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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1971
Page
5
Westport hosts a Wednesday conference on school objectives with parent teacher student attendance and Democratic Republican party participation. The event includes central administration sessions and a planned Antique Show at Green Farms Congregational Church with 25 dealers and noon to 9 30 pm hours.
A beachside church plans summer services as a public discussion group and POW appeal spreads. Mrs. Foner and Mrs. Kushner lead voices urging an end to Vietnam war and immediate prisoner release. The coalition links prisoner use to Vietnamization and calls for a fixed withdrawal date tied to release agreements.
Hew sets a deadline for districts to comply with the Supreme Court desegregation ruling. Secretary Elliot Richardson says the requirement is written into many districts plans and will require action to proceed with desegregation efforts.
Norwalk Superintendent Richard C Briges will ask the Board of Education to restore 15000 to be split between the Norwalk Museum and Zoo and the Mid Fairfield County Youth Museum in Westport by cutting auto driving education funds. The plan seeks 7500 for each institution to prevent closure, with the board delaying other budget items until July 1 if needed. Also listed are upcoming marriage intentions for seven couples and a note on Hong Kong moving to the metric system.
Milford summer school begins July 8 and runs weekdays to August 16 at Milford High School from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Principal Elbert Hy Stevenson says remedial courses in English, math, Spanish, biology, chemistry, history, typing and reading are offered for seventh and eighth graders. Enrichment courses without credit include marine biology, climate workshop, personal use typing and driving education. High school students must register with their guidance counselor before June 28. seventh and eighth graders with their principal. All registrants attend an orientation July 6 in the Milford High School auditorium. Regular attendance and punctuality are required.
Lutherans plan Pentecost worship at 9:00 and 11:00 with Rev L Alden Erlandson leading and conducting confirmation during inter service. Church school at 9:30, teen meeting at 7:40 pm, new members to be received June 13, baptisms last week include Shawn Michael George and Richard Schweiger.
The Milford Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Marching Unit won Best Ladies Auxiliary in a Canton parade, with The Plebes drum and bugle corps joining as the new group’s entourage. Mautte accepted the trophy for the unit, while the Farthers distance award went to the Mets group. The event previewed Milford’s Memorial Day parade as well as local softball standings show U.S. Motors, Burndys, and Roblshaw tied 4-0 in the Industrial league with multiple games reported.
In New York the Western Union Telegraph Co offered 20,000 union workers a 14.4 percent wage hike over two years, a proposal promptly rejected. The company tied a further 2.5 percent raise to a future Federal Communications Commission rate increase while national talks with 17,000 AFL CIO United Telegraph Workers in Washington continued, and a parallel offer went to 1,000 Western Union employees represented by the Communications Workers.
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