Singer to Open Store at Lafayette Plaza Center
The Singer company announces a consumer products store at Lafayette Plaza shopping center in Bridgeport. The venture is a joint project with Central Bridgeport Development, CBD affiliate of Hammerson Fusco and Amaruda of New York, backing the $25 million 1S acre redevelopment on State Street.
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Lafayette Plaza
Singer Company
Central Bridgeport Development Corporation
Hammerson, Fusco and
Amaruda Corporation
New York City
Bridgeport Redevelopment Agency
Lafayette
Ar Es.ence
City Board Raises Some Golf Fees at Wheeler Course
Bridgeport officials approved selective golf fee increases at Fairchild Wheeler to raise revenue and fund upgrades. Non residents face the largest hike of 1, with funds slated to support a new watering system for the Red course, amid ongoing Black course upgrades.
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Wheeler
Board. of
Park Commissioners
Fairchild Wheeler Municipal
Bridgeport
Fairfield
Stratford
Trumbull
City Hall
Russell F. Neary
Martin J. Ryan
Bridgeport Weather Summary Two Day Outlook
Partial clearing this afternoon after morning cloudiness with periods of rain and dense fog. Highs 45 to 50, tonight around 30, tomorrow fair and mild. Precipitation chance 60 this morning, then 30 this afternoon and 16 tonight. Light southerlies shifting to northerly. Almanac confirms March 28 with sunrise 5 42 and sunset 6 13.
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Bridgeport
Johnson urges urgent crime legislation for safe streets
President Johnson pressed Congress for swift passage of a new crime and street violence bill calling it essential for individual safety and home security. He warned crime creates a climate of fear and cited white collar crimes alongside violent offenses as costly to society.
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Washington
Johnson
National Conference On Crime Control
Congress
Senate
LBJ
Vietnam
The
Pontiff Paul VI Urges Balance Between Rich and Poor
In his fifth encyclical Populorum Progressio the pope warns against revolution while proposing world price controls, production guarantees, and a global fund to relieve poverty. He calls higher taxes on the rich, reform of aid programs, and careful population policy without ending the church ban on birth control.
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Vatican City
Paul’ VI
Teeming Classifieds and Features Across Telegram Page
A reader page lists diverse sections including comics, puzzles, Dear Abby advice, editorials, fashion and financial notes, obituaries, theater news, TV and radio, sports, and women’s features. The layout shows page numbers and departmental heads guiding readers to varied content.
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Dear Abby
Brandstadt
MM. D. Ve
Financial News
Jacoby
Polly
jSylvia Porter
Local Pair Indicted In Illicit Drug Sales
A federal grand jury in Hartford indicted two individuals on charges under new drug abuse control laws. The case marks the first indictment under Connecticut's updated federal drug statutes.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Indictment Charges Illicit Sales of Controlled Drugs
An eight count indictment charges illicit sales of amphetamines, codeine, seconal, phenobarbital and diamorphine tablets. The case names John Sydney and Julio Falcone of Bridgeport as suspects in a $30,000 bonds theft linked to a $2 million brokerage fraude. Federal agents of a new Drug Abuse unit will pursue warrants and arrests. Testo of Fairfield is named as a co conspirator but not a defendant.
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Hartford
Haven
John Sydney
Julio
Falcone
Bridgeport
David Kon
Margolis
New York
Gennaro J
New
Coppola
Ashland Place
New Haven
John W
Davis Street
Controlled Haven
Bethel
Con
Sydney Kelly
Forjand Falcone
Blumenfeld
Anthony Testo
White Oak Road
Fairfield
Connelly
Testo
British attempt to burn Torrey Canyon oil from sea
British warplanes attacked the shattered supertanker Torrey Canyon off Land’s End using high explosive bombs and incendiaries in an effort to burn off the leaking cargo. Eight Buccaneer bombers sparked smoke and flames up to eight thousand feet as tugs worked to free the vessel after it ran aground on the Seven Stones.
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Land's End
England
Torrey Canyon
London
U.S
Land’s End
Omaha Cops Detain Woman for Kennedy Plot Witness
Omaha police arrested Lillie Mae McMaines on a fugitive warrant and delivered her to New Orleans authorities as a material witness in the Kennedy assassination probe led by District Attorney Jim Garrison. Bond set at 1000 dollars, preliminary hearing scheduled April 25. she may waive and return voluntarily. McMaines, also known as Sandra Moffett in New Orleans, was named by Perry Russo.
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Omaha
Neb
Lillie Mae McMaines
New Orleans
Dist
Atty
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Garrison
Richard Anderson
McMain
Cpl Vought 22 Georgetown Marine Dead in Vietnam
Cpl Warren D B Vought Jr 22 of Georgetown was killed in Vietnam, the third local casualty. He served with Marines in Quang Tri Province, leaving for Vietnam last May after training at Parris Island. Born August 21 1944 in Brooklyn he was a Wilton High School 1963 graduate and football team member.
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Cpl
Warren DB. Vought, Jr
USMC
Windy Oak
Sugar Hollow Road
Georgetown
Vought
Marine Corps
Quang -Tri Province
Cpl. Vought
Brooklyn
N.C
Warren D. Vought
Dorothy (Townsend) Vought
Wilton High School
Parris Island
Vietnam
M Company
Federal Grant In Aid System Faces Overhaul Push
Washington AP says an intensive search aims to consolidate the 40 plus federal grants programs into a manageable system. The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations warned states risk losing control of metropolitan needs if reform stalls, while noting gains in state government strength from reapportionment. The group highlighted tax sharing proposals and the burden of 400 plus grants administered by 21 agencies and 125 bureaus reaching all states and many local governments.
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Washington
America
Supreme Court
Commission of
Congress
Federal Grant Funds Connecticut Educational TV Station
The Department of Health Education and Welfare awarded Connecticut Educational Television of Hamden $193 546 toward a non commercial educational station Channel 49 in Bridgeport. Total project cost is $334 239 led by Ernest A Johnson of Hamden as president. HUD also announced grants of $21 168 and $2 816 to Milford and Weston for two year planning and development projects two thirds of costs covered by these grants conveyed through the Connecticut Development Commission.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Connecticut Educational Television Corporation
Hamden
Channel 49
Bridgeport
Ernest A. Johnson
Hamden J
Connecticut Etv Corporation
Housing and Urban Development Department
Milford
Weston
Connecticut Development Commission
Sketch of Kidnapping Suspect Aids Young Helpers
Five youngsters helped police artists draft a facial likeness of a man suspected in the kidnapping of eight year old Carrie Stephens in Chicago. The children described a fat medium height man about 40, wearing a tan coat, guiding officers to circulate the sketch. Detectives and dogs searched the North Side area while police questioned bystanders.
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Wirephoto
Chicago
Carrie Stephens
Carrie
North Side
Carrie Iast
Stephens
Broadway
Foster Avenue
Rose Douglas
Downed Dragon Ship Kills All Six Crew Near Da Nang
A Communist ground gunner shot down a C47 Dragon Ship about 20 miles southeast of Da Nang, killing all six crew members. U S and South Vietnamese forces reported no major ground contacts as aerial strikes continued against North targets.
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Saigon
da Nang
Kek
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hanoi
South
U.S
South Vietnamese
North
Enterprise
Thanh Hoa
Thant Unveils New Peace Plan Prompting Mixed U.S. Hanoi Vews
U.N. Secretary General U Thant proposed a three step Vietnam peace plan calling for a general standstill, preliminary talks, and reconvening the 1954 Geneva conference. The United States welcomed the plan while North Vietnam signaled a turndown citing UN interference.
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Washington
U.N
U Thant
Vietnam
United States
Johnson
Hanoi
Thant
SBS
Thant Johnson
Yhant
United Nations
New York
Burma
Indochina
U.S
North Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
State Department
Arthur J. Goldberg
Rephote
Geneva
Oklahoma Judge Denies Commitment for Van Brunschot
A Norman Oklahoma district judge rejected a motion to commit Johannes Van Brunschot an 18 year old Dutch resident of Trumbull held on a breaking and entering charge. Stratford police named him a definite suspect in the June murder of 16 year old Ann Marie Voytek Bridgeport girl. The request for observation came from Cleveland County District Attorney Preston Trimble following his arrest in Norman.
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Norman
Okla
Johannes van Brunschot
Trumbull
van Brunschot
Stratford
Bridgeport
Ann Marie Voytek
Cleveland County
Preston Trimble
Strong Support Voiced To End Appraisal Setup
Hartford hearings on probate court reform drew broad support to remove paid appraisers and estates. No advocate favored the current system. critics include Norman Dacey and activists. the State Bar favors a full study by an 18 member bipartisan commission, while proponents push immediate integration into the state court system.
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Hartford
Judiciary Committee
Norman Dacey
Bridgeport
Charles C. Kingsley
New Haven
The
States Bar Association
Bar
Commission of 18
Connecticut Probate Assembly
James H. Kinsella
Kinsella
Connecticut
Fairfield Town Hall Employees Reject Final Contract Proposals
The Fairfield Town Hall Employees association has rejected final proposals from the town's bargaining committee and will seek member decision on fact finding. Philip Trager of Trager Kleban and Trager says a meeting to decide future action is planned within two weeks. The 83 clerical and professional employees face raises and fringe benefits disputes amid a second impasse after the police negotiations broke down.
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Fairfield Town Hall
Philip Trager
Trager, Kleban and Trager
Town Hall Association
Trager
Fairfield
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