Rio Flood Toll Surges Amid Massive Rio de Janeiro Floods
New estimates place Rio flood deaths between two and three hundred with thousands homeless in Rio de Janeiro State. The Presidente Dutra Highway linking Rio and Sao Paulo is severely damaged near Serra das Araras. Heavy flooding hits Itaguai Duque de Caxias and Barra de Piras with 13 flood deaths reported in Rio city. Water contamination prompts typhoid immunization urged for residents.
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Rio de Janeiro
Guanabara
Rio
Sao Paulo
Presidente Dutra
Serra Das Araras
Itaguai
Duque de Caxias
Barra de Piras
Tijuca
Bil Drops Sheriffs From Jail Posts Correction
The governor's bill would shift jail oversight to a state office while eliminating county sheriff posts. It proposes a seven member Council of Correction and a governor appointed Commissioner of Correction with two deputies. Consolidated budgets and phased jail facility consolidation are planned. The measure seeks efficient administration and rehabilitation improvements. A final note says snake breeders in Singapore have been warned to fence their farms.
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Phillips
Connecticut
Department of Correction
Reformatory
Council of Correction
Commissioner of Correction
Dempsey
General Assembly
Senate
Edward L. Marcus
Boce M. Barlow
Hartford
Singapore
Daly Chosen Fairfield Jaycee Man of the Year
Fairfield resident Daly named Fairfield Jaycees Man of the Year for national competition among outstanding young men. Daly, a Yale Law School graduate, has served in the Justice Department and in Fairfield law firms. He is active in local groups and is married, living on Hulls Farm Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly Is
Fairfield Jaycee
Man of the
Connecticut
Daly
Fairfield
Fairfield Prep
Georgetown University
Yale University Law School
New York
Washington, D. C
Simpson, Thacher, and J .Bartlett
U.S. Department of Jusstice
Department of Justice
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice Department
Joseph Valachi
Fairfield Law
Collimore, Fitzpatrick
Fairfield Improvement Committee
Connecticut Association For Children With Learning Disabilities
Greater Bridgeport Heart Association Board of Directors
Stuart Station
Hulls Farm Road
Bridgeport Area Reaches Jan 24 Record Warmth
The Bridgeport area posted an all time January 24 high of 63 degrees at Bridgeport Municipal Airport Stratford surpassing the 1953 55 degree mark. New York City reached 68 degrees on the same day as a high for the region continues to enjoy unseasonably warm weather. A large high pressure area offshore kept a Canadian cold front away from southern New England and southern New York. The Weather Bureau forecasts above normal temperatures through Saturday before a turn to colder weather Sunday and Monday.
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Bridgeport
U. S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport Municipal
Stratford
New York City
Atlantic Coast
New England
New York State
Weather Bureau
Taylor lauds Vietnam progress while cautioning on war end
Taylor gives a rosy briefing on Vietnam saying a settlement may come through fizzling out rather than a negotiated end. He cites past airlift crises, expects no immediate signs of large Chinese intervention, and notes Vietnam’s political progress with Ky’s government and a new constitution underway.
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Noi
Berlin
Taylor
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Hanoi
China
Vietnam
Red China
Lodge
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Budget Earmarks Money for Plane Not Yet Accepted
Hearings on the TFX contract award show McNamara overruled an evaluation board. Boeing lost to General Dynamics for the F111B. The Navy delays acceptance to summer with trials using an alternate engine due to development lag and weight issues.
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TFX
McNamara
Boing Co
General Dynamics
Grumman
Navy
Grumman Aircraft
Air Force
FILA
John L. McClellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McClellan
Joint Air Force
Blood Drive Today in City Hall Lobby
Bridgeport Americana Red Cross holds a blood drive today for city employees with Mayor Curran’s sponsorship. The session runs 11 43 a m to 4 30 p m in City Hall main lobby Lyon Terrace. H Parker Lansdale director urged public participation last night.
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Bridgeport
Americana Red Cross
Curran
City Hall
Lyon Terrace
H. Parker Lansdale
Yanks Press Viet Nam War Actions Across Multiple Provinces
Reports describe U S air strikes strafing residences and schools in Ninh Binh Province and targeting industrial centers in Tri and Thai Nguyen while naval forces shell Viet Cong sites along the coast. Weather relief from northeast monsoon expected, tet truce to pause bombing for four days.
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Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
U.S
Ninh Binh
Viet ‘Tri
Thai Nguyen
Thanh Hon
Alr
North Vietnam
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Guerrilas
Canberra
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Manley
de Haven, Hollister
Theodore E. Spenske
Guam
North
Ninh Province
Saigon
Ron Mays
Ola
Copter to Unload Cargo Ship In Test This Friday
The plan features a Skycrane helicopter unloading 500 measurement tons or about 250 short tons of military cargo from the Despatcher at Staten Island New York. A. Theodore De Smedi of American Export Isbrandtsen Lines and Leé S. Johnson of Sikorsky endorse the concept as advantageous for rapid delivery and Vietnam support.
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A. Theodore de Smedi
American Export Isbrandtsen Lines
Leé S. Johnson
Sikorsky
Vietnam
Staten Island
N.Y
Stamford Seeks Federal Loan for Acting City Director
Stamford officials contacted Connecticut universities and the State Health Department to fill a temporary city director post. The search is hampered by a low salary of 17500 dollars a year, 1500 less than the salary requested by Mayers. Dr Costanza announced plans to retire soon, whether a successor is found, noting the last temporary director stint was 14 years ago.
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Connecticut
State Health Department
Mayers
Costanza
Stamford
Tornadoes Ravage Missouri Town and Surroundings
A tornado wrecked a town of 800 near Kansas City injuring two and destroying four homes a restaurant a liquor store and a farm implement company. Other tornadoes hit northwest of Downing Higbee and near Orrick causing property damage and drive-in theater damage along with drenching rains and hail across eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Several students and a teacher were injured with two students in critical condition. sheriff and witnesses described near panic as walls and ceilings collapsed and debris flew through schools and homes.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Downing
Jawa Line
St. Joseph
Higbee
Lynn County
Kansas
Orrick
J. R. Stockton
James Dutton
Danny Blythe
Woods
Highway Patrol
Richmond
Joyce
Lynn
McKown
Lydia” Ann Danner
Donald Ray Brady
Leonard Britt Ellis
Elizabeth Ann Wilkens
Larry Ray Thomas
Wanda Lee Watson
Phillip Eugene Brown
Kenneth Wayne Rimmer
Donald’ Walker
Carolyn Kinball
Karen Kay Snyder
Tornadoes Hit St Louis County. several feared dead
Police report may have multiple fatalities after two tornadoes and a line of squalls swept through St. Louis County. Homes and businesses damaged. about 100 people rushed to four area hospitals. Severe weather damaged at least 26 communities with heavy rain hail and lightning.
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ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louis County
Raymond Hensley
Cary Grant and Wife Reported Separated in Hollywood
Reports from London and Los Angeles claim Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon have lived apart for a month or more. Comment sought from neither party, with a baby in the home and estrangement denied by some sources. Grant, married July 22 1965 in Las Vegas, has one child Jennifer born February 27 1966.
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Hollywood
UPS
Atlantic
Gary Grant
Dyan Cannon
London
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Jocely Manners
Grants
Cary
Grant
Miss Cannon
Las Vegas
Nev
Jennifer
VirginiaCherrill
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
Betsy Drake
GOP labels Budget lavish amid war spending debate
Republican leaders from Dirksen to Halleck criticized Johnson's budget as bloated while calling for cuts in Great Society programs and Vietnam war spending. Ribicoff Clark and Javits pressed for reforms including tax sharing, hospital funds, and investment tax credits amid concerns over poverty and aid. Laird warned Vietnam projections may be outdated.
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Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Mansfield
Ribicoff
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
GOP
Congress
Charles R. Jonas
North Carolina
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Abraham A. ‘Ribicoff
D-Conn
Joseph S. Clark
Dpa
Clark
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Vietnam
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
House Republican Conference
Tass Calls Budget Militarist in Nature
Tass described President Johnson’s new budget as sharply militarist with an obvious aim to expand the Vietnam war. The dispatch in Washington warned U.S. military spending in Vietnam would keep rising, worsening the national debt.
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Tass
Moscow
Johnson
Vietnam
Washington
Vietnham
Budget Shows Rise In Personal Taxes
President Johnson's budget for the next fiscal year indicates higher individual income taxes while corporate tax collections decline due to accelerated collection efforts started in 1964 and intensified last year. Basic tax rates stay the same as fiscal 1968 begins July 1. Large corporations will pay taxes based on current income rather than past receipts in the year ahead.
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Washington
Johnson
United Fund honors campaign leaders and donors at Bridgeport meeting
The 1966 annual report details awards for outstanding citizenship and leadership. Bevacqua received a leadership citation after surpassing the $1.55 million goal by $5,000. Hugh M. Saxton Jr. and others received Silver Awards for campaign work. A $60,000 reserve fund was announced, with six new committees formed to study agency coordination and service delivery.
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Bevacqua
William A. Bevacqua
James’ F. Stapleton
Frederick R. Newport
Robert J. Magee
United Fund
Newport
Family Service Society of Bridgeport
Richard S. O'Connor
Magee
Fundyyz
Institute of Community Studies
American Red Cross
Vietnam
Donald W. Fowler
Robert K. Turney
Mr. Allen
William J. Fitzpatrick
Richard J. Grady
Alexander Hawley
Robert W. Huebner
Horace Merwin
Jack Olinski
Mary Louise Rafferty
Robert K.turney
Edgar P. Bullard, III
Albert E. Diem
John J. Moore
Préski¢Nt
Simko
Turney
William L. Lashar
William Re Miner
Bernard H.tragey
Acme Shear Company
Apex Too Company
Bassick Company
BeadChain Manufacturing Company
the Bodine ‘Corporation
Borden, Mit Lchell Dairy,company
The
Bridgeport Brass Company
Bridgeport + Hydraulic company
Bridgeport ‘Machines,’Inc
the Bullard Company
Chapin and Bangs Company
City Savings Bank
Connecticut National Bank
Contract Plating Company
Dictaphant. Corporation
Dreser Industrial
Fletcher-Thompson, ‘Inc
Pigth General Electric Company
Hoffman -Fuel' Company
International » Harvester
Bridgeport Works
Jenkins Bros
Read’s Department
Remington Arms Company
Sikorsky Aircraft Division
Singer’ Company
Metrics
Southern New England Telephone Company
Llth
Sprague Meter Company
Textron, Inc
Tilo Company
United Iilluminating Company
Warmer Brothers Company
Lth
Chi Zeta Rho Sorority
University of Bridgeport
Dempsey to seek more state cops over rising deaths
Gov Dempsey called for quick follow up on a plan to add state police to curb fatalities tied to liquor and speeding. Mulcahy noted seven of 23 recent fatal accidents involved drinking drivers. A New York border effort highlighted liquor as a major risk for Connecticut youths driving to Brewster.
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Dempsey
Leo J. Mulcahy
Louis Weiner
Port Chester
Connecticut
New York State
New York
Brewster
N.Y
Mulcahy
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Bil
Greater Bridgeport
YMCA
Dr. Lansdale
Lansdale
A. Leonard Parrott
Fairfield Jaycees
Edward Alozas
Stewart B. McKinney
T.F. Gilroy Daly
Warmth
Yanks Hunt VC
Viet
Flesh and Blood
Charles -Max Fowler
Donald Walker
Mike Vandiver
Danny Richardson
Jim Perkins
Dekalb County
Sonny Jobes
Dekalb
St. Louis
Cary Grant
Mike Allen
Hugh M.” Saxton Jr
Robert J. Brennan
Trumbull
Metropolitan
Ross, W. Hatfield
Walter. C. Chop
Lucille Wiese
Public Service Division
RCA Victor
Valuo
BRYC
VinTra Shree
Total Sound
Solid State Stereo
P. Milioeson Supply Company
East Ave
Barnum Avenue
Sridceport
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