Stratford Hearings End Phase of Michaels Probe
The Stratford Town Council wrapped the final of five four hour sessions assessing a possible conflict of interest by Stephen J. Michaels, chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission and vice president at Southern Connecticut Gas. Lawyers for three councilmen and for Michaels presented summations as sessions paused to resume tonight at 7 in Town Hall.
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Town Hall
Joseph W. Venables
Rubens
Michaels
Oronogue Hills
Ganim
Zielski
P and Z Commission
Michael J. Zielski
Farmer’ Commission
Zielskis
Norman Hallich
Oronoque Hills
Zielskil
Commission
Haflich
Frank LeCarda
Monroe
Michael
Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast Today and Tonight
Partly sunny and cooler with highs in the 40s. Clear to tonight and colder with lows in the 20s. Wednesday mostly sunny with highs in the 40s. Northwest winds around 19 mph with higher gusts today, diminishing tonight. Chance of precipitation near zero today and tonight.
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Bridgeport
House Leaders Fail To Realign Districts By April Deadline
Hartford report says House leaders admit impasse on reapportionment plans as bipartisan panel works with eight members. If no agreement, steps toward appointment of three reapportionment figures could follow, with Senate confirmation pending.
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House
William Ratchford
Francis J. Collins
Marian
Senate
Joe Eon
Sean Ans
Dear Abby
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Pam
Jacobyon Bridge
Superior Court
Lawrence E. Lamb
Repub
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Porter
Neus Poe
Avervanies
Antior
Radiavesgeace
Red Guns Bash GI Base Again in Saigon
Enemy artillery and mortar fire struck Fire Base Mary Ann and surrounding areas, killing at least 33 Americans and wounding 76 as U S troops fought off a sapper attack. Casualties could rise. reports noted damage at the command bunker and delayed communications. Civilians in a nearby resettlement village were also killed and 13 wounded as the fighting continued.
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Saigon
U.S
Mary Annt
Jerry W. Freitheim
Pentagon
Washington
Melvin R. Laird Wasj
No Fault Insurance Battle Dominates Hartford Hearing
Hob splitting lines in a joint session of the Legislature's Judiciary and Insurance Committees stretched for hours as No Fault auto accident coverage drew intense debate. Reports also describe military actions in Vietnam with Da Nang attacked and a Laos raid halted by antiaircraft fire.
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Hartford
Youth Indicted in Killing Of Area Cop's Daughter
A Fairfield County grand jury indicted 7 year old Bruce Salamon for the brutal stabbing death of JoAnn Fiore, daughter of a Stamford police veteran. The indictment accuses premeditated murder and the case moves to Superior Court Judge Robert Testo.
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Fairfield County
Bruce Salamon
Stamford
Salamon
Robert J. Testo
JoAnn Viore
Stamford High School
Sahkimen
Fairfield Hills
Newtown
Richard Weinstein
Stanford
Nixon aims wage price system to curb inflation in building sector
President Nixon established a cooperative wage price system for the construction industry tied to roughly a 1 percent annual wage rise, backed by labor management boards and a 30 billion dollar federal contract baseline. The move includes reinstating the Davis Bacon Act and new craft by craft boards to judge future wage agreements.
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James
D. Hodgson
Calley Convicted in My Lai Killings
Lt. William Calley was found guilty of premeditated murder in the My Lai massacre, with 22 Vietnamese civilians killed. The verdict makes him the first American Vietnam veteran held responsible, and sentencing proceedings follow at Fort Benning with police escort taking him to the stockade.
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My Lai
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Kenneth Raby
Fort Benning
CBS
Howard Brodie
Waller Cronkite
Manson Faces Death Penalty for Tate Murders
A California jury sentenced Charles Manson and three female followers to death in San Quentin's gas chamber for the Tate murder spree. The verdict came after nine months of trial with the jury picking death over life imprisonment. The defendants shouted during sentencing, and defense lawyers showed signs of strain as prosecutors labeled them “human monsters.”
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Sharon Tate
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Patricia Krenwinkel
Susan Atkins
Leslie van Houten
California
Senator Smith defends Nixon over SST vote accusations
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith rejected claims that President Nixon tried to buy her vote with a letter rescinding a shipyard closure order. She asserted the Nixon letters and her SST funding vote were only chronologically related, not a result of improper influence.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Nixon
LST
Portsmouth
N.H
Naval Shipyard
U.S
Park Board Rejects Eight Acre Fill At Beardsley Pond
Beardsley Park board president Russell F. Neary said the Park Commissioners will not permit Arute Bros to fill an additional eight acres of Bunnell’s pond for Route 258. State supervision will ensure the work stays within authorized bounds, and any overrun would be dug out. The cost to develop the eight acres would be about 289,848 dollars, with the board arguing park scenery and funds are better used elsewhere.
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Board of Park Commisssioners
Arute , Bros
Beardsley Park
Bunnell’s Pond
Russell F. Neary
State Highway Bureau
Sylvan Beach
Neary
Curran
Park Board
Nicholas A. Panuzio
Lfor
Tasle Fort
Stratford Board Moves to Enjoin Recall
The Stratford Board of Education votes 6 to 1 to hire the town attorney and pursue action to enjoin a recall effort against four board members. The recall targets are board members including Constantine Chagares and others who opposed the Town Council budget for 1971-72 amid disputes over education funding and contract talks with staff.
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Stephen J. Winters
Stratford Board of Education
Constantine Chagares
Chagares
Gail Stockham
Stratford
Ito
Stratford Town Council
McChagares
Charles F. ‘Taylor
Mion J. ‘Corgan
Joh MacDonald
Sheet Metal Workers Vote Pact for Higher Wages
Local 30 Sheet Metal Workers ratified a one year contract raising pay to 8.87 dollars per hour with benefits increasing by 1.74 dollars per hour or 22 percent. Howard Palmer, president of the Master Sheet Metal Association, comments on the agreement.
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Bruce R. Myles
Sheet Metal Workers International Asociation
Howard Palmer
Master Sheet Me
Townsend Indicted Again Under Federal Gun Act
Lawrence E Townsend, 32, longtime Black Panther associate, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in New Haven on a charge of violating the 1968 Gun Control Act for possessing an unregistered firearm and manufacturing firearms. He remains jailed on two counts of assault with intent to murder and driving with a suspended license, held on a 100000 bond after a Jan 5 shootout with police at his Marina apartments.
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Townsend
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Pitent
Paul Lang
Yes
Joseph Convertite
Police Intelligence Unit
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Road Street
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