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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1968
Page
9
Darien hosts a two day art exhibit and sale featuring paintings graphics and sculpture by University of Connecticut students and faculty and others from 11 northeastern colleges. Proceeds fund Fairfield Villages Mount Holyoke club.
Nelson L. North, president of City Trust, will chair the Pamperaug council Boy Scouts of America dinner on May 15 at United Hall Clinton and Maplewood avenues. He serves on the council executive board and has held multiple regional leadership roles in Bridgeport and surrounding groups.
Nearly one hundred attendees of the Five-Day Stop Smoking Seminar at the YWCA ended the course claiming they had quit smoking. Pastor H. Carl Currie urged maintaining the non smoking habit and buddy support in the critical two months after the seminar.
Bridgeport Rolling Mills in Stratford and Local 376 of the United Auto Workers postponed a contract negotiating meeting at the union’s request. Industrial relations manager John Pritchard said he will discuss rescheduling with union officials early next week. The plant operates under an indefinite extension of the current agreement which expired January 15 and can be terminated by either side with ten days notice.
Irradiated foods near FDA approval promise reduced spoilage and year round availability for seasonal items. Proponents claim faster meat preparation, lower prices, and disease reduction.
In Stamford the Rev. John R. Gonzalez is gifted a Steinway upright piano raised by donations totaling about 5000 through a concert and piano drive titled An Evening With Father Gonzalez. The ecumenical gift supports Our Lady of Montserrat Spanish chapel as Father Gonzalez, honored previously as Outstanding Young Man of the Year, plans further parish concerts.
A grease fire started on a stove at Richard Becker's Fairfield residence at 7 p.m. causing minor damage. Fire crews from Companies Two and Five responded to the incident on Salem Road.
A.Duane Back of the School Advisory Council arrived late to a State Board for Education meeting in Honolulu. After 45 minutes of shouting, doors remained shut. He solved the problem by jimming a side door with a pocketknife. The incident ends with no officials hearing the commotion. The Connecticut League of Historical Societies plans a daylong meeting at Mattatuck Museum Waterbury with an 11:10 am discussion on Connecticut buttons.
Representatives from the Associated General Contractors of Bridgeport and Local 665 of the International Hod Carriers and Common Laborers union will meet at 10 a.m. at the Stratfield Motor Inn to bargain a work contract. Local 2 of the Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers union will hold a general membership meeting at 8 p.m. at the union headquarters on Stratford Avenue. Local 665 covers about 1,200 laborers and Local 2 about 500 bricklayers in Bridgeport. the contractors’ association includes about 25 firms.
Lt. Gov. Frassinelli will address Democratic Women at a Fairfield County luncheon at the Three Door restaurant on Madison Avenue. Attendees include Congressman-elects from the Fourth and Fifth districts, and Robert Giaimo from the Third. Rodgerson oversees reservations.
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