Johnson Attacks GOP Fear Platform In Newark Rally
President Johnson returned to campaigning in Newark urging voters to judge progress and problems, accusing Republicans of a one word platform fear. He assailed GOP plans on inflation crime Viet Nam and racial tensions, drawing loud crowd support as he appealed for Democratic Senate and House candidates in New Jersey.
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Senate approves water projects funding for area
The Senate approved a public works bill allocating 13.715 million dollars for Connecticut water projects and 842 thousand dollars in planning grants. Army Engineers funding includes 2.8 million for Stamford and 400 thousand for Ansonia Derby. Derby gains 100 thousand in planning. Danbury receives 30 thousand.
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Weather Ahead Bright Skies in Bridgeport Area Today
Weather Bureau forecasts bright skies across Bridgeport and vicinity with mild afternoon temperatures in the 70s, fair and milder tonight and Sunday with lows in the 40s to 50s, and negligible precipitation. Yesterday’s extremes and year-ago figures noted, with almanac tidbits on astronomical events for October 8.
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Johnson Thant chat at UN on world situation
President Johnson and Secretary-General U Thant discussed peace in Viet Nam and other global issues for about an hour at the United Nations. Thant said the talks provided no basis for optimism or pessimism about the world situation.
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Surprise call during U.N. visit adds climate to Vietnam talks
The report notes a surprise call by Johnson at the request of the President during a New York stop as neutralist nations push the U.N. to halt bombing in Indochina. In Saigon, pilots reported continued pressure on North Vietnam with strikes near Dien Bien Phu and Haiphong. Cochairmen Brown and Gromyko arranged a Geneva conference meeting in New York to discuss Indochina and resolutions.
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Battle Deaths in Vietnam May Top 5000 This Year
AP reports U.S. forces could exceed 5000 battle deaths in Vietnam in 1966 as American casualties rise. For the latest week, U.S. totals reached 741 dead of 355 Vietnamese, with the year’s toll showing 3765 Americans and 6944 Vietnamese dead. The ratio nears 58 percent in favor of Vietnamese losses, reflecting U.S. buildup. Ground fighting eased in South Vietnam while U.S. jet bombers hit routes near Dien Bien Phu, destroying trucks, a road grader, a supply dump, and generating fires and secondary explosions.
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Nineteen Teens Killed In Bus Train Crash Near Montreal
A school bus carrying 19 teenage passengers to a dance collided with a train at a railway crossing in Dorion Quebec, scattering wreckage over half a mile. Police reported all the bus riders died. The collision occurred Friday night about 15 miles west of Montreal.
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UFO Study to Be Made At University of Colorado
The Air Force announced a $300,000 independent check on UFO investigation methods to test scientific validity. The University of Colorado Boulder will host the project with Wright Patterson Air Force Base and other universities assisting. The National Academy of Sciences will name a panel to review Colorado’s findings, expected in early 1968.
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Residents Flee Yucatan as Inez Closes In
Hurricane Inez neared Progreso as 5 000 residents remained in the wind struck Gulf port while about 10 000 fled to Merida. The storm pounded beaches and forced orders to evacuate as the hurricane veered toward the coast with 125 mile per hour winds.
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Foreign aid bill clears both houses for Johnson
The House and Senate approved a 2.94 billion foreign aid appropriation, sending it to President Johnson. The House vote was 189 to 89, followed by a Senate voice vote, with critics labeling the total as high and fragmented while supporters defend it as necessary.
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North End Boy Burned In Home Blast
A 14 year old boy, Robert Costanzo, was badly burned in a basement fire at his North End home while repairing a cigarette lighter. The explosion ignited paint thinner and liquids, causing flames to engulf him. He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital in fair condition for facial and foot burns.
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Old Town Road
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Robert Carlson
Miss U S Event Finals Tonight at Klein Memorial
Thirty eight girls are set to compete for the national title at the Klein Auditorium with a $2,000 prize and trophy. Officials said many contestants are getting hair appointments in Stratford Motor Inn salons ahead of the stage event. Alfred Patricelli notes several states will be absent due to time-off constraints.
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GOP Loses in Move For Arlio Hearing
The Stratford Town council’s Democratic majority defended Planning and Zoning member Anthony Arlio as Republicans failed to push a public hearing on charges of non-feasance and other questionable matters. Arlio, facing absence from meetings since last May, called the move unfair and un-American while Democrats argued it was a political bid as Election Day nears.
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Anthony Venezia
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Arthur Dritenbas
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Orioles Seek 3rd Straight With Bunker on Mound
The 21-year-old Wally Bunker will start for the Baltimore Orioles seeking a third consecutive World Series win against Claude Osteen of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Orioles have moved to 3-1 favorites after beating Drysdale and Koufax in Dodger Stadium. NBC will again carry the game at 1 p.m. EDT. If the Dodgers rally from down 0-2, they would be first to do so since several earlier clubs.
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Get Rich Quick Doctors Face Get Caught Quickly
UPI reports U.S. FDA chief James L. Goddard warned at the AMA quackery conference that phony doctors now push electronic devices and amphetamine pep pills to lure patients. He cited 70 seized devices in 1965 and urged stronger action to curb medical fraud. Los Angeles prosecutor John W. Miner estimated quackery costs at two billion annually and called it public crime number one. Mrs. Winthrop Rockefeller criticized columnists offering unsound psychological advice and urged organized medicine to act as a watchdog.
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Dutch Book Links Kidnap, CIA to Chinese Nerve Gas Death
The Dutch book claims Hsu Tsu tsai, Red China's top rocket expert, was kidnapped in The Hague on July 16 and killed after a car strike. It says a nerve gas formula was handed to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, tying Chinese agents to the incident. Eight of Hsu’s colleagues are detained at the Chinese legation as Dutch authorities demand testimony.
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Peking
Gerard Jan Jongejans
Cigarette Blamed By Authorities
Fire blamed on a discarded cigarette swept across the mainline tracks at the New Haven station yesterday. Firemen kept flames from spreading to the dilapidated station as hundreds gathered and trains on the New Haven line were halted causing a mass delay. Stationmaster Joseph E. Gehring reported flames from the 3 31 train to Springfield before he alerted the fire department. Three engines and two trucks responded to the blaze.
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Man Hit by Hit-Run Car Seriously Injured on Madison Avenue
A 67-year-old pedestrian, Adolph Strauss of 1920 Madison Avenue, was critically hurt when struck by a hit-and-run car on Madison Avenue near Bretton Street shortly before 8:30 PM. He sustained internal injuries, a fractured right leg, and facial and scalp wounds. his dog was knocked into the roadway but remained unhurt. He was taken by City ambulance to St. Vincent's Hospital.
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Fairfield Infested With Sick Raccoons
Fairfield has been infested with diseased raccoons in the past two weeks and 26 have been destroyed. Andrew Gantz the town dog warden reports the animals suffer from distemper pneumonia and sleeping sickness bacteria but are not rabid. He urges the public not to handle them and to call the police or the dog warden.
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