21 Nov 1969
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1969
Page
1
Secretary Clifford Hardin announced a plan to outlaw nearly all DDT uses by December 30 1970 and prohibit within 30 days its sale for home and tobacco field applications. Emergency disease control and severe crop infestations would be exempt. Existing stocks may be used.
Two more Republican senators John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky and Charles Mathias of Maryland publicly opposed Clement Haynsworth Jr. for the Supreme Court with a Democrat backing him. The roll call today hinges on uncommitted members and a AP poll shows 45 have declared so far.
Puzzle fans faced a tough chase in the Sunday Post prize cross word game Puzzle 808. No Thanksgiving theme appeared this week and no contestant solved the puzzle last Sunday.
Fair and cold today and tomorrow with highs in the 30s. Tonight lows around 15 to 23. A 10 percent chance of precipitation. Northwesterly winds 4 to 15 miles an hour, diminishing to 10 mph or less tonight.
Washington reports President Nixon accepts resignations of Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and deputy Lawrence Walsh as the U S negotiating team shows signs of changes in Paris. The moves may stall peace talks and shift leadership as officials weigh next steps in the multilateral negotiations.
The National Earthquake Center reported a great earthquake near the Nico bar Island region south of Burma. The quake occurred at 8 06 am EST and measured about 7 2 on the Richter scale. No further details were available.
The Fairfield Board of Education denied a bus transportation appeal for about 75 students from Old Black Rock turnpike to Andrew Warde High School by a 5 to 1 vote. New Republican member Norma Pekar opposed. The decision followed prior committee findings of no traffic hazards on the near two mile walk. The losing group indicated they would pursue the matter with the State Commissioner of Education.
Stratford police seized heroin valued over 1700 dollars from the Avon Barber shop at 469 Honeyspot road. Proprietor James Dellamarggio 52 of Taft avenue was charged with narcotics possession with intent to sell and held on bond after arraignment. Detectives Carten Hansen Haggerty and Dunn led the raid, spotlighting a clash with union pricing.
The House narrowly approved a $2.19 billion foreign aid bill after resisting deep cuts. A squadron of F4D fighters for Formosa was added by a seven-vote margin amid pressure from President Nixon and Republican letters, with limited reductions in development loans.
Connecticut couple files a $500000 claim against Pentagon officials and the United States for damages tied to the death of their son, Pfc. Russell J. Rotko Jr., in Vietnam. They accuse military leaders of constitutional and international law violations in ordering his combat assignment.
The Internal Revenue Service unveiled a new red white and blue Form 1040. Seventy seven million people are expected to file the form before the April 15 deadline. For the first time all individual taxpayers will use this version.
A near thousand strong Norwalk audience packed a high school gym for a planning commission hearing on deleting a zoning subsec tion for stringent planned residential developments. The crowd wore lapel buttons from two homeowners groups as the commission prepared to deny the petition 7 to 1 in an executive session.
The entry marks the 325th day of the year and the 60th day of fall. It lists sunrise at 6:48 a.m. and sunset at 4:30 p.m. with various phrases about times throughout the day.
The audit of Action for Bridgeport Community Development Inc. found no evidence of fund misuse. The action for day care at St Mark's Episcopal Church and eight week summer day camp for about 1400 youths were funded. Public costs total 136445 for the camp and 83314 for the day care program.
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Alan Bean and Richard Gordon Jr guided the Intrepid lunar module to a planned crash on the Moon near the Ocean of Storms at 4 50 p m EST. The seismometer readings sent from Earth indicated the Moon's interior may differ from Earth's, prompting scientists to rethink lunar structure.
Vice President Spiro Agnew told the Alabama Chamber of Commerce that growing monopolization of public opinion threatens fair discourse. He accused The New York Times and The Washington Post of biased coverage and warned against excessive critique becoming intolerable. He cited corporate consolidation in Washington and urged accountability, saying the press must defend its statements as the public debates intensify.
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