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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1968
Page
2
Hawley and a joint committee urge member institutions to provide financial counselling to neighborhood groups and public agencies. They call for up to 5 billion dollars to support model cities planning, private financing participation, and construction and mortgage funding for homes and community facilities.
President Johnson lauded the special Commission on Civil Disorders report as thorough and exhaustive but refused to comment on its recommendations. He called it written by a distinguished group and urged reading the document alongside his Congress message on urban problems. The report warned of two segregated societies and urged costly remedies to avert further riots.
A leaked source says President Johnson will not seek or enter any 1968 primaries, leaving Massachusetts delegates to the McCarthy slate. The plan, approved Feb 24, spots critics among delegates, with Kennedy staying with the delegation for work at Chicago. Some lawmakers may vacate the state delegation on first ballot.
The source notes advisers believed a certain action would carry official aura and indirect presidential acquiescence. It also states Johnson avoided the Massachusetts contest to not clash with McCarthy, which could boost his rival’s publicity and appeal.
Sejna sought a visitor visa in Rome last week and requested permanent residence in the United States. U.S. officials said his request is under consideration while CIA and other agencies question him. Prague links Sejna to a plot to keep power. he faced charges tied to a $20,000 seed and clover swindle.
Bridgeport Heart Association reports nearly 50 000 raised from Heart Sunday door to door on Feb 25 plus industrial professional and mailed donations. Heart Sunday brings in 28000 with 21600 from other gifts. Nathaniel W Plotkin chaired the campaign and Mrs Robert G Bruno led Bridgeport Heart Fund drive.
In a fragmentary note, Prace suggests Novotny pushed for vigilance and confidence in Sejia, implying the president might be pressured to resign. The passage hints that Sejia Cossi may flee the country amid Communist turmoil and prompts questions about Novotny's next move.
Fairfield selects a bipartisan Charter Revision Board to study a July 1 submission target for recommendations. Democrats Carl Peterson Donald Doyle Anthony Pia Edward Mansfield E B Stratton Henry Elstein Robert Lesser. Republicans W Bradley Morehouse Edward Tyler Daniel Brennan Irwin Coles Bruce Dittingham Alfred Harlow. The board aims to address a charter that could limit the town manager and reflect a public mandate for further study after the 1967 referendum showing favorable reception.
In Sofia Bulgaria leaders of the Warsaw Pact opened a summit as Romanian opposition to Soviet policies looms. The agenda centers on Vietnam and a Soviet American nuclear nonproliferation draft under Geneva review with Romania denouncing limits on small states and armaments by major powers.
The House voted to extend the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency for two years with a $20 million authorization, down from $33 million for three years. The measure, part of a broader debate on nuclear nonproliferation, passed 305-96 and moves to the Senate.
Maldonado Sanchez a 22 year old of 841 State street was arrested on a warrant charging receiving stolen goods and is held on 1000 dollar bail awaiting Circuit court arraignment. Police linked him to a Tudor restaurant break in at 713 East Main street where a TV set was taken on February 40.
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