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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1973
Page
18
Bridgeport Telegram archives note Page Thirty Four Seventher dated June 6 1973. Publication details indicate standard newspaper layout for that date without major stories highlighted in the supplied text.
Mullane announces candidacy again after losing to Mayor Panuzio by 2,001 votes. As titular party head, he urges full Democratic backing in 1973 while supporters push to reshape the Town Committee under Jala Luckart. Insurgent Democrats linger as Curran’s 1974 nomination fight looms.
The piece argues Nixon’s Project Independence 1984 is rhetorical and flawed. It warns self sufficiency hurts allied cooperation, hinders oil alternatives, and neglects practical shifts like rail transit and coal use, calling for real energy strategy and cleaner coal.
A critic rails against a pending Supreme Court ruling on a court ordered merger of Detroit and surrounding counties to create a 700 square mile district with 310,000 bused students. The column argues the plan muddies federal authority, inflates costs, and ignores staffing by local teachers, urging adherence to states rights under Article 10.
A humorous oblique poem laments a car's decline as a “gas guzzler.” The speaker personifies Old Paint, recounting power steering, disc brakes, and a turbo engine, then reveals the car’s drinking problem and impending destruction. The piece ends with a farewell to Old Paint and a somber Detroit in the Sky image.
The article notes Latin American observers monitor Venezuela’s Sunday presidential race between Carlos Andres Perez and Lorenzo Fernandez, with former dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez seen as a volatile behind the scenes figure. It warns that oil supplies to the United States could be diverted, threatening U.S. energy security, and urges a renewed U.S. diplomatic effort to mend ties and access Maracaibo and Orinoco belt reserves.
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