Westport Advances Drug Education and Youth Council Plan
Westport votes to appoint a health education coordinator and fund a full time youth coordinator with a 7734 dollar appropriation while supporting Renaissance services and expanded library access. The plan calls for enhanced parental outreach, police involvement in parent youth programs, and school admin action on suspected drug use.
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ATM
Selectmen
Westport
Rennaissance
John J. Simon
Arthur Wotton
Wife accuses actor Robert Cummings of drugs and affair
Mary Elliot Cummings, 41, estranged wife of actor Robert Cummings, accuses him of drug use and an international affair with former secretary Regina Fong. She seeks control of community property and support for herself and three minors in a cross-complaint filed with Superior Court. Cummings filed for divorce last March for cruelty. a December 10 hearing was set.
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Robert Cummings
United States
Mary ‘Elliot’ Cummings
Victor J. Hayek
Cummings
Los. Angeles
Marcus Raps Agnew Speech Critique Sparks Senate Leader Rift
Hartford UPI Marcus H Hart Senate Majority Leader Edward Marcus condemned Vice President Spiro Agnew s Vietnam Moratorium address as crude and lacking sensitivity. In a letter Marcus said Agnews remarks showed monumental insensitivity to American concerns.
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Hartford
UPI
State
Senate
Edward L. Marcus
Spiro Agnew
Joe McCarthy
Marcus
Agnew
Bridgeport Housing Stance Highlights Election Debate
Bridgeport candidates discuss housing policy with Mayor Curran praising federal state aid and housing site programs. Panuzio criticizes the West Side redevelopment for tax losses, while Perrocco backs decepit housing and enforcement, Mirsky calls for more funds and bonding. Open housing petitions planned.
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Congress Plaza
State Street
Curran
Bridgeport
Housing Site Development Agency
Nicholas
A. Panuzio
West Side
Panuzio
Holiday Inn
Gimbels
Albert’ M. Perrocco
Socialist Party
Elias Mirsky
Bridgeport League of Women Voters
Ini Ene Stratford
Trumull
Rom an baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Roman
Mrs. Henry R Roman of 1109 William Street welcomed a baby girl born Sunday at St Vincent's Hospital. The infant weighed seven pounds and will be named Maureen. The Romans also have two older children, John David age 3 and Brian age 2. Mr Roman works as a photographer for the Post Publishing Company newspapers.
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Henry R. Roman
William Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Maureen
Romans
John David
Brian
Roman
The
Post Publishing Company Newspapers
Israelis vote as Meir faces rightward swing in poll
About 80 percent turnout across Israel boosted defense minister Moshe Dayan and the Gahal bloc while Golda Meir’s Labor alignment kept a path to a Knesset plurality. Voters in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv filled beaches and cafes as centralized security dominated the campaign.
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Gahal
Ispeeve
Israel
National Unity
Labor
Moshe Dayan
Tel Aviv
Holy
Jerusalem
a-Tel
Aviv
Gaza Strip
Gaza
Ity
Meir
Knesset
Gahal Bloc
Middle East
Viet Cong Prisoner Release Plan Amid Saigon Tensions
Across South Vietnam only scattered fighting was reported with about 55 enemy soldiers killed in clashes north of Saigon. Vietnam and U.S. officials debated plans to release prisoners including 74 Viet Cong and three U.S. POWs as a gesture tied to National Day celebrations, prompting questions about publicity and timing.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
U.S
Bridgeport Democrats Champion Curran At Pre Election Dinner
More than 600 Bridgeport Democrats packed a pre vote dinner honoring Mayor Hugh Curran. State officials praised Curran and Bridgeport's unity and progress in lighting, streets, and services.
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Brinsko
Democratic Town Committee
Curran
Mary Journey’s Inn
Joseph J. Massicotte
William R. Ratchford
Danbury
John Brannelly
Democratic
Bridgeport
Lamb
Gerald A. Lamb
Waterbury
Hugh Curran
Connecticut
Ratchford
Laird Says U S Won’t Abandon Defense Treaties
The State Department sought to dispel claims that Nixon's strategy review will drop U S defense treaty commitments. Melvin Laird said the security review may ask Congress to reexamine past commitments while ensuring the United States remains by its security pledges. The administration aims to adjust the role of the United States as world policeman.
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Washington
State Department
Nixon
U.S
Stevens Point
Wis
State. Department
Robert J. McCloskey
United States
Reform Jews Vote Down Parochial School Reform Plan
In Miami Beach AP reports Reform Jews at a UHAC general assembly voted against starting nationwide daily parochial schools. The liberal faction, representing about 700 Reform synagogues, favored intensifying Jewish study through full day programs despite existing camps and weekend classes.
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Miami Beach
Liberal Branch of
Judaism
General Assembly
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
UHAC
Judge to Decide Fate Of FBI Agents' Killer
The U S District Court jury failed to reach a sentence vote on Billie Bryant convicted of murdering FBI agents Edwin Woodriff and Anthony Palmisano. Judge Gesch will decide between death or life in prison next week as delegates debated funding increases for a synagogues and day-school programs.
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Uhac Doesjo
FBI
Billie Austin Bryant
A. Gesch
Bryant
Union
Edwin B
Woodriff
Anthony Pal
Misano
Temple Sisterhood
Movement
Whithington
Fire destroys Barnum Avenue dwelling leaving three families homeless
A morning blaze at 1-673-675 Barnum Avenue swept the second floor of a two and a half story home. Belma Turner and four children escaped after her daughter Gloria, 16, woke them. Mr and Mrs Edward Nelson grabbed two young children before fleeing. Lotte Rolley also escaped. Firefighters called for extra rigs and battled flames as occupants were awakened and evacuated. Red Cross provided temporary shelter for those made homeless. Acting Chief John Gleason and Assistant Chief William Parks supervised.
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Barnum Avenue
Belma Turner
Gloria
Edward Nelson
Lotte Rolley
Francis Glancy
Robert P. Sharnick
Fire Department
Red Cross
John Gleason
William Parks
Hypnosis questioned in heroin case against Miller
Caron testified under cross examination about government hypnosis after his arrest to recall the old Buick used to move heroin. He described two Bridgeport trips in 1963 delivering drugs and identified Miller in court as the man who received the heroin.
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Bridgeport
New Haven
Hartford
Waterbury
Stamford
New Britain
Miller
Steven Duke
Caron
Mexico- Texas
Stratford
Fairfield
Duke
Texas
Ronald Blask
Motoran
Roberts
Blask
Edward C McLean
Proscutor
Frank
Jane
Court Upholds Settlement in Car Smog Suit
Judge Curtis approves a consent decree resolving the car smog antitrust case. The ruling finds the decree in the public interest, enforceable, and not prejudicial to damage claims, saving taxpayers the cost of a trial and guiding government relief in air pollution control. The decision criticizes political interference and notes executive branch responsibility in admin decisions.
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Ateast
Curtis
America
Congress
Acet US Atty
Bernard
Eee M. Hollander
Los Angeles
United States
J. Lee Rankin
New York City
TV Firms Get Okay To Use AT&T Poles
AT&T reversed policy and will allow cable TV firms and others to string wires on Bell poles and use underground conduits with few limits. FCC views the move as a major concession by the nation’s largest telephone system. The Bell System pledges to provide space and access to all legally qualified applicants at appropriate charges.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Bell Telephone
Rosel H. Hyde
Bell System
Sex Education Fees in Hamden Face Hearing Challenge
Connecticut Citizens for Per cental Rights seeks to block a local sex education curriculum. Judge Archibald Tunick set the show cause hearing for November 18 in New Haven Court of Common Pleas. The writ names the state and Hamden school boards.
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Connecticut Citizens For Percental Rights
Zanesky
Archibald Tunick
New Haven
Court of Common Pleas
Hamden
Connecticut
Deadly Volcano Erupts Near Manila
Manila AP report says Taal volcano 60 miles southwest of Manila erupted early today throwing ashes up to 1500 feet. No immediate damage or casualties reported. Taal previously erupted in 1965 killing 3000 and evacuating villages. 1966 eruption caused no deaths.
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Manila
Taal
Volcanology Commission
China Claims Downing Pilotless Yank Plane
Beijing asserts a U S pilotless high altitude reconnaissance aircraft was shot down over central south China. The claim notes this would be the 19th such incident since 1964. Officials press that victory depends on court of public interest and persuasion.
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China
Tokyo
Peking
U.S
Cent
Tego
Eutral
South China
Court of the China
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Golda Meir
Dick Lee
Richard C. ‘Lee
Donald J. Irwin
Norwalk
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Irwin
Elizabeth K. Curtis
State Federation of Democratic Women
Eileen Wilson
Bridgeport Federation of Democratic Women
Julia Reinhard
John Mandanici
Frank Verrilli
Vincent Simko
John P. Maiocco Jr
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Curran Girls
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