Fund Drive Supports Garrison Probe Cash
A private fund named Truth and Consequences backs Attorney General Garrison’s probe. After a luncheon, supporters explained the fund aims to finance investigators and prevent exposure of expenditures while funding arrests and possible convictions in the case surrounding the Ferrie death and JFK questions.
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Garrison
David W. Ferrie
Ferrie
Nicholas Chetla
Chetta
Rault
Shilstone
Large Vietnam map to be printed in The Bridgeport Post
The Bridgeport Post will publish a four color Vietnam map on Monday showing strategic areas and major U.S. bases. The 20 by 14 inch map fills almost a full page and aids readers with relatives on duty in Vietnam and those who follow war reports.
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Vietnam
Daily War News
United States
Bridgeport Post
Boost in Funds Is Urged to Aid Disadvantaged
The Connecticut education hearing urged a $20 million boost for disadvantaged children. Parochial school attendees would be eligible for Title One style aid, with advocates arguing current rules discriminate against non public students. Suburban districts face pressure to fund Project Concern like programs to educate city youth and curb de facto segregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
William J. Verriker
Waterbury
James A. Connelly
Archdiocese of
New Haven
James Sullivan
William Sanders
G. Lawrence Austin
West Hartford
Russell Becker
North Haven
Boards of Education
Becker
James J. Kennelly
Kennelly
DeSalvo Manhunt Expands as Escapees Active
Three inmates fled from a hospital during a muffled escape that included dummy figures in adjacent cells and climbing a 20 foot wall using scaffolding. Guards tracked footprints in fresh snow but lost the trail on a public road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaughan
Trucker Says He Picked Up DeSalvo Hitchhiker
A Boston driver reported picking up Albert DeSalvo known as the Strangler between York and Harrisburg on Route 83. He identified him from newspaper photos and said the man asked for directions to the University of Maryland and Washington D C. DeSalvo and two inmates had escaped from Bridgewater State Hospital.
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Bridgewater
Mass
UPI
Boston
Albert H. DeSalvo
Baltimore
DeSalvo
Bridgewater State
York
Harrisburg
University of Maryland Land
Washington, D.C
Milford Woman Aids College Fund Drive
Mrs Patricia Stuart of 235 Gulf Street Milford has been named a class agent in a Quinnipiac college fund raising drive. She will head solicitations from the Class of 1931 members. prizes will go to the class with highest participation and to the class with most contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Stuart
Gulf Street
Milford
Quinnipiac College
Gray Line Bus Fares Jump Tomorrow on All Routes
The Gray Line Bus corporation Dover street says a Public Utilities commission approved fare increase takes effect tomorrow. Fares rise from 2 dollars to 2.5 dollars or four tokens for 90 cents across five routes including Seaside park to GE and Pearl Harbor loop and downtown terminals to Sylvan Trumbull Reservoir Oxford Hill Trumbull Shopping Center and Kings Highway Fairfield Lordship Lycoming Avco divisions.
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Gray Line Bus Corporation
Dover Street
Public Utilities Commission
Seaside Park
General Electric
Pearl Harbor Loop
Sylvan
Strumbull
Reservoir Avenues
Ox Hill
Family at Wake Stratford House Looted of $4000
Police report a burglary at Stratford House where a family home was looted of about 4000 dollars in valuables. Har ry H. Snyder Jr. reported the theft after accompanying his widowed mother home, with all rooms and drawers ransacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wake
Stratford House
Surance
Harry H. Snyder, Jr
Navy Planes Strike Two North Vietnam Power Plants
U S forces report air raids by Navy AG Intruder crews on Tha Hon Gai and Bac Giang thermo power plants near Haiphong and Hanoi. Weather prevented damage assessment. Long range artillery from 175mm guns supported air operations across the DMZ. Five American soldiers died in a helicopter crash near Hue.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hue
U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Tha Hon Gai
Nguyen Cao Ky
Navy
UL S. Air Force
Demilitarized Zone
Eee
Dalat
Blackford Re elected to Greenwich Boys Club Post
Benjamin Blackford president of the State National Bank of Connecticut was re elected president of the Greenwich Boys' club where he lives. Gene Tunney joined men re elected to the Greenwich club advisory board at the 46th annual meeting. Directors re elected included Prescott Bush Prescott Bush Jr Joseph W Reed Samuel T F Pryor Jr and Ted Yudain Pryor is a vice president of the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Blackford
State National Bank of Connecticut
Boys’ Club
Greenwich
Bridgepad
Fairfield
Stratford
FBI Joins Case as Brother Of Strangler Arrested
The FBI joined the case and arrested a brother of the so called Strangler. DeSalvo was convicted of assaulting four women five weeks ago and authorities linked him to a string of killings from 1964 to 1982. Officials said he had about 2600 dollars in social security and veterans benefits, planned to hide money from his wife and children in Germany.
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DeSalvo
Middlesex County Superior Court
Boston
Bailey
DeSalyro
John S. Bollamly
Elliot Richardson
Massachusetts
Donald L. Conn
Richardson
Middlesex County Dist
John J. Droney
iFay
Erickson
Ofcials
Fay
Harrison
Strangler
Bridgewater
Charles W. Gaughan
Germany
Gaughan
Baltimore
Edward Sherry
Sherry
Weicker Attacks Mayors Group as Lobby for Cities
Greenwich official Lowell Weicker Jr assailed the Connecticut Conference of Mayors as a lobby for large towns. He returned a $941 dues bill and warned the group aims to pressure the 1967 legislature for city needs, urging lawmakers elected to serve all Connecticut.
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Greenwich
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Republicany
First Selectman
Connecticut Conference of Mayors
Richard C. Lee
New Haven
Weicker
Connecticut
Lee
William T. Shea
Meriden
General Assembly
John Dempsey
Otis Harrison Named New Britain Social Security District Manager
Otis B. Harrison Jr., 34, former assistant manager, became district manager of the Social Security office in New Britain this week. He and his wife live at 252 Texas Avenue and consider buying a Bristol home. They have two children, Norman 16 and Isandra 1.
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Otis B. Harrison Jr
New Britain
Mr. Harrison
Texas Avenue
Bristol
Norman
Isandra
Southport Youth Hurt In Spectacular Car Crash
An 18 year old Southport resident Thomas C. Conwell was injured when his car left Post road near the turnpike crossover, bounced off a snow bank and trees before damaging another tree. Fairfield firefighters freed him after about ninety minutes. he was taken to Park City hospital in good condition. Traffic was snarled for over an hour.
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Southport
Fairfield
Thomas C. Conwell
Center Street
Park City Hospital
Cadets resign over Air Force honor code violations
Twenty four USAF cadets quit amid an honor code scandal at the academy involving theft of exam papers and sale to classmates. The resignations followed reports cadets discussed exam contents during the same day sessions. Cadet Lt Col Joseph Kruzel leads the investigation with Cadet Col Richard Cathcart assisting.
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Moorman
Joseph J. Kruzel
Hawaii
Kruzel
Richard J. Cathcart
la Grande
Ore
Attic Raid Nets Four Marijuana Suspects Here
Four people were arrested after police swept an attic in a three story house and seized marijuana in coats, suitcases, drawers and a bottle. Officials said the group may have planned to plant seeds and found rolling papers pipes and a cigarette making machine. All work at Avco Lycoming Stratford or Aero Isol Milford and attend UN night classes. Arrangements set for Monday arraignment.
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Wesche
James Nilan
Walter Mystewski
John Hellinger
Special Services Branch
Daniel Laufer
Nilan
Myslewski
Hellinger
Frank Flood
William Gon
Kelso
Kroder
Lycoming
Sheld
Avco-Lycoming
Stratford
Aero-Isol
Milford
RFK urges youth to question Vietnam War policy
Sen Robert F Kennedy told an Americans for Democratic Action dinner that elders cannot ignore young Americans questioning the basic premises of the Vietnam conflict. He warned that the war is viewed by youth through a lens of skepticism toward communist regimes and Cold War rhetoric.
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Philadelphia
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Kennedy
Johnson
Americans For Democratic Action
Viettnam
Stalin
Twentieth Party Congress
Hungary
Tno
Gunman Nabbed In Liquor Store Robbery Of Cop
A bandit robbed a liquor store as a woman customer stepped out to a nearby grocery. He demanded money and a wallet from Cassidy and OConnell, then fled toward 1165 Kanislan Avenue. Police led by Capt. Stevane arrested the suspect on the top floor, with gun, cash, and wallets recovered.
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Mr. Cassidy
Thomas O'Connell
Sikorsky and AF Release Color Film of Rescue Ops
Sikorsky Aircraft and the Air Force join to produce a color film titled No Man Expendable. The 11 minute 16 second reel highlights the Aero space Rescue and Recovery Service and the Jolly Green Giant helicopters in Vietnam with two actual rescues filmed amid hostile fire. Available from Sikorsky public relations in Stratford.
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U.S. Air Force
Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service
Sikorsky Aircraft Division
United Aircraft Corporation
Air Force
Vietnam
Sikorsky
Stratford
Milford Awards 8.54 Million Notes to 3 Banks
Three banks win notes totaling 8.54 million with rates of 3.05 to 3.14 percent. Connecticut National Bank bid 3.05 on 500000 and 3.08 on another 500000, Morgan Guarantee Soloman Brothers bid 3.14 on the total, securing 5.04 million. Other bidders included First National Bank of Boston with John Noreen and Co, First National City Bank of New York with Bank of America, and Connecticut Bank and Trust Co of Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut National Bank
Morgan Guarantee - Soloman Brothers
First National Bank of Boston
John Noreen and Company
First National City Bank of New York
Bank ‘of America of
San Francisco
Connecticut Bank and Trust Company of
Hartford
Maoist Tactics Being Opposed Armed Strife Brews
Tokyo dispatches report opposition within government and party to Maoist tactics in Red China as purge drives sweep military and political ranks. Premier Zhou Enlai denounces Red Guards while troops move to shield officials amid warnings against seizure of power.
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Tokyo
Mao Tsetune
China
Peking
Mao
Liu Shao-chi
Central Committee
Chou En-lai
Red Guards
Red Flag
Military Commission
University of Border
Southern California
Medicals
Pekschooling
Shanghai
Donald Bagley
Tientsin
Dairen Mrs. Wheeler
Baryland Port Arthur
Manto St. Vincent’s Hospital
Duria
Powell Data Fight Shapes House Showdown
Justice Dept. to obtain new Powell data as debate over Henry Powell's seniority and pay loss escalates. Reps Long Stratton and Tuck criticize committee recommendations while Powell awaits oath. House vote looming with potential expulsion and pension terms under discussion.
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Justice Dept
Powell
Henry Williams
New York
Williams
Congress
Clarence
D. Long
D-Md
Samuel S. Stratton
D-N.y
William M. Tuck
D-Va
House
Pilot lands airliner after cabin rupture over New Jersey
An airliner experienced a cabin rupture due to pressure buildup at 15 500 feet over Colt's Neck New Jersey. Captain Donohue executed a careful emergency landing at Kennedy Airport as engines 4 and 3 failed. Co pilot Daniel Pranka of New London Connecticut assisted during the crisis.
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Kennedy Airport
Donohue
Kennedy
Daniel Pranka
Pequot Ave
New London
Conn
Lycoming Pact Talks To Continue Tuesday
The fourth in a series of work contract talks between Avco Lycoming division in Stratford and Local 1010 of the United Auto Workers resumes Tuesday at 9 30 a m in New Haven's Park Plaza hotel after an eight hour session. Officials said negotiations remain at the preliminary proposal stage. The current contract covers about 4400 production maintenance and plant clerical workers and expires in April.
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Avco Lycoming Division
Stratford
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
Park Plaza
New Haven
Local Girl Arranging 13 Nation Police Visit
Donna DeLorenzo a Southern Connecticut State College student from Bridgeport helps arrange a visit by the International Police Academy from 13 nations to Southern Connecticut State College. Joseph Skowronski of Derby also assists as forty academy members will attend a Sunday reception hosted by faculty and students.
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Donna DeLorenzo
Southern Connecticut State College
Bridgeport
International Police Academy
Joseph Skowronski
Derby
SCSC
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Robertson
Sanders
Hastings
Joseph Samuels
Samuels
Trucker
Drive
Milford Woman Aids College
Gray Line
Blackford
FBI
Case
Brother
Weicker Blasts Mayors Unit
Otis Harrison
USAF
RFK
Sikorsky and
Babu Wheeler
Focal
Sirloin
Gavhes
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