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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1966
Page
1
The Board of Apportionment and Taxation plans to meet this afternoon to set the city tax rate for the coming year. Civil Service pay recommendations are tabled for two weeks, leaving potential effects on salary scales and hires unclear this morning.
Fulbright seeks further enlightenment on Red China and Viet Nam while considering inviting Hubert Humphrey to testify. Humphrey, in New Delhi, declined public testimony citing precedent. McNamara may face renewed invitation but no decision yet. panel to extend discussion at Wednesday meeting.
The Catholic Graduates Club at Bridgeport will meet tonight at First Federal eye bank on Post Road Faire field. Plans for a trip to Power Hill Sunday and a puppet show March 4 at Continental restaurant will be discussed. The evening will feature screenings of Skiing in the Alps and Ski Colorado. Non members are invited to attend.
Army Private First Class John F. Sampt Jr. of Waterbury Connecticut was killed in action in Vietnam. He served with the Bd Engl. ieee Battalion of the First Cavalry Division, joined the Army last July and arrived in Vietnam in November. He was a Crosby High School graduate and the son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Sampt of 322 West Grove Street. He was killed last Thursday.
Lycoming division employee Curiale earned multiple Freedoms Foundation awards for essays and public speaking. He has published pieces on America and national issues and served on framed exhibits aboard the USS Valley Forge and USS George Washington. Greenberg, a freelance photographer with New Canaan Advertiser ties, also earned recognition for photos and captions over seven years. The awards honor efforts to promote constitutional rights and American civic life through writing and speaking.
A Glenbrook man, 0 years old, was fined a total of 700 for resisting arrest driving with a suspended license and DUI. A N0-year old Glenbrook man pleaded guilty before Judge Joseph Chernauskas at the Underwood building after New Year’s arrest following a 3 a.m. incident.
Freedoms Foundation awards the George Washington Award to the Defense Department and U S military servicemen worldwide for outstanding contribution to the American way of life. Five unidentified representatives will accept the plaque and 5002 honor at ceremonies marking Washington’s 234th birthday. The cash prize may be suspended or given to an armed forces fund.
In Stamford four gunmen tried to hijack a truck carrying fifty thousand dollars worth of women's apparel at Lockef Express Co on Gleason Avenue. They bound four employees, but an alarm triggered by the attempt scared them off without stealing money or merchandise. Police reported the workers freed themselves and alerted authorities.
Sir Audrey Senanayake prime minister of Ceylon arrived in Washington from Paris and is undergoing a series of tests at George Washington University Hospital. Hospital officials did not disclose the nature of his ailment.
The U S Cavalry Airmobile Division and South Vietnamese Marines push along the South Vietnamese coast in a six hour battle area near Phuoc Valley and Bong Song. U S destroyer Grissom fires 1095 rounds while B52 bombers strike coastal targets. Casualties listed as light for government forces with up to 41 guerrillas killed.
A report details multiple mortar and arson attacks in South Vietnam near Da Nang, Chu Lai, Tam Ky, and An Khe. Casualties are listed as moderate at some sites with several Viet Cong killed. The piece notes security measures for division ceremonies at Cam Ranh and mentions international figures observing events.
Funeral services for Mrs Gertrude Magner Conley 77 of 47 Senior Court Norwalk widow of Walter F Conley will be held Wednesday morning at Collins funeral home and St Marys church with a solemn high requiem Mass Burial follows in St Marys cemetery Survivors include nephews The obituary notes she was a lifelong Norwalk resident and former Lamhern NewsAona Marshall Paquette wife of Alexander Paquette worked for the Lamhern NewsAona Marshall Paquette and later for Harris Glass and Nash Engineering firms in Milford.
Nkru mah was invited to Hanoi by the North Vietnamese government. In Auckland Thailand's visiting premier Thanomy Kittie kachorn backed Humphrey warning that if South Vietnam falls to communists, Thailand Tos and Cambodia would be in danger. He pledged Thailand would fight stiffly as a U S ally.
An Indonesian court sentences the Red Leader of the October coup to death as generals planned to topple Sukarno. The army moved to purge Communists after briefly detaining Jakarda, with Sukarno opposing the armed PAIRS and maintaining power in a clash with the military.
Cape Kennedy AP reports preparations for Wednesday's unmanned Apollo moonship launch atop a Saturn I H rocket. Weather forecast is marginal for 7:45 a.m. EST, with hopes for clearing later. the mission aims to place the craft in orbit 316 miles up, then reenter at over 18,000 miles per hour to test heat endurance.
R B Heppenstall longtime Forge Co executive and son of W Heppenstall Sr dies in Pittsburgh at age after a career rising from production manager to president He was active with Midvale Heppenstall and a member of the American Society of Metals Funeral arrangements set for Pittsburgh church Services held at Third Presbyterian burial private Also in New Haven four year old Ronald Vieira drowns after falling from a City Point pier fire department failed to revive him at Yale New Haven Hospital
EAST LYME The Rev. John A. Pruevisky 69 former curate of Sts Cyril and Methodius Bridgeport and pastor of St Mathias New Britain died Sunday in Lawrence Memorial Hospital New London Services will be held Wednesday at St Mathias with a Pontifical high Mass Burial in St Marys New Britain A Mass will be said tonight in the church Survivors include a brother Frank Cruzinsky of Newington and others
Mrs Catherine Jones Goodson 51 of 219 Adams Street died Saturday in Bridgeport Hospital. She served as secretary of the Bridgeport NAACP chapter and was active with the Bridgeport Heart Fund and Bethel AME Church. Survived by husband Jaynes A Goodson and three sons Alfred Donald Goodson and Myles Goodson. a brother Paul Jones. three sisters. three granddaughters and several nieces and nephews. Arrangements by James F Morton Funeral Home. Burial in Lakeview Cemetery. Born in Quincy Florida, she lived in Bridgeport most of her life. She was employed by the Bridgeport Area Homemakers Service. Services set for 11 p.m. at Retirel AME Church with Rev Samuel T Smith officiating.
Robert I Mount, 83, longtime Newtown lawn assessor, died at home on Botsford Hill road. Services planned Thursday at 2 pm at the funeral home with burial in Zoar cemetery. Survived by wife Mya Louise and daughter Louise Aguiar. He belonged to Washington Lodge AF and AM and was a former member of the Board of Tax Review.
Services will be held for Joseph A Andraske 35 of 575 Shelton Street who died after falling from a tree during a fishing trip at Pope's Pond Wilton. Mass and burial details listed with church and funeral home locations. Survivors include parents four brothers two sisters and several relatives.
De Gaulle warned NATO may be abandoned in 1969 if its terms are not met. He claimed the alliance had outlived its purpose and would be replaced by French controlled bilateral accords, affecting bases, supplies, and airfields across France. He also pressed for peace in Vietnam under noninterference and Geneva accords, signaling France’s stance against U.S. China policy.
Italian competitor Zardini died after a high speed crash on the course. Crew members Paul Levesque and Mike Young were hospitalized in satisfactory condition, while Robert Storey survived. The incident occurred during a combined two man and four man event at the Austrian venue in Innsbruck.
In Newark New Jersey a mother Mrs Lornia Lowe 28 amid flames on a third floor balcony dropped four children to awaiting firemen. Three children Rosemary 5 Valerie 4 Loretta 3 months were later released after hospital checks. Wildra 14 months died. Mrs Lowe was detained for X ray tests. Meanwhile Mrs Hartley Caraway of Arkansas is noted as the first woman from any state elected to the United States Senate.
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