Viet Control Commission To Meet
Viet Control Commission to meet amid ongoing fighting with American units heavily involved. Thant defends Vietnam focus at UN news conference while Asian diplomats debate his stance. Brezhnev condemns US bombings in Hanoi and says US obstacles block peace talks as Vietnamese victory is foreseen.
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Thant
Pal United Nations
N.Y
U Thant
Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Moscow
Hanoi
Leonid
Brezhnev
Washington
Gorky
Tass
North Vietnam protests U.S. raids and shelling
Hanoi delivered a formal protest to the International Control Commission alleging U.S. planes bombed and strafed dikes and populated areas while warships shelled coastal sites in Quang Binh Province, marking asserted escalation in Vietnam combat actions.
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Hanoi
Tokyo
North Vietnam
U.S
Cepieted S
Ehe‘army
International Control Commission
Vietnam
Quang Binh
Moon Photos Boost Hopes for Safe Landings
Lunar Orbiter JL may stay in orbit six months as peroxides power its jets. Dr. Lawrence C. Rowan notes a fresh impact halo near Ranger 8’s Feb 20 crater and a ski trail feature suggesting surface strength for heavy landers. Langley’s Clifford Nelson calls a third orbiter a site confirmation mission with five viable landing sites identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence C. Rowan
Geological Survey
Ranger 8
Rowan
Clifford H. Nelson
Langley
Sinus Medii
Spat
Youth Is Fined $75 For Factory Assault
Isaac Rodriguez aged 19 of 164 Pembroke street was fined 75 dollars and given a 90 day suspended sentence with two years probation after pleading guilty to an assault at the Exmet company 355 Hanover street. Police say the December 27 incident left Luis Torres with facial injuries requiring stitches and loosened teeth. Rodriguez was arraigned yesterday in Circuit court before Judge John J. Sullivan. He was arrested January 11 following the complaint from Torres of Father Panik Village.
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Isaac! Rodriguez
Pembroke Street
Rodriguez
John J. Sullivan
Underwood
Luis Torres
Father Panik Village
Exmet
Hanover Street
Torres
Gas-Fed Inferno Sweeps 8 Blocks in Jamaica Area
An explosion in a 24 inch gas line near Brisbin Street and 01st Avenue sent flames visible miles away as residents fled. Investigators probe the cause while the Red Cross and Salvation Army shelter about 2,000 plus evacuees. No fatalities reported. mayor and fire officials praise swift evacuations.
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Jamaica
Doyle
Roger Bernard
Kennedy International Airport
Staten Island
Long Island
H. K. Merker
Inspecti Cials
Public’ S Files Commission
John V. Lindsay
Red Cross
Salvation Army
John " O'Hagan
Liberty Avenue
02Nd Avenue
139Th
143Rd Streets
Brisbin Street
01St Avenue
Postal rates rise for overseas mail across the board
The new schedule hikes air and surface rates for international mail. Airmail to Europe and North Africa increases to 20 cents per half ounce, rest of world letters stay at 5 cents, surface mail to most nations climbs to 13 cents, post cards to eight cents, and printed matter gains one cent per piece. Parcel post adds 20 cents per parcel, about 7 percent higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Europe
North Africa
Canada
Mexico
City Receives Details On Demonstration Bid
City officials received guidance on applying to join the federal demonstration cities program. Mayor Curjan announced at City Hall that documents, routed via Congressman Donald J. Irwin, were sent to redevelopment coordinator Joseph M. Dearborn for a detailed study.
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Curjran
City Hall l
Donald J. Irwin
Joseph M. Dearborn
New Red Cross Leader Installed in Bridgeport
D R Garbelnick named head of Bridgeport Red Cross as Augusta Mendel lauded volunteers for 1966 service. The annual report shows 5931 pints of blood collected, 24 disaster responses, 881 veterans assisted, 201 families aided, and 27 921 youth program participants across Bridgeport Easton Monroe and Trumbull.
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Bridgeport Red Cross
Augusta Mendel
Voluneer Services
Miss Mende
Vietnam
Stephen Deschamps
Francis Reh Sr
First Aid
Raymond Bansak
Charles F. Barnes
American Red Cross
Thailand
Easton
Monroe
Trumbull
Bridgeport
Red Cross
Robert Kranyik
U. B. i Youth Service
John Larson
Who
H. Parker Lansdale
Arthur Koster
Bus topple near Seoul kills eight, injures thirty one
Eight people were killed and 31 injured when a bus fell off a cliff northeast of Seoul on Friday afternoon.
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Seoul
Korea
UPI
Youth Killed In Easton
A lifelong Newtown resident and Explorer Scout Leader, Richard Goosman, senior at Newtown High School and active in multiple groups, died in an Easton accident. Survivors include his parents a brother a sister and a grandmother all of Newtown. Funeral services Sunday at 11 a.m. at A L Green funeral home Bridgeport with burial in Loyalty Cemetery Fairfield.
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Explorer
Newtown
Richard
Newtown High School
Explorer Scout Post 70
Pilgram Fellowship
Civil Defense Rescue Squad
Newtown Ski Club
Adath Israel Youth Group
Thomas Goosman
Sherman Goorsman
Lisa Goosman
Lily Hansen
A.L. Green’ Funeral Home
Grand _ street
Bridgeport
Jonah Gewirtz
Congregation Agudas Achim I
Loyalty Cemetery
Fairfield
Hundreds of youths rob Stratford store owner in alleged spree
Stratford police say several hundred dollars disappeared after a large youth crowd held up a Stratford store owned by Albert M. Provenzano. Investigators found a stolen car from Bridgeport outside the store and suspect it may have been used by the robbers. Patrolmen Gaughan Chicks Falciani and detective Horvath led the inquiry as Bridgeport police were alerted to the vehicle's theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert M. Provenzano
Stratford
Bridgeport
John Gaughan
Joseph Chicks
Alfred Falciani
Land
Andrew Horvath
Coup Switches Regime in Togo
In Lome, a bloodless coup d etat replaces President Nicolas Grunitzky with army chief Lt Col Etienne Eyadema on the anniversary of a 1963 coup. Grunitzky resigns. Eyadema pledges national reconciliation and holds elections in about three months. Prisoners from a failed coup are released.
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Lome
Togo
Nicolas Grunitzky
Etienne Guassingbe Eyadema
Grunitzky
Eyadema
Alfred Geyer Dies Retired Remington Arms Supervisor
Alfred E. Geyer 83 of 24 Judson Place Devon died Thursday in Milford Hospital. He retired after 31 years as a supervisor in the tool and gauge department of Remington Arms in 1947. Services Monday 2 p.m. at Henry E. Bishop and Son Funeral Home with Rev. John A. Dischinger officiating. Burial will be private. Geyer was a St Johns Lodge AF and AM member and longtime Baptist Temple attendee. St Johns Lodge will give its ritual Sunday at 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Geyer
Son Place
Devon
Remington Arms Company
Milford Hospital
Henry E. Bishop and Son Funeral
Fairfield Avenue
John A. Dischinger
Baptist Temple
Burja
Geyer
St. John’s Lodge
The
Remington Arms
St. John's Lodge
Mrs. Wood Dies Aunt of Pastor Richard Wood
Mrs Hattie Wood aunt of Rev Richard H Wood pastor of Grace Baptist church died suddenly at her Kenbridge Virginia home Services will be held at S P Jones funeral home in Kenbridge time announced The Rev Mr Wood left for Virginia for the services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Hattie Wood
Richard H. Wood
Grace Baptist Church
Kenbridge
S. P. Jones
Mr. Wood
Virginia
Park Chief Resigns Over Interim Plans Amid Budget Changes
Bridgeport park director Fennell resigns effective about ninety days from the meeting with an open end date for his successor. He waives the 90 day period, will remain as acting head to ensure smooth operation of the Parks and Recreation system, and may stay through the current school year for his children. The board reelects Neary as president and Dewhirst as vice president while seeking a new parks and recreation director.
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Curran
Fennell Iwi
Fennell
Parks and Recreation Department
Park Board
Russell F. Neary
Joseph Dewhirst
Neary
Parks and Recreation
George A. Mallett
Park Department
Recreation Department
Board of Recreation
William D. McBride
Beardsley Park Zoo
Pilotti earns dean's list honors at Lake Forest College
Chris Pilotti son of Mr and Mrs Edward F Pilotti of Trumbull attained high academic honors and was named to the dean's list for the fall term at Lake Forest College Illinois He is a sociology major Senior Also earning honors were Edward Peter T Ray Jr a philosophy junior of Goodwives River Road Darien Joyce Rene a sophomore French major of Parish Road North New Canaan Barry H Hoffman a junior English major of Woodbridge Drive Stamford Barbara Rubenstein a junior sociology major of Turn of the River Road Stamford and Bonnie L Lilienthal a freshman English major of Powder Horn Hill Wilton
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Christopher P.” Pilotti
Edward F. Pilotti
Huntington Turnpike
Trumbull
Lake Forest College
Illinois
Pilotti
Edward
Peter T. Ray, Jr
Goodwives
River’ Road
Darien
Joyce
Rene
Parish Road North
New Canaan
Barry H. Hoffman
Woodbridge Drive
Stamford
Barbara Rubenstein
Turn of the River, Road
Bonnie L. Lilienthal
Powder Horn Hill Road
Wilton
Global dope ring busted with couriers facing charges
U S federal and international authorities arrested seven couriers tied to a worldwide drug operation. Roy Peake in Honolulu and others in New York Miami and Nassau were jailed on bonds ranging from two thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. An Australian passport violation case added to the roundup.
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Bahamas
Australia
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics
Hong Kong
London
U.S. Treasury Department
Harcolics
Honolulu
Roy
Lawrence Peake
New Zealand
United States
New Yorker
U.S
John Barrity
New York
Chris Davis
Elmer Jessup
Wilbert Haywood
George Harris
Detroit
Miami Beach
James Wesley Egan
Brian John Hill
Nassau
Sydney
Egan
Miami
Henry Iken
Kennedy Airport
Democrats Call for Venezia Resignation in Stratford
Stratford officials report Councilman Venezia, acquitted on a blackmail charge from a used car dealer, faces a pending civil suit by Miss Elizabeth Mulusko alleging paternity of her four month old son Christopher Leonard. Venezia was arrested after a breach of peace warrant tied to an alleged Sunday early morning incident at Mutusko’s trailer home.
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Michael English
George Wright
Venezia
Elizabeth 4
Mulusko
Connecticut
Christopher Leonard
Success Avenue
Stratford
Miss Mutusko
Classified Ad Group Honors A. J. Carrano
Alfred J. Carrano classified advertising manager of The Past Telegram received a certificate of appreciation from the Northeastern Classified Advertising Managers Association at its annual conference in New York City. The award cited practical selling or promotion ideas shown at the meeting. About 100 newspaper classified managers attended, with Joseph A. Smith of The Philadelphia Inquirer as exhibits chairman and Walter Mills Jr. of The New Haven Register as general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J. Carrano
Telegram
Northeastern
Classified Advertising Managers’ Association
New York City
Joseph A. Smith
Philadelphia Inquirer
Walter Mills, Jr
New Haven Register
Iron Triangle fighting with U S forces in South Vietnam
Reported actions around the Iron Triangle include scattered small unit clashes and U S infantry seizing 133 tons of enemy rice. Marines near Chu Lai repelled a pre dawn Viet Cong attack, killing 17 and capturing seven with light own casualties. A new American base site is Dong Tan near My Tho.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Iron Triangle
Chu Lai
11Th Regiment
1St Marine Division
Delta
Dong Tan
My Tho
7Th Division
South Vietnam
Steinbeck Reports Sabotage in Vietnam Conflict
Author John Steinbeck, writing from South Vietnam, describes a covert sabotage tactic where enemy ammunition explodes in Viet Cong weapons. He cites booby trapped cartridges with TNT, notes bodies found beside exploded guns, and says U.S. troops are under orders not to fire captured weapons as authorities refuse to comment.
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Garden City
N.Y
John Steinbeck
South Vietnam
Steinbeck
Alicia
Newsday
Long Island
U.S
Fingerprint Gap Marks Thompson Murder Trial
State police testified Dorothy Thompson was found with a corded neck on a Cape Cod home while no usable fingerprints were found interior to the house. Lt. Fuessenich said smudges occurred but prints were indistinct. a toaster print was unidentifiable. Evidence included a hammer, blood, and drag marks. Solberg faces first degree murder charges as trial resumes.
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Sy Richard P
Onder
Cape Cod
Dorothy
B. Thompson
Barkhamsted
LL. Cleveland Fuessenich
Canaan Barracks
Thompson
Harry A. Solberg
East Hartland Aircraft
Litchfield
U.S. District Court
Thomas A. Wall
William B. Shew
Fuessenich
Li. Fuessenich
Douglass B. Wright
Shew
Lt. Fuessenich
Samuel Rome
State Police Detective Bureau
Hartford
Major Rome
Agnes Thompson
Solberg
Connecticut Valley
Middletown
Thompsons
Christa
Wall
Arfin Thompson
Massachusetts
Wright
Ralph F. Scofield
Stratford
Watt
John P. McKeon
Scofield
Thompson Home
Agency Honors Relihan Memory
The Bridgeport Redevelopment Agency adopted a resolution in memory of John J. Relihan former state senator and counselor at law. Drafted by Judge John P. Flanagan and Joseph M. Dearborn the resolution praises his public service and notes the redevelopment program depended greatly on his integrity skill and dedication.
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Bridgeport
John J. Relihan
John P. Flanagan
Joseph M. Dearborn
City of
Orange crash victim dies after coma of five months
West Haven man Louis D. Tannoia, 33, who was injured August 8 in a Post Road scooter car collision in Orange, died Thursday after months in a coma at Veterans Hospital. He never regained consciousness.
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West Haven
Louis D. Tannoia
Tannoia
Orange
Veterans Hospital
Sete
Ground Broken For Milford Industrial Park Along Housatonic
Milford officials break ground on the 250 acre Housatonic Industrial Park along the Housatonic river with first phase of about 50 acres bounded by Plains road Cronoque road and the New Haven railroad tracks. Genovese engineers plan flexible site layouts ready for building with graded lots storm drainage and paved highways. The project aims to open access via Schoolhouse road to Caswell street linking to the Connecticut turnpike and Boston Post road and a first tenant is secured for initial acreage.
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Milford
Bridgeport
F. Francis D’addario
Housatonic
Housatonic River
D'Addario
Plains Road
Cronoque Road
New Haven
Philip W. Genovese
Genovese & Associates
Genovese
Alan H. Jepson
Robert H. Brigham
Schoolhouse Road
Caswell Street
Connecticut Turnpike
Boston Post Road
Jepson
Genovese Engineering
Norwalk
Bridgeport Brass
Darien
Fairfield
Liggett
Drug Company
Stamford
Eagle
Barden Corporation
in-Elmer
Danbury
Wall Street Journal
Chicopee
Mass
Handy & Harmon and
Sturm-Ruger
Southport
Waterman-Bic
Bridgeport Fittings
United Parcel
Stratford
Driver Is Uninjured In Astor Car Upset
Victor E Malins 43 of Barlow road Newtown escaped injury when his compact station wagon overturned on Eden Hill road above North street about 745 pm Passersby righted the vehicle before police arrived Policeman Richard W Schwartz reported Malins was summoned for failure to keep to the right on a hill
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Easton
Victor E. Matins
Barlow Road
Newtown
Eden Hill Road
North Street
Richard W. Schwartz
Mr. Malins
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Viet Control Commission
D. R. Garbelnick
Donald R, Garbelnick
Alfred Geyer
Chris Pilotti
Democrats
A. J. Carrano
Agency
Relihan
Uridgeport
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