flames spread to the attic and roof of the three story structure. The alarm rang at 8 13 p m and crews remained on scene until 12 06 a m Chief Benjamin Mangels Deputy Chief Earl Carpenter and Capt James Bog idany were at the scene with Chief Carpenter stating damage was heavy and noting further investigation today with owner George Olson of Stamford.
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East Avenue
Benjamin Mangels
Earl Carpenter
James Bogidany
Carpenter
George Olson
Stamford
AFL-CIO Charges Drug Firms With Price Gouging and Dangerous Practices
The AFL-CIO council accuses major drug manufacturers of price gouging, pushing brand name drugs over cheaper generics, and promoting drugs of unproven value with dangerous side effects while exempting reputable small FDA-certified producers. The charges draw on congressional testimony.
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Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Labor Council
Senate Bill Aims Treason Charges For Aiding Enemies
A bipartisan group of 19 senators including Senate GOP leader Everett M. Dirksen backs a bill to criminalize aiding enemies during war or open hostilities. Eastland says hearings could finish in 30 days. Provisions also target employment of Communists in publicly funded schools. The Alamo in San Antonio is noted in the piece.
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GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
A Eastland
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Eastland
Supreme Court
United States
Soviet May Match U S In Missiles
The United States holds a large lead in sea based missiles and plans to expand it. The Pentagon says it will triple warhead missiles on Minuteman III and convert 31 of 41 Polaris submarines to Poseidon with 12 warheads, keeping a three to four to one superiority for six to eight years. The report sees Soviet buildup as boosting second strike capability, not first strike potential.
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Robert M. McKinney
The
Santa Fe New Mexican
Task Force
Johnson
Western Hemisphere
House
Ways and Means
U.S
Hemisphere
Capitol Hill
William M. Roth
Senate
House Economic Committee
McKinney
International Air Transport Association
New York City
Europe
United States
Jordan
Red Sea
Aqaba
Russia
Pentagon
Defense
Soviet Union
Defense Department
Plane Hits Roof Of School In St Louis County
A plane crashed into McCluer High School near Lambert Field injuring no students. The gymnasium had just been emptied minutes earlier and about 3,000 students were in other areas. Witnesses reported no engine noise as the craft appeared to glide toward the airport.
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Lambert St. Louis
McCluer High School
St. Louis County
Florissant
Emmett Perry
Perry
Lua Lutes
Hoover Becomes First West of Mississippi President
Herbert Hoover of Iowa is identified as the first U.S. president from the west of the Mississippi. The 31st president was born in West Branch, Iowa in 1874.
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Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Mississippi River
West Branch
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