City Wins Park Aid for Forest Park Purchase
The State Council on Agriculture and Natural Resources granted Bridgeport $200,000 to help buy Forest Park from Frouge Corp. The city seeks a $400,000 federal grant and would cover the remaining $200,000 of the $800,000 price. The 73 acre site east of Main Street near Lake Forest will feature nature trails, picnics, and limited sports facilities.
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State Council On Agriculture and Natural Resources
Hartford
Bridgeport
Forest Park
Frouge Corporation
U. S. Interior Department
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Curran
Upper Main Street
Lake Forest
U.S. Interior
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Agency
No Bidders on Notes For 3 Cities Renewal Drive
Fairfield Community Chest Red Cross drive kicks off at Chamber dinner with Joel Morrison who jokes about surviving Texas He cites past bids failed due to federal 44 percent cap and tight money The three towns plan to borrow from HUD at 4.5 percent Bridgeport Milford Ansonia sought multi million West Side West Shore and West Side projects with total requests in the millions
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Fairfield
Red Feather
Red Cross
W. Bradley Morehouse
Indiate
Bridgeport
Milford
Ansonia
Newal
Department of Housing and Urban Renewal
West Side
Ford Announces Higher Prices for 1967 Cars Nationwide
Ford Motor Company disclosed a 1967 price rise averaging 25 dollars or about one percent driven by new safety features. Some 1966 options became standard and others remained optional, complicating exact price comparisons for buyers. Ford said the hikes do not fully cover rising labor and material costs and no immediate comment came from UAW President Walter Reuther.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
MPAA Drops Film Taboos After 36 Years in Hollywood
The Motion Picture Association of America on Tuesday relaxed long standing rules by removing bans on lustful kissing and passion that stimulates baser emotions. The changes mark a shift in content guidelines governing U.S. films.
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New York
Motion Picture Association of America
Bridgeport Area Weather Update
Cloudy and windy across Bridgeport and vicinity with cooler temperatures. High near 60 today, low in the 50s tonight, with occasional rain and a 9 percent chance of precipitation.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
Telegram Daily Page Features Snapshot
A reader titled index lists sections such as Comics, Editorials, Fashions, Financial News, Jacoby on Bridge, Obituaries, Folly's Pointers, Sports, Theater News, TV and Radio, Women's News and Sylvia Porter contributions. It notes page numbers for each item across the daily issue.
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Telegram
Chef Vocess Eveeune
Abby
Dr. Brandstadt
M.D
Jacoby On Bridge
Pease
Folly’s Pointers
Consee
Sylvia Porter
Religious town near Moscow rebuked for shrine status
The Soviet labor daily Trud criticized the New Jerusalem monastery near Istra for not discouraging pilgrims who treat its waters as holy cures. It denounced worshipers as gloomy and silent while tourists view the war damaged monastery as a historic ruin.
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Moscow
New Jerusalem
Istra
Nikon
Jerusalem
Trud
House GOP Accuses Johnson of Viet Nam Deception
House Republican leaders charged the Johnson administration with deception and credibility gaps over war plans, alleging escalation would be unveiled after the November 8 election. Rep. Melvin R. Laird predicted a $13.5 billion request and expanded ground actions in South Vietnam, while Democrats condemned the partisan framing.
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Washington
House
Johnson
GOP
United States
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Laird
South Viet Nam
House Gop
Geral R.ford
Michigan
U.S
UN General Assembly picks Pazhwak as president
The United Nations General Assembly opened its 21st session with harmony as Afghan diplomat Abdul Rahman Pazhwak, 47, was elected president to serve until the next session. Attention immediately focused on the Vietnam conflict amid expected difficult days ahead.
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AP Wice General Assembly
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
General Assembly of the
United Nations
New York
Pazhwak
UN General Assembly
Viet Nam
Surveyor 2 Aims For Moon Landing In Central Bay
Pasadena report on Surveyor 2 launch from Cape Kennedy at 8 32 a m EDT. The craft, carrying a camera, targets Sinus Medii for a 63 hour flight with a 23 degree descent. Scientists expect a successful path though the terrain may be rough and risky.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Moon
Sinus Medii
Central Bay
Earth
Rites Held for Slain Daughter and Letter Threats
Valerie Percy’s funeral was held as investigators reviewed a three page late May letter to her father Charles Percy threatening a one way ride. The note named Richard Nixon Everett Dirksen Gerald Ford Barry Goldwater and others and warned political readers to be careful of their statements. Arrington said Percy sent him a copy of the rambling missive which was postmarked Chicago. Memorial services were conducted at Kenilworth Union Church in suburban Kenilworth and Valerie’s body was cremated.
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Chicago
Charles Si. Percy
Valerie
Pitseen Bastenante
Lhicagy Cosman
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Illinois Senate
Percy
Arrington
Richard M. Nixon
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
U.S. Senate
Arrngton
Associated Press
Rep
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
House
Washington
Ford
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Nixon
Dirksen
Kenilworth Union Church
Kenilworth
No to U N peace plan from Hanoi
North Viet Nam rejected a U S peace proposal via the United Nations. Viet Nam News Agency quoted Hanoi stating the Johnson administration uses the U N forum to peddle a peace swindle while escalating the war. They accused Washington of seeking a way out through war expansion rather than negotiation.
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Viet Nam
U.S
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
Hanoi
Johnson
U.N. Forum
U .N. Forum
Johnson Administration
Storm Hallia Mirrors Audrey Birthspot in Gulf
A small tropical storm named Hallia formed in the Gulf of Mexico near 21.5 N 95.4 W, after Navy reconnaissance reported 50 mph winds. Officials forecast a slow northeast drift, recalling Hurricane Audrey's July 1957 Louisiana landfall that killed 500 people and 35,000 cattle.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Audrey
Navy
Gulf
Hallia
Louisiana
Cameron
Weather Bureau
Hallie
Johnson Sees Texas Picture and Plans Latin America Mission
President Johnson viewed a color picture of Texas taken from Gemini I and announced a 10 nation goodwill mission to Latin America. Cmdr. Richard Gordon from Gemini I will be joined by Neil Armstrong, who flew Gemini 8 last March, on the voyage.
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Washington
Johnson
Texas
Latin America
Cmdr
Richard Gordon
Neil Armstrong
National Beauty Pageant Slated Here Oct 4 to 8
Bridgeport will host the Miss United States beauty pageant October 4 to 8 at Klein Memorial auditorium with 50 entrants from fall states. Contestants will be judged in swimsuit and evening gown. poise charm personality and intelligence factor into scoring. Cash prizes total 4 000 with runner ups receiving trophies. Nola Birely of Ashton West Virginia current Miss United States will crown the winner.
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Bridgeport
Patricelli
Nola
Nola Birely
Ashton
W. Va
United States
Miss Birely
Norfolk
Yonkers Raceway
Stratfield Motor Inn
W. D. Bourne
Hunt
Navy Bombers Sink North Viet Torpedo Boat
Carrier based Navy bombers attacked a North Vietnamese torpedo boat twenty miles northeast of Haiphong, split the vessel in two and left it sinking, U S command said Wednesday. Rampaging floods added to the misery of war in South Viet Nam.
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Saigon
Haiphong
U.S
South Viet Nam
Battle and floods hit Vietnam near DMZ and Laos border
U S troops, flame thrower tanks, jets, artillery and Marine riflemen battled North Vietnamese forces just south of the demilitarized zone. Bombers pounded targets in the neutral strip between the Vietnams as floods from monsoon rains swelled the Mekong Basin displacing thousands and destroying crops. North Viet Nam warplanes resumed raids while US pilots claimed hits on missile sites and disruptions along rail lines 65 miles northeast of Hanoi.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Viet Nams
Laos
Mekong
Bassac
Green Beret
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Red China
North Viet Nam
Buildup of Tanks in Viet Seen Despite Limits
U S tanks in Vietnam total about 450 and may rise after Pentagon performance studies. Tanks likely used in open regions for convoys base defense and limited offensives, with no large scale jungle assaults anticipated. Army reserve units hold two armored divisions in Texas, others may join Southeast Asia as the war progresses. Marines in the north run about 150 tanks alongside some 600 armored personnel carriers.
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Pentagon
U.S
Viet Nam
United States
Texas
Southeast Asia
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