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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1966

Page

17

Bridgeport Post and Telegram Circulation Details

The Bridgeport Publishing Company lists The Bridgeport Post and The Bridgeport Telegram as daily and morning papers with Sunday Post editions. Subscriptions vary by duration and distance, with rates for daily and Sunday bundles, and separate Sun Post single copies. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and second class postage is paid in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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Romania Rejects Soviet Troop Bases Demand In European Stand

In a bold move Romania told the Kremlin to withdraw Soviet forces from East Germany Hungary and Poland and refused continued Warsaw Pact payments. Nicolae Ceausescu condemned military blocs while Senator Mansfield urged bringing American troops home and leaving only a token force in Europe.

Kremlin Charles de Gaulle France NATO Romania Europe Leonid I. Brezhnev Communist Party Bucharest de Gaulle Chou En-Lai China Peking Ion Gheorghe Maurer Moscow Brezhnev Soviet Union East Germany Hungary Poland United States Nicolae Ceausescu Romanian Communist Party Senate Mike Mansfield Montana

Auto Sales Decline Triggers Calls for Price Cut

The slowdown in April and early May auto sales worries the economy as the industry leads growth. Walter Reuther urges a $100 to $200 wholesale price cut to spur demand, arguing production cuts are temporary and inflation relief is desired.

United Automobile Workers Walter Reuther Reuther Long Beach Calif Association of New York Chevrolet Dealers

Self-set prices urged to boost auto sales economy

The idea proposes letting buyers set their own car price to lower sticker totals at the source. If these cuts spare dealer profits, sales should rise and employment benefit. The argument links auto industry stability to broader economic stability.

Favorite Blue Chip Stocks Turn Over the Decades

A look at the 1946 and 1966 lists of preferred stocks shows how investor fashions shift. Montgomery Ward once topped the 1946 Favorite Fifty, while 1966 favorites include General Motors and IBM, with only four 1946 names surviving in the top ranks.

Sylvia Portep A. Montgomery Ward Montgomery Ward Standard Oil N. J Kennecott Copper North American Co Union Car__ bide Chrysler Sylvia Ronter Johns Mansville Paramount Pictures duPont Gulf Oil duPont Union Carbide Gulf Oil Arthur Wiesenberger & Co N.T Kennecott Cooper Johns Manville American Gas & Elec American Viscose B. F. Goodrich Hercules Powder Continental Oil American Radiator &&.S Armstrong Cork Electric Auto- Lite Firestone Tire Texaco Socony Mobile Eastman Kodak Sears, Roebuck Monsanto Co Ford Motor Phillips Petroleum Int'l Paper Ind National Lead General ‘ Foods American Cyanamid American Electric Power South'n Cal Edison Dow, Chemical Elec Chase Man‘hattan Bank Texas Company Alliea Stores jAmerican Tobacco Celanvese’Corp Deere & Company Great Northern ‘Railway Phillips, Petroleum Standard Oil of California C.I.T. Financial Corp Eastman& Kodak Commonwealth Edison Minneapolis Mining. & Manufacturing National Dairy Products Southern Company Allied, Chemical Phelps Dodge American Central & So West Westinghouse Electric International Nickel Consumers’ Power Com Américan Can Honeywell Procter & Gamble

Right to Privacy At Risk In Proposed Federal Data Center

Senator Edward Long warns that a Federal Data Center could centralize personal records from tax to census data, social security and FBI fingerprints. He cites privacy abuses and the erosion of constitutional safeguards, noting past breaches and the fear of a omniscient federal databank.

George Orwell Edward V. Long Missouri Armed Services FBI

Air Force seeks 3,000 civilian technicians nationwide

The Defense Department announced an urgent Air Force need for 3,000 qualified technicians to fill civilian posts in the United States and overseas within months. The program offers attractive wages and overseas opportunities, tied to a broader shift of military roles to civilian positions amid Southeast Asia tensions.

Defense Department Air Force United States Civil Service Southeast Asia Pentagon Asia

Griffin Named U S Senator in Michigan Race Boost

Rep Robert P Griffin on an inspection tour in Saigon received a telephone call from Gov George W Romney informing him of his appointment as U S Senator from Michigan to replace the late Pat McNamara. The move strengthens his uphill bid for a six year term as his rival field includes the Williams–Cavagnah winner.

Robert P. Griffin Saigon George W. Romney U.S Michigan Pat McNamara Griffin Landrum-Griffin G. Mennen Williams Detroit Jerome P. Cavanagh

Canada Likely to Top 170000 Immigrants in 1966

Ottawa reports first quarter figures suggest 1966 will be a big year for immigration to Canada. With 30 713 newcomers in January February March and assuming arrivals peak between April and November officials forecast surpassing 170 000 for the ninth time in the nation's history.

Ottawa Canada

Credit Thought: Easier to Acquire Goods Than Rights

A remark on consumer psychology notes that obtaining credit for purchases is often simpler than securing credit for actions or services. The statement suggests buyers may separate buying power from personal deeds.

Costly Job Corps Center raises taxpayer concerns

A columnist questions Office of Economic Opportunity figures on the St. Petersburg Job Corps Center for Women. Per graduate costs cited by Rep. Goodell range from 9,430 to 39,205 dollars, drawing comparisons to college education costs and prompting calls for fiscal accountability and humane program targets.

St. Petersburg Fila Office of Economic ‘Opportunity OEO Charles Goodell R. N.Y General Motors Library of Congress Betty Goodell Ure Ces’s U.S Diamond Jim Brady OEQ Bass Sargent Shriver Dixie Benetta Washington Harvard

Dulles and Rusk Separate Paths in Vietnam Crisis

AP analysis notes John Foster Dulles as flamboyant, Dean Rusk as quiet policy technician. Johnson relies on Rusk to explain administration positions as Vietnam war deepens chaos. The piece contrasts their styles and warns of potential scapegoating if the war fails.

John Foster Dulles Dean Rusk Rusk Dulles Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Kennedy Johnson John. Enn Viet Nam No. 1

Da Nang Firefight Described by Reporter Wounded in Action

AP correspondent Bob Ohman recalls a brutal Da Nang clash between progovernment and rebel forces. He describes taking cover on Hoang Dieu Street as a 57mm round narrowly missed, medics treated six airborne troops and two civilians, and soldiers pounded highway barricades while Buddhist Boy Scouts aided wounded civilians. The piece notes rising tensions and the likelihood of further casualties as both sides shoot high to avoid killing fellow Vietnamese.

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GOP Ifs and Whens in Senate Leadership Talk

Senator Dirksen recovers from a broken hip as discussions swirl over his successor. Rumors link Morton and Kuchel to leadership posts and name Hruska and Scott as potential floor leaders, with Saltonstall absent and Scott and Morton vying for influence among a Republican conference seen as a club of peers.

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