Bridgeport Post and Telegram Pricing and Publication Details
The Bridgeport Post and Bridgeport Telegram publish daily and morning editions with a Sunday Post option. Subscriptions run yearly or semiannually with rates varying by region, and single copies priced accordingly. The papers are members of the Associated Press and printed in Bridgeport Connecticut.
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Hartford Eyes Penalty for Leaving Car Keys in Parked Cars
Hartford police urge a bill to arrest motorists who leave keys in ignition when parking on streets. Proposed fine ranges from 10 to 25 dollars. Supporters include Herbert Bland and Joseph P. Cooney. Captain Benjamin Goldstein cites rising auto thefts from 796 in 1965 to 829 in 1966.
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Hartford Police Department
Legislative Judiciary Committee
Herbert Bland
Connecticut Association of Independent Insurance Agents
Joseph P. Cooney
Hartford
Benjamin Goldstein
Capt. Goldstein
Debate over wiretapping and police eavesdropping rights
The piece argues for retaining legal wiretapping as an extension of search and seizure, noting constitutional safeguards and past abuses. It contrasts presidential calls for a national ban with a bill to permit limited court ordered wiretaps, urging trust in police and courts.
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Republic
Internal Revenue Service
Johnson
Congress
John McClellan
Arkansas
Senate Judiciary
J. Edward Lumbard
U.S. Court of Appeals
Caution on Expanding Government Search Powers
The passage argues that extending legislative control over criminal evidence searches may be unnecessary and risky. It questions why granting a more remote form of power could pose less danger than current practices and suggests the danger could increase if we push for broader authority.
Powell Seat Question Looms Over Congress
The Powell case triggers a constitutional clash over who can seat or oust an elected member. The House already voted 307 to 116 against him, while Powell contemplates Supreme Court action. The dispute tests whether a seat can be vacant or held by election despite expulsion efforts, with broader federal versus state authority at stake.
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Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
Senate
House of Representatives
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Supreme Court
Powell
Bimini
Farmers rally to fix pricing through market control
The article notes a 1910s base period compared with January this year showing farmers worse off as costs rise and prices fall. It reports President Johnson’s remarks on farm policy and farmers forming a market-based response by selling livestock to tighten supply and lift prices.
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White House
Johnson
Three Ages of Man Proposed By Wirtz At Conference
Secretary of Labor Wirtz outlined three ages to fit modern life before the National Council of the Aging. The first twenty years would be for education, the next forty for work, and from age sixty a two year return to school to prepare for service to others.
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W. Willard Wirtz
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National Council of the Aging
Wirtz
Council
Shakespeare
Treasury Silver Backing Faces Easing and Possible Elimination
The administration asks Congress to ease or end the silver backing for certificates and to sever the link between silver and U S money. A Joint Commission on Coinage will study changes, while market talk and futures contracts hint at a price rise but several factors may restrain gains.
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Pelnapaww Wien
Mately
Sylvia Porter
U.S
Congress
Washington
Commission
Wall Street
Europe
Treasury
India
China
Debate Over Draft System Reform and Fairness
The piece argues no perfect Selective Service exists and reform can only marginally improve fairness. It critiques deferment rules, favored groups, and the impact on youths, urging earlier draft of younger men and policy changes tied to students and professionals.
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Congress
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Saigon
Damocles
Johnson
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Truman Doctrine and postwar US policy shift described
The article recounts the Truman Doctrine's origins in 1947 as Britain faltered, forcing the United States to aid Greece and Turkey and abandon isolationism. It notes later ties to the Marshall Plan and NATO, and cites President Johnson's Viet Nam rationale as continuing the national security precedent.
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SeLunu Vensun McCclycu
United States
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Nist
Vietnam
Johnson
Truman
Moscow
Britain
Soviet Union
China
Europe
Western
Asia
Leopard disrupts polling in Kerala village during national election
A leopard entered a village polling booth in Kerala during the national election sparking panic among scattered voters before it was driven back to the jungle. No injuries from the animal were reported, though nine voters were hurt in knife fights elsewhere in the village on the same day. Election commissioner said polling was otherwise orderly.
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New Delhi
UPI
Kerala
Apollo Tragedy I Review Highlights NASA Lapses
Holmes Alexander argues the January 27 Cape Kennedy Apollo fire killed Grissom White and Chaffee and set back lunar goals. He cites overconfidence, missing hazard designations, and lack of emergency procedures as core failures, with NASA officials James Webb and Robert Seamans criticized for candor masking deeper flaws.
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Cape Kennedy
Grissom
White
Chaffee
NASA
James Webb
Robert Seamans
Frank Borman
Webb
Borman
George Mueller
Office of Manned Space Flight
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate Investigating Committee
Mueller
Senator Smith
Dr. Mueller
Connecticut House Votes Mark GOP Power Shift In Redistricting Skirmish
In a March 8 session at the Connecticut House, Minority Leader Nicholas Lenge led a maneuver to block a suspension of the rules over aldermanic redistricting for New Haven. The roll call ended 102 to 56, with a second tally raising GOP gains to 102 to 57 as Republicans demonstrated new leverage in a historically Democratic chamber.
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Connecticut
House of Representatives
Alan Olsentmii
House
Nicholas Lenge
West Hartford
New Haven
Inc. A
Lenge
Kenneth Rock
Bristol
Testo
Rock
Kenneth “Rock
Isabel Rock
Wilton
Burglars Seize Utrillo From Singer Trenet Home
Burglars on Saturday night stole a Utrillo painting valued at about 6,000 from the Paris home of popular singer Charcles Trenet. Police investigated the break in and searched for suspects.
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Paris
Charcles Trenet
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