Solons Face Busy Week In Windup
Lawmakers prepare for a packed final stretch with major bills advancing last week. The House approved antipoverty, tax incentive, and water pollution measures while the Senate backed a large Labor HEW appropriations package and Johnsons Cabinet Department of Transportation plan. Conference talks to bridge differences on about a dozen major ways loom ahead.
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Soviet Troops Train N Viet Nam Air Missile Units
North Vietnamese air missile crew training reportedly aided by Soviet specialists as Red Star described Soviet involvement in Vietnam. The piece notes Soviet teachers praised for skill, medals from wreckage, and a concert interrupted by a U.S. air attack.
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Ho Chi Minh
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Guard Reinforcements Leave Frisco Area
SAN FRANCISCO AP The last of 2000 National Guardsmen brought in last week to quell riot unrest moved out Sunday. Mayor John Shelley said the remaining guardsmen pulled out by noon after a 4 a.m. departure, with about 400 local guardsmen still on alert.
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GIs Pursue Red Force After Savage Battle
American forces in South Viet Nam reported a 24 hour savage battle near 260 miles southeast of the DMZ. U S and Viet Cong casualties included 64 North Vietnamese and 2 Viet Cong killed, six prisoners taken. A radar contact fight ended without confirmed results and a Mine near Saigon damaged a landing craft.
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British Socialists Call Cease Fire in Viet Nam War Debate
British socialists press calls to halt American bombing in North Vietnam and curb foreign troops, while backing some peace initiatives. The party asks for a political settlement over the war, as debates spread through the five day convention with George Brown slated to speak in Washington and at the United Nations.
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George Brown
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United Nations
Dean Rusk
Two Congress Nominees To Be On Air Tonight
Radio station WICC will present the first in a series of weekly discussions with area congressional candidates tonight at 7. Republican nominee Stelio Salmona and Independent Robert Cook of the Third district will participate. Democrat incumbent Rep. Robert N. Giaimo of North Haven turned down the invitation, citing congressional business, and will appear on a Hartford telecast Oct. 9 alongside the others. A week later Congressman Donald J. Irwin, Democrat, and his Republican challenger Abner W. Sibal of the Fourth district will join the WICC program.
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Stelio Salmona
Robert Cook
Third
Robert N. Giaimo
North Havtn
Hartford
Donald J. Irwin
Abner W. Sibal
Fourth District
GE Strike Called Off On LBJ Bid
GE reaches a three year contract offer with four percent yearly wage gains plus cost of living add ons and six cent hourly increases annually. About 120000 workers nationwide, including 80000 IUE members, face strikes as Johnson asks defense leaders to join talks and delay two weeks to keep defense production running for Viet Nam. In Schenectady 12000 production workers prepare to strike after a two week national delay, local 301 cites local issues. Government mediators work with company and union officials amid deadlock, while GE maintains a policy to keep plants open for workers who want to work despite the strikes.
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Robert S. McNamara
Commerce
John T. Connor
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Schenectady
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International Union of Electrical Workers
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IUE
Connecticut Weather Relief Amid Prolonged Wet Spell
Heavy rainfall eases drought concerns in Connecticut as officials note a shift in upper wind patterns. Forecasters report a wet spell after four years of drought, with implications for reservoirs, pollution effort politics, and projected long term water supply concerns through 1980.
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Windsor Locks
Long Island Sound
Hundreds Die as Cyclone Ravages East Pakistan
In East Pakistan a cyclone and tidal surge left about 300 dead with hundreds missing and widespread destruction. On Sandwip Island 123 victims were reported. 85 percent of homes in coastal areas were wiped out and 60 percent of cattle killed. Over a million residents of the islands were affected.
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Pakistan
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Sandwip
Ali Asghar
Red Cross
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Dacea
Rotary Club to Hear Mets Speaker in Bridgeport
Harold E. Goodnough, goodwill ambassador for the New York Mets, will address the Bridgeport Rotary Club at noon Tuesday in the United Church hall on Clinton avenue. A former Milwaukee Braves promotional director from 1953 to 1961, he helped boost attendance above two million in four seasons. Since joining the Mets in 1984 he has logged over 40,000 miles and 200 talks.
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Clinton Avenue
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Wellsley
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Connecticut Rainfall Readings Sketch Local Totals
Readings from Connecticut towns show Windsor Locks at 1.2 inches Hartford 1.0 Bridgeport 0.7 Barkhamsted Reservoir 1.57 Norfolk 1.52 Falls Village 1.75 inches reflecting a regional shower pattern across the state.
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Falls Village
Foreign Scribes Protest Censorship in S Viet Nam
The Association of Foreign Correspondents in Viet Nam protested censorship and harassment of foreign newsmen by South Vietnamese authorities after blocking news transmissions of a crash at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Premier Ky expressed regret.
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Viet Nam
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Tan Son Nhut
Orange firm reports 12 full trucks stolen
Two trailer trucks loaded with about 1100 tires fabric lighting fixtures and other articles were stolen from Strickland Transportation Co on the Boston Post Road over the weekend police reported. The value of the trucks and cargo was placed at about 100000. Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams set an NFL record with 18 receptions for 189 yards against Green Bay in 1950.
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Strickland Transportation Co
Boston Post Road
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UPI
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Los Angeles Rams
Green Bay
Inez Ravages Hispaniola And Cuba After Caribbean Path
The weakened storm Inez struck Guadeloupe causing 26 deaths and hundreds injured, with about 30,000 homeless and $4 million in property damage. On the Dominican Republic Barahona peninsula and Haiti many deadly impacts were reported, including 67 known dead and widespread destruction. In Jacmel Haiti over 1,000 deaths were cited. Cuba evacuated 28,000 people and faced sugar crop losses estimated as minor next to October 1963 Flora. One death was noted in Oriente Province as Cuban labor brigades moved to salvage crops and repair the damage.
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Haiti
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Guantanamo Bay
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Miami
Francois Duvalier
Jacmel
Hispaniola
Inez Regaining Power Threatens Florida Resorts
The hurricane Inez regains strength as gales strike Florida resorts from Miami to Palm Beach with 40 to 60 mph winds. The storm, moving slowly on a northerly track, was 95 miles south-southeast of Miami and expected to bypass the city on its east flank. Cuba reports heavy damage but low fatalities as evacuees return home.
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Florida
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Palm Beach
Eimini
Weather Bureau
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Bimini
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U. S. Missle
Key Biscayne
Cleo
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Florida Straits
Caribbean
iThe Communist Party
Bahamas
Gulf Stream
Sierra Maestra
Fidel Castro
City Woman Hurt In Pike Smashup
Stamford Connecticut State police reported a 1:15 am Sunday two car crash on the Connecticut turnpike near the Howard avenue exit. Carmen Rodrigues 39 was driving the out of control vehicle which struck a guard rail and collided with Eugene Morrisey 45 of Fairfield. Ricardo Rodrigues 36 was treated at Stamford Hospital for head injuries and released on 2 pesto for Circuit court Oct.
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Howard Avenue
Ricardo Rodrigues
West Avenue
Robert Rosen
Carmelle Rodrigues
Eugene V. Morrisey
Karen Street
Fairfield
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