Mole Like Tactics Rise In N Vietnam Fighting Near Khe Sanh
US and South Vietnamese forces fought near Khe Sanh and Dong Ha as North Vietnamese troops pressed the western DMZ area. A ranger lieutenant was fatally wounded after rescue attempts and an Associated Press reporter described a tense skirmish with heavy shelling and air activity.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Khe Sanh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Dien Bien Phu
Life
Associated Press
Robert D. Ohman
Cua Viet River
Dmz
Hue
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
1St Corps
Robert E. Cushman
Daz
William B. Rosson
Des Moines
Iowa
South Vietnam
Mrs Larnerd 69 Dies Mother of Bridgeport Detective
Mrs Vera M Larnerd 69 wife of Harry F Larnerd of 26 Melrose Ave died yesterday at Bridgeport Hospital Funeral services Monday at 2 PM at United Congregational Church Rev Howard C Nutting officiating Burial in Mountain Gorge Cemetery Albert W Spear Funeral Home in charge Or vent chapter OF5 will exemplify its ritual Sunday at 8 PM Survivors include husband a son Raymond Fr Larnerd a Bridgeport Police detective and three grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera M. Larnerd
Harry F. Larnerd
Melrose Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
United Congregational Church
Howard C. Nutting
Mountain Gorge Cemetery
Albert W. Spear
Fairfield Avenue
Vent Chapter
O.F
Norwalk
Edward Sessler
Ida Dezso Sessler
Clinton Street
Fairfield
Lesko Funeral Home
United Church of Christ
Stephen Bessemer
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Charles Stager
Joseph Lisnay
High Street
Frank Polke
Services set Monday for Grace Coughlin longtime teacher
Funeral services are planned for Grace Coughlin 80 of Bridgeport died Thursday at Carolton Convalescent Hospital Fairfield. The services occur 8 15 am at Mullins Redgate funeral home 1297 Park Ave and 9 am at St George Church with a requiem Mass Burial at St Michael's Cemetery Miss Coughlin taught in Bridgeport schools from 1913 to 1952 including Webster Staples Prospect and was an art instructor She earlier taught at Danbury Normal and New Britain Normal She graduated from Middletown High School 1903 New Britain Normal 1906 and studied at Hartford Art School in 1927 She belonged to the Retired School Teachers Association Survivors include two sisters Miss Mary Coughlin and Mrs Ella J John of Wethersfield
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Grace Coughlin
Cole Street
Bridgeport
Carolton Convalescent Hospital
Fairfield
Mullins
Redgate
Park Avenue
St. George's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Miss Coughlin
Middletown
Coughlin
Middletown High School
New Britain Normal School
Hartford Art School
Retired School Teachers Association
Mary Coughlin
Ella
J. John
Wethersfield
Romania Defies Soviets at Summit Talks
Romanian Party Chief Nicolae Ceausescu objected to a U S Soviet formula as discriminatory and urged equal restraints on all powers. Informants say the Romanian stance caused angry exchanges at Bulgarian Communist HQ during a summit where Romania refused to sign a joint nuclear statement.
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Nicolae Ceausescu
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Red China
Romania
None Found Alive In Mine Disaster
In Minneapolis Cargill vice president W R Pearch said the company requested the inspection and that recommendations were followed with others in approval and implementation. Raymond R Ashby, Kentucky mine safety expert, said 16 found by his crew apparently died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Officials declined to say where the remaining five bodies were located. Rescue efforts would be postponed until today as crews were exhausted. The 21 men were trapped at a 1200 foot level after a fire of unknown origin broke out in the shaft.
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Minneapolis
W. R. Pearch
Cargill
Raymond R. Ashby
Kentucky
Ashby
Madisonville
Clamere LeBoeuf
LeBoeuf
LeBeouf
Sweden-US ties strain as protests and asylum spark tensions
U S envoy to Sweden is recalled amid street protests against American bombing in Vietnam. Demonstrators burn the U S flag and attack embassy property while Sweden grants asylum to about 45 American defectors. Diplomats fear Sweden's Social Democratic government may curb ties to appease the left ahead of fall elections.
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Erlander
Neath
Sweden
United States
U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. Trade Center
Vietnam
Rights Bill Clear for Monday Senate Action
The Senate again signals cloture as debate narrows on a sweeping rights bill expanded after seven weeks. An Ervin amendment extends protections to American Indians, while open housing provisions aim to curb discrimination in about 70 percent of United States housing in three stages. The measure also creates federal crimes for voting interference, jury service, school attendance, and incitement across state lines, plus penalties for interstate transport and teaching on weapons.
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Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Weicker Attacks Anti-Poverty Agencies anew
Senator Weicker criticized three antipoverty groups for duplicating services in a middleman role between government funds and the poor. He urged stripping agencies of middleman duties and shifting to decentralized neighborhood facilities to fill communication gaps in ghettos. He and an accountant alleged waste inefficiency and questionable fiscal procedures after over a month of review.
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GOP J
Norwalk Motor Inn
Weicker
Greenwich Republican
Weicker Attacks ABCD Usages and NEON Spending
Senator Weicker charges Bridgeport ABCD and NEON misallocate funds, citing 52 cents of every dollar to administration and questioning NEON’s $253,000 budget. He contrasts NYC enrollment with staff costs and notes doubts about audit records while linking Manpower programs to duplication.
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ABCD
Weicker
Action Fort
Bridgeport Community Develoéptment, Inc
the Park
Bridgeport
United Fund
Ieighborhood Youth Corps
Nyc
Necticut
Sithe United States
Bank For Inter-led
Switzer
Neon Records
Norwalk
NEON
Neon Wars
Hartford
Irwin
Uruguay
Stamford and Greenwich officials debate anti poverty efforts
U S Rep Donald Irvin and Greenwich representative clash over poverty programs in Stamford and ABCD. Weicker contrasts administrative costs noting Stamford anti poverty agency spends 23 cents per dollar on administration and compares its costs to Stamford United Fund and ABCD.
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U.S
Donald Irvin
Greenwich
Stamford
Stamford Anti - Poverty Agency
Weicker
Stamford United Fund
Ex CIA Chief Subpoenaed in Garrison Probe Case
Ex CIA director subpoenaed in the Garrison investigation into the Kennedy assassination. Clay Shaw, former head of the New Orleans International Trade Mart, faces conspiracy charges tied to the 1963 shooting. Trial postponed as defense seeks venue change from New Orleans.
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CIA
Garrison
Kennedy
Oswald
Clay L. Shaw
New Orleans
International Trade Mart
Dalas
Shaw
Czech Generals Demand Novotny Quit Presidency
Prague demands the resignation of President Novotny amid a corruption probe linked to grass seed sales. Sejna is accused of complicity and extradition requests surface from the United States. A special party commission will investigate the Sejna affair as defense and interior ministers report.
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Sejia
United States
Prague
Obrana Lidu
Novotny
Senia
Defense
Bohumir Lemsky
Josef Kudrmnn
Lamsky
Sejna
Savetry
Antonin Novotny Jr
Svobodne Slo Vo
Novotny Ins
Lafayette Plaza opens as Bridgeport Mall milestone
Plazas developers and management push Lafayette Plaza opening seen as Bridgeport progress. The two level mall features sculptural works by Meshakoff Jonynas and Shepherd, nine glass domes, cross over bridges, a power elevator, and a seven level garage with direct street access. The complex spans 13 acres, with Gimbels planned at the opposite end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
William C. Warner
Fletcher- Thompson, Inc
Bridgeport Architects
Lathrop Douglass
F.a.la
New York City
Edward Meshakoff
Long Island Sound
Jonynas
Shepherd
Lafayette Plaza
Gimbels
Lafayette Plazas
Central Bridgeport Development Corporation
Hammerson Fusco & Associates Inc
New York
Feist & Feist
Newark
Hy Goldtela Inc
Keller Begins New Duties as Postmaster in City
Keller receives permanent appointment as acting postmaster after endorsement by Democratic leaders and Civil Service approval. He is 48, a Duke and St. Johns Law alumnus, former town clerk, WWII Army Air Corps veteran, and real estate and insurance businessman with the Bennett Keller agency. Attending ceremonies were local officials and family.
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White House
Johnson
Senate
Rep
Irwin
Democratic Party
Keller
Civil Service Commission
Mr. Keller
Park Avenue
Bridgeport
Grail Prep
Fairfield
Duke University
St. John’s University Law School
Tedesco
Army Air Corps
Harry W. Congdon
American Legion
Mary Bennett
Bennett-Keller Agency
Main Street
Keller Brothers
John B. Maiocco Jr
Common Council
John F. McCarthy
Frank S. McGee
Nicholas A Lanese
Arthur Clifford
E Stanton Kennedy
Board of Education
Edward R. MacPadden
Raymond C. Lyddy
Executive to Address Quality Control Group
Robert W. Cheetham, corporate director of quality control at Armstrong Rubber in West Haven, will speak on The Role of Quality Assurance in the Mature Industrial Organization at the March meeting of the New Haven section of the American Society for Quality Control. The section includes Bridgeport area members.
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Robert W. Cheetham
New Haven
American Society For Quality Control
Bridgeport
Mr. Cheetham
Armstrong Rubber Company
West Haven
Renewal Agency Sets State St Plan Amid Moves At City Hall
The renewal agency asked HUD to allow revised price offers for four properties. Peter A. La Porta moved to hire Karl G. Kaffenberger for 900 dollars to perform third appraisals on negotiating properties. The meeting opened in McLevy Hall’s new second floor conference room as the agency marks a decade in the building and looks to April elections.
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Housing ‘and Urban Development Department
Peter A. Laporta
Karl G. Kaffenberger
Hartford
McLevy Hall
Public Works Office
Cushman
Redevelopment Agency
Prigines
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Singapore
London
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr
Henry K. Yordon
Anti-Poverty Unit Board
Beatrice Brown
Welcker
Europe
Frassinelli, Jolly
Lafayette Mall
AFREE
Tay
Redeymede
Leon Ib
Chuck, California
del Monte
Skow-Rite Orange Juice
Sverr
California
Witton
Frozen Food Dept
Birds Eye Treats
Priess
Warsh Ts
Main’ ST
State St
West Side
Venezuela
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