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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1968
Page
3
The column revisits clues from Puzzle 713 with suggested corrections such as RESOLUTION over REVOLUTION and NEW over FEW, explaining why each preferred term fits the puzzle better. It covers word choices including JUMP vs BUMP, LADY vs LADS, and TAPPED vs TIPPED, among others.
Area reservists express mixed opinions on a limited callup. Some say they are willing to serve and sympathize with families, while others condemn the move as risky or ineffective. One reservist warns it could cost political support and votes.
Parents in the Bull's Head Hollow area are urged to attend a meeting at p.m. tomorrow at the ABCD Offices Building 2 Charles F Greene homes. Pomperaug council Boy Scouts of America will speak, sponsored by the anti poverty agency Bull's Head Hollow advisory council.
Bridgeport detectives report thefts across 788 Main Street Goodwill store a public relations electric typewriter. 147 Linwood Avenue house break in at about 4 p m. 239 Marion Street car tape recorder missing at 5 p m. incidents occurred yesterday near 1240 Main Street.
The Manufacturers Association of Connecticut begins its 14th season of the Speakers Bureau offering 51 area executives to speak to schools, churches, clubs and service groups with no fee. Highlights include talks on value engineering, management, design, and state affairs. Copies of the full 1968 list are available at MAC headquarters in West Hartford.
Joseph F Puishys a pharmaceutical sales representative at Pfizer in New Canaan discusses pharmaceutical research and the promise of new drugs to fight viruses. Donald D Shane an assistant to the director of sales at Warnaco outlines how proper training increases sales.
Four Connecticut men are among about 30 members of the Committee on Legislative Modernization of the Council of State Governments. Ed ward L. Marcus is ex officio chairman. Homer D. Radbidge and Charles T. Alfano join as members. Frederick Pope Jr. serves as ex officio. In a separate item, Margaret Ann Hawkins is appointed director of Educational Promotion for the Presbyterian Church US Board of Christian Education.
A federal judge in New York paved the way for a hearing on how the bankrupt New Haven Railroad should be treated in the Penn Central merger. Judge Edward Weinfeld granted a panel to hear bondholder suits aiming to block reorganization temporarily and allowed New Haven trustees to intervene alongside the ICC. The injunction to halt ICC certification was denied. The hearing was set for next Tuesday with related litigation coordinated with Connecticut proceedings.
Plaintiffs allege they are not receiving fair value under ICC approved terms and warn that their interests would worsen from a $25 million Penn Central loan staged to fund operations before the New Haven’s inclusion in the merged line. Key holders include New Haven First Mortgage 4 Per Cent Bondholders Committee, Chase Manhattan Bank trustees, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co trustees, and Oscar Gross & Son holders of major New Haven bonds.
Richard M. Donofrio of Surrey Drive Huntington has been promoted to northern area sales manager by Southern New England Telephone. He will office in Hartford after joining in 1961 as a communications consultant and serving as communications manager data and sales manager at Norwalk. He is a Norwich University graduate and resides with Mrs. Donofrio and their two sons.
South Windsor area reports Republican State Chairman Howard E. Hausman denouncing the Democratic Party for politicized draft board appointments. He cites New Canaan controversy over a Vietnam war opponent named Pedro E. Guerrero, urged to resign amid Democratic criticism and Gov. John N. Dempsey governance.
The article states Town Chairman Richard Hodgson was out of town when a nomination was approved by Governor Dempsey and the White House. Hodgson says neither he nor other Town committee members had a chance to pass on the selection, amid party pressure and a wife’s suggestion to contact the local board.
Bridgeport police report seven Silvertone television sets valued at 725 dollars were stolen from the Segra store on Lafayette, discovered afterOfficer Potter noticed a rear door window at 4 30 a.m. Detective Beardsworth later confirmed the items missing.
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