Animal groups urge caution in buying gift pets
Animal welfare volunteers warn that Christmas pet purchases often end in abandoned animals. They stress evaluating family desire, living space, and pet needs. discourage pet shop buys and mills. promote humane society adoptions and accessible spay neuter clinics, noting zoning and cost hurdles but detailing hopeful community-supported solutions.
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Bridgeport Pound Faces Holiday Pet Giving Challenge
Local volunteers report only 20 percent of animals placed since July at the Bridgeport pound, with over 800 destroyed, excluding cats. They stress population control as long term, but the immediate issue is holiday pet giving and reducing stray animals.
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Ribicoff Sees Watergate Scandal Helping Democrats
Hartford AP U S Senator Abraham Ribicoff said Watergate will help Democrats at the polls though they will not exploit it. He noted the scandal keeps flowing and his mail floods in, and that Watergate has become an all pervasive issue burdening Republicans as he contemplates reelection.
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Sun Power From LA Sunlight Could Feed World
Solar energy striking Los Angeles would surpass global human consumption if capture and efficient use were possible. The statement compares city scale solar input to world energy needs, underscoring potential of solar power.
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State Taxpayers Group Hires Hartford Lobbyist
Connecticut residents unhappy with high taxes form the Connecticut State Taxpayers Association and hire Grover Rees, a Yale graduate and former candidate, as full time Hartford lobbyist to press for tax relief. The group aims to unify 40 local tax groups, oppose a state personal income tax, push tax relief from budget surpluses, and seek referendums on new municipal tax measures. State Rep Marilyn Pearson backs anti income tax efforts.
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Connecticut may loan industry personnel to handle energy crisis
Hartford AP reports Connecticut plans to borrow 25 to 50 industry executives to assist in forming an energy emergency program. Eckardt C. Beck, head of the new agency, says fuel allocation details will be among the first projects. Federal allocations start December 27, and Connecticut may distribute up to 3 percent of its petroleum to industries in need beyond federal quotas.
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Reykjavik Heats 3500 Homes With Underground Steam
More than 3,500 homes in Reykjavik are heated by natural steam drawn from Iceland’s thermal underground water reserves. The system uses geothermal resources to supply warmth to the capital city.
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Finland Forests Backdrop of World Newsprint Ship Alliance
A new oriented alliance aims to move over a million tons of newsprint by sea from Finland as two thirds of the world’s supply comes from forests near the Baltic. The plan links Finnish mills with international buyers to secure steady shipments amid global demand.
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