Welfare Head Calls for Ten Dollar Monthly Hike
Hartford AP report shows Nicholas Norton urging state lawmakers to raise the flat welfare grant by about ten dollars monthly for a family of four. He argued the present $310 plus $71 food-stamp purchasing power barely meets needs and cited regional rent comparisons and prior evictions threats.
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Hartford
Nicholas Norton
Norton
Fairfield County
Connecticut
Corrections, Welfare and Humane Institutions Committee
Gift Drive Aids 3000 Chicano Workers After Strike
The Greater Bridgeport Labor Council AFL-CIO organizes a citywide drive for food clothing toys and money to aid 3000 Chicano workers who ended a 21 month strike against Farah pants. Donations go to Easter week distribution via the Diocese Social Concerns office and the Young Democrats headquarters.
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Greater Bridgeport Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Farah Pants Company
Kevin Doyle
GBLE
Mission: Justice
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Doyle
Social Concerns
Diocese of
Bridgeport
Kossuth Street
Young Democrats
Boston Avenue
Bullard Company
United Steelworkers of America
Pates
Fred Davis
Vinnie Fratarcageli
John del Vecchio
Joe Moulton
Joe Mastrianni
Nick D’andrea
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Gellar Associates
Kimngs
Coppola
Thruway
Stearns & Foster Mattress Sale
Gimbels
Stearns & Foster
Gimbels Bridgeport
C.E.P
C.o.o.s' Gimbels
Lafayette Plaza