Debaters clash over Vietnam path as Ho Chi Minh letter cited
LBJ and RFK spar over bombing and peace talks with Fulbright calling for a rapid peaceful opening. Johnson rejects a halt, insisting the US stay the course until North Vietnam shows willingness to negotiate. Dirksen and Percy offer reservations about timing and clarity of terms.
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Ho Chi] Minh
Paul VI
Paris
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Kennedy
White House
Johnson
U.S
United States
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Dirksen
Percy
Ilinois
Westport Girl Wins District Legion Oratory Title
Robin Russell of Loren Jane Westport a Staples senior won the District 3 American Legion oratorical contest held Feb 26 at Harry W Congdon Post 11. Runner up was Robert Baker of Bridgeport a Fairfield Prep student. Russell advances to Hartford March 1 to represent the district in state regional contests.
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Robin Russell
Loren Jane
Westport
Staples High School
American Legion
Harry W. Congdon Post 11
Golden Hill Street
Zoltan Stiliha
George A. Smith Post
Miss Russell
Robert Baker
Virginia Avenue
Bridgeport
Fairfield College Preparatory School
Stittha
U.S
Stitha
Russell
Hartford
Peace Talks and Dumpling War Ends in Bavarian Dumpling Canon
Murphy and Winter share a peace meal in the Army mess hall after a wartime confrontation over dumplings. Winter presents a crossbow replica as souvenir and warning. The lath medical detachment may wear Winter’s dumpling cannon emblem to mark the conflict. In Ghana, the US signs an agreement to supply nearly 5.5 million dollars of agricultural commodities.
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Murphy
Winter
Army Mess Hall
Harold Banks
Charleston
S. C
Accra
Ghana
U.S
Connecticut Election Bill Extends Polling Hours to Eight PM
Hartford AP Connecticut lawmakers backed a bill to set polling hours for national state and municipal elections from 6 AM to 8 PM, extending current state and national polls which close at 7 PM. The measure has Democratic support and strong passage prospects.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Elections Committee
Two More Hoffa Strikes Prompted by Appeal Planned
In Washington minutes before the close of court, an appellate hearing was scheduled for 9 30 a m Monday. The proceeding could finalize actions before Hoffa begins prison, as Wilson remarks the Teamsters president bears duties but must obey law and orderly justice.
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Washington
Hoffa
Wilson
Teamsters Union
Right to Work Bills Stir at Public Hearing in Connecticut
Lemaire of the Manufacturers Association defends the Thornton bills arguing they won t weaken unions and criticizes labor smears while Noyes predicts a 10 percent drop in union membership if passed. Opponents note unions broader role and compare union shop to Soviet practice as lawmakers and labor leaders voice concerns.
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Lemaire
Manufacturers Association of Connecticut
Thornton
United States
Richard C. Noyes
Farmington
Noyes
Harmon E. Snake
Manufacturers Association of Bridgeport
Vietnam
Soviet
Russia
Connecticut
Renato E. Ricciuti
Wallace Barnes
Birdsey G. Palmer
Dooluntown
Joseph B. Buckley
Ansonia
Lucy T. Hammer
Branford
Norris O'Neill
Hartford
Area PR Man Named Magazine Consultant
Archer Hancock of Stamford was named editorial consultant to the Connecticut Circle announced by Harry F. Morse publisher and editor. Hancock runs his Stamford practice as a business communication consultant after senior roles at Oristano Pearsall Associates and as director of public information at Remington Rand Inc. He is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America.
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Archer Hancock
Stamford
Connecticut Circle
Harry F. Morse
Mr. Morse
Commonwealth
Connecticut Enterprise
Hancock
New York
Oristano-Pearsall Associates
Remington Rand, Inc
Public Relations Society of America
Cong Band Attacks U.S. Paratroops in Nixon Area Conflict
Reports describe a heavy clash as U.S. paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade engage Viet Cong in northern Tay Ninh Province. Air strikes and artillery followed a Claymore mine ambush, with Viet Cong casualties uncertain.
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Donglai
U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Tay Ninh
U.S
South Vietnam
Do Xa
Central Vietnam
Binh Dinh
Quang Ngai
Kontum
Binh Dinh Prrince
Private Colleges Rally at UB Over Higher Education Bills
Connecticut private and church related colleges gather at the University of Bridgeport to back bills on higher education reform. CCIC stresses cooperation not competition between public and private institutions and seeks broader scholarship access for state students. Representatives from Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford and several colleges attend, urging balanced state support and no monopoly in higher education.
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Victor Amniec
College Parley
Connecticut Council of Independent Colleges
University of Bridgeport
Connecticut
Marvin K. Peterson
New Haven College
CCIC
Charles E. Shain
Connecticut College For Women
A. W. Woodruff
University of Hartford
Newman Marsilius
Roland J. Bixler
Littlefield
Study Commission On Higher Education
New York
Roland N. Bixler
Marsilius
Dr. Littlefield
Harold W. Lee
Mr. Marsilius
Earl Bigshee
Junior College of Connecticut
Fairfield University
William J. McInnes
S.J
Richard Conklin
Sacred Heart University
William H. Conley
Maurice J. O'Sullivan
James Devine
A.W. Woodruff
Alan S. Wilson
Douglas Fellows
Warren Technical School
Connecticut College
Charles
Air Pollution Chief Hopeful Sees Incinerator Solution
Air Pollution Chief Bannon touted a new incinerator to burn various materials with potential for reduced emissions. He noted a private firm could maximize usage while city facilities focus on other waste streams and mentioned Jacob Bros. operates an auto-burning incinerator hindered by zoning.
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Bannon
Jacob Bros
Hanoi sends message to U Thant on Vietnam talks
A two man Hanoi mission with the North Vietnamese consul general in Burma delivered to U Thant a message of conditions for starting peace talks. The two irrevocable terms cited were an immediate halt to U.S. bombing and de escalation of U.S. military efforts.
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Rangoon
Burma
Hanoi
U.N
U Thant
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Thant
U.S
Little Beaver actor convicted of murder in Michigan
Loninje Chambers known as Red Eagle and who played Little Beaver in the Red Ryder films was found guilty of first degree murder. He was linked to the 10-year-old slaying of his father in law John Potter, shot April 13, 1958, after clashes over Chambers' marriage to Potter's daughter Arlene.
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Harrison, Mich
Loninjeé Chambers
Little Beaver
Chambers
Red Eagle
John Potter
Harrison
Potter
Arlene
Dr Carl Hedberg Dies Founder of Fones School
Dr Carl Hedberg died leaving a legacy as founder of the Fones School. He served in American Dental Association, Bridgeport and New England groups, Kiwanis past president, and as a 32nd degree Mason. Services Monday at Salem Lutheran Church details provided. Survivors include wife Eloise Portfers Hedburg and several siblings and nieces.
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Hedberg
American Dental Association
Bridgeport Dental Association
New England
Kiwanis ‘Club
Scottish Rite
Corinthian Lodge
Brenda State Lodge
Order of America
Stratfield Volunteer Fire Department
YMCA
Salem Lutheran Church
Park Avenue
Caryl Y. Benson
Mountain Grove
Larson
North Avenue
Eloise Portfers Hedburg
Bridgeport
Fannie Hedberg
Evelyn Hurley
West Hartford
Richard Riehl
Robert Hurley
Meriden
Russell Hedberg
New York
Joan Butler
Sally Finley
Maryland Repeals 306-Year Interracial Marriage Ban
Maryland legislature voted to repeal a colonial era law banning marriages between Negroes and whites. The House approved 725 after a brief session, the Senate 37 5 with no debate, and Governor Agnew said he will sign the bill leaving 16 states with similar laws.
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Annapolis
Maryland
House of Delegates
Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
Man Admits Chaining Self to Train Tracks
Cape Town police said 26 year old Coenrad Swart lied about attackers chaining him to railway tracks then train severed his legs. He admitted he chained himself on Feb 25 hoping to bleed to death after the train amputed his legs, saying he was tired of hiking and unemployment.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Coenrad Swart
Swart
Duchess Outranks Duke in British Army Corps
The Duchess of Kent becomes controller commandant of the British Women's Royal Army Corps and outranks her husband, a major in the Royal Scots Greys and Queen Elizabeth II's cousin. An army protocol expert notes it rarely occurs that a female commander overrules a male officer of junior rank.
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Duke London
British Women's Royal Army Corps
Duchess of Kent
Royal Scots Greys
Four Americans Continue Hunger Strike in Saigon Prison
Four American civilian employees vow to persist with their hunger strike in Chi Hoa Prison, saying they face injustice after a Vietnamese court convicted three of them on illegal currency charges. They accuse U S officials of abandoning them as Ambassador Lodge denies wrongdoing.
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Robert D. Ohman
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Chi Hoa
Tran Minh Tiet
Paul Lee Bennett
Apopka
Fla
Merle Brown
Worthington
Ohio
Bernard Elman
Flushing
N.Y
William K. Char
Honolulu
Elman
U.S
Bennett
Truong Dinh Dzu
Dru
Lodge
Soviet Captain To Face Charge In Alaska Court
A Soviet fishing vessel seized by the Coast Guard was escorted to Sand Point Alaska. The captain of the STAM 8-413 would be flown to Kodiak for arraignment before a U S commissioner, facing a U S territorial fishing rights violation with potential penalties up to 10 000 dollars, one year in jail, and forfeiture of the boat gear and catch.
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Juneau
Alaska
Coast Guard
U.S
Sand Point
Shumagin Islands
Alaska Peninsula
Richard McVeigh
Anchorage
Kodiak
Kenneth Jensen
McVeigh
Missing Venezuelan Found Shot to Death
Juli Iribarren Borges, former social security chief of Venezuela, who had been missing since Wednesday, was found dead Friday about 15 miles from Caracas. He was last seen in a car outside a grocery store where his wife was shopping, which led to fears of kidnapping by a terrorist group. A Caracas radio report claimed he was in guerrilla leader Douglas Bravo’s custody and could be exchanged for information on prisoners held by the government.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Juli Iribarren Borges
Iribarren Borges
Douglas Bravo
Federal Department To Enforce Time Law Faces Delay
The New Department of Transportation will crack down on states not observing daylight time but enforcement will not start this year. Officials say power transfer from the Interstate Commerce Commission and the need to organize cause the delay. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 allows states time to comply or vote for exemptions.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fine Is Levied On Bridgeport Man After Fight
A 31 year old Bridgeport man, Thomas H. Gagin of 914 Hallett Street, was fined 70 for breach of the peace and intoxication after pleading guilty in Circuit court yesterday. Assistant Prosecutor Jack Grogins said Gagin fought with Leon Williams at the Majestic Hotel on Main Street February 4, escalation began when Gagin allegedly insulted Williams. Williams also faced charges from the incident.
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Bridgeport
Henry Naruk
Thomas H. Gagin
Hallett Street
Jack Grogins
Gagin
Leon Williams
Majestic
Grogins
Williams
Group approves plan for Bridgeport mental health center
The state council endorsed a new autonomous Bridgeport mental health center adjacent to Bridgeport Hospital with a 1967 68 budget of 23630 and federal support estimated at 40 percent for staffing. The plan to staff with a psychiatrist as medical director and a hospital administration head was approved, with autonomy as the preferred form.
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Benedict
General Assembly
Bridgeport Hospital
Bridgeport Center
Bridgeport
Fairfield Hills Hospital
Newtown
Fairfield Hills
Liza Minnelli Weds Australian Peter Woolnough Allen
Liza Minnelli daughter of Judy Garland married Australian Peter Woolnough Allen in a Park Avenue apartment ceremony. Vincente Minnelli gave the bride away, with Pamela Reinhardt in attendance and 17 guests including Miss Garland.
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New York
Liza Minnelli
Judy Garland
Peter Woolnough Allen
Park Avenue
Vincente Minnelli
Beverly Hills
Calif
Pamela Reinhardt
Los Angeles
Allen
Woolnough Allen
Sydney
Australia
Joseph A. Macchia
Miss Garland
Recall Election Set for Venezia April 10
The Town Council approved a recall election date of April 10 with nine votes in favor. Venezia and Waterbury were absent due to vacation. Gunn urged immediate formation of a charter revision committee to align the charter with state statutes on recalling and naming a successor. Hans Bietich, recall petition chair, attended with officers Desrosiers and Brown nearby.
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Fice
Dritenbas
Gunn
Venezia
Eighth District
Gilbert Waterbury
Hunziker
Hans Bietich
Town Hall
Rodney Desrosiers
Andrew Brown
Keogh
Legislator Pushes Flexible Policy for Adoption Aid
Hartford rep Inn Vestal urged the State Welfare department to ease adoption rules to boost permanent homes. She cited only 67 adoptions vs private agencies 900 and urged opening doors for older couples and infants, reductions in infertility tests, and more child care workers.
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Hartford
State Welfare Department
Inn Vestal
R— Woodbridge
Vestal
Welfare Department
Warmth and Snow Forecast After Record March 3 Heat
A springlike day brought a record high of 58 degrees for March 3 in Bridgeport Stratford. Today temperatures are expected to fall to the mid 30s with a low in the mid 20s tonight, as snow is forecast to become rain tomorrow.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport Municipal
Stratford
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Bridgepark
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