Helltanker New Weapon Battling Forest Fires
James N. Miller describes the helitanker as a new firefighting craft that drops water or retardant from a nylon 35 gallon bag. The system enables drops every five minutes, with load changes at forward heliports, and supports aerial patrols and coordinated air operation control over large forest fires.
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Helltanker
James N. Miller
Central Press
White Mountain National Forest
N. H
jStul
Forest Service
Biss
Ecumenical Council Opens With Measured, Cautious Pace
Vatican dispatch notes the Ecumenical Council proceeding with restraint as 10 commissions prepare proposals. Pope John XXIII may add eight members to each commission to balance viewpoints, with 16 elected already, while ballots continue amid reports of a possible further round.
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Vatican
Tansil
Pope
Panama Ships Ordered to End Cuba Trade
Panama President Chiari decreed all ships under Panamanian registry must cease any trade with Cuba. Washington noted about 486 Panamanian flag vessels of 1,000 gross tons or more, many foreign owned, with registry used to gain tax and wage advantages.
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Panama
Cuba
Roberts J. Chiari
U. S
Fidel Castro
Ion
Washington
Chiari
Ellis Park Race Track Straddles State Line By River Change
James C. Ellis Park in Kentucky is described as the state’s largest thoroughbred track by circumference though the land sits on the Indiana side of the Ohio River. A river course adjustment made the property part of Kentucky.
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Henderson
James C. Ellis Park
Kentucky
Indiana
Berlin Talks Drift As Khrushchev Visit Discussed
The article notes no clear progress on Berlin during Khrushchev’s visit hopes and mentions plans for a potential United Nations and Berlin talks with Kennedy. Soviet Premier Khrushchev, meeting with Poy Kohier, is linked to Moscow diplomacy while Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson briefs Western ambassadors in Paris and Washington on East West affairs.
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Berlin
White
Khrushelev
Kheushchev
United Nations
Kennedy
Poy Kohier
U.S Amvicb Ador
Moscow
Llewellyn Thompson
Fra Butala
France
West Germany
New Moon Shot Planned in 63 Continued on Page One
A NASA Jet Propulsion Lab spokesman reports Venus probe carried solar power and matched radiation levels with the Marine probe, four days aloft with Rangera showing no radiation damage. The mission faced battery limits, not camera or comms, and investigators cite possible wiring, joint, check or gas-jet alignment issues as potential causes of the failure.
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Sais
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Venus
Rangera
Selentists
Three City Buildings Help To Write Off Renewal Cost
The three city owned structures within the S2 acre State Street redevelopment plan will offset the city governments share of project costs. Prospect school John Street fire station and the juvenile detention home on Gilbert street form the basis for the non cash contributions. Bids for new facilities are planned with completion hoped by next fall.
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State Street
Yester-Day
M Rent
City Hall
Prospect!’ School
John Street
Gilbert Street
Ne Three
Wthe
Board of Education
Prospect
Roosevelt
Fire Department
Juvenile Court
Fairfield Avenue
Park Avenue
State Public Works Department
Matey
Joseph M. Rearborn
Tol
Arthur Clifford
East Coast Demolition Company
Warren Street
Warren Eteeet
Dearborn
Prospect Street
Vata Edith Lundmark
Lafquette Street
James Jackson
Commercial Contractors’ Corporation
Ward ‘Tool Company
Jag
West Side
N. 1
Cowles Street
Biseoict
Zeisler Bakery
Fairfield Woman Awarded 17500 for Crash Injuries
Miss Anna Kabbai of Fairfield testified she was injured as a passenger when the car driven by her sister Carolyn Hopkins was rear ended on Sept 10 1960 at the Rt 8 entrance ramp to Merritt Parkway near Bridgeport. The accident involved driver Morgan Glass of Trumbull and resulted in neck and spine pain and a heart attack claims. The case settled for $17500 after agreement of counsel before Judge John M Compley in Superior Court.
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Danbury
Fairfield
John M. Compley
Anna Kabbai
North Hersen Road
Carolyn Hopkins
Hopkins
Merrit Park
M ‘Ian R. Glass
Trumbull
Fendent
Kabbai
Windy Miss Triumphs In Belmont Feature
Windy Miss ridden by Johnny Ratz surged in the stretch to win Belmont Park’s 10000 dollar Spindletop filly race. The three time winner covered six furlongs in 1 13 5, paying 4.00 2.70 and 2.20. First Dark placed second with Beauful third as Beachel set the pace in the early stages.
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New York
Windy Miss
Johnny Ratz
Belmont Park
Beauful
Beachel
Dark
Ratz
Mayor Swem Wins Narragansett Greystone Purse
Mayor Swem ridden by Bill Skuse captured the six furlong Greystone allowance at Narragansett Park, carrying 16 pounds. Big Slite ran second, Felix third. Mayor Swem paid 4.60 280 2.40 after his fifth win this year. Rellims’ Time and War Brass completed a 775.40 daily double.
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Pawtucket
Mayor Swem
Bill Skuse
Narragansett Park
Big Slite
Felix
Fritz Maisel
Lupton Faults Algeria Aid During Cold War
Weston Republican candidate John M. Lupton called for halting foreign aid to governments opposing U S policies. At a Farmington news conference he cited $22 million in aid to Algeria and criticized Premier Ben Bella for backing Castro and supporting seating Red China at the United Nations. He denounced Ben Bella as a socialist dictator exploiting U S funds.
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Farmington
John M. Lupton
Weston
Congssmenatinege
America
Lupton
United States
Algeria
Ben Bella
Casro
Cuba
Mr. Lupton
Tremler Ben Hellais
Shotgun Fired Landslord Held In Fairfield Altercation
In Fairfield Francis J. Fin Negan and Frank Bailey confronted a man on a second floor porch while moving furniture. A shotgun was fired and reloaded with a second shot threatened. Smith was taken into custody unarmed. a spent cartridge and gun found elsewhere. Lamperta claimed furniture moved did not belong to him amid tense relations with the landlord.
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Joseph A. Walsh
Zargo
Salé
Smith
Darg
Detective Bureau
Willard Stevane
Lamperta
Hancock Avenue
Ford
Lennon presses job training plea in Greenwich
Greenwich, Oct. 14. Frank Lennon, Democratic candidate for Congress in Connecticut's Fourth District, argues that failure of government and business to align on economic growth could have catastrophic effects on Fairfield County. He warns automation is displacing 33,000 workers weekly and urges large scale federal job retraining programs.
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Greenwich
Frank Lennon
Congress
Fairfield County
Lennon
Schirra Thanks Crew After October Flight at Canaveral
Astronaut Walter M Schirra Jr saluted the launch team at Cape Canaveral Florida as his Atlas booster and six orbit mission on October 3 progressed. He thanked crew members for their hard work and noted the spacecraft performed beyond expectations while General Dynamics Astronautics executive Calvin D Fowler presented a gold plated key inscribed with Schirras name launch time and date. Traqu announces they will purchase 600 drums of tetraethyl lead, steam the lowest bidder.
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Fia
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Earth
Schirra
Calvin D. Fowler
General Dynamics- Astronautics
Traqu
Steam
Alsop press sportsmen bid on independent board
Seymour Oct 19 AP John Alsop Republican nominee for governor urged making the Connecticut State Board of Fisheries and Game independent again. He accused Governor Dempsey of shortchanging sportsmen and tied his stance to removing the board from the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He cited past failed Democratic Senate defeats of separation bills and argued the board’s current placement reduces attention to hunters and fishermen.
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Seymour
John Alsop
Connecticut Sportsmen
State Board of Fisheries and Game
Connecticut State League of Sportsmen
Dempsey
Connecticut
Alsop
State Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Department
General Assembly
Abraham A. Ribbof
New Haven
Fairfield
Hartford County
State League
Board of Fisheries
House
Senate
Alsop Attacks Dempsey Over State Budget Claims
Hartford October 19 AP Republican gubernatorial candidate John Alsop accused Governor Dempsey of ignorance or deception regarding state budgets. He cited a Lamden speech claiming departments had not yet submitted 1965 66 biennium requests, while budget director said General Fund requests total 724 million.
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Alsop
Dempsey
Hartford
John Alsop
Nlamden
J "Lam
Gayevenor
Alsap
Banket
Mr. Also
GOP Nominee Claims Connecticut Lost Jobs Since 1955
GOP nominee for governor Onn Alsop told party leaders at a Hotel Barnum breakfast that state figures from the Labor Department show 18 000 jobs dropped since 1955 under Democratic rule, while the State Development Commission notes 30 000 new jobs added. He cited yearly firm closures and job losses from 1955 to 1961 to argue against the claim of no real job decline. Alsop was joined by Helen McNamara Loy, GOP nominee for secretary of state.
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Onn Alsop
State Labor Department
Connecticut
Conttrol
Disao
Barnum
State Development Commission
Alsop
Gere
Mr. Alsop
Helen McNamara Loy
GOP
Four Games for Five Cents in Elmira Williamsport Playoff
In the Eastern League playoffs Elmira defeated Williamsport three games to one. Despite the pennant winner’s advancement, each Elmira player received a total playoff payout of $46.14. The Elmira club, part of the Baltimore Orioles farm system, contributed funds to the winnings.
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Williamsport
Elmira
Baltimore Oriole
Neelans proposes higher compulsory school age to 18
Republican state representative candidate Richard Neelans urged extending mandatory school attendance from 16 to 18 this week. He promised to keep pupils in school through age 18, cut class sizes in public schools, update elementary standards, and expand career guidance in upper elementary grades including adding required life skills instruction.
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Richard Neelans
Neelans
Dempsey blasts GOP for lack of ideas in Connecticut
Governor Dempsey charges Republicans offer no original ideas for Connecticut’s future. He contrasts GOP silence with Democratic programs like retraining the workforce, highway construction, care for the mentally ill and retarded, expanded education facilities, and new institutes. He cites industry growth and critiques fear over economic shifts.
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Middletown
Dempsey
Connecticut
John Alsop
Dna University
Wall Street Drops After Short Interest and Fed Move
Wall Street failed to rally after a high short interest figure and the Federal Reserve cut time deposit reserve requirements. Brokers found little support as markets slipped, with analysts noting the action did not boost buying. Eldon Grimm of Walston and Co. said investors are growing more despondent.
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Darden Chambliss
New York
Tse
Federal Reserve Board
Eldon Grimm
Walston and Co
Paoletta backs road guard rails in CT campaign
Leonard S Paoletta Republican candidate for state senator in the 22nd district pledges a program to install guard rails on every high speed highway in the state He attacks the Democratic highway safety program calling it gross hypocrisy and says the administration uses anti speed measures for political gain He notes 34 more deaths on Connecticut highways this year than last year.
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Leonard S. Paoletta
Bridgeport
Connecticut
New Plant Slated Hartford Tentative Cornerstone Event
Governor Dempsey to speak at Oct 24 cornerstone ceremony for a $1 billion Superior Industries plant in West Haven. The move shifts operations from New York to Connecticut, with the firm described as the world’s largest maker of pool tables. The plant will employ about 250 workers. Ohio growers harvest 500 to 600 acres of tomatoes under glass.
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Hartford
Dempsey
Superior Tdustries Corporation
West Haven
New York
Connecticut
Superior Industries
CourtUS Mississippi In Meredith Case Injuction Expanded
Federal court upheld an injunction against Mississippi state county and city officials tied to Meredith's admission to the university. The court warned of contempt penalties and possible fines for Barnett and Johnson if they disobeyed orders, while noting efforts to block federal authority. Attorneys argued jurisdiction ended with Meredith’s admission, but the court proceeded.
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State of
Barnett
Meredith
Appeals
Johnson
Mississippi
Blebshed
Cpaellate Court
Barnett Catl Jonnson
Adlocneys
Bamett
Justice Department
Anenett
John
Tuttle
Belly Sohn Minor Wisdom
New Orleans
John Brown
Houston
Warren L. Jones
Inckset
Milford Women Nominated for Town Committee Seat
A Milford resident, Mrs Tabis, wife of Robert Tabis and mother of three, operates an antique shop at 146 Boston Post Road. Nominated by Noyes Hall and backed by Ann Bradley, she seeks the town committee seat, with prior August plans by Joy withdrawn. Mrs Tabis participates in Milford Historical Society, Milford Art League, and the Church of Christ Congregational.
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Ann Bradley
Joy
Thion Committee
Thomas Parsons
Martin McKeever
Lombard
Tohis
Milford
Previdi Named to GOP Committee in Danbury
John P. Previdi former Danbury mayor and Fairfield county sheriff candidate was elected unanimously as a Republican State Central committeeman from the 24th district at a state convention meeting in the Cloverleaf restaurant. He succeeds the late Henry J. Gebert who died last month and had served on the committee for over a decade.
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Danbury
John P. Previdi
Fairfield County
Previdi
Henry J. Gebert
Gebert
Previdl
A. Searle Pinney
Brookfield
Flaezy Ashmore
Provide
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