Council Rejects Pizzeria Plea For Wood Ave
Police probe into a break at United Trimming, 43 Fairfield Ave, occurred before 9 am. The council denied a pizza restaurant plan for 850 Main St while approving an age extension for Florence Pipery and new clerical posts in education, plus street light upgrades on several streets and a right of way damages settlement.
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United Trimming Company
Fairfield Avenue
Wood Avenue
George Hallas
Main Street
Purity
Florence Pipery
Comptroller’s Department
Board of Education
Continental Baking Company
Verna Roman
Housatonic Avenue
Pierce Manufacturing Company
Williams Street
Barnum Avenue
Birdseye Street
Pearsali Place
Yank Pilots Claim 11 MIGs In Vietnam War Actions
U S and allied forces conducted multiple raids across North and South Vietnam with heavy damage reported at Hoa Lac and Kep airbases. Navy pilots claimed three MIGs destroyed on the ground at Kep, while Enterprise pilots hit Bai Thuong and a Thai Nguyen steel plant area. Marine and Army units engaged near Hue and in the central highlands amid ongoing heavy fighting and massed Communist troops near the DMZ.
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Washington
Hoa Lac
Air Force
Thun
Derchief
J Fliers
Cmdr
Paul Hollandsworth
Sparta
Tenn
Durty
North Vietnam
Hancock
Nam Dinh
Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
Vinh
Nak
Thai Nguyen Iron
Saigon
U.S. Infantry Division
U.S
Hue
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnams
Laos
U S aircrews tally record strikes in Vietnam and loss
The report says a U S Air Force F4C Phantom was shot down over North Vietnam on Saturday. U S command announced 522 American planes over North Vietnam. Sunday saw a record 77 strikes with 176 in direct ground support. B52s attacked targets in Quang Tri and Binh Dinh provinces as fighting intensified around Saigon.
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Pathet Lao
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Quang ‘Tri
1St Corps
Binh Dinh
LBJ appoints panel to study silver coin problems
President Johnson and Congress move to study whether more silver coins should be minted and whether existing coins should be hoarded or melted. The Treasury may limit the silver price amid strong demand and scarce supply. A public commission on coinage is named to study these issues and others including three million rare silver dollars. Hearings on ending silver redemption of paper money begin in the House Banking Committee.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Treasury
Commission On
House Banking Committee
Latin American Communists Struggle With Violence and Decline
The piece surveys Latin American Communist fortunes amid internal feuds, Castro influence, and the lure of violence. It notes limited popular support in Venezuela, weak guerrilla activity in Colombia and Bolivia, and shrinking appeal among youths as governments clamp down.
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Soviet Union
Castro
Fidel Castro
Latin America
Cuba
Communist Teader
Mora
Venezuela
Venézuela
Colombia
Bolivia
Peru
Guatemala
Vandal-Proof Pedestrian Lights Referred for City Study
Alderman Brown I requests installation of vandal proof pedestrian lights under railroad viaducts citywide. Aldermen Ernest Gosselin and Connelly seek a lighting survey of Library Park at State Street and Fairfield Avenue known as West End Park and lights installed in conjunction with the survey.
Pirates Star Stargell and Dodgers Manager Alston Honored by Boys Clubs
Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Walter Alston of the Los Angeles Dodgers will receive Boys Clubs of America honors in Pittsburgh for their contributions to juvenile decency. John Gleason of the national group will present plaques and praise their example for youth guidance. Stargell began baseball in Alameda Boys Club and remains active in the Boys Clubs movement serving over 750,000 youngsters in about 715 clubs nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
Willie ‘Stargell
Pittsburgh Pirates
Walter ‘Alston
Los Angeles Dodgers
Boys’ Clubs of America
John M. Gleason
National Youth Guidance Organization
Stargell
Boys’ Club
Alameda
Calif
Denomination Reunion Faces Grass Roots Reaction
In Cambridge mass Protestants react cautiously to a proposed broad reunion of American denominations. A Gallup poll had shown majority support among the public, while church members surveyed expressed cautious optimism about the effort and its serious commitment amid talks by church leaders and a 25.5 million member coalition.
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Cambridge
Mass
Raymond V. Kearns Jr
New York
Gallup
Fit
Kearns
David Colwell
Washington, D.C
United Church
Three Named to State Water Board By Governor Dempsey
Governor Dempsey reappointed three persons to four year terms on the State Water Resources Commission. The appointees are Wilfred R. B. Young of Storrs Lewis E. Caplan of North Haven and Charles M. MacWilliamy of Waterbury.
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Hartford
Dempsey
Wilfred RB. Young
Storrs
Lewis E. Caplan
North Haven
Charles M.macwilliamy
Waterbury
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United
Yank
Bon Homme Richard
Gulf of Tonkin
Kep
Navy
Enterprise
Bai Thuong
Tobias Electronics
LBJ
SAGE
Singer Day
Singer
Inger
Main ST
Bridgeport
East Main ST
Post Center
Milford
Post Rd
Fairfield
Conn
Singer Sewing
OFEN
WREST
Fey Ua
Wat
Singer Typewriters
Bobbin Winder
Bie
Alston and
Iby
PVE Gee Eda the
RCA Whirlpool
State Water Board
Montreal
Greyhound
Greyhound Travel Bureau
John St
Glass House
Poe
Leavitt
Fairfield Ave
JAY James Camera Shop
Arkeshop
Ejay Ames
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