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Bridgeport publishing details outline subscription prices for The Bridgeport Telegram and The Bridgeport Post, daily publication notes, delivery exchanges, and Associated Press rights. Pricing spans 1 year to 3 months with and without Sunday Post, plus long-distance rates beyond 150 miles.
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Associated Press
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East European Upheaval Alarms Moscow as Silence Deepens
Western observers note a major Eastern European upheaval with Czechoslovakia Poland and Romania unrest signaling a shift from Moscow’s earlier rigid control. Khrushchev era intervention contrasts with current restraint amid fears of potential force to restore order and the impact of China and Vietnam on Kremlin strategy.
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Europe
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Hungary
Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Kremlin
China
Russia
Vietnam
East Germany
Yugoslavia
Defense Spending Shapes Local Economies Across States
An analysis by Dr. James L. Clayton notes that postwar defense spending drives California wages and public welfare costs, fuels vast production, and hires large workforces with overtime. It warns that contract booms may not last and urges politics favoring roads, schools, and lower taxes.
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Pacific Historical Review
University of California Press
James L. Clayton
University of Utah
California
United States
Europe
Far East
Wartime Vietnam Policy and Congress in 1968 Debate
The piece argues Congress largely defers to President Johnson on Vietnam, noting existing constitutional powers and the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. It warns that antiwar voices seek new advisory commissions while stressing the electorate may decide in the 1968 election. It frames the election as a referendum on how to resolve Vietnam quickly.
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Vietnam
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
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Kennedy
McCarthy
Fulbright
Dr. Spock
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United States
Congress
Tonkin Gulf
Hubert Humphrey Jet Star flap stirs House debate
Rep H R Gross savaged Air Force use of a Jet Star to shuttle Hubert Humphrey to Scranton for a Friendly Sons event. The incident included a luggage mix up and a $704 bill cited by the group, while the Air Force defended the operation amid weather caveats.
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Hubert Humphrey
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Air Force
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Friendly Sons
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Reflectorized Plates for Every State in 1968
Memphis readers learn that 31 states will use reflectorized license plates in 1968. The plates glow from glass beads and are visible over a third of a mile. Des Moines data show only one in five parked cars hit at night had plates, while Tennessee and Pennsylvania lag behind.
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Memphis
Des Moines
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
U S Flounders in Sea of Paper and Ink
Rep Lee H Hamilton of Indiana argues federal statistics burden the government in a flood of forms and hours. He notes 18 902 statistics workers earned 7 844 dollars on average last year and government spent 88 million on data processing under contract.
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U.S
Toledo Blade
Lee H. Hamilton
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Polish Puppet On the Skids
Leon Dennen reports that wind of rebellion sweeps through the Polish communist party and Gomulka faces resignation or removal at December congress. Soviet leaders push to keep Poland in line as protests grow, with broader East European uprisings against Moscow’s control.
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United Nations
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
Leon
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Stalin
Europe
Romania
Moscow
Israel
Gormulka
Middle East
Hungary
Yugoslavia
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Kremlin
Colossus of Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Links Peninsula
Virginia's seaway Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel stretches 17.6 miles with a trestled roadway on 2,600 concrete piles weighing over 147,420 tons. It connects the Delmarva peninsula with Virginia Beach and faces the Atlantic Ocean.
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Cape Charles
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Delmarva Peninsula
Virginia Beach
Federal plan nudges districts to curb racial imbalance in schools
The new HEW guidelines create nondiscrimination rules for all states, urging localities to reduce segregation and improve educational quality. They expect investigations in a dozen moderate cities while noting limited prospects for action in large cities due to scale. James Marlow column writer is ill.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Harold Howell
New York
Massachusetts
HEW
Peter Libassi
Libassi
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Cohen Seen Vital to HEW Operations
Wilbur J Cohen, long tied to Social Security and Medicare, was named by President Johnson to succeed John Gardner as HEW secretary. A Milwaukee native, Cohen helped craft Social Security and Medicare and has held key posts since 1936, balancing advocacy for broad welfare with criticism from conservatives. The Vietnam era cost pressures may affect progress on education and anti discrimination efforts.
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Wilbur
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John W. Gardner
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Gardner
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Social Security Administration
American Medical Association
Capitol Hill
University of Wisconsin
University
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Dane Anan
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Cal Caringa
Intellectuals on trial in Leningrad over anti-Soviet group
Eighteen members of the All-Russian Socialist Union for People's Freedom faced trial in Leningrad for conspiracy to overthrow the Communist system. Four others already received prison terms of 8 to 15 years last December. The group centered at Leningrad University had branches in Ukraine and Sverdlovsk.
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Moscow
Leningrad
All-Russian Socialist Union For People’s Freedom
Leningrad University
Soviet Ukraine
West Siberian
Sverdhoysk
Guatemalan State of Siege Deepens Political Strife
The Guatemalan regime under President Julio Cesar Méndez Montenegro faces civil conflict as leftist terrorists and rival elites clash. Two U.S. embassy military attachés are killed, Archbishop Mario Casariego is kidnapped and freed, and a 1965 69 development plan falls short, undermining reform and possibly strengthening communist influence.
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Seige
Julio Cesar Mendez
Montenegro
Mendez
U.S
Guatemala City
Mario Casariego
Guatemaala
Guatemala
Kennedy Era Reflections on Bailey and Kennedy Ties
Connecticut political veteran John Bailey faces a knotted future as Quinn Kennedy era tensions rise. The review cites Penn Kimball’s Bobby Kennedy and the New Politics and analyzes Bailey’s loyalties, 1960 campaign role, and possible post election party realignments amid Johnson’s cautionary stance.
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John Bailey
Robert Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy
Penn Kimball
Alan Olmstead
Connecticut
Kimball
Bobby
Wyoming
New England
New York
Bailey
Lyndon Johnson
Kennedy
Kennedys
Balley
Automakers Recall 117000 Vehicles for Safety Checks
Ford leads recalls affecting 82,000 trucks and buses plus 314 Econolines in the United States and 28,000 abroad, with 5,900 taxis and police cars recalled. Chrysler recalls 1245 Valiant Barracuda and Dart cars and 223 trucks for ball joint fixes. Chevrolet recalls 5900 police and taxi vehicles for steering column work.
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