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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1969
Page
1
The committee backed a wide tax bill providing about 9 billion dollars in annual relief for individual income taxpayers and 6.5 billion in revenue gains from reforms. It includes a 445 million dollar cut under new rates for single filers, with none paying more than 20 percent above what married couples pay.
President Nixon outlined a reduced U S leadership role in Latin American affairs and urged Western Hemisphere nations to form a partnership. He spoke at a banquet closing the Inter American Press Association meeting, broadcast to 11 Latin American nations, proposing steps to ease trade barriers aid Latin American trade expansion and establish regular inter American consultations. He stressed dealing with governments as they are while aiming for a vigorous market access push.
Pentagon announced two area servicemen killed in Vietnam. Army Pfc. Ralph S. Cinotti, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Angelo Cinotti of 85 Balsam Avenue, died in a helicopter crash after graduating from Norwalk State Technical Institute and serving at Fort Eustis. He reported to Vietnam duty in late July. Pfc. John K. Goetz, 26, is named next in the report.
Walter Reuther visits a GE plant picket line near Cincinnati as a nationwide strike enters its fifth day with no talks underway. The row centers on gas rate increases and PUC actions leading to court appeals, while GE pledges to refund customers and maintain production at a minimal level.
Mostly cloudy today with little temperature change. high in the 50s. Rain likely tonight into tomorrow with 70 percent chance. Light east to southeast winds 10 to 15 mph today, increasing tonight. Almanac notes date and daylight times.
Washington reports a sharp flare in U S Soviet discussions on Israel and the Arab states. The State Department questioned Moscow’s good faith after a Soviet Foreign Office statement, signaling tensions in the pursuit of a peaceful settlement.
officials say Secretary of State William P. Rogers told Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin in a half hour exchange to avoid entanglement in Lebanon. Dobrynin, reportedly instructed from Moscow, repeated the Soviet stance and warned the Nixon administration. In Lebanon, Arab guerrillas attacked a police post near Mashta Hassan while Lebanese forces repelled the raid. Tripoli reported calm with no bloodshed, and the Old City remained under guerrilla influence as Beirut observed a quiet Friday noon prayer and a curfew.
Bridgeport Redevelopment agency won federal ratification to transfer land to four buyers for the West Side 2 project. Syntex Rubber will build a rubber goods factory on Parcel 6A, William E. Murray Associates a sand casting plant on Parcel 10A, Bodine Corporation an industrial plant on Parcel 10B, and Bonazzo Realty on Parcels 10C and 0D for Bridgeport Plastics. Urban Renewal Director William C. Warner said a public hearing on Nov 14 at 4 p.m. will cover the transfers.
AP reports a jittery gunman hijacked a Trans World Airlines 707 over California and steered a 6,900 mile flight to Rome. He disembarked with airport police chief Pietro Guli and asked to be taken to Naples. authorities tentatively identify him as an AWOL Marine born in Italy.
Today from 1 to 4 p m Beardsley Park hosts Your Zoo Day with prizes performing players and a magician. More than 4 000 people are expected to attend as a parade starts at 1 p m with several hundred children in animal costumes marching to spotlight the zoo's planned growth into a top national family attraction.
A panel's report on supersonic transport development remains pessimistic about the SST. Rep. Henry Reuss released the document after Nixon ordered government funding for a prototype. The study cites sonic boom and airport noise as intolerable to many people affected.
U S fighter bombers and helicopter gun ships killed 41 enemy soldiers northeast of Saigon with no American casualties. The attack began Friday afternoon about 74 miles northeast of Saigon near Phouc Kinh. Air support included gunships artillery and Phantom jets.
Earl Merriam 41 of Stratford returned to Bridgeport from Miami after an FBI and police interview. Investigators say the case remains open as details are limited while his abandoned milk truck was found on Plymouth Street with broken glasses and blood stains nearby.
A committee of prominent citizens urges against a sudden U S withdrawal from Vietnam. It supports Nixon’s gradual disengagement, warns abrupt pullout would imperil South Vietnam’s gains and threaten U S credibility and world peace. The group, led by former leaders including Eisenhower and Truman supporters, argues for a measured approach with a special commission review and continued military, pacification, and political progress in Saigon.
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