Tense World Steps With Uncertainty Into 1967
A year begins amid peace pleas and continuing conflict as world leaders urge justice. Viet Nam peace hopes mix with truce violations and Malaya’s prime minister prays for calm while U.S. forces show decisive action near Hue. The home front faces violence as a Texas boy is charged in a family murder.
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United States
North
South Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Hue
Saigon
Orange
Tex
Freak Accident Kills Bowling Alley Employee in Bristol
Bristol police report a 32 year old man, Robert Cushing, was killed as he activated an automatic pin setting machine at Bristol Ten Pin Lanes Inc. He was crushed in the midsection and pronounced dead at Bristol Hospital. He was an employee of the bowling alley.
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Old Town‘road
Bristol
API
Clarence JT
Pembroke Stree
Angee
East Main
Pearl
Field
Howard ‘Avenue
State ‘Ste
Cotinec Pike
Richard Calandro
Victory Street
Thie Stantly
Paul J. Groholy
Old Town’ Road
Sylvan Avenue
Clifton ‘Place
Zigmantas Bagdonas
Rose Street
Huntington " Road
Rose
Quiet New Year’s Eve and Morning Reported by State Police
Hartford AP state police reported an exceptionally quiet New Year’s Eve and morning with only three drunken driving arrests from midnight to noon Sunday. From 4 p.m. Friday to noon Sunday there were 196 motor vehicle arrests including 82 speeding and 14 OUI. The tally of 64 accidents included one fatality in Middletown and another in Meriden after midnight. Troopers issued 338 warnings and Bridgeport area crashes were noted without serious injuries.
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Hartford
Middletown
Meriden
Bridgeport
Crackers Scare Thieves At Stratford Package Store
A firecracker against the Windsor Package store window on Main Street in Stratford frightened off burglars before they could steal. Patrolman Brian Graham heard a loud report at 9:32 p.m. and found the scene untouched. Owner Joseph Miskella valued the broken glass at 250 dollars with no items missing.
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Windsor
Main Street
Stratford
Brian Graham
Paradise Green
Joseph Miskella
Dales Road
Trumbull
Bridgeport Road Toll Hit New High in 1966
Police Chief reports Bridgeport recorded 3751 auto accidents in 1966, up from 3449 in 1965. Ten pedestrians and six drivers died, with most fatalities in North End and after sundown. Intersections at Fairfield Avenue Water Street and John Main each logged 16 auto crashes. Speeding cited as major factor with radar enforcement increasing.
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Robert McCone
Fairfield Avenues
Water Street
John
Bays In Blue
North End
Old Town Road
Frenchtown Road
Abraham Lamourt Rivera
Washington ‘Avenue
St. Vincent’s Deepita
Iranistan Avenue
Sims Street
Bridgeport
Lieut. O'Leary
Rose Tetinc Armino
Sunset Drive
Derby
St. Vincent's Hospital
Burnsford Avenue
Wayne
Williamn Clarkson
Broad Street
Holland Hill Road
Connecticut
Esther Sorgen
Rockville Center
L.I
Main
Charles
Ird
Bud. C. Marcum
Enfield
Main Street
Wheeler Avenue
Richard Allain
Lindley Street
Harry J. Stoeppel, Jr
Reservoir Avenue
Eugene R. Lacobelle
Iso Old Town Road
Jessie Woods
Stratford Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
Four men sought in East Side discotheque shooting
Police questioned four men and searched for a late-model Cadillac after a shooting outside Arthur's following a dance floor dispute. Sanford Smul and Leonard Epstein were shot in the legs, and Mrs. Smul was slapped. the Cadillac sped off with New Jersey plates.
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New York
Ian Cadillac
Arthur's
East Side
Salid
Sanford Smul
Queens
Vicki
Smuls
Leonard Epstein
Dorothy
Bronx
Smuts
Epstein
Smul
Smulvin
Epstéin
Smut
New Jersey
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Associated Press
Pope Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
Malaysia
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Johnson
Berlin
West Berlin
Londah
Trafalgar Square
Taipei
Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Tse-tung
Great Plains
Times Square
Philadelphia
Charleroi
Monogahela River
Pittsburgh
Gus. Brickner
Brickner
Bowling al Alley
Kraft
General
Blackwall
General Tire CO
TTT
Fairfield Ave
Park Ave
Paris
Farmer
Jeanne Beck
Saint Pierre de Mont
Normandy
Enghiennes
Balas
Pete’ Mastronardi
John O'Leary
Traffic Bureau
Amado Sanita
Summit Street
Viesen
Detroit Red Wings
Gordie Howe
Joe Galagiola
Fairfield Avenue
Clinton and
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