Plane Missing With 23 Aboard Near Azores and Newfoundland
A four engine Constellation with 23 aboard is missing after departing Argentia Navy Base. Searchers from U S Navy Air Force Coast Guard Royal Canadian Air Force coordinate from Newfoundland and the Azores as relief ships join. Names of crew withheld pending relatives' notification.
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Newfoundland
Azores
U. S. Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
U.S
Miners killed in blast at India's modern coal mine
An explosion in Calcutta's latest coal mine killed at least 183 miners last night and flooded two neighboring mines, causing about 35 additional deaths among workers.
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Calcutta
India
Weather Summary for Bridge and Vicinity February 21 1968
The U S Weather Bureau notes fair weather with little temperature change. High today near 20s, cloudiness and a 15 to 28 degree low tonight. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Yesterday’s high 42, low 37. Almanac lists sun up 6 40, sun down 5 29.
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Momme
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bridge
Ilia
Officials push river route for Route 25 plan
City officials and business leaders urged routing Route 25 along the Pequonnock River bed as part of a North-South highway realignment from Bridgeport through Trumbull Monroe and Newtown. They argued river diversion or containment could allow a submerged highway and potential heliport near the railroad station and turnpike.
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Newman E. Argraves
City Planning Commission
New
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Trumbull
Monroe
Newtown
Planning Commission
Water Street
Housatonic Avenue
Old Berkshire
North Avenue
Weaver
Pequonnock
Stratford Avenue
River Route
Turnpike
Main Street
Pembroke Street
Walt
Gold Street
Clifford
Merchants Pleased With Turnout For Sales Event
The Retail Division of the Chamber of Commerce praised strong shopper turnout for a special sales event. Store owners credited the promotion for drawing crowds despite a snow storm, with several noting record or near record activity and plans for similar events. Sidney Reisman of D M Read Co. called it the biggest day since Christmas.
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Chamber of
Dart
D. M. Read Company
Atlas Explodes in Florida ICBM Test
Cape Canaveral Fla Feb 2 AP reports the Air Force launched the Atlas ICBM dubbed The Beast in a high Atlantic flight test. After a strong start the missile exploded two minutes and 70 seconds after liftoff, with no reason given for the blowup.
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Fla
Air Force
Free World
Atlantic Ocean
Connecticut Industry Attacks Labor Dept Unemployment Figures
Hartford February 2 AP The Manufacturers Association of Connecticut denounces state Labor Dept unemployment totals as unreliable. Iris Ford accuses Commissioner Renato Ricciuti of not presenting an accurate year to year comparison. Ford notes 90,600 unemployed in the week ending Feb 8 and questions the method used to reach this figure.
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The
Manufacturers Association of Connecticut
State Labor Department
Iris W. Ford
Association
Renato & Ricciuti
Connecticut
Ford
Mr. Ford
Dave Becks 101-Year Sentence Shocks Court
In Seattle Dave Beck Sr a former powerful Teamsters leader was sentenced to up to 15 years for stealing 1900 from the International Teamsters Union His son Dave Beck Jr was fined 2000 for pocketing 4550 from the union and faces separate sentencing A May federal tax trial looms as Beck Sr awaits its date The two hour courtroom scene featured appeals to mercy and praise for Becks civic work but the judge ordered the maximum penalty for the elder Beck with actual time set by the state parole board.
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Dave Beck Sr
International Teamsters Union
Dave Beck Jr
Teamsters
Superior Court
George H. Revelle
Charles Q. Carroll
Beck
State Board of
Jonly
Beck Jr
Beth
Charles S. Burdell
Becks
Burdell
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Detroit
Dave Beck, Sr
Esterday
Seavtlle
Atles
David Beck, Jr
Derby Payroll Bandit Grabs Briefcase Full of Mail
Derby police report a holdup at Charlton Press where a masked man wrestled with Geno Balsamo for a payroll briefcase containing only mail. Balsamo, 45, of New Haven, was treated at Griffin Hospital for scalp wounds after a brief struggle in the snow. The thief fled in a companion car toward Ansonia. Charlton Press had suffered a similar payroll robbery about three years earlier.
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Geno Balsamo
New Haven
John St. Angelo
Charlton Press
Griffin Hospital
Ansonia
Balsamo
Division
Mill Streets
Peter Hart Bridge
Chariton Press
Bid to Lease Pleasure Beach
Four bids were received for leasing Pleasure Beach park operations to private interests. The Board of Public Purchases opened the bids for study by Mayor Tedesco and aides as a potential cost saving step for the city.
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Board of Public Purchases
Tedesco
Ay Burzle
Waeke
TN Aie Centers, Inc
York City
Tunisia expels French consuls amid border tension
Tunisian police expelled French consuls tonight from their posts. Three consuls arrived escorted by police and were released in Tunis. Two others from Gafsa and Gabes spent the night in Sfax and were due at the French embassy in the morning. Tension rose as French troops surrounded a village on the Libyan border and a French military truck was destroyed by a mine.
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Gafsa
Gabes
Sfax
Youth 18 Kills His Father in North End Tragedy
Eighteen year old Robert Lathrop is jailed in the county custody after stabbing his 58 year old father Thomas at 3 am in their 100 Acorn street home. Police say the youth acted in defense of his mother Letitia during a quarrel that arose from drinking over the previous weeks. Lathrop died at St Vincent's hospital after surgery. The family was questioned as investigators piece together the domestic scene.
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Robert Lathrop
North End
Thomas B. Lathrop
Acorn Street
Letitia
Past Publishing pledges full morning paper coverage
Carriers and news dealers unite to provide a morning paper for all Past Publishing subscribers and readers. All news events up to an early hour Saturday morning will be covered fully.
Stratford Council approves 29.9 mill tax for 4 percent cost of living boost
Stratford town council unanimously adopts a 29.9 mill tax rate for the next fiscal year, funding a four percent cost of living increase for town employees including teachers. The move rejects the school board’s demand for an $81,213 reconstruction and shifts salary proposals from the board to a $300 raise with a $3,900 minimum, while planning for capital expenditures of 150,000 and new personnel across fire, police, and administration.
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Board of Education
Harry B. Flood
Tthe Board of Education
Ali
Allen Vermilya
Flood
William S. Simpson
Raybestas
Stratford Chamber of Commerce
Henry Fagan
Joseph Venables
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Burritt Lumber Company
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Donald R. Barrett
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