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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1968

Page

3

Gas Stations Adopt Good Neighbor Code

Connecticut Petroleum Council announces a Code of Good Neighbor Practices for service stations to raise standards of products service and premises. The code urges neat clean facilities quality merchandise orderly displays and safe waste control while limiting signs to essential promotional notices.

Hartford Connecticut Petroleum Council Connecticut Cod Sma Sr Caelee Stratford

Stratford Judge Finds Hennessey Guilty in Lane and License Violations

Judge Alfred Toscano in Circuit Court Stratford found Richard A. Hennessey guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a license and failing to drive in the established lane after a December incident on Barnum Avenue. Fines totaled 70 dollars. Police report the car went off the road, clipped posts, and landed atop two parked cars before righting.

Alfred A. Toscano Stratford Richard A. Hennessey Huntington Road Hennessey Barnum Avenue John Mezerewski Woodgrove Road Huntington Wilfred J. Roche Toscano Dominic L. Colucci Third Avenue Mary J. Martino Prospect Drive John Gianninato Broadbridge Avenue Atanese Mustaka Carlton Avenue Bernard A. Schultz Casy Court Lorraine D. Mandolfo Gregory Circle Ronald L. Jones West Haven State Traffic Commission Robert N. Caran Laurel Street Nailed Helen T. Skorik Selfeck Place Vincent J. Stapleton, Jr Cardinal Place Plains Road Milford Jett Robert Lopin Taft Street Martha F. Few Lane Trumbull Frank P. Autare Morris Avenue Ernest C. Elliott Otis Street Eugene R. Hull Willow Street Gustave Mandanici Blakeman Place Walter Polassi Yale Street Leonore Paoletta

Auto production up 22 percent for week in Detroit

Auto output rose 22 percent from the first January week with 193 575 cars planned for production. Ford scheduled Saturday work at 13 plants as track completions reached 36 342 units for the week. Canadian production also rose with 9 121 cars and 6 064 trucks planned.

Detroit Automotive News Ford Motor Co Canada

Two 15-Year-Olds Charged in Mead School Vandalism

Ansonia police charged two 15-year-olds after they caused about $10,000 in damage at Mead Elementary School Tuesday night. The $400,000 school had opened last week, forcing closures for a cleanup and reopening the next day. Police Chief William O'Brien confirmed the youths admitted tearing the school.

Ansonia Jnew Mead William O’brien

Washington Roundup Signals on bombing and civil rights

AP reports Sen. Edward Brooke weighs whether to stop North Viet bombing and calls for a full presidential explanation. The piece also notes Walter B. Lewis named head of HUD Office of Equal Opportunity, plus quotes on education for the handicapped and OEO funding highlights.

Washington Deat Johnson Eatethe Ankaas Yeera Net Edward W. Brooke Mase Brooke United States Hanoi Department of Housing and Urban Development Walter B. Lewis Office of Equal Opportunity Lewis Vicksburg Mass Federal U.S. Commission Robert C. Weaver Department

Congo Breaks Ties Over Mercenaries Fleeing Bukavu

The Congo severed diplomatic relations with Rwanda over President Kayibanda's refusal to hand back white mercenaries who fled across the Ruzizi River after occupying Bukavu with 2,500 Kinshasa troops for three months. Rwanda's likely reply may free the 100 mercenaries.

Kinshasa the Congo Congo Rwanda Gregoire Kayibanda Kayibanda Ruzizi River Coneolese Bukavu

Village Youth Fined After Row With Cop

Wilfred E. Murphy, 19, of Father Panik Village received a 30 day suspended jail term and $40 in fines after pleading guilty to breach of the peace and resisting arrest. The incident occurred near the Crystal Palace on Main Street on December 17 as Murphy used obscene language toward officers.

Paris le Monde Mediterranean Murphy Circuit Court Norton M. Levine Wilfred E. Murphy Father Panik Village George Shamiss Crystal Palace Main Street

Trainman Saves 14 Year Old From Oncoming Train

In Clinton Utah a railroad brakeman Lowell W Jenkins from Newton Utah saved 14 year old Dixie Steed by leaning from a moving Union Pacific locomotive to push her off the tracks. Engineer Robert Mudd at 10 to 20 mph sounded whistle and heeded the warning as Jenkins acted. Dixie was carried into the engine and then to a doctor at home.

Clinton Utah Dixie Steed Lowell W. Jenkins Union Pacific Railroad Newton Dixie Robert 8B. Mudd Salt Lake City Jenkins

Harris Tweeds Woven by Hand on Harris and Lewis

Harris tweeds are handmade on the Outer Hebrides, chiefly on Harris and Lewis. The fabrics carry ancient weaving traditions and reflect local craft culture.

Harris Outer Hebrides Harris Island Lewis Island

Gato to be commissioned January 25 at Electric Boat

GROTON AP The nuclear powered attack submarine Gato will be commissioned Jan 25 with Congressman Craig Hosmer the principal speaker. The Navy will formally accept the submarine at Electric Boat Division General Dynamics yards in Groton its birthplace launched in May 1964 and later lengthened at Quincy Mass Hosmer a Navy Reserve captain is the ranking Republican member of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.

Groton Craig Hosmer R-Calif Navy Electric Boat Division General Dynamics Corp Electric Boat Yards Quincy Mass Hosmer Navy Reserve Joint Committee On Atomic Energy

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