Anti Maoist Army Gains Ground In Kiangsi Province
AP dispatch reports that an anti Maoist army formed by peasants workers and veterans seized control of parts of Kiangsi Province southeast of Peking. The broadcast on Nanchang official radio claimed strong resistance from Mao supporters as factories mines banks and media were disrupted. Chiang Kai-shek, in a Formosa message, warned of collapse of the Peking regime amid such upheavals.
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Hong. Kong
Kiangsi
China
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Nanchang
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
New China ‘News Agency
Communist Party
Peking People's Daily
RED China
Mao
Cheklang
Fukien
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Red Guards
Canton
Jets Crash Into Retirement Community Killing Four
Two Marine Corps Reserve jet bombers collided near Santa Ana California and one struck Leisure World Laguna Hills destroying two 2 story dwellings and setting fires. Four residents died and five were injured as debris caused further damage to multiple buildings and vehicles arriving from New York. The other aircraft crashed beyond the San Diego Freeway near El Toro Marine Air Station. both pilots bailed out with one killed and the other in critical condition.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Marine Corps Reserve
Leisure World
Laguna ‘Hills
San Diego
el Toro Marine Air Station
New York
Los Angeles
Adrian Irvine
Roy Cody
Fresno
Marine Attack Squadron 192
Naval Air Station
Floyd Bennett’ Field
Brooklyn
N.Y
Fillers
Hiers
Camp Pendleton
Marine Base
James Powell
Leon Lauerbach
Harold Berman
Margaret
Oscar V. Peterson
Agnes
Frank Gambelli
Boonton
N.J
el Toro Hospital
Weather Datz and Tide for Bridgeport Area
Bridgeport and vicinity reports little temperature change today with a high near 50 and a low around 33 partly cloudy and mild tonight into Tuesday. Probability of precipitation 20 percent. Almanac notes January 23 with sunrise at 7 11 a m and sunset at 4 38 p m. Tide times listed for today and tomorrow. Highest yesterday 56, lowest 30. Barometer 30.26 and humidity 86 percent at 8 p.m.
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Bridgeport
Regents Start Hunt For Kerr Successor
Regents begin searching for a successor to Kerr after firing him as UC president. A selection committee will combine faculty senates from nine campuses to draft a candidate list, with interviews to follow. Front runners include Roger Heyns of Berkeley, Franklin Murphy of UCLA, and Daniel Aldrich of Irvine.
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Berkeley
Calif
University’ of California Regents
Clark Kerr
Kerr
Ronald Reagan
Regents
Owith
Fessore
Whch
Roger
Heyns
Franklin Murphy
UCLA
Daniel Aldrich
Irvine
Murphy
Reagan
Tor
Aldrich
Orange County
Milford Man Dies in Home Fire After Burns
Milford Israel Hiller age 63 died Sunday in Milford hospital from severe burns suffered in a house fire that also left his wife in critical condition. Neighbors reported the blaze at around Saturday morning, with Fire Marshal Leonard H. Bots leading investigation. Services set for today at 1 p.m. at Weller Funeral Home New Haven with Rabbi Maurice Hecht officiating, burial in Independent New Haven Lodge cemetery East Haven.
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Milford
Israel Hiller
Wood Avenue
Milford’ Hospital
Weller Funeral Home
George Street
New Haven
Maurice Hecht
Beth Israel Synagogue
New Haven Lodge
East Haven
Leonard H. Bots
Flynn to Receive Distinguished Service Medal Tonight
William B. Flynn of 28 Black House Road Trumbull, vice president of Bridgeport Boys Clubs, will receive the Distinguished Service Medal of the Boys Clubs of America at the Bridgeport group’s annual meeting and dinner at 7 p.m. in the North End Girls club. Seven other Special Events committee members will be honored. Very Rev William C. McInnes, president of Fairfield University, will be principal speaker. Flynn has chaired the Special Events committee since 1959 and helped raise over $100,000 for the three Boys Clubs and the Girls club.
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William B. Flynn
Black House Road
Trumbull
Boys’ Clubs of
Bridgeport
Boys’ Clubs of America
North End
William C. McInnes
Fairfield University
Flynn
Husband Wife Shooting Sparks East Side Tragedy
A 38 year old East Side woman, Mrs Cora Bennett, was shot in the chest during a domestic dispute at 997 Stratford Avenue. Husband James Bennett, 42, is jailed on aggravated assault charges with bail set at 5000. Detectives Andrew Alexay and Frank Pramuka lead the inquiry with patrolmen James Mooney and Charles Demato assisting.
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East Side
Bridgeport
Cora Bennett
Stratford Avenue
James Bennett
Newes
Bennett
Classified Ads and Puzzles Feature Digest
Readers flip through a compact newspaper page listing 13 classified ads, 14 crossword puzzle, 14 Dear Abby, 13 Dr Brandstads MD, 13 Editorials, 13 Jacoby on Bridge, 6 Polly's Pointers, 10-11 Sylvia Porter, 5 Theater News, 15 TV and Radio, 13 Women’s News, and 19 25 Comics. The page highlights sections and page numbers across entertainment, health, sports, and advice features.
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Euneseeayee
Teavue
Polly’s
Secee
Sylvia Porter
Women's News
New Milford Girl Drowns After Ice Breakthrough
Victoria Marie Adams, 12, fell through Still River ice at Harrybrooke Town Park while skating with friends. Police and Waterwitch volunteers recovered her body at 2:25 PM. death ruled accidental drowning. She attended Pettibone School and St. Francis Xavier Church, with family and local fire and state police assisting. Funeral planned at Lillis Funeral Home and St. Francis Xavier Church.
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New Milford
Still River
Victoria Marie Adams
Franklin Adams
Harrybrooke Town Park
Waterwitch
Uot
John Simonds
Andrew Neary
Paul Hulton
Rolf Hanson
Richard Pitcher
William McMahon
Richard Day
Sgt
Eugene Baten
Troop A
Ridgeeld
Wilson to Plead Britain's Bid to Common Market
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrives in Strasbourg to address the Council of Europe and press Britain’s bid to join the six nation European Economic Community. De Gaulle signals opposition to Britain entry, favoring possible associate membership or limited ties as talks continue in Paris and Brussels.
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Paris
Harold Wilson
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Wilson
Strasbourg
France
Council of Europe
de Gaulle
New World
Europe
EEC
America
Luxury Liner Ends 1600 Yard Voyage
The 563-foot white hulled liner Atlantic with 215 passengers on a seven day Caribbean cruise ran aground near Dock 17. Tugboats and high tide freed the vessel about 48 hours later after dumping 1000 tons of ballast water as officials considered docking options.
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The
Atlantic
Plucked From the Sea Boosts Morale for GIs in Vietnam
Two Wilkes-Barre area girls, Caroline Edwards and Darcy Rogers, sent a bottle with notes into the Gulf of Mexico. Six American servicemen on a Vietnam beach found the bottle, replying with encouragement and signing as the Loriely Six, boosting morale during the war. The bottle traveled an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 miles before resurfacing.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Wilkes- Barre-area
Gulf of Mexico
U.S
Vietnam
South China Sea
Gulf
Caroline Edwards
Darcy Rogers
Dallas
Caroline
Harry
Sanibel Island
Sixth straight day of raids north of Hanoi
U S jets attacked rail lines feeding Hanoi as six days of strikes continued. In a brief air clash, F105 Thunderchiefs fought MiGs with no losses reported. F4 Phantoms pursued fleeing enemy jets, while ground fire downed two U S Air Force planes and one Navy jet. Four airmen were missing as Hanoi claimed several U S losses. Major raids included the Thai Nguyen highway bridge 39 miles north of Hanoi.
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U.S
Air Force
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Saigon
USS
Hanoi
Red China
U U.S
South Vietnam
Thai Nguyen Highway
Five nations agree to cooperate on lower interest rates
In London five Western powers led by the United States agreed on private talks to keep borrowing costs down. Ministers said they would cooperate within their duties to lower rates in their countries, while the timing for any cuts remained open.
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Britain
James Callaghan
United States
France
West Germany
Italy
Chequers
Captured N Vietnam Officer Reveals Bare Pay and Diet
North Vietnamese 2nd Lieutenant Le Van Mai, 27, captured near Qui Nhon, says he earned less than 60 cents a month fighting and had no fresh uniform for three years. He wore black pajama clothing, described a low morale army, and noted rations of about a pound of rice per day during operations, halved when not in combat.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
le van Mai
Qui Nhon
Mai
Antiwar Protest Disrupts Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral
Police seized 23 anti Vietnam demonstrators inside St Patrick's Cathedral during a Solemn High Mass in New York. They held posters reading Thou shalt not kill and Vietnam targeting Cardinal Spellman. Inside, the Mass was delayed briefly and then resumed as officers escorted the protesters away. Outside, about 20 pickets protested on Fifth Avenue.
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New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Spellman
Francis Cardinal Spellman
United States
Vietnam
Msgr
Thomas McGovern
Archdiocesan Bureau of Information
Amon
Chrch
Msgr. McGovern
Fifth Avenue
Man Nabbed Trying To Get Into Store
Police nabbed Benjamin Brandt aged 36 of 32 Yale Street at 1073 State Street after he used keys to enter the A and P Store. He was charged with attempting to commit a statutory crime and held in view of $2,000 bond pending further investigation.
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State Street
Benjamin Brandt
Yale Street
New York to Moscow Flights Set for May Start
UPI reports tentative agreements for regular Moscow New York service. Pan Am and Soviet Civil Aviation officials plan a five person team to sign, with one weekly round trip per line in winter and two per week in summer. First class fare about 1109.50 dollars and tourist around 739 dollars.
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Moscow
UPI
New York
John Shannon
Pan American World Airways
Pan Am
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California
USMC
William B, Flynn
Fort Lauderdalt
Florida
Edwards
Elmer Rossland
St. Petersburg
Fla
Treasure Island
Viet- Nam
German R. Massa
Darcy
Loriely
Vito
William
Shad
Mike
Sam
Jack
London
N. Viet
Tu Nhan
26Th
Jan
Meng
Att
St. Patrick’s
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