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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1967
Page
3
A Sunday morning theft involved about 10 cartons of cosmetics worth 30000 dollars. Police say the investigation is ongoing with detectives Robert Carroll Ronald Gabriel and Rudolph Dunn assisting.
Fairfield county investigators are sought by Aerial Investigations & Research Inc. to interview witnesses about UFO sightings. New Britain student Philip T. Brayne leads the Connecticut effort with college scientists joining. Training costs total ten dollars for a twelve week course and a bi monthly newsletter.
Members of the Bridgeport Board of Education held a preliminary conference this week on the Bridgeport Education Association salary and contract requests. Board president Francis J. King confirmed the session and noted the next meeting will focus on non salary aspects. Frank Mongillo of New Haven accompanies BEA bargainers. The BEA committee has not disclosed details and no public announcements have been made.
John T Higgins 62 of 622 Brooks Street, long time Clover Club manager, died yesterday at St Vincent's Hospital. Services set for Monday at 9:15 a.m. at Gannon and O'Connor Funeral Home and 4 p.m. at St Charles Church, burial in St Michaels Cemetery. Survived by wife Beatrice Buckley Higgins, son John P Higgins of Milford, three daughters, siblings, and numerous grandchildren. A native of Ireland, resident of Bridgeport 42 years, member of Ancient Order of Hibernians, John F Kennedy division, and Gaelic American Club.
Demand for pleasure craft in Australia shows rising interest across markets with buyers seeking yachts, speedboats, and leisure vessels. Industry analysts cite improving economic conditions and tourism growth as key drivers of intensified sales.
The life and death of Rev. Joseph A. Sweeney known as the Leper Priest is explored in a feature by Theodore T. Bache Ill. Sweeney, a Maryknoll missionary born in New Britain, died at 71 and was buried in Korea after years with leprosy patients.
About 17 percent of Fairfield University students attended an organizational meeting to form a Revitalization Corps chapter. The group, founded by Ed ward Coll in Hartford, already has 1,800 volunteers and 13 chapters, running around 50 programs. About 100 students expressed initial interest, with projects including Harlem weekend visits, IGAD aid to the Mississippi Delta, and jail libraries. The event was hosted by Fairfield University’s Community Action program and the Youth Interracial council.
Arnold Lester Michaels 53 of Rimmon Read Woodbridge vice president of Michaels Jewelers New Haven and partner of Irving Michaels and Co for 33 years died Tuesday. A retired Army Reserve colonel he served as operations officer with the 417th Regiment 76th Division in World War I. Born in Brooklyn he was Yale Class of 1935 and a Culver Military Academy graduate. Survivors include wife Grets Larsson Michaels two daughters Lesley Vivian Michaels Lindalea Michaels father Irving Michaels Sr and brothers Howard J Ray A and Irving Jr. Private funeral services were scheduled by Beecher and Bennett.
The Bermuda Islands are named after Juan Bernaldez a Spanish navigator shipwrecked there in the 6th century with a cargo of hogs that escaped onto the shore.
Bonn leaders advocate education reforms aimed at modernizing curriculum and expanding access. The push involves policymakers, educators, and district officials seeking updated standards and funding strategies.
Senate action funds space programs and federal agencies while House votes on labor welfare and rent subsidies. Compromises push forward a $40 billion package with notable allocations to space, housing, public works, and Model Cities programs amid partisan votes and shelving of some measures.
Milford Mayor Alan Jepson rejects Republican charges of city connections with a development firm during the urban renewal project debate. He cites GOP involvement in the Redevelopment Agency and defends Democratic-aligned officials while noting unrelated city work by Republicans. Britain to sign protocols pledging Latin American denuclearization and refrain from using nuclear weapons in the region.
Moses Williams aged 35 of Barnum apartments died at Bridgeport hospital from injuries suffered Sunday night when struck by a car at Crescent avenue and Bunnell street. Driver John Hunt Sr. of Barnum apartments was arrested for reckless driving. This marked the third pedestrian fatality in the city that week and the 18th traffic death of the year.
Mrs Agnes Egan Hourigan widow of Joseph Hourigan of 695 Orchard Street Trumbull died yesterday in Bridgeport Hospital. Services set for Saturday at Cyril F Mullins Funeral Home Stratford burial in St Michael's Cemetery Stratford. Survivors include three daughters two brothers seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
ASE reports its biggest trading day in 118 years as it seeks to curb customer speculation. The exchange issued no formal notice of a telephone survey though a spokesman confirmed the inquiry. The move follows a prior Amex letter from last July, signed by President Ralph S. Saul.
Mayor Curran said bids for a city incinerator would be sought this winter or next spring after federal approval. Chief Bannon touted Bridgeport as the first city in the state to receive a federal air pollution grant and noted large plants like Carpenter Steel and United Illuminating are investing to curb emissions. The project includes a roof top center for sulfur and carbon dioxide measurements and a new heat exchange system.
Unofficial camshaft workers strike at Ford plants in Halewood and Dagenham halts output affecting 9,000 workers. September trade deficit widens to 154 million dollars, with Ford Cortina export numbers cited. Strike paused to allow union talks set for Monday as government officials weigh the dispute.
Port Jefferson area study places a 225 million price tag on a cross Sound jetport linked with Bridgeport proposals. Four construction methods are described including pilings and land fill with a floating pontoon platform as officials seek a feasible eastern Connecticut jetport option.
Long Island Bridge Study members including Sen Amanta Rep LaFleur and others attended a Bridgeport meeting discussing a proposed Bridgeport Port Jefferson interstate span. The plan would link Route 25 east-west arteries and could carry over 20 000 vehicles daily by 1985, needing Connecticut New York agreement.
LBJ and Diaz Ordaz outline aims to use sea water for irrigation and food, boost plant life and education, as Diaz Ordaz visits Washington for the first time with his wife and three children. Diaz Ordaz addresses the Organization of American States urging hemispheric unity and critiques the body’s efficiency while calling it a useful instrument.
U S pilots claim two MIGs shot down near Hanoi during air battles. One MIG21 fell 22 miles south southeast of Hanoi, another MIGI7 17 miles north northwest, both pilots reporting enemy bailouts. The week saw at least 23 MIGs destroyed or damaged on the ground and in air, amid strikes on air fields and facilities near Hanoi.
Dorothy Beattie, 50, of Morehouse lane, was found dead in her car after it ran off Beechwood road near West Cedar street. She appeared to suffer a heart attack at about 9 30 a m while driving. An autopsy was ordered to determine the death cause.
A Navy blast on a carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin wounded nine sailors with flash burns. Injured were flown to Clark Air Base in the Philippines for treatment while Saigon reported only minor damage confined to a rocket assembly area on the mess deck. The incident marked the fourth carrier accident in the Gulf in a year.
The page cites solving tips for Puzzle 700 with examples such as FIST over FISH and DICTION over FICTION, noting how wording and context change clue validity. It also references casualties and incidents aboard ships like the Oriskany and Franklin D. Roosevelt, mentioning servicemen killed and injuries from fires and explosions.
Debated U.N. Security Council action on Vietnam. Cohen proposed expanding Morse plan into a standstill with Viet Cong in control of areas during negotiations. Critics called it surrender or anti US. Hearings resume. Goldberg canceled due to Middle East concerns.
A new auditorium and classroom facility at Trinity College in Dunedin will be named Billy Graham Hall of Evangelism and Trinity College Auditorium. The building, set for completion early in 1968, honors famed alumnus Billy Graham who graduated in 1940 when the school was the Florida Bible Institute at Temple Terrace near Tampa.
A GAO study questions rising costs at a Job Corps center about 40 miles southeast of San Francisco. Initial two year contract valued at 12.8 million rose to 25.5 million by November 1966. later a new contract reduced annual costs to about 12.5 million. The center included facilities like a bowling alley skating rink and pool with Litton supplied instructional materials and three channel TV teaching system. The Litton Learning Resources Division in College Park Md reportedly inspired the material use at Pleasanton.
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