Hyman backs RFK candidacy on personal basis
Massachusetts Democratic State Chairman Lester B. Hyman said he will support Robert F. Kennedy for the Democratic nomination but remains neutral until after the April 10 preferential primary. He stressed his personal views won’t affect official duties and cited Kennedy’s ability to inspire during national crisis.
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Boston
Lester
Hyman
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Lyndon Johnson
Sen. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Sen. McCarthy
Speeding Trials Result in Fines and Acquittal
Circuit court fined Bernard Griffith 65 dollars after a jury found him guilty of speeding on Route 25 and added 25 dollars for driving without headlights. Jorge Oliveras paid a 50 dollar fine after pleading guilty on State Street near Fairfield town line. Aumelia Cuifeu was acquitted and freed.
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John Alexander
Bernard E.griffith
Randall Drive
Trumbull
Jorge Oliveras
State Street
Joseph Adamo
Aumelia
Ciufecu
Laurel, Avenue
Anthony Urbanovsky
Griffith
Oakland
Oliveras
Bridgeport
Fairfield
Cjufecu
Connecticut Turnpike
Westway Road
Samuel Liskey
Cuifecu
State Insurance Man Addresses Safety Meeting
Dr. William Haddon Jr. of the National Highway Safety Bureau told about 300 attendees at a traffic safety conference in Northbrook that road injuries stem from daily problems and cannot be treated in isolation. Sterling Tooker of Travelers Insurance urged public-set safety goals rooted across states and communities.
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Northbrook
Federal
William Haddon Jr
National Highway Safety Bureau
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Sterling
F. Tooker
Hartford
Home Ransacked at 118 Princeton Street
The home of John Bachlada at 118 Princeton Street was entered yesterday in an unknown manner and ransacked. Police report an undetermined amount of cash is missing.
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John Bachlada
Princeton Street
Scout Expo 68 to Feature 100 Exhibits and Acts
Scout Expo 68 promises the largest local show with 100 exhibits and live acts by Cub Scouts Boy Scouts and Explorers. The Pamperaug council stages the two day event April 26 27 at Peasure Beach ballroom with 40 units already signed up and a planning session set at the General Electric Institute.
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Pamperaug Council
Boy Scouts of America
Peasure Beach
Friends of Scouting
General Electric Institute
Everett E. Zissell
Torrential N E Storm Hits New England Floods Tided
A torrential storm drenched southern New England with up to seven inches of rain, floods hit Boston area streets, thousands lost heat and power, and a federal aid push began as rivers rose. Gov Volpe sought SBA aid for businesses while Sen Kennedy urged federal emergency measures. Major roads flooded, 46 000 phones out, 800 families housed, Blue Hills recorded 7.72 inches.
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Boston
New England
John A. Volpe
Small Business Administration
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Massachusetts
Kennedy
U.S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Blue’ Hills Observatory
Milton
Rhode Island
New England Telephone Co
Storrow Drive
Charles River
GI Who Lost Leg In Viet War Joins New York Police
A para trooper sergeant who lost a leg in Vietnam will become a probationary patrolman with the New York City Police Department. Sgt Gerard P Simpson Jr, 23, wounded above the knee, will start on telephone switchboard duty then move to other law enforcement duties. Com missioner Howard R Leary noted a one legged officer has never before joined the force.
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NEW York
New York City
Howard R. Leary
Gerard P. Simpson Jr
Simpson
Leary
Plan improves warning system for airmen in Vietnam
The Air Force will better warn off base airmen in private quarters of imminent Viet attacks and provide weapons. Weapons and ammo will be sent to billeted personnel as needed with emergency kits for off-base occupants. Alerts may come via telephone radio and public address systems and armed runners.
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Washington
Air Force
Vietnam
Thomas S. Kleape
North Dakota
Eleope
Start Scholarship Fund For Slain Sophomore
Towson Maryland AP report says classmates of 15 year old sophomore Craig B Beckley are creating the Craig B Beckley Memorial Scholarship Fund at Lansdowne High School to honor his memory after he died saving a girl from troublemakers. The drive aims for $5,000 and has raised $332 so far.
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Towson
Lansdowne Senior High School
Craig B. Beckley
Young Beckley
City Board Reviews 2000 Apartment Bedrooms Plan
The planning board considers a priority map proposing 2000 additional apartment bedrooms on 433 acres in nine areas. Existing 27000 bedrooms are under construction or approved. The board seeks legal guidance on prorated allotment and will keep areas confidential due to map’s preliminary status.
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Robert Kapusta
Two Prisoners Escape From Bridgeport Police Van
Police said two drug offenders, Paul Ferrigno aged 26 of 887 Hancock Avenue and Patrick Patterson aged 28 of Fairfield, remain at large after escaping from a Bridgeport police van on Park Avenue. They broke from the van en route from Circuit Court to the State jail at 1 p.m. March 6, possibly by freeing handcuffs. Court cases for Ferrigno and Patterson were continued to March 30 and April 3 respectively.
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Bridgeport
Paul Ferrigno
Hancock Avenue
Patrick Patterson
Berrylané Court
Fairfield
Circuit Court
State Jail
North Avenue
Park Avenue
Dirksen to appear in feature film The Monitors
Everett M. Dirksen senator and recording artist joins Wilding Studios Chicago to act in its feature film The Monitors. Several scenes are being filmed in Chicago.
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Chicago
Everett M. Dirksen
Tudsay
Wilding Studios
Senate
Kennedy widow avoids campaigning question in Colorado
In Vail Colorado Mrs John F Kennedy the widow of the late president arrived with Secret Service protection to ski with friends and her children Caroline and John Jr amid questions about supporting Robert F Kennedy in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Vail
Colo
John’ F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Denver
Secret Service
Rocky Mountain
Caroline
John Jr
Kennedy
Murray
McDonnell
Golden Peak Mountain
Ann Bridges
McCarthy Would Back RFK If Faced with Kennedy Johnson Choice
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy said he would support Robert F. Kennedy over President Johnson if the Democratic convention ballot showed he could not win himself. He urged huge housing and education programs and a guaranteed annual income while denouncing the Vietnam war.
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Robert Kennedy
Hyman
Sen.McCarthy
Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Minnesota
Johnson
New Hampshire
Kennedy
New York
McCarthy
Vietnam
Japanese Extremist Sentenced for Railway Station Attack
Toshita ka Suridale, 25, a right wing extremist, received 14 months in prison for striking Soviet Deputy Premier Nikolai Baibakov with a wooden sword at Nagoya railway station on January 24. Baibakov was uninjured. Suridate said he opposed Sino Soviet ties and aimed to publicize his views. His lawyers plan to appeal.
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Nagoya
Japan
Nikolai K.baibakov
Toshitaka Suridale
Baibakov
Suridate
Soviet Union
Dirksen Voices Criticism of Proposed Senate Ethics Code
Republican Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois attacked parts of the proposed Senate ethics code as unworkable vague and offensive and urged a common code with the House. The plan would require annual public and sealed financial disclosures for senators and staff plus possible investigations, with Mansfield supporting stronger disclosure while others warned of delays in reaching agreement.
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Dirksen
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Senate
Public Report
Mansfield
Stewars
John Stennis
D-Miss
Howard Cannon
New
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Navy Reports On Radioactive Waste Disposal
The 1966 surveys of harbor radioactivity near naval nuclear ships show no increase above background levels. Liquid waste discharges were lower than in 1965. Low level cobalt 60 was detectable near berthing piers in seven harbors but not in general harbor bottoms. Totals by base include Groton 0.3 curies and Pearl Harbor 0.6 curies, with several others at 0.001 to 0.007 curies.
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Washington
Navy
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Curles
Groton- New’ Condon
Conn
Electric Boat Division
State Pier
Pearl Habor
Hawaii
Naval Shipyard
Norfolk, Va
Charleston
D.C
San Diego
Calif
Ballast Point
Valejo
Democrats in House back LBJ amid 1964 election push
A group led by Majority Leader Carl Albert advocated for President Johnson with support from Reps. Rooney McFail Edmondson Patman Clark and Irwin. They cited Kennedy’s choice of Johnson and Johnson’s fulfillment of pledges while urging peace talks, noting rivals Kennedy and McCarthy did not receive explicit mentions.
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Washington
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
House Democrats
Johnson
Albert
House
John F. Kennedy
United States
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Vietnam
Bert
Hanoi
John J. Rooney
New York
Jack McFail
California
Ed Edmondson
Wright Patman
Texas
Frank M. Clark
Pennsylvania
Donald J. Irwin
Connecticut
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Student's Studies Could Lead To Prediction Of Earthquakes
Golden Colorado AP reports geo chemistry doctoral candidate George E. Rouse 33 at Colorado School of Mines suggests his work using a toy globe indicates correlations between quake zones and magnetic field variations. He and professor Ramon E. Bisque warn findings could help predict global earthquakes someday.
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Golden
Colo
George E. Rouse
Colostada School of Mines
Washington
U.g.se
U.S
United States
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Panmunjom
Ramon E. Bisque
Rouse
Bisque
South America
Africa
Russia
Bolivia
Moon
Scientists declare no hazard from Thule B52 crash fallout
A 21 member US Danish team at the Pentagon says four hydrogen bombs shattered in the Thule Greenland crash pose no danger to humans or wildlife. They report extensive data from ice and areas around the site confirming safety, with debris to be shipped for disposal and contaminated snow stored for removal by ship.
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Washington
Greenland
Thule
Atomic Energy Commission
Amarillo
Tex
United States
Pentagon
U.S
Strikers OK Phelps Dodge Contract Breaks Ninth Month Stalemate
Unions hail a breakthrough as Phelps Dodge reaches a wage and fringe benefits pact covering copper mining smelting and refining workers in Arizona Texas Arkansas and New York. The deal precedes settlements at Kennecott American Smelting Anaconda and Chase Brass and Copper, with broader industry pressure to follow.
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Washington
Ne-Jing Co
Kennecotts
Bright Copper Corp
Anaconda Co
Phelps
White House
American Smelting & Refining
Dodge
Phelps Dodge
Aund
J. Kellnecott
Tenta
Phelps Dodge ‘Corp
Arizona
Texas
Arkansas
Stan Uinde
New York
Kennecott
Chase Brass and Copper Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Fordyce
Ark
Yonkers
Chase Ney
Afl-Cio
United Steel
Afl-Cio International Assoworkers
Anaconda
American Smelting & Refin
Tex- 25
Lottery prizes drawn in New York grand tier
Three tickets held by Connecticut residents were among 60 drawn for New York State lottery grand tier prizes from five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. Connecticut entrants Agnes and Jack Malerba of Norwich and Arthur Whitcomb of Wilton with Pauline Walker of South Norwalk held post positions two and three, awaiting post positions for a horse race draw to determine precise amounts.
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Albany
N.Y
Connecticut
New York State
Agnes
Jack
Malerba
Norwich
Arthur Whitcomb
Wilton
Pauline Walker
South Norwalk
Woman Wounded in Stabbing Case Leads to Arrest Warrant
Stamford woman Arlene M Warner 25 is hospitalized in critical condition after a stabbing in Danbury that left Charles Pough 29 in critical condition. Police issued an arrest warrant for Warner charging assault with intent to commit murder. Davis 42 is detained on aggravated assault.
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Danbury
Stamford
Stamford Hospital
Arlene M. Dolly Warner
Main Street
Charles Pough
Nichols Street
Louis’ Davis
Davis
Miss Warner
Pough Tamaing
Danbury Hospital
White
Pough
Miss Wagner
Annual Session Bid Pressed by GOP Legislator
Hartford AP report says Rep. Vincent Laudone urges annual Connecticut legislative sessions to curb a 60 million dollar two year deficit. He argues annual appropriations would reduce economic uncertainty and let voters decide the session cadence. He contrasts Democratic dominance in 1967 with Republican surpluses in 1963 and 1965.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Vincent A. Laudone
Norwich
Lonce
Laudone
General Assembly
Dempsey
Biating
Pelican from Greece Begins U S Tour on Immigrant Passport
A 20 pound pelican named Jason from Rhodes arrives at Kennedy Airport on a Greek diplomatic passport to start a month long U S tour promoting Greece. He travels with Dimitrios Repouskos and will visit major American cities including New York attractions like the aquarium and Bronx Zoo. Sponsors include Epirotiki Lines Olympic Airways the Greek National Organization and Rhodes mayor George Vrouchos. Jason eats about 10 pounds of fish daily.
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New York
Kennedy Airport
United States
Greece
Jason
Rhodes
Athens
Dimitrios Repouskos
the Pelican
Epirotiki Lines
Olympic Airways
George Vrouchos
Pelican
Aquarium
Bronx Zoo
Fifth Avenue
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