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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1968
Page
10
President Johnson seeks a spending plan under 190 billion with a 10 percent tax surcharge proposed to fund the budget. A new unified format will include Social Security and highway spending alongside the administrative budget. A budget hearing is set for next Monday.
The city extends evening hours for several departments staying open until 8 pm. City Hall will host the mayor, city clerk, town clerk, building inspector, city engineer, Civil Service commission, housing code, planning and zoning, public works, recreation, tax assessor, and tax collector. Vital statistics and health inspectors operate in the welfare building, while registrars of voters are in Mc Levy Hall.
About seventy BEA building delegates will attend a Bridgeport Education Association assembly tomorrow at 3 45 p m in the University Club Lyon Terrace to vote on the new teachers salary schedule and contract. The bargaining committee will recommend acceptance of the pact with the Board of Education which increases total yearly pay by 1 450 000 and raises the BA degree salary ladder from 5850 8625 to 6500 9800. The session is open to BEA members, but only delegates may vote.
Lawrence Quinlisk Sr 78 of 373 Noble Avenue a retired State Trade School instructor died yesterday at home. Services will be private Thursday at Louis A. Abriola and Son funeral home with Rev John W Olson officiating. Burial at family discretion. Survivors include wife Elsie five children twenty grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
DORUS L RICHARDSON 63 of 9 Oak Avenue retired Edgcomb Steel worker died yesterday at Fairfield Hills Hospital Newtown Funeral services set for Saturday at Cody White Funeral Home and St Peters Episcopal Church with a requiem Eucharist officiated by Rev Edward R Taft Burial in Kings Highway Cemetery Born in Blockton Iowa he lived Milford 30 years He belonged to Ansantawae Masonic Lodge 89 Lucia chapter Order of Eastern Star Iron Workers Local 424 Pittsburgh and has a son James Richardson of Potts Town PA five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews listed among survivors
Judge Holtzoff allowed Senator Dodd to seek damages for conversion and invasion of privacy after ex aides took documents and gave copies to Pearson and Anderson. The ruling sidelined libel claims but leaves damages to be decided at trial, with appeals anticipated.
Anderson argues that the press bears a constitutional duty and newspaper columnists must perform this function to uphold democracy, asserting that free, informed public discourse is essential for governance.
The dispute over waiting time rates and fares was settled as 74 taxi fleets represented by the Metropolitan Taxi Board of Trade granted drivers a $15 weekly raise to $115 plus tips with a higher fare to accompany the wage hike. Out-of-towners faced travel confusion while locals avoided hardship by using buses and subways.
Monsignor Campagnone, soon to lead Our Lady of Providence Parish in Bridgeport West End, cites education gaps and cultural differences as root causes of Puerto Rican community problems. He notes 20,000 residents face welfare and loan dangers, contends credit unions aid money management, and stresses youth potential despite home literacy hurdles.
Anthony J Nechasek of 4 Maher Drive former Stamford and Bridgeport foreman for Garr Kenyon Industries died yesterday at Norwalk Hospital. Services by Frank Polke and Son funeral home Bridgeport with burial in Mountain Grove Cemetery. He was born in Sheppton Pennsylvania and was WWII Army veteran and Stamford American Legion member. He lived in Bridgeport and Stamford before moving to Norwalk seven years ago. Survived by sister and brother and several nieces and nephews.
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