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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1968

Page

6

State May Draft New Contract on Job Aid Project

Hartford AP The state may renegotiate a contract with Operation Breakthrough after Attorney General Killian ruled the prior $159000 deal breached and that no obligation to proceed rests with the state. Deputy Highway Commissioner Hager will meet with new leaders of the New Haven group still pursuing employment for the jobless.

Hartford Operaton Breakthrough State Highway Department Robert K. Killian Ralph Hager New Haven Curtis Bellow Ronald Johnson JeRoyd Greene Killian Travelers Insurance Co

Autopsy Ordered in Teen Death From Inhaled Freon

In Hartford a West Hartford senior, A. R. Lees III, died after inhaling Freon from a plastic bag used to chill martini glasses. Medical Examiner A B Milyko said the exact cause remains unclear, describing the death as more like heart failure rather than a frozen larynx.

Milyko

Moon Surveyor 7 Extends Televised Moon Landing

Pasadena AP report notes Surveyor 7 continues to televise lunar surface activity while scientists seek to deploy a soil testing device. The device suspended two feet above the surface snagged its nylon cord, thwarting downing attempts with an extendable scoop. Over 2,200 photographs have been relayed from the Tycho crater site.

Pasadena Calif Surveyor 7 Jet Propulsion Laboratory Eacee Eee Tycho

Parks official volunteers for python weigh-in at Como Park

Paul Minnesota AP Victor Tedesco Park commissioner faced a eight inch coil constrictor during the annual Como Park Zoo weigh-in The Python wrapped around his neck and body and staff freed him as he admitted panic and said he would skip next year’s event The encounter ended with him hurrying to a city council meeting unsure about returning next year

Tedesco Zan

88 Donate Blood At Fairfield Church Session

A total of 88 pints of blood were collected Wednesday at the Fairfield Red Cross charter's blood bank in St. Paul's parish house. First time donors included Robert Sherwood Dorothy Hildenbrandt Sandra Anderson Jean Stankey J A Gaglione Jr and Antero Figueiredo. Numerous donors listed with varied pint contributions. also volunteers from Handy Harman Heim Universal and Rolock Inc. and Mrs Roderick McNeil as Captain of the Day.

Fairfield Red Cross Charter’s St. Paul's Parish Robert Sherwood Dorothy J. Hildenbrandt Sandra Anderson Jean Stankey J. A. Gaglione Jr Antero Figueiredo Edward Glady Mary Kaspiak Meta Politi Domenic Mercurio Chester Kaczanowski Robert Edmonds Evelyn Copeland William Anziano Anthony Almassy Peter Bennett Willard Bergsten William Biscne Edward I. Bruzinski George Charles Howard Cooke Thomas D'Elfia Robert Dienes Ronald Duggnette Veronica Frigomi Richard Garrity Kenneth Gerold Paul Guarnaccia Iva Monahan Steve Piretti Roderick McNeil Handy & Harman Heim Universal Rolock Inc

Heart transplant limits stressed by surgeon Kantrowitz

Miami AP reports Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz says thousands die from heart disease while donor numbers fall short for transplants. He calls for parallel development of a mechanical heart and transplantation research, noting power sources and clotting as major challenges and that children’s growth is an issue.

Miami Fla Adrian Kantrowitz United States Kantrowitz University of Miami Medical School Newsmen Christiaan ‘Barnard Capetown South Africa Barnard New York Maimonides Medical Center Louis Block

Scholarship Awarded to Newtown Girl at SCSC

Dorothy T. Karcheski of Sturges Road Newtown is one of four Southern Connecticut State College students to receive Nutmeg Chemical Company scholarships. A freshman pre medical biology student, she was active in Newtown High School drama club student council varsity field hockey and softball and a member of National Honor National Thespian societies. At SCSC she joins Crescent Players and the Chemistry club.

Dorothy T. Karcheski Sturges Road Newtown Southern Connecticut State College New Haven Nutmeg Chemical Company Miss Karcheski Bernard P. Karcheski Newtown High School National Honor National Thespian Societies SCSC Crescent iPlayers Chemistry Club

Grants Awarded for Auditory Research Center in Groton

Washington AP reports a $19 472 grant from the U S Public Health Service to the C W Shilling Auditory Research Center in Groton Connecticut. Rep William L St Onge says the funds cover the final six months of a six year project on unpaired hearing tests.

Roberts to lead Columbia fund drive in Westport Fairfield

Joseph W. Roberts of Westport appointed chairman for Westport and Fairfield to raise 140000 locally as part of a 200 million nationwide Columbia University capital gifts appeal. Roberts, a 1938 Columbia College graduate active in John Jay Associates, and his wife Elizabeth Van Allen have two sons, Grant and Allen.

Joseph W. Roberts Ellery Jane Westport Storecast Corporation of New York City Westport and Fair Columbia University New York Grayson Kirk Columbia Roberts Columbia College Westport-Fairfield John Jay Associates

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