Powell's Seat Vote Set For April 11 In Harlem District
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller announced a special election for April 11 to fill the Harlem 18th district seat vacated when Adam Clayton Powell was ousted. Powell could enter to try to regain the seat, a path seen as favorable given his wide margins in past races. No primary is planned. independent candidates need 3000 signatures.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Harlem
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Night of terror as family loses power line danger
In Plano, Texas, Fidencio Delbosque, his wife, and five children faced five hours of darkness after a thunderstorm snapped a power line. He was electrocuted trying to clear the line outside their home, his wife suffered severe burns, and both of her feet were amputated after the rescue attempts. The family stayed inside to avoid stepping on the live wire until help arrived.
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Plano, Tex
Fidencio C. Delbosque
Texas Power and Light Co
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Plano
Bridgeport Area Weather Turns Snowy With Six Inch Accumulation
Snow continues across Bridgeport and vicinity through late today with six inches or more likely. Temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s persist. Tonight and tomorrow turn partly cloudy and colder with lows in the 20s. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts. Small craft warnings persist on Long Island Sound.
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Bridgeport
Long Island Sound
Hospital costs seen likely to rise 1967 12 percent
Washington AP reports Blue Cross chief Walter McNerney told Congress hospital costs will climb about 12 percent for 1967 after a 12 percent rise in 1966 over 1965. He warned the rate may slow afterward to 7–8 percent but cannot continue indefinitely. He urged study of productivity and utilization in health facilities.
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Washington
Presidiet
Walter J. McNerney
Blue Cross' Association
Congress
McNerney
House
Ways and Means Committee
McNemey
Daniel W. Pettengill
Aetna Life and Casualty
Abortion Reform Faces Death In New York Assembly
Albany AP report says tacit agreement among Gov. Rockefeller and legislative leaders to let the 84 year old abortion reform bill die in an Assembly Codes Committee vote. The Blumenthal measure would liberalize the law but is deemed too hot to handle this year despite ongoing talks.
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Albany, N. Y
Capitol, Hill
Assembly
Atté
Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
Supreme Court
John Dawsley
New York
John
David Dawsley
Mountain Lakes
Hoffa to Begin Eight Year Prison Term Today
President Hoffa of the Teamsters loses another appeal to stay free. He must surrender at 9 a.m. EST Tuesday to begin an eight year sentence for jury tampering. Campell Parks and King also face surrender in Tennessee and Michigan.
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Washington (Ap
James R. Hoffa
The
Teamsters Union
Freedom
U.S. Court of Appeals
Hoffa
Giant
Union
U.S
Supreme Court
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville
Larry Campbell
Thomas E
Parks
Ewing King
Campbell
Teamsters
Detroit
King
Heavy Snow Likely Today Across Northeast Regions
A deepening eastern storm spares no area as it moves from Kentucky and Tennessee toward Massachusetts and central New York. The U S Weather Bureau warns of up to six inches in the Bridgeport area with heavy snow and hazardous driving conditions. Temperatures fall to the low 30s along the shore and colder inland with a 30 percent chance of more snow tonight. Northeast winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts, small craft warnings on Long Island. The storm tracks east-northeast along the Maryland to New England coast, bringing colder air and mixed precipitation varying by city, with four inches already in Pittsburgh and rain in New York and Washington at 10 PM.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Massachusetts
New York State
Bridgeport
U.S. Weather Bureau
Stratford
Weather Bureau
Long Island Sound
Maryland
New England
Pittsburgh
New York City
Washington, D.C
White Plains
N.Y
Newark
N.J
Boston
Fifth Man Questioned in JFK Conspiracy Probe
New Orleans AP Dist Atty Jim Garrison questioned B Dauenhauer a former assistant to Clay J Shaw at the Old International Trade Mart for more than an hour He arrived with attorney Irving Dymond saying his client cooperated fully The probe aims to prove a conspiracy behind Kennedy's Nov 22 1963 Dallas assassination Shaw is the only man arrested so far Dauenhauer a bookkeeper for Cross Country Development Corp and Shaw’s aide since 1946 served in WWII with Shaw
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New Orleans
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
B. Dauenhauer
Clay J. Shaw
Old International Trade Mart
Garrison
Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Dauenhauer
Irving Dymond
Dymond
Cross-Country Development Corp
Trade Mart
Canal Street
Dauenhaver
France
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Johnson urges lottery draft for 19 year olds under new plan
President Johnson asks Congress to extend Selective Service and says he will use executive orders to draft 19-year-olds first via a lottery. Lt Gen Hershey begins immediate implementation, reviewing all classifications for fairness. Congress shows cautious support with some criticism, while calls for universal conscription surface.
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LBJ
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Johnsons
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen Ofllinois
City approves $300,000 purchase for court site
The Common Council voted to buy the southwest corner of Mainstreet and Fairfield avenue for 300000 to complete the site for a new state courthouse. The Miles shoe store property and other tenants were purchased from Phillips Exeter Academy, bringing total acquisitions to 1100000. The earlier purchase included the former Howland department store building and other parcels.
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Common Council
Curran
Mainstreet and
Fairfield Avenue
Arsist A
Avila
Inuw
Miles Shoe Store
Phillips Exeter Academy
Donald A. Brown
Court‘house
Howland Department Store
Agricultural Crisis Force Peasants and Party to Rally
Radio Peking urged peasants and party cadres to close ranks and stimulate production, signaling real trouble in agriculture. It quoted Red Flag saying China's agri output directly affects construction and people's livelihoods, as Mao Zedong's cultural revolution has disrupted farming communes nationwide.
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Tokyo
Radio
Peking
China
Mao Tse-lung
Classified Ads and Puzzles Highlight Telegram Page
A listing of page sections from a Telegram issue including Classified Ads Comics and Crossword Puzzle Dear Abby Dr Brandstadt Editorials Fashions Financial News Jacoby on Bridge Obituaries Polly's Pointers Sports Sylvia Porter Theater News TV and Radio and Women's News.
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Dear Abby
Cevasy
Dr. Brandstadt
M.D
Terre Financial News
Jacoby On Bridge
Pheney Polly
Sylvia Porter
Age Women's News
Yisciee
NAACP Probes Police Brutality Case in Bridgeport
The Bridgeport Stratford NAACP branch unanimously approved a probe into an alleged beating of Leroy Collins Jr., 17, by a local policeman. If proven, the group will use every source to seek the officer’s dismissal amid broader talks on job discrimination, school bigotry, and branch HQ relocation. The meeting at East End Tabernacle drew 65 members and was led by Rev. Charles R.
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Bridgeport-Stratford
NAACP
East End Tabernacle
Leroy Collins, Jr
Leroy Collins, Sr
Bidg
P.T. Barnum
Taylor Drive
Charles R
Police Pay Hike Voted by Common Council
The Common Council unanimously approved a contract granting patrolmen and detectives a 10 percent pay rise for about two thirds of the current fiscal year and 7 percent for the year starting April 1. The agreement includes a 10 cent hour premium for night shifts, vacation increases, a uniform allowance rise to 175, and a grievance procedure, plus approval of Civil Service pay plans for supervisors in the Police Department and other city supervisors.
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Common Council
Thomas J. Barrett
Police Local 1159
Afl-Cio
Civil Service Commission
Barrett
Saigon Slum Fire Leaves Thousands Homeless
A major Saigon riverfront slum fire destroyed over 1,060 tin and wood homes, killed three children, and left about 10,000 Vietnamese homeless. Twelve people were injuries as the blaze burned for three hours before U S Army fire teams assisted Vietnamese crews. Investigators linked the fire to faulty electrical wiring.
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Saigon
Ameerican
UB Prof Killed In Collision On Merritt Parkway
University of Bridgeport associate history professor Dr. Walter D. Love, 42, of Fairfield, died after his car traveled west in the eastbound lane and collided head on with Donald Schmitt’s vehicle on the Merritt Parkway near Bridgeport. Weather was cited as a possible factor in the crash, which remains under investigation. Dr. Love had joined UB in 1965 and was managing editor of a monograph series on British studies. He held a PhD from UC Berkeley and master’s degrees from Chicago and California.
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University of Bridgeport
Merritt Parkway
Bridgeport
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Walter D. Love
Fairfield Beach Road
Fairfield
University
William Wallace
Love
Main Street
Park Avenue
Donald Schmitt
Brantaly Drive
Hntington
Schmitt
Sgt. Wallace
Conference On
Emay University
Atlanta
University of California At Berkeley
Chicago
California
Edmund Burke
Ireland
American Philosophical Society
Reds Target Americans Big Artillery In Vietnam Fire
North Vietnamese mortars struck U S Army 75mm guns on the artillery plateau at Camp Carroll, eight and a half miles south of the demilitarized zone. Five Marines were killed and 11 wounded as volleys totaled about 185 rounds. The big guns, recently shifted into the DMZ war zone, faced fresh shelling with little damage reported to equipment amid sustained clashes nearby.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Camp Carroll
Vietnam
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