Nations back 35 dollar gold price pledge Basel talks
Nations backing U S measures to halt gold drain announce they will maintain the price at 35 dollars an ounce. Federal Reserve chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. says he is very satisfied with the result as central bank heads meet at Basel to curb speculation in European gold markets.
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Switzerland
U.S
William McChesney Martin Jr
U.S. Federal Reserve Board
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Bank For International Settlements
United States
Four Hostages Freed as Oregon State Pen Prison Riot Ends
Rioting inmates at Oregon State Penitentiary freed four hostages unharmed and surrendered after 18 hours. Guards regained control at about 10:15 am. The blaze damaged much of the facility, with 90 percent of wooden structures reportedly destroyed and cells C and D deemed uninhabitable. Warden W T Gladden resigned due to illness amid negotiations led by six inmate spokesmen and corrections administrator Georges T Randall.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Penitentiary
Georges T. Randall
Randall
Richard Cormack
W.T. Gladden
Five Teens Held In Burglaries At Sears Barker's
Five teenagers two of them juveniles were arrested in two department store burglaries that spanned Sears Roebuck at Lafayette Plaza Bread Street and Barker's on Huntington Turnpike. Police say $10 000 in cash and loot were taken during the weekend break. Suspects include Frederick Sherwood 17 Ronald Racowski 16 and a 15 year old.
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Pete Mastronardi
Sears-Roebuck
Lafayette Plaza
Bread Street
Emil Mete
Uniform Patrol Division
Barker
Huntington Turnpike
Sears
Frederick Sherwood
Iranistan Avenue
Ronald Racowski
Waller Road
Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast Today
Foggy morning then partly sunny afternoon and mild with a high in the mid 40s. Fair and cooler tonight and Tuesday with a low in the 20s. Precipitation risk 30 percent this morning, 18 percent this afternoon and tonight. Temperature highs yesterday 45, lows 38. barometer 24.77 inches. humidity around 9 p.m. Almanac notes mark March 11 as the 71st day of the year and 81st day of winter.
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U.S
Bridgeport
Czechs Honor Pro-West Masaryk Two Decades After Death
Thousands marched in a public memorial for Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakia’s pro-Western foreign minister who died in 1948. A wreath ceremony at Masaryk's grave near Prague marked liberalization under the new regime, with posters pledging truth and freedom and U.S. Ambassador Beam among the wreathers.
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LANY
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Diplonmat
Palais Czernin
Foreign Ministry
Ta’ Masaryk
Off
U.S
Jacob Beam
Jan
Thomas
Jan Masaryk
GOP Figures Urge Rockefeller to Enter White House Race
More than 20 top Republicans met with Gov. Nelson Rockefeller in his Fifth Avenue apartment and urged him strongly to seek the presidential nomination. The group said Rockefeller will consult leaders in the coming days and decide himself, with seven governors, three senators and five congressmen present. Rockefeller, saying he will not run unless drafted, was not available after the meeting. Nixon, Rockefeller’s neighbor, was in his apartment briefly before heading to New Hampshire.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller
Tom McCall
Oregon
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
New Hampshire
8 From State Are Killed in Auto Accidents
The Associated Press reports Connecticut traffic accidents claimed six lives over the weekend. Two Connecticut men died in a Rhode Island crash Saturday night. Arthur A. Lehner, 49, of Grafton, was found dead Sunday near Old Military Highway in Groton after his car struck a rock. An autopsy will decide if death was from accident injuries or another cause.
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Associated Press
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Arthur A. Lehner
Grafton
Old Military Highway
Groton
Mount Sinai
UN effort in Mideast collapses after Egypt rejection
Jerusalem report says Gunnar Jarring’s bid to break the Arab Israeli stalemate collapsed as Egypt refused to meet or engage with Israel. Jarring briefed Abba Eban for 90 minutes in Jerusalem and Cairo noted Egypt’s blaming Israel. Israel signaled readiness to cooperate with U.N. diplomacy and Jarring planned to return to Nicosia.
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al Ahram
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Britain
France
India
Spain
Italy
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Middle East
U.N. Security Council
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Syria
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Judge Flynn LaudS Ireland At Stratford Hibernian Breakfast
Judge John L. Flynn of the New York State Supreme Court spoke at the 18th annual John F. Kennedy division breakfast in Journey's Inn after Mass at St. James church Stratford. He praised Ireland and its people noting their warmth humor and loyalty to Americans. Other speakers included Mayor Hugh Curran and U S Rep Donald Irwin.
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Doty
John L. Flynn
New York State Supreme Court
John F. Kennedy
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Journey's Inn
St. James Church
Stratford
Ireland
Flynn
Judge Flynn
Hibernian
Pennsylvania
Bridgeport Hibernians
Hibernians
Hugh ¢. Curran
U.S
Donald J. Irwin
D-Conn
Nixon and McCarthy Face New Hampshire Test Tuesday
Sen Eugene J McCarthy prepares to challenge President Nixon in New Hampshire as the first state primary nears. Nixon plots a sweep of Republican voters with stops in Nashua and visits to five campaign HQs while McCarthy attends receptions and urges write in votes for Johnson.
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N.H
Eugene J. McCarthy
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
McCarthy
Democratic Organization
Nixon
Nashua
Minnesota
Dokey the Clown to Perform at Lafayette Plaza Grand Opening
Dokey the Clown, real name Erwin Alberian, will present three daily shows at Lafayette Plaza during the shopping center’s Grand Opening. The acts feature balloon animal art and appear Thursday Friday and Saturday at 2, 4, 7 p.m. on Thu Fri and 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Sat.
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Lafayette Plaza
Dokey the
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Milton Berle
Jack Paar
Johnny Carson
Dokey
Erwin Alberian
Clarabell the Clown
Featherman
Gus Gasbag
Sir Clacky Wack the Clown
Miss. Sunbeam
Kedso the Clown
U.S. Rubber
Blabbermouth
Mr. Alberian
New York
Pittsburgh Teachers Vote to End Strike
Pittsburgh teachers vote to end an 11 day walkout as part of a settlement with state legislators and a judge. Albert Fondy says the union won a right to an election to select a bargaining agent before Easter vacation, with schools set to resume today after two days of high school closures.
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Pittsburgh
Albert Fondy
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Aflcio
Board of Education
Fondy
Very Heavy Fighting Is Seen Ahead
SAIGON AP Gen Westmoreland forms a new command to block five Communist divisions threatening Thua Thien and Quang Tri provinces. He warns of more very heavy fighting as Red gunners shell allied positions and U.S. Marine bases brace for a major assault. North Vietnamese shelling targets Cua Viet area and Dong Ha, with casualties and fuel losses reported.
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William C. Westmoreland
South Vietnam
Westmoreland
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Quang Tri
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Cua Viet River
U.S
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