Heroin Courier Admits Lying About Wife Letter
Canadian heroin courier Caron testified in a Texas case that he wrote a letter to his wife in anger and did not mean its threats. He admitted drafting the letter but insisted the threats were not genuine and said he lied when writing it to frighten his wife. The letter was intercepted by jail authorities during their 1963 border-smuggling arrest.
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Caron
Houston
Percy Foreman
Maria Ida
Foreman
Texas
Mexico
Miller
Bridgeport
Plan Reveals Medicare Expansion Aims Amid Cost Pressures
The plan targets living costs and Medicare expansion for seniors. About five percent of elderly Americans, roughly one million, oppose voluntary Medicare enrollment while another five percent may miss the May deadline. Ball notes 80 percent participation among seniors not covered by company plans, and warns states face gaps if awareness is lacking. He anticipates under a third of nursing homes will qualify for extended care starting next January due to focus on custodial rather than medical care. The forms burden concerns persist, with a June handbook to assist but still deemed complex.
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J Ball
Ball
Princeton
Austin
Tex
Wilson
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Former demolition expert given probation for cafeteria rampage
Floyd Millard a 35 year old Everett man faced six months probation and $222 restitution after allegedly tearing up the Waldorf Cafeteria in Harvard Square while he was a cook. He was charged with disturbing the peace malicious destruction of property and two counts of assault and battery on a police officer. Millard reportedly began throwing food items including gravy spaghetti eggs sauce prunes pies and dishes before police subdued him.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Floyd Millard
Everett
Millard
Army Rangers
Waldorf
Harvard Square
Local Teacher Wins Freedoms Fund Medal for Patriotism
Bridgeport educator Mrs. Abbamonte receives the Freedoms Fund Medal for outstanding work promoting American life. Exhibits include first grade American history papers and numerous patriotic programs at school. She leads Bridgeport beautification efforts and chairs the children’s program for the Chamber of Commerce. She has been named Teacher of the Year by the University of Bridgeport in 1963 and holds advanced degrees from Yale and NYU.
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U.S
Abbamonte
Foundation
Post Publishing Company
Tov
Bridgeport
Beautify
The
Chamber of Commerce
University of Bridgeport
New York City
Hunter College
Yale
New York
David
Kent
Myrtle Avenue
U.S. PX Manager in Saigon Fired for Over-Order
Secretary McNamara announced the Saigon post exchange manager was fired after it emerged the facility imported more than 142000 cans of women's hair spray amid reports of up to 500000 cans. Pentagon officials said two investigators traveled to South Vietnam to probePX imports sold on the black market and noted other items like 15000 plastic raincoats were imported.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S. Post Exchange
Saigon
Exchange
Pentagon
Defense Department
South Viet Nam
U.S
South
Viet Nam
Timetable Sought On School Study By PTA and Parents
Council president Gerald P. Lawlor says informal support exists for Supt. Silverstone's program but votes will decide on specific items. PTA members will circulate materials from the Center for Urban Studies while awaiting the Dentler study report. Parents groups seek full background data and board transparency on busing and racial mixing issues.
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Supt. Silverstone
Gerald P. Lawlor
PTA Council
Lawlor
PTA
Robert A. Dentler
Hooker Club
NAACP
Hallen Group
Hallen
North End
W.S. Johnson
East Side
Hello Molly Wins at Garden State Park Feature Race
Juan Velasquez rode Hello Molly to a front running victory in the $6,000 feature at Garden State Park, finishing six furlongs in 1 09 4 5. The mare paid $10.40, $5.80, and $5.00, earning $35,600 for Valley Farm. Turkey will ship food to the Turks on Cyprus.
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Cherry Hill
N.J
UPI
Juan Velasquez
Garden State Park
Valley Farm
Light Needed Not Heat LBJ Speech Targets Viet Critics
President Johnson at Princeton laments heat over light in public affairs and tacitly criticizes Fulbright and other Viet Nam critics. He dedicates Woodrow Wilson Hall, receives honorary degree, and mingles with students after urging measured power and peaceful democracy globally.
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LBJ
Princeton
Johnson
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Princeton University
U.S
Southeast Asia
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
University of Arkansas
America
Washington
Woodrow Wilson Hall
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Viet Nam
Sen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
White House
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
Morse
Oregon University
Schlesinger
Harvard
Woodrow “Wilson Hall
Philip Bobbit
Princeton Students Protest Vietnam War Policy
Tass describes President Johnson’s Princeton address as an attempt to justify U.S. aggression in Southeast Asia. About 200 Princeton students demonstrated on campus with signs opposing U.S. policy in Vietnam.
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Tass
LBJ
Moscow
Johnson
Princeton University
United States
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Princeton
U.S
Thieves Foiled In Safe Break at Paper Box Office
Detectives investigated attempts to break two safes at the Compressed Paper Box company at 129 Thompson Street. Police reported entry by forcing a rock through a wide window and noted knobs removed from a first floor safe while a second safe on the second floor remained unsuccessfully opened.
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Compressed Paper Box Company
Thompson Street
E. C. Stanley
Blackmail Claim Tangles Arlio Venezia in Zoning Fight
Frank Preno of 185 King Street sues in Superior Court challenging the Kennedy petition approval. Arlio, president of Local 227, International Union of Electrical Workers, and Venezia, a Stratford gasoline station operator, are accused of threats to Kennedy. Stabile, Venezia’s father in law, pressed objections during the March hearing.
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Frank’ Preno
King Street
Arlio
Venezia
Com
Kennedy
Arlie
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Afl-Cio
Singer Company
Metrics
Stratford Officials Face Influence Claims in Zoning Case
The April 5 petition grant followed arrests of Arlie Venezia and Artio in Stratford. Venezia, a Town council member and Democratic district leader, and Artio, Planning and Zoning appointee, were released on bonds of 5000. Detectives Longo and Draper, with Capt. Carten and Lt. McNamara, handled the arrests as the council investigates influence peddling in zoning matters.
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Stratfield
William J. Treland
Arlie
Singer Metrics
Peter Longo
Stratford Police ‘Department
Ernest Draper
Venezia
Joseph Carten
Francis McNamara
Stratford’‘department
Democratic Town Committee
Patchen Street
Stratford
Artio
Planning and Zoning Commission
Lindsley Place
Teenage Unwed Mothers Mount Nationwide Figures Rise
The nation last year counted 250000 unwed mothers with about three quarters being teenagers. The report highlights a surge in teen pregnancy among young women and calls for policy discussion.
Frigid Weather Destroys Fruit and Veg Crops Across Regions
Record low May temperatures hit the Great Lakes Appalachians and eastern seaboard from Michigan to Maryland. A Midwest storm dumped four to five inches of snow in North and South Dakota with three inches in Iowa and nearly two in Chicago area while snowplows freed cars and trucks buried in drifts up to 15 inches.
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Virginia
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Eastern Sea
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Midwest
North
South Dakota
Towa
Chiscago
North Dakota
Bismarck
Watertown
S.D
Dubuque
Iowa
Chicago
Coffee drinking habits of Americans over twenty
About eighty percent of U.S. residents older than 20 consume coffee with an average intake around three and a half cups daily. The survey highlights broad popularity of coffee across age groups and regions.
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The
U.S
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Freedoms Fund
Preme Court
Leadership of Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Dwight D
Eisenhower
James A. Farley
John H. Glenn, Jr
Bruce €. Clarke
U.S. PX
Hello Molly
Turkey
Cyprus
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Derby
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