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The Bridgeport Post from Bridgeport, Connecticut • Page 75

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WEATHER FORECAST U.S. toeotlw'r 'Predicts: fUtriag Tdafeht Sunny, Mild Saturday NO. 123 ruDiimea -uaiiy Johnny Carson Tops Eight Shows In Barnum Festival Tent Theater A schedule of eight programs, for the Barnum I theater mVScaside nark wa announced t(di i Ringmaster D'Addino, highiighfed a gala oneti ing mght.tribute to composer Kiclnrri Rortgers and a. two show performanceV TV penonahtv John.n Capon, considered nniu to he this season's greatest boxoffice attraction shou business BRIDGEPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 26. 1967.

POST FINAL EDITION Late Local and Wire News COMPANY RICHARD ROPGEgs First Musical Event The Richard Rodgers night with Mr Rpdgers and his wife Fairfield residents, as guests of honor, will present the Greater Bridgeport Symphony pre miere'musicat'event mMhe Fes tival.theater. In addition to Johnny Carson the talent booked into the theater 'The Seasons, Smokey Robinson and The Mir acles (a teenage attraction) and Ray Charles the blind -pianist singer. The Barnum Festival also has arranged to present three per formances of topflight children's shows as daytime programs The theater schedule, as it now is drawn up, is as'follows July 2--Richard Rodge'rs tribute Greater Bridgeport Symphony i Four Seasons July 7--Smokey 'Robinson and The Miracles. 'July S--Johnny. Carson.

July a--Ray Charles The children shows all plan ned as II a performances, will.be as-follows: July 3--The Thief of Bagdad July ID--Alice in Wonderland. July 7--Cinderella WOMAN PROF FOUND SLAIN Stuffed in Trunk of Car Chased by N. Y. Police; Lectured Here YORKi (AP) Police found the battered nude body of a 55 year-old woman professor at Hunter College stuffed in Ihe car Thursday night afwr tec ves said she was I dragged from the street 0 pumrrieled death bv a olum I a aa a luluullcllll. on me her, in hjs basement apartment theater construction and actively Eleana Gall, a assisting booking shows for the specialist in education a the Jheater is Ben Segal, president college's midfown Manhattan of the Oakdale theater in Walling branch discovered when ford, which is recognized as one police overlook the car during a of the outstanding tent theaters '0 to f)0 mile, per hour chase on the summer circuit MAN CHARGED IN CAR RUCKUS Jury Construction work on the thea Trumbull Youth Injured -r a tent theater.m the rnnnd ter a lent theater-m the round which will seat up to 3500 per sons, is under way now in Sea side park The site is a short distance west of the bathing pa- vilhon Critically in Fairchild Park wesi 01 tne Datmng pa- A 2e -y ear Stratford man and it includes a paved was und er arrest today on charges parking area to accommodate of breach of the'peace and as sau afler po said an 18 JfflSS was pushed from a moving car in F-airchlld Memorial park, Sylvan avenue The injured youlh Gary Bed nar son and Mrs Joseph Bednar J2 through, Bronx, streets Officers who, captured three men had ega semng originally thoMght were ecutive to Ringma Irackmg.burglary suspects dario by herder constant (Cai -inlKLY who reported tions while the work is under way and Ihe tent will conform to the rigid safety code set up by sta te for such structures Weather Data slate Police inspections and lo- ibnited in Pige Six) i Dota'frafn US wralter Bureau 0 Dept at Commerce BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY.

'Today, cloudy, briers, cool with -al police-and fire inspections and tests will assure complete safety The theater is being erected a Barnum Festival project and per cent tomorrow', SOUND Gale warnings-remain In effect but maybe lowered later tonight for northerly winds, 25 to 35 mph, and higher in knisls, diminishing to mph tomorrow Sea rough Vulbilrty good I REGIONAL FORECAST Tern peratures (he next five days arc expected -to average near Ihe normals (C8 and 50 for Bridgeport) daily highs will average in mid 7(s inland, lower along the shore Overnight lows will be in the Ms It will be mild througn the 'weekend 'arid cooler earlier to Ihe week. will be warm agam by midWteV Precipitation may tAtal less than one-quarter of an inch about Saturday night or Sunday Bridgeport' and the are sharing the cosr It is the Fes (Continued on Page Ten) RV I OlllULL Milford Resident Loses $350 aTMai TEMPERATURE (Municipal Airport Readings) Low Today Highest Yesterday Lowest Yesterday Highe (May 25 1M6) Lowest (May 25 1966) Harbor Water Temperature Degree Days Yesterday Degree Days Since luiy 1 S8 PRECIPITATION Today (12 hours to 8 a For. Month. 11 to dale 18 Barometer (U a en reading) Humidity (11 a reading) AND-STARS May 2t One hundred and forty sixth day of the year Sixty seventh day of spring The Sun sets to day at 8 (3 and rises lo- a.m. Moon rises tonight at 11 o'clock and will-be, fii its last quarter May 30 Mercury the smallest plane ts 'reappearing-as an evening has a diameter of XlM.mlleS and is about 107 million miles frnm the earth toniehi THE TIDE Tomorrow 1:30,8,.

m. 2:21 a 8:00 a. m. Low 8:48 a.m. m.

a on the Aide Ringmaster Mr Sepal is serving as in ex thealer isum inspec Prize, New Award to Be $375 high for the straight ALL fans of the Sunda would have jackpot. One Milford'eritranl came clos have been satisfied with a slici of be-it the Puzzlemakpr'will GAR NISH the puzzle prize with an other S2o boosting it to $37o for difficult (Continued, Page Three) The Solution Battlefield Report Says Half of 150 Killed or Wounded JUNGLFAMBUSH Yanks North Viets, Suicide Snipers Lashed in Trees SAIGON-- (AP) A torn panv of about 150 American soldiers b.idlj uit lip ambush sol diers wearing flislij red berets and Communist sui cide biiipers lashed trees TJ Command in Sai gon said rise of the American troops killed and Bounded, but a report 46 was Trumbull, is under treatment Bridgeport hospital for a severe concussion and numerous and bruises His condition reported as "critical Lawrence iNogic, of 2375 Bar urn avenu'e Stratford, one of three occupants in Ihe auto iii addition to Bednar was arrested by Detective James Fitzgerild following an investigation ofthe incident He was released of 60 Valleyview drive, Strat lord and Nogic and Bednar had been riding in the rear seat He said that Phtt however had told Mogic tq get jnto the front seat because of an argument Nogic was having with Bednar The car was stopped and Nogic then changed places with Ronald Vroom 18 of 209 Beaver Dam road" Stratford who police said had been silting in the front seat The front seat ridirs told police when (he car started up they saw the Bednar youth's legs disappearing out of the auto The souths then reportedly called po- ice and returned to their injured v.ui,i^»ji;n;u nu Jine -argu- LUUQJT me iuLd The'Puzzlemak'er is RIDING ment between Bednar and Nogic organization will not take par! '21 tor thfr ctrmoht IAF eru P' cd er Post prize crosrword puzzle fail ed this week their efforts to HOUSE TO VOTE TODAY a perfect solution which nu i riTTCDV A i have captured the $350 I I MEASURE ra emram came close HART The House action by the Norwalk Veterans lo claiming the prize making a win de a new lottery bill to- Mem ona Day Committee whic' mgle error in hi solution allowed a Tohn Blrc Dommic Stankiewicz, of 43 Prospect drive Milford pot stuck day. Tne oill petitioned out of com mtttee last week by its sponso KULsiui.il iaai ween uy lls sponsor -Tarlrtv 'ith sticky JAM when he should Rep Miscikosk. D-Torr ng thi iwv ave been ng Ion. would auihonze the direct rs bill calling for a ref included he uvmoiiiig it IQ ior vi'endum on a state lottery was a correct solution to Puzzle 879 defeiled Ihe House lasl week i hy Rep.

IJIisciko'ski Second Clow PosFaoe Paid at Bridgeport, Conn. EGYPT REPORTED TAKING STAND WAR UP TO ISRAEL Victim in Fire from the battlefield said abont lialf of the company was killed or wounded Ihe Command 71 Vtetnimese i Battle In Jungle As the Division infantry men fought for three hours in the thick jungle of the central highlands Marines battled for a hill the southern part of the demilitarized zone Other action was reported in the muddy Mekong Delta and near Saigon, where three helicopters were shot town and eight more riddled by bullets while evacu ating a South Vietnamese cat rol AP Correspondent John Wheeler reported from the cen Iral highlands that the 4th Dwi sion company as hit whi I searching the lungle for two Red regiments The company commander was cut down the first volley of coordinated snip er and mortar fire The Ctimmumits attacked few hours after daybreak in an area where men have fought stiff fights the past 'eight days was just over three miles, from Ihe Cambodian border on the western border of Pleiku Prov mce One assault was made by tout 50 North Vietnamese wearing camouflaged uniforms and red berets Wheeler, who with the company that was hit said the Reds were beaten off by defenses hastily organ ized by the cSmpany noncoms STANLEY MOSS bring in accurate supporting air ajid artillery fire The Commu nist snipers were lashed high (Continued on Page Six); NORWALK JWV OUT OF PARADE Action Follows Decision to Allow Birch Society in Procession POLICE NAB 2 AT SCHOOL Bridgeport Youths Held in Break at Stratford High Two Bridgeport youths have been: accused by Stratford police of breaking' into Stratford high high school last night at II 30 o'clock. School systems throughout the Fairfield county area have been plagued by burglaries There.rhaveX 1 breaks: at school buildings in the area iii Ihe last two and a half months." 18, of 354. Benham avenue'. and Pashel Womack 17 of 260 Newfield avenue 'were charged with breaking' criminal -intent.

A car which they allegedly used in the'break was discovered by police to have from Joseph Domena, of 205 Washington An additional count of'taking a-motor vehicle, without the owners permission was lodged-, against, the suspects. Each was held under $10.000 bond for appearance in" Circuit court. Stephen 'Liscinsky Patrblmen and Joseph Lowrey were dis- A The national the teen VelCrans Makolm completed but. he said -the -argu- Norwa lk, said today the local to the school where they found: a rear window broken near the window lock, Patrolmen Liscinsky and Peter Basso went into the building where they Buster in the woodworking, shop. Wo- rt the citys Memorml Daj pa ra'de said the.

WV float, almost completed pri lk he ran into a blind illey back was acting cession. His comment followed of the school. i third youlh, lookout for the ue school is being sought, polic said. Inside the school. 1 the tw( youths had been unsuccessful ir their search for a in th to be included perhaps some march no IWV float or banner will TnV he ittee voted 6-5 early wood shop they had 6 in tools and placed them in a basket, police said.

Two other shops were ransack- sd and additional hand tools had been loaded into buckets Police said the two youths berated their lookout who did not give the on Page Six) (Continued on Page Sis) Flag Rulta Reviewed Residents Urged to i a 'Old Glory' on Memorial Day JET MAY HAVE FLOWN IWTn i W.V arei ls how lo dn with- I.NTO CHINA, U. S. SAYS ut a of things. i tCnpyriahl General Feature! corp.l Ruins After 5 A.M. Fire Sunlej street, a i a of the-board of directors of the Moss 3 Son B.ac.ToT^o.fho'nr SUeCt 1 Cd 0d a 5 a Sm ke 0 Found In Front Hallway Fire Chief Sylvester Jen- said the body of Mr.

Moss was found by firemen in a Iron: hallway area after able to gain entry to the burning I two and one-half story wooden 1 dwelling. Mr. Moss wjis dressed in paja- nas and slippers "and it looked is if he had been attempting to get out Chief Jem mngs said. His body, was found two feet from the front door. Mr.

Moss 1 wife, Alice Mae Bedford Moss, died May 9 Dr. George J. Molnar, medical a finding of accidental asphyxiation. The was discovered by --i unidentified woman neighbor who telephoned-the Emergency ReportingCenter at 5.02 a Firemen, direction of Assistant Fire-Chief Robert H. Carlson, reported the front sectTM if the building was fully involved in flames when they arrived and a radio call for additional help was placed- with the ERS center.

Fire officials said the fire so intense on the first floor i' was difficult lo tell where the blaze actually started. upholstered furniture in. the living room'in the front section of-the house was destroyed and that investigators swere checking this area in an: effort- to determine the cause of the blaze. Flames -s'pread through the'liv- ing room mushroomed- up- S5 ffi 0 rj an Soluiion to May 31 Puufe A call tr. local citizenry to dis El play the American flag.

on mprial day-was made today by two leaders 'of' the United Iriotic Societies, of yctefans' groups, which an nually arranges Ihe city-wide servance Making the'appeal on behall of their organization were Thomas J. Nelson, parade director, and Col. John T. Elliano, CSGR (Ret.) executive chairman, who advised that interested persons can be fully and correctly infor ed on proper, display and respe of "our Hag" through availab literature. The two spokesmen said appropriate booklets are available free upon request a offices of the U.S.

Navy Recruiting (Continued on Page Ten) SIXTY-FOUR PACE? FOJR SECTIONS MOSCOW BIDS R. S. Moss, 59, Contractor, Perishes As Blaze Sweeps Home in Black oc BRITAIN ro TM HIcK Thl A III wards through walls and into the roof before firemen "The fire was a cflri siderable time before the alarm was Chief Jennings said. Extensive smoke and heat damage was.reported throughput the remainder of the said. smoke were visible (Continued on Page Six) TEL AVIV bees UAR, Syria 'Doing Utmost' to Keep Peace in Mideast -Firemen check burned-out section of wall at me nome ot R.

Stanley Moss, 130 Balmforth street, where.the contracting nrm perished from smoke asphyxiation during 5 a.m. University of Bridgeport Discloses Plans 13.3MillionDevelopmentProgram Long-Range. Plan The projected goal represents second phase of the university's long ranj-e development rog'ram initialed in Dr. -ialsey said. The plans were disclosed at.

i oint breakfast meeting of the ward of trustees and the university's Development Council this 0 morning in the UB Student Cen- mack. who police said attempt- ter. Newman Marsilius chairman ed to make a getaway was of the board of trustees, presided. he form of self-liquidating Federal and state loans, government he-raised from private sources eluding trustees, associates, facui- 10ns and foundations. Approximately S2 million of the (Conlinued on Page Ten) Today's Chuckle Sending college these days is very educational.

leaches his parents how lo dn with- New Director Declares 'War' on Park Litterers i explosions reverberated tic new director ol the Bridgeport park svstcm lircd a round 'he hilly rim of the gulf a verbal blast against i i today and followed un i shor before noon an I the Mir- 1 wceken ark wi 'We Mean Business: Joseph A. Williams, acting-director of parks and recreation, said "we will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. We mean business." Mr. Williams who recently! Brain JUDGE DELAYING SPECK SENTENCE CAIRO 'STOPPING' ixJitorial in Semiofficial Paper Say Blockade Achieved Egypt was reported oday to have taken the posi- ion that it lias achieved its in its military lonfroiuation i Israel ind if there is to be war srael i have to start it. At the same the So- ict Union said it was up to he United States, Britain nd other Western powers o-restrain fsrael.

Soviet Blames Israel A Soviet government spnkes- nan said in Moscow the Kremin has no doubts Egypt and iyria are doing their utmost to keep peace in the Middle East. "pur understanding is that he source of tension is Israel," he spokesman said: "We be- ieve it is for the United States, Britain and other Western powers to use their influence, to exert their influence on Israel to make it stop its provocations. This will be a real contribution to peace." The Egyptian position was reported in the seiofficial Cairo newspaper Al Ahram by Mohammed Hassanien Heikal who often reflects the political thinking of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Heikal wrote in a full-page editorial that Egypt had frustrated what he called an Israeli plan to attack Syria and had accomplished a blockade of Israeli shipping in the Gulf of Aqaba. Egypt (o 'Slop' "Egypt finds ilself compelled al Ibis stage to stop at what it las accomplished so far, even if his means that we wait to receive a blow from Israel," Heikal wrote.

"Let Israel start. This will be followed by a second blow on our side which will be the death alow." At the same time, Associated Press correspondent Hanns Neuerbpurg reported from the Jordanian port of Aqaba at the lead'of the gulf that Egyptian antiaircraft guns 'apparently ired.on two Israeli Mirage jet fighters from Egypt's side of the gulf. But the planes landed apparently undamaged at Elath, the Israeli port two miles across the bay from Aqaba. Two explosions reverberated around the hillv rim of the gulf succeeded Joseph M. Fennell as parks director, said is dis- WASHINGTON (AP) The Defense Department announced today, a Navy plane "may have inadvertently crossed' 1 the Chinese Com munist border on a mission military targets in North Vietnam.

The icrsc announcement said the plane returned safely to its carrier In the Gulf of Tonkin. The Navy plane, the Pentagon- said, was operating against targets in tht vicinity of Kep, site of important Mt.Giair base J7 miles northeast of Hanoi. The carrier was nol identified, nor any olhcr details of the incident provided. graceful and disgusting the way some of the people are throwing beer cans and bottles and liller in our parks." The "basic reason for the persistence of this problem is individual thoughtlessness," he said He added: "Many of the people in the city feel no personal responsibility for their parks. Lilter does not accumulate by itself.

It is Ihe in- (Continued on Page Six) said he found the Russians "an urgent desire to defuse situation" in the Middle CHICAGO-(UPI) Circuit 6 Ale" lurtee Herbert C. Paschen i i N. Kosygin, President Nikolai today he would delay the Podgorny and Foreign Minis- May Affect Prices Lingering Cold Weather Seen Reducing Farm Crops in Area By ROBERT L. SAWYER The late arrival of a eather this year is expected to reduce sharply and possibly eliminate completely early summer crops of vegetables, area farmers concurred today, and might well have a "soaring" affect on the usually-low summer produce prices. Although to the average person a two-week delay in the ar- 'e Tests Will De(ermine If He Suffers Epi- nnd leptic ages der.

Earlier in the week Egyptian shore guns fired on an Israeli torpedo boat and forced it to return to Elath. Brown Winds Up Talks In a related development. Foreign Secretary George, Brown of Britain wound up talks lencing of Richard Speck rival of summer-like weather could be anything from "unpleasant" to "annoying;" delay can be and very farmers. be "disastrous" lo likely many The two weeks is critical he- cause it is the normal planting lime for many vegetables which would harvest in mid-July and (Continued on Page Seventeen) the convicted mass killer undergoes brain wave tests to determine whether he suffers from uncontrollable epileptic rages. Paschen made the ruling a University of Illinois specialist testified that previous brnir wave tcsls undergone by showed "suspicious fealures." Speck, the 25-year-old vagabond convicted of slaughtering eighr young nurses in Chicago l.it summer; listened intently as Paschen continued Ihe case jnlil Monday.

At that time. Paschen Public Defender Gerald must submit a detailed report on precisely what tests he want? Speck to undergo. Paschen had originally set today for sentencing Speck penience which a jury had rccoM- mended should be death. Getty- made a "13th hour appeal" -b delay sentencing for 30 days. It was revealed that if Speck (Continued on Page Six) un'ill' Andrei A.

Gromyko. 1 Brown said Soviet leaders had been officially" informed only Thursday night of the French proposal for a joint peace effort by the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and France. He said it was too early to expect a Kremlin decision. It was understood by other Westerners in Moscow, how- (Continued on Page Sis) Today's Index Page Bridge, Gorcn 21 Classified Section 51-52-53-3453-56-5 Comics Editorials Financial News Health, Dr. Bradv Hcloisc Home and Fashions Obituaries Society News Sports Section Stage and Screen TV, Radio Programs 4S-4? 32 44 39 3S 38-39 SO 3S-37 28-29-30-31 42-43.

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