Jobless rate jumps as women flood labor force
Washington AP reports the September unemployment rate rose to 4.1 percent the largest monthly rise in five years. Labor officials cite a surge of women entering the job market while total civilian employment fell about 100 000 due to strikes in Detroit and New York. The Negro unemployment rate dropped to 3.5 percent with whites and Negroes now tracked separately since 1954.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ross
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
New York
Rse
War Heats Up North Vietnam Front Near Con Thien
U S B52s hit bivouacs near Con Thien as Marines stockpile in the northern DMZ sector. North Vietnamese artillery shells Con Thien and other bases 74 rounds, wounding 26 Marines. Raids by B52s and F4 Phantoms continue, while ground clashes north of Saigon report 24 Viet Cong killed and 1 American dead. Site X base planned near Quang Tri as 1st Marine Regiment strengthens northern defenses.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
1St Corps
Hanoi Haiphong
North Vietnam
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Quang Tri City
Quang Tri
St Marine Regiment
da Nang
Quang Tii
U. S. Army
Quang Tin
Quang Ngai
KKK Wizard OK'd Elimination of Schwerner, Trial Reveals
Informer testimony in the Mississippi 1964 murders case alleges Edgar Ray Killen told imperial wizard Sam Bowers authorized the elimination of Michael Schwerner and helped recruit the White Knights. Wallace Miller, Meridian police, described Killen’s Klan oath and plans as the 18 defendants listen in court.
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Oulpusc
Wim
Wallace Miller
Meridian Police Department
Mississippi
Miller
Edgar Ray Killen
Sam H. Bowers
Laurel
Miss
Michael Schwerner
Congress of Racial Equality
Bowers
Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Philadelphia
FBI
Killen
White Knights
Ku Klux Party
Johnson
Schwerner, Goodman
Charney
Neshoba County
Meridi
Haulers Hit Key Proposal. Alternate Plan Sought
Pittsburgh AP report says trucking executives backed most proposals to end the eight week steel haulers strike but balked at a key element and offered an altered suggestion. The talks aimed to end the work stoppage and resume operations with a new plan.
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Pittsburgh
Weather Forecast for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Bridgeport and vicinity expect variable cloudiness and cool today with a high of 35 to 60 and a clear cool night with a low of 33 to 40. Fair and milder Friday with an 8 percent shower probability tonight. West to northwest winds 16 to 15 mph today. Highest yesterday 68, lowest 44 yesterday. Barometer and humidity readings listed. Almanac notes today is October 12, day 285 of the year.
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Osta U.S
Bridgeport
USA
Star Pitchers Face Off Today
In Boston the Red Sox surged with four homers and a seventh inning rally to win 8 4 over St Louis in game six of the World Series. Joe Foy drove in the go ahead run as Jim Lonborg and Bob Gibson prepare for a decisive seventh game in Boston with two wins each. Lou Brock hit a two run homer for the Cardinals as Boston pitchers Waslewski Lamabe Wyatt split decisions in a tense series scene.
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Boston
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis
Bob Gibson
Cardinals
Jim Lonborg
Joe Foy
Red Sox
Dalton Jones
Mike Andrews
Carl Yastrzemski
George Scott
Reggie Smith
Jerry
Adair
Lou Brock
Yastrzemski
Smith
Rico Petrocelli
Petrocel
Brock
Curt Flood
Dick. Hughes
Ron Willis
Gary Waslewski
John Wyatt
Wyatt
Jack Lamabe
Foy
Dirksen Loses Bid to Tie Money Bill to Board Provision
In Washington Sen. Everett M Dirksen failed to win a two thirds vote to suspend Senate rules and attach a rekindling provision for the Subversive Activities Control Board to an appropriation bill. He received 47 votes to 38 short of the needed two thirds. A later 57 to 35 vote rejected cutting funds to the board pending a later decision.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Senate Gop
Senate
John J. Williams
R-Del
Auto Strike Talks Extend News Blackout in Detroit
Detroit AP reports Ford and the United Auto Workers extend a 24 hour news blackout amid a 35 day strike. Ford board met earlier, and both sides may be negotiating elsewhere as spokesmen avoid public comment. No meeting with reporters was scheduled.
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Detroit
Auto
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Dearborn
United Auto Workers
Seether
Ford Board For Directors
UAW
City GOP Seeks Appeals Court Review in Redistrict Case
The Bridgeport GOP appeals its challenge to local voting district realignment to the U S Circuit Court in New York. George W Ganim, GOP counsel, filed the appeal with Hartford Judge Blumenfeld’s district court having rejected the move to declare the 10 new districts unconstitutional. An upcoming hearing may occur in one to two months.
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Bridgeport Republican Party
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
George W.ganim
GOP
District. Court
New Haven
District Court
M. Joseph Blumenfeld
Hartford
U.S
Supreme Court
Ganim
Emma
Gowans
Helen Delmore
Joseph Shalvey
Biafra Clears Ojukwu to Persist in War Effort
In Lagos, the Biafra House of Chiefs and Consultative Assembly authorized C Odumegwu Ojukwu to continue fighting and recommended promoting him to full leader. The federal Nigerian government demands Ojukwu renounce secession before any peace talks.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Biafra
House of Chiefs and Consultative Assembly
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Biafra Radio
Doctors' fees rise may cut visits in US
A federal official warns higher doctors' fees could shrink patient visits. Wilbur Cohen notes 7.8% rise in 1966 and 8.9% in Aug 1967, adding productivity gains and group practice as possible fixes while foreseeing continued cost pressure and doctor shortages. The AMA calls for shared responsibility among government, labor, and health industry.
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Washington
Wilbur J. Cohen
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cohen
American Medical Association
Milford
Fund drive total nears half goal in Eastern Fairfield county
Collections by nine campaign divisions of the 1968 United Fund of Eastern Fairfield county reach $584,652 or 35.5 percent of the $1,648,300 goal. Special gifts lead with $21,777 of 51.9 percent of a $42,000 target, while the industrial division totals $285,086, 38.8 percent of its $735,000 quota.
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United Fund
Fairfield County
Hugh M. Saxton
Ganaral Escanaion Shairman
John A. Flynn
A. Thompson Warner
Warner
Bodine Corporation
Bullard Company
Carpenter Steel
New England
Warmer Brothers
William Grant
Parade and Other Events To Honor Columbus Today
Bridgeport plans Columbus Day events with flag raising at City Hall at 9 a.m. wreaths at Seaside Park and Columbus School, a 6 gun salute, and a 8 p.m. statue floral. A parade begins at 7:15 p.m. from Lafayette Square led by 13 bands and 1,000 marchers. parade marshal Anthony Palumbo. participants include antique cars and officials.
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Columbus
Bridgeport
Christopher Columbus
City Hall
Seaside Park
Columbus School
George Street
Connecticut
A. Edward Sandula
Naval
Donald Irwin
Hugh C. Curran
Vincent Fazio
Albert ‘M. Perrocco
Fairfield Avenue
Main Street
Grand Street
House passes bill raising postal rates and federal pay
The House approved a bill boosting postal rates and federal salaries after rejecting GOP attempts to cut second and third year pay raises. Final vote 318 to 89 with mixed party support. bill heads to the Senate as amendments ban nepotism and curb federal hiring of relatives.
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Washington
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Rep
H.R. Gross
Iowa
Senate
Gross
Congress
Sailor Goes Berserk Stabs Ten On Destroyer Then Jumps Overboard
Navy reports a sailor wounded ten men aboard the destroyer USS Mullany ten miles offshore and then leaped into the sea. Names of the jumper and victims are withheld while search efforts continue.
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Long Beach
Calif
Navy
Mullany
State Welfare Dept workers dismissed or suspended in food stamp dispute
New Haven AP report states 5 social workers were dismissed 11 suspended and 2 resigned as a dispute over implementing the food stamp plan shut the office. State Welfare Commissioner Bernard Shapiro said vacancies will be filled and exams are ongoing. He called the situation intolerable and pitiable.
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New Haven
State Welfare
Bernard Shapiro
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