Commuter Unit Pushes Plea for Probe of CTA
CTA director Kanell faces scrutiny as the Connecticut Transportation Authority outlines progress and plans amid calls for greater public PR and transparency. He contends federal funds could cover much of the $53 million needed, enabling rapid modernization and continued service on the New York to New Haven line while seeking inclusion in the Penn Central merger. Westport officials express support for disclosure while urging more public information. Missouri note adds a light aside about state symbols.
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Connecticut
Michael Morano
Greenwich
Kanell
CTA
New Haven Road
Morano
ICC
Washington
New York
New York-Connecticut
New Haven
Kaneil
Penn- Central
Department of Commerce
Authority
Baldwin
Transportation Committee
Westport First Selectman
Herbert FE
Ann Richards
Westport Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Ex-aide Alleges Dodd Used Money Orders For Bills
Testimony depicts James Dodd’s aide O’Hare saying money orders and personal checks funded campaign and tax bills. O’Hare described forging signatures on some orders to create the appearance funds came from Dodd. He linked the practice to loan arrangements with the D.C. Committee for Dodd and to misbilling of travel and honorarium expenses.
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Michael V. O'Hare
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
Senate Ethics Committee
O'Hare
Dodd
Alor
Senate
D.C
O'Haren
Fern
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Riggs National Bank
D.C. Committee
Sen. Dodd
Pipe Dodd
John F. Sonnett
O’hare
B.C. Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
Sannett
Sennett
Sen
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
John Sherman Cooper
Ed Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
Sonnett
Schneider
O'Hre
Alvin Oremland
Schneider’s
Oremland
Edward B. Lockett
San Francisco
Miami
Seattle
Tucson
Los Angeles
Connecticut
Dunbar Associates, Inc
Newington
Newington, Conn
Washington
Fetter
Martin
Ferman
Spanel
Irving Ferman
Connecticut, Bank and Trust Co
Hartford National Bank and Trust Co
Julian G. Sourwine
Internal Security Subcommittee
Sourwine
Axcheck
Jay Sourwine
James P. Boyd Jr
Boyd
Roydi
Showdown by Big Ten on Illinois Saturday
Big Ten faculty representatives set a Saturday meeting to decide whether Illinois must fire three coaches over an athletic slush fund scandal. Conference Commissioner Bill Reed announced the date after Illinois President David D. Henry requested a show cause hearing to contest the coaches’ dismissal.
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Chicag
UPI
Big Ten
University of Illinois
Bill Reed
Illinois
David D. Henry
One Game Playoff Set If Pistons Bulls Tie
If Detroit and Chicago finish the NBA season tied for fourth in the Western Division a one game playoff would decide the final playoff berth NBA president Walter Kennedy said Wednesday.
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Pistons
Bulls
New York
UPI
Detroit
Chicago
NBA
Walter Kennedy
Fire Board Urges Police to Shield Firefighters from Stones
Fire officials accuse police of slow response as rocks bottles and heavy metal pieces threaten crews at residential blazes. Chief Jennings and Commissioner Mur phy demand action to stop juvenile abuse and protect life saving work. Court sanctions urged for youths involved in such mischief.
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Jennings
Francis
Chandler
Gerald Murphy
Murphy
Salvatore Spadaccino
Raymond W. Knapp
E. Eugene Spear
Joseph J. Massicotte
Wordin Avenue
St. Stephen's’ Road
Legislators Push State Buy Cockenoe Island
Connecticut lawmakers urge state acquisition of Cockenoe Island using eminent domain if needed. Senator Frederick Pope Jr calls for a favorable report, stressing island's natural state and risk of sale to the wrong hands. Bill is sponsored by Gunther Lyddy Caldwell Pope Lupton Rudolf.
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Connecticut
Cockence Island
Frederick Pope, Jr
Rfairfield
Cockenoe
Gunther
Raymond C. Lyddy
Bridgeport
J. Edward Caldwell
Pope
John M. Lupton
Waston
Rudolf
Pilot Missing In South Vietnam After Air Force F-100 Down
A spokesman said the F-100 Super Sabre was downed by enemy ground fire 27 miles south southeast of Saigon and the pilot is missing. An Army helicopter near Kontum was forced to land with no injuries. Guam bombers struck Hue and other targets as U.S. air raids rise with better weather and more troops deployed in the South.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
Kontum City
Thia Thien
Imperial
Hue
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Haiphong
Vietnam
U.5
Johnson
Tennessee
Nashville
Robert F. Kennedy
DNY
South
Guam
Nguyen Cao Ky
White House
Honolulu
Manila
Da-Nang
Mad
da Nang
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Quang Ngai
A.U.S
Philippines
Hobart
Subic Naval Base
United States
Australia
Defoe Shipbuilding Co
Bay City
Mich
G. R. Griffiths
Gai
Etvision
Teas
Jee Jorman
International Association of Democratic Lawyers
Hom Gat
Hanoi
Irom
Pathet Cao
Lage
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Pathet Lao
Britain
Soviet Union
Cochairmen
Laos
Pirates Weight Talk Sparks Midnight Clubhouse Session
Willie Stargell arrived at 235 pounds prompting the Pirates to scrap his old diet and impose a new plan. Manager Harry Walker held a lengthy one on one talk with Stargell in the clubhouse as the weight issue stirred the team.
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Fort Myers
Fla
UPI
Willie Stargell
Pirate Brass
Can
Harry Walker
Stargell
Kentucky Draft Board Defends Negro Registrants in Louisville
Clay Isote asks 4-D religious exemption and challenges Local Board 47 over alleged discrimination. Judge Gordon refused a temporary restraining order as the presidential appeals board reviews the case. Board chairman notes April 1 induction and asserts no color-based discrimination despite west Louisville’s mostly Black registrants.
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Ee yAll
Kentucky
Edward T
Brethitt
Taylor Davidson
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
National ‘Selective Service
United States
Gordon
Clay
Presidential Appeals Board
Sherman
Robert Terry Downs
Louisville
Rams stun draft with Tommie Smith in ninth round
The Los Angeles Rams selected Tommie Smith in the ninth round as a surprise pick. Smith, 21, is a renowned sprinter from San Jose State College with 100 yards in 9.3 seconds and world record times in the 200 meter dash. He will join NFL duties after the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
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UPI
Los Angeles Rams
Tommie Smith
Ram
Smith
Mexico City
San Jose State College
California
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