Kopechne inquest to be secret with transcript later
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled the Kopechne death inquest must be secret with press barred. It allows counsel for witnesses including Sen Edward M Kennedy but denies Kennedy's request for broader privileges. The Edgartown judge will reschedule after reviewing the ruling and issuing a legal cause of death report.
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David Nyhan
Boston
Mary Jo Kopechne
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Miss Kopechne
Kennedy
Utica
N. Y
Associated Press
Gilbert P. Smith
APME
Observer-Dispatch
Smith
Edgartown
Boyle
Mass deadline extended for new Catholic rite
Pope Paul VI postponed the start of the simplified Mass for two years amid criticism from two conservative Italian cardinals. The new rite, altering prayers including a Protestant ending of the Lord's Prayer, was set to take effect on November 30 or after translations are completed. American Catholic experts in Washington expressed surprise as they prepare an English version for early next year.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Washington, D.C
Gerald Sigler
International Committee On
State to Defer $20 Million in Highway Work
Connecticut will postpone 20.4 million dollars in highway construction matching President Nixon's spending cut. Gov. John Dempsey said the deferment equals about one sixth of the year’s 120 million planned highway outlay. The transportation department is preparing a list of affected projects, with roughly 12.3 million in federally aided interstate highways deferred.
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Hartford
Pupils Have Day Off For Teachers' Convention
Pupils will have a day off from public school classes today because of teachers conventions.
Weather Report for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Fair and pleasant today with highs in the upper 50s to near 60. Tonight milder with 40s and increasing clouds. tomorrow mostly cloudy with possible rain later. Light variable winds shift to south to southeast this afternoon and tonight.
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Bridgeport
Trickster Keeps The Vault Shut Prize Puzzle Puzzles
In The Sunday Post Halloween week puzzle 805 the trickster keeps the $525 prize unclaimed as many contestants fail the clues. Puzzle 806 in the next issue will raise the cash prize to $550. The article notes hard clues and explains an answer correction from RELEGATION to DELEGATION and other puzzle details.
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Sunday Post
Car Out-Of-Control Crash Kills Fairfield Driver
A Bridgeport man died yesterday at 6 p.m. when his car was struck by another vehicle that veered out of control and crossed a center divider on the Connecticut Turnpike in Fairfield, state police reported.
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Jankoski Turnpike
State
Fairfield
Connecticut Turnpike
Bridgeport
Senate Finance Committee advances $9 billion tax relief plan
The Senate Finance Committee tentatively approved a personal tax relief package worth about $9 billion for individuals. The plan mirrors a House action and blocks an increase in personal exemptions. Chairman Russell B. Tone noted a detailed review would proceed the next day.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Russell B. Tone
D-La
Features for Everybody In Telegram Every Day
A catalog-like page lists sections such as Classified Ads Comics Crossword Puzzle Dear Abby Editorials Fashions Financial News and various features. It mentions obituaries poetry and column items including Jacoby on Bridge Polly s Pointers Sylvia Porter theater news and TV and Radio content with sport and women news.
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Chef Marian
Dear
Abby
Polly
Sylvia Porter
Women’ S News
Study of Harbor Pollution Funding Sinks Without Support
A Bridgeport harbor pollution study proposed by the Conservation Advisory Council may be shelved due to funding gaps. The two year project costs about 69 835 dollars with the city pledged 20 000. The May 4 conference urged local industry to cover the remaining 49 835.
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Jeffrey L. Craigiers
Bridgeport
Tidewaters
Conservation Advisory Council
Curran
Richard J
Fice
Quinton
Assess
Bridgeport Area
Nixon Accedes To Court Order on School Integration Edict
A car collision near the Route 1 exit in Southport left Donald J. Collins dead at Park City hospital and Lynn DeFeo with multiple injuries. DeFeo, 25, of Stratford, was hospitalized in fair condition after losing control and crashing headon into Collins's westbound vehicle. Authorities say DeFeo was charged as the investigation continues while the Nixon administration pledged full support for enforcing the Supreme Court order desegregating public schools.
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Donald J. Collins
Brooklawn Avenue
Collins
Park City Hospital
Fairfield
Lynn DeFeo
Arbor Street
Stratford
Thomas Moore
Miss DeFeo
Southport
Collins Headon
Sree Merece
Nixon
Supreme Court
Missing Milkman Reported Kidnapped Turned Up in Miami
Stratford dairy driver Earl Merriam 41 walked into a Miami police station claiming he was kidnapped from his Dewhirst truck in Bridgeport East Side. The truck was found abandoned on Plymouth Street. FBI has taken over the case. Merriam appeared in shock with possible injuries.
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Plymouth Street
Miami
Fla
Bridgeport
Frank Nerkowski
Earl Merriam
Nichols Avenue
Stratford
Dewhirst Dairy
East Side
Nerkowski
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Merriam
Parents Group Wins Action on School Safety
The Waltersville area moves to safer crosswalks and traffic by installing four way stop signs at Martin Luther King Drive and Hallett Street. A radar unit will curb speeding with a state speed limit reduction request to 15 mph under consideration.
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Waltersville
East Side
Joseph A. Walsh
Hallet Street
Supt
Walsh
Martin Luther King, Drive
Hallett
Martin Luther King Drive
Blue Cross Granted 15.6 Percent Rate Increase
Hartford AP Connecticut Blue Cross won state approval to raise group hospital plan rates by 15.6 percent effective December 1, yielding about 10.8 million dollars more annual revenue. About 1.1 million people are covered. individual rates rise to 8.60 semi private 4.60 extended 4.40 comprehensive. family rates to 20.78 semi private 13.25 extended 10.65 comprehensive.
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Hartford
William R. Cotter
Connecticut Blue Cross
Blue’ Cross
Cotter
Blue Cross
Connecticut
Lindbergh Denies Crash Landing Report
Manila officials quote Charles A. Lindbergh denying a reported crash landing in a rice paddy on Thursday. He says he landed safely as a precaution against bad weather, then could not take off due to a weak battery and had to fetch a replacement to recharge.
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Manila
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Senator Quietly Probes Johnson Land Giveaways
Washington AP reports Senator Williams demands a full investigation into a 264 acre Austin parcel once occupied by Lyndon Johnson. He questions legality and propriety of a multimillion-dollar transfer to Texans and urges the government to recover the land and related allocations including an $8000 grant for a fish hatchery. The land was valued over $2 million.
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Austin
Washington
Jon
White House
John J. Williams
Lyndon B
Lion
Old Friends of LBJ Charged With Federal Land Deals
In Austin Texas the FHA and federal agencies allocated nearly 500000 in grants and 26.5 acres of surplus land to a nonprofit led by three longtime associates of Lyndon Johnson to build a nursing home and apartments. Approved but not funded, the program faces questions of political timing and possible misuse of public land. Williams claims the project was a political giveaway and that HEW approvals were mishandled.
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Federa Austin, Tex
Theal Housing Administration
Welfare Department
Austin
Tex
Lyndon
Johnson
John
Department of Housing
Urson
Corpor
Williams
Transcorporation
U.S. Department of Health
John J. Williams
Del
Senate
Frank C. Erwin Jr
Geriatric Center, Inc
Johnson Administration of
al Nonprofit Corporation
White House
Gold Rush Tonight in California Economy Boost
Wells Fargo Bank announced on Thursday that Halloween spending in California could reach ten million dollars as trick or treat bags go to market. The alert highlights consumer activity across the state for the holiday.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Wells Fargo Bank
House OKs Nixon draft plan amid Senate doubt
The House approved Nixon’s plan to draft 19-year-olds first under a lottery, 382 to 13, hours after rejecting open-ended amendments. Senate action this year appears unlikely as leaders expect floor fights over a broad Selective Service overhaul. President Nixon urged reconsideration, while Sen. Edward Kennedy signaled a push for a new draft law when the bill reaches the floor.
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House
Senate
Washington
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Chamber
Senate of the
United States
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Action Flares Along Border Of Cambodia
Battlefield activity flared along the Cambodian border with American air cavalrymen engaging near Tay Minh and U S Army Special Forces camp shelled. Allied reports show 102 Americans died in combat last week and South Vietnamese losses at 297 killed. U S Command noted four Americans killed and eight wounded near An Khe in the central highlands with 37 enemy deaths in other clashes.
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Saigon
Tay Minh
U.S. Army
Central Highlands
U.S
An Khe
Nixon Pushes Buyer's Bill of Rights to Congress
President Nixon proposes a broad consumer protection package titled Buyer's Bill of Rights. The package would expand the Federal Trade Commission's powers and require more information for households. Critics say the plan is narrow while supporters call it a landmark effort.
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Buyer
Congress
Nixon
Washington
Dent Nixon
Commission
Capron
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HEW
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