Stratford Dog Track Proposal Sparks Traffic and Environmental Debate
A Stratford hearing on a proposed dog racing track outlines traffic impacts on Lordship Boulevard with calls for widening and police supervision. Environmental experts describe measures to control noise, dust, water runoff, and lighting, while residents split between support for tax and jobs and opposition over real estate, pollution, and gambling concerns.
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Bogus
Long Beach
Access Road
Coles
Harvey Botwell
Connecticut Turnpike
State Department of Transportation
Lordship Boulevard
Hormel
Botwell
Charles Pond
New Canaan
Pond
Leon Gorsky
Environmental Management Counselors
New Cansan
Stratford
J. and
D. Kasper
Main Street
Lewis
Joseph Kasper
Gorsky
Lordship
Raymond Stewart
Support Our Stratford
SOS
Donald Powers
Protect Your Environment
PYE
DOT
Avco
State Department of Environmental Protection
Great Meadows
PYP
Herbert Hines
Florida
Unitedlluminating
Joseph Shaw
Stratford Clergy Association
Thomas Caughlin
Marie Hargis
Curtis Avenue
Marilyn Pearson
Pearson
Hargis
Joseph Aurelia
Essex Place
Stratford Conservation Commission
Edmund Dorne
Impeachment Taint: Belknap’s Iowa Roots and Trial
In a historical note from Des Moines, UPI recalls William Worth Belknap an Iowa native and Grant era Secretary of War charged with corrupt conduct by the House nearly a century ago. He incurred large debts and sought deals with creditors to control trading posts. The House impeached him but the Senate acquitted after his resignation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
UPI
William Worth Belknap
House
Belknap
Grant
Senate
Waste Recycling Report Shows City Profit
Elizabeth Gibbs reports three month waste paper program yielded net income of 4916.93. City crews in Fourth district sold 161.97 tons at 20 per ton earning 3239.95 while private collector areas saved incineration costs of 487.27. Losses 34.81 from private-collector area after contract payment of 522.08. Additional savings 168 in Sixth district with own garbage contract. Total income 4659.01 expenses 742.08 net 4916.93. ZBA agenda adds Donald St John variance request May 2. Caledonia Market planned May 4 by Norwalk AAUW committee.
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Elizabeth Gibbs
Citizen's Waste Resources Recovery Commission
Public Works Department
Gibbs
Fourth District
ZBA
Zoning Board of Appeals
Donald St. John
Circuit Court
Mathews Park
West Avenue
Norwalk United
License Plate Mailing Lists Curbed by Senate Action
Hartford state Senate approved an amendment to a Motor Vehicles bill to bar selling license plate owner lists for mass mailings. The measure requires a fee from each holder before sale and preserves the department's current practice of not releasing lists. Senator Wilbur G. Smith sponsored the amendment.
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Hartford
Senate
newHouse
State
Motor Vehicles Department
MVD
Wilbur G. Smith
Smith
Assembly
Wainwright Building in St Louis Completed in 1892
The ten story Wainwright Building in downtown St Louis was completed in 1892 and is regarded as the world’s first steel frame skyscraper.
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ST. Louis
UPT
Wainwright
St Louise
TAB Attacks Bridgeport Education Budget and Assessments
Bridgeport tax association members criticize the Board of Education budget as only a 2.3 mill increase while accusing Mr. Gelfenbien of manipulating figures. They cite underfunded schools, busing and meals cost, and demand higher education shares as officials debate a 26.8 million plan with educator cuts and ESL funding concerns.
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Hartford
New Haven
Connecticut
TAB
Taxpayers Association
Bridgeport
Gelfenfien
Daniel Domagala
Thomas Carroll
Howard Zinner
Board of Education
Gelfenbien
Howard “Rosenstein
Robert Owens
Senate
House
Agnes Giannini
The
Spirit
Taxpayer Group Sees Deception In City Budget
The Taxpayers Association of Bridgeport accuses City Comptroller Roger Gelfenbien of fiscal manipulation to delay a major tax rise. They contest including $9,031,410 in federal revenue sharing in the budget, arguing Bridgeport actually receives about $4.5 million, and warn the rise is effectively postponed.
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Zinner
Taxpayers’ Association of
Bridgeport
Roger A. Gelfenbien
Association
Elizabeth Braca
Comptroller
Taxpayer
Gelfenbien
Taxpayers‘ Association
Jast
Tax Debate Highlights City Fiscal Pressure
Mrs Brace and Mrs Braca clash over city finances detailing a $9 million debt, implications of postponing taxes, and a proposed mill rate hike. They argue a past tax cut could have eased the burden, while warning residents face a roughly 1 percent tax increase and a 93 to 70 percent residential rise, as business gains special relief.
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City Hall
49ers Sign Spurrier To Multiyear Pact
San Francisco 49ers announce quarterback Steve Spurrier signed a multiyear contract in San Francisco during a knee checkup. Spurrier noted satisfaction with the deal while Joe Reed had been sharing starter duties last season.
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SAN Francisco
San Francisco 49Ers
Steve Spurrier
National Football League
49Ers
Joe Reed
Spurrier
41Ers
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Waterfront Authority
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Rell
Theresa
Toths
Valle
JH. Fitter, Inc
Southwestern Boulevard
Batenere
Rosecliff
Newport, R.K
the Great Gataby
U.S
Heart of
Chuck
Leopold
Ees
Black Rock Turnpike
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