Senate unit to ok draft lottery bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted unanimously to repel a draft by lottery and to hear extensive testimony by Feb. 15. Chairman John Stennis said the panel will move the House bill without amendments while promising no floor changes from reform advocates. Brewsster Jr. proposal for accelerated hearings was rejected.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Phan
John Stennis
Dmiss
Melvin R. Laird
Selective Service System
Nixon
Senate
Stennis
Stemnie
Yale University
Kingman Brewster Jr
Edward W. Brooke
Dmags
Inaugural Address Opens Bridgeport Mayoral Term
About 400 residents fill City Hall as Mayor Curt Curran pledges regional cooperation and housing focus. The ceremony swore in 34 Democrats and seven Republicans, with voters noting a healthy climate for bridging rival parties.
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Sors
Curt Superior Court
Samuel J
Chambers
Bridgeport
Curran
Tel Nets
Heyduk
Superior Court
Samuel J. Teresco
Miller Maintains Innocence While Admitting Aliases in New York
Milford hairdresser Miller, on trial in U S District Court for the second time on a conspiracy charge, admits using several aliases including Martin and Jimmy Martin. He testifies about a taped New York confession and trips during 1963 when heroin allegedly flowed to him, while maintaining his innocence and claiming alibi work in his shop.
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N.Y
William F. Quasler
Milford
U.S
Ronald
Blask
New York
Maria Nat
Seateth
Aan Millet Jzia
Miami
Fla
Tanes Martin
Joseph
Martin
Jimmy Martin
Joseph Caron
Ring
Caron
Greenwich Diocesan Board Announces Girls High Closure
About 1,000 angry parents gathered at St Mary’s High School in Greenwich North Street to learn the diocese will definitely shut down St Mary’s Girls High in June 1970 due to staffing shortages. Rev Martin B Hitchcock said nine teaching orders were contacted. eight refused and one seems unlikely.
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Bridge+port Diocesan
Bernagine
Greenwich Jong
Board of Education
Peter
Weather Brief for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Bridgeport and vicinity expect variable cloudiness with a high in the fifties and a small chance of rain. Tonight will be partly cloudy with upper 30s to lower 40s lows, and tomorrow turns warmer with similar cloudiness. Winds from the north to north-northwest at 18 to 20 mph today, diminishing tonight. Tides two feet above normal at peak high tides.
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Bridgeport
Nixon Thanks US Servicemen on Thanksgiving Day
President Nixon expresses gratitude to American servicemen in a Thanksgiving message. He praises their courage and loyalty and notes the nation’s gratitude for their protection, calling the day an ideal occasion to acknowledge their sacrifice. The brief includes a weather update and calendar notes.
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Nixon
Marian Jo Sesseres
Comtics
Csi
SagfDear Abby
Beandstadt
Pam
Jacoby
Polly
Almanag Vsports
Ceva Eens
Sylvia Porter
Tnd
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City Jail Breaker Caught In Mt Vernon N Y
Fridgeport escapee captured by New York State Police at Mt Vernon after a break that injured guards and police. W W Foley trooper in charge says joint raid led to arrest of Jota P Croom, 2d, formerly of 413 Columbia Street, with a girl friend.
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Fridgeport
Bridge
Walter W. Foley
Westport
Mt. Vernon
Connecticut
N.Y
Croom
Jin
Westchester County
Jota P.croom
Columbia’ Street
Duffey Enters Race for Dodd Senate Seat
The Rev Joseph Duffey ADA national chairman announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for U S Senate seat held by Thomas J Dodd in Connecticut. Duffey, 47, said he is prepared for a primary and framed his run as a public challenge to current leadership and policies.
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Conn
Joseph Duffey
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
U.S. Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
Duffey
United Church of Christ
Dodd
Senate
Connecticu
Abraham Ribikcoff
Milfey
Schools and Banks Close for Veterans Day Observance
Banks and courts will be closed today in observance of Veterans Day. Most plants and businesses will operate as usual. Father Panik Village Tenants Association leaders urged the Board of Police Commissioners for aid to curb riots and traffic in housing areas, and police officials promised help. Louise Nelson, president and Walterville school teacher, asked for more foot patrols after 20 years in the project.
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Father Panik Village Tenants’ Association
Board of Police Commissioners
Acrize
Louise Nelson
Walterville School
Veterans Day Observances Split Over War Policy
Washington AP Veterans Day events reflect a nation divided over Vietnam policy. Antiwar groups organize a March on Washington while administration planners aim for unity with a National Week of Unity and a Veterans Day Freedom Rally on Tuesday. President Nixon urges prayers for peace and honors those who served, insisting on tribute for liberty and memory.
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Nixon
White House
Grams
Philo Jtion
Sophy
Freedom
John Tower
R-Tex
Anti War Demonstrations Rally Across Nation
Massive protests spread toward the capital as organizers predict hundreds of thousands will join in Washington and other cities. The New Mobilization Organization and Student Mobilization Committee plan peaceful, orderly marches plus counterdemonstrations. Organizers expect large crowds from New York Boston Chicago and Wisconsin with thousands traveling by train plane and bus to protest Vietnam war policies and call for end to the war.
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Fed
Texas
Virginia
New York
Autp
Boston
Massachusetts
Twn Air
Chicago
Wisconsin
Martin Luther King
University of Nebraska
Pentagon
Michigan
New Mabis
Vietnam
San Francisco
Mobe
Nixig
Alan
Obe
Thei
R Start
Ron Young
Protests Prove Nothing Says Agnew at Conference
Vice President Spiro Agnew told a Philadelphia audience that mob demonstrations are fashionable but content empty and disruptive. He urged that mass street protests inflame emotions rather than produce solutions, predicting their popularity would dwindle.
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Philadelphia
Spira T. Agnew
Agnew
Mass
National Municipal League
218 Autos Tested 25 Didn’t Pass
The Department of Transportation released results from safety tests on a cross section of 1968 and 1969 model cars. Overall failures ran 11.5 percent, with seat belt and fuel tank issues adding another 10 percent in separate tests. Highest failure hit fuel tanks at 28.8 percent. brakes 13.7. tires 12.3. seat belts 10.8. seat anchorages 5.4. Cars with failures did not imply federal violation. Page Twelve.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
Robert Brenner
National Highway Safety Bureau
Brenner
Thia Department
Federe
Wary Americans Can Avoid Dropping Dead Say Medic
Dr Jeremiah Stamler of Health Research Foundation warned at the American Public Health Association meeting that reducing risk factors can make Americans almost immune to sudden heart death. He cited high cholesteral levels obesity and other risks as key targets to lower.
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Philadelphia
Jeremiah Stamler
The
Health Research Foundation
Stamler
American, Public Health Association
Chicago
Gator Kasey Returns to Moonport Pad
CAPE KENNEDY Florida AP reports the moonport's official yard long alligator Kasey is back at his pond residence after a two week disappearance. The reptile resumed his routine, gobbling marshmallows and garlic toast in his accustomed habitat at Moonport Pad.
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Gator Kasey
Moonport Pad
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Kasey
Moonport
USA
State Withdraws Offer For Day Care Site Here
The State Welfare department withdrew its offer to establish a day care center at the P T Barnum apartments housing project in Bridgeport. In a letter read at the Bridgeport Housing Authority meeting, the regional director cited prohibitive reconstruction costs and the department's own financial attraction as reasons for pulling the nine month old proposal.
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Bridgeport Housing Authority
Welfare Department
Francis J. Shanley
Housing Authority
Tor
Harborview Towers
Howard F. Fuller
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