Clifford Will Leaves City Renewal Board
Cliff Clifford will resign from Bridgeport Redevelopment Agency after eight years as chairman. Mayor Durcan nominated Laurence J. Flyntz, of Lycett Street, to replace him, for a two year term to March 1, 1971, with Flyntz also serving on the City Planning Commission. The agency’s Friday meeting will be the last for Clifford as he steps aside for new leadership.
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Stock Skid Continues From Market Slide In 1960s Era
New York markets fell sharply continuing a downturn blamed on Viet Nam worries and tighter money. The Dow slid 14.68 to 967.76, its steepest drop since late 1967, with the Associated Press 60-stock average down 5.0 and heavy volume on the NYSE. Major issues like General Motors and Boeing led losses as investors sold widely amid tax and price-control concerns.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Viet Nam
Theehips
Glaimar
Birect
Fairchild Camera
Zenith
Boeing
General Motors
Douglas
Xerox
New York Central
United Air Lines
New York Stock Exchange
Offer Before Council Will Await Outcome Of Bargaining Vote
Acton on the pending 276000 Civil Service pay raise plan will wait the outcome of the city employee bargaining election later this month. Mayor Curran said the action should be deferred until the vote determines which group will represent about 1,400 workers. Some parts of the plan may be discarded or replaced by negotiated contracts. The election date is to be set at a meeting tomorrow.
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Fire Department
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Employe
Imare
Curran
Ford chides LBJ who is running Viet grid game
Washington AP reports House Leader Ford mocks Democratic division over Vietnam as a championship game between the Democratic administration and a GOP red team. He quips about unity while a fictional football scene unfolds with Hurry-up Hubert as quarterback and LBS as coach in a satirical daily feature.
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Viet Grid
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LBI
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Fulbright
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Pes Novis
Zollont
Jacoby
Polly
LBJ urges 3.2 percent federal pay raise plan
President Johnson urged Congress and federal workers to accept a 3.2 percent pay raise cap tied to productivity. About 1.8 million employees would be affected, with smaller raises for lower grades and larger increases for upper grades. He linked raises to inflation control and national prosperity, warning against wage price spirals amid Vietnam.
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Tolinson
Council of Economic Advisers
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Easton Sets Up Fire Commission Of Five Members
Dublin AP reports a violent explosion damaged Nelson Column in Gubtia city center, blamed on the outlawed Irish Republican Army. In Easton, a special Town Meeting approved a fire commission of five with at least one volunteer member, rejecting amendments limiting firemen on the panel. Police comb rubble for casualties as authorities note IRA activity rising ahead of the 50th Easter Uprising anniversary.
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Samuel Staples
Francis J. Merillat
Helen Keller Middle School
A. Ronald Will
Frederick Oberson
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Irish Republic
Northern
United Kingdom
House Subcommittee weighs anti dog napping bills
Washington AP. A House subcommittee opened a hearing on antidognapping measures amid tales of starved and abused animals and stolen pets. Witnesses urged federal licensing of dealers and some labs, while others asked for careful study before action.
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Agriculture Subcommittee
Thomas S. Smith
Maryland State Police
Declan Hogan
Humane Society of
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Tutte
William G. Kubicek
Minnesota Cifizens Committee For Health and Research
Congress
David H. Timrud
Princeton University
Allies Push Mopup of Routed Reds
In three days of fierce ground and air actions along Vietnam's central coast, 6000 Allied troops including U S Marines and South Vietnamese dispersed a North Vietnamese regiment, with 533 enemy bodies reported and two Marine planes lost. Marines called the fight around Quang Ngai their best showing to date, and asserted the unit may never be able to reassemble.
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Stratford Votes Funds to Aid Branch College
Hartford AP The State Board of Regions Community Colleges voted to establish branch schools in Stratford and Middletown, recommending their creation to the State Commission on Higher Education for a one year emergency period and then permanent as independent institutions in September 1987. The Middletown branch would be a division of Manchester Community College serving Middlesex County and the Stratford branch a division of Norwalk Community College serving the Bridgeport Ansonia area. Preliminary budgets estimate added costs of about 100000 for 150 full time students at Stratford and 100510 for 160 full time students at Middletown, with courses mirroring freshman liberal arts and sciences at Manchester and Norwalk. At Middletown, assurances were reportedly received from M Green superintendent at schools.
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Walsh Urges Parents to Act on Rising Local Crime
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reports nationwide crime gains in 1965 with Bridgeport seeing increases in robberies burglaries and auto thefts. Police Superintendent Walsh blames juvenile behavior urging stricter parental supervision and noting arrests for rapes and burglaries. Local figures show 952 car thefts and 625 larceny cases over $10.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
M. Hoover
Celme
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WHI
Joseph A. Walsh
Mucherd
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Patice Department
Supt
Walsh
Ceap
Park City
Hartford
New Haven
Waterbury
Senate Group Okays Viet Economic Aid
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved an emergency aid bill totaling 275 million dollars for South Vietnam and other trouble spots despite two antiwar amendments. The panel endorsed broader aid with a total package of 415 million dollars, while strategists discuss wartime tax measures. Secretary of State Rusk defended limited objectives and warned against widening the conflict.
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Senate Foreign Relations' Committee
Dean Rusk
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Johnson
Senate
Saigon Executive Convicted in Black Market Bribery Case
Ta Vinh a wealthy Saigon businessman of Chinese origin aged 34 was convicted by a three man special court under anti graft laws. He faced charges of black marketing and bribery, with a death sentence mandated and execution to occur within days. Vinh pleaded innocent and wept for mercy while his properties were ordered confiscated.
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South Viet Nam
Ta Vinh
Apc
Press & Cam
Vinh
Inocent
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