The Bridgeport Telegram Publication and Circulation Details
The Bridgeport Telegram published by The Post Publishing Company operates with both The Bridgeport Post and The Bridgeport Telegram editions. Subscription rates vary by duration and delivery area, with prices listed for daily and Sunday combinations, private mail, and out of town copies, including single copies and long-distance terms.
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Bridgeport Telegram
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Bridgeport Sunday Post
Sunday Post
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Associated Press
Social Security raise seen as buy vote in election
President Johnson proposes a 10 percent boost in monthly Social Security payments for 22 million beneficiaries, funded largely by existing taxes. The plan, tied to a six month study, would not take effect before 1967 end and costs about $2.2 billion annually. Critics call it a political pull, while supporters see relief for retirees.
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Johnson
Congress
Liberals Push North American Free Trade Center Plan
At Ottawa Liberal convention Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson is urged to start negotiations for a North American free trade center spanning Canada the United States Mexico and the Caribbean. The plan aims to remove trade barriers and grow Canada's economy while easing foreign control, reflecting long friendship with the United States and calls for favorable investment rules.
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Liberal Party
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
United States
Mexico
Caribbean
Ottawa
Continental free trade center envisioning North American market
The text describes a move toward reducing tariff barriers and creating a continental free trade center, the North American Common Market, uniting about 300 million people. It argues this center would better sustain regional industry than individual nations.
New $15,000 Federal Deposit Insurance Ceiling Set
The revised federal savings insurance raises the maximum insured per account to 15 000, affecting about 175 million bank accounts and nearly 40 million savings and loan accounts. A married couple could insure up to 45 000 across three accounts, offering guaranteed retirement income amid high rates.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Savings and
Savings and Loan
Bank of Savings and Loan Institution
Predicting Reading Failure Aims To Prevent Smart Start
A new maturity index developed by three pediatric experts promises to predict which kindergarten children may fail in reading and writing by third grade. Validated with 400 public school children, the tool aims to prevent academic trouble through early intervention before schooling begins.
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Katrina de Hirsch
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
New York
Hirsch
William S. Langford
Jeanette Jefferson Jansky
Bronx educational park aims to spur new industry
The first educational park will be built in the Bronx on 26 acres as part of an Excellence in Education program. Facilities span from primary schools to a weather bureau, planetarium and observatory, illustrating a novel approach to urban development and education. Basutoland and Bechuanaland recently gained independence, becoming Lesotho and Botswana, within the Union of South Africa, and seek friendly ties with the white-ruled neighbor.
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Bronx
Basutoland
Lesotho
Bechuanaland
Botswana
Union of South Africa
Immunize Against Tetanus to Prevent Tragedy in Connecticut
Hartford Times urges universal tetanus immunization after two Connecticut deaths in 1966. A 31 year old immigrant woman and a 17 month old girl died. vaccination is quick, repeat every five years, and often given with polio and diphtheria vaccines. Neighbors, clubs, employers, and churches should spread health information.
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Hartford Times
Connecticut
Should I hold or sell stocks in my portfolio
A seasoned broker advises reducing risk by cutting stock holdings at least 15 percent, taking profits, and diversifying into cash and top grade tax exempt securities. Focus on weakest picks, reallocate to municipal bonds, and let broker guidance shape sell decisions. The long term trend remains upward, so diversify and reassess holdings now.
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Marinere Tilket
Bernard Baruch
Embarrassing Collision Involving Devonshire Ship
The destroyer Devonshire, returning from a goodwill visit to the Soviet Union, collided with the tanker British Sovereign at the Elbe mouth on August 31. Capt. George Cunningham Leslie faced charges of negligence but was cleared by a court martial led by Admiral Sir John Frewen, who was aboard as a guest.
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Portsmouth
England
Devonshire
Soviet Union
Elbe
George Cunningham Leslie
Home Fleet
John Frewen
Leslie
Advice on HUAC probes and Fifth Amendment tactics
The piece argues HUAC seeks to portrayBlack Power figures as persecuted heroes while advising on courtroom strategy. It stresses raising money for defense and hiring top civil liberties or corporate-friendly lawyers, plus pretrial TV appearances to shape public opinion. It covers Fifth Amendment use, McCarthy era stigma, and warns against active investigation by either side as painful.
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HUAC
Moscow
Capitol Hill
Washington
White House
Pettifogger
U.S. Steel
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Bernard Goldfine
House
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Madison Avenue
Witneses
Supreme Court
Congress
Joe Stalin
Evansville
NASA Plans to Orbit 2 Monkeys For Year in Weightlessness Test
NASA announced plans to orbit two small squirrel monkeys for up to a year to study long term effects of weightlessness on biology and body functions. The project aims to learn about physiological changes during extended spaceflight and would include in flight monitoring and daily television reports.
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NASA
Washington
UPI
U. S. Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Edward White
Oncy
Hravel
Earth
U. S
Sam
Space
Nixon as Father Image Elevates a Modern Political Figure
The piece argues Nixon may gain strength from a fatherly image, linking him to Ike as a stabilizing legacy. It cites Nixon’s role since 1952 as a stand-in for Eisenhower, notes inflation and Vietnam economy concerns, and suggests Nixon functions as the GOP surrogate of Eisenhowerism amid weak leadership from other Republicans.
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Richard Nixon
Nixon
Ike
Eisenhower
Iran
California
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
GOP
Republican Coordinating Council
Montagnards Reported Making Peace with Saigon
Montagnard dissidents reportedly seek peace with the Saigon regime at a Plei Ku highland convention, though observers warn past pledges to Saigon have collapsed. The movement, under FULRO, seeks autonomy or a separate state, with distrust of outsiders.
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Montagnards
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Pleiku
Viet Nam
FULRO
United Front For the Struggle For the Oppressed
Fulros
W-b-h'm J
Jexile
Cambodia
Abraham
North
South
Brown Heading Home Will Push Peace Efforts
British Foreign Secretary George Brown, returning from United Nations and Washington talks, said Hanoi has rebuffed progress toward a settlement but the U S shows willingness to settle. He ruled out sending a British mission to Hanoi for now and outlined a six point peace plan for an early conference and a halt to bombing.
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Ottawa
George Brown
North America
London
United Nations
Washington
Viet Nam
Hanoi
United States
Brown
U.S
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