Bridgeport Post and Telegram Publishes Rates and Circulation Note
The Bridgeport Publishing Company announces subscription rates for The Bridgeport Post and The Bridgeport Telegram, including daily with Sunday Post, six and three month plans, and single-copy prices. The notice notes association with the Associated Press and local post details.
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Bridgeport Telegram
State St
Bridgeport
Conn
Bridgeport Post
Post Publishing Company
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Audit Bureau of
Sunday Post
Sun Post
Associated Press
Bridgeport Hospital offers full nurse scholarship program
Bridgeport hospital directors announce a continuing higher education program for registered nurses on staff. The plan provides 100 percent tuition for up to six semester credits while nurses work full time and study. No service or tenure restrictions apply, broadening access compared with other programs.
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Bridgeport Hospital
Clarence W. Bushnell
Bridgeport Hospital Board of Directors
Connecticut
New York
Massachusetts
The Big Difference in U S Foreign Policy Critique
Historian Henry Steele Commager argues that critics misread U S policy as crusading to democratize the world. He notes the United States once feared by rulers, now defending the status quo against revolutionary movements while seeking partners that will defend themselves against communism and eventually evolve democratically.
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U.S
Henry Steele Commager
Commager
America
Karl Marx
Tibet
Western Hemisphere
United States of America
Court Rules War Legal as Draft Dodger Case Kept
The Supreme Court refused to hear the challenge to the Vietnam War's legality 8 to 1, upholding draft laws. It declined review of David Mitchell III's conviction for failing to report for induction. The decision signals there can be no successful challenge to draft enforcement in this conflict.
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Johnson
Guam
Supreme Court
Vietnam
David Mitchell 3Rd
Brooklyn
Westmoreland seeks more manpower for Vietnam end of year
The field commander Gen William C Westmoreland asked for additional troops beyond the 475000 already slated for Vietnam service by year end. Nine justices considered an appeal on political questions but only William O Douglas voted for consideration and did not pass on merits. The court upheld the government's view that it could not curb the Presidents foreign affairs power. Guam discussions indicated continued communist exhaustion amid heavy war toll and defections. President Johnson said allies hold the initiative and plans to stay the course, expecting eventual success and vindication.
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William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
William O. Douglas
Guam
Johnson
Notable lives end at varied ages in arts and service
A necrology notes long, active careers: Brandon Tynan, age 93 next April, famed actor and playwright. Thomas W. Murphy, horse racing driver and trainer who earned over 2 million for his mounts and died at 90. Col. Lewis Sanders, WWI veteran and liaison for Gen. Marshall, died at 89. younger figures include Dr Meta Glass, 86, Sweet Briar president. Herbert Swin, 79, Brooklyn Academy of Music manager. Gertrude Timber-Wille, 70, painter, photographer and poet. All led vigorous, productive lives amid advances in medicine.
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Brandon Tynan
Henry Cabot Lodge the Elder
Victor Herbert
David Belasco
Tynan
Thomas W. Murphy
Col
Lewis Sanders
304Th Field Artillery
77Th
George C. Marshall
Meta Glass
Sweet Briar College
Herbert Swin
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Gertrude Timber- Wille
Why CATV Will Bring Expanded TV Service to Connecticut
The Connecticut Public Utilities Commission awarded 17 CATV licenses after years of applications. CATV will let households plug into a system carrying distant Boston and New York channels, with an initial install fee and up to 6 per month. The piece notes federal law requiring UHF and VHF reception and doubts CATV’s immediate value, calling it a potential frill until reception improves or costs drop.
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New Britain Herald
Connecticut
CATV
Boston
New York
Connecticut Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Plains
Kansas
Which drug has the frosty head in Framingham tale
Doctors at Cushing Hospital Framingham Mass seek a cure for irritable antisocial elderly patients using a medicine called eer. About 34 geriatric patients with average age 78 were offered a friendly glass, leading to quick improvements in sociability, activity and church attendance. Beer is now served daily with cheese and crackers.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Cushing Hospital
Framingham
Massachusetts
Framingham Adsters
Low-Cost College Loans Explained For Middle Income Families
Sylvia Porter outlines federaly guaranteed student loans under the 1965 Higher Education Act. The program allows undergraduates up to 1000 per year, total 7500, and graduates up to 1500 per year. Interest up to 6 percent with government subsidies for low incomes. repayment begins nine months after leaving school, with flexible terms and 360 minimum annual payments if borrowing over 2000.
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Cris
Ute College
Sumner
Peace Corps
Job Corps camp uproar over discipline and dress norms
The author derides a federal directive for Job Corps staff to abandon grimy T shirts and slang, advocating clean attire and firm language. He recalls Sister Marion at St Marys School enforcing discipline with blunt methods, arguing that respect and order require standard English and proper conduct, not gimmicky dialogue.
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Marion
St. Mary’s
Father Mullins
Heroes of Bataan Corregidor to Visit Islands With Families
About 300 veterans from the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor and their families will travel to the Philippines for the fortieth anniversary of the fall of Bataan and Corregidor. The trip, organized by national commander Arthur A. Bressi, spans 12 days with visits to Mt Sumagat, battles sites, and a wreath laying at a US cemetery. Additional side trips to Japan and Hong Kong are planned.
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Steven B. Marcus
Harrisburg
Bataan and
Corregidor
Philippines
Arthur A. Bressi
Une Islands
Bressi
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Ferdinand E. Marcos
U. S. Military Cemetery
Bataan and Corregidor
Mt. Sumat
Bataan
Japan
Hong Kong
Mechanicsburg
Islands
New Cumberland
Israel asks Brazil to extradite Nazi war criminal Stangl
Israel formally requested Brazil to extradite Franz Paul Stangl, blamed for orchestrating mass killings of Jews. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol told ministers the government seeks his return to West Germany Austria or Poland, where he is accused of crimes as a concentration camp commander. Brazilian officials reportedly offered no assurances but will study the request.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Brazil
Franz Paul Stangl
Levi Eshkar
Stangl
West Germany
Austria
Poland
Agrarian psychosis in American farming debate
Vernon J Veritas condemns a National Farmers Union gathering as a platform for consumer and corporate hostility to government policy. He cites falling wheat prices, vertical farming consolidation, and farm income woes while blasting McGovern and Kennedy as part of an alleged agrarian psychosis. He warns of planned economy remedies causing scarcity and famine.
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Veritas
Dell
U.S
Tony Dechant
Freeman
Humphrey
Kennedy
Mr. Veritas
Defense
McNamara
Armed Services
Interior
Udall
National Farmers Union Convention
Washington
George McGovern
South Dakota
Farmers Union
McGovern
Senate
Food For Peace
Jesus Defeated Death Easter Sermon in Fairfield Church
The Rev. Frederick J. Allsup preached on Easter Sunday at First Presbyterian Fairfield tying the Ballad of Winchester Cathedral to the resurrection message. He recalled 1815 signals from Dover to Winchester as Wellington defeated Napoleon and framed Jesus defeat of death as the turning point, ending with the line Jesus Defeated Death.
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Winchester Cathedral
Frederick J. Allsup
First Presbyterian Church
Fairfield
Soho
Hollywood
Pastor Allsup
Waterloo
Belgium
Europe
British Isles
Channel
Dover
English Channel
Hampshire
London
Washington
Pentagon
Whitehall
Wellington
England
Napoleon
Jesus
Allsup
Jesus of Nazareth
Peter
Cleopasto
Emmaus
Israel
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Vernon J. Veritas
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