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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1977
Page
3
The Source by James Michener was the number one selling novel in U.S. bookstores in 1965, confirming its strong nationwide sales and enduring popularity.
Verbal fireworks erupted at a Common Council meeting when Alderman Conte accused Alderman Evans of a district level smear campaign. Evans denied the charge and challenged Conte to name sources. Council President Meehan denounced a circulating letter by Evans attacking others and the mayor. Evans said he is considering a fall candidacy and would not reveal election plans.
Connecticut Democratic State Chairman William A. O'Neill moved to ease labor fears after the New Britain Central Labor Council criticized Democratic backing for a bill to cut unemployment benefits for quitters or firings. The measure passed the Senate and awaits the House where O'Neill is majority leader. Labor warned the party must protect workers welfare or risk dissolving the labor Democratic partnership.
The 25th annual convention at Fairfield University hosted by Bridgeport Parents and Friends of Retarded Citizens elected Theodore Arnold of Hartford as president Louella Horan Guilford as vice president Patricia Bergerthan New Haven as secretary and Herbert Moorin to the board. Local honors went to Eugene Barney Bridgeport for outstanding parent volunteer work and Anthony Milano Bridgeport received the outstanding community service award. Other recognitions honored Dorothy Larson Easton and Dr Joseph Ravender State Education Department for service to the retarded and Wanda Carroll Milford for statewide volunteer work. Evelyn Kenedy Bridgeport received a special award for efforts in retardation.
A cross disciplinary panel at the University of Bridgeport’s Holocaust lecture series weighs moral questions about the Nazi genocide. Members include Rev. Thomas Fitzgerald JS, Yoan Ringelheim, Rabbi Arnold Sher, Rabbi Leon Waldman, and Richard S. Tilden, moderating. The discussion centers on guilt, faith, and the role of memory in preventing future atrocities.
About 36 gallons of gasoline spilled after a delivery truck punctured a fence post near Benson shopping center on Post Road Fairfield. Most fluid drained toward water meters and a hydrant box with some reaching two catch basins toward Turney Creek. DEP and Coast Guard notified. firefighters helped confine the spill. Dellwood Milk Products of New York owned the truck.
Fairfield University psychology Associate Professor John McCarthy told the Fairfield Rotary Club yesterday that fan behavior at hockey games raises aggression among players. He cited parents and coaches pressuring players to win and the professional game’s ticket sales as contributing factors. His research aims to see if highly violent players are more destructive off the ice.
HSDA did not act on Richard Pinto's resignation though he fulfilled terms of hiring for legal services from Nov 1, 1976, to May 31. He returned two checks totaling 800 and a resignation letter. The agency discussed contracts with the Office of Development Administration for funds and said funds would be available after June.
The Common Council received a two year pay raise package totaling 9 percent for city workers from a state fact finder. Mayor Mandanici urges rejection citing affordability, proposing no raise first year and 3 percent second year. Local 1522 AFL CIO pushes for 6 plus percent, arguing the union’s demands have been trimmed from earlier figures. The contract lapsed last July 1, with the recommendation retroactive to that date.
Hartford lawmakers urged formal links between local welfare and the federal CETA program to trim welfare rolls. State Rep. Joan Kemler cited Bridgeport’s use of CETA funds and noted Hartford could organize similar ties, while Bridgeport reported rolls falling from 2,200 to 1,300 with 300 in a work relief program.
The Bridgeport Common Council approved a fiscal year budget increase of about $38,356 for the public library. The library tax rate rose from 3.17 to 1.22 mills, applying to the latest grand list of $94,552,192 to fund a budget of $1,091,390. The ordinance committee, led by Alderman Thomas A. Mulligan, reported the action.
The ordinance committee led by Alderman Thomas A. Mulligan Jr. studied a recommendation from Tax Collector William J. Faulkner to withhold city food licenses or renewals from establishments with overdue taxes. The plan seeks to enforce tax compliance before licensing.
Bridgeport officials paid tribute to Barbershop Harmony Week as Mayor Mandanici proclaimed May 15 to 21. The Bridgeport Barbershop Chorus, a 25 member group aged 11 years, filled City Hall with a medley of songs encouraging harmony worldwide.
Perkin-Elmer Corp. reports 109.4 million in third quarter net sales, up 26 percent from a year ago, and third quarter net income of 6.86 million, 35 cents per share, up 34 percent. Nine months sales reach 258.9 million, up 20 percent, with net income 17.43 million or 92 cents per share, up 24 percent. Chairman Chester W. Ninitz Jr. notes orders 190 percent ahead of last year with strong global markets.
Hartford reports the Internal Revenue Service has ruled that Carpenters Memorial Apprenticeship and Training Fund Ridgefield Christian School and Yeshiva Gedolah Rabbinical Institute of New England qualify as tax-exempt. The ruling aligns with IRS position against private schools practicing racial discrimination and bars charitable deductions for gifts to such schools.
The Common Council began study of selling property at the end of California Street to Pequon Neck Yacht Club adjoining. Asking price is 63,200 based on professional appraisals. The property is not used by the club on a lease and expansion is expected onto this site. The Miscellaneous Matters committee led by Alderman Edward E. Lesko was assigned to study the sale recommendations from City Hall committee.
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