Youth Crime Rise Prompts Police Bureau Expansion
Police Supt. Joseph A. Walsh announced a overhaul to bolster the Youth division with a captain in charge and two more detectives, as part of a move to curb burglaries and auto thefts amid rising juvenile crime. The plan shifts staff from non enforcement roles to the Youth bureau, now totaling 12 detectives, one patrolman, one female investigator, one lieutenant, and a captain.
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Peter Cybul
Bergers
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James V. Fitzgerald
Joseph Krysiak
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Supt. Walsh
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Youth Bureau
Bridgeport
Trustees See Takeover of NHRR Assured in Merger
New Haven railroad trustees stated the inclusion of the bankrupt line in the merger of New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads is proceeding as planned. They dismissed stockholder attempts to block the action over the price, saying there is no question about the move and no stall from shareholder groups.
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NEW York
New Haven Railroad
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Smith
Richard
Joyce Smith
UN Council to Meet On Eight on South Africa Trial
The US Security Council was summoned to meet urgently on a 49 nation request to urge South Africa to halt the trial of 35 South West Africans charged with terrorism. Council president Agha Shahi of Pakistan called the meeting.
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South Africa
Council
Amassador Agha Shahi
Reds Heavy Artillery Hits Marines Near Khe Sanh
North Vietnamese forces pounded the Khe Sanh area and the nearby air field with about 250 artillery and rocket rounds in an 100 minute strike. One Marine was killed and 12 wounded as the assault followed days of high activity along the DMZ. More than 50 000 allied troops faced about 32 000 to 49 000 North Vietnamese along the frontier in a major confrontation.
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North Viet
Yugoslavia
Council
U.S
Khe Sanh
South Africa
Demilitarized Zone
Leatherneck
South Vietnam
Pentagon dismisses North Korea Pueblo confession as fraud
The Defense Department denounced a North Korean claim that Pueblo commander Lloyd Bucher confessed as a travesty. Assistant Secretary Phil Goulding said the document shows unmistakable non American writing and that the confession was not prepared by an American.
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Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
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Democratic Peoples's Republic of North Korea
Korean People’s Army
Pentagon
Mixup disclosed in Bridgeport gas shortage probe
In Bridgeport the Public Utilities Commission studied a gas shortage affecting nine local plants. Southern Connecticut Gas and Tennessee Gas Pipeline disputed whether sufficient gas was available during January. Ronald Malony and Roger Stark offered contrasting views on whether more gas could have been secured.
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Southern Connecticut Gas Company
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
Public Utilities Commission
Bridgeport
Ronald A. Malony
Southern Connecticut
Roger Stark
Tennessee Gas
Tennessee
Hopkinton
Mass
Maloney
Pieces of hydrogen bombs found after Greenland crash
The Pentagon said debris and fuel burns were found seven miles southwest of Thule Greenland after a Bay crash. Four nuclear bombs were aboard the plane and scientists detected low level alpha radiation near the impact site. It remained unclear if parts were embedded in or atop the ice.
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Reagan Calls for Navy Rescue Over Pueblo Seizure
Governor Ronald Reagan urged President Johnson to deploy U S Navy ships into North Korea's Wonsan Harbor to free the USS Pueblo within 24 hours. He condemned the seizure as the most disgraceful act in American memory and pressed for an immediate rescue.
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Ronald Reagan
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North Korea
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Reagan
America
United States
Los Angeles International
Smith College
Music Center
Two Teens Sentenced to Life in Landau Killing
In Boston, Michael Riley and Eugene McKenna, both 19, were convicted of murder for the stabbing of television producer Jack Landau in his apartment. Judge Cornelius Moynihan imposed life terms. jurors also found them guilty of armed robbery after a two hour deliberation.
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Revere
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Eugene McKenna
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Landaw
Stratford
Conn
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Cornelius Moynihan
Navy Pacific commanders refused Pueblo aid without Washington input
Navy officials say Pacific area leaders decided not to send war planes to aid the Pueblo after it was seized by North Korean patrol boats. There was no field request to Washington nor transmitted instruction. Secretary McNamara was alerted early Tuesday as Cmdr Bucher reported being boarded with 83 crew aboard.
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Hawley Heads UF Leeds Trophy To Phillips
Samuel W. Hawley, president of the People's Savings Bank Bridgeport, was elected president of the United Fund of Eastern Fairfield County at the 13th annual meeting and awards dinner. The Norman Leeds Memorial trophy went to E Cortright Phillips of City Trust Company. About 350 attended as Robert J. Magee presided and officers were elected including Lee S. Johnson and D Laurie MacCuaig. Continued on page seventeen.
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People’s Savings Bank
Bridgeport
United Fund
Fairfield County
Stratfield Motor Inn
Norman Leeds
E. Cortright Phillips
Tiger of the
City Trust Company
Robert J. Magee
Mr. Magee
Richard O'Connor
Lee S. Johnson
D. Laurie MacCuaig
William A. Bevacqua
Wlliam L. Lashar
William T. Miter
Outcry in Congress Demands Sharpened Military Action
Congress presses for strong action to free the Pueblo and its 83 crewmen after North Korea seized the U S Navy ship in international waters. Some call for retaking the vessel, while others urge caution despite White House reports of unsatisfactory settlement talks with the Soviet Union. Secretary Rusk describes the seizure as a potential act of war.
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North Korea
Congress
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Dean Rusk
House Committee
Senate
John Stennis
Dmiss
White House
Soviet Union
Wallace F. Bennett
R-Utah
Wonsan
Rusk
Pentagon
American GI killed in Korea as clash leaves five wounded
An American soldier was killed by hostile fire on Korea's western front near the DMZ while five other U.S. troops were wounded in separate incidents. Two North Korean infiltrators were killed in an early today clash as U.S. and South Korean forces report escalating attempts by infiltrators.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
U S Presses Diplomacy as North Korea Seizure Sparks War Talk
The White House and top officials say diplomacy is pursued through all channels over North Korea's seizure of the U S intelligence ship Pueblo. Secretary of State Rusk calls the act an act of war and signals possible force if needed. The nuclear carrier Enterprise and escorts position near Wonsan Bay as the incident escalates.
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White House
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Pueblo
Dean Rusk
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Rusk
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Enterprise
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Wonsan Bay
Senators warn A-weapons may be used in Korea
Washington reports two senators warned the United States may deploy nuclear weapons if war breaks out in Korea after North Korea seized the U S intelligence ship Puebla. Sen. Henry Jackson said manpower limits risk a broader Korea war and possible nuclear use. Sen. Strom Thurmond agreed and vowed to use any weapons if necessary to protect America.
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United States
Korea
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Puebla
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
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