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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1976
Page
1
The Common Council approved charter revision resolutions adopting some draft recommendations while rejecting others and cutting the window to complete the final charter. The Charter Revision Commission had proposed changes but the council moved to speed the process.
Connecticut state officials urged 35 private hospitals to cut their budgets by 55 million for the new fiscal year starting Oct 7. Hospitals including Bridgeport Park City St Vincent Greenwich Danbury and others face sizable reductions as hearings will determine final funding. The commission stressed cost containment to protect consumers with final decisions due by Sept 15 and potential court challenges possible.
Weather data from the National Weather Service for Sikorsky Memorial Airport Bridgeport area shows dry conditions through tomorrow with clear cool nights and sunny days. Highs near 70s, Lows mid 40s to mid 60s, NW winds 10 to 15 mph diminishing tonight.
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Anaconda Brass division will shut Waterbury tube mills by November 30 eliminating 375 jobs. High labor costs and failed talks with United Auto Workers Local 1078 led to the closure. New orders are moving to other brass division mills as layoffs start Friday. One plant makes special alloy tubes for Navy vessels.
Viking II images show western Alba Patera flanks with a volcanic plateau candidate B2 landing site. Small channels offset by faults suggest complex terrain on the Martian surface.
The Board of Education approved Phase One of a desegregation plan with a modification permitting a voluntary open enrollment program. Phase One phases out East Side Middle School and rescinds blanket special permissions while reviewing individual cases via a subcommittee.
A Guadeloupe volcano eruption appears inevitable within one to two weeks. Authorities evacuated about 76,000 residents while roughly 50 persons stay in the danger zone amid mounting warnings from French scientists comparing the event to Martinique's 1502 catastrophe.
Two large earthquakes hit Asia within two hours on Monday. A 7.4 magnitude tremor struck central China near eking causing fear but no damage reported. 8.1 quake near the Moluccas was recorded by Swedish seismologists. In the Philippines no damage was confirmed though dozens were reported killed by Western agencies.
Kansas City Missouri The Connecticut delegation to the Republican national convention plans a full platform confrontation over abortion tonight. The split centers on the highly sensitive question of an abortion plank within the delegation and party leadership tensions.
Republicans opened their national convention with Ford and Reagan seeking momentum as delegates show near majority support. A split among factions surfaced with pro life amendments debated by the Connecticut delegation led by Mrs. Joan Rader, while GOP leaders warned against floor fights that could aid the Reagan camp.
The Board of Education named Tomas Miranda as director of federal Early Childhood programs, overseeing pre through fourth grade in priority schools and the toy lending program. Eight new principals and assistant principals were also appointed, boosting minority leadership to 22 percent. Neville Rosa becomes Clemente school’s new principal.
Federal appeals court lets offshore Atlantic oil rights sale proceed amid environmental review. The decision involves 876 000 acres 600 miles south of Long Island with final rulings to follow after hearings starting Sept. 27.
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