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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1974

Page

20

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.

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.

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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