Bridgeport seeks CAB status for satellite airport
Bridgeport asks the U S Civil Aeronautics Board to designate Bridgeport airport as a reliever for crowded metros and to allow flights to the Mid west and Far East. The CAB has been studying diverting traffic from major airports to Westchester Islip and Bridgeport. The case remains under study.
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H. Sidney Polsom
New York
Connecticut
Bridgeport
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
Biidgeport
Delail
Bridgeport Airport Commission
Westchester
White Plains
N.Y Bridgeport
New
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Islip
Long Island
Midwest
Eest
Peru Faces Military Coup Tops Belaunsa Government
In Lima the military ousted President Belauste Be llama Terry amid street clashes between students, troops, and police. One student was reportedly killed as officers fired into crowds. Belaunched fled to Buenos Aires declaring a coup against the constitutional government. General Velasco named head of the new military regime and a cabinet faced house arrest.
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Lima
Peru
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Buenos Aires
Belaune
Juan Velasco
Army
Joint Chiefs
Navy
Air Force
Olympic Games Still On Amid Mexico City Turmoil
Olympic officials met as student strikes and violent clashes rocked Mexico City. tanks patrolled downtown while the government faced demands for police reform and university autonomy. Avery Brundage stated the 1968 Games would open Oct 12 as planned despite the unrest.
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Mexico
Gustav Diaz Ordaz
Oolice
University of Mexico
Brundage
Avery Brundage
International Olympic Committee
House Bows to Bar Aid to Pro-Segregation Schools
The House voted to continue withholding federal school aid from districts not meeting federal guidelines. The 166 to 155 tally upheld a provision aimed at desegregation through conditions on HEW funds. Critics said it would undercut desegregation efforts and favor freedom of choice plans.
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Washington
Senate
Jamie L. Whitten
Dmiss
THEW
Supreme Court
Zake Tidney
Welfare Department
Post
CEP Jobs Project to Start About Nov. 1 in Bridgeport
The East Side Model Cities area plan, backed by ABCD, will launch the Concentrated Employment Program around November 1 with about 1200 enrollees. It aims to teach basic skills and provide post‑graduation follow through while addressing youths' needs for jobs recreation and meeting places, amid ongoing Bridgeport tensions.
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CEP
East Side
Action For Bridgeport Community Development, Inc
ABCD
Bridgeport Brass
Tisdale
Charles
Father Panik
Bridgeport
GM to Make a Foot Shorter Car in 1970
General Motors unveiled plans for a light compact car to outpace foreign imports, aimed at around 3,800 pounds and about a foot shorter than rival models. The XE387, unnamed at reveal, targets the small-car market with two doors, five seats, and larger trunk space, signaling intense auto-industry competition.
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New York
U.S
General Motors Corp
James M. Roche
Roche
West Germany
Volkswagen
Opel
Germany
Buick
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Volkswagon of America
R. Stuart Perkins
To Become a Voter Register Today Noon to Five P.M.
A brief notice urges residents to register to vote at City Hall today from noon until 5 PM. The event emphasizes on-site registration and local civic participation.
Cleveland girls flaunt figure metrics on Wall Street
A crowd of 4,000 on Broad and Wall Streets gathered to see Cleveland women measuring 43-24-37 inches, aiming to top a prior 43-25-37 display by Francine Gottfried. The spectacle drew brokers and passersby as radio station WIXY brought the contestants to New York with plans for another showcase at noon Friday.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Cleveland
Broad
Wall Streets
Sheilin Moore
Suzanne Zulkowski
Tom
Arnold Blimes
Brooklyn
America
Nino Padula
Geri Stotts
Los Angeles
Sand and Gravel Deposits Noted On Sound Floor
Connecticut researchers reported deposits of sand and gravel beneath Long Island Sound within 600 square miles of state ocean bottom. United Aircraft Corp. surveys said new supply is scarce as demand grows. More studies are urged to assess quantity and quality. funding came from the Connecticut Development Commission.
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Connecticut
Goudier
Connecticut Development Commission
Connecticut Conference On Marine Science and Technology
Plane and Copter Collide In Viet Tragedy Kills 24 Yanks
A U S Army helicopter collided with a cargo plane shortly after takeoff near Hue, killing 24 Americans aboard both craft. The incident, plus a downed medical evacuation helicopter and artillery base shelling near Da Nang, heightened fear as refugees fled the region.
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Viet
Saigon
Camp Evans
U.S. Command
Gromyko warns against Western interference in Czechoslovakia
At the United Nations General Assembly Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko warned that Western meddling in Czechoslovakia or other socialist states could risk a new world war. He offered immediate talks with the United States on ballistic missiles and disarmament while denying West German actions. He denounced imperialist intrigues and stressed the socialist bloc would defend itself if attacked.
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N.Y
CAP
Andrei A. Gromyko
Czechoslovakia
General Assembly
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Germany
United States
Gremyko
North America
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U.S
Unisda
Biafra
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Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Assembly
Rusk
Gromyke
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Gromyko
Viet Union
West Germany
U.N
LeMay Joins Wallace Ticket Urges More Vietnam Pressure
In Pittsburgh Curtis LeMay becomes Wallace's running mate candidate and calls for stronger military pressure on North Vietnam while warming to nuclear options. Humphrey says LeMay's nuclear talk is shocking and dangerous for anyone in high office. Continued on Page Two.
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Pittsburgh
Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
George
Wallace
North Vietnam
Dubcek in Moscow for talks on troop withdrawal
A Czechoslovak delegation led by Alexander Dubcek arrived in Moscow to discuss the withdrawal of Soviet troops. The first round of threehour talks started after arrival with more sessions planned amid Soviet pressure for a return to orthodox communism.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Chic
Alexander Dubcek
Lahall
Dubcik
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Pravda
Prague
Oldrich Cernik
Heart Transplant Rejection Likely for Blaiberg Says Barnard
Dr Christian Barnard, famed for pioneering heart transplants, said Blaiberg’s transplanted heart will likely be rejected eventually. He would perform another transplant since Blaiberg is in good health. Barnard, en route from Cincinnati to Toronto, spoke at O'Hare. He noted rejection cannot be prevented only slowed and said ethical objections to heart transplants are diminishing as more surgeons tackle the issue.
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Chicago
Christian Barnard
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Barnard
Cincinnati
Toronto
O'Hare International
Five Babies Survive City Birth At Birmingham Hospital
Britain's first sexinglets mother Sheila Ann Thorns rests in hospital as doctors report five surviving newborns in incubators after Caesarean birth. Four girls and two boys were born within three minutes on her 30th birthday. one infant died soon after. Mother's husband Norman, a draftsman, disclosed the family’s joy while awaiting a first view of the babies. hospital notes say all remain satisfactory and unchanged.
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Birmingham
Thorns
Norman
British Motor Corp
Birmingham Maternity Hospital
Senate backs record 7.8 billion defense bill approval
The Senate approved a record 7.8 billion defense appropriations bill by a 55 to 2 vote, rejecting cuts to a missile defense system and other trims. The package allocates about 24.3 billion to the Air Force, 23.2 to the Army, 20.4 to the Navy, and funds for personnel, maintenance, and R&D. Vietnam costs are estimated at 25.8 billion within the total, with further wartime funding expected. The measure moves to conference with the House, which added 352 million to Defense.
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Cnate
House
Defense Department
Air Force
Army
Navy
Johnson
Mayor to Inspect Circuit Court Over Gripes
Mayor Curran told a Bridg Bar special committee that he will conduct one or more personal inspections of the Underwood Building premises in the South End to address lawyers complaints about court facilities. He outlined a two part approach including a permanent solution possibly via a new building, to be worked out by the city and the bar.
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Curran
Bridg Bar Association
Circuit Court
South Ndt
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