Teachers Accept New Contract for Bridgeport Schools
Bridgeport teachers approve a one year contract covering 1190 staff with gains in life and medical coverage. Connecticut Education Association field rep James Gaffney says the deal will attract top teachers and ease shortages as recruitment peaks through spring. Raises range from 900 to 2630 dollars including annual steps and a 12 month duty year for many staff.
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James Gaffney
Connecticut Education Association
BEA
Bridgeport
Gaffney
Stephen Rimer
Negiuatng
Police Beat Back Leftist Students Near Enterprise Port
In Sasebo Japan about 700 leftist students protesting the nuclear powered carrier Enterprise were beaten back after attacking a police barricade at the naval base entrance. Nearly 2 000 riot police guarded routes to the base as the ship entered port with 69 students and 3 policemen injured and 15 students arrested. Demonstrations also erupted in Tokyo Yokohama and Sapporo.
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Sasebo
Japan
U.S
Enterprise
Sasebo Naval Base
Lice
Tokyo
Yokohama
Sapporo
Tokyo Student Protest Strikes At Embassy Gates
In Tokyo, 309 students began throwing stones and milk bottles at police blocking access to the U S Embassy. Police arrested 105 students as authorities oversee the scene while a ship named Enterprise plans a five day stay to rest its 4 300 crew and resupply.
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Hokkaido
Tokyo
U.S
Disaster loan debate over Alaska project drawing scrutiny
The Alaska tale centers on an $894,000 disaster loan tied to a beach project once funded by a $690,000 SBA loan and a $200,000 damage loan. Officials dispute guarantees and repayments while alleging political influence in SBA dealings, urging a congressional probe into the agency’s practices.
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Gross
Pruhs
Fairbanks
SBA
Joan
Alaska
Small Business Administration
Democrat Party
Night hours draw small crowd at City Hall
Attendance at the Thursday night open hours was about a dozen, similar to the prior week. Welfare building and McLevy hall also stayed open. Mayor Curran said the night openings will continue, with many offices staying open until 8 o'clock next Thursday.
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City Hall
Welfare Building
McLevy Hall
Curran
Mrs Bruno Named Bridgeport Heart Drive Chair
Mrs. Robert G. Bruno of Pierce Avenue is Bridgeport chairman for the Heart Fund drive the week of February 19. Nathaniel W. Plotkin, general chairman, announced. The drive, led by Mrs. Bruno who has chaired before, culminates on Heart Sunday February 25 with funds supporting research programs.
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Robert G. Bruno
Pierce Avenue
Bridgeport
Nathaniel W. Plotkin
Bruno
Kepler Leaves ABCD Post to Join GE in New York
Kepler, former public relations head for Sun Oil, quit his role at ABCD and took an executive post with General Electric in New York. He arrived in Bridgeport in 1865 to replace H Parker Lansdale as ABCD executive director.
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Sun Oil Company
General Electric
New York
Bridgeport
H. Parker Lansdale
YMCA
ABCD
Underground Atom Test Leaks Radioactivity
The AEC reports a minor accidental release of radioactivity at an underground test site with no health hazard on site and no need for protective action. Readings on off site Nevada locations were five tenths of one thousandth of a roentgen per hour, far below levels requiring removal or other action.
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AEC
Iself
Commission
Highway 55
Nevada
Stock Markets To Close Early For Paperwork
Markets will end trading at 2 pm EST while opening at 10 am with a 3:30 pm close. Lincoln's birthday on Feb 12 will also see early closings though staff levels are to be maintained. The American Stock Exchange posted a record volume over the past five business days, near 5 million shares daily, with the Big Board at 184 million shares. The American Exchange asked member firms to assess unusual concentrations in volatile or low priced issues since Jan. 2 to explain price moves not tied to business developments.
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Lincoln
American Stock Exchange
M.A Milion
American Exchange
Exchange
Atomic Arms Treaty Draft Is Milestone
United States and the Soviet Union jointly submitted a complete draft for a treaty to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. The draft, a milestone after five years of East West bargaining, was sent to the 7 nation disarmament conference by co chairmen Adrian Fisher and Alexei Roshchin.
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Michael Godsmith Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Adrian 8. Fisher
Alexei A. Roshchin
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA
West Germany
Italy
European Atomic Energy Organization
Euratom
Bonn
Brussels
North Atlantic Council
Roger Seydoux
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
France
Washington
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Britain
Geneva
India
Israel
Sweden
Japan
Egypt
South Africa
Switzerland
Canada
Norwich Seeks End to Public Works Strike
Norwich officials plan talks with a union spokesman today to resolve a four day walkout by 360 United Mine Workers Local 14164 members over a disputed contract. Since June 1965 hourly workers have labored without a contract, leaving 20 men to haul away refuse as seven nonunion workers called in sick.
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Norwich
Public
United Mine Workers Local 14164
Department
Bridgeport Man Sentenced in Morals Case
A 31 year old Bridgeport man Raymond Brooks was jailed 360 days by Circuit Court Judge Rodney Exelson after pleading guilty to a substituted charge of indecency. Brooks of 1185 Iranistran avenue was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 14 year old boy on December 6 and taken into custody December 15.
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Bridgeport
Rodney Exelson
Raymond Brooks
Iranistran Avenue
McDermott Says 20 Refuse Trucks Overwhelmed in City
Francis J. McDermott union business agent said Thursday all 20 were assigned to refuse collection and they still can't keep up. He noted no street maintenance had been carried out this week. The department also runs the city’s sewage treatment plant.
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Francis J. McDermott
McDermott
Bert Wheeler Dies Star Comedian 57 Years On Stage
Bert Wheeler a former vaudeville headliner and Ziegfeld Follies veteran died at 57 after a long career in the United States and Britain He described his famous on stage gags including a camel and water bit and a tearful phone booth routine His later years were spent performing in New York clubs with bridge play and pranks at the Lambs Club A Broadway theatre named for Wheeler opened Oct 26 1966 Funeral arrangements were incomplete Rainbow Bridge in Utah spans 278 feet between sandstone cliffs
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United States
Britain
Wheeler
Margaret Grae
Stige
Betty
Omaha
Neb
New York
Lambs Club
Broadway
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