Housing Site Bill Sparks Broad Backing And Opposition
The measure drawing support from Bridgeport area leaders and labor voices would override local zoning to ease low and moderate income housing. Opponents from suburbs warn it erodes home rule and gives the state excessive power over zoning and land use.
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Charles Parks
Greater Bridgeport
Parks
Organized Labor
John J. Driscoll
Bridgeport
Joseph C. Baber
Connecticut State Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Driscoll
Labor Council
General Electric Company
Fairfield
Bober
City of
Arthur Goldblatt
Norwalk
Bishop’s Commission
Diocese of
Wilton
David Medoff
Earl Rush
Planning and Zoning Commission
Rush
Connecticut
Lowell P. Thomas
Avon
Thomas
Otha N. Brown, Jr
D-Norwalk
Urban Development Corporation
William A. Gennario
William Whelean
Connecticut Catholic Conference
James Webb
Connecticut Council of Churches
Jeremiah Wadsworth
Farmington Town
Capitol Region Council of Governments
Capitol Region
Planning Funds On Rte. 25 Work Cleared in Bill
A state bill clears planning funds for a Route 25 expressway extension from Route 111 in Monroe to Route 25 and I-84 in Newtown. Rep. Thomas O'Dea notes anticipated limited highway money and that existing Highway Fund allocations may cover the project. Other listed projects include routes in Orange and Torrington, I-84 in Waterbury, and widening works along Route 66 and Route 68.
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Rte
Monroe
Newtown
Thomas O'Dea
New Haven
House
Roads and Bridges Committee
Transportation Committee
Orange
Hebron
Marlborough
Naugatuck
North Street
Seymour
East Main Street
Torrington
Commodore Hall Bridge
Derby
Durham
Franklin-Norwich
Connecticut State College
New Britain
Waterbury
Plainfield
Wallingford
Haddam
Haddambridge
Middletown
Three Men Orbit Soviet Space Station Tests
The Salute orbital scientific station was announced but no official results or direct linkup details were given. The Soyuz 10 mission aims to test onboard systems, manual and automatic controls, ship orientation and stabilization, plus medical-biological research amid the Soviet space program, which recently set a 181 day endurance record with Soyuz 9.
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Soviet Union
Shatalov
Soviet Communist Party
Earth
Veterans protest on Capitol Mall clash with police
Veterans camped on Capitol Mall near the Supreme Court faced Park Police action after an injunction barred sleeping and fires. John Kerry testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as protesters pressed for end to the war.
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Park
Supreme Court
Supremeourt
W. W. Coble
Bill Wyman
Boston
Vietnam
Ohe
Navy
John Kerry
Senate Foreign Relations
Washington
Kerry
Nixon
Johnson
Corrales
N.M
National Press Club
Rottmann
U.S
25Th Infantry Division
Cu Chi
Leo Welsh
Welsh
U.S. Atty
Ramsey Clark
Park Police
William R. Kinsey
L H. Herring
War ends now urged by Democratic leaders in TV package
A Democratic televised program features Muskie, Humphrey, McGovern, Bayh, and Hughes arguing for a specific timetable to withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam this year. O'Brien frames the call as pressing for negotiated peace and prisoner protection if talks fail. The panel calls for a clear withdrawal date despite Nixon's troop reduction plan.
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Muskie
Jackson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Birch E. Bayh
Indiana
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Lawrence F. O’brien
Democratic National Committee
American Broadcasting Co
O’brien
Indochina
O'Brien
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Humphrey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Congress
Gulf of Tonkin
McGovern
Bayh
Hughes
Maine
Missing Kin in Danbury Bank Robbery Case
FBI investigations link John Russell Pardue Sr and Deisy Tank Pardue to a missing persons case in Franklin County Missouri. James Pardue, 23, is confined in a Missouri hospital after incompetence ruling in Danbury robbery. John Pardue, 28, was shot during an alleged escape attempt as his wife Nancy allegedly smuggled a rifle into his cell. The Danbury Union Savings Bank robbery on February 13, 1970, involved multiple blasts with 29 injuries.
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Baltimore City
FBI
Missouri
New Haven
Conn
Franklin County
John Russell Pardue Sr
Deisy Tank Pardue
James Pardue
Springfield
Danbury
John
Bridgeport
John Pardue
Nancy
Park City Hospital
Union Savings Bank
Union
Bomb at Amtorg Office in New York Prompts Warned Evacuation
A bomb at Amtorg 355 Lexington Avenue New York was preceded by calls to news agencies, Amtorg, the Soviet mission, and the building. A deep voice warned 20 minutes before the blast to free all Jewish prisoners. The caller claimed Jewish Defense League responsibility and used slogans associated with the group.
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Amtorg
Lexington Avenue
40Th Street
Associated Press
Frank Hasset
Jewish Defense League
JDL
Washington
Gaffney Forecasts Republican Victory Over Curran in Bridgeport
About 400 attended a Frederick's restaurant event as Gaffney urged a united GOP to oust Mayor Curran. He praised the Republican Action League for registering 5,000 new voters and winning multiple primaries, aiming to elect a Republican mayor this year. The gathering featured state and local officials, including Nicholas Panuzio and John D Onofrio, with Col Chester Blucher presenting a captain’s commission to Brown.
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Frederick
Gaffney
Republican Action League
Curran
Jever
Bridgeport
Brown
GOP
Ral
Thomas J. Meskill
Connecticut
Nicholas A. Panuzio
John D’onofrio
Raymond C. Lyddy
Stapleton Lands
Brown Gop
James F. Stapleton
Robert Bruno
State House of Representatives
Senate
Chester Blucher
Stratford Eagle Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Louis C. Zowine
Kenneth P. Flint
John P. Previdi
PUC
Howard Hausman
William Connelly
Banks Raise Short Term Rates Amid Market Upturn
Chase Manhattan announced a rate increase to 5 percent with no forecast of future pattern, calling it a timely adjustment. Chemical, Irving Trust, Bankers Trust, and Marine Midland followed the move, while a First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co. spokesman noted pressure on rates and loan demand influenced the decision.
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Chase Manattan
Chase Manhattan
New York
Chemical
Irving Trust Bankers Trust
Marine Midland
First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co
Philadelphia
Byrd Moves Toward Senate Leadership Amid Scrutiny
Senate whip Bob Byrd has won the bid for the second most powerful Senate post by Kennedy and eyes the majority leadership if Mansfield steps down. Parade’s Jack Anderson profiles Byrd as a controversial strategist with a debated past.
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Senate
Bob Byrd
Ted Kennedy
Byrd
Mike Mansfield
Parade
Jack Anderson
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Yale
Special Intelligence Report
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