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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1968
Page
2
Obituary notices for Percy L. Clark and numerous residents from Bridgeport to Westport list services today or soon. Details include ages, addresses, funeral homes, church officiants, and burial sites in Grove, Lakeview, St Michael's, Union, Gate of Heaven, and other cemeteries. Surviving relatives and local affiliations are noted.
J Harold Sanford 76 of Valley Road Redding a former town clerk and treasurer and local insurance man died Saturday in his home. Services set for 11 a m tomorrow at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev Randall C Giddings officiating. Bur ial at family option Ridge A lifelong Redding resident he studied engineering at Yale in 1913 and ran William C Sanford Insurance after his father retired. He served 18 years as town clerk and many years as town treasurer and was treasurer of the First Redding fire district 39 years. He belonged to Redding Grange Arc Lodge 39 F and A M and was a former vestryman and secretary of Christ Episcopal. Survivors include several cousins.
Frederick Bajor of the St. George hotel on Congress Street was found dead in his third floor room by a maid shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday. An ambulance physician pronounced him dead. He had occupied the room since Wednesday morning.
An American company in the 25th Infantry was ambushed on Route 248 nine miles north of Saigon, with 48 soldiers killed and 28 wounded. U S command released the details after a 24 hour delay amid new security rules. The action occurred during a broader New Year offensive involving 101st and 141st North Vietnamese regiments, as Marines and troops reinforced Khe Sanh and Da Nang.
Navy lieutenant dies in an aircraft training crash with services to be announced by James T Toohey Funeral Home at 2 Howe Avenue Sheiton. The obituary lists surviving relatives including a grandfather Moten Morten Muller of Huntington and four sisters in El Salvador Webster N Y Winchester Mass and Huntington.
Corn Products company launches a Stratford distribution center to handle Best Foods consumer products for New England customers. The Stratford center near Stratford Bridgeport area optimizes delivery to New England from a national network, with products stocked for prompt forwarding.
John W. Grant 81 a retired oil executive formerly of Bridgeport died Saturday in Maplewood New Jersey Services to be held Tuesday morning at Mullins and Redgate funeral home and St Charles church with a requiem Mass Burial in St Michael's cemetery He was born in Bridgeport lived there until moving to New Jersey in 1935 a 1908 Yale graduate He is survived by a son John B Grant of Sparta New Jersey and two grandchildren.
Mansfield AP report says David A. Lehan 26 of Storrs was killed in a one car crash on Route 195. He was driving north when the vehicle left the road, hit a bankment, struck a stone wall and tree, then rolled onto its side.
Robert B Kurtz named by General Electric as vice president and placed in Bridgeport. A Geneva N Y native, he joined GE in 1940 after Lehigh University degrees in electrical engineering and business administration. He rose through several divisions, becoming general manager of the Contractor Equipment division after a major corporate realignment. He is married to Oliver Jeannette Treiber and has two sons, Thomas and Robert.
Senator Ribicoff pushes broader action on language classes for Spanish speakers and remedial speech, plus adult education and tutorial products. He cites diocese efforts expanding seed money for 500 federally funded housing units, summer day camps, and a federally supported manpower program graduates this week.
Firefighters were summoned to the vacant Read Elementary School on North Avenue last night to extinguish a blaze. Assistant Chief Frederick Twerlein said vandals apparently started the fire. Flames spread from a first floor room to an upper floor in the brick building undergoing demolition for the Route 13 expressway.
The article discusses a possible official or unofficial shift in gold policy that could embolden unofficial gold sales at higher prices and raise doubts about the dollar's value tied to gold. It notes factors boosting demand, including a weaker Canadian dollar and yen devaluation rumors, and cites Johannesburg Sunday Times speculation as a test of outside reaction. It also mentions potential political and economic motives behind such moves and Swiss banks linking Arab oil financiers to Zurich.
Bridgeport police continued their investigation into the Saturday stabbing of Richard Keiser 23 of 151 Papurah Road Fairfield. Keiser is in fair condition at St. Vincent's Hospital with a left side wound after a dispute in the Main Lines diner 2321 Main Street. Detectives Sharnick Williamson and De Nardo lead the probe.
Israel faces criticism as government signals possible openness to UN mediated talks with the Arabs. Foreign Minister Eban indicated readiness for a form of negotiations with Gunnar Jarring, amid debate over face to face talks and past Rhodes armistice style mediation. Jarring discusses mission with UN Chief U Thant in New York.
President Nasser pledged on Sunday to reclaim every inch of Arab territory held by Israel since the war, warning that Israel’s claim of occupied lands as not being enemy territory would cost it dearly. He spoke at a rally in Helwan near Cairo asserting Arab unity to liberate Sinai, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights.
The Bridgeport Education Association and the Connecticut Education Association co sponsor a diaper-membership meeting tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock at East Main Street 2536 Elbow Way restaurant. James Gatney field service representative for the CEA and William O'Brien BEA president co chair the event to launch membership drives for BEA CEA and NEA.
A 7 year old boy was struck by a car in Fairfield. Pamela M Leonard 29 of Bridgeport was arrested for driving while intoxicated reckless driving and failure to drive in a proper lane. She is jailed on 500 bond. Police say her southbound vehicle crossed Reeves Road mounted the sidewalk at Sandy Way and struck a parked car. Investigation continues.
President James Johnson visits a SAC base in Puerto Rico. after church services he returns to Washington for a copper strike meeting. At the base he meets a six man crew led by Maj Donald Eversol and inspects equipment before an alert is activated with 15 bombers and 15 tankers. Col Maxwell Judas notes crews do not know if the alert is real or practice until airborne.
Six mayors backed the commission on urban unrest and urged swift steps to ease city tensions. Roy Wilkins Fred Harris and Gov Otto Kerner pressed ending Senate delays and cited cost fears while stressing equal treatment and removal of anger. Mayor Lindsay warned on high program costs but favored proactive measures.
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