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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1967
Page
2
District attorney Garrison announces the first arrest in the JFK assassination probe. Clay Shaw, 54, of 1313 Dauphine St New Orleans, will be charged with participation in a conspiracy to murder Kennedy. Shaw is a former head of the International Trade Mart in New Orleans.
New Orleans residents report James Lewallen a Boeing Michoud inspector with security clearance talked with district attorney investigators about his ties to David Ferrie. The subpoena surprised Piazza. Ferrie was buried after services at St Matthias church with only two mourners at St Bernard Memorial Cemetery.
Goldwater and Nixon urged party unity and a strong Nixon bid, while Romney faced criticism for alienating GOP backers. Reagan eyed a favored son role in California. Kennedy resisted bombing North Vietnam, and fundraisers drew about 2000 guests paying 500 dollars each for GOP leadership events.
Dr. Lincoln Day, sociologist and Yate University medical school faculty, told 21 attendees at the Unitarian Universalist church of Greater Bridgeport in Stratford that the Pill has not spurred major shifts in premarital or extramarital sex. He cited college influence and changes in social norms, urged birth control education, and supported relaxing abortion laws while noting no collapse of religion from birth control reforms. The talk closed a series on Future Man and a new four-session series on influential theologians was announced for March 15.
Fire heavily damages the former Mucci Riding Academy on Glenwood Avenue near Beardsley Park. Firemen arriving at 11 o'clock found substantial headway and called for more apparatus. Heavy damage noted to a building and lumber stored there. Recall was at 143 pm.
Shaw born in Kentwood, Louisiana, served as aide-de-camp in World War II and as deputy chief of staff in France. He earned Belgian and French honors, was discharged as a major in 1946, and later led New Orleans real estate ventures becoming a notable civic figure. A 1965 testimonial dinner honored his tenure as mart director since 1947 and Town and Country named him a top local leader alongside Jim Garrison.
Hartford AP The U S Attorney General may join a federal court case challenging Connecticut three month residence rule for welfare aid. Vivian M Thompson a Hartford resident who moved from Dorchester Mass sues to obtain aid. The suit argues state law and a federal statute interact and may be unconstitutional if the three month rule is invalid.
Samuel W. Hawley of Bridgeport and Richard F. Burdett of New Town joined 75 savings bankers at the Ninth Washington Conference in Washington. They met with the Council of Economic Advisers and agency heads to discuss federal mutual savings bank legislation and geographic expansion, with talks off the record and a congressional reception and press luncheon on the agenda.
John James Saunders a candidate for Boys' Club of America Fine Arts exhibit will start art classes for boys at the Middle Street Boys Club. Classes are Saturdays 12:30 to 1:30 PM covering sculpture sketching and oil and watercolor painting. Interested boys may contact him at the club.
During the lunar new year truce thousands of tons of war materiel reached the South. Four Marine companies suffered moderate casualties near the DMZ as North Vietnamese troops pressed a heavy attack 10 miles south of the zone.
Tickets go on sale Thursday for the Cassius Clay Zora Folley heavyweight title bout at Madison Square Garden on March 22. Prices range from 50 to 8 dollars. mail orders accepted via Madison Square Garden Boxing Inc. 304 W 50th St New York 10019. Live TV feed limited to nationwide coast to coast with NYC area blackout.
Representatives of the financial press announce that Mr Hawley chairs the Savings Bank Services committee of the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks and Mr Burdett serves as a director of Mutual Savings Banks.
Bridgeport officials seek federal aid for a West End renewal and East Side model neighborhood project. The plan includes a park on Yellow Mill pond side, a lively arts center, housing codes enforcement, and a downtown cultural center with university help.
Hartford AP The State Commission for Higher Education criticized Gov. John Dempsey’s 215.6 million budget mix for four higher education units. The commission objected to cuts that heavily hit community and state colleges while UConn received more than proposed and large shares of the total budget. The board plans to oppose the governor’s cuts before the legislative committee next week. University of Connecticut representative Guy B. Holt did not vote.
Henry Hartley, president of the East Bridgeport Trade and Civic association, paid tribute to Salvatore L. Cagginello of 59 Dover Street at a dinner honoring him as a top East Side citizen. Cagginello, coach of Harding High School's baseball team and longtime assistant director of the Orcutt Boys' Club, is noted for his work with local boys and his past as a standout Bridgeport athlete. He attended Franklin school Harding and Holy Cross college and is a member of St. Teresa council Knights of Columbus and the Castelfranco Columbus Boys association.
Three persons were arrested by State Police last night at 10 15 on charges of possession of stolen goods. Peter A. Brel ford 28 of Mapledrive Monroe June E Stoeppel 20 and Arlene Zukowski 20 both of 410 Chamberlain avenue Bridgeport were taken into custody. Sgt. William Wallace Trooper Dave Miller and Trooper Lester Forst made the arrests.
A West End man Lester F. Toth was arrested at Bunpoint inside C C Apizza at 721 Connecticut Avenue after breaking into the establishment. He faces breaking and entering with criminal intent and is held on $1,000 bail awaiting Circuit court arraignment. A second youth fled the scene. Police involved include Liggins Loughtin Myzlewski Salvucci with investigators Nerkowski and Alexay.
Lawmakers clash on whether Adam Powell should be seated after alleged crimes. Republican and Democratic members debate punishment, precedent, and impact on future Congress as Exclusion or Expulsion options are weighed.
Firefighters battled a blaze at 2360 Fairfield Avenue near Waldorf Avenue that destroyed a bar and neighboring businesses. George Weiner, owner of the pharmacy, could not estimate damages yet. Police Sgt. Thomas Cannecy discovered the fire and alerted the department as officers redirected traffic.
Pravda accuses the CIA of using U S Soviet student exchanges for espionage. It alleges the Moscow embassy aided the effort and names several individuals as CIA workers amid ongoing Washington reviews. About 300 participants have joined exchanges since 1958.
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