Bridgeport Telegram Subscription Rates and Publication Details
The Bridgeport Telegram publishes daily mornings with Sunday Post option and lists annual, semiannual, and quarterly rates, including rates for subscribers beyond 150 miles. It notes exchange with Bridgeport Post, open daily, and AP affiliation with republication rights.
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Immigrant Heritage Forefront in Columbus Anniversary Debate
A Welsh journalist claims a 1170 Welsh voyage founded a North American colony, but the piece argues that Columbus and immigration shaped the United States more than earlier legends. It frames Roosevelt and Johnson quotes to praise immigrants and the New World opening.
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Madoc
Owain
Gwyenedd
North Wales
America
Mobile
Alabama
New World
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Daughters of American Revolution
Europe
Johnson
New York
Columbus
Doughty Genovese
Queen Isabella
Spain
Price of Freedom Highlighted by Escape and Wall Escape
The report recollects Enrique Gonzalez and a companion rescued from a raft after 46 Cuban exiles fled a 42 foot boat in the Florida straits. It also recounts four youths who crawled under Berlin Wall fencing into Spandau in the British sector of West Berlin seeking freedom.
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Enrique Gonzalez
Miami
Gonzalez
Florida Straits
Key West
Inez
Berlin Wall
Spandau
West Berlin
Viet Nam
Marshall and Fanfani Plans Herald New Europe Aid Debate
The report compares the 1947 Marshall Plan with Italian Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani s proposed aid scheme. President Johnson signals careful study and wide US cooperation with Europe on technology gaps. The piece notes the Marshall aid used public funds while Fanfani s plan would rely on private money, potentially surpassing public aid in scale.
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George C. Marshall
Europe
Fanfani
Amintore Fanfani
Johnson
United States
Fanfani urges U S tech sharing with six fields
Fanfani calls for the United States to share its technological know-how in six areas including electronic computers space satellites energy research desalting water and pollution control. He argues the value of this innovation is greater than foreign aid and warns of the cost to American industry.
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United States
Europe
Fanfani
East bloc ties debated as path to reducing cold war pressures
President Johnson advocates freer East West trade to ease tensions and build amity, but critics point to history of wartime interdependence and question the idea that any trade item can be non strategic in economic warfare. They warn competition can breed misunderstanding as in prewar Japan and Germany.
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Johnson
Germany
Europe
United States
Canada
Milestone of Ecumenism at Graduate Theological Union
The five year old Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, linked with the University of California, aims to become America's first theological university. Dean John Dillenberger welcomes the Dominican Order, planning an Institute of Advanced Thomistic and Ecumenical Studies and a new priory. The union already includes Jews, Baptists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Unitarians, and Jesuits.
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Society of Jesus
Dominicians
Order of Preachers
Dillenberger
America
First Theological University
University
Ipswich Wins Night Curfew Bell Back to Duty by Woman
Ipswich Massachusetts restores 9 PM curfew bell with Mrs Mariel Moffat ringing the clapper. The town feared a late night drift until a woman took the post and vowed to toll the bell tonight. The tale recalls Bess and Cromwell with a moral about courage and tradition.
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Massachusetts
Bay State
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Safe investment plan for a widow with $40,000
A financial executive advises a widow to split $40,000 into about 60 percent bonds and 40 percent stocks, aiming for around 5.4 percent yearly return with safety. He urges avoiding high risk ventures and suggests pursuing employment and self-improvement for added income.
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Atomic Sub Completes Initial Sea Trials
The Navy announced the 60rd nuclear submarine USS Francis Scott Key completed first sea trials. The Key I moved at full power while surfaced and submerged during trials. Built at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton.
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Groton
Navy
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Spanish doorman frees astronauts after ground floor elevator snag
In Madrid at an astronautical congress American scientists described spacecraft blasting but were stalled by a stuck elevator. A Spanish doorman solved the problem, bringing the group down to the ground floor.
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Madrid
Spain
Foreign diplomacy tangled by power plays and rivalries
An analysis of how Johnson must balance allied and rival interests from Britain France and the Soviet bloc in Vietnam and Asia. The piece notes de Gaulle's push for a peace conference and Washington’s need to appease Australia Korea and other nations while managing Peking Moscow and London. It argues U S diplomacy is a web of competing aims and leverage.
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de Gaulle
Viet Nam
Couve
Billy Graham
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Johnson
Saigon
Taipei
Vientiane
Manila
Capitol Hill
U.S
Great Britain
Washington
North
Australia
Korea
France
Britain
India
Uncle Sam
Nounce
Soviet Union
State Department
Peking
Moscow
Sian
Republicans push harder war stance ahead of elections
An AP analysis notes Republicans urge stronger action in Vietnam as elections near. It highlights poll data showing war as top voter concern, the Manila summit plan, and calls for decisive measures while maintaining broad support for Johnson's war effort.
Dictionary Vanity Trait Undermines Wife Credit
A provocative dictionary entry argues vanity makes a man deny his wife credit for achievements while blaming her for faults, framing it as a personality flaw that distorts partnership. The piece labels vanity as a barrier to fairness and mutual respect.
Referendum in November signals national unease and shift
Holmes Alexander reports a November referendum driven by America's unease over liberty versus license, military power, capitalism, and leadership. Voters may reject both parties as they consider new leaders and a possible third party amid debates on the presidency and national direction.
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Kennedy
Johnson
White House
Rockefeller and O'Connor Struggle With Image War
In Albany the gubernatorial race shows Rockefeller facing voter weariness after eight years and tax hikes while O'Connor, largely unknown outside New York City, attempts to build traction. Polls hint at a slim O'Connor lead, but neither candidate excites eight million voters.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson
A. Rockefeller
Frank D. O'Connor
New York State
Rockefeller
O'Connor
New York City
O’connor
Queens
Paul L. Adams
Rochester College
RFK
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Foreign visitors to Yugoslavia hit 2.656 million in eight months
Belgrade reports a record 2 656 000 foreigners visited Yugoslavia in the first eight months of the year. The government notes the figure and hints at higher expectations. The line about Roosevelt and West Germany appears garbled and not clearly tied to the main fact.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Roosevelt
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