Area Leaders Back Urban Coalition Plan In Bridgeport
City officials and civic leaders endorse forming a local Urban Coalition to address urban problems in Bridgeport. National coordinator Ron M. Linton outlines autonomous local units with task forces on employment housing and education while stressing no top-down orders will be issued.
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Ron M. Linton
Washington D.C
Urban Coalition
Mr. Linton
U.S
Linton
Action For Bridgeport Community Development
ABCD
United Fund
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department
Curran
Bridgeport
Greater Bridgeport
Bridge Port City
Fairfield First
Isaiah Rackovsky
Congregation Shaare Torah
Board of Rabbis
Arthur Clifford
Mayor's Action Committee
D. Laune MacCuaiz
Bridgeport Area
Community groups attend Bridgeport session
Jan William J. Politt of Easton joined a Bridgeport session with Bridgeport municipal departments and agencies present. Represented groups included the Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport, the Bridgeport Stratford NAACP branch, the League of Women Voters, the Greater Bridgeport Labor Council, the Community Development Action Plan agency, ABCD, the Bridgeport Red Cross, Fairfield University, and the University of Bridgeport.
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Ilect
William J. Politt
Easton
Bridgeport
Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport
Bridgeport - Stratford
The
NAACP
League of Women v Voters
Greater Bridgeport Labor Council
Community Development Action Plan Agency
ABCD
Bridgeport Red Cross Chapter
Fairfield University
University of Bridgeport
Nine Bridgeport reps to attend Urban Coalition conference
Nine Bridgeport representatives led by Mayor Curran will travel to New York City for a one day Urban Coalition planning conference at New York University. Attendees include John J. Driscoll and James Tisdale with policy workshops and talks by Mayor John V. Lindsay and James F. Oates Jr. of Equitable Life.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Curran
John J. Driscoll
William C. McInnes
Arthur Clifford
Samuel W. Hawley
James
James F. Oates, Jr
Equitable Life Assurance Society
City Hall Extends Hours Amid Cold Night Debut
City Hall and two other buildings opened from 5 pm to 8 pm in a pilot late service. Mayor Cur ran and administrative assistant Nathaniel Plotkin noted attendance was light due to cold weather. Twelve offices reported 11 visitors, with the tax office leading at five and six calls to the switchboard.
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Curran
Nathaniel W. Plotkin
McLevy Hall
Health and Charities
Jaltz
City Hall
Mayor's Office
Health Sanitarians
Deep Freeze Deepening In 7th Day
The gas shortage continues with a seventh day of outages as crews work to relight appliances for thousands of customers. A Connecticut Gas spokesman says other utilities have begun shutting off industrial customers to conserve gas for homes.
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Soan
Connecticut
Ice Storms Strike Wide Regions Causing Outages
Severe ice storms and subzero cold grip much of the Northeast and mid Atlantic with record lows from Vermont to New York. Power outages affect 25 000 in Arkansas and 60 percent of Goldsboro North Carolina loses electricity as schools close and travel becomes hazardous across multiple states.
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Associatio
Appalachians
Middle Atlantic Seaboard
Burlington
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Wanakena
N.Y
North Carolina
Raleigh
Goldsboro
Tennessee
Memphis
Arkansas
Gulf
Plains
Nebraska
North Dakota
U.S. 43
Tuscumbia
Ala
State Seeks Grant of Research Funds
Hartford Connecticut Gov John Dempsey approved an application for 102928 dollars in federal funds to support a second year of operation for the Connecticut Research Commission The funds would enable technological counseling of business and industry by the commission Final approval rests with the U S Department of Commerce Office of State Technical Services
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Hartford
Connecticut Research Commission
John Dempsey
Commission
Office of State Technical Services
U.S. Department of Commerce
Fairfield Board Proposes Budget Increases for Four Sections
Fairfield School budget outlines expenditures of 2 046 011 a 155 767 rise. Auxiliary Agencies 71 431 maintenance 41 997 plant operation 13 64 general controls 17 886 capital outlay 5 997. Revision aids teacher growth with maximum salary step and three approved professional activities. New supervisor of special services post created two thirds salary funded by state.
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Fairfield Board of Education
Joseph
Zapytoiwski
He.ginning
Zaptowski
Fairfield Education Association
Lincoln Craighead
Alice Duckworth
Ralph Bucske
FEA
Peter Harrily
Richard Gibbo
Charles L. Abraham
Sigrid Bennett
Gas talks extend as contract deadline nears
Negotiations continue between Local 12298 United Mine Workers and Southern Connecticut Gas after an all day meeting at Fairfield Motor Inn on a new labor contract. A company spokesman said no final agreements were reached and both sides will resume talks tomorrow. the current contract expires Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers Union
Southern Connecticut Gas Company
Fairfield Motor Inn
Fairfield Motor Ian
Romano Elected Tax Board Head In Absence Of Mayor
The tax board elected its president and vice president with Carl Kleinknecht nominating Romano and Redgate seconding Naramore seconded the vice presidential nomination. Mosman was reelected secretary on a motion by Kleinknecht and Redgate. New member Philip H. Sagarin attended his first meeting, while William A. Jones was absent.
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Curran
Romano
Carl Kleinknecht
Redgate
Robert W. Naramore
Mosman
Kleinknecht
Philip H. Sagarin
William A. Jones
CTA Seeks Help From Area Towns on Rail Plan
The Redevelopment agency and Common Council push a Congress Plaza project to replace the present station with a new southward stop opposite the Municipal Parking terminal at the Plaza. They seek a federal planning grant and have begun price talks with current property owners on the site.
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Congress Plaza
Redevelopment Agency
Common Council
Extension Granted for New Haven Railroad Subsidy
The Tri State Transportation Commission extended the New York Connecticut commuter subsidy for New Haven Railroad from January 1 to March 31, a three month extension costing 750000 dollars. The subsidy by New York and Connecticut supports the bankrupt line pending the Penn Central merger decision.
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New York
Tri- State Transportation Commission
New York-Connecticut
New Haven
New Haven Railroad
U.S. Supreme Court
Penn- Central
Dr. Lyon Heads Humane Affairs Board Again
Dr. Lyon leads the humane affairs board for the seventh time guiding plans for a model cities project site in a former Brass laboratory. The mayor notes space will house nurses social workers and Model Cities staff with a large parking area nearby. The board backs a toilet facilities ordinance for rooming houses and a draft liquor control regulation allowing some venues to serve liquor without food. A Charbray cattle crossbreed note appears at end.
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Brass Company
Father Panik Village
H. P. Dinan, Jr
Humane Affairs
Brassy Company
Common Council
Post Office Plans All First Class Mail By Air
The Post Office Department will end its separate airmail service and send all first class letters by plane. A 6 cent rate remains, while Congress will be asked in 1988 to remove the airmail rate and create a single class system. O'Brien notes rail service for mail will drop, but railroads remain a key link for bulk mail and containers.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Lawrence F.o'brien
Post Office
Congress
O'Brien
O’brien
Commuter Trains Crash Injures Dozens in Hudson Tunnel
Rescue teams in six degree cold rushed to a crash between Newark and New York trains. One line halted as power failed. responders found many injured and evacuated passengers through a Jersey City station, with some stranded and others treated on site.
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Sime
Hoboken
N.J
Hudson River
Robert Ferrara
Bronx
Palestino Morales
Manhattan
New York City
Newark
First
Jersey City
Deadwood Board Fresh Attendance Rules Spur Better Punctuality
Mayor Curran orders all boards to maintain faithful attendance and submit attendance records for inspection. A new state right to know law requires posting and adherence to regular meeting schedules, tightening oversight of meetings and attendance across boards.
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Curran
Puzzle Explanations Clarify Clues and Errors
A reader provides corrections for a puzzle’s clues including LATELY vs LAMELY, STORM vs STORY, and BASES vs GASES. The note lists preferred answers like BANTER INJURY EARRINGS and details reasoning for each conflicted clue across entries 1 to 23 and 16.
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Holywood
Irregular signature noted on $15.68 downtown check
Spokane detectives report signature irregular on a $15.68 check cashed by a downtown department store. Bank returned the check with a two word note and detective Solinsky remarks Ive seen everything now as he examined the cashed IOU.
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Spokane
Wash
Alex H. Solinsky
Wider Support Seen Needed for ABCD
The Very Rev. William C. McInnes of Fairfield University urged broader participation by both affluent and poor in Bridgeport's ABCD anti-poverty effort. He cited a Fairfield survey showing racial issues as a core future problem and noted limited private contributions and federal funding as barriers to building a community-based program. He warned leaders to empower the middle class and minority groups through education, neighborhood involvement, and inclusive political participation.
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William C. McTnnes
Fairfield University
Action For Bridgeport Community Development, Inc
ABCD
Father McInnes
Father Melones
Ymca Industrial Management Club
Bridgeport
Father Mclanes
Washington
Father Mcelnnes
Whites Still Hold Executive Suites U S Board Says
The study centers on York as a white collar employment hub with many corporate headquarters and a large minority population. It notes similar underutilization of minority labor in other cities and a concentration of minority and female workers in lower level roles. Separate reports cover finance, communications, media and a Jewish discrimination claim against top management.
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York
Zoning Board Maps Fee Boost Proposal
The Zoning Board of Appeals asked staff to prepare recommendations for higher fees and signaled upcoming increases. Current fees include 20 dollars for general variance applications, 30 dollars for Baseline, repair, or auto dealer permits, and 40 dollars for liquor permits with a waiver of the 1500 foot rule.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Yugoslavian Teen Named Second Survivor With Artificial Heart Pump
Miss Marta Acman, 16, of Sosntry Yugoslavia, becomes the second patient to survive after receiving a left ventricular bypass at Methodist Hospital in Houston. The device supported her heart for four days during treatment for kidney failure after mitral valve surgery.
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Houston
Tex
Methodist Hospital
Marta Acman
Sostary
Yugoslavia
Esperanza del Valle Vasquez
Mexico City
Miss Acman
Yugosslavia
Moody Research Unit
Baylor Univer [Sity College of Medicine
Luse
Michael E. DeBakey
Baylor University College of Medicine
Baylor
Rice University
4000 Yanks To Bolster DMZ Line
The report notes a shift in Vietnam War activity with renewed Communist efforts and aims to bolster the DMZ line. It outlines force deployments across Quang Tri Thua Thien Quang Nam and nearby provinces totaling about 15 Marine battalions and 18 Army plus five Korean battalions. It also cites weekly Allied casualties and the DMZ missile threat from Strata fortress actions by Communist gunners.
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Vietnam
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Quang Nam
da Nang
Quang Tin
Quang Ngai
U.S
Strata
Dmz
Chief of Staff Opposes Pursuit Into Cambodia
Gen Harald K Johnson told 150 members of the Chicago Headline Club that the Army would deplore pursuing View Cang into Cambodia. He said the issue of crossing the Cambodian border will remain of interest as Viet Cong factions retreat into jungle strongholds.
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Cambodia
Chicago
U.S. Army
Harald K. Johnson
FBI says plot to kill witness in Marcus case disclosed
FBI asserts a plan to murder a key witness in the Marcus case. John F. Malone declined to release more details. Boden was arrested at his home as probes implicate Marcus Corallo and others in a kickback scheme involving S. T. Grand Inc. and Henry Fried firms. City contracts with Fried’s companies face termination amid immunity disputes. Marcus was a close ally of the mayor.
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John F. Malone
FBI
New York
Malone
Boden
Marcus
Corallo
S. T. Grand, Inc
Grand
Henry Fried
Fried
Lindsay
Romney Warns Of More Racial Violence In 1968
Romney, drawing on Detroit riots and his urban tour, warns of continued racial violence. He then heads on a seven day New Hampshire campaign swing while pledging to maintain attention to Michigan’s issues including education aid, a higher minimum wage, court reforms, public employee bargaining controls, and bonds to fund natural resource protection.
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Detroit
Romney
New Hampshire
Michigan
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