Bridgeport Post Telegram subscription and contact notice
The Bridgeport Post publishing company lists subscription rates for the Daily and Sunday Post including 1 year 49.00, 6 months 24.50, and 3 months 12.25, with single copy 10 cents. It notes postal and circulation details and Dial 333-0161 for exchanges, operating daily and nights.
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Bridgeport Telegram
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Post Publishing Company
Daily US
Sunday Post
Sun Post
Bridgeport
Daily Men
Johnson Pushes Tax Extensions Amid Surtax Divide
The House Ways and Means Committee approves extending 10 percent telephone and 7 percent auto excise taxes through 1969 end, adding $3 billion for 15 months to June 30, 1969. Senator Williams may seek a surtax linked to automatic spending cuts, signaling possible Senate friction.
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Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
John J. Williams
Delaware
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Williams
United States
New York Tightens Gun Law Amid Rising Crime
The article discusses a New York state measure requiring registration of hunting weapons amid national crime growth. It notes hunters feel burdened while authorities seek safer homes and workplaces, and questions whether gun controls will keep criminals from obtaining firearms.
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New York State
Helicopter Aids Houston Hotel Construction Move
In Houston a hotel rises with airlifted rooms moved by helicopter. Ten rooms a day are placed as workers require a flying license for new positions. The piece notes a ground level entry for ambitious workers and hints at legal papers for ownership. New York expands Fun City with a 50 mile bicycle trail linking streets and parks, aiming to steer youths away from violence.
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Houston
Tex
New York
Women Take Over Bus Driving in Baltimore
The piece notes a shift as 240 of Baltimore's 350 school bus drivers are women, with housewives leaving home duties to drive. It argues this reflects broader changes in women entering jobs once held by men and cautions men to choose careers more carefully amid rising female participation.
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Baltimore
Prepaid Legal Insurance Pilot Considered by ABA
The American Bar Association authorized a pilot to test prepaid legal insurance modeled on Blue Cross plans. Offered to a labor union in a suitable state, it would insure members for annual premiums covering attorney fees for cases such as adoptions bankruptcies will drafting and traffic matters.
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The
American Bar Association
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Hubert Humphrey to Lead Campaign Drive Through Spring
Vice President Humphrey will organize fundraise and pep talks through winter into spring and then campaign full time from June. President Johnson may stay distant due to war and possible antiwar protests, with most campaigning done by radio and television.
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Humphrey
Vietnam
Johnson
Washington
Hubert
California
Midwest
South
Double Shift In Schools Off Sharply
The AP report shows half day public school attendance fell from 840000 in 1957 to 272000 last fall while five states added split shifts due to local crowding. Decline blamed on slower enrollment growth and a strong school construction program.
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U.S. Office of Education
Connecticut
Florida
Maine
Montana
New Jersey
Vance Grant
Office of Education
Grant
Lawrence G. Derthick
Associated Press
Harold Howe
James Hartin
Arctic tourism campaign urges adventure in Northwest Territories
Commissioner Stuart Hodgson unveiled a campaign titled explore Canada’s arctic to lure visitors to the Northwest Territories. He noted tourist revenue rose from 300000 to 2 million dollars yearly over eight years and tourist camps and outfitting firms increased from five to 38.
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Canada
Arctic
Stuart Hodgson
Northwest Territories
Comic Dictionary Debt
Comic Dictionary notes that people who run into debt usually try to crawl out of it. The entry uses a light tone to illustrate common financial embarrassment and the struggle to regain fiscal footing.
Oil depletion policy urged to spur domestic reserves
Frank N. Ikard argues the United States must locate about 78 billion barrels of new oil in the next dozen years to meet consumer demand. He cites rising offshore drilling costs, the Middle East crisis, and the importance of the 40 plus year old depletion allowance for oil and minerals to sustain exploration and national security.
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Frank N. Ikard
American Petroleum Institute
U.S
Pennsylvania
Andrew Tully
America
Middle East
Europe
U. S
Congress
Truman
John F. Kennedy
Reagan Nixon Split Maneuvers Cloud 1964 GOP Path
Analysis notes how White joins the California GOP delegation headed by Reagan as a favorite son and how Pennsylvania Republicans say Shafer aides his bid to pair with Dirksen on the platform panel. It discusses potential Reagan Rockefeller Nixon alliances, governor support for Rockefeller, and Oregon as a key battleground to block Nixon. James Marlow mentions his illness.
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White
Barry Goldwater
California
Reagan
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Senate
Everett M Dirksen
Michigan
George Romney
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ban
Nixon
Wisconsin
Melvin R. Laird
Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Nebraska
Oregon
Johnson
Alabama
George €. Wallace
Goldwater
Miami Beach
Rhode Island
John H. Chaffee
Romney
GOP
Water Desalting Advances Flagged by Interior Report
Interior Department officials told the Senate committee that desalinated seawater has become a practical resource with wide implications for states and cities. California leads tech progress as Los Angeles area tests Bolsa island desalination for power and water, while the Engle plant in San Diego aims to provide data for expanded projects.
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Interior Department
Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Jack Hunter
Office of
Saline Water
America
New York City
New Jersey
Atlantic
California
Los Angeles
Bolsa Island
Atomic Energy Commission
Metropolitan Water District
Johnson seeks permanent extension of crop control program
President Johnson urged Congress to make permanent the multibillion dollar crop control program, but Senate Agriculture Chairman Allen J. Ellender signaled there is little chance of action this session. The program, set to expire in 1969, pays farmers to idle land for wheat, feed grains and cotton, with annual payments over three billion dollars.
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Ovida
Martin
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Capitol Hill
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Elfender
Food For Freedom
Congressional Agriculture Committees
Senate
Geneva
GOP Legislator Calls for Ives Replacement over Highway Deaths
Hartford Republican Barbara Dunn urged resignation or replacement of Highway Commissioner Howard S. Ives after citing repeated construction errors on I-91 near Founders Bridge and I-84 in East Hartford. She warned the governor against prioritizing the appointed official over public safety, speaking at a Republican luncheon.
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East Hartford
Connecticut
Mrs. Dunn
Dunn
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