Public Input Divided On Bridge Across Long Island Sound
Hearing in Bridgeport examines feasibility of a Bridgeport to Port Jefferson span with about 50 attendees. Local officials from Bridgeport Fairfield and Stratford offered varied, cautious positions while voices ranged from support to opposition on details and planning.
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Alan E. Schoenhaus
Long Island Sound
Bridgeport
Port Jefferson
L.I
Long Island
iPrivate
Foes of Austerity Budget Endanger British Regime
London AP reports left wing opponents and unions threaten Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labor government over austerity measures. The barrage comes as the pound fluctuates after France calls for a return to the gold standard. Opposition conservatives attack the budget while labor leaders demand wage protections and tax changes.
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London
Harold Wilson
Charles de Gaude
France
World Monetary Sysstem
House of Commons
whatiIain “Macleod
Roy Jenkins
Jenkins
Wilson
Stanley Orme
Confederation of British
Peter Shore
Trade ‘Unions Congress
TUC
Britain
Humphrey tuxedo flight sparks GOP cost clash
Rep H R Gross cites Air Force Jet Star trip Scranton to Washington to fetch Humphrey luggage as wasteful. Air Force says $704 check covered the round trip with operation cost $352 per hour. Details differ with the Air Operations Office offering another account.
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Washington
H. R. Gross
House
Special Air Force
Hubert H. Humphrey
Scranton
Johnson
Air Force
Gross
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Humphrey
Cary Grant Accused of LSD Use in Divorce Suit
Dyan Cannon testified in Los Angeles that Cary Grant regularly used LSD for a decade and once beat her, laughing and screaming as he did. She said he confided about drug use and that he was an unfit father, citing a Beverly Hills beating and an Oscars night incident.
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Los,angeles
UPI
Dyan Cannon
Cary Grant
Miss Cannon
Grant
Las Vegas
New
Superior ‘Court
Robert A. Wenke
Jennifer
Beverly Hills
Allied Forces Kill 142 Viet Cong Near Saigon Battle
Near Saigon, allied forces say 142 Viet Cong troops were killed in a fierce engagement as about 400 enemy attacked 1,000 yards from the capital. Tan Son Nhut air base endured a brief shelling with minor aircraft damage and no casualties.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Tan Son Whut
Jane Capital
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
U.S. 25Th Infantry
General Shoup proposes peace plan for Vietnam
General David M. Shoup told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that a military victory in South Vietnam is impossible and he submitted his own peace plan. He urged that the United States and South Vietnamese presidents seek North Vietnam to set a time and place for negotiations.
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Washington
David M. Shoup
Marine Corps
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnamese
North Vietnam
Threat to dollar serious says LBJ tax hike urged
President Johnson calls the dollar threat immediate and serious and urges Congress to promptly pass a 10 percent income tax surcharge. He says the hour is late and the need is urgent.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
De Gaulle Presses U.S. Return to Gold Standard
Paris reports Charles de Gaulle demands a return to the gold standard to finance world trade. He criticizes the current system backed by American and British reserves as inequitable and calls for reform based on universal gold backing. Gold prices in Paris fall toward the official $35 level as markets react.
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de Gaulle
U.S
Paris
Charles de’ Gaulle
France
United States
London
Dayan Hurt in Tel Aviv Cave In During Archaeology Dig
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, famed war hero, was buried briefly in a cave in at Azor near Tel Aviv while working on an archaeological dig. He suffered arterial injury and broken ribs but doctors reported no immediate danger and Dayan remained in satisfactory condition. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol visited him as rescue teams treated him.
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Tel Aviv
Ruth Dayan
Moshe Dayan
Tel-Hashomer Hospital
Dayan
Haim’ Shieber
Tel Hashomer Hospital
Prayel
Israel
Levi Eshkol
Haim
Bar-Lev
Ruth
Azor
Cholon
Jordan
Five Fairfield men among victims of Terrible Mountain crash
West on Vermont authorities report seven Connecticut men aboard a Beechcraft, including five Fairfield county residents, were killed when the twin engine plane crashed on Terrible Mountain near Springfield. Pilot thrown clear. four executives from Perkin Elmer and two pilots identified among the dead. Rescue teams persisted through snow to recover bodies from the wreckage in the remote central Vermont peak.
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Weston
Connecticut
Fairfield County
Terrible
Vermont
Bridgeport
Conn
Springfield
Here
Civil Air Patrol
Los
Perkin-Elmer Corporation
Norwalk
Donald J. Scale
Minturn Road
Leonard F. Glancy
Woolsley Avenue
Trumbull
James FE
Etterré
Stratfield Road
Fairfield
Glancy
Burton B. Burks
Linden Street
Wilbur Spafford
Sky Edge Drive
Bethel
Jones & Lamson Co
Frederick Viewig
Granby
William Benham
West Hartford
Perkin
Israelis Attack Arab Raiders in Jordan Territory
Israeli forces bombarded guerrilla camps on the east bank of the Jordan River in Jordanian territory early today. An army communique said troops moved against terrorist bases used for sabotage against Israel and its citizens with withdrawal planned after the operation.
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Tel Aviva
East Bank
Jordan River
Jordan
Israel
Kol
House Passes TV Radiation Bill To Set Standards
The House passed legislation to shield the public from radiation emissions in electronic products including color televisions. It directs the Department of Health Education and Welfare to create a radiation control program and set performance standards with industry cooperation and R D grants. The department noted uncertainty about how many color TV sets emit hazards or how many other devices may be affected.
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Washington
House
Senate
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House Interstate Committee
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