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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1968

Page

3

Three men plead innocent in New Britain church heist

In New Britain three men Gordon B. Blackburn Donald Olezynski and Frank E. Tona pleaded innocent to a January 10 attempted robbery at St. Jerome's Church rectory. They were bound over to Superior Court after a priest was lured out under false pretenses and tied up. The trio fled without loot, later captured near Kensington.

New Britain Gordon B. Blackburn Donald Olezynski Frank E. Tona St. Jerome’s Church John Shea Father Shea Neary Kensington

Community Theater Group Elects Connecticut Officers

Leonard Tyler of Redding Ridge elected president of the newly formed Association of Community Theaters of Connecticut. Other officers include Albert Benzwie as vice president, Mrs Mary Tolisano as secretary, and Mrs Betsy Evans as treasurer. The group aims to interrelate avocational theaters, hold workshops, informal productions, lectures, and student programs. Membership open to any Connecticut community theater group.

Leonard Tyler Redding Ridge Carousel Players Bethel Association of Community Theaters of Connecticut ACT Albert Benzwie Hartford Jewish Community Center Mary Tolisano Gallery Players West Hartford Betsy Evans Brookfield Country Players New Haven Connecticut Community Theatres Connecticut Commission On the Arts Tyler Hartford Conn Association

Nationalists Report Mao Forces Setback

Nationalist intelligence sources say Mao Zedong forces suffered setbacks in Yunnan Province near Burma, with over 20 loyal troops killed in a January 8 raid near Juili on the Burma border. Verification was unavailable and Peking had not claimed full control of Yunnan.

Taipei Formosa Red China Mao Tsetung Yunnan Vietnam Laos Burma Peking Yunnnan Mao Juili

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