Gladys Brushes North Carolina Coast Heads to Sea
Hurricane Gladys brushed the North Carolina coast with winds to 50 mph before moving offshore. The storm lingered off the Outer Banks causing minor damage, flooding roads, and prompting Red Cross aid for hundreds in shelters as it veered northeast and weakened slightly.
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Gladys
North Carolina
Atlantic
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Washington Weather Bureau
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Red Cross
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Bridgeport Weather Summary from US Weather Bureau
Bridgeport and vicinity reports partly cloudy and mild conditions with highs in the 60s and light, variable winds tonight. Tuesday forecast calls for mostly sunny skies, a 20 percent shower chance today, near zero tonight, and sunrise at 7:11 a.m. with sunset around 6:55 p.m. Almanac notes mark October 21 as the two hundred ninety fifth day of the year.
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Bridgeport
Cal
P.m. Readin
Apollo 7 commander Schirra blasts flight plan changes
Space Center Houston AP reports Apollo 7 commander Walter Schirra vented at Mission Control over unplanned flight plan changes and new experiments during the 11 day mission. He said NASA would not accept any new names or tasting tests and warned he would be on board flight director for updates. He criticized changes to the propulsion rocket firing profile and delays in crew rest and supplies.
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Mission Control
Air Force
Donnele
Walter Cannings
Tater
Lunpey
America
Lunney
Cer
Paul Haney
Haney
Apollo 7 crew to wear pressure suits on re entry
Apollo 7 commander Schirra announced the crew would wear pressure suits during re entry with no helmets or gloves and would pad the cabin to protect heads from suit neck joint buffeting. Flight director Lunney noted tests would differ from plan due to new findings.
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Schirra
Zaney
Space
Donald
Slayton
ORACS
Abby
Vaturday
Brandstadt
Nauts
Iveye
Jacoby
Mijwa
Polly
Sylvia Pocter
Diplomats See North Viet Accepting U S Peace Plan
Well placed diplomats said North Vietnam may accept the latest U S proposals to scale down the war and seek a preliminary Paris peace pact before January 20. They outlined potential reciprocal gestures including sending more troops to the South and preserving the demilitarized zone while guessing Hanoi will negotiate once bombing ends.
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N.Y
North Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Hanoi
Tney
Washington
South Vietnam
North
United States
Egypt's Envoy Rejects Israel Peace Formula
Egypt's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad rejected Israel's nine point peace plan as mere repetition of Israeli positions over 13 months. He urged immediate implementation of the November 1967 UN Security Council resolution as the essential starting point for any settlement. Riad said he conveyed his view in a memorandum to UN envoy Gunnar Jarring and awaited word on Israel's readiness to implement the resolution.
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N.Y
Mahmoud Riad
Israel
Middle East
Riad
Tivaul
U.N. Security Council
jEaynt
Guanar V
Jarring
Sweden
U.N
Tirring
Kennedy Memoir Probes Cuban Missile Crisis Pressure
The Kennedy memoir excerpt in McCall s magazine reveals tension between President Kennedy and his military advisers during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. It notes generals urged attacking Cuba despite Khrushchev s withdrawal announcement and highlights JFK s concern over militar y recommendations. The piece frames civil control and prudent restraint as key themes in Kennedy s handling of the crisis.
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New York
Robert
Maxwell Taylor
Kennedy F. Kennedy
Kennedy
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Robert S. McNamara
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Senator Kennedy
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Arthur M. Sehlesinger Jr
Humphrey Says South Vietnam Should Not Veto Bombing Pause
Vice President Hubert Humphrey urged CBS viewers that South Vietnam’s government should not veto any U S decision to halt bombing in North Vietnam. He said Americans expect cooperation from South Vietnam and noted wartime burdens while expressing guarded hope for peace before the November election.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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CBS
Richard M. Nixon
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Neven van Thie
Thieu
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Texas
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Vietnam
Lindsay Says N Y Teachers Spurn Offer
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay announced Sunday he offered to concede nine major demands to reopen the city school system amid a teachers strike and police slowdown. United Federation of Teachers president Albert Shanker rejected the proposal, ending hopes for an immediate settlement.
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John V. Lindsay
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Renene Lindsay
Brownsville
John F. Kennedy
Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
Lindsay
Power Failure Hits 41 300 Homes Through City Substation
A squirrel caused a major outage striking Bridgeport Stratford Trumbull Fairfield and Southport affecting hospitals police, radio stations WICC and WNAR and 41,300 customers for about one hour. Power was restored by 2:20 pm after lines went dead and traffic signals failed.
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Stratford
Trumbull
Frairfield
Southport
United TI
East Main Street
WICC
WNAR
Yhe 11
Briderport
John Basile
Police Department
Husband Charged With Murder In Shelton Slaying
A 28 year old mother Sarle Carter was shot to death in her Shelton home. Her husband Cecil Carter 31 was arrested on a murder charge after police found the body. The shooting followed a domestic argument. The couple has a 10 year old daughter and Carter was to be arraigned in Circuit Court Ansonia today.
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Shelton
Cecil Cantor
Long Hill Avenue
Sarle
Carter
Carters
Ansonia
Jackie Bride of Onassis on Scorpios Island
Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis under drizzling skies on Scorpios Island as Caroline and John Kennedy attended. The ceremony mingled fame and wealth with family presence and religious rites led by Rev. Athanassiou. Guests toasted aboard Onassis yacht as rain fell and plans for a possible Mediterranean honeymoon emerged.
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AP Yirepants
Jacquelins Kennedy
Hée
Aristotle Onassis
Scorpios Island
Greece
Jacqueline Kennedy
Gnassis
Caroline
John Kennedy
Quascis
Mexander
Cortina
Cofenor
Artemis Garonfalidou
Onassis
Polykarpos Athanassiou
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Africa
Scorpios
Berlin border escape ends in family tragedy beneath barbed wire
An East German border crossing near Kladow in Berlin saw a mother and two children plus a 28 year old man and his wife flee to the West under fog and barbed wire. The father was shot and left alive but fate unclear. others were hospitalized. A separate border crossing also occurred as guards were reportedly unable to stop the mass escape.
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Berlin
Kladow
West Berlin
Okinawa student missing after lake canoe ride
State police search Lake Candlewood for 21 year old Okinawa student Yasuhiro Higa of Western Connecticut State College after he failed to return from a canoe trip off Hollywyle Park New Fairfield. A Danbury man reported seeing the canoe adrift Saturday as divers continue the hunt at dusk.
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Lake Candlewood
Yasuhiro Higa
Western Connecticut State College
Hollywyle Park
New Fairfield
Candlewood
Joseph Pirri
Tsame
Mil
Higa
WESC
Nixon Sees Campaign Effort More Intense Than 1960
In a lengthy AP interview Nixon argues his current campaign is physically tougher and mentally harder than 1960. He says Democrats, led by Humphrey, are in power and under attack, while praising his team and the use of new media to address a broader set of issues. He notes improved campaign tactics and information gathering.
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Richard M. Nixon
White House
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R Kennedy
Hubert HL Humphrey
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Wetenil
Nixon
Irene
Nowa
Cascar
Maran
Tye
Priras
Associated Press
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Nixom
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