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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1967
Page
1
The House approved a 4.5 percent basic pay raise for 3.5 million military personnel retroactive to Oct. 1, with total first year cost around 633 million dollars and potential future rises tied to federal civilian raises. A private would earn 95 dollars monthly, a four star general about 2113 dollars.
Congress and President Johnson advance money bills to fund the new fiscal year July 1 with softened cuts to space rent subsidies and Model Cities programs. Senate and House conferees meet but fail to agree on a mechanism to limit spending while awaiting full appropriations.
Weather data shows increasing clouds today with a high in the 50s and a chance of showers tonight. Saturday remains cloudy and cool with a 20 to 50 percent precipitation probability, southerly winds around 15 mph, and lows in the 40s.
New York AP reports the American Stock Exchange logged its busiest day with 8.29 million shares traded, surpassing the 7,096,300 set on the 1929 crash day. Through 1967, total volume neared 924.34 million, setting a year average near 4.4 million per day as Amex tops volumes among U S markets.
Bridgeport leaders plan a November 15 meeting at the Stratfield Inn to review private studies on a Long Island Sound bridge from Bridgeport to Port Jefferson and a central jetport. Rep. James P. McLoughlin will moderate and present designs by Donald J. McIntyre. A larger session including New York officials may follow in January.
The Sunday Post reports the longtime puzzle maker once again withholds the $900 prize for the 33rd straight week as Puzzle 700 closes without a perfect score. He vows the prize will rise to $925 for Puzzle 701, inviting any fan to submit a correct slate.
Bridgeport launches three day Downtown Sales Days with stores offering special sales yesterday and continuing through tomorrow. Alvin Gold, chairman of the Retail division, Bridgeport Area Chamber of Commerce, coordinated plans for the event.
Bridgeport officials urge permanent engineering help to use a $200,000 federal grant for air quality improvement. Fire Chief Bannon says part time work is insufficient and credits University of Bridgeport staff and Lawrence Mandell for prior efforts on planning and a new incinerator plant at the foot of Bostwick.
Two Warner Brothers employees were arrested after $30,000 worth of cosmetics were stolen from the Atlantic Street plant. Louis Savarese and George Fountas faced charges including conspiracy to break and enter, larceny, and receiving stolen goods. Police recovered the cosmetics and said more arrests were possible.
President Johnson and Mexico's Gustavo Diaz Ordaz announced during an official visit that they will undertake new goals for joint efforts to improve the lot of mankind.
Johnson and Diaz Ordaz shared a dinner at Texas Tech after formal talks in El Paso to mark a historic visit by a Mexican president in eight years. They praised peace and friendship while signaling cooperation on cattle screwworm eradication and atomic energy for potable water use.
Egypt accused Israeli planes of flying over the Suez port Thursday and said anti air craft fire drove them off. UN observers reported unidentified craft over the canal with Egyptian batteries firing. Egypt vowed no retaliation and framed the incident as a swift response, pending UN action.
The Appellate Division upheld a ban on the best selling How to Avoid Probate and a contempt finding against Norman F. Dacey of Bridgeport Conn. by a 4 1 decision. The court affirmed Justice Charles Marks ruling that withheld sentence pending appeal with a maximum 30 days in jail. The New York County Lawyers Association obtained the ban alleging the book unlawfully practiced law. The 310 pages of forms and 55 pages of text have produced about 700000 copies sold nationally.
Government auditors urge Litton Systems to justify buying $347,000 in instructional materials from its own affiliate for a Pleasanton California Job Corps center. The GAO report cites high costs and waste from 1965 to 196? and notes no clear need or use plans. OEO says many conditions have since been corrected.
Britain faces broad wildcat strikes across industries and docks in a six week wave challenging the Labor government. More than 143 ships tied up valued at about 448 million dollars, threatening exports and the economy while Prince Philip calls for sweeping reforms.
Three former US delegates told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that de escalation of the U S military effort in Vietnam is needed before the United Nations can act effectively. They testified on two resolutions urging U N action with limited guarantees of peace.
American pilots tangled with at least six MiGs in dogfights over Hanoi and claimed two downed. U S planes hit Hanoi power plant north of the city and a truck park south of it. North Vietnamese said ten American planes were shot down. In South Vietnam a major ground fight near Phuoc Binh left about 100 Viet Cong killed and 61 weapons captured. Three U S helicopters were downed with casualties, while Marines at Con Thien faced 102 rounds of shellfire. Coral Sea suffered a rocket motor explosion wounding nine. B52 bombers struck Mu Gia Pass before dawn.
A rocket motor exploded in the ammunition room of the U S carrier Coral Sea in the Gulf of Tonkin injuring nine sailors, three critically. The ship, part of Yankee Station forces, was launching warplanes against North Vietnam when the accident occurred.
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