Milford Youth Held After Chase Through 3 Towns in 1960s Style
A 1-year-old youth is held by Milford police after a high speed chase through Pond Point Bayview and Woodmont, injuring two officers Sgt Campanaro and Patrolman D'Amico. James Quackenbush Sr of Somme Place faces charges including second degree assault and possession of stolen property after a 18 Ford sedan pursuit across multiple towns ending with tire disablement by police.
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Milford
Elty
Bohd
James Quackenbush Sr
Somme Place
Fitz
Robert Campanaro
John
Micer
Pallee
Queckenbush
Campanti
Pond Point
Bayview
Woodmont
Marshall Road
Orange
Geral Broxsom
Thomas Dooling
Nobel laureate foresees dim future for oil
Dr. Dennis Gabor, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, warned that world power consumption rising faster than oil and gas reserves will exhaust supplies within 20 years. He urged industrial nations to expand coal to gas and other alternative energy sources to avoid economic instability from oil imports. The remarks were delivered during the Anustmity Memorial Lecture at Columbia University.
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Dennis Gabor
Gabor
West
Hungary
Hs Ig
Imperial College
Lanisa
Columbia University
Fire and Police Get Higher Pay Under New Package
The city approves a new contract package raising maximum pay for patrolmen and firefighters from 10 491 to 17 445 retroactive to July 1 with incremental increases 14 dollars retroactive to July 1 and 4 percent retroactive to July 2 and Jan 1. Starting minimums rise to 84993 with immediate and January increases. Longtime service adds longevity pay.
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Panuzzo
Taight
Fiestre
Rnise
Aes Conanteigures
Cay al F
Pacrolinen
Sears
Dictaphone Local 139 Reach Accord on Pact
Union and Dictaphone reached a new contract covering 45 technicians and engineers at Dictaphone. The pact preserves operation on Howard Avenue from today and replaces the old contract which expired at midnight Friday. Officials planned a joint statement after the weekend agreement vote.
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Yascitday
FPTE
Avi
St He Howard Avenue
Jenson
Unnion
Wen Fall
Heward Avenue
Union
Dictaphone
Okd
Tacel
Diclepinone
Community Service Corps Launches Energy Saving Campaign
The West End Community Service Corps will start a citywide drive to reduce energy use. Led by Geil Young the group will visit housing projects urging residents to conserve power and a blanket drive will collect for the city. The campaign also seeks donations from businesses and organizations to fund the effort.
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West End
Servce Corps
Geil Young
Service Corps
Young
Yyounsi
Noung Sd
Iran
Nixon Tax Return Fragments Surface In White House Probe
Portions of President Nixon and daughter Tricia Nixon Cox tax returns are reported to be disclosed to support allegations about personal finances. The documents include a range of income sources from 1969 to 1972 and itemized deductions, with figures for salary, real estate sales, investments, interest, and taxes, aiming to show who paid capital gains and related expenditures.
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Pulflc Ag
White House
Tricia Nixon Cox
Florida
Wixon
Haved
Mixon
New York City
Fisher Island Inc
Key Biscayne
Ela
Iis
Hannah Nixon Sun
Robert
Abplanale
Hplogida Bank
New York
Califor
Nie
Fishermen's payments at Nixon era accounts show rising sums
Sacramento officials report Nixon held $58,733 in various bank accounts on Jan 3 noting a rise to $432,574 by May 11 in 1873 with UPI citing mixed figures. The record references loans, certificates of deposit, and large sums in savings as part of broader fisheries funding and local debentures attributed to associates.
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Nixon
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
California
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Sec
Asate
Key Biscayne
Bebo
Iroboen
Gas Station Woes Tie Up National Gas Shortage
Dispatches report long lines and fuel rationing as motorists across states face shortages. Attendants describe frantic demand, with some pumps buried in patrons and others closed to conserve stock. Police and officials note scattered outages, including airports and turnpikes, while some stations remain open only for parking or limited service.
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Albany
Duon
Airport
Gulf
Wisconsin State Patrol
Joan Schees der
Florida Turnpike
Virginia
New Jersey
Dennis Faysor
Robert Harszcz
Spry Cin
Army-Navy
Philadelphia
Charles Muse
Stuckey's
Tuterstale 73
Georgia
Eddie Wells
Dowdtown
Seattle
Wash
Moon
Testany
Rex Phillips
Mobil
Reaverton
Ore
Portland
Torety
Deirail
WinAgor
Orit
St. Pil
Minn
Ming
Two Robbers Loot Lexington Liquor Store
City police search for two masked bandits who robbed Tohbad Pisda’s Quez store at 265 Wayne Street on Saturday night. A gun and heavy tire iron were used to threaten Lena Pinto the owner and two workers as the cash register was emptied. Detectives Amoll Brigtia and William Walker investigated the hold-up minutes after the crime.
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Tohbad Pisda
Quez
Wayne Stre
Lena Pinto
Hue
Barbar Stane
Mod
Kathee Esposito
Ellen Ruzio
Area E residents elected to Connecticut CPA board
Three area residents Thomas C. Roberge Donald T. Studs Tey and Sheldon J. Barntan have been elected as members of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants board of governors. Roberge of Stratford works for John H. Wenman and Company. Studs Tey of Newtown works for Price Waterhouse and Company. Barntan of West Haven works for Edward Isaacs and Company.
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Tn Connecticut Society At
Certified Public Accountants
Decordiig
Govarnnors
Thomas C. Roberge
Raventerrace
Stratford
John H. Wenman and Company
Donald T. Studs Tey
Sycamore Drive
Newtown
Price Waterhouse and Compay
Sheldon J. Barntan
Rigscourt
East
West Maven
Edward Isaacs and ‘Company
Middle East Frontlines Tense Amid Talks and Oil Pledge
Gen Heyma Abou Saada said troops ready to engage Israel at a moment's notice if ordered. UN officials report canal incidents low and stress the cease-fire remains in effect despite talks breakdown. Egypt's oil minister announced Gulf states will finance half of a $100 million Mediterranean oil pipeline project led by Bechtel.
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Heyma Abou Saada
Suez Front
Attr
Cials
Ceures
Caita
Canal
Dropkad
Sweety Do St
U.N
Kuwait
Isesel T
Egypt
Petrolenm
Persian Gulf
Bechtel
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Abu Dhabi
Ahmed Hilal
Burglaries Reported Across City Weekend
Police logged eight burglary incidents during the weekend. At McKinley Elementary School on Logan Street classrooms were entered and ransacked. school authorities would verify losses. Harald Talley’s home on Howard Avenue was broken into. The Pied Piper business on North Avenue was also hit. Others were reported but details remained unclear.
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Ridgepore
McKinley #imentary
Logan Street
Albert Fssant Pelee
Harald Talley
Howard Avenue
North Avenue
Progress Cited in UB AAUP Contract Talks
The UB chapter of the AAUP reports progress in contract negotiations with the university administration. A tentative upgrade package could be agreed soon, with talks held thrice since October and discussions covering salaries fringe benefits work rules and grievances.
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University of Bridgeport
American Association of University Professors
AAUP
Eed
Willan Windsor
St. Talka
Thurston &. Manning
Ion
Enne
Fast Springs
Five Die in Weekend Accidents and Fire
Five people died over the weekend in a mobile home fire in Pomfret and a series of car crashes in Connecticut. Victims include Daniel Kratjewski 20 and Brian Chiciona 18 in the fire, and Gerald J. Karn 42, John Cannan 57, George J. Garratson III 34 in crashes in Stonington Middletown and Colchester.
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Pomiret
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Daniel Kratjewski
Brooklyn
Coan
Brian Chiciona
Danielson
Gerald J. Karn
Westerly
Bls
John ‘Cannan
Walle
Middletown
Cannan
Garrelson
Colchester
Hartford Hospital
City panel shapes school funding and teachers contract vote
Alderman Guman backs council education committee and a new city wide advisory committee on school construction. He urges the panel to return to schools for discussions with teachers students and administrators to identify concrete solutions.
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Guman
Idool Construction
Panuzio
Board of Education
Serés Guman
New Haven Admin Share Tops In Connecticut Model Cities Study
A Connecticut comparison shows New Haven spent the largest share on administration in the Model Cities program over three years, 4 per cent of 4.61 million, with Bridgeport 28 per cent of 4.9 million and Hartford 16 per cent of 7.4 million. The study notes New Haven’s 47 per cent when including educational program administration, as Model Cities aims to build permanent city management capacity.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Bridgeport
New London
Waterbury
Hartford
Hartford Courom
Vernem Moore
Moore
Cnurant Santite
Waters Edge housing project sparks local zoning dispute
A Channel 7 documentary outlines the Waters Edge plan to build a 8900 resident development on land between New Fairfield and Sherman facing Lake Candlewood. Garden Cities Development Corp aims for a racially and economically mixed community, while New Fairfield’s zoning commission rejected a Planned Unit Development and a lawsuit follows alleging exclusionary laws. The program features Neil Gold and other key figures in the dispute over environmental and social impacts.
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KEW Fairfield
Shean
Ath
Whl
Pam
Channel 7
Waters Edpa
New Pairfield
Sheraton
Lake Candlewood
Waters
Edge
Garden Cities [Development Corporation
Water Edge
New Fairfield
Waters-Edge
Garden Ciles
Suburban Actin Institute
City Man Arrested on Four Darien Charges
Bridgeport police Sunday arrested Edwin Larsen of 88 Martin Terrace on a Darien court warrant charging four counts of issuing worthless checks. Detainments indicate Larsen was taken to detectives in Darien for questioning over alleged check forgeries connected to smaller purchases.
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Bridgeport
Palite
Edwin ‘Larsen
Martin Terrace
Larsen
Darien
Store Owner Charged as Whiskey Confiscated in Visit
Detectives arrested Walter Begins, 48, at 137 Columbia Street on Sunday on a charge of keeping liquor for sale. Two pints of whiskey were confiscated as evidence. The visit, made with a circuit court warrant, followed the store operator’s arrest and pending arraignment.
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South End
Columbia Street
Walter Begins
Thal
Robert Kochiss
Joseph Halducly
Man Held After Fracas at Kennedy Stadium
John J. Backman aged 27 from Long Inland Wyoming was detained on assault and resisting arrest charges after a disturbance at Kennedy Stadium. Police used mace to subdue him before handcuffing and transporting him to the station.
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Kennedy Stadium
John J. Backman
Nf Long Inland
Kenned
Ackman
Nicholas Soltis
Daniel ‘Taza
Village Woman Held For Hammer Threat
Police arrested Luella Hammonds of Father Panik Village after she threatened to stab a man and attacked a special patrolman with a hammer. Officers said she went to Ruben Feliciana’s apartment to stab him, failed, then returned home and struck Patrolman Peter Villanueva, later taken to police headquarters.
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Luella Hammonds
Panik Vilage
Patcolmen
Pedro Aranjo
Peter Villanueva
Feticiano
Bollea
Io Up & Hammer
Villansuva
Frustrated motorist vandalizes gas station window
Milford AP report says a motorist who was refused fuel at a Cannon Turnpike service station allegedly smashed a window in his car and fled. State police arrested Russell G. Smith Jr. 22 of Sam Jones Cliff on assault charges. he was held on $300 bond. The attendant suffered minor cuts, and Smith did not offer a statement about an injured hand.
Shoe Used in Dispute Injures City Woman
A woman, Antoinette Edwards, was struck several times with a shoe by her ex boyfriend, George Jones, 28, in a dispute near Main and Dreagel streets. She required hospital treatment for head and neck lacerations but was later released. Patrolman Larry Sobkawich arrested Jones on assault charges.
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Main
Dreagel
Antonette Edwards
Columbia
Larry Sobkawich
Anu
George Jones
Bidg. 3
Apts We
Father Panik Village
Hallett Street
Miss Edwards
Jones
Trumbull Students Exhibit Art at Wells College
Two Trumbull residents, among 28 students, have artwork selected for Wells College annual student art exhibit in Aurora New York from December 17 to January 11. Lisa Caroline Vaiky and Patricia Ann Sliva, both sophomores, are listed among the exhibiting students.
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Trumbull
Wells College
Aurora
Lisa Caroline Vaiky
George J. Vatky
Jerusalem Ifill
Patricia Ann Siiva
Stephen T Sliva
Ridge. View Avenue
Husband Arrested After Alleged Minnesota Fish Theft Incident
Richard Hock of 1 Moncet Circle was arrested by city police on Saturday after a complaint involving his wife Joann and a muskellunge fish. Authorities say the man damaged property and broke a popular game fish in their Minnesota apartment, with a court appearance pending in circuit court.
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Richard Hock
Orsuskie
Joann
Minnesota
Man Faces Many Charges After Auto Accident
Fapene Keat of 34 Oldfield road Fairfield was arrested after a collision Saturday at 2:55 p.m. on the Qld Post and Busch road near Fairfield. George Rehn, 51, of Baldwin N Y, drove the other car. Officer Ronald charged Keat with DUI driving without a license evading responsibility and driving an unlicensed vehicle. Officer Krafles added a charge of delaying an officer during the investigation. Anthony Gamberdella 17 of Dawn Street was cited for following too closely after his car rear ended Edward Fitch of 677 Cleveland Avenue. Gregory Pinyan 21 of 8 Bayberry Lane Westport escaped injuries when his car ran off the road and hit a three foot high stone wall in front of James Kane’s home at 1281 Cross Highway. Officer Keggies charged Pinyan with failing to drive in a proper lane.
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Fapene Keat
Oldfield Road
Fairfield
Pan
Qld
Busch Road
Pairiel
George Rehn
Baldwin
N.Y
Ronald
Arao
Iquar
William Krafles
Mr. Kost
Crualdd
Satiniay
Verga
Anthony Gamberdella
Dawn Street
Polles
Edward Fitch
Cleveland, Avenue
Gregory Pinyen
Bayberry Jane
James Kane
Cross Highway
Joseph Keggies
Pinyan
Fanate
Car gunfire wounds youth on Clermont Avenue
Detectives questioned 17 year old Stephen Meyers of 148 Boston Avenue after he said a passing car shot at him around 6 30 last night while he walked along Clermont Avenue. He went to a church rectory for aid and reported prior knife and gang incidents. The investigation continues.
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Stephen Meyers
Boston Avenue
Abcamen
Clermont Avenue
Meyers
Ridgefield Avenue
Clarmont Street
George Duga
Wwan
Tvice
Polite
Juvenile Court and Police Discuss Statewide Meetings Plan
Juvenile court probation officer John Borys says judges will be contacted to set up a statewide meeting. Bridgeport and Fairfield police commissioners and officers discussed better police court cooperation, including report preparation, witness notation, and admissibility of statements from youths.
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Andru
Stratford
Shellum
Easton
Borys
Lekman
Bridgeport Board of Police
Lehman
John Borys
Bridgeport
Pairfield
Belles
Fairfield
Bridgeport Telegram Obscure Society Note
Fragmentary Bridgeport Telegram item lists unreadable details but mentions a local society event. No clear names, dates, or places readable to establish a definite person or organization involved.
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Ute Havily
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Ropert
Melhouse
Robert Hull
Theresa 4A
Tarr
West Haven
William E. Burke
Community Service Corps
Fisherman's Country
Yee
Martin A. Cohen
Bloomfield
Bali
Votive Saids
Amoll Brigtia
William Walker
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Wells
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Bridgeport Telegram
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ES Tonneau Glassilted
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