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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1966

Page

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Spring Playground Program Set to Begin April 4

The Board of Recreation approved the spring playground program to start April 4 at six school yards. Recreation Supt. William D. McBride will run a 3:30 to 5:30 pm schedule Monday through Friday at Longfellow Roosevelt McKinley Binckhaven Johnson and Walterswick schools. Madison yard is replaced by Blacktang due to local need. Mayor Curran supports the effort.

Board of Recreation Juoy Mayne Curran John Dalogach John Panotrio William D. McBride Longfellow Inkay Recreation Board Anserting Curran

Seven Cops Promoted and Retirements Announced

The Board promoted seven patrolmen to detective and approved retirement for two other officers. Retirements effective Sept. 6 include Lt. Joseph W. Toth and Patrolman George E. Wilson after 25 years of service. Ceremony at the station house before 300 attendees. Mayor Curran and board president Mulvihill spoke on duties and city crime trends.

Board of Malice Commissionera Detective Aid Ton Lleut Joseph W. Toth Harborview Avenue George E. Wilson Haddon Steed Circuit Court Rhcymfs Station House Ethte Dominic Costello Pixlee Place Frank Blapostas Plateau Avenue Oswald G. Pao Llin Gurdogy Street Coleman MacDonough Pennsylvania Avenue Wilbur TF Barrell Memory Lane Cornelius T. den Hell TLS Main Street Wilhunt FF. Detan GlemgoodaWelive

Features Car Everyday Telegram Page Notes

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Giant Space Taffy-Pull Hint From Star Galaxy Photos

Pasadena AP reports new Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies from Caltech images showing twisted and linked galaxies with corkscrew arms and bridges. Arp catalog galaxies suggest unknown forces shaping vast structures as light from 30 to 300 million years old travels across the universe.

Palopia Observainry Art

City GOP for Sibal Gives Him Majority

The Democratic Town committee agreed to a rule change basing town committee seats on Assembly districts. Four members per district proposed, totaling 40. current setup is 32 with 16 districts. Republicans recently adopted a similar plan. The measure, awaiting statewide panel approval, also allows residency changes for eligibility this year. Mayor Curran attended. Albert L. Coles led drafting of the rules.

Democratic Tews Stratfford Motor Inn Show Assembly Prescit GOP Democratic State Central Committee Albert L. Coles

Stocks Slip After Rise on Mixed Market Day

New York AP reports a mixed stock session with the Dow up 2.22 to 619.98 as 424 issues traded. the Dow closed higher after a noon dip, while the NYSE box index and S P 500 showed varied moves. Airlines and electronics rose while rails and nonferrous metals fell. notable closings included Chrysler at 63.13, Boeing down to 147, Raytheon up to 47.54, and Keane on 122.87.

New York Brent Duh F. Kennedy Sint Alenas LN Associated Press New York Stock Exchange Tose New York, Stock Exchange Chrysler Boving Douglas Aircraft Zen- Tith Raytheon Keane Lcott Geneva Electric

Record Assault by U S Planes Blocks Hanoi Area

US planes flew a multi hour mass raid across North Vietnam ending at dawn with 53 missions. Four aircraft were lost as surface to air missile sites and storage areas near Son Le and Hanoi were targeted. A separate operation northwest of Quang Ngai City reported high enemy casualties and a hospital ship treated many wounded Marines.

Saigon South Viet Nam North Viet Nam Hanoi Son le Red Capital Panjuincie Red River Nanni Air Force Navy U.S Guam Binh Duong Tuah Quane Ngai South China Sea

Estate valued at 3 million left by ex-NHRR worker Winslow

Taunton Massachusetts Bernard W Winslow 90 of Berkley retired railroad worker died Feb 1 left an estate valued at about 3 million His will admitted by Bristol County Probate Court The bulk goes to his fellow Jena B Winslow who said her husband made some smart investments Marton Hospital Taunton gets 100000 and Myricks Methodist Church Endowment Fund 15000 Winslow retired in 1960 after 40 years as New Haven Railroad station agent at Myricks

Taunton Mass Benard W. Winslow Berkley Raileway Belsiul County Fialsate Court Jena B. Winslow Marton Hospital Myricks

Viet War Spy Gessner Walks Free After Appeal

George John Gessner, jailed for sharing nuclear weapons secrets with Russia, walked out of the federal penitentiary after charges were dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence beyond his confession. Once an army nuclear specialist, he faced potential execution elsewhere, and linked current events to political extremism as he left.

Harry F. Rosenthal Leavenworth Kan George John Gessner Russia Federal Unis Gegsney Federsal U.S. Lircuit Court of Appeals Gessner Ft. Bills Tex Newell Grerge United States Kansas Federal Penitentiary Hyogkying San Francisco DuBois Club Melburne Fla Robert Lisenbee U. S Asylim Army Teteral

Red general sees Viet Cong surrender trend in Vietnam

General Ellis W Williamson, former commander of the 23rd airborne brigade, told Pentagon reporters that Viet Cong surrendering numbers are rising. He noted civilians provide more help as US and Vietnamese forces protect areas around Bien Hoa base, with several Viet Cong surrenders observed.

Washington Viet Nam Ellis W. Wiliamson Pentagon Williamson M2rd Airborne Army Setoo al Fe Beuning Bien Hoa

Ex City Marine Dies in Viet War

Ex City Marine Thomas Wardrop Jr of Huntington and Bridgeport area died Friday in a clash near Quang Ngai South Viet Nam. He was vice president of Lock Steel Chain Co Huntington and enlisted in February 1964 with basic training in San Diego before being sent to Okinawa then Viet Nam. Survivors included his father and wife.

Maring PLC Thomas Wardrop Runtineth Lad Bridgeport Quic Ngai South Viet Nam Thomas Wardrop Jr Lock Steel Chain Company Huntington Sod Stratford Avenue Pic. Wardrop Marine Corps San Diego Calif Okinawa Viet Nam

It’s Become Decadent Kirk Calls For Truths and Standards in Education

Syndicated columnist Russell Kirk urged a return to norms in American education at Sacred Heart University. He said reform is overdue and that higher education should teach the norms of human existence and the rules of conduct that make us human.

Kirk Ruth Husar 9 Society Russell Kirk America Mr. Kirk Ike Ea'umt Sacred Heart University the Post Kirt Hnman

Fairfield proposes more police and fire staffing

Fairfield officials seek 10 new police officers and 6 additional firefighters as part of the new fiscal year budget. The finance board heard a plan that increases department budgets, with police salaries under negotiation and a push for three more sergeants pending civil service consent. Moro wins test vote in Rome as government faces challenge.

Pairfield Finance Board Police Department Fire Department Board of Selectmen UN O Philip J. Ganser Selec Joseph A. Walsh Board of Police Commissioners Civil Service Caswell Supt Walsh Moro Rome Senate Aldo Moro

Deer Flaxes Through House Then Lands In Bath

A deer smashed a bathroom window at the home of Mrs and Mrs Joseph Espejo in Nashua New Hampshire leaped into the bathtub and fled through a front window into an unused shop before escaping again Conservation officials were called to net the roaming animal

Nashua Joseph Espeje Espejos Barbara

Police Cooperation Vital in War on Crime Says Prosecutor

Arnald Markle, chief prosecutor of the Connecticut Circuit Court, urged a regional gathering of more than 150 law enforcement officials that interagency information sharing is essential to fight organized crime. He warned cooperation failures between Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey agencies hinder efforts and urged all departments to “come of age” and exchange ideas and data.

Jonathan Sinile Westport America Arnald Markle Connecticut Circuit Court Longshore Club Park Connecticut New York New Jersey California Petty

GOP Plan Adopted By 45-40 Vote

Washington AP reports a Republican amendment to a 6 billion Vietnam war tax bill would add monthly Social Security payments to about 1.8 million elderly people not now covered. The Senate approved 43 40 with 19 Democrats and 26 Republicans backing the measure.

Washington Senate Sen Russell B. Long D-La Washington Monument Long Winston L. Prouty R-Vi Flordie Senate House House Johnson Kennedy Brothers Hubert F. Kennedy de Nly Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass Robert Kennedy Prouly Treasury Soleral Security Trust Fund Loig Clinton B. Anderson D-N.m Albert Gore de Tent Gore Sun Abraham A Ribleaff D-Conn Thomas J. Nedd R-Conn

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