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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1971
Page
2
Workmen from ABC Fence remove wooden barricades near East Main Street and install a wire gate at the park entrance a few hundred feet north of Noble avenue. The gate opens during park hours to curb vandalism while maintaining access under a stone bridge.
Linda Witinski of 127 Calderwood Court was elected a life member of Phi Kappa Phi at Rochester Institute of Technology. The senior biology student received the honor at the society’s annual membership banquet, noting Phi Kappa Phi’s national reach and its role for tech institutions.
Hartford AP Several bills passed by the House include prohibiting sale of shatterproof glasses and sunglasses, guaranteeing free parking for state employees in state lots during working hours, and tightening driving instructor standards. The measure backs fiscal controls for higher education and requires Finance Advisory Committee approval before fund transfers. Also approved were rules for emergency vehicle behavior at stops, mass marketing of insurance, and tenant landlord dispute boards.
In 1848 General Ulysses S. Grant accepted the Republican nomination for president and issued the remark Let us have peace. He would become the 18th president of the United States.
Connecticut hires Hubbard Lawless & Osborne Associates to convert furnaces in state buildings to low sulphur oil. Gov Meskill announced the contract for the Public Works Department as stricter anti pollution standards for sulfur fuels take effect September 1. Low sulphur oil moves slowly, requiring upgraded regulating units to maintain fuel flow in existing heating systems designed for high sulphur oil.
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