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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1977
Page
1
Cola Iowa residents raised forty seven thousand dollars after their only grocery burned six months ago. They aim to open a community owned store by July to serve the town of six hundred six. Ray Weir said the fund drive makes them proud and happy.
Local and state police search for a prisoner who slipped through a window at the Community Correctional center here. Page references note officials may die and planners oppose zone changes for apartment units and stores. James Jones author of From Here to Eternity died Monday at age 54.
The City Hall board voted 7 to 2 against a two part motion to take a more adversarial stance in the desegregation lawsuit. Democrats argued reaffirmation and listening to the task force, while others warned the move could politicize the board and hurt the community.
Stratford residents rejected a non binding referendum to extend Runway 11 20 at Sikorsky Memorial Airport to 6000 feet by more than a two to one margin. About 26 percent of eligible voters cast ballots on a cold rainy day with 7375 against and 3192 in favor. The no vote led in all ten councilmanic districts, notably Lordship adjacent to the airport, and turnout hovered around 70 percent there. CARE chairman Alberto Provenzano blamed turnout and weather but hailed the decisive result while noting the lack of binding effect on the town council.
The Stratford community votes against extending the airport despite strong opposition from SBIA backers. Proponents note perceived benefits while critics cite cost and a weather impacted turnout. Key figures include Robert Frankel and Richard Pildis voicing townwide concerns. turnout reflected in district results.
Four masked bandits hijacked a Handy & Harman truck near the New Hampshire line, stealing $225000 worth of silver sheets bound for Pole Manufacturing in Newburyport. They forced the driver to transfer cargo to their truck and fled within minutes before police arrived. The driver was uninjured after freeing himself.
OTTAWA AP A special Canadian commission led by Justice Thomas Berger says a proposed Alaska gas pipeline through northern Yukon and Mackenzie Valley should be banned in the fragile Arctic zone and a 10 year moratorium placed on Mackenzie Valley projects to settle Indian land claims. The panel’s nonbinding recommendations urge environmental protections, with a southern Yukon route deemed less harmful pending social and economic impact studies. Page 8 references follow.
Geneva meeting with President Assad yields hints that Israel may establish defense outposts beyond its borders as part of a broader Middle East settlement. Carter reports Assad endorses peacekeeping concepts. Assad mentions a Palestinian state plan in Damascus.
President Carter proposed to raise payroll taxes on employers and middle and upper income workers and use general tax funds to bolster Social Security reserves. The plan would fund Social Security entirely through FICA deductions on nearly every payroll. Mondale announced the proposal while Carter toured Europe, calling it a fulfillment of Roosevelt’s retirement promise. If enacted, trust funds could be replenished in downturns, with higher ceilings and eventual automatic rate hikes. Even now, the average worker would rise from 658 to 890 dollars in 1982.
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