Charles Tisdale Named ABCD Executive Head
Charles B. Tisdale was named executive director of Action for Bridgeport Community Development Inc. ABCD starting today with a $20 000 annual salary. He succeeds Edwin C. Kepler and was chosen unanimously from 10 applicants by the ABCD personnel committee. His brother James Tisdale serves as ABCD neighborhood coordinator in the West End.
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William S. Tuttle
Charles B. Tisdale
Antipoverty Agency
Action For Bridgeport Community Development, Inc
ABCD
Tisdale
William Ac. McInnes
Bridgeport Public
Edwin C. Kepler
Kepler
Abcd Board
Father McInnes
YWCA
Golden Hill Street
Poverty Board
William
Fitzpatrick
Joseph ‘Bober
Edward P. Bullard
Itt
Cleona Clinkscales
Jesse Bell
Scott Melville
Leete P. Doty
Albert E. Diem
1Cora Wright
Fr. McInnes
James Tisdale
West End
U.S
Reds Scuttle 2 Ammo Ships as Allied Naval Units Sink Third
In Saigon an AP report says fast moving allied naval units fought three Communist trawlers trying to land munitions on South Vietnam's coast. All three vessels were destroyed two by their own crews. A predawn Viet Cong attack also shelled Tan Son Nhut air base for the seventh time in two weeks.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Enema Ma
SES Cta
Navy
Viet Cong
Tan Son Nhut
U.S. Command
Yanks suffer higher Vietnam losses in four weeks than five years
SAIGON AP reports cumulative U.S. command figures show 1,828 American servicemen killed in Vietnam in the past four weeks, surpassing deaths in the first five years of U.S. involvement despite heavier enemy losses.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Command
Beautifiers Charge Laxity In Litterbug Arrests Here
Bridgeport officials announce new anti litter ordinance enforcement is weak with no arrests under way since enactment. Council member John Jensen urges full time enforcer and stricter police action while topics include Clean Up Week plans and expansion of the city council to boost education and street cleanliness efforts.
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Bridgeport
John Jensen
Police
Jensbn-saith
Fon
Charles Wade
Department of Public Works
George F. Bonnell,Jr
Curran
Teacher Unions Push Disputes Across Five States
The Associated Press reports increasingly vocal teacher unions moved toward strikes in five states on Thursday, recalling last fall’s wave that kept nearly a million students home. In Pittsburgh about 1,000 of 3,000 public school teachers walked out.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Weather and Education Strikes Mark West U S Shielded
Snow and rain mix in Bridgeport with accumulation possible, wind and cold persist through today. Amid snowy weather local schools close as teachers unions in San Francisco Florida Oklahoma Albuquerque Pittsburgh press for strikes and bargaining while classes pause or resume amid protests and government actions.
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Bridgeport
San Francisco
Federation of Teachers
Afl-C10
Florida
Claude
Kirk
Oklahoma
Albuquerque
N.M
David F. Cargo
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Pittsburgh Teacher Education Association
Coffin Attacks U S War Policy in Westport Talk
Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr charged America with ideological paralysis and fear of recognizing global realities. He urged a rational confrontation with communists at the Southern Connecticut Ethical Culture Society forum in Coleytown junior high school, Westport.
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William F. Oursler
Westport
Yale University
William Sloane
Coffin
Woman 60 Dies in Bethel House Fire
Mrs. Anastasia Mazoff, 60, of 110 Nashville road, Bethel, was burned to death when a blaze destroyed her home. Firemen removed her body and reported extensive burns. Neighbors alerted authorities at 7 07 p.m. and police noted she lived alone.
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Bethel
Anastasia Mazoff
Nashville Road
Romania Walks Out On Moscow Peking Rift at Budapest Meet
Romania walked out of a 66 Communist parties meeting in Budapest after other parties rejected its demand to condemn Red China. Under Nicolae Ceausescu, Bucharest pursues a neutral stance in the Moscow Beijing split, signaling further fracture in European communism and echoing Tito’s independent line.
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Hungary
Romania
Soviet Union
Red
China
Moscow
Soviet Bloc
Joseph Stalin
Yugoslavia
Tito
Europe
Albania
Red China
Peking
United Nations
Peking- Moscow
Rockefeller Says No Primary Run Yet Gaining GOP Support
Washington AP Rockefeller denies entering presidential primaries but Oregon Governor Tom McCall says he can rally 15 to 16 Republican governors to urge Rockefeller to enter the race against Richard Nixon. McCall reports support among moderate governors and notes Romney's withdrawal reshapes the field.
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Washington
Nelson’ A. Rockefeller
Tom McCall
New Yorker
Richard M. Nixon
Oregon
McCall
Rockefeller
George Romney
Michigan
Nixon Says Rockefeller Must Enter Primaries for GOP nominatio
Richard Nixon urged Nelson Rockefeller to compete in state presidential primaries, saying no one will be drafted or back into the Republican nomination. He spoke at a press conference as questions centered on Michigan politics.
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Manchester
Richard M. Nixon
Goy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Michigan
Two Women Share Bridgeport Sunday Post Puzzle Prize
Edith Giovanetti of Stratford and Demanche Demanche of Shelton will split the $150 prize for the February 25 puzzle. This is the third big win in 14 years of the Sunday Post puzzle. Demanche, a longtime solver, said she sends in solutions regularly and was surprised to win to this extent.
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Baat Telegram
Haydut
Sunday Post
Edith Giovanetti
Soundview Avenue
Stratford
Clara’ N. Demanche
Old Stratfield Road
Fairfield
Leeter
Doty
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Som
Demanchesoff
Ieee
Elizabeth Wales
Hemlock’ Drive
Shelton
Air Route Extension For Allegheny In Effect
The Civil Aeronautics Board extended Allegheny Airlines Washington Baltimore Trenton route to Albany Bridgeport and New Haven as intermediate points on the Trenton Boston extension.
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Allegheny
Washington
Clyill Aeronautics Board
Allegheny Airlines
Bomber Disappears Over Gulf of Mexico
A B52 bomber from the 7th Bomb Wing vanished near the Texas coast after going off radar at 11 12 p.m. Wednesday. Eight crew were aboard and no debris or explosion was detected. Fuel would have exhausted by morning, and survival gear was carried.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.S
Gulf of Mexico
7Th
Texas
Carswell Air Force Base
Dispute over poverty programs risks political clash
State antipoverty officials met privately in Washington to draft a protest against federal OEO guidelines. They say the rules erode state and local control, arguing the law passed by Congress intended broader state role. The group, all state appointees, plans to present a formal paper to the Governors Conference committee.
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Washington
Glen Jermstad
Arkansas
Associated Press
Congress
National Council of State Directors
Office of Economic Opportunity
Health and Welfare Committee
Governors Conference
New York sanitation workers win 425 dollar wage boost
State mediator Vincent D. McDonnell issues a binding arbitration award granting a 425 dollar yearly wage increase for New York City sanitation workers after a nine day strike. The 15 month contract mirrors police and fire agreements, rejecting a one year retroactive deal.
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New York
New York City
John V." Lindsay
Vincent D
McDonnell
State Mediation Board
Uniformed
Sanitationmens Association
Lindsay
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Sanitation Men’s Union
Exene
Stratford Votes Final Tax Hike To 36.7 Mills
Stratford Town Council in a special meeting approved a 13,240,514 dollar budget for the new fiscal year and set the tax rate at 36.7 mills, up 4.7 mills. The vote was seven to four with Anthony Caseria joining Democrats in opposing both ordinances. Democratic members argued for deeper cuts including 150,000 dollars from the budget, while Caserta warned against a 350,000 dollar cut in the Board of Education budget.
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Stratford
Anthony Caseria
Frank LeCarde
Dist
Caserta
Board of Education
Arthur Dritenbas
National Civil Rights Commission proposes massive remedies
A presidential commission warns that racism and urban riots will divide the nation into two unequal societies unless swift, costly action is taken. It calls for immediate measures to integrate housing, education, and welfare, and notes militant groups fueled tensions while urging rapid reversal of the split.
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Washington
National Commission On Civil ‘Disorders
Johnson
Jeb
February Driest On Record Despite Leap Day
Stratford weather officials report February 1968 as the driest on record with only .97 inches in first 28 days and .45 inches after midnight totaling 1.42 inches for the month. The prior record was 1.44 inches in 1954. Snow was forecast after yesterday's rain, expected to last until 4 a.m.
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Weather Bureau
Stratford
Classifieds, Comics, Puzzles and more in Daily Telegram
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Dear Abby
Dr. Brandstadt
M.D
Jacoby On Bridge
Polly
Teeecene
Sylvia Porter
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