Senators rebuff McNamara on army merger plan
The Senate Preparedness subcommittee voted unanimously to scrap the proposed merger of the Army Reserve and Army National Guard, citing heightened tensions and current hostilities. The panel urged modernization of reserves without creating a perishable asset, while criticizing the deactivation of 750 Reserve units and calling some Reserve divisions to active duty for training.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Pentagon
Army Reserve
Army National Guard
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Army
National Guard
McNamara
The
E Army
Eason
Subcommittee
Senate Group
Viet Nam
World Accordion Champion Dominiko Captivates Connecticut Crowd
More than 600 people attended a Klein auditorium concert featuring Stephen Dominico the 1965 World Accordion champion. The 19 year old from Trumbull performed pieces from Bach to Bartok as proceeds supported his musical education at Mannes College of Music in New York.
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Stephen Dominico
Scattergood Circle
Trumbull
Accordion Teachers Association of Connecticut
Klein Auditorium
Dominko
Bach
Bartok
Rudy Molinaro
Molinaro Accordion School of
Bridgeport
Mannes College of Music
New York City
Molinaro
Man Faces 2 Charges After Disturbance in Fairfield
Asa Mead Jr., 40, of 195 East Avenue East Norwalk, was arrested Saturday at 4 30 p m by Patrolman Glenn Austin after allegedly creating a disturbance in an apartment on Unquowa Road Fairfield. Charged with breach of peace and resisting arrest he was released on 500 bond and will face circuit court on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Mead, Jr
East Avenue
East Norwalk
Glenn Austin
Mead
Unquowa Road
Fairfield
Young Man Arrested On Fireworks Charge
Dean Builter an 18 year old from 50 North Cedar Road Fairfield was arrested on a fireworks charge after discharging fireworks at 12 40 a m near the Post Road refreshment stand Traffic circle Fairfield Patrolman Glenn Austin made the arrest following complaints He was released on 100 bond and will face Circuit Court June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Builter
Cédar ‘Road
Fairfield
Post Road
Glenn Austin
Builter
Manchester Man Held In Stratford Crash
Peter D. Dufresne, 44, of 357 Hilliard Street, Manchester, was arrested by Stratford police for operating under the influence after a westbound Ferry Boulevard crash. His car veered right, knocked down State Highway fence posts, traveled 612 feet on the shoulder, and stopped against a dirt bank. He was uninjured and released on $50 bond for Circuit court June 1.
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Peter D. Dufresne
Hilliard Street
Manchester
Stratford
Dufresne
Ferry Boulevard
State Highway Department
Erratic Driving Report Leads to DUI Arrest
Andrew J. Straborny, 19, of 473 Hollister Street Stratford, arrested Saturday at 10 p m by Stratford police for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. Patrolman Rod ney Desrosiers stopped his car on Washington Parkway after it was reported driven erratically. Straborny released under $500 bond for Circuit court appearance June 9.
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Andrew J. Straborny
Hollister Street
Stratford
Straborny
Washington Parkway
Rodney Desrosiers
Mr. Straborny
Circuit Court
Fifth set of twins born to Ontario family
Cobalt Ontario reports Mrs. Roland Mercie, 34, wife of an unemployed miner, has given birth to her fifth set of twins, both girls. The Merciers already have a son, 14, daughters 11 and 7, and three prior pairs of twins aged 12, 9, 6, and 4.
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Cobalt
Ontario
Roland Mercie
Merciers
Picket Lines At Pratt & Whitney As Contract Lapses
Picket lines were set up at the entrance to the Pratt & Whitney aircraft plant in North Haven as 4,500 UAW members protested the company after the contract expired at midnight. Union leaders reportedly advised against the action.
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Pratt & Whitney
North Haven
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
United Auto Workers
United Aircraft Corp
Abducted 17-year-old Peggy Bradnick search ends day
Pennsylvania authorities end the mass search for Peggy Ann Bradnick who was taken near Shade Gap. State police and FBI will continue the investigation with helicopters and dogs on standby. The command post will stay active for another week as volunteers wrap up the big hunt.
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Shade Gap
Pennsylvania
Peggy Ann Bradnick
Edward P. Mitarnowski
FBI
Arkansas
Mitarnowski
Peggy
Brodnick
Two Stratford Men Arrested Over Fifty Dollar Racing Bet
Two Bridgeport men, Michael F. Gulas and Michael F. Fetche, were arrested by Stratford police at 11:30 p.m. after a $50 racing bet prompted a stop on Lordship Boulevard Pilma. Patrolman Chickos cited an obvious race to win. both men released on $100 bond for Circuit Court on June 2.
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Bridgeport
Stratford
Michael F. Gulas
Beardsley Park Terrace
Michael F. Fetche
Asylum Street
Joseph Chickos
Lordship Boulevard
Pilma
Chickos
Circuit Court
City Man Injured In Pike County Auto Crash
Joseph Crowe, 57, of 1522 Fairfield avenue, was hospitalized with facial cuts after his car left the Connecticut turnpike, struck a center guard rail near the Westbound Wordin avenue exit, and rested against a concrete abutment. State Trooper Bloomquist cited an unexplained swerve. investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Crowe
Fairfield Avenue
Parks City Hospital
City Ambuance
Connecticut Turnpike
Wordin Avenue
Robert Bloomquist
Crowe
Woman Held on Narcotics Charge in Father Panik Village
Barbara White of Building 99 Father Panik village was arrested by Special Services detectives at 2 a.m. Sunday and charged under the State Narcotics Act. She is detained at Therme Street Detention Home in lieu of 5000 bail awaiting further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara White
Father Panik Village
Special Services Division
Therme Street
Tiew
Ceremonies Mark Eighteen Years Of Israeli State
An Israeli state anniversary program featured colors by Jewish War Veterans and anthems by Mrs. Samuel Eisenberg and Mrs. Louis Schopick. Rabbi Rackovsky gave the invocation. A candlelighting ceremony preceded greetings from Edward Hurwitz and others, with Israeli dances, a history of independence, and a dramatic reading. Benediction by Rabbi Sanford H. Hahn closed the event.
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Samuel Eisenberg
Louis Schopick
Isaiah
Rackovsky
Robert Rosenfeld
Edward Hurwitz
Samuel C. Shieman
Jewish Community Center
Donald J. Irwin
Hugh Curran
Israel
Sanford H. Hahn
Dempsey Honored by Sons of Italy for Citizenship Efforts
Newington Connecticut Governor Dempsey received the Sons of Italy Good Citizenship award and was made an honorary Italian at a dinner. He praised the 4 to 5 million Italians who built America, noting their sacrifices and the success of their descendants in business, law, and medicine.
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Newington
UPI
Dempsey
The
Sons of Italy
United States
America
Connecticut
Stratford Man Hurt When Car Hits Fence
Cornelius J. Ahern 25 of 77 Allyndale Drive Stratford was treated at Norwalk Hospital for facial bruises after his car struck a median divider fence on the Connecticut turnpike near East Avenue exit at 2 45 a m He said another vehicle cut him off and he swerved into the fence He was arrested for failure to drive in an established land lane and released on a summons for Circuit court June 6.
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Norwalk
Cornelius J. Ahern
Allyndale Drive
Stratford
Connecticut Turnpike
East Avenue
R. K. Smith
Ahern
Norwalk Hospital
Misnamed: Ulysses S Grant's Middle Initial Error
West Point clerk misrecorded Gen. Ulysses S Grant as Hiram Ulysses Grant. The error remained uncorrected and Grant signed Ulysses S Grant, omitting the period after the S. The mix up became a lifelong signature.
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Hiram NO
U. S
West Point
N.Y
UPI
Ulysses S Grant
Hiram Ulysses Grant
Hiram
Grant
Spaceflight tops agenda as Gemini Agena mission nears
Astronauts prepare for Tuesday launch thirty miles off Cape Kennedy with an Agena target vehicle. Stafford and Cernan plan three rendezvous, a record space walk, and multiple orbital maneuvers aboard Gemini Titan 2. Recovery fleet rehearsals underway. Weather favorable.
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Air Force
Col
Stafford
Navy
Cmdr
Cernan
Cape Kennedy
Gemini
Agena
AMU
Cerman
Defense Department
Wasp
National Aeronautics and ‘Space Administration
Alfred J. Gardner
Firemen Called Out On New Set Blaze
Firemen were summoned shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday to extinguish a blaze in a two and a half story dwelling on Washington Avenue near Catherine Street. The rear first floor fire fully engulfed the building as firefighters arrived. The structure, recently purchased by the State for Route 25 thruway development, was being torn down.
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Washington Avenue
Catherine Street
Errant Cyclist Flies 22 Feet After Stratford Crash
Stratford police report Marshall Popp 23 of Fairfield borrowed a motorcycle from Norman Carignan Bridgeport and crashed into a six foot fence at Woodland Inn Honeyspot Road. Popp, who said he never rode a motorcycle before, was treated at Bridgeport Hospital for head abrasions and leg injuries and released. Police continue investigation.
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Waterloo
Stratford
Bridgeport Hospital
Joseph Chickos
Marshall 5
Popp
Prince Street
Fairfield
Norman
J. J. Carignan
West Liberty Street
Bridgeport
Inn
Honeyspot Road
Carignan
Four Hospitalized After 38 Car Route 35 Crash Near Zoar Beach
A 6:45 p.m. Route 35 collision near Zoar beach involved three cars and left four people hospitalized at Griffin Hospital Derby. Injured include David Ferris 17 of Newtown Robert Pouliot 16 Judy Iles 16 and Susan Iles 19 both of Newtown. The eastern car driven by Robert Maxwell 30 Bridgeport struck Ferris car and another westbound car driven by John Nurse 21 Milford. Maxwell refused treatment. Nurse uninjured. Investigation ongoing by Sgt Desrosiers and Patrolman Flaherty.
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Monroe
Zoar Beach
Griffin Hospital
Derby
David C. Ferris
Sugar Hill Road
Newtown
Robert J. Pouliot
Palmer Lane
Oxford
Judy Nes
Susan
Breakwater Road
Iles
Regis Desrosiers
Robert J. Maxwell
Brooklawn Place
Bridgeport
Ferris
Pouliot
F.P.A. Williams
Norman Mercier
Stevenson Fire Company
Sgt. Desrosiers
Joseph Flaherty
North Haven Man Held On Policy Play Charge
Special Services division police arrested Frank Seneca of 31 Edison Drive North Haven on policy playing charges at 5 30 a m Sunday in Bridgeport East Side He was released after bail of 500 posted pending Circuit Court arraignment Police said evidence of gambling was found at 412 East Main Street in his possession
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Special Services Division
North Haven
Bridgeport
Frank Seneca
Edison Drive
Seneca
East Main Street
Goldwater Calls for More Military Leeway in Vietnam
Barry Goldwater urged CBS Face the Nation that U S military commanders in Vietnam be granted broader authority for military targets while opposing unilateral bombing of Hanoi Haiphong He warned decisions on targeting in China must stay with President Johnson and that field leaders should not face strategic choices alone He also predicted Republicans may gain from the war and noted Laos politics with Oudom Souvannavong elected national assembly president.
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Washington
Barry
M. Goldwater
Viet Nam
CBS
Arizona
Air Force Reserve
Hanoi
Haiphong
Goldwater
Red China
Johnson
U.S
North
South
Europe
South Viet Nam
United States
Nguyen Cao Ky
Guoldwater
Laos
Vientiane
Oudom Souvannavong
National Assembly
Oudom
International Red Cross of Laos
Premi
Phoui Sananiikone
Ocean Commuter Surrenders Rush for Solo Atlantic Voyage
John Haynes a 50 year old London manufacturer sails solo from Falmouth in the 31 foot Huntress after a Plymouth cruise. He plans a seven week Atlantic crossing to New York to sell his yacht then fly home by jet.
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Falmouth
England
John Haynes
London
United States
Atlantic
Haynes
Plymouth
New York
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State of Israel
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Bermuda
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Berry
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Manned Spacecraft Center
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