Long Beach Skating Rink Burns With $100,000 Loss
Fire at Long Beach Skateland on Washington Parkway in Stratford destroyed the rink yesterday at 6 p.m. Loss estimated at $100,000. About 30 patrons, mostly youths, were evacuated by owner William Fellows and employee William Freeman Jr. No injuries reported. Firefighter Richard Cullen was overcome by smoke but treated on scene. Dense smoke visible from the Connecticut turnpike as emergency crews battled the blaze.
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William B. Bartfay
Long Beach
Washington Parkway
Lordship
Stratford
William Fellows
Honeyspot Road
William F. Freeman Jr
Meritline Street
Sto! Polite
Fellows
Strafford Fire Department
Lordships
Richard Cullen
Connecticut
Fairfield
United Illuminating Company
Theodore §. Lockwood
Peter’ Jasterinsky
Weather data for Bridgeport area shows mild, sunny conditions
Considerable sunshine and mild relief across Bridgeport and vicinity with highs 70 to 75 inland and in the low 60s along the shore. A 10 percent chance of showers tonight, rising to about 49 percent tonight, with south to southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Temperature records note yesterday and yearly comparisons. tide times listed for today and tomorrow.
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Bridgeport
Pam
Mumanac
Prisoners Escape Bridgeport Jail Assault Guard Then Surrender
Two inmates escaped from Bridgeport State jail on North Avenue after assaulting guard John Darazio in the west wing. They scaled a wall and fled into the surrounding area before surrendering to authorities after a man and his wife found them in a cellar near the jail. Identified as William Burr of Stratford and Sandy Johnson of New York City, the pair were returned to custody. Darazio was hospitalized in fair condition with facial injuries. Additional charges of escaping with violence and breaking and entering would follow.
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Bridgeport
North Avenue
William Burr
Stratford
Sandy Johnson
New York City
John Darazio
Ashouse
Darazio
St. Vincent's Hospital
Johnson
Congressman Curtis accuses mills of importing foreign steel
Rep. Thomas B. Curtis charges that U.S. steel firms likely bought foreign steel for resale to customers as he cites Census data from 1965 and 1966. Inland Steel chairman Joseph Block rebuts the claim calling it false while urging protective legislation and a temporary import levy. The industry hosts Capitol Hill briefings with over 200 lawmakers to discuss shielding a defense essential sector.
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Washington
Thomas B. Curtis
R.mo
Geneva
Curtis
House
U.S
Joseph L .Block
Inland Steel Corp
American Iron ‘and Steel Institute
Steel
Congress
Missouri Republican
Europe
Britain
United States
New Haven Railroad Deficit Rises in March and Quarter
The New Haven Railroad reported a March deficit of 1,782,613 dollars nearly double March 1966. For the first quarter of 1967 the deficit totaled 5,771,259 dollars, up from 4,178,026 dollars a year earlier.
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NEW Haven
New Haven Railroad
Dakotas Battle Blizzard After Storm Strikes North Dakota
Western and central North Dakota faced high winds sleet and snow with blizzard warnings for Sunday night The state declared a emergency to permit unrestricted heavy vehicle movement for urgent repairs to telephone and power facilities Governor William L Guy announced the measure to restore critical services.
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Bismarck
N.D
North Dakota
Weather Bureau
Dakotas
William L. Guy
Guy
Mass Twister Toll in Minnesota Towns Reported
A severe tornado outbreak across southern Minnesota left at least 11 dead and many injured. Waseca suffered a two block by eight block path through its eastern residential area, while Albert Lea seeded bodies at Naeve Hospital. Farms near Albert Lea and near Owatonna also reported fatalities as storms intensified, prompting National Guardsmen and civil defense workers to respond.
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Emil Meyer
Blue Earth County
Merton Bickford
Ee Aae Hsrave
Myrtle
Albert’ Lea
Albert Lea
Secret Conditions for Britain Entry to Common Market
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his Cabinet agreed to seek quick entry to the European Common Market if safeguards protect vital British trading interests. The eight hour cabinet session at Chequers produced a compromise to be ratified Tuesday, with debates over agriculture prices New Zealand dairy, West Indian sugar, currency, and workers mobility.
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London
Pime
Harold Wilson Tvon
Britain
Customs Union
Wilson
Common Market
Brussels
Belgium
Charles de Gaulle
France
Chequers
Labor Party
Agricul
New Zealand
Europe
Douglas Jay
Board of Trade
Barbara Castle
Commonwealth
Herbert Bowden
Agriculture
Minis
King Urges America to Repent Over Vietnam War
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta that America must repent and come home from its Vietnam involvement. He said the nation has harmed Vietnamese lives and urged citizens to abandon racism and the current course, calling for an immediate end to what he termed a tragic, reckless adventure.
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Atlanta, Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
America
Vietnam
Six Aden children killed in antitank mine blast
A Sunday blast in Sheikh Othman, Aden tore a British made Mark 7 antitank mine under a school bus, killing six Arab children aged 11 to 13 and their driver. At least 15 more were critically wounded, raising fears the death toll could rise. The attack, blamed on nationalist forces, prompted a call for a citywide strike. The incident intensified tensions in Aden's Arab quarters and drew security officials into the investigation.
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Aden
Sheikh Othman
Ter
Rorist
Flosy— Front For the Liberation
Smith Yemen
U.S. Jets claim 45th MIG shot down in Vietnam raids
American warplanes fought heavy antiaircraft fire and MIGs while bombing rail yards near Hanoi and 40 miles west of Quang Tri City. U.S. pilots said they shot down MIG 17, bringing claimed enemy jet kills to 45. Hanoi reports five U.S. planes downed and pilots captured. B52 raids struck enemy bunkers and anti aircraft sites near the DMZ as North Vietnam moves Soviet missiles north of the zone.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
U. S
Vietnam
Air Force
South’ Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri City
Laos
North Vietnam
7Th Fleet
Second Milford Marine Killed Within a Week
Marine Lance Cpl. Paul J. Braun, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Braun of Milford, was killed by mortar fragments in battle near Quang Tri, Viet Nam. The Pentagon notified his parents Saturday night. He is the second Milford native killed near Quang Tri in the past week, following Jeffery Maloney, whose parents were informed last Wednesday.
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Milford
Paul J. Braun
Joseph .Braun
Quang Tri
Viet Nam
Associated Press
Pentagon
Braun
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Lia
Kanin
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Brandstadt
Jacoby
Polly's Speer Wets Sims Sports
Sylvia Porter
Women’s News
King
Trafalgar Square
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