Fliers Press North Vietnamese Positions In Prairie Engagement
U S Marines backed by air and artillery push into a fortified village four to five miles south of the demilitarized zone in northern Quang Tri. They rout a reinforced 324B Division, claim 51 enemy killed, with light Marine casualties. Air strikes hit Thanh Hoa rail and oil targets as MIG 21 encounters noted.
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Quant Tri Province
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
26Th Marines
Dong Ha
26Th Regiment
North
Viet Nam
GE Rejects IUE Escalator Plan Amid Negotiations
GE rejects the IUE demand for an escalator plan and one of eight proposed adjustments. Union leaders expect modifications by next Monday as national talks continue and smaller unions press local discussions. GE chief negotiator Moore invites constructive suggestions within the company offer framework. The piece notes the need for precise standards across factory parts.
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General Electric
IVE
Philip D. Moore
IUE
Stratford Adds 103 to Voting List
Stratford added 103 to the voting list yesterday with women slightly ahead of men 52 to 51 at a town session. New voters include 34 Democrats and 14 Republicans. Next voter registration session is Wednesday from 2 to 4 pm at Avca Ly coming division. Additional sessions are set for Oct 1 and Oct 15 from 9 am to 8 pm.
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Stratford
Teme
Avca Lycoming
Storm Drenches Area and Causes Minor Flooding
A cold storm drenched the region with heavy rain easing drought and aiding water supplies while bringing highway hazards. Bridgeport Municipal Airport stayed open for general aviation though traffic was light and Allegheny Airlines canceled six of nine flights. Bus and rail service remained near normal with some highway delays and minor shoreline flooding reported statewide.
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Bridgeport Municipal
Allegheny Airlines
Allegheny
Bridgeport
Mrs Bassick longtime Fairfield civic leader dies
Mrs. Bassick a 1991 Woman of the Year, led the Junior League Hobby Horse Shop served on its board and as treasurer. Charter Fairfield Garden Club member and active in Festival events with husband representing Connecticut in St. Petersburg Florida. Survived by husband Edgar IV two daughters Gayle True Bassick Rae Cochran Bassick and parents Ray and Mrs Cochran of Fairfield. Memorial service planned at Wilmot West and Goulding Funeral Home with private burial.
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Bassick
Connecticut Moat
Fairfield Plastic, Inc
Plastic Decorating, Inc
Edgar Webb Bassick IV
Gayle True Bassick
Rae Cochran Bassick
Ray J. Cochran
Old Oaks Road
Fairfield
Wilmot, West and Goulding
Post Road
Stratford Council Receives Airport Package Report Update
Stratford Council learns of an airport package report being prepared by Bridgeport and Stratford study groups led by Leete P. Doty. He said the joint report will be issued soon but no exact date is set as committees continue work. A meeting with the Charter Revision commission is planned at 9 p.m. to seek clarity on proposed Planning elected Zoning commissions and Board of Zoning appeals. Summers in Mobile bring abundant fishing as fish reportedly jump in Mobile Bay by the thousands.
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Charter Revision Commission
Board of Zoning Appeals
Wries Symphony
Heavenly Dancer
Phnom
Royal Cambodian Ballet
Cambodia
Grasse
France
Sihanouk
Mekong
Phnom Penh
Angkor
Monique
Thailand
America
Washington
City Seeks New Type Incinerator at Seaside Park
Chief Bannon promotes a pollution free incinerator capable of burning metals and other materials. The city filed for a federal grant on Aug. 29 and awaits HEW review with a site plan for a brick building at Seaside park measuring 15 by 75 feet with a 250 foot exhaust stack. Officials from HEW may visit Oct. 5 to assess the grant prospects.
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Chief Bannon
City
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
City Bureau
Washington
HEW
Bridgeport
Curran
Bannon
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Donald J. Irwin
Seaside Park
Broadway sees Hand on Gate Negro Anthology
AP Drama Critic William Glover reviews A Hand Is On the Gate at Longacre Theater highlighting Roscoe Lee Browne as compiler director and performer. The program blends poetry, folk music and varied performances from actors including Cicely Tyson James Earl Jones Moses Gunn Josephine Premice and Gloria Foster with works by Dunbar Hughes and Wright.
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William Glover
NEW York (Ap
Broadway
Longacre Theater
Central Park Shakespeare Festival
Roscoe Lee Browne
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Josephine Premice
Browne
Miss Premice
Gloria Foster
Ellen Holly
Cicely Tyson
Leon Bibb
Moses Gunn
James Earl Jones
Noted Big Game Guide Killed in Plane Crash
Alf Madsen a famed Kodiak Alaska big game guide was killed in a light plane crash on the Kenai Peninsula near Upashik Lake after dropping a hunter Warren Sibert. He was about 45 and renowned for guiding prominent sports figures and expertise on Kodiak bears. Coast Guard teams recovered his body and investigated the crash.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alf Madsen
Kodiak
Upashik Lake
Kenai Peninsula
Coast Guard
Madsen
Warren Sibert
Johnson outlines Vietnam, politics at news conference
President Johnson discusses Vietnam peace efforts with Pope Paul VI's interest noted and Hanoi's stance unclear. He avoids committing to a running mate and defends domestic plans, while criticizing partisan comments and urging congressional hearings for war costs.
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Jopnach
Congress
House
Viet Nam
Johnson
Washington
Tom
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Hobert H. Humphrey
Paul VI
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Pia Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Senate
Ludwig J Erhard
West Germany
Marcos urges Soviet call for Asian peace talks in Viet Nam
President Marcos urged the Soviet Union to convene an Asian peace conference on Viet Nam and to create a U N regional political forum for Asia. He cited the Tashkent precedent and called for Asian solutions to Asian problems to urge both Hanoi and Beijing to back a new Southeast Asia talks initiative.
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United Nations, N.Y
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Pakistan
India
General Assembly
U.N
Asia
Hanoi
Peking
Gromyko
Andrei A. Gromyko
Marcos
U.S
Dean Rusk
United States
Tashkent
Kashiru
Indian Subcontinent
Malaysia
Thailand
Association of ‘Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
U Thant
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
Thant
Indonesia
Asen Alty
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Judges Approve Delaying Action In Rail Merger
Federal judges hear railroads arguments as government interest delays are debated. Attys Trenens Durkin Bourne push for protections and delay to shield smaller lines while New York seeks 43 day injunction and City worries about viable service. ICC guards rights with safeguards and conditions.
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Howard J. Trenens
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western Railroads
ICC
Thenens
B&o
C&o
James Durkin
Chicago & Eastern Ilinois Railroad
Durkin
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Erie-Lackawanna
Edward W. Bourne
New York
New Haven
Connecticut
John Dempsey
U S Deficit for July August Reported at 8.4 Billion
The federal government ran a deficit of 8.4 billion dollars in July and August, the first two months of the fiscal year. Receipts totaled 12.9 billion while spending reached 21.3 billion, with about half devoted to defense tied to the Viet Nam war.
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Washington
Defense
Treasury Department
Ae Papers
Viet N
Johnson
Treasury
Viet Nam
Congress
Defense Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Behuncik Speaks At Convention Of Slovak Group
Bridgeport lawyer Edward J. Behuncik spoke at the 33rd national convention of the Pennsylvania Slovak Catholic Union in Wilkes-Barre. He addressed Slovak American opportunities in 1966 and noted St. John’s Nepomucene as New England’s oldest Slovak church, with officers elected and guests including Gov. Dempsey’s representative.
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Behuncik
Bridgeport
Edward J. Behuncik
Slovak
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Slovak Catholic Union Nationalonvention
Wilkes-Barre
Stratfield Motor Inn
Stephen J. Tkach
Catholic Union
Old Church
New England
St. John's Nepomucene
Behunick
Tkach
Dallas
John Kmetz
Truman
John J. Batherchak
Bridgeport Radio Sports
Joe Barber
Patrick J. Keogh
Stratford
Dempsey
William Sullivan
C.S.C
Notre Dame High School
Clement J. Podsgoch
King's College
Wilkes- Barre
Joseph Pekar
Holy Name of Jesus
Vincent Simko
Chicago Couple Seeks to Adopt Stolen Child
Chicago couple Chester and Mrs Fronczak file to adopt a 2 year old boy they believe was kidnapped from Mrs Fronczak in 1964. Judge James E Murphy placed the child in their custody. adoption finalization set for December 11 six months after custody began. The boy is named Paul Joser or Scott McKinley. child taken by a woman dressed as a nurse at Michael Reese Hospital. A goose remains in custody with inconsistent notes on custody.
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Chicago
Chester Fronczak
Fronczak
Fronczaks
James E. Murphy
Circuit Court
Murphy
Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Paul Joser
Michael Reese Hospital
Scott McKinley
Sun
Sperior
Cambodian Prince Switches From Attack to Welcome
Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia alternates harsh censorship talk with hospitality inviting reporters to a luncheon at Villa Chamour Man. The ruler, born 1922, led a royal crusade for independence in 1952 and remains Cambodia’s de facto monarch with vast cultural and political influence, while tensions with the United States over neutrality and borders persist.
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David Mason Paris
Cambodia
Charles de Gaulle
Chamour
Prince
Sihanouk
Ane
Sank. Com
Popular Socialist Community
TV Station Says Freeman to Get Katzenbach Job
A Minneapolis television outlet reports that Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman will be named attorney general to succeed Nicholas Katzenbach. The station cited a private source and declined to elaborate. Katzenbach was named by President Johnson to succeed George W Bail as undersecretary of state. Bail resigns Sept. 30 after more than five years. Freeman, former Minnesota governor, became agriculture secretary in 1961 under JFK.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Orville L. Freeman
Nicholas Katzenbach
Kstp-Tv
Katzenbach
Johnson
George W. Bail
Bail
State Department
Freeman
Minnesota
John F. Kennedy
Chrysler Raises Prices for 1967 Autos Across Line
Chrysler boosts 1967 line prices with its Newport four door sedan leading the increases by 359 dollars, shifts some 1966 items to standard and adds a new safety package. Ford followed by reshuffling options while GM and American Motors hint higher prices this week. Henry Ford II met with economic adviser Gardner Ackley in Washington to discuss pricing.
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Washington
Ford
General Motors
American Motors
Chrysler
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
Gardner Ackley
Johnson
Johnson Opens Open Housing Civil Rights Push
President Johnson expressed confidence that the United States will pass an open housing civil rights law, saying simple justice demands it. He reiterated support for the open housing bill during the swearing in of Stephen Shulman as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, with Justice John De Harlan administering the oath.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Senate
Stephen Shulman
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Shulman
Defense
Supreme Court
John de Harlan
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