Mediation panel eyed to push copper strike talks
A three man mediation panel may join resumed bargaining to speed a settlement in the eight month copper strike that has shut down more than 9 percent of U S production. The four big copper producers and unions have clashed over wages and bargaining procedures since July 15.
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Johnson
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers
Anaconda Co
Pheps Dodge Corp
Kennecott Copper Corp
American Smelting & Refining Co
Joseph P. Moloney
USW
Moloney
Denver
Federal Mediation Service
Washington
New York
National Labor Relations Board
Kennecott
NLRB
Stratford youths held in car theft case
Three Stratford youths arrested by Stratford police after allegedly stealing a car on February 26 from Barnum Bowling Alleys in Stratford and wrecking it in Hedford Hills New York. Terrance Lucas 16 and Jeffrey Stewart 17 charged on motor vehicle taking warrants. both released on $250 bond. the 15 year old was sent to Juvenile Court. In other news Near East Emergency Donations Inc gave $1 million to UNRWA, totaling $4.5 million.
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Stratford
Barnum Bowling Alleys
Barnum Avenue
Hedford Hills
N.Y
Terrance Lucas
Mount Pleasant Avenue
Jeffrey Stewart
Beers Place
Lucas
Stewart
Home Economics Dean Lists 11 Area Girls
Susan M. Pedersen of Anchorage Drive is among 11 Fairfield county and Milford students in the University of Connecticut School of Home Economics who earned dean’s list honors for the last semester. Other honorees include Margaret M. Bunting, Victoria Gage Hawley, Susan L. Kavan, Elizabeth H. Backer, Carlotta DeTomaso, Phyllis A. Merritt, Eleanor J.C. Zimmerman, Jane M. Melknight, Diane E. Petrunenko, and Mrs. Sachin Lieberman Rietta.
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Susan M. Pedersen
Anchorage Drive
Fairfield County
Milford
Rockefeller Averts Push for Convention Riot
Rockefeller stated at a Republican governors conference that the party must choose a nominee who can win the November election and gain independent votes. He said he would not fight for the nomination unless he has solid delegate support and is confident he can prevail.
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Rockefeller
Johnson
Richard M
Nixon
Oregon Governor Faces Rocky Test Over Ballot Affidavit
A Salem dispatch reports Gov. Nelson Rockefeller may sign an affidavit to remove his name from the Oregon presidential primary ballot. Secretary of State Clay Myers said the final decision rests with Rockefeller and the form requires a denial of current candidacy.
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Salem
Ore
Nelson Rockefeller
Washington
Oregon
Clay Myers
Rockefeller
University of Connecticut Dental School Names Head
Dr. James A. Yaeger of the University of Illinois Chicago histology department becomes head of the new University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine Department of Oral Biology. UConn President Homer D. Babbidge Jr. announced the school will admit its first class this fall.
Contaminated Greenland Snow Bound for United States
U S authorities haul 17 000 tons of soil exposed to nuclear emissions from Greenland. Barrels of contaminated earth are buried near Savannah Georgia and may be disposed of in the same area after water exposure during return.
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Palomares
Opam
United States
Savannah
Greenland
Heavy Fighting Hits Both Ends Of Vietnam DMZ
North Vietnamese forces surged toward Khe Sanh under fog and bombardment. Allied casualties were officially listed as very light while defenders and supporting air units repelled the assault. A U S airlift crash injured crew and several passengers. three TV crew members were wounded in a follow-up barrage.
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Pst
David E. Lownds
Plantation
Khe. Sanh
Khe Sanh
U.S
Saigon
William 3B
Rosson
South Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Abrams
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Phu Bai
Bie
Hue
Robert Cushman
Cushman
Navy
Danbury Restores Power After Storm
Utility crews completed power restoration after a snowstorm and high winds knocked out lines in Danbury Bethel Newtown Ridgefield Brookfield and New Fairfield. Connecticut Light and Power reported outages while Southern New England Telephone said hundreds lost phone service for hours. The damage stemmed from fallen or weighed down trees under gusts up to 45 mph.
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Danbury
Connecticut Light and Power Company
Bethel
Newtown
Ridgefield
Brookfield
New Fairfield
Southern New England Telephone Co
Himba
President Pushes Moon Mission as Budget Cuts Hit Space Effort
President Johnson pledges to press ahead with space exploration despite NASA budget cuts and warns of critics while outlining plans for a Lunar Science Institute beside Houston. He praises the Apollo program timeline and notes Webb Freeman and McNamara changes as context.
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NASA
Johnson
United States
Houston Center
National Academy of Sciences
Rice University
Texas
California
South Carolina
Neil Armstrong
James E. Webb
Washington
Webb
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Defense
Robert 5. McNamara
Freeman
ADC Freeze Costly To State Official Says
Hartford AP reports Connecticut faces an added 3 million dollar expense in fiscal 1969 due to the federal ADC freeze. Welfare commissioner Bernard Shapiro sent letters to congressmen urging passage or postponement of the freeze, which would cap eligibility to July 1, 1968 recipients. Graveside services today for Frank S. Whitman, retired Bridgeport teacher.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Funday
Bernard Shapiro
Frank
Whitman
Frank S. Whitman
Bridgeport
Fairfield
DeLand
Fla
Lawncroft Cemetery
Albert W. Sheckells
First Baptist Church
Alden Whitman
The
New York Times
Bridgeport Post Publishing Company
Area Dance Teachers to Attend Seminar at Albertus Magnus
Twelve area dance teachers join sixty from the state for a seminar on Principles of Modern Movement for the Dancer at Albertus Magnus College New Haven. Dr Lulu Swelgard of Juilliard will conduct the event from 10 am to 4 pm in the Students building.
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Albertus Magnus College
New Haven
Connective Commission On the Arts
Lulu E. Swelgard
Julliard School of Music
New York City
Storm Bounces Easton Car Wrecks and Tree Injuries
Police report two traffic accidents from the storm with no injuries to the first driver and his passenger, a second collision injuring a 38 year old man, and a teen struck by a fallen tree limb taken to St Vincent's hospital in fair condition. Local roads remained slick as crews worked to clear fallen trees on Flat Rock Eden Hill and Sport Hill roads.
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Judd Road
F. Brainard McGuire
McGuire
Schwartz
Donald Forrest
Gate Ridge Road
St. Vincent's Hospital
Arthur A. Driesen
Flat Rock Road
Eden Hill Road
Sport Hill Road
Students Riot Shocks Center of Rome
University of Rome students clashed with police in the city center as protesters broke through lines and hurled paving stones. The riot spilled into a nearby French elementary school where frightened pupils cried as officers pursued demonstrators. Similar protests across other Italian cities demand school reforms and modernization of the university system.
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University of Rome
Mohammed Ali Here Tuesday Open Rally and Meet
Mohammed Ali will meet youth and sign autographs on Tuesday then hold a press conference at Rev Gordon's home in Trum- Dull. He will speak at Walters Memorial AME Zion church 421 Brodd street in an open rally. Public invites both events.
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Gordon
Trum- Dull
Gordons
Walters Memorial Ame Zion Church
Brodd Street
Canada Ready to Process Asian Immigration Requests
Immigration Minister Jean Marchand told the House of Commons Canada will process any rise in entry applications from Asian-origin people blocked by British quota limits. He said there has not been a real increase yet. A sea otter’s fur is so fine it repels water, allowing the animal to swim for days with dry skin.
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Ottawa
Canada
Jean Marchand
House of Commons
East Africa
Britain
Teacher Strikes Shut Schools Across Three States
Officials moved to plan orderly reopenings as high schools stalled. Pittsburgh saw about a third of its 3,000 teachers on strike while elementary schools remained open under a court order.
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Mifflin School
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Margaret McCormick
Retired Captain McPadden to receive 70 percent pension
Captain McPadden retires effective July 6 after 47 years of service. He leaves the job today to take a vacation and return in April, with Commissioner Fagan noting the long honorable career and Elmer Rinko seconding the retirement motion.
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McPadden
Fagan
Elmer Rinko
Byers Sets Indoor World Mark In 60Y Low Hurdles
Kansas star George Byers shattered his world record in the 60 yard low hurdles with 6.5 seconds in the semifinals at the Big Eight indoor championships in Kansas City. He also tied the conference mark in the 60 yard high hurdles at 7.2 seconds. Wayne and Glen Long of Oklahoma led 60 yard dash qualifiers at 6.1.
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Kansas
City
UPI
George Byers
Byers
Ryun
New York
Wayne
Glen Long
Oklahoma
Diocesan School Board Sets Monthly Meeting Schedule
The new board with 10 laymen and three religious members met at Diocesan School and planned to begin regular meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at 45 59 Park Avenue. Rev. Martin B. Hitchcock, superintendent, announced the April start and noted that only an informal dinner with bishops occurred, with no other policy discussions.
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Park Avenue
Martin B. Hitchcock
Oll
Hitchcock
Stratford Police Hold Man In Support Case
Stratford police hold Jose Ramos on a support case warrant issued by the Circuit Court. Ramos was arrested yesterday at a street location, and released on a $500 bond pending appearance in Circuit Court.
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Stratford
Jose Ramos Bull
Brideepee Wata
Noarsupport
Ramos
Hartford event to address new arts council members
Ralph Burgard executive director of Associated Councils of the Arts and Richard McLanathan writer critic and art consultant both of New York will address about 100 members of Connecticut arts councils at the State Capitol on March 15. The conference opened by Herbert L. Cohen will feature talks on organization and financing and programming.
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Hartford
Ralph Burgard
Associated Councils. of. the Arts
ACA
Richard McLanathan
New York City
Connecticut
State Capitol
Connecticut Commission On the Arts
Herbert L. Cohen
Westport
Arts Commission
Dempsey
Ella T. Grasso
Legislature
Burgard
North Carolina ‘Arts Council
Minnesota Council of Arts and Sciences
McLanathan
New York State Council On the Arts
United States
Canada
Anthony S. Keller
State Commission On the Arts
New England
Rocky Mountain
Toe
Arts Council
Keller
Paris Municipal Strike Slows Garbage and Water Service
A municipal workers strike in Paris reduced garbage collection about 30 percent and lowered water pressures in parts of the city. Officials report partial impact as employees demand roughly $20 more a month while the city offers $5.
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Paris
UPI
Senate Rights Bill Faces Narrow Vote Gap
The Senate debated amendments to a civil rights bill with key changes proposed by Dirksen and Senator Baker. Proposals would exempt owner occupied single family homes financed with FHA and VA guarantees and allow brokers to assist in sales or rentals without triggering the ban. Baker claimed independence from Dirksen and remained optimistic something could be resolved.
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Dirksen
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Baker
Connecticut Senators Vote On Cloture On Civil Rights Bill
Washington AP reports Connecticut's senators Abraham Ribicoff and Thomas J. Dodd joined 57 others in voting to invoke cloture on the Dirksen substitute civil rights bill. The 659-35 Senate tally fell four votes short of the two thirds required to halt debate.
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Washington
Connecticut
Dirksen
Senate
Abraham Ribicoff
Thomas J
Joy's Marriage Ends with Last of the Marrages
Joy Marriage, 24, of Burlingame Calif waves goodbye to a 300 year old surname by marrying John Norton 25 of Half Moon Bay at a 2 p.m. Assembly of God ceremony. She is the final daughter of Lawrence and Mrs John Marriage, ending the family line with no sons.
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Burlingame
Calif
Joy
John Norton
Half Moon Bay
Assembly of God
Lawrence Tohn
Bates Club Dinner Set for March 21 at Les Shaw’s
The Southern Connecticut and Naugatuck Valley Bates club will hold a dinner meeting at 6 45 p m on March 21 at Les Shaw s Restaurant on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in New Daily. The Bates college secretary in Lewiston Maine and his wife will be guests. All Bates alumni and parents of Bates students are invited. Jack De Gange of Hamden is in charge of arrangements.
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Connecticut
Naugatuck Valley
Bates Club
Les Shaw
Wilbur Cross, Parkway
New Dail
Bates Coliege
Lewiston
Maine
Bates
Jack DeGange
Hamden
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Greenest Ridge Road
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Morning Mist Road
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Melville Drive
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Kaiydid Lane
Vija Martinsons
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Rome
Mohammed Ali
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