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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1966
Page
28
Experts from 18 African countries gather in Nairobi for a 12 day seminar to coordinate a regional campaign against sleeping sickness. The disease has caused thousands of deaths and deepened poverty across the region.
Police hunt for a murder weapon after Dr Robert W Spike, 43, was bludgeoned to death in a campus religious center guest room in Columbus Ohio. Detectives probe autopsy results and seek unnamed friends in Granville while canvassing roofs and sewers for the weapon and motive. The case hinges on the autopsy findings and missing hammer as investigators pursue leads.
The first Fairfield University Community Forum for Fairfield County will meet today at 3 30 p m in the Campus Center. Moderator William Simpson of Raybestos Manhattan Inc will lead a panel including Leo Donohue deputy state finance commissioner Robert Mitchell chief engineer CT State Highway Department and F Houston Winn transportation consultant and Yale lecturer.
Lloyds 1966 stats show world merchant tonnage up as Liberia leads growth with top tanker registration gains. Britain remains first in overall tonnage, while the United States climbs to second place behind Japan in tanker fleets. Norway and Russia also post gains in principal fleets.
The phrase Great Commoner has been used for figures like William Jennings Bryan and Thaddeus Stevens in the U.S. and for William Pitt and William E. Gladstone in England. Also notes a pelican’s pouch capacity of 3.5 gallons.
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