Fire Union Accepts Parity Pay Plan for Year Starting April 1
Bridgeport Fire Fighters Local 834 voted last night to accept a pay raise to parity with policemen for the coming fiscal year starting April 1. The union pressed for continued bargaining talks and debated retroactivity, noting differences with police raises and possible state law precedence. A special council meeting and civil service actions are slated before March 31 to finalize the amended contract and extend hikes to supervisory ranks.
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Bridgeport
Fire
Leonard B. Kershner
Kershner
Thomas J. Barrett
Barrett
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Bridgeport Plan to Tap Housatonic River for Public Water
Hartford hearing backed a bill allowing Bridgeport Hydraulic to draw water from the Housatonic below Stevenson dam for future public supply. President Frederick B. Silliman warned of a 1973 crisis and said desalination is too costly, with tapping the river as the practical solution. The plan, using about 5 percent of daily flow, would not affect recreation or water levels.
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Hartford
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Housatonic
Stevenson Dam
Monroe
Frederick B. Silliman
Public Utilities Committee
Bridgeport
Fairfield County
Jower
Silliman
Connecticut
Public Utilities Commission
Norwalk
Housatonic River
Military seizes Sierra Leone after election
Brig. David Ansana announced the military has taken over Sierra Leone after the weekend general election. Civilian leaders including the governor-general and opposition figure Siaka Stevens were reportedly under house arrest at State House as vote results remained unannounced.
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AP Yilephota
Sierra Leone
David Lansana
British Commonwealth
Freetowwn
Davidansana
Siaka P. Stevens
State House
Lan
Stratford Council Receives Lewis Gut Bridge Plan
Special meeting reveals a bridge project engineered by Wesley Cronk with a 15 foot clearance over Lewis Gut to open Great Meadows for industry. Extension of Garfield Avenue would reach Long Beach and connect Pleasure Beach to the mainland, enabling removal of the old Pleasure Beach bridge and allowing dredging for a deep water port. Leonard Perlmutter chairs Stratford Economic Committee.
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Stratford
Wesley W. Cronk
Lewis Gut
Great Meadows
Garfield Avenue
Stratford Meadow
Long Beach
Pleasure Beach
Leonard Perlmutter
Stratford Economic Ce
New School a Possibility For the Lower East Side
The Lower East Side may gain a new elementary school within years if federal approval for the citys general neighborhood renewal plan is granted. The Community Development department at City Hall outlined potential demolition of existing schools and construction of a new facility as part of the redevelopment effort.
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Lower East Side
City Hall
Tee
Joseph M. Dearborn
Seventeen CATV Franchises Awarded by Connecticut PUC
Hartford AP The Connecticut Public Utilities Commission awarded 17 CATV franchises on a three year term to serve 89 towns from some 25 applicants. Eastern Cablevision won Stratford Milford Ansonia Derby Shelton Orange and Woodbridge. Teleprompter won Danbury Bethel Middletown Portland Middlefield East Hampton Cromwell. New Milford Cablevision won New Milford Bridgewater. Hearings began in 1964 and concluded in 1966 as regulators assign areas and rights to operators.
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Hartford
Connecticut
State Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Eastern Cablevision Company of
Westport
Stratford
Milford
Ansonia
Derby
Shelton
Orange
Woodbridge
Teleprompter Corporation of
New York City
Danbury
Bethel
Middletown
Portland
Middlefield
East Hampton
Cromuwell
New Milford Cablevision
New Milford
Bridgewater
Congressmen Spent $718,278 on Overseas Travel in 1966
Congressmen and committees report total overseas travel costs of 718,278 for 1966. State and Defense departments pay most transportation costs, with the Transportation line listing 54,466 in expenses and 57,865 covered by the State Department.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congressional Record
U.S
State Department
Defense Department
House Government Operations Committee
State Department For Transportation
House Agriculture Committee
Johnson presses for peace as Hanoi rebuffs direct talks
President Johnson, returning from Guam, said he would press for an honorable peace in Vietnam despite Ho Chi Minh’s rejection of direct talks. He noted North Vietnam sent a regrettable rebuff and that the offer remains open as U.S. officials conveyed this to Hanoi.
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Washington
Johnson
Guam
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Air Force 1
Andrews Air Force Base
North Vietnam
White House
U.S
Hanoi
United States
South
South Vietnam
Constituent Assembly
Pacific
Great Win for GI as Viet Cong Defeated in Jungle Battle
U S forces of the 4th Infantry Division repelled a large Viet Cong assault in War Zone C near the Cambodian border, inflicting heavy casualties while suffering 30 dead and 109 wounded. A reinforcing armored column aided a 45-man platoon and a 12-man ambush unit in driving the attackers back.
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Satgon
Cambrodian
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
4Rd
U.S
Cambodia
3Rd
Marshall B. Garth
Charlottesville
Peter Arnett
Johnny Andrews
Seattle
Wash
Andrews
Johnson
Guam
27Th Artillery Regiment
Saigon
Junction City
22Nd Infantry Regiment
Demilitarized Zone
Gio Linh
Features for Everybody In Telegram Every Day
Classified page list shows multiple sections including Comics Crossword Dear Abby Dr Brandstadt Editorials Jacoby on Bridge Obituaries Polly's Pointers Sports Sylvia Porter Theater News TV Radio Women’s News and more. It outlines daily features and department pages across the issue.
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Telegram
Dear Abby
Brandstadt
Jacoby
Polly
Cey
Sylvia Porter
Danbury GI's First Vietnam Firefight Reported
Danbury native and photographer Heller joined the First Air Cavalry in Vietnam where teammates engaged in a heavy exchange with communist forces near Bong Son. A medic and two door gunners aided wounded soldiers amid sniper fire, with Captain Mark D. Gatanas among those killed or wounded.
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Danbury
United Press International
B Heller
First Air Cavalry Division
South Vietnam
Heller
Bette
Bong Son
UPI
Lrench
Thad
Medivac
Delbert C. Fox
Portland
Ore
Pfc
Larry Lance
Henderson Ville
Owen Medlin
Nashville, Tenn
Mark D. Gatanas
New York City
Senate approves $20.8 billion defense authorization bill
The Senate passed an $20.8 billion authorization for the next fiscal year with 86 votes in favor and two against. The measure funds aircraft missiles naval vessels and tracked combat vehicles with the rest directed to research and development. It now goes to the House for action while a separate $12.2 billion emergency Vietnam war financing bill also clears the House.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vietnam
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Ernest Gurening
Alaska
Richard B. Russell
D.a
Armed Services Committee
Russia
Stratford Teen Grapples in Ice Cream Lot Fight
A Stratford youth, Augustinus Mitkevicius, 16, was found unconscious and bleeding after a teenage brawl at the Friendly Ice Cream parking lot on Main Street. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital with possible concussion. condition described as fairly good. Suspect Charles Taylor, 17, of Bareham Avenue, fled the scene, was charged with breach of the peace by assault, and held on $1,000 bond for Circuit court. Boots seized from Taylor.
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Stratford
Main Street
Augustinus Mitkevicius
California Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Froderick Moran
John Gaugthan
Charles Taylor
Bareham Avenue
Taylor
Milford Legislators Seek Repeal of Discriminatory Manure Law
Milford lawmakers urge repeal of Section 19-100 of the General Statutes describing manure shipment restrictions. Rep. Clarence J. Platt argues the rule targets Milford and imposes a $50 fine for shipments to the town dock from April through September. The law, dating to pre chemical fertilizer days, singles Milford among 183 towns and cities.
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Hartford
Milford
Clarence J. Platt
Agriculture Committee
Platt
Miford Town
Milford Seed
New York
Boston
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