Stamford Man Sentenced in Jetliner Hijacking Case
Mark Vlasic of Stamford Connecticut received a six year minimum on the state kidnap charge with an 18 year maximum, and faces 20 to 30 years on a federal air piracy plea for the September hijacking of a jet with 86 passengers and seven crew. His four codefendants face piracy trials and potential life terms, with a murder count tied to a slain officer. The judge noted the victims were innocent and ordered sentences to run concurrently with federal term.
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New York
UPI
TWA
Mark Vlasic
Stamford
Conn
Manhattan
Supreme Court
James Leff
Paris
New York City
Vlasic
Justice Left
Left
Backers Shift Tactics on Bottle Bill in Connecticut Senate
Hartford AP Backers of the Bottle Bill switch strategy aiming for a Senate rematch after both chambers passed the measure. As of Thursday night 7 of 19 signatures were gathered on a petition to force Senate consideration. The bill would impose 3 to 5 cent deposits on beer and soda containers and ban flip-top cans.
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Hartford
House
Senate
General Assembly
Lawrence DeNardis
Ramden
Russell Post
R-Canton
James Kennelly
Space Future Highlighted by Astronaut and NASA Expert
Skylab veteran Russell Schweickert outlined future US space plans including the shuttle’s reuse and its cargo of weather satellites and interplanetary vehicles. NASA Earth Resources expert Dr. Phil Cressy described Landsat’s role in monitoring crops water bodies mining snow and oceans to aid resource management and fight hunger. About 100 attended the Stamford talk hosted by the Westchester Fairfield AIAA section.
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Stamford
Earth Resources
First Presbyterian Church Fellowship
Russell Ol
Rusty
United States
Phil Cressy
Earth’ Resources Training Center
East
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Landsat
Earth
Cressy
Westchester-Fairfield County
The
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Barbaresi Resigns to Take School Chief Post in Connecticut
Gerald Barbaresi who acted as East Haven schools chief 1974 75 resigns to accept a new post in another Connecticut town effective this summer. He declined to name the town and had earlier served in Bridgeport as an assistant superintendent and acting superintendent amid controversy.
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Gerald Barbaresi
East Haven
Connecticut
East Haven Board of Education
Bridgeport
Barbaresi
Ham- Hartford
Connecticut House of Representatives
Ella Gras
House Rejects Bill to Erase Crime Record
Hartford lawmakers rejected a bill requiring erasure of police, court, and prosecutorial records when a criminal charge is substituted. The vote followed opposition that such erasure would hurt public interests and complicate cases like murder reduced to manslaughter. The House sent several measures to committee and to Governor Grasso, including changes to municipal taxes and state employee mobility programs.
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Hartford
House
Gerald F. Stevens
Milford
Appropriations Committee
State
Edward P. Leonard
General Law
Ella T. Grasso
Commissioners of Environmental Protection
City Man Poor After Shooting
Bridgeport police say 19 year old George Kinsela also known as George Kurzeler of 280 Pixlee Place shot himself in the stomach yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital in poor condition in the ICU. A note was found on his person and detectives continued the investigation.
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Bridgeport
George Kinsela
George Kurzeler
Pixlee Place
Bridgeport Hospital
Bamum Avenue
Mr. Kinsela
Kinsela
William L. Chapman
George Wilson, Jr
Amtrak Stop Considered in Bridgeport Huddle
Local officials meet with consultants from Delousy, Cahter and Parsons to discuss FRA plans for Bridgeport as a future Amtrak high speed stop. The session at 10 am Wednesday in the Greater Bridgeport Railroad Station conference room will review Boston to New York to Washington travel time improvements.
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Federal Railroad Administration
FRA
Bridgeport
Amtrak
Greater Bridgeport
Délousy, Cather and Parsons
Boston
New York
Washington
Screening Plan For Judges Hit By Citizens Group
Hartford AP The Connecticut Citizens for Judicial Modernization criticized a bill to create a commission to screen judicial candidates. They say it would not provide a bona fide merit system and could privately reject candidates or bargain with the governor. They advocate public selection and screening by the legislature.
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Hartford
Connecticut Citizens For Judicial Modernization
State Bar “Association
Judiciary Committee
Disaster Help Sought on State Tobacco Losses
Gov. Ella Grasso asked Secretary Bergland to designate Hartford and Tolland counties as disaster areas after heavy rains and hail damaged about 1400 acres of tobacco fields. Estimated restoration costs run to 1,500 per acre with total damages around 2.1 million, risking delayed planting and regional economic impact. Farmers would be eligible for Farmers Home Administration aid if approved.
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Hartford
Ella Grasso
U.S. Agriculture
Robert Beresland
Folland
Tolland
Bergland
Farmers Home Administration
DeVeny Re elected President Of Bridgeport Young Democrats
DeVeny of 700 West Jackson Avenue was re elected president of the Bridgeport chapter of the Young Democrats for a fourth term. Officers elected include Richtarich as provost Conroy as vice president of operations Parziale as treasurer Huggard as recording secretary Martinek as corresponding secretary and delegates named to the state executive board and convention.
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Donald’ .D
DeVeny
West
Jackson Avenue
Bridgeport
The
Young Democrats
Kunkel
North Avenue
Mr. DeVeny
Thomas Richtarich
Terry Conroy
Lisa Parziale
Mary Huggard
Anne Martinek
Brooke Carlson
Patrick Daly
Thomas Maricondi
Tito Ayala
Western Connecticut State College
Danbury
Miami
Charles Coviello
Conroy
Amy Melkonian
Miss Parziale
Miss Carlson
Miss Haggard
Mr. Ayala
Mary Martinek
Tim Roach
Sally Hecker-Kyles
Maricondi
Mary
Lou Pagliarini
Carmen Lopez
Ursula. Orlowski
Mr. Datey
Ralph Money
Larry Wielk
Joaquim Jorge
Lea Gibson
Jeff Narducci
Juan Sanchez
Charles Blank
Ludwig Spinelli
Pat Kvancz
Domingo Quiles
Dawn Huggard
Deborah McMahon
Ily Roach
Betsy Garbutt
New Haven Officials Sued Over Wiretaps
A federal suit filed in New Haven names two former mayors three police chiefs and others alleging illegal wiretapping of conversations from 1966 to 1971. The action seeks unspecified damages potentially totaling over a million dollars for 52 plaintiffs and additional parties amid revelations from local reporting.
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NEW, Haven
New Haven
U.S. District Court
Charles R. Garry
Richard, C. Leé
Barthiomew
Gulda
Biagio DiLieta
Francis McManus
James F. Ahern
Southern New England Telephone Co
FBI
DiLiéta
Fiee
Seale
Seta A
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