Vietnamese forces strike near Saigon and border towns
North Vietnamese troops assaulted Firebase Ferry near Saigon and shelled two nearby bases Ike and Jamie as part of a broader border offensive. Casualties included four enemy killed at Ferry, one South Vietnamese civilian killed, seven U.S. wounded, with additional shelling and combat reported across a 150 mile sector.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Special Forces
Bu Dop
1St Air Cavalry
Ike
Jamie
Sai
Miltary
Mayor Jepson Named New State Auditor
Mayor Alan H. Jepson of Milford, defeated Tuesday in his bid for a fourth term, was appointed Democratic state auditor by Governor Dempsey. He will assume the post November 18 with a salary of 18740, succeeding Leo V. Donohue who resigned October 1 to become state finance commissioner. The appointment awaits 1971 legislative confirmation.
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Alan H. Jepson
Milford
Demarcatic State
Dempsey
Jepson
Leo V. Donohue
Avon
Donohue
Henry J. Becker Jr
Giaimo Defends Reputation Against Column Allegations
Rep. Robert Giaimo of Connecticut denounces two columns by Jack Anderson as character assassination. He says the pieces link him to people connected with the Mafia and threaten his hard won reputation.
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Washington
Robert N. Giaimo
D-Conn
Jack Anderson
Giaimo
Features and Sections In Telegram Daily Page Mix
A compact list of daily features appears across Telegram Daily including comics crossword Dear Abby editorials fashions financial news and theater and TV sections. Obituaries sports and women’s news are listed with page numbers. Local items reference Wm Lawrence D D S.
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Chef Maria
Abby
Jacoby On Bridge
Weather Outlook for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Cloudy and cool with periods of rain today, high upper 40s to mid 50s. Tonight and tomorrow cloudy with little temperature change, low in the 40s. 50 percent precip today, 30 percent tonight. East to northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Bridgeport
Meir blocks Sabbath TV broadcast amid coalition push
Israel Prime Minister Golda Meir delayed Sabbath television to win religious party support for a coalition after her Labor Party failed to secure a parliamentary majority. Secretary Rogers rejected Nasser's claim of U.S. side in the Mideast conflict, calling his speech a setback to peace efforts.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Meir
Labor
Coalit
Washington
William P. Rogers
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
Mideast
State Department
Rogers
Nasser
National Assembly
Hig
Middle East
Protest Leaders Nix New Route For DC Parade
Washington AP the government allowed antiwar demonstrators a mass march from the Capitol to near the White House on November 15 but New Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam rejected the plan citing no front of White House passage and no Pennsylvania Avenue route.
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Washington
White House
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Department
Vietnam
Pennsylvania Avenue
Kleindienst
New Mobilization Committee
Governor Hits School Order In Mississippi
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals formally ordered 30 Mississippi districts to end segregated school facilities with full implementation by December 31. Mississippi Governor called the ruling the rawest kind of discrimination and said districts could no longer operate a dual system based on race or color.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals
Rubbish Truck Kills Worker Jumping From Vehicle
Trumbull man Joseph Young, 53, was killed when he leaped from a rubbish removal truck near Whitney Avenue. The truck, driven by Alphonse Pontillo of Trumbull, began veering on a hill, the driver lost control, and Young was struck by rear wheels. He died at St. Vincent's Hospital. Police reported the incident and noted the driver halted the vehicle shortly after the accident.
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Trumbull
Bridgeport
Wereas Asa Systemonel
Young
St. Vincent's
Henry DeJulio
Joseph Young
Steuer
Pitt
Segret de da Alphonse Pontillo
Thomas Madison Avenue
L Street
Whitney Pee Keen
Airlines Plan Economy Cutbacks Across Major Carriers
Pan Am will lay off about 195 ground workers at Miami. Mohawk Airlines to cut flights about 5 percent starting Dec 1 and furlough around 80 workers. Northeast Airlines weighs drastic changes though locations undecided. Other major carriers report no layoffs at this time.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
Miami
Northeast Airlines
Mohawk
Mohawk Airlines
Russell V. Stephenson
Northeast
Pan -Am
Hawaii
San Juan
Pan Am
Triday
TWA
National
United
Continental
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Ex City Man James Moran Shot to Death in New Jersey
James Moran a 59 year old jewelry salesman and former Bridgeport Connecticut resident was shot to death and robbed as he walked to his car near St Peters College in Jersey City New Jersey. He died at the Medical Center about three hours after the 754 am shooting after five hours of treatment by six doctors. Police report he was shot in the back and told investigators he was robbed by three men who fled in a green two door car. A car matching that description was found abandoned blocks away with motor running and containing only loose change and three watch bands. Moran’s home at 145 Glenwood was the target of the investigation.
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Anderson
Giaimo
Bernard
Seme L
Paul Coppola
Coppola
New Haven
Conn
Jersey ‘City
N.J
James Moran
Bridgeport, Conn
St. Peter's College
Moran
Glenwood
Gunman Hijacks Argentine Plane in Cordoba
An armed man hijacked an Austral S.A. charter plane at Cordoba Pajos Blancas Airport Friday night grabbing a child from a passenger and threatening to kill him unless the pilot obeyed. The hijacker demanded refueling for a long journey and to go to Cuba while the aircraft was anticipated to land shortly after takeoff.
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Cordoba
Argentina
Pajos Blancas Airport
Cuba
Austral S.A. A4
Buenos Aires
Nixon seeks 1000 more air traffic controllers in bid
President Nixon urged Congress to authorize 1,000 more air traffic controllers and tied this to his airport and airway development bill. He spoke in Florida and flew to the Bahamas for a vacation, accompanied only by friend C G Rebozo.
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Grand Day
Bahamas
Nixon
Congress
C. G
Bebe” Rebozo
Key Biscayne
Fla
Robert Abplanalo
Precision Valve Corp
Florida
Transportation Department
Threats to Nixon Lead to Two Arrests in Miami
Two men were ordered held on bonds of 200000 each after threats on President Nixon. George W. Baker 51 of Miami and John Anthony Baker 24 of Breezewood Pa face assaulting a federal officer and threatening the President charges. Secret Service seized rifles and pistols. Baker allegedly warned of killing federal officials if his son dies in Vietnam.
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Miami
Nixon
Keyy' Biscayne
George W. Baker
John Anthony Baker
Breezewood
Asst
U.S. Atty
Mike Osman
George Baker
John Baker
Osman
Vietnam
Draft Board
Secret Service
Florida
Baker
Bridgeport Veterans Day Parade To Honor All War Veterans
Bridgeport holds a Veterans Day parade tomorrow at 2 p.m. starting from Bull's Head. It marks the annual observance once Armistice Day with veterans organizations bands and military units marching to McLevy Hall for exercises at the Ex-Servicemen monument on Broad and State streets.
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Bridgeport
Bull's Head
Main Street
John Street
Broad Street
McLevy Hall
Broad and
State Streets
Senate Motion To Back Nixon Gains Sponsors
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield joined 39 other senators in sponsoring a resolution supporting President Nixon and calling for a mutual cease-fire in Vietnam. He ruled out rapid passage, saying the measure would be referred to the Foreign Relations Committee and would take time to consider.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Vietnam
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Scott
Mansfield
Foreign Relations Committee
Amputee Veteran and Nurse Plan Elaborate Second Wedding
Viet Nam veteran Albert Nirenstein of Stamford and Army nurse Nancy Dunker will wed again in New York Sunday in an elaborate ceremony arranged by Disabled American Veterans for 50 Vietnam amputees. They had a small Oct 25 ceremony in Stamford to please family, and plan the publicized second wedding to honor fellow veterans. Nancy, 26, is retiring her commission as captain in the Army.
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Katie
Albert Nirenstein
Stamford
Pat Egs
Vietnam
Army Nurse Corps
Nancy Dunker
New York
Huon
John Dunker
Veterans’ Group
New York Rion
Temple Sinai
Nirenstein
Valley Force Army Hospital
Prayer Day Sunday for GI Prisoners
President Nixon signed a measure declaring Sunday a national day of prayer for service members held by North Vietnam. The House Joint Resolution was sponsored by Rep G William Whitehurst and Rep Thomas N Dowing.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
House
Virginia
G. William Whitehurst
Thomas N. Downing
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Pan American Airways
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield
Louis Nirenstein
Maitland Road
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Stamford High School
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