Nixon aide Kalmbach testifies amid Watergate probes
The committee heard sworn testimony Friday from Herbert Kalmbach once a prime Nixon fundraiser and the President's personal attorney. Kalmbach pleaded guilty to two campaign law violations and admitted raising funds tied to the Watergate defendants. The panel cancelled public hearings on Hughes Rebozo money and dairy lobby donations, plans to call major witnesses in private, and aims to release final report by May 28. Rebozo protested a newspaper account of his testimony as unfair and the chairman urged careful handling of his statements.
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Herbert Kalmbach
Kalmbach
Watergate Committee
Watergate
Rebozo
Ervin
Loting
F. Donald Nixon
Hughes Organization
Bridgeport Teachers Absences Rise Due to Flu
BEA Callahan, payroll officer for the Bridgeport Board of Education, notes daily teacher absences have nearly doubled in two weeks. Normally 50 absences, now about 100, tied to a flu surge affecting Fairfield county towns. Substitutes are called starting at 6 30 a.m.
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Callahan
Bridgeport Board of Education
Bridgeport
Fairfield County
Mills Says Nixon Tax Trouble Possible But No Proof
Mills clarifies in a March 8 statement that impeachment versus resignation hinges on broader implications. He notes no evidence of wrongdoing by Nixon in tax returns and warns deductions may be questionable but not clearly improper. He dismisses the notion of a political ploy and pledges a factual report.
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Mills
Chantry
White House
Nixon
City to receive 1.3 million from state for plaza project
Bridgeport Redevelopment Agency stated it expects 1.3 million dollars from the state government as reimbursement to the city for the Park City Plaza project land acquisition. Acting executive Vernon Nelson said a special meeting may be called next week to finalize land sale at Congress Plaza site for a citizens development corporation planning 50 town houses.
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Bridgeport Redevelopment Agency
City Treasury
Park City Plaza
State Department of Transportation
Enewal
Sri
Cts
rRedeveloment
Chaitian
Walter C. Berger
Bank of America
Bridgeport
Ageny
Vernon Nelson
Salid
Congress Plaza
Senate advances sweeping budget reform bill in 800 vote
The Senate on Friday unanimously passed a comprehensive budget reform measure aimed at restoring congressional control of spending. It would require a yearly congressional budget, create new budget offices, and institute a tight timetable for action, with House approval pending conference. The bill faces differences with the House version and a potential White House contest.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Nixon
Congressional Office of the Budget
Evers to Speak at Dinner Marking Rev Small Anniversary
Charles Evers, Fayettesville mayor and civil rights leader, will address a dinner tomorrow at Mt Aery Baptist Church marking the first anniversary of Rev David Small as pastor. Housatonic Community College hosts a three day Black Weekend highlighting leaders like Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King Jr. and noting progress in local Black students. Jazz by Jimmy Heath precedes the event as Alderman Alan Preston commends the college and urges goal focus.
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Housatonic Community College
Frederick Douglass
Booker ‘J. Washington
George, Washington Carver
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr
Nat Turner
Thurgood Marshall
W.E.B. DuBois
Ralph Bunche
William Bush
National Assocation For the Advancement of Colored People
Mr. Bush
NAACP
Charles Evers
Fayette
Miss
South
Homri
David Small
Mt. Aery
Frederick's
King’s
Fairfield
Oes MezEvers
Medgar Evers
Mississippi
Ee Rewiatession
Cohen Miment
Birdie Hunter
Small
Arthur C. Bass
Wallace Street
R. Samuel
Bush
Alan Preston
Mr Small
Mt. Zion
Exarkana
Texas
Bishop ‘College
Dallas
Central School
of Religion
Indianapolis
Tad
Lawrence Roberts
The
Angelic Choir
Nutley, N.J
Stratford driver charged after stop sign collision
Stratford police charged Donald V. Pina 33 of Oxnard California with failure to yield after his car stopped at a stop sign and pulled into the intersection of South Avenue and Mt. Carmel Boulevard where it was struck by Noel A. Gillingham 92 of Stratford. The 5 p.m. crash caused moderate damage to both vehicles.
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Stratford
Donald V. Pina
Oxnard
Calif
South Avenue
Mt. Carmel Boulevard
Noel A.gillingham
Holmes Street
Grasso Leads In Democratic Primary Poll Across Districts
A Democratic survey shows Mrs Grasso leading Killian 55 to 17 percent among Dems with 17 percent undecided. The poll also probes hypothetical races vs Governor Meskill and Dan W Lufkin, with Grasso and Killian differing in leads across districts and undecided shares.
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John M. Bailey
Hart
Grasco
Killian
Bailey
Grasso
Lufkin
Rep. Steele
Connecticut
Rep
Steele
Yale Doctors Pilot Scope To Detect Fetal Defects
Yale physicians announce an experimental hollow-needle scope to detect fetal defects inside the womb. The method aims to identify diseases such as sickle cell anemia and thalassemia, assess Rh factors, and may enable in utero repair. blood samples from the placenta inform whether transfusion is needed at birth. Early tests on abortions showed no major complications, with ongoing safety evaluations at Yale University Medical School.
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New Haven
Hobbins
Robbins
Yates University Medical School
John C. Hob
Fetal surgery scope aids abortion cases and a cafe robbery
Doctors Hobbins and Mahoney describe a 2.2 millimeter needle like scope used to view fetuses before abortions with ultrasound guidance. Separately Nathan Arrington is held on $10,000 bail for a knife point robbery at Club Car Cafe with the day’s receipts taken, investigations led by Acting Detective Zwerlein.
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Hobbins
Maurice J. Mahoney
Iterus
LE Ue Ree Arrington
Diana Honeventura
Bridgeport Police Department
Robert Zwerlein
Arington
Insurgents Face Crossovers in Looming Party Chair Fight
After a party primary produced 20 pro-organization winners and 15 insurgents with 15 uncontested, a recount in two districts left totals largely unchanged. Luckart said he has support of most pro-organization winners and uncontested members, while insurgents pursue crossovers to gain a majority. A chair election looms with appointments to follow.
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Luckart
Frank J. Verrilli
Joel Kanter
George W. Brown
Market Basket costs jump $52 in one month
The USDA reports a $52 February rise in the market basket cost for a typical U.S. household. Farmers gain a larger share of margins, while middlemen and farm prices also rise, driving the annual rate to $1,732.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
USDA
Travel Expenses to Be Paid Families for POW Funerals
The Senate approved a bill to fund travel for families to and from burial services for U S POWs whose remains are released from Vietnam. Sen. Robert J Dole introduced the measure, prompted by a Washington Post story about Cecile Abbott of Sacramento widow of Capt John Abbott. The bill would extend beyond standard death benefits to cover transportation to homes and national cemeteries for those who died in captivity.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Norih
Vietnam
Robert J. Dole
R-Kan
Washington Post
Cecile Abpott
Sacramento
Calif
U.S. Navy
John Abboth
J. Dote
Atak Winteam
Nixon
White House
Possible Toothpaste Substitute Found in African Chewing Sticks
A team of dentists reported that wooden chewing sticks used across Africa and parts of India may contain anticarcotpenic substances that inhibit dental decay. Washington University researchers traced lower cavity rates in African villages to compounds in sticks from citrus ebony and coffee plant families.
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Atlanta
Africa
India
Washington University
Kendell
Walter J. Lewis
Memory -Alvin Lewis
Ghana
Thomas Schiff
Kissinger to Bring Children to Moscow
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will take his children Elizabeth 14 and Admiral 12 to Moscow aboard an Air Force jet. Kissinger divorced from their mother who has since remarried this will be his first time with them since Christmas vacation Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin also on board officials said Kissinger planned to spend the children's spring vacation with them any how
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Elizabeth
da- Ad
Kissinger
United States
Anatoliy F.pobrynin
Air Force
One Lad Nabbed In Yale Street Home Break In
A youth was taken into custody and a second sought after a break in at 115 Yale Street shortly before noon yesterday. Thomas Mikan, 17, of 154 Clinton Avenue, is under burglary arrest and held for Circuit Court. A second youth, Mikariand, fled with a weapon valued at 150 dollars, a .32 Winchester, but Camacho identified the suspects and helped nab Mikan as Radiocar patrolmen detained the scene.
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Yale Street
Thomas, Mikan
Clinton Avenue
Mikariand
Russi
Camacho
Hartford faces serious housing abandonment threat report says
A Hartford Urban Research Committee six month study warns of an imminent housing abandonment problem without a coordinated prevention plan. It cites 10,000 to 20,000 substandard units and the North End as most endangered amid white flight, housing shortages for poor families, crime and vandalism.
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Hartford
Hartford Urban’ Research Committee
Welfare Aid Cut Restored After Federal State Mixup
Hartford AP report details administrative confusion between federal and state welfare authorities. Connecticut’s Welfare Department deducted 19.50 monthly from 12 000 nursing home patients and 9 from others to cover medical costs, despite SSI guarantees of 25 for clothing and personal items. Health, Education and Welfare notified policy change, effective April 1, directing full 25 to patients and applying to Medicaid recipients as well.
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Hartford
State Welfare Department
Connecticut
Welfare Department
Bernard Kowalski
Nicholas Norton
Kowlaski
Kowalski
U.S.’ Health, Education and Welfare Department
MEW
HEW
Welfair Department
Bridgeport Telegram Classified and News Dispatch Info
Bridgeport Telegram details its weekday publication schedule and telephone lines for classifieds and exchanges. It notes Associated Press dispatches and a Bridgeport mailing origin with contact numbers.
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Leonard Ballard
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HCC
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Yale
Ney Pantrres
Syeda Lace
Wees
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Arrington
Juan Crespo
Robert Grimes
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Elizabeth I
Great Britain
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Defense Department
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Toj
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Gerald Mack, Jr
Main Street
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