Bridgeport Post and Telegram publish daily city news
The Bridgeport Post and The Bridgeport Telegram announce combined publishing operations with separate editions. Subscriptions vary by term and include options with or without the Sunday Post, plus extended local delivery beyond 150 miles.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Bridgeport Post
Bridgeport Telegram
Audit Bureau of
the Post Publishing Company
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Sunday Post
Sun Post
Associated Press
Bridgedort
World deficit culture in Milan masks policy debate
Walter B. Winston of First National City Bank spoke in Milan on the U S deficit noting the world now lives off America balance of payments and currency. He urged curtailing federal spending to improve the balance of payments and warned peacetime controls may never be efficient.
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Milan
Italy
America
Walter B. Winston
First National City Bank of
New York
United States
Winston
Johnson
Sacramento Union
General Accounting Office
Santa Claus
Ind
Moscow
Idaho
Fire Island
N.Y
Gold Reserve and Dollar Backing Debate Moves Ahead
The article notes about 12 billion dollars in gold backing the U S currency and a 43 billion dollar in circulation, with the cover at 25 percent and options to increase, reduce, or repeal the gold backing amid calls by Rep Henry Reuss and President Johnson to free the gold reserve to maintain the 35 dollar per ounce price and strengthen the dollar's world standard.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Henry 8. Reuss
Wisconsin
House Banking and Currency Committee
Johnson
Congress
U.S
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Okun backs tax hike as he prepares to join White House
Arthur M. Okun, named future chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, urges a tax increase and says Americans must accept a smaller take home pay. He learns of the appointment as his salary rises from 27000 to 30000 dollars annually. In England, company workers agree to a 30 minute daily extension to aid the nation’s economy. Some observers note that could fit a six hour day for others.
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Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Arthur M. Okun
England
First Things First in a Fire Emergency
In Lincoln Illinois two truck drivers alarmed a burning farmhouse by honking and banging on doors before calling for help. Their actions led to a dangerous route as the couple escaped from a bedroom window to the porch roof and then to a truck. The piece argues clear steps and timely calls matter most in emergencies.
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Lincoln
Ill
Democratic Strategy Outlines 1968 Campaign
Delegates from Montana Wyoming Utah Colorado Nevada and Arizona gather in Salt Lake City to hear Humphrey Bailey and Shriver map 1968 strategy. They pledge to attack peace pretenders on Vietnam and defend antipoverty efforts while stressing Johnsons domestic record and party unity. The Republicans will challenge these claims amid taxpayer revolt.
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Rocky Mountain States
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Nevada
Arizona
Salt Lake City
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vietnam
North Vietnam
John M. Bailey
Democratic National Committee
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mental health crisis reports rising nationwide
The country logged 22 000 personal crisis reports last year with about 60 daily suicides. Eight of ten who kill themselves show warnings, prompting expansion of 40 prevention centers across 17 states and DC. Los Angeles center handled 5 000 calls. depression and alcoholism common precursors.
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District of Columbia
Los Angeles
Mathew Ross
Harvard Medical School
Your Money's Worth: Postage Cost Saving Tips
Sylvia Porter outlines ten strategies to curb rising postage costs. She covers when to use regular mail vs air, ABCD delivery, weekend mailing cautions, special rates for manuscripts and films, military parcel rules, overseas servicemen mail, lighter paper, a postage scale, and stocking varied stamp denominations for efficient addressing.
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Sylvia Porter
U.S
Vietnam
Aicmall
Fedorenko Returns Home After Silent Exit From UN
Nikolai T. Fedorenko, longtime head of the Soviet U.N. delegation since 1963, left New York after five years of public remarks. He told reporters there was nothing left to say, offered a brief goodbye, and departed with his wife and daughter amid a small turnout of Russian officials and U.N. representatives.
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New York
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
U.N
U.N. Securiity Council
General Assembly
National Whirligig Probes North Korean Provocations
National and foreign policy analysts say the Pueblo mission sought to gauge North Korean provocations and lure the United States into a second Far East confrontation. The article outlines NSA dominance in signals interception, SAMOS satellites, and electronic espionage guiding Cold War diplomacy and defense.
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China
United States
U.S
Vietnam
Washington
Far East
National Security Agency
Department of Defense
NSA
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Alexei Kosygin
Kosygin
Liberty
Egypt
SAMOS
Analysts mock North Korea Vietnam guessing on Pueblo affair
An AP analysis notes officials across the U S hesitate to confirm motives after North Korea captured the USS Pueblo. Officials call the confession attributed to Cmdr Bucher a travesty while White House aides hedge on the truth amid Cold War tensions and antiwar public sentiment.
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Cmdr
Lloyd-Mark
Bucher
Vietnam
Defense Department
White House
Johnson
George Christian
Right to Strike in Labor Reform Sparks Constitutional Debate
In the final session of the 90th Congress two paths spar over abolishing the strike weapon. One would create a Court of Labor Management Relations with judge settlements, the other a compulsory arbitration system run by government experts. Critics warn disarmament risks freedom and argue strikes remain a weapon users must restrain or reform.
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Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Walter Reuther
Ford Motor Company
Abel
Marathon
Mr. Truman
John L. Lewis
George Meany
Reuther
Truman
Eisenhower
George Smathers
Florida
U. S. Court of Labor
Smathers
Senate
Labor Affairs
American Republic
McCarthy Suffered TV Reply Bid Denied by FCC
The FCC rejected Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy’s request for free TV time to answer President Johnson after a three network interview. The commission ruled Johnson has not publicly announced a 1968 candidacy, keeping McCarthy from equal time. McCarthy’s lawyer pledged to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
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Ta l
Johnson
McCarthy
FCC
Commission
ABC
CBS
NBC
Joseph L. Rauh
U.S. Court For Appeals
Washington
Rauh
Hampshire
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
California
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