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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1968

Page

23

Thai Aide Sees Faith in U.S. Eroding Over Viet War Debates

In Bangkok, Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman warns U S debate on Vietnam erodes faith in America in Asia. He says politicians and press foster doubt while communists aim to exploit U S turmoil. He asserts Thailand remains a steadfast ally.

U.S L. Ryan Bangkok Thailand United States Asia America Thanat Khoman Southeast Asia Vietnam Laos South Vietnam Thanat Europe United Little Rock Democracy Sen D-Ark Johnson

New England Faces Escalating Flood Threat Across Six States

As rainfall and melting snow push rivers higher, 200000 sandbags have been distributed with more ordered. The Weather Bureau forecast continued rain and sleet with ice jam risks. towns like Taunton and Billerica prepared evacuations and schools closed while legislators planned emergency flood relief financed by a special bond issue.

Boston UPI New England Weather Bureau Maine New Hampshire Vermont Army Corps of Engineers Federal Office of Emergency Planning Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Taunton Whittenden

Red Cross Seeks Housing For Fire-Routed Families

Bridgeport Red Cross seeks housing for four displaced families totaling 17 people after a hotel Howard fire spread to a nearby residence at 73 Howard Avenue. Officials say the blaze began with cigars and staff note a prior fire last October. Local housing options are checked with no vacancies. contact 235-0191 to offer apartments.

Red Cross Bridgeport The American Red Cross Howard Howard Avenue Lnd Bridgeport Housing Authority Beardsley Terrace

Flood Warning Issued Across Several New England Rivers

United Press International reports a Weather Bureau warning for Connecticut Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire and Vermont of possible major flooding along the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers amid continued rain and snowmelt. Civil Defense teams monitor the Connecticut River as flood levels near crest with 48 hours of danger anticipated and no evacuations planned.

Billerica Boston Concord Marist Fathers Seminary Connecticut River New Hamshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut Long Island Sound Middletown Haddam Cromwell Conn Hartford New Hampshire Bellows Falls Windsor Plainfield N.H Rhode Island Maine Civil Defense Leslie Stanley Androscoggin Weather Bureau Nashua Pepperell New Hampshire Line Charles River Needham Merrimack Rivr Lowell Lawrence Pemigewasset Plymouth Massachusetts Senate Maurice A Donahue D-Holyoke House Robert Quinn United Press International U.s.weather Bureau Rive Forecast Center William D. Schatzman Schatzman Merrimac Merrimack

Salmona to pursue NE congressional bid again

New Haven AP Stelio Salmona, 1966 Republican candidate in the Giaimo seat, will run again in the Third District. District leaders say he is definitely in the race alongside Giaimo incumbent and opponents Herbert Pearce Col Robert Dunnet and Lawrence DeNardis. Salmona, now a public relations man, was previously a TV newsman and had earlier described himself as a non candidate.

New Haven Stelio Salmona Robert N. Giaimo GOP Salmona John Baker Orange Giaimo Herbert H. Pearce North Haven Robert J. Dunnet Milford Lawrence DeNardis Hamden Robert M. Cook American Independent Movement Salmoria

32 Zone Waiver Hearings Set For April 4 In Fairfield

The Zoning Board of Appeals schedules 32 public hearing applications for waivers on April 4 at 3 p.m. in the Town Court room. Listings include estates and individuals seeking setbacks, side lines, yard, and occupancy waivers for properties on Kenwood Avenue, Lawrence Road, Reno Place, Post Road, Pelham Meadow Drive, Carroll Road, Puritan Road, Oldfield Road, Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield Beach Road, Reef Road, Sterling Street, Buena Vista Road, Valley Road, Melody Lane, Mill Plain Road, Sturges Highway, North Cedar Road, and Bronson Road, plus car wash and banking site requests on Post Road and other parcels.

Zoning Board of Appeals Josephine T. Greenawalt Kenwood Avenue Robert Silva Lawrence Road John and Carmella Toscano Black Rock Turnpike Frank E. Manasevil Fairfield Beach Road Daniel C. Barker Reef Road Calabrese and Russo Sterling Street Buena Vista Road Valley Road Philip Pomerantz Melody Lane Charles and Geneva Stefan Mill Plain Road Julian A. Fay Sturges Highway Marjorie E. Norton Flirfield’ Avenue Francis Jean Perry Bronson Road State National Bank of Connecticut Red Star Express

Nugent Assigned to Viet-Bound Air National Guard Unit

Airman 1 C Patrick J Nugent moved from desk duty to flight line in the 113th Tactical Fighter Wing. Officials say the unit is likely headed to Vietnam, a move critics link to Nugent’s status as the President’s son in law. Wing leadership sought to calm morale rumors, stating Nugent’s arrival did not change deployment status. Public notes that another son in law, Marine Capt Charles S Robb, is training for Vietnam duty in California.

Washington UPI 1. C Patrick J. Nugent Air National Guard Nugent 113Th Vietnam Johnson Willard W. Millikan Alexandria Andrews Air Force Base Millikan Pueblo Asia Texas Charles S. Robb California

Bird watchers record 157 species at Chesapeake Bay Bridge count

Cape Charles Va. 1967 Christmas count tallies 157 bird species at the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. A Golden Eagle among the species highlights the diverse population noted during the survey, with gulls serving as the landmark marker for the crossing.

Cape Charles Chesapeake Bay

Pueblo Crew Fears Execution Over Alleged Letter to LBJ

North Korea broadcast says 82 Pueblo crew members wrote letters to President Johnson and U S senators pleading for apology and release. Letters claim intrusion into North Korean waters on January 23 and warn of death if Washington does not admit spying and apologize.

Pueblo LBJ North Korea U.S Democratic People’s Republic of North) Korea Johnson Angelo Salvatore Strano United States Democratic People's Republic of Korea Strano Vincenzo Hartford Conn Richard B. Russell D-Ga George Murphy R-Calif Eugene J. McCarthy D-Minn Stuart Symington Dmo Margaret Chase Smith Maine Dispatch Panmunjom Cmdr Lloyd M. Bucher North South Korea

Parents Doubt Letter Written by Captured Son

Hartford AP report says Angelo Strano's parents question a North Korean broadcast letter said to be from their captured son. They report no letters from him since his capture and doubt he would request an apology from President Johnson.

Wayne D. Anderson Stephen Paul Ellis Darrel Deanwright Peter M.langenberg John White Grant House of Representatives Peter ‘Milton Bandera Paul Laxalt Nevada Sidney Jerry Karnes Havana Ark

City Council Declares Six Cairns Remain Memorials

In Jerusalem six cairns of rubble created by Israeli soldiers will stay as memorials marking the places of heaviest combat during the Arab-Israeli war that began on June 5. The decision was announced by the City Council in a move preserving wartime traces amid ongoing tensions.

Terusalem

Three youths held after robbing boy of 20 cents

Klaus Janson, 16, left Kolbe High School and was robbed of 20 cents by three teens. John Heggs 16 Willie Rucker 16 and John Nesmith 17 were arrested minutes later on assault charges. They were released on $100 bail each pending circuit court arraignment.

Kolbe High School John Heggs Willie Rucker Hamilton Street John Nesmith Panik Kossuth Street Janson Formichella William McGuire Nobile Avenue Crescent Avenue

Howard University students reopen classes amid protests

Rebel students at Howard University begin to reopen classes on Afro American thought taught on the administration lawn as demands grow. They call for the president's resignation and a new black university, with talks continuing and several professors volunteering to teach.

Washington Howard University Don Freeman New School For James M. Nabrit Jr Black University Howard

Contractors Union to Reconvene Over Bridgeport Pact

Representatives of the Associated General Contractors of Bridgeport and Local 2 Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers union will meet Monday at City Hall at 9 30 a.m. The current contract expires March 3. A union spokesman said progress has been made but details were not released. The association represents 25 contractors negotiating with Bridgeport Local 15 00 members.

Associated General Contractors of Bridgeport Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers Union City Hall Joseph N. Granese

Novotny Resigns as Czech President After Years of Rule

Antonin Novotny, symbol of 15 years of Stalinist rule in Czechoslovakia, resigns the presidency after pressure from reformists. Deputy Premier Cernik returns from the Soviet Union with word Moscow will not interfere with reform. Soviets and church leaders react as Dubcek's reform drive advances.

Prague Antonin Novotny Czechoslovakia Moscow Novotny Oldrich Cernik Soviet Union Alexei N. Kosygin National Assembly Communist Polit Frantisek Tomasek Josef Cardinal Beran Rome Beran Jan Sejia United States Alexander Dubcek Bohumir Lemsky Karel Mestek Alois Neuman Wnowotny Communist Party Presidium Josef Smrkovsky Svoboda Jan Svoboda Jozef Lenart Lenart National Front Svobodne Slovo

Ex-Inmate Becomes Head of Florida Reform School

Frank Zych, 51, was named acting director of the Florida School for Delinquent Boys near Lake Okeechobee. A former reform school inmate who served 20 months in Marianna after a 15 year old auto theft arrest, he credits his milestone to rehabilitation and vows to guide 455 boys with strict yet humane discipline.

Okeechobee Fla Okeeshobee Giant Lake Okeechobee South Florida Marianna Zych North Florida Frank Mark Zach University of Florida Armed Services Joe LeRoy Collins

U.S. Youths Rally Against Vietnam War in Paris

About 350 young Americans including deserters and draft resisters gathered in a Left Bank hall in Paris to oppose the Vietnam war. They viewed films showing Vietnamese casualties and a deserter from Felton California spoke against U.S. policy. Joel Parker of New York urged draft card burnings by attendees.

Rodney Angove Associated Press PARIS U.S Vietnam Philip Wagner Felton Calif

Matthew Kennedy Leaves Oxygen Tent After Pneumonia Treatment

Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, 3, son of Senator Robert F Kennedy, was removed from an oxygen tent at Georgetown University Hospital as doctors report improving condition while undergoing pneumonia treatment.

Washington UPI Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy Robert F. Kennedy Georgetown University Hospital

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Middle East Dial Congress Fairfield Pat Nugent Charleston W. Va Seoul Pyongyang Angelo Young Strano Republic of Korea Mrs. Strano Negro College Communist Party Florida Reform School
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