White Terror Meets China's Maoist Army
Maoist power struggles intensify as walls posters report generals loyal to Mao clash with rival forces in Sinkiang. Reports cite Wang Enmao and seven of eight divisions backing anti-M Mao factions, while Red Flag urges unity in a life and death battle to seize power. Tokyo Asahi notes Red Guards moving to form a national alliance of peasants workers soldiers students and merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chou
Mao
Chou Enlai
Wang En-mao
Sinkiang
Peking
Wang
Kyodo
Shihhotze
Urumehi
People’s Daily
Red Flag
Shanghai
Shansi
Tokyo
Asahi
Public Hearings Stated in Probe of Dodd's Funds
The Rules committee has jurisdiction over Senator Dodd's finances and plans public hearings. Major charges include about 200000 dollars kept from 1961 to 1965 at fund raising events with Johnson present in 1963. Dodd blames clerical errors for overpayments and denies other allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodd
Ethics Committee
Stennis
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Tas
Bennett
Benjamin R. Fern
Senator Dodd
Johnson
Senate
Michael O'Hare
Connecticut Democrat
Brew Pearson
Jack Anderson
West Germany
Klein
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Jewelry Loot From Two House Breaks Reported
Two homes were entered yesterday afternoon and last night. Jewelry valued at over $1,500 was taken from Mrs. Mary Ciambrido at 79 Center Street. Entry method unclear. Burglars forced a front door at Sylvix Fineberg’s home at 100 Lorraine Terrace and took an undetermined number of items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ciambrido
Center Street
Sylvix Fineberg
Lorraine Terrace
Floating airport plan near Stratford Shoal gains traction
The Northeast Stratford Shoal Jetport proposal touts proximity to Manhattan versus Calverton and Westhampton, promising substantial land savings with dredged fill and a middle tunnel across Long Island Sound. It argues for reduced jet noise and preservation of shoreline, avoids two bridge costs, and cites Grumman’s 137,000 Long Island jobs. Support from The Review, Long Island Press, and The Suffolk Sun is noted, with earlier 1966 reporting and a Los Angeles study contract referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford Shoal
Manhattan
Calverton
Westhampton
Ink Industrial
Wassau-Suffolk
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Haven
Long Island Sound
Gruman Aircraft
Long Island
Los Angeles
Transportation Systems Corporation
Pacific
Long Island Press
The
Suffolk Sun
Congress Urged Urgency for Debt Limit Hike
The Attorney General’s Sept 30 opinion argued government backing guarantees sales to government trust funds as general obligations of the United States. Attacks say this would inflate the national debt. others argue participations are contingent, not counting toward the limit. Brynes accuses Budget Bureau of late or incomplete reporting amid Vietnam war pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hits
Byres
Fowler
Schultze
Treasury
Brynes
Budget Bureau
Vietnam
Debt facts show US public debt levels and limits
The report cites total federal public debt at 329 trillion 073 billion 331 million 422 thousand 19 cents as of last Wednesday with a Congress ceiling fixed at 140 billion. Treasury seeks a 7 billion boost to 337 billion to cover spring spending, with June 1968 debt estimated at 333.4 billion and 327.3 billion by next June. Lenders include banks, governments, corporations, pension funds, Social Security accounts and savers through savings bonds. Debt comprises direct Treasury obligations and guaranteed securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Three Astronauts Buried In National Tragedy Memorial
Three astronauts Grissom White and Chaffee were buried with full military honors at Arlington and West Point as crowds mourned. Color guards and service members stood in wind at the planeside as coffins were loaded. Memorials and donations were designated to scholarship funds in the pilots names, while a Cape Kennedy inquiry advanced to find the cause of the fatal fire delaying Apollo flight plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anding
Grissom
Chaffee
Air Force
California
Arlington
White
West Point
Navy
Joff
Andrews
Houston
Purdue University
Edward I. White
Cape Kennedy
Scholarships to Honor Apollo 1 Astronauts
Scholarships are being created in memory of the Apollo 1 astronauts. Purdue University will name funds for Virgil J. Grissom and Roger B. Chaffee, while the U.S. Military Academy will honor Edward H. White II. Donations go to Purdue president's office in Lafayette Indiana for Grissom Chaffee, and to West Point superintendent's fund for White. Grissom graduated from Purdue in 1950, Chaffee in 1957, and White from West Point in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Lemory
Purdue University
Air Force
Virgil J. Grissom
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
U.S. Military Academy
Edward H. White
Grissom
Chaffee
Purdue
Lafayett
Ind
White
West Point
N.Y
Powell to Pay Harlem Widow $33 000 Today
New York AP Powell to pay 33000 today from profits on his new Keep the Faith Baby record album to Esther James widow of Harlem. Powell vacationing at Bermuda while a House seat decision looms. Rubin says total debt with costs nears 173000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seymour Barash
Adam Clay
Powell
Barash
Bimini
Raymond Rubin
Esther James
Harlem
Rubin
James
Youth Faces Charges In Stolen Car Crash
Raymond Oler, 16, of 1119 Chopsey Hill road, arrested on motor vehicle charges after the stolen car he operated crashed into a utility pole at Beechmont avenue and Platt street. Oler drove a car owned by Lorraine Koehn of the Merritt Can teen on Main street, stolen before 2 30 p m. He is charged with operating without a license and failure to drive in a proper lane. Held in view of 750 bail pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Oler
Chopsey Hill Road
Beechmont Avenue
Platt Street
Oler
Lorraine Koehn
Merritt Canteen
Main Street
Ile
Ex-Teacher and Dog Die in Bridgeport House Fire
A house fire in Bridgeport killed a former teacher and a dog. Firefighter Louis Serca of Truck No. 7 sustained a knee injury and was treated at St. Vincent's Hospital and released. Miss Reilly resided there with a sister, Bessie Marie Reilly, now Mrs John J. Hunt. Authorities noted this as the first fire fatality of the year. Commissioner Fagan assisted at the scene. Detective David Roberts led the police investigation. Traffic was rerouted by Sgt. Fred Bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reilly
Louis Serca
Fairfield Avenue
Miss Reilly
Bessie Marie Reilly
John J. Hunt
Main Street
Nancy E. Robertson
Norland Avenue
Hunt
Miami
Fla
Nassau
Miss Robertson
Pleading Guilty In Large City Gaming House Case
Seventy defendants facing two counts each heard guilty pleas in a gaming house case. Names include Frank Acquaviva, 38, West Haven. Michael Acquilante, 49, Montville. Paul Agresta, 66, New Haven. Louis Buonanni, 33, Meriden. John Aquilante, 46, Hartford. Frank Calderaro, 61, New Haven. and many others from Meriden, Stratford, Hamden, Shelton, and surrounding towns. Fines range up to 400 dollars. jail terms include five days, with several sentences suspended. The seventy first arrestee, Frank Puglia, 58, Hartford, was absent due to a possible heart condition and postponed. he will change his plea upon release. Contempt rulings against some defendants were resolved as counsel was identified, with prosecutors John P. Evans and Arnold Markle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Camprise
Main Street
Frank Carbone
Hartford
Stephen Christy
Ralph Cicarelli
North Haven
John Caponigro
Meriden
Frank Cureio
Chapel Street
Lawrence DeChristopher
Ross DePrimo
Judson Place
Devon
Joseph Deri
Longview Avenue
Fairfield
Mario DiMiencco
Gaetario Furanzi
Linden Avenue
Joseph
Fairview Avenue
Gerald Norko
Domenick Paterno
Washington Avenue
Stewart Perry
Kossuth Street
Anthony Proece
Paul Rivnack
Garibaldi Avenue
Stratford
James Ruggieri
Frank Buily
Branford
Carmen Salem
West Haven
Alfred Sandor
Pine Rock Park
Shelton
Domenick Sciapretti
Fifth Street
Fred Scinto
Cherry Hill Drive
James Sommie
New Haven
Albert Loos
Ardmore Street
Anthony Vastano
Kent Avenue
Lawrence Vastano
Freeman Avenue
Thomas Vastano
Frank Vinci
Louis Mastro
Wood Avenue
Pandellis Zypteras
Frank Acquaviva
Herman Allcort
Park Avenue
John Benson
Charles Street
John Casale
Hamden
Vincent Demi Ichele
Gene Puglia
Central Avenue
Puglia
Wil
Cicala
Joseph Mirsky
Charles Hanken
Thomas J. Barrett
Charles Mi
Bayreuth Festival Hikes Prices for Best Seats
Bayreuth Germany fans must pay more next summer to hear operas from top seats. Festival management announced a five dollar rise in choice seats to 23.75 dollars. Other locations see increases but gallery seats at three seventy five and five dollars stay unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayreuth
Germany
Secrecy Cloaks Apollo Fire Probe in Flight Test
Washington and Stewart Air Force Base are the focus as a secrecy policy shields the investigation into Apollo 1. A three-expert expansion joins the board while officials warn the cause may remain unknown for weeks. Indications point to an electrical system fault and a flammable cabin environment as ignition factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
Stewart Air Force Base
N.Y
Probe
NASA
Four Men Burned In Earlier Space Fire Report
Washington AP reports a NASA study shows four men were critically burned in an oxygen rich chamber fire in Philadelphia in 1962. A Brooks AFB simulator fire the same year left two unconscious. The 1964 Lovelace Foundation report warns of dangers of 100 percent oxygen atmospheres and notes earlier false security from tube overheating. The study ties to NASA fire and blast hazards being reexamined after the Apollo disaster at Cape Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Brooks Air Force Base
Tex
NASA
Lovelace Foundation For Medical Education and Research
Albuquerque
N.M
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Husband Arrested In Breach Of Peace Case
Nicholas Mainiro, 26, of 31 Oxford Street, was arrested on orders from Chief Circuit Court Prosecutor John P. Evans for breach of the peace. He had appeared in court on a narcotic charge. after a recess he allegedly visited his estranged wife Ellen’s home, leading to the arrest. He is held in $1,500 bail awaiting court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Mainivro
Oxford Street
Circuit Court
John P. Evans
Mainicro
Mainiero
Ellen
Six Envoy Calls On Americans to Forget Cold War
Warns unity of the Communist bloc is past and warns that ignoring shifts could invite nuclear war. Kennan says nuclear conflict before year end is more likely without weapons spread barriers and urges firm stance on key issues while seeking accords such as a Soviet consular treaty. Sparkman criticizes the stance as misunderstanding or timidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Aton
Kennan
United
Sen
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Public Warned On Respectability Cloak For Crime
Lt. Bishop cites Connecticut programs to fight organized crime set by Governor Dempsey and State Police Commissioner Leo Mulcahy. An all hands speakers bureau has given 117 talks to over 5,000 residents. Major Halley says crime touches every citizen in some way. Co-hosts include Lt. Walter Foley and Westport Police Chief Saranel Luciano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Connecticut
Dempsey
Leo J. Mulcahy
Bureau
Halley
State Police
Walter W. Foley
Westport
Saranel Luciano
Foley
Director Named Of Financial Aid At Fairfield U
Thomas A. FitzGerald Jr. of White Plains has become director of financial aid at Fairfield University. He holds a BBA in accounting from Fairfield and an LL.B. from NYU. He will coordinate scholarships, NDEA loans, equal opportunity grants, and work study while researching financial sources of aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. FitzGerald Jr
White Plains
N. Y
Fairfield University
William C. McInnes
S. J
FitzGerald
Fairfield
New York University School of Law
Metropolis Country Club
Goldenberg and Goldenberg
New York City
Sonotone Corporation
Elmsford
Murray Hill Travel Service
New York
Law
The
Moat Court
Hlindoo Triumphs in Thoroughbred Career Run at Sheepshead Bay
Lexington racing notes report Hlindoo, winner of 30 of 35 starts, racked up 19 straight wins as a 3-year-old in 1881 before placing third in the September Handicap at Sheepshead Bay. The historic horse's remarkable streak highlights a storied era of track competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
UPI
Hlindoo
Sheepshead Bay
Initial Plans Outlined For Housing Conference
Plans outlined to invite Senator Ribicoff as opening keynote for the Mayor's Conference on Housing in Bridgeport this April. The two day event, discussed at City Hall, aims to spark action on housing quality and access with varied sessions and a national housing speaker. Mrs Barbara Boyd urged focus on minority housing discrimination and mortgage access for Negroes and Puerto Ricans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Ribicoff
City Hall
Barbara Boyd
North End
Samuel W. Hawley
Ewell L. Newman
Hawley
Kepler
Edwin C. Kepler
ABCD
Newman
Boyd
Driscoll
Jack Cohen
Jewish Community Center
Javecite
Margaret C. Driscoll
Action For
Bridgeport Community Development
Leete P. Doty
John Merchant
Hyung C. Chung
Greater Bridgeport
Bridgeport
B. Cortez ‘Tipton
Bridgeport Council For Churches
Thomas Davis
East End
Beardsley Terrace
Flynn Named To Direct WICC Business Affairs
James J. Flynn of Farmingdale New York was named business manager of WICC Bridgeport the latest WPIX subsidiary His appointment by T E Mitchell awaits FCC approval of WPIX purchase Flynn will lead WICC business affairs and install systems across the organization He has 20 years with the New York Daily News and joined WPIX in 1955 as assistant controller in 1965 he moved to direct WPIX affairs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Wpix, Inc
Connecticut Broadcasting Company
WPIX
James J. Flynn
Farmingdale
N.Y
T. E. Mitchell
Flynn
Federal Communications Commission
WICC
Bridgeport
Mitchell
New York Daily News
Daily News
Stores Favor Monday Night Hours in Surrey
About 30 of roughly 160 downtown retailers have agreed to Monday night hours to counter competition from Lafayette Plaza. Canvass to finish in 10 days. some shops may begin by Washington's Birthday with goal to establish a six month pattern and deter early closures. Nasrullah sired three Flamingo Stakes winners including Bold Ruler and Never Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surrey
Joseph M. Goloff
Bridgeport Area
Galoff
Goloff
Lafayette Plaza
Hialeah, Fla
UPD
Nasrullah
U S Allies hit Viet Cong in southeast Saigon drive
U S and allied forces extend operations toward Viet Cong heartland as 9th Infantry Division arrives at Vung Tau. Reports say artillery strikes near the capital and coastal air strikes target Haiphong Than Hoa and Ninh Binh areas amid scattered enemy losses and limited air activity due to fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tary
U.S
9Th Infantry
Vung Tau
Saigon
Mekong Delta
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Thhe Than Hoa
Trinh Ha
Than Hoa
Ninh Binh
US S
Long Tau River
Official Says Bombing Halts Deploying Guns
Washington AP Secretary of the Air Force Harold Brown said on Monday that U S bombing of North Vietnam may have kept the Communists from moving heavy artillery and anti aircraft guns closer to South Vietnam. He offered no direct evidence that North Vietnam sought to transport such large weapons nearer South Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Air Force
Harold Brown
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Brown
Dress Shop Pact Accord Needs Ratification
The ILGWU and Connecticut Dress Manufacturers pact requires unit ratification by both sides to seal a three year contract covering 2,500 Connecticut dressmakers and 80,000 in an eight state area. It calls for a 9 percent raise this year and 6 percent next year with an extra Washington's Birthday holiday in 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Connecticut Dress Manufacturers Association
Bernard I. Schub
New Haven
Dress Manufacturers Association
Schub
Washington
Manufacturers Association
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Vermont
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Connecticut
Bridgeport
LGWU
Stamford
Norwalk
Weiss 'Dress Company
J&j Dress Company
Norman Dress Company
Rose Dress Company
Mabelle Dress Company
Marie Modes Dress Company
Pam Dress Company
Slamford
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China
Liu Shao-chi
Soviet Union
Apollo
Fairfield U
U. S
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