Udall Sees Shoreline Pollution Tour
Secretary of the Interior Stewart J. Udall toured Connecticut shoreline water pollution sites by helicopter visiting Bridgeport Greenwich and other areas with state and municipal officials. He said Americans are ready to tackle a quality environment despite obstacles and costs during a two hour aerial inspection and plant visit.
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Stewart J. Udall
Fairfield County
Bridgeport
Udall
Connecticut
Donald J. Irwin
Greenwich
Congressman Irwin
Washington
Mary Irwin
Irwin
House
Curran
Fairfield First
Telegram
Brinsko Udall
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Von Schirach Speer Freed Two Nazi War Criminals Released
Nazi war criminals Baldur von Schirach and Albert Speer were freed from Spandau Prison at midnight as Rudolf Hess remains the sole inmate. Both men, aged 59 and 61, completed 20 year sentences from the Nuremberg tribunal. Hundreds watched as cars left under floodlights amid police and reporters.
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Speer
Hess
Berlin
Baldur von Schirach
Albert Speer
West Berlin
Spandau
Hitler
Fuehrer
Rudolf Hess
Mur Vereen von Schirach
Hitler Youth
Nurnberg
Scotland
Mission of Humanity
Brit
Joint Airport Plan Price Tag Seen at Six Million
Bridgeport and Stratford propose a joint study for developments at Bridgeport Municipal airport with an estimated total cost around 6 million dollars. Mainiero cites 3.5 million for runway extension and road relocations, 1 million for a lighted taxiway, 2 million for land rights, offset by about 600 thousand from land sales.
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Bridgeport-Stratford
Nicholas J. Maimero
Mainiero
Bridgeport
Mainiera
Bridgeport Area Weather Outlook Clouds and Rain Likely
Weather Bureau forecast for Bridgeport and vicinity calls for cloudy cool conditions with rain developing and continuing tonight. Highs around 60, lows in the 50s, winds east to northeast increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon, then shifting east to southeast tonight. The almanac notes sunrise 6:49 am, sunset 6:35 pm, with last quarter moon on October 7 and star rise expectations in October.
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Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
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Antares
Sirius
Aldebaran
Riegel
House votes to suspend two tax aids in anti inflation push
The House approved 221 to 118 a measure to suspend the investment credit and accelerated depreciation for tax purposes through December 1967. Support came from 180 Democrats and 41 Republicans with 37 Democrats and 81 Republicans opposing. The move taps Johnson's plan linking tax suspensions to a $3 billion spending cut, sending the bill to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Senate
Truck Kills GI's Son in City Traffic Death
The five year old son of an Army staff sergeant in Viet Nam died after running into a moving dump truck on North Avenue near Main Street. Michael Dietz, 25 Sedgewick Street, was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital but pronounced dead on arrival. Lt. John O'Leary of the Traffic division named it Bridgeport's first traffic fatality of the year after an investigation showed the boy crossed from south to north on North Avenue 100 feet west of Main Street and darted into the truck. The vehicle ran over the child as he fell to the pavement.
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Ain
Germany
von Schirach
Speer
Margarethe
Nuernberg
Hans Flaechsner
Klaus
Robert
Richard
Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
West Berlin
Viet Nam
North Avenue
Main Street
Michael Dietz
Harry
Maria Dietz
Sedgewick Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
John O'Leary
Bridgeport
O'Leary
Moscow Embraces Shorter Skirts As Miniskirt Trend
In Moscow the House of Fashion unveiled fall styles with hems up to three inches above the knee, a sharp shift from previous knee-length norms. The show drew mixed reactions as officials, youth, and spectators observed the change, signaling a cautious loosening of conservative morality amid Western fashion influence.
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Moscow
House of Fashion
Soviet Union
I.G. Barabanov
Inez Changes Course Threatens U S Industrial Talks
GE faces a looming strike of about 150000 workers as talks with the IUE stall. Philip D. Moore accuses the IUE of being driven by a multi union strategy committee toward a work stoppage. Mediation officials discuss the stalemate while GE warns of $16 million weekly losses if a strike occurs.
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Philip D. Moore
IUE
William Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
Washington
White House
United Electrical Workers Union
Paul Jennings
Prs
Riots in Nigeria Leave Nearly Hundred Dead on Eve of Independence
Reports from northern Nigeria claim close to 100 people died in widespread unrest ahead of Independence Day. Killings were centered in Bauchi Maiduguri Jos Kaduna and Zaria with curfews imposed and troops deployed. Northern tribes hunted eastern Ibo communities amid retaliatory violence and communication lines were disrupted.
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L.agos
Nigeria
Bauchi
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Maidugiri
Jos
Central Plateau
Kaduna
Zaria
Yakubu Gowon
Lagos
Enugu
Fbes
Davis Found Mentally Competent To Stand Trial
In New Haven three psychiatrists concluded Arthur Davis is mentally competent to stand trial for the Aug. 26 shooting in which five people were killed and a sixth victim died later. Survivors named Davis as the gunman, blaming a breakup with the victim’s daughter for the attack. The panel reported to Superior Court Judge Louis Shapiro after reviewing Davis.
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New Haven
Arthur Davis
Davis
Robert Miller
Marc Rubenstein
Harold Bancroft
Superior Court
Louis Shapiro
Francine McClease
Education Chief Testifies on Desegregation Policy
U S Education Commissioner Harald Howe II told the House Rules Committee there is no government intent to bus students for racial balance. He said the federal role is to aid cities in resolving segregated neighborhood educational problems while denying a broad plan to enforce desegregation or compel faculty changes. Chairman Howard W. Smith accused the Office of Education of overstepping by using busing to equalize race in schools. Howe defended agents as ensuring proper handling and rejected claims of nationwide harassment.
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Howe
iHouse Rules Committee
Office of Education
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Let George Do It Era Ends as Ball Briefs Successor
Washington AP report notes the end of the let George do it era in foreign policy as George W. Ball exits as undersecretary of state. Nicholas Katzenbach, confirmed by voice vote, succeeds Ball after five years in the post, with Thurmond dissenting. Katzenbach succeeds as Ball exits a pivotal era alongside Dean Rusk. Ball, 56, famed as a tireless policy stalwart, departs after shaping key decisions since 1961.
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George
Washington
George W. Ball
Ball
Nicholas Katzenbach
State Department
Lincoln Memorial
Potomac River
Katzenbach
Senate
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Sumner Welles
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Dean Rusk
Council Granted Authority on Tenant Responsibility Penalties
City Attorney Robert J. Testo told the Common Council it may enact a law holding tenants who willfully damage landlord property liable for penalties. He noted Hartford's precedent with a tenant responsibility provision linked to a rent receivership measure and said the duty could be incorporated into the proposal.
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Common Council
Robert J. Testo
Testo
Hartford
Danbury Fair Opens With Auto Daredevils Attraction
The 97th Danbury Fair opens at 9 30 a m today for a nine day run at the Fair Grounds Sugar Hollow district. General Manager John W Leahy and Assistant General Manager C Irving Jarvis hope for good weather. Gates operate daily 4 30 a m to 7 p m. Opening weekend features Joie Chitwood and his Auto Daredevils. A 2 39 p m midway event and a 2 39 p m Canadian pony race follow. Weekdays offer a free grandstand show with the Imperial Lipizzan horses from Austria and Gene Holter's train.
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Danbury
Sugar Hallow District
John W. Leahy
C. Irving Jarvis
Joie Chitwood
Canada
Austria
Gene Holter
Inez Hammers Cuba as Haiti Fate Remains Unclear
Hurricane Inez battered southeastern Cuba, then veered westward raising Florida concerns as forecasters warned it could turn north again. Havana radio reported at least one death, 28 injuries, and many building collapses with about 123,000 people evacuated in the region. Dominican authorities tallied 67 dead and 225 missing amid widespread destruction and homelessness.
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Miami
Fla
Inez
Cuba
United States
National Hurricane Center
Florida
Paul Moore
Moore
Havana
Guantanamo
Cuban
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
Barahona
Dominica
Juancho
Police capture Eichmann aide in Nuernberg
NUERNBERG Germany police Friday announced the capture of fugitive Nazi war criminal Franz Rademacher who flew into Nuernberg from Beirut on a diverted plane. Rademacher once aided Adolf Eichmann in the Foreign Ministry Jewish Affairs department and was convicted years ago of complicity in killing about 1300 Jews, receiving three years five months in prison before escaping West Germany in 1962.
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Germany
UPI
Franz Rademacher
Rademacher
Beirut
Munich
Third Reich Foreign Ministry
Jewish Affairs’ Department
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Israel
Nuernberg Court
Syria
Bamberg
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