SNET Reports Slight Dip in Per Share Earnings in 1967
Southern New England Telephone reports earnings of 3.14 dollars per share for 1967, down from 3.16 in 1966 as costs rose faster than revenues. The company notes a 91 000 gain in telephones served, reaching 1 773 000 at year end, and highlights a 72.5 million dollar construction program including the Manchester electronic switching system and new facilities in Meriden and New Haven.
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Southern New England Telephone
SNET
Alfred W. van Sinderen
ESS
Manchester
Norwalk
Stratford
Navy Nurse Interviews Open at 120 Middle Street
Lt Cmdr Barbara Chaffin of the Navy Nurse Corps schedules an interview visit for area nurses at the Navy recruiting service office. The session covers career benefits and opportunities in civilian and military nursing including general, teaching, administration, and clinical roles. The note mentions the last Confederates cabinet meeting in Washington Georgia in 1865.
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Barbara Chaffin
Navy Nurse Corps
Navy Recruiting Service Office
Middle Street
Navy
Cmdr
Chaffin
Legless Youth Tries to Block Draft by Appearing at Induction
Mark Persons, a 19 year old from Santa Ana who has been legless since birth, arrived at the Los Angeles draft induction center in his wheelchair to argue he is unfit for military service. He had been told to bring medical proof but faced a routine physical exam and was sent home by Spec. Gary Gelman.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Army
Mark Persons
Santa Ana
Calif
U.S. Army Induction Center
Mark
Gary Gelman
Illinois Democrats Pick '68 Lineup Adlai Stevenson Left on Sidelines
The Illinois Democratic party endorsed William G. Clark for attorney general to challenge Sen. Everett Dirksen in November, with Lt. Gen. Samuel H. Shapiro named for governor. Adlai E. Stevenson, a top vote-getter in earlier elections, was not endorsed and remained on the sidelines. Daley defended Stevenson’s political future while noting his current role as state treasurer. Stevenson pledged support for the ticket and the party praised the choice of Clark and Simon for downstate balance and lieutenant governor, respectively.
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Chicago
Illinois
Democratic Party
Adlai E. Stevenson
William G. Clark
Everett M. Dirksen
Samuel H. Shapiro
Otto Kerner
Stevenson
Clark
Vietnam
Richard J. Catey
Daley
Anthony Scariano
Iic Nois
Charles H. Percy
R- Jil
Cook County
Shapiro
Kankakee
Paul Simon
Troy
Symphony fund drive shows progress in Bridgeport effort
Stewart McKinney of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony says the current fund raising is about ten percent of a 35600 goal and relies on volunteers since no salaries are paid. The item notes a separate technical point about one therm of natural gas producing enough heat for 60 baths in an instantaneous water heater.
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Stewart McKinney
Greater Bridgeport Symphony Society
Symphony
New England Electric Rates Topic At March New Haven Conference
A March 29 conference in New Haven will address rising New England electric rates 25 percent above the national average. Sponsored by four groups, the event features a Giaimo Muskie debate on the Dickey Lincoln hydroelectric project, with Masso coordinating arrangements and key participants from the Consumers Association Senior Citizens Council and municipal utility groups.
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New England
Park Plaza Hotel
New Haven
Connecticut State Labor Council
Afl-C10
Connecticut Consumers Association
Connecticut Council of Senior Citizens
Confection Municipal Electric and Gas Association
Anthony Masso
Labor Council
Masso
Federal Power Commission
Robert N. Giaimo
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Giaimo
House of Representatives
House Appropriations Committee
United States
National Afl-Cio
Helen Pope
The
Consumers’ Association
Walter Adams
Senior Citizens’ Council
William Clinton
Municipal Utility Group
Three Hurt When Car Hits Abutment On Pike
Three people were injured at 6 30 p m when a car struck a concrete abutment on the Connecticut Turnpike near the Central Avenue underpass. Bella Krajger 35 driver Ora Krajger 39 and Della Williams 60 were taken to Bridgeport Hospital in good condition. Summer Detlef 27 of 50 Fremont Street was charged with unsafe lane changing.
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Connecticut Turnpike
Central Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
Bridgeport
Bella Krajger
Wincellette Street
Ora
Della Williams
Panik Village
Krajger
Marine Reservist killed after 400 mile hike to Vietnam
Lance Cpl. Julius C. Foster 28 walked 400 miles from Welch West Virginia to Camp Lejeune last summer to reenlist and support the Vietnam effort. He was killed Thursday near Khe Sanh in a mortar attack along with 21 other Marines. Foster, a West Virginia University graduate in history, had hoped to be deployed to Vietnam and spent nights in a tent after a summer hike. His death was confirmed by Capt. Richard Titus who swore him in Raleigh.
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Raleigh, N. C
United States
Vietnam
Lance Cpl
Julius] C
Corky) Foster
Welch
W. Va
Camp Lejeune
Foster
Lejeune
Richard Titus
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Walter S. Foster Jr
Khe Sanh
Camp
Lagos
Prin Foster
Marines Reserve
West Virginia University
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