Cities Push Demand for School Aid
Hartford officials and lawmakers from both parties criticized Governor Dempsey’s plan to raise state per pupil aid to towns for education in the coming biennium as insufficient. Speakers urged higher taxes or alternate funding, with Hartford Mayor George B. Kinsella proposing state income tax study and potential state takeover of education. Senator Hull favored cigarette tax increases to fund schools while voicing opposition to a broad income tax.
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Dempsey
General Assembly
George B. Kinsella
Kinsella
Sen
T. Clark Hull
Danbury
Hull
Senate
Edward Marcus
New Haven
Lee
Richard C. Lee
Connecticut
Puzzle Unsolved New Prize 125 The Old Maestro Boss
The Sunday Post Prize Crossword game keeps a $125 prize in play as the Old Puzzlemaster, “the boss,” promises sharper word clues and a tougher strongbox. Two puzzlers previously took freebacks, but the new issue fixes the format and sets a date to contest for the prize in Puzzle 666.
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Strongbox
The
Sunday Post
Weather forecast Bridgeport region today and tonight
Mostly cloudy and windy today with light snow likely high in the 20s. Partly cloudy and cold tonight with a low around 10. Fair and continued cold tomorrow with a 50 percent snow chance today and 30 percent tonight. Northwest winds 15 to 23 mph and gusty. Small craft advisory on Bane Island Sound. Temperature and precipitation figures noted. tides listed for today and tomorrow. Almanac details for February 24.
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Bridgeport
Bane Island Sound
Violent European Storms Leave 23 Dead or Missing
Violent storms lash northern Europe causing deaths and injuries across Germany Denmark and the Netherlands. Coastwise vessels sank or went missing and rivers topped as floods rose to near record levels with authorities warning of more danger.
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Hamburg
Germany
Europe
Thieves Loot Boxes In Chapel of Shrine
Thieves struck the chapel of St. Margaret's shrine on Park Avenue stealing from five collection boxes and attempting to force open three more. Groundskeeper Joseph Cortina found the chapel unlocked as he prepared to lock up yesterday afternoon. police report a small, undetermined amount of cash was taken.
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St. Margaret’s Shrine
Park Avenue
Joseph Cortina
Cortina
Hurled to Pike In Smashup Man Killed by Truck
Greenwich police report a laundry truck driver William Bigelow 42 of Mount Vernon died when his van overturned on the Connecticut turnpike near the Indian Field road underpass. State Police say he was thrown from the vehicle and crushed. The body was taken to Reilly Funeral Home after scene exam by Dr J Coleman Kelly.
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Greenwich
Indian Field Road
William Bigelow
Mount Vernon
James Giammetti
Oswald Interview Recordings Put On Sale by Group
An Information Council of the Americas official announced sale of two Oswald taped interviews. Edward Butler said the recordings, including Oswald Self-Portrait in Red, were made at WDSU in 1963 and previously shown to the Warren Commission.
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Los Angeles
Lee Harvey Oswald
Edward S. Butler
Information Council of the Americas
Latin America
New Orleans
Oswald
Butler
WDSU
William Stuckey
Warren Commission
Leo Harvey Oswald
Ferrie Death Sparks Fear Among Informants in Kennedy Case
In New Orleans a preliminary autopsy linked David W Ferrie s death to a brain hemorrhage while a coroner ruled out homicide. Informants feared reprisals as associates tied to Oswald faced threats and some fled town. Miguel Torres was moved to hospital amid life threats.
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New Orleans
David W. Ferrie
Ferrie
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Dist. Adv
Jim Garrison
Associated Press
Oswald
Lewis
David Lewis
Kennedy
District Attorney's
Garrison
Warren Commission
Miguel Torres
Orleans Parish
Wdsu-Tv
Torres
Louis Heyd Jr
Louisiana
Angola
Inves
Topless Night Spot Liquor License Nixed
The New York State Liquor Authority canceled the Crystal Room liquor license for allowing topless waitresses, a violation of regulations against disorderly premises. The club's attorney planned an appeal in State Supreme Court for a stay, with the cancellation effective February 28, the license's expiration date.
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NEW York
State Liquor Authority
Crystal Room
State Supreme Court
Soviet Party backs foes of Mao in China power struggle
Moscow reports advance Tass excerpts from Kommunist warn Mao’s advance could lead to a terrorist military dictatorship in China. The piece says sane CPC forces will eventually prevail and likens Mao to Trotsky in contrasting revolutionary paths.
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Soviet Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
China
Kommunist
Tass
Communist Party of China
CPC
People's China
Chinese Communist Party
G. Shakhnazarov
Pravda
Communist Party
Mao
Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Clashes Reported in China Struggle May Threaten Spring Plow
Tokyo AP reports Radio Peking claiming Mao’s call to army units to aid spring planting, while Western China and other regions show clashes suggesting a bleak farm season. The People's Daily quote says peasants and rural cadres vow a double victory in revolution and production, as Mao’s leadership urges plowing.
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Tokyo
Radio
Peking
China
Mao Tse-lung
People’s Daily
Mao
Powell Faces Censure and $40,000 Forfeiture Demand
A select committee urged seating Adam Clayton Powell in the House but censuring him for gross misconduct and forfeiture of 40,000 dollars. The measure calls for public censure by the speaker and a monthly 1,000 dollar deduction from his 2,500 dollar salary. Civil action was noted as a possibility to recover the full amount.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
New York Democrat
Powell
Bimini
Massive U S drive in Vietnam meets light resistance near Cambodia
U S forces push through jungle toward Tay Ninh near the Cambodian border in Operation Junction City the largest Vietnam offensive to date 70 miles northwest of Saigon with about 43000 troops and jet bombers. Nine Viet Cong killed light U S casualties five helicopters shot down and crews rescued.
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Saigon
U.S
Seck Cong
Tay Ninh
North Vietnam
North Vietnamese
Kien
Dong Hoi
Barthelemy Pass
Vinh
South Vietnam
Quung Ngai
Vung Tau
Vietnam
Cambodia
Junction City
Cedar Falls
Ron
la Drang Valley
Sammie N. Womack
Farmville
Charles Earle Crafts
North Jay
Maine
AP Viireahoto
Roy A. Roberts Dies After 51 Years with Kansas City Star
Roy A. Roberts longtime Kansas City Star reporter editor and president died at 79 after a career spanning 51 years with the paper He entered St Luke's Hospital for treatment of a cardiac condition and had retired as chairman on January 1 1965 He had early semi retirement in 1963 and remained a guiding force in journalism through editorial leadership and operations resulting in a lasting Star influence.
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Kansas City
Roy A. Roberts
Kansas City Star
Roberts
St. Luke's Hospital
The
Star
India Votes Shake Congress as Ministers Fall in Seven States
In India the week long elections cut Congress control in at least four states. Seven cabinet ministers, including food minister C. G. Subramaniam, lost their seats as voters rejected the ruling party amid food shortages and other issues. With partial results, Congress held 66 of 520 parliamentary seats and trailed other parties across the political spectrum.
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NEW Deli
India
Congress Party
Ood
C. G. Subramaniam
Congress
Nindu Communal Jan Sangh
Party
Communists
Swatantra Party
Assembly
Judge Orders Picket Stoppage At Du Pont Plant Site
Beaumont Texas AP report states district judge Gordon Gary granted Du Pont's request for a temporary restraining order against Roy B Farrell, halting his picketing of the Du Pont construction entrance as six hundred workers refuse to cross the line. Farrell says he was fired for running in a park. Total Du Pont and the Armstrong company are involved.
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