Bridgeport Telegram Subscription Rates and Details
The Bridgeport Telegram lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, with 1 year and 6 month plans for local and distant delivery. It notes The Bridgeport Post and Bridgeport Telegram as products of The Post Publishing Company and credits The Associated Press for local news republication.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Bridgeport Telegram
Audit Bureau of
the Post Publishing Company
Bridgeport Post
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Sun
Associated Press
Bridge
Port
Congress in Wartime and the 1968 Electoral Year
The article argues Congress will not adjourn to minimal domestic legislation during the Vietnam era and a 1968 election year. It notes hearings on origins of the war may continue but deemphasizes review while war lasts. It highlights inflation, balance of payments pressures, calls for wage and price restraint, tax policy, and crime, urging practical measures before conventions.
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Congress
Vietnam
J. W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Walter Heller
Wage and Price Board
Johnson
Wilbur Mill
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Miami
Chicago
Jack
Theodolite Finds New Role in NASA Space Project
NASA officials sought a basic measurement tool for a refined space project and rediscovered the theodolite, an instrument created in Switzerland for measuring horizontal and vertical angles. Once used by U.S. geophysicists to chart magnetic inclination, it sat unused at the Fredericksburg geomagnetic center before being repurposed for a space program undreamed of in the 19th century.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Switzerland
United States
Fredericksburg
Environmental Science Services Administration
Department of Commerce
Foreign Travel Reconsidered as American Travel Declines
The article notes that reducing American tourism and business travel abroad is a two edged issue. President Johnson urges cutbacks to improve the U S balance of payments while acknowledging travel supports global commerce and information exchange. Restricting travel could provoke retaliatory moves harming allied economies and U S interests.
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Johnson
Theories on Sicily quake versus Alaska 1964 tradeoffs
Theories from the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey suggest the Sicily earthquake, though deadly in a populated area, was comparatively small. It may reflect a cycle of stress buildup or energy release by many minor quakes, with no certain forecast of future mega quakes, as humanity watches Earth’s movements.
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Sicily
Java
Sumatra
Himalayas
Turkey
Greece
Spain
Atlantic
Pacific Basin
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Seismology Division
Mother Earth
Labor's costly year drives higher unit labor costs
Last year rising wage costs and slower productivity pushed unit labor costs up, fueling inflation. Auto workers contracts alone added about 6 percent annually, while overall wages rose 5.6 percent per BLS data. With more unions negotiating, inflationary pressure could persist despite administration denials of wage and price controls.
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Higher Ed Costs Rise Far Beyond Earlier Projections
A long term study shows state appropriations for public higher education reaching 4.4 billion dollars for the current academic year, up from 1.4 billion in 1959-60. Expenditures have more than tripled while enrollment roughly doubled, due to inflation and rising faculty salaries.
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National Association of State Universities and
The
Association
Wage Hike to 1.60 May Help Millions The U S
The February 1 raise to 1.60 an hour, plus a 1.15 rate for 9.1 million workers, boosts annual pay by 2.3 billion for about 7.2 million employees across retail, construction, agriculture, mining, and manufacturing. Critics warn of layoffs, but data show limited job loss and wage upscaling among affected groups.
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U.S
U.S. Business Association
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Comic Dictionary Bath Farrier Carrying Too Far
A comic dictionary entry playful about a person who can carry a tale or load too far, suggesting humorous excess in handling tasks or stories. The item uses light wordplay to evoke Baths and farriers in a quaint, period-voiced joke.
National Whirligig Warns of Election Year Gridlock
The piece laments Congress delaying debates on crime, civil rights, deficits, and taxation as election politics dominate. It criticizes a slow, five day week push while promising districts back home receive more attention than public business. It notes Mansfield’s push for a priority schedule, labeled as impractical.
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Congress
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Martin Luther King
Alabama
Mike Mansfield
Mike
McNamara's Team Await Clifford Move At Defense
AP reports McNamara aides will wait to see how Clark Clifford operates as secretary of defense before deciding to stay at the Pentagon. Clifford, a lawyer and politician with Hawks’ stance on Vietnam, may keep or shift McNamara’s centralized control as he forges his own team.
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McNamara
Clifford
Fred
Hoffman
Washington
Clark Clifford
Defense
Pentagon
Robert 8S
World Bank
White House
Defense Department
Johnson
Thhat
Paul H. Nitze
Nitze
Armed Services
Uniformed Services
Ford Motor Co
MoeNamara
Secretary of Defense
Snow-making lights up Bath County economy in Virginia highlands
A vacationing columnist reports on snow-making at The Homestead in Bath County Virginia where winter tourism and local business have surged. Bill Hincks and team operate Blizzard Jets to generate artificial snowfall, enabling year round skiing and boosting pay, merchandising, and hotel occupancy.
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Hot Springs
Highlands
Bath County
Appalachians
William T. Hincks
Yale
Yale Forestry School
Bill Hincks
Grace New Haven Hospital
Marine Corps
Southern Pacific Railroad
California
Nevada
Virginia Coal and Iron Company
Big Stone Gap
Cranston, NJ
Jane
Virginias
Virginia Hot Springs, Inc
Salem
Hincks
Bill Hinghs
Goodwill Industries faces funding crisis due to wage law
Washington report shows Goodwill Industries warns of possible layoffs for severely handicapped workers as federal minimum wage rises from 1.25 to 1.40 and to 1.60 next month. A suggested federal supplements program has not been implemented, though higher pay must be met.
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Washington
Goodwill Industries
Labor Department
Industries
Eugene Caldwell
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