Postmaster Candidates Urged For Middletown Job
Editorial urges both parties to substitute merit for spoils in selecting Middletown postmaster this fall. Suggests recommending current assistant postmaster Anthony S. Veraldi, with support from retiring postmaster Robert R. Austell. Austell says three career officials could handle the job, but Veraldi is outstanding.
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Middletown
Anthony S. Veraldi
Robert R. Austell
Veraldi
Shooting suspect Whitfield escorted after Woodbourne shooting
State Trooper L P Ruebeck and District Attorney Robert C Williams escorted 34 year old Alfred Whitfield from Ferndale barracks after interrogation in a Woodbourne shooting case. Whitfield later held on first degree assault charges for allegedly firing a shotgun at a fellow worker who showed too much attention to his new bride Story.
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L. P. Ruebeck
Robert C. Williams
Alfred Whitfield
Woodbourne
Ferndale
Whitfield
Charlie
Reprieve Hovers Over Czech Soviet Talks After Day Three
Reports from Prague and Moscow indicate Czechoslovakia won Soviet tolerance for a grace period to test reforms, averting a threat of invasion. A late communique dispute forced a morning meeting to salvage the talks.
Viet Reds mass for imminent strike in South Vietnam
President Johnson told a news conference on Wednesday night that Vietnamese Communists were massing for an imminent attack in South Vietnam. He also asked the steel industry to hold the price line and press for a rollback of steel price increases announced earlier.
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Johnson
South Vietnam
T. Johnson