Israel Jordan Clash Shoots Through Ground Assault and Air Strikes
Artillery and air attacks erupt along the Jordan River valley with casualties on both sides. Israel reports soldiers killed and wounded, farmers killed by a mine, and thousands displaced as Jordan accuses Tel Aviv of aggression. International notices rise as U.N. council weighs actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche
Damiya Bridge
Israel
Security Council
Jordan Valley
Jordan
Irhed
Syria
Amman
U.N. Security Council
Yigal Allon
al Fatah
Karemeh
Um Kais
Brown Gilad
Stanley Bennett
Tel Aviv
Hussein
Lackland
Webb
Texas
Beisan
Massada
Frederick Rosenfeld
Washington
Communia
Rosenfeld
Bana
Bahtat Talhouni
Liquor Store Robbery in Stamford
A masked robber armed with a pistol tied up the proprietor of the Wine Cellar Shop in Stamford and took 390 dollars Friday night. Anthony Piscatelli reported the assailant wore a ski mask and forced him into a back room, binding his hands behind his back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Anthony Piscatelli
Piscatelli
Harborview Towers leases reached. 206 tenants signed
Bridgeport Housing Authority reports 206 prospective tenants have signed leases for the Harbor View Towers senior project. Notices were sent to 292 on the waiting list. 26 more expected to sign soon. Move in began Monday with timed elevator access and police help easing traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Housing Authority
New Harbor View Towers
BHA
Francis J. Shantey
Shanley
Police Department
John Zandonella, Inc
Father Panik Village
Walter Street
Pahner Tarinelli Construction Company
Talks Set On Metrics Contract At Singer Division
Union and company reps at the Singer Metrics division 915 Pembroke Street scheduled another round of talks for next Thursday and Friday at 10 a.m. at the company offices. Joseph Kalinoski, vice president of Local 227, said discussions continued after reviewing proposals as the current contract covering about employees expires April 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer Metrics
Singer Company
Pembroke Street
Joseph Kalinoski
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Afl-Cio
Nixon’s Wisconsin Campaign Faces Antiwar and Ballot Choices
Nixon campaigns in Wisconsin amid a split party scene. McCarthy gains antiwar support while Democratic figures like Orville Freeman press for Johnson opposition. Freeman notes voter access to either party ballot as Wisconsin voters weigh presidential choices in upcoming contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Johnson
Wisconsin
Maciver
Reagan
McCarthy
National Democratic Organization
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
John Ison
la Crosse
Miurderar
Nixon
Senate Considers 6-7 Percent Tax Rate Increase
The Senate Finance Committee favors a 6-7 percent rate rise on current tax liability to raise about $11.2 billion through June 30, 1969, arguing it is easier for taxpayers than a 1 percent surcharge and could win House approval with Rep. Mills’ backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mit
Long
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Johnson Urges All Strive to Prevent Strife at Rally
President Johnson urged Young Democrats and labor groups to “strive to prevent strife” and defended ongoing foreign involvement. He dismissed croakers and isolationists who doubted U S commitment, praising veterans and warning of dark times ahead while stressing traditions and strength used to aid the weak and uphold justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Labor People
Ifit
Vietnam
ABCD Asked to Join Four-City Camping Plan
ABCD considers joining a four city camping plan plus hotel and auto repair training to help unemployed youths reenter the mainstream. The agency has no $15,000 in reserve and must raise external funds while state summer funds would not harm operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ABCD
Hanna
William C. Melnnes
Anti-Poverty Agency
Charles Tisdale
Three Chicago Stores Hit by Fires Arson Probe Underway
Police said the arson inquiry would focus on current or former store employees after fires began in stock rooms at Carsons and Wiecholdt's on Madison Street and a third blaze at Montgomery Ward nearby. Fire officials reported 3000 to 4000 people evacuated from Carsons and Ward as smoke and flames spread across floors. No injuries among shoppers or staff were reported, though several firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carsons
Carson
Noor
Montgomery Ward
Alrready
Ward
Wieboldt
Madison
Wieboldts
Helicopter Base Hit as North Vietnamese Claim Downing
Nightly shelling near Pleiku targets Camp Holloway airfield outside Pleiku City. Army reports more than 25 rounds in 10 minutes with helicopters damaged but casualties described as light and losses as six million dollar planes claimed missing by North Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Holloway
Pleiku City
U.S. Command
U.S
Windfall Seen For Reds Is FLULIA Intact
UPI reports that a missing Fila jet could be a massive intelligence windfall for the Communist world if recovered largely intact. The two crew may have damaged some secrets. the craft contains self destruct devices and the Pentagon doubts Hanoi’s claim of shot down near Ha Tinh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald H. May
Washington
UPI
Asia
Air Force
FINA
Hanoi
America
North Vietnam
Ha Tinh
Pentagon
U.S
Saigon
Dong Hoi
Quang Binh
Demilitarized Zone
Hao Tinh
21 Area Restaurants To Receive Citations
Management and chefs from 21 Bridgeport area food service establishments will be honored at the Ninth Annual Restaurant Motor Hotel Convention at Park Plaza in New Haven. The event is sponsored by the Associated Restaurants of Connecticut and the Connecticut Motel Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Restaurant Motor Hotel
Park Plaza
New Haven
Associated Restaurants of Connecticut
The
Connecticut Motel Association
School Board Faces Estimated 138171 Deficit
The Board of Education reports a projected deficit of 138171 for the current city fiscal year end, plus an overspent 52000 from Civil Service pay raises. The new budget starts at 12501586 with enrollment rising modestly, 29878 students, 159 more elementary, and 24 fewer high school students from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Hiis
Lester S. Silverstone
Lawsuits Totals Exceed Million After Bridgeport Chemical Case
Widow of a deceased firefighter sues six defendants while property owners and others sue the same six plus Cadet Chemical. Settlements reached range from 110 to 90000 for Van Tassel and 430 plaintiffs seek over 1 million. Jury selections and 400 examined under Judge Loiselle amid financial hardship excuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Tassel
Red Star
Champs Express
Cadet Chemical
Bridgeport
McKesson & Robbins
Cadet
Norwich
Champs
Kane
Alva P. Loiselle
Area Foundation Board to Hold Annual Meeting Tuesday
Bridgeport Area Foundation Inc schedules its first annual board meeting at 4 p.m. in the People's Savings Bank building to ratify a distribution committee and trust agreements with Connecticut National Bank City Trust Company and State National Bank of Connecticut. The panel will elect officers and set broad guidelines for granting funds to local tax exempt groups across eight towns. Donor wishes will be honored unless they conflict with established guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Area Foundation, Inc
People’s Savings Bank
Main Street
Peter Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Connecticut National Bank
City Trust Company
State National Bank of Connecticut
Foundation
Edward E. Harrison
Bridgeport
Easton
Fairfield
Milford
Monroe
Shelton
Stratford
Trumbull
Westport
Harrison
King Sets Stage For Another Memphis March
The march from Clayborn Temple drew ministers and women among under a dozen white demonstrators. The national guard closed streets with armored carriers and jeeps as police warned the crowd, while Martin Luther King Jr prepared plans in Atlanta for a mass protest to renew next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayborn Temple
National Guard
Henry Lux
Main Street
Beale Street
Beale
King
Atlanta
Gasoline Retailers Advocate Rights and Longer Leases
The Greater Bridgeport and Milford Gasoline Retailers association discussed the rights of small businessmen and the push for three to five year leases to reduce owner control by majors. They promoted insurance programs and addressed curbside sign violations and station distancing concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Guzzi
Mr. Guzzi
Man 74 Found Dead After Cottage Fire
BRISTOL AP Firemen found 74 year old Daniel Scheeler dead inside his small summer cottage Friday after dousing a blaze caused by burning leaves and trash outside the cottage. Officials said death was from smoke inhalation and not due to direct burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Daniel Scheeler
Scheeler
Hartford
Bridgeport Lawyer John Chiola Dies at 57
John P. Chiola, Bridgeport lawyer, died yesterday in his office at 955 Main Street. Funeral services are scheduled Monday at 10 am at S. Spadaccino and Sans Funeral Home and 1 pm at Our Lady of Assumption church with a requiem Mass. Burial will follow at St. Michael’s Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Joan, a son in Yonkers, two daughters in Fairfield, his mother, a brother, a sister, and several nieces and nephews. Honorary bearers include state referees, several judges, and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Chiola
Bridgeport
Main Street
S. Spadaccino and Sans Funeral
Washington Avenue
Our Lady of Assumption Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Mr. Chiota
Holy Cross College
Harvard Law School
New York University
Chiola
Bridgeport Housing Authority
Democratic Party
Boy Scouts
Connecticut Bar Association
Joan Epifano Chiota
John P. Chiota
Yonkers
N.Y
Linda Chiota
Patricia Chiota
Fairfield
Teresa Chiota
Joseph A. Chiota
Frank Habanski
Aram H. Tellalian
Bridgeport Bar Association
James Murphy
James Shannon
Samuel Mellitz
Superior Court
Otto H. Lamacchia
Samuel Tyedesco
Common Pleas Court
Kenneth J. Zarrilli
Circuit Court
Milton E.J. Reinhard
Milton Herman
Michael E. Sicilian
John . J. Flanagan
Aram H
Tellalian
Margaret C. Driscoll
Albert H.coles
Charles §. Brody
Daniel V. McPadden
Irving B. Rappoport
Wilbert O, Jacob
Trumbull
Eva Baribault Jacob, Sr
Wilmot’ Avenue
Wilbert O
Charles E. Doyle
Jacob
Catherine W
St. Joseph’s Manor
Doyle
Charles E
Doyle, Sr
Knowlton Street
William R. McDonald
Stratford
Strat Lwill
Ford
A. G. Baker
St. Miss[enne
St. Chael's
James Church
Jules Z. Faucher
Norwalk
Muriel M. Gagnon Faucher
Lincoln Avenue
Norwalk Hospital
Norwalk Funeral Home
East Pat Tame Anp
Ot Avenue
James M. Vasilov
Joseph's Church
St. Francis Hospital
Jervis
N. Y
Faucher
Mjday
Long Eagle Lake
Hill Funeral Home
Mullins
Redgate
Gorham
Place
Bangor
Mee
Robert Spaulding
Maynard Gagnon
Hartford
Richard Gagnon
Donald Gagnon
Presque Isle
Sebastiano
Vincenzi
Sebastiaha Vincenzi
A. R
Abriola and Son
St. Raphael's Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
George W. Morris
Middletown
Elsie Card Morris
High Street
Portland
Middlesex Memorial Hospital
Doolittle Funeral Home
Church Street
Kings Highway Cemetery
Milford
Morris
West Haven
South Congregational Church
Lady Washington
CES
Middlefield Grange
Wesleyan University
Jerry A. Morris
Chelmsford
Mass
John B. Newman
Eugene Card
St. Petersburg
Fla
William Hunter
Frank Dvorak
Gulfport
Services Set Monday For Cpl Juan Nazario
Military services for Corporal Juan J. Nazario 20 of 1 Warren Court will be held Monday at 11 am at the Charles W. Dougiello and Sons funeral home 798 Park Avenue burial will be in Lawncroft Cemetery Fairfield He was born in Aguas Buenas Puerto Rico and lived in Bridgeport ten years prior to service He worked at Patterson Steel Forge Stratford Survivors include his mother Mrs Maria Medina of Bridgeport two sisters Mrs Anna Rosa of Bridgeport and Mrs Magdalina Rosa Ortiz of New York City and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan J. Nazario
Warrencourt
Vietnam
Charles W. Dougiello and Sons
Park Avenue
Juan B.machado
Lawncroft Cemetery
Fairfield
Nazario
Aguas Buenos
Puerto Rico
Bridgeport
Patterson Steel Forge Company
Stratford
Maria Medina
Anna Rosa
Magdalina Rosa Ortiz
New York City
Services Today For Mrs Delear 79
Mrs Adelaide R Delear 79 of 64 Leeward Drive Stratford widow of Joseph F Delear died yesterday in Bridgeport Hospital Services today at 10 am at Grandstrom Funeral Home Mattapan Massachusetts Burial Cedar Grove Cemetery Dorch ester Massachusetts She was a Jamestown New York native and longtime Quincy resident living in Stratford eight years She is survived by son Walter F Delear Overland Park Kansas son Frank J Dejear director of public relations for Sikorsky Aircraft sister Flora Setterlund Wollaston Massachusetts and six grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide R Delear
Leeward Drive
Stratford
Joseph F. Delear
Bridgeport Hospital
Grandstrom
Mattapan
Mass
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Dorchester
Jamestown
N.Y
Obituaries notice round up from Connecticut towns
Obituaries list service details for Joseph H Bablonka Sr Irene Decker Rider Eva Baribault Jacob Sr Catherine Doyle Hannah Cooper Baddeley Mary McGlaughlin Edwards Muriel Faucher Sebastiano Vincenzi Arthur Geddes Susan Geddes William Hoyt and others. Services span Shelton Norwalk Trumbull Stratford and Derby with funeral homes St Josephs church St Marys church Mount St Peters and Mount St. Peter cemeteries noted. Burial details and Mass times included.
Space heater fire kills 13 month old in apartment blaze
Hartford reports say an illegal space heater caused a blaze that killed 13 month old Charles Burnell in a Bellevue Street apartment. Fire chief Edward Curtain noted multiple possible defect causes and cited local and state bans on certain space heaters. The boy was among nine children in the Burning family. Burial plans were not provided in the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Adolph Bergmann
Westport
Cornelia R. Bergmann
Brookside
Park
Eden Park
Norwalk
West State Street
Arnold Miller
Community Methodist Church
Hartford
Willow Space
Blaze Brook
Youth ruckus leads to charges in Milford case
James L Grace 77 of Milford and Tony Beach 83 of Bridgeport are named in a breach of the peace charge tied to a Saturday disturbance after a Warren Harding High School dance. Donald Nicolson 94, Vincent Smith 17, and others are listed in related arraignments as services for deceased relatives are set. The case involves local fire and funeral home figures and pending Circuit court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Grace
Donald Nicolson
Milford
Coneee Sens
Tony Beach
Ald Nicolson
Victory Calif
Bridgeport
Crescent
Vincent Smith
Jeff Heutenant
Edwin Moss
Comferson
Yes
Herpany
Vis
George P. Potter and Son
J Funeral
Fairfield
Park Avenue
Burial set for Fairfield area clergyman
The Rev. Rupert Anderson pastor of the Beach Congregation church will officiate the funeral service. Burial will be in Lawncroft Cemetery Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nue
Bridageport
Rupert "Anderson
Baatdermere Beach
Lawncroft Cemetery
Fairfield
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Harborview Towers
Chicago
Army
Mark Battle
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Work-Training Programs
D.C
General Putnam Inn
Carelton
Bark City Hospital
St. Joseph Manor
Stratford Motor Inn
Brooklawn Country Club
Hillside Hospital
Three Bears
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Rolling Hills County Club
Wilton
Four Winds
Pantry Pride
Woodland Inn
Holiday House
Clam Box
Continental Restaurant
Cafe Baron
Eichner’s
Bureau of Apprenticeship
VU. S. Department of Labor
Division of
Connecticut
Fairfield County Guild
Half- Way House
Darien
Thomas LoPiano
Casa Maria Restaurant
Seymour
Ellis
Herene's
Walter Eichner
Upper Fairfield County Guild
Eichner's
Don Marquis
the Jolly Fisherman
Mary Barna
Cafe Barna
Steve Zakos
J.T. Dolan
Angus Steak House
Irving Carter
Howard Johnson's
Julie Jones
Cobb’s Mill
Weston
Victor Scollin
Scollin
George Carter
Mark Lane
Chubby Lane
Edward Lee
West Lake
Henry Higgins
Higgins Clam Box
Rowayton
George Cowras
Area Foundation Board
Memphis
Little Guy
John Chiola
Cpl
Juan Nazario
Joseph H.bablonka
Joseph
Hall Bablonka
Terry Hill Road
Shelton Memorial Funeral Home
Coram Avenue
St. Joseph's Church
St. Lawrence Cemetery
Ernest W. Rider
Irene Decker Rider
Brooklawn’ Avenue
Hannah C. Baddeley
Hannah Cooper Baddeley
Morgan Avenue
Raymond Funeral Home
Wall Street
Phillip Wilber
Christian Science Reader
Riverside Cemetery
Richard Edwards
Mary McGlaughlin Edwards
Hollow Spring Road
St. Joseph's Hospital
Collins Funeral Home
East Avenue
St. John's Cemetery
Mount St. Peter’s Cemetery
Derby
George R. Tarrant
Ash Street
CR and
Mublins and Redgate
St. Peter's Church
William J. Thompson
Elsie Christensen Thompson
Ocean Avenue
Sunnyside Convalescent Hospital
Dennis and D'Arcy
R. Ward Wilson
Lordship Communty “ Church
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Michael G. Vasilow
Michael G. Vasilou
Dineman'’s Ferry
Arthur C. Geddes
Susan Caddell Geddes
Adams Avenue
Aim
Raymond Funeral
East Wall Street
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
William Hoyt
Stoneybrook Road
Collins ‘Funeral Home
East ‘Avenue
St. Jerome’s Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Peter A. McDonough
Danbury
Peter Ambrose McDonough
Pleasant Street
K of C
McDonough
St. Peter's Cemetery
Clifford C
Wheeler
Chapman Avenue
Casco Products
Miam
Lesko
Fairfield Avenue
Emil Nagy
First United Church of Christ
Mountain Grove
Frederick H. Lyon
Freerick Hemingway Lyon
Sar Stephen Mather
Franklin Hoyt
New Canaan
Alfred Schmalz
First Congregational Church of
Lakeview Cemetery
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