Brazil’s rich land masks hunger and gap with power
In 1960s Brazil a booming economy coexists with stark poverty and hunger. The northeast endures low income, illiteracy and drought while cities like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro drive industry. Military rule reshapes politics and economy, but social discontent persists amid inflation and land inequality.
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John Virtue
Sao Paulo
Brazil
UPI
South America
Minas Gerais
Latin America
Rio de Janeiro
Joao Goulart
Castello Branco
Roberto Campos
United States
Kubitschek
Brasilia
U.S
Cruzeiro
Arthur Costa E Silva
Costa E Silva
Congress
Antonio Delfim Netto
Netto
Hump
Nordestino
Northeast
Willys-Overland
Dupont
Union Carbide
Nilo Coelho
Pernambuo State
Alliance For Progress
U.S. Aid
Valley Planners Urge Route 8 Completion in Valley Meeting
The Valley Regional Planning Commission urged completing the Route 8 expressway at a Shelton Ansonia Derby and Shelton meeting in City Hall. The resolution says the Jane Stratford Shelton portion is unsafe and traffic is strained and calls for a modern north south expressway to connect the Valley with the Northeastern megalopolis and aid regional ties. Chairman John T. Hoye of Ansonia signed the resolution which will go to the State Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Recife
Dom Helder Camara
United States
Brazil
Soviet Union
Dominican Republic
Shelton
Valley Regional Planning Commission
Jane Stratford
Ansonia
Derby
Seymour
New Haven
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Shell Nn
Aes
State Highway Department
John T. Hoye
Commission
Eight Firemen Approved as Pumper Engineers
The Board of Fire Commissioners approved eight permanent pumper engineers Francis D Federici John V Finn John H Gerrilty Louis Kaiser Raymond L Laubscher Albert I McGovern Thomas Mingrone and Ercole P Spinelli and submitted their names for Civil Service certification. They also posted a recognition letter for the Five Street area fires and read a praise note from Stratfield Motor Inn for professional actions at a Feb. 16 hotel fire where a man died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Fire Commissioners
Civil Service Commission
Francis D.federici
John V. Finn
John H. Gerrilty
Louis Kaiser
Raymond L
Michael Gratt
Fifth Street
Mr.Gratt
Stratfield Motor Inn
Chapel Street
Study Committee To Draft Race-Religion Program
A five member study committee was named to draft a proposed program of activities for the Connecticut Commission on Race and Religion. Father Louis A. DeProfio leads the panel with four clergymen from Baptist Episcopal and Catholic traditions. Meetings are set in New Haven March 6 and March 20 at Sacred Heart university to outline actions and establish community ties before the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Commission On
Race and Religion
Inter-Faith Boards
Louis A. DeProfio
Bridgeport
Sacred Heart University
Commission
Commis
Sion
Connecticut
Father de Prosio
James D. Peters, Jr
East End
James M. Webb
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Hartford
Mr. Peters
Robert Forsboro
Wilder City
New Haven
Father DeProsio
Miller and Coffin Lead Connecticut Peace March
New Haven AP Miller and Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin top the bill for the Connecticut March for Peace, aiming for about 5 000 participants. The rally and march from the Green to the induction center feature speakers, wreath laying, and a broad grassroots turnout against the Vietnam War.
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New Haven
Arthur Miller
Connecticut
Miller
Roxbury
Yale
William Sloane Coffin
Green
Coffin
Michael Parenti
Yale Gradu
Organi
Zation
Connecticut Peace Coalition
Vietnam
Parenti
Fastest Ocean Striker Wahoo Reaches 48 MPH
A streamlined Luna fish variant, the wahoo, is highlighted as one of the ocean’s speediest fish with speeds claimed to exceed 48 miles per hour. The report notes its efficient body shape and racing attributes.
Lexington Park Year-Round Playground Sought
Bull’s Head-Hollow council asks City Hall to permit Lexington park to operate year round as a playground for neighborhood children. Plans include a summer camp area and spring vegetable sales by a farmer. An Easter egg hunt is set for April 13 at Beardsley park. Maurice Cousins joins the council.
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Lexington Park
Bull's Head-Hollow
Council
Action For
Bridgeport
City Hall
James Bell
Bull's Head Council
Bell
Gun
Greens
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Juscelino Kubitschek
Janio Quadros
Goulart
Humberto Castello Branco
Quadros
Carlos Lacerda
Guanabara
Alianca Renovadora
Arena
Movimento Democratico Brasileiro
MDB
Lacerda
Broad Front
Mara
Uruguay
Africa
Campos
Iran
Alaska
Hawaii
Chile
Ecuador
Argentina
Peru
Venezuela
Guayana
Tropics
Gilberto Freyre
Virginia Argeropoulos
Milford
Bridgeport Hospital
Aliee Campbell
Monroe
Diane Altieri
Stratford
Sandra Barrett
Elaine Brenner
Florence Holm
Fairfield
LENOX
Jewelers
Main Street
Cannon Street
Severa
Traveler's Clearing House
Stevie Bonsavage
Stevie
France
England
S. B
Zee
Sam J
Sam
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Wolfschmidt
Gtor Fisck
York
Icy
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