All Weather Planes Target Haiphong Bridges in New Raids
U S air and carrier pilots pressed raids on Haiphong and its bridges cutting approaches to a rail link 20 miles northeast of Hanoi. Navy strikes hit four Haiphong bridges previously damaged claims. Ground clashes saw U S Army units report several enemy incidents while Haiphong docks remain restricted.
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Heiphong
de Kienge
Nave
Haiphong
U.S. Air Force
Thailand
Dep Cat
Hanoi
U.S
Saigon
Pentagon
Hyland
Con Thien
Mu Gia Pass
North Vietnam
County winners named in New York Lottery draw
A list of county area prize recipients appears with names including William Cavaliere StratfordHelen Radiew StratfordLavinia Butler Stratford Walter Raistrick StratfordMargaret Serafim DanburyPuchala StamfordMack Family SneltonMargaret Greco StamfordMary Denner GreenwichPaul Benziger New FairfieldRobert Filimon Danbury with multiple prize amounts noted though some addresses were unavailable.
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Cere
Lzes
William Cavaliere
Brport
Helen Radiew
Lavinia Butler
Stratford
Walter Raistrick
Margeret
Serafim
Danbury
Puchala
Stamford
Mack Family
Snelton
Margaret Greco
Mary Denner
Greenwich
Paul Benziger
New Fairfield
Robert Filimon
Postal Strike Shuts Finland Mail Service
Postal workers in Helsinki walked off the job at midnight Monday after talks failed, halting mail delivery across Finland as negotiations broke down.
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Finland
Helsinki
Tutoring Pushes Start Thursday at Boys' Club for At-Risk Youth
Article notes a tutoring program for boys with academic problems to begin Thursday at the North End Boys' Club, with Vincent Rigel, a Southern Connecticut State Teachers College student, as instructor. It also details city projects including drainage improvements, streetlight upgrades, park lighting, and park and street land sales.
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Boys’ Club Council
Tuleing
North End Boys’ Club
Vincent Rigel
Southern Connecticut State Teachers College
Fairfield residents join capital antiwar rally plan
Nearly 200 Fairfield county residents, led by Mrs. Jacque ltine Rigden of Westport, prepare to travel by three buses to Washington for a Lincoln Memorial rally with Dr. Benjamin Spock and Julian Bond. A 1:30 p.m. march to the Pentagon and a pacifist sitdown to Monday morning are planned as civil disobedience to protest the Vietnam War.
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Fairfield County
Washington, D.C
Jacqueltine Rigden
Westport
Rigden
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Norwalk
Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Benjamin Spock
Donald Duncan
Special Forces
Julian Bond
David Dellinger
Pentagon
Stratford Council Rejects Buy Of Teen Center
The Stratford Town Council rejected a plan to buy the teen center and approved resignations and appointments. Clyde F. Richardson left the Stratford Housing Authority. Gilbert Waterbury will replace him. New appointments include Frederick Kelly to parks, a free warden, and five to the Conservation Commission. Members now include State Senator George F. Gunther and Frederick Kelly. A Waterfront Authority seat to replace David H. Miller was tabled. Miller’s resignation was accepted with thanks. term expires in June. A North South bus study committee was formed chaired by Richard Amess and including Richard Blake and Edward Stodelink. Building Needs and Finance committees gained new members. the Jury Committee was led by Richard Gunn.
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Harry B. Flood
Clyde F. Richardson
Stratford Housing Authority
Gilbert Waterbury
Eighth District
Frederick Kelly
Parks Division
Conservation Commission
T Arthur Dritenbas
Frederick Lucas
Frank LeCardo
Barbara iMaslen
Richard Amess
Richard E. Blake
Edward Stodelink
Antthony Caseria
Walter Auger
Joseph Montagninon
Jules Loxsom
Mark Whittaker
E. Cortright Phillips
Richard Gunn
Edward Herman
George Dirgo
Frank Le.Cardn
School Board and Council Committees Announced
Anthony Caseria and Edward Petro named to the School Board. Town Council Liaison picks include George Dirgo chairman Richard Gunn and Joseph Montagnino. Herman named ordinance committee chair. Pension Board selections list Herman Ameis Caseria Lucas Le Cardo Montagnino. Public Works Flood and Erosion Board picks Dritenbas Lucas Herman Dirgo Petro. Recreation committee includes Lucas chair with Auger and Stro. Tax Study committee features Dritenbas chair Herman Le Cardo Brown Guerrera.
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Anthony Caseria
Edward Petro
George Dirgo
Richard Gunn
Joseph Montagnino
George Herman J
Pension Board
Herman
Ameis
Caseria
Lucas
le Cardo
Montagnino
Public Works
Breaks Reported in Local Burglary Spree
Thieves hit Harold Building Material Supply at 54 Washburn Street stealing 2 600 pencils. Post Office Lunch Room at 70 Water Street lost crates of eggs through a cellar door. Pace Construction field office at Beardsley Park reported a shed burglary of 700 in tools.
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Harold Building Material Supply Company
Washburn Street
Post Office
Water Street
Pace Construction Company
Beardsley Park
Soviet Spy Boss Defects to U S
The Soviet embassy liaison chief for French armed forces in West Germany defected to the United States after 10 years of service. He admitted access to only routine materials but allegedly held a key to the military attache safe and photographed secret NATO documents with compact cameras. Microphones and listening devices were found in conference rooms and hotel rooms. The group passed material to Soviet agents in Berlin, with arrests following a U.S. tip within 24 hours.
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West Germany
Pieschel
Martin
NATO
Margerat
East
West Berlin
U.S
Fisher's Island Purchase Move To Be Explored
A Connecticut legislative committee plans a fishing expedition to New York to explore buying Fisher's Island. The island’s 350 residents rely on New London for shopping and CT for hospital and utilities. Senator John P. Janovic leads the effort and notes no NY sale indication. The panel will contact New York officials to discuss any deal. If NY rebuffs, CT will move on.
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Hartford
New York
Fisher's Island
Connecticut
New London
John P. Janovic
Janovic
Waterbury Youth Seeks Bates College File Data
Robert Creel of Waterbury filed a petition in Androscoggin County seeking access to Bates College correspondence he says is arbitrary untruthful and discriminatory The action ties to a prior New Haven suit against the Waterbury Board of Education and school officials over Bates College admission material deemed improper for his file and Creel asks Bates to release the records
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Auburn
Maine
Waterbury
Female clerk foils armed bandit at Cumberland Farms
Hartford dispatch reports a female manager thwarted an attempted hold up by a man in his late 20s at Cumberland Farms on Prospect Avenue. He brandished a pistol and ordered the safe opened but fled when the woman became hysterical and ran away after a shot rang out.
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Hartford
APS
Cumberland Farms
Prospect Avenue
U S War Dead Double S Viet Loss This Year
U S officials discuss applying pressure for reforms in Vietnamese leadership as some officers are fired but top targets remain. Frustration grows over lack of decisive action and talk of possible unified command under American oversight reappears.
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U. S
U.S
House approves 2.85 billion cut amid ongoing fights
The House endorses a 2.85 billion reduction affecting obligational authority across agencies. The plan trims executive payroll by five percent with Vietnam related protections, absorbs a 625 million pay raise, and imposes a 10 percent cut on 17.5 billion dollars in research funds. Savings are projected at 1.4 billion this year and 1.32 billion in research.
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Congress
Vietnam
House
Space Agency
Five youths questioned in Windsor explosions
Windsor police detained five youths Monday as part of an investigation into weekend blasts in the Washington Park area. Hollow cannonballs filled with powder, dating to Civil War era, were used to blow up outhouses and a wagon, with no injuries reported and fifteen cannonballs recovered.
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Windsor
Washington Park
Julian P. Darman
Saie
North Haverhill
N.S1
Stratford Boy Injured In Fall From Second Floor Window
A 12 year old Stratford boy, Edward S Mason, fell from a second floor window while helping his brother move an air conditioner. He landed in bushes and was taken to Bridgeport hospital by police. He was listed in fair condition under observation for chest injuries.
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Stratford
Edwards Mason
Joseph Mason
Canaan Road
Bridgeport Hospital
Matthew’ Quintiliano
Michael McFadden
Fires Char Chatsworth Area. Coast Grips Nine Blazes
Two massive fires along the coast expanded to ten miles near Chatsworth as 11 houses and 1 garage burned in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. A separate oil well fire in Oxnard was put out after 33 hours with the derrick destroyed. Fire chiefs warned of continued dry winds as crews battled the last major threat of nine fires from Sunday.
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Ventura County
Los Angeles County Fire Department
San Fernando Valley
Chatsworth
Los Angeles
Keith Klinger
Hawaii
California
Los Angeles County
Whittier
Oxnard
Red Adair
Houston
Tex
Bond Case Pair Indicted On New Plotting Charge
Coppola and Connelly met in Fairfield last March with co conspirator Testo who is named as a co conspirator but not a defendant. Testo allegedly used the bonds as collateral to borrow 14000 from Mechanics and Farmers Bank in Fairfield. Testo, Coppola, and Connelly are tied to a broader scheme with FBI arrests in Bridgeport.
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Ment
Coppola
Connelly
Fairfield
Anthony Testo
Testo
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
FBI
Geet
Bridgeport
Council Honors City Clerk With Birthday Serenade
City Clerk Dominic A. Cretella, aged 66, received a birthday serenade at the close of the Common Council meeting in City Hall. Mayor Curran and Alderman Thomas E. O'Brien led tributes praising Cretella as Bridgeport's first Italian city clerk, a devoted Democrat and staunch advocate for the underdog.
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Dominic A. Cretella
Common Council
City Hall
Curran
Thomas E. O'Brien
Cretella
Bridgeport
Democratic Party
City Officials Invite Public to Visit Schools Week
Alderman Donald A. Brown and Mayor Curran urged Bridgeport residents to visit public schools. The initiative targets parents and non-parents during the week of November 7 as part of a citywide outreach.
Youth draft protests sweep cities for draft card hand-ins
Demonstrators in New York Oakland Minneapolis Albany and other cities confronted embassies and courts as many attempted to hand in draft cards. Officials refused or rejected the cards. envelopes and cards were left or scattered at several federal sites amid widespread antiwar action.
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U.S
New York City
Anthony Marasco
Oakland
Oakland Army Induction Center
Miss Baez
Denver Selective Service
Mendell Cooper
University of Denver
Minneapolis
Federal Building
Robert Allie
Albany
N.Y
Comnell
Ithaca
Selective Service
Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
San Francisco
Bay
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Ohio
Washington
Daniel 0. Omer
Chicago
Federal
U.S. Marshal's Office
Stratford Boy Hurt In Brush With Car
Jeffery Chace a 6 year old Stratford boy was injured by a car on Woodend road while playing with companions. He ran into a car driven by Charles L Hart of Seymour and was treated at Bridgeport hospital for injuries to his right foot and left shoulder and released.
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Jeffery Chace
Merrill Chace
Gregory Circle
Stratford
Woodend Road
Charles L. Hart
Gilyard Street
Seymour
Hart
Bridgeport Hospital
Catholics Debate End of Rearing Pledge in Mixed Marriages
At a 2 500 member Catholic congress in Rome Patrick Crowley urged abandoning unilateral promises in mixed marriages. Cardinal Marella presented a Vatican working paper weighing changes while defending Catholic doctrinal unity and warning against partnerships that threaten faith integrity.
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Patrick Crowley
New York
Vatican
Paul VI
Canterbury
Michael Ramsey
Paolo Cardinal Marella
St. Peter’s Basilica
Secretariat For
Church Christian Unity
Vatican Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Holy Office
Cardinal Marella
Ratings Awaited on Stratford TV Sewer Program
Stratford pipes are surveyed by closed circuit TV in a two week project by New England Pipe Cleaning company. Director James F. Kissane notes camera footage creates a permanent record as defects are photographed. Survey runs 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. to minimize sewage flow while assessing the west trunk sewer from Bruce Avenue to Birdseye Street and the plant at Main Street.
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Stratford
James F. Kissane
Department of Public Works
West Trunk
New England Pipe Cleaning Company
Art Carey
Stratford Man Held In Tussle With Cops
Stratford resident Russell Mathews, 44, of 124 Nichols Avenue, was arrested about 9 last night on breach of the peace and resisting arrest after a fight with police in his home. Officers Matthew Quintiliano and Michael McFadden said he kicked them and tore their shirts during the struggle. He was detained on $300 bond for circuit court appearance.
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Russell. Mathews
Nichols Avenue
Stratford
Matthew Quintiliano
Michael McFadden
Three Die Hard? Injuries In Fairfield Three-Car Crash
Three people were injured in a three car collision on Stratfield road near Lilalyn drive Fairfield last night at 7. Jane Fenusz 21 and her mother Anna Fenusz 58 of 247 Hansen avenue were hospitalized with facial chest and head injuries. Richard Cassidy Jr 10 riding with his father Richard Cassidy Sr 41 of 76 Linwood avenue Bridgeport suffered a leg injury but was not hospitalized. Fenusz was cited for following too closely. The crash occurred as the Fenusz car rear ended Arthur Burke 46 of 21 Bloomfield drive Fairfield who then hit the Cassidy car halted for a left turn into the Ahavath Achim synagogue.
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Stratfield Road
Lilalyn Drive
Fairfield
Jane Fenusz
Anna Fenusz
Hansen Avenue
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Miss Fenisz
Richard Cassidy, Jr
Richard Cassidy, Sr
Linwood Avenue
Bridgeport
George Lesnick
Miss Fenusz
Arthur Burke
Bloomfield Drive
Cassidy
Ahavath Achim Synagogue
Ford May Give Wage Guarantee in Tentative Plan
Ford and the UAW confront a demand for a guaranteed annual wage as part of contract talks. Ford appears reluctant. GM and Chrysler already signaled offers on Aug 29. A source cited a possible wage floor but asked to remain unidentified.
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Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Ireland Murder Suspect Found Dead in Miami
Patrick J. Darcy 47, an Irish travel agent linked to the murder of Maria Virginia Domenech and the disappearance of her mother Virginia, was found dead in a Miami hotel room. He used the name John J. Quinn and carried a Roanoke address that did not exist. A note to a New York priest and another to Darcy's wife were found, and a whisky bottle was nearby.
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Miami
Fla
New York
Ireland
Charles Shepherd
Patrick J. Darcy
John J. Quinn
Roanoke
Darcy
Maria Virginia Domenech
Maria
Virginia Domenech
McAllister
Shepherd
John Donlon
Father Donlon
Virginia
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