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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1966

Page

3

President Appeals for Racial Justice and Campaign Tour

President Johnson urged fairness for all races at an Italian-American dinner in Brooklyn with Hubert H. Humphrey as featured speaker. He toured Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Baltimore highlighting a proposed 10 percent Social Security boost and a modern elderly care program.

HHH LBI Hubert H. Humphrey Johnson Humphrey Washington Brooklyn Flatbush Avenue Staten Island Baltimore Nassau County N.Y Congress George Washington Floyd Bennett Viet Nam

Ball Says Taxes Now to Aid LBJ Social Security Plan

Commissioner Robert M. Ball said about 75 percent of President Johnsons 2.2 billion Social Security increase could be financed from existing and scheduled taxes. A higher payroll tax or higher taxable income base could finance the rest, with the base raised to 7800 and a minimum monthly benefit of 100 dollars discussed. Ball noted the program would require few new positions and that about 22 million names would be on rolls by October, rising by about 100,000 monthly.

Johnson Brooklyn Albee Square Congress Viet Nam W.E.B. DuBois Club New York America Baltimore White House John W. Gardner Farris ‘Bryant Commissioner of Social Security Robert M. Ball Ball Social Securive Social Security

Youth Held in Probe of Rape Attempt

Cabrera Sotera Jr a 16 year old of 20 Taylor Drive was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to commit rape. He was held in $1000 bail pending Circuit court arraignment after allegedly climbing through a bathroom window on Bostwick Avenue at 4 am Sunday and attempting to rape a sleeping woman. The woman screamed and fought him off. Sotera fled but was later identified by police.

Cabrera Sotera, Jr Taylor Drive Trent Sotera Bostwick Avenue Solera

Prof Parkinson Portrays Labor, Committees, and Cabinet

Prof Parkinson describes the British labor movement as a distinct entity with its own education and philosophy. He mocks liquidation as the free world’s answer, debates committee life cycles, warns of too many chiefs in new departments, and quips that Cambridge is superior to Oxford for cabinet study.

London School of Economics Sidney and Beatrice Webb Parkinson Free World Oxford Cambridge

Parkinsons Law centerpiece at UB convocation

C Northcote Parkinson spoke on his law at UB in the Student Center panel including Mayor Curran. The discussion covered bureaucracy, totalitarian systems, and potential for a woman to be elected president, with Parkinson noting queens are not elected. The event was funded by Sperry and Hutchinson.

Parkinson C. Northcote Parkinson Curran Mayor Curran Samuel W. Hawley Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce Justus M. van der Kroel Department of Political Science Robert Persons, Jr College of Business Administration John Cox Frederick A. Ekeblad Parkinson’s Law Russia China United States England The Sperry and Hutchinson Foundation

Pritchett Beats Thomas in 10 Rounds to Extend Streak

British middleweight champion Johnny Pritchett scored a 10 round decision over Freddie Thomas of Bermuda on Wednesday to extend his winning streak to 22.

Johnny Pritchett Freddie Thomas Bermuda

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