City Voters Go to Polls in Mayoral Election Day
City voters head to polls today for the mayoral election with George A. Laden for city clerk and Victor E. Muniee for board of education among GOP candidates. Socialist contenders include Elizabeth Braca for city clerk and Clifford M. Edwards for treasurer. About 15,000 voters assigned to polling places amid aldermanic redistricting. absentee ballots total around 707 already voted.
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Elizabeth Braca
Ralph J. Armino
Clifford M. Edwards
Perrocco
Braca
Armino
Edwards
Edmund J. Wysocki
Board of Selectmen
Verrilli
City Hall
Registrars of Voters
Voting sites and precinct lines listed for multiple aldermanic districts
The notice enumerates 18 000 voters assigned to new polling places across several aldermanic districts. It details precinct boundaries along streets and rail lines, with specific voting locations for each district such as schools and halls, from Whittier Street to McKinley School, including Lincoln and Maplewood areas.
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Whittier School
Whittier Street
Penn Central Railroad
Connecticut Turnpike
South Avenue
Pequonnock River
City Hall
Lyon Terrace
Jefferson School
Myrtle Avenue
Maplewood Avenue
Maplewood Junior High
Linwood Avenue
Bryant School
Poplar Street
North Avenue
Central High School
Lincoln Boulevard
Webster School
Ashton Street
Jewett Avenue
Main Street
Dunigan
Madison Avenue
Blackham
Thorme Street
Chopsey Hill Road
Trumbull Town Line
Trumbull Avenue
Wilbur Cross
Reservoir Avenue
Summit Street
Sheridan School
Tesing Avenue
Read Middle School
Hawley Avenue
Ezra Street
Capitol Avenue
Bunnell’s Pond
Trumbull
Hallen School
Omega Avenue
Beardsley
Huntington Road
Jine
Barnum School
Noble Avenue
Waltersville
Gilmore Street
Pembroke Lake
Grant Street
Hall
Clermont Avenue
Ohio Avenue
Stratford
Thomas Hooker
Roger William Road
Stillman's Pond
Remington Woods
Holy Trinity Hall
York Street
Edison
Boston Terrace
Central Avenue
Newfield School
Newfield Avenue
McKinley School
Logan Street
Voters Cast Ballots Across 156 Connecticut Towns Today
Voters in 156 Connecticut towns go to the polls for local elections to pick mayors selectmen town clerks and boards. About 1.3 million eligible. four major mayoral races in Hartford New Haven Waterbury and Stamford draw attention. Republicans hold 102 municipalities Democrats 54. Some incumbents run unopposed. charter amendments appear in 13 towns. Hartford voters face $25.8 million school bonds. Bloomfield Mansfield Hebron weigh alcohol sales. A Wallingford challenge to the four year mayor term was denied. referendum seeks two year or remain four. Hartford and Waterbury mayors seek re election amid strong Democratic margins. New Haven Stamford voters choose successors to long time mayors. The result will hint at 1970 statewide outcomes.
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Connecticut
Hartford
New Haven
Waterbury
Stamford
First Selectman
Bloomfield
Mansfield
Hebron
Wallingford
Superior Court
Samuel Tedesco
Walter Dubar
Tedesco
Dubar
Ney Britain
Ann Uccello
George P. Harramon
Richard C. Lee
Bruno Giordano
Paul J. Ruczo
Hausman Praises Nixon Vietnam Speech in Hartford
Howard Hausman Republican State Chairman lauded President Nixon's Vietnam address as well reasoned and persuasive. He urged Americans to heed Nixon's peace proposals rejected by Hanoi and supported Nixon's plan to strengthen South Vietnamese forces to enable a gradual U.S. troop withdrawal.
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Hartford
Nixon
GOP
Two Nabbed In Car After Two Burglaries
Albert Federici and Anthony Road were charged with attempted break in and burglary after a window smash at 367 Jackson Avenue Bridgeport. They were arrested near Coleman Street and Benham Avenue with a radio stolen from 1450 Bronson Road Fairfield and held in lieu of $5,000 bail each pending Circuit Court arraignment.
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Bridgeport
Fairfield
Albert Federici
Maplewood Avenue
Anthony Road
Earl Mellon
Charles A. Rich
Jackson Avenue
Bert Lancia
Visconti
Grand Street
Routo
Coleman Street
Benham Avenue
Constance Baker
Bronson Road
Lancia
Mellow
Nixon Faces First Budget Above Two Hundred Billion
Nixon plans a first federal budget topping 200 billion dollars with outlays driven by Medicare Medicaid and rising welfare costs. House and other domestic programs plus interest on the debt push toward the 200 billion mark, even without new programs. Possible savings from Vietnam cutbacks may ease the rise. Congress may add over 5 billion in increases. Revenue likely grows beyond 198.8 billion but hinges on surtax and tax reform.
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U.S
Vietnam
Congress
Nixon
Council Favors Higher Raises For Supervisors
Last night amendments won Civil Service approval and items will go to a Civil Service meeting next week. The package, retroactive to April 1, includes large salary hikes for multiple posts such as iter, asst superintendent of parks, custodial supervisor I, superintendent parking garage, manager parking garage, personnel assistant II, stationery engineer, assistant to tax collector, and more, with several figures shown.
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Civil Service
Iter
Roberto
Curran
Teamsters
Fred J. Roberto
Danbury Fire Triggers Two General Alarms, Injuring Firefighters
A stubborn Danbury blaze on Liberty Street forced two general alarms as firefighters battled flames spreading from a building owned by Steinberg Realty. Mayor Gina Arconti and Fire Marshal Alton Spencer oversaw operations amid extensive damage and multiple injuries, with J.C. Penney occupancy histories noted.
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Gina Arconti
Alton Spencer
Liberty Street
Steinberg Realty Company of
Bridgeport
J.C. Penney Company
East Side ABCD Elects 3 Officers
East Side ABCD neighborhood council elects vice chairman Willard Jones secretary Mrs Elizabeth Hailey and treasurer Mrs Ann Brantley. Brantley is former chairman. A dispute arose after the chairman selection when the elected man was found to live in Stratford. settlement anticipated today or tomorrow. The state bird of Texas is the Mockingbird.
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ABCD
East Side
Willard Jones
Elizabeth Hailey
Ann Brantley
Brantley
Stratford
Appraisers Told Of State Soil Survey's Value
Dr. David Hill outlined the Connecticut state soil survey and its value to appraisers. The talk at the Algonquin Club covered survey goals, counties completed, and future interdisciplinary work with soil scientists, geologists, and hydrologists, plus a salt marsh study linked to the wetlands bill.
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Connecticut
American Society of Appraisers
Algonquin Club
David Hill
State Agricultural Experimental Station
New Haven
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
Soil Conservation Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hartford
Tolland
Tolland County
Litchfield
Middlesex
New London
Fairfield
Hill
Redding
Fairfield County
Samuel T. Fabian
Middlestown
Peter Robinson
Bridgeport
New England
ASA
Connecticut Development Commission
Meriden
Stratyee
Dowd backs Heimann in Trumbull election race
State Sen. Thomas F. Dowd Jr. endorsed First Selectman Clarence F. Heimann and his Republican ticket in today’s Trumbull town election. Dowd cited Heimann’s ability to find reasonable solutions amid a volatile period as heavy fighting rages around Saigon and along the Cambodian border with U.S. and Vietnamese forces sustaining limited casualties and multiple bases abandoned.
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Trumbull
Thomas F. Dowd Jr
First
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
Connecticut
Dowd
Saigon
Senate
fFeld
U.S
Bu Prang
Green Berets
Ben Het
Highlands
Kate
Susan
Annie
Bu’ Prang
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Horst Faas
Guard Leader Seeks Pro Nixon Demonstration
The Guard leader urges prudent steps in Vietnam and cautions against capitulation favors. Adjutants general oversee state Guard activities with plans aligning to November 15 antiwar moratorium programs.
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Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Wilson
Adjutants General
Discover Cancer Virus Faces Skepticism and Debate
Scientists world wide discuss a feline leukemia virus tested in human cells and its leap across species. Experts warn against equating findings with a cure while emphasizing cautious progression and ethical oversight. The piece also covers AFL-CIO efforts to fund support for GE strikers amid a national plant strike across 33 states.
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Oswald Jarrett
al Davis
American Cancer Society
Houston
Leon Dmochowski
Department of Virology
University of Texas
Leukemia Society of America
Glasgow
Dmochowski
GE Strike Expands Across New England and Nationwide
Vermont alert and nationwide walkouts affect GE plants as 132,008 union members from 13 unions strike the company. John Shambo, IUEW AFL-CIO negotiator, calls for preparedness amid injunction talks and Nixons inflation speech linkage. Picketing varies by location, payroll delays due to clerks, and four more arrests bring strikers to 14 at Evendale. NLRB seeks federal injunction to end gate blockades at Schenectady plant.
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Washington
AFL- 10
George Meany
Labor Federation
General Electric
Meany
Afl-Cio Executive Council
T. W. Abel
Thomas W. Gleason
Joseph D. Keenan
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Méany
Afl-Cio
William L. Kircher
Adanical
National Guard
John Shambo
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
SUE
Boston
Shambo
Massachusetts
Lynn
Fitchburg
Nixon
New England
Philadelphia
Evendale
Ohio
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Auburn
N.Y
Schenectady
Bribe Try Laid To Third Man In Murder Case
State police arrested Charles Hanken and Michael Licho on charges of attempting to bribe an unidentified female witness in a murder case. Hanken, 34, a Bridgeport attorney, and Licho, 27, were held on 100000 dollar bond. Printer Michael Brokaw, 48, died at home. funeral services set for Thursday at Mullins and Redgate and St Augustine Cathedral with a requiem Mass. Burial in St Michaels Cemetery.
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Telegram
Decerba
George Benedetto
Elaine Constandilo
Barnsford Avenue
Trumbull
Constandilo
Merritt Parkway
Park Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Ing
Charles Hanken
Bridgeport
Patrick Menillo
Michael Licho
Waterbury
Michael Brokaw
High Ridge Drive
Anco Packaging Company
Mullins and Redgate
St. Augustine Cathedral
St. Michaels Cemetery
Yale Students Seize Office in Protest Over Firing
Yale students occupy an office blocking an inner door to protest a firing. Crowds gather outside basement entrances while some chant from inside. officials report no property damage. The event includes veteran worker Brokaw and family details, with surrounding commentary on the demonstration.
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Yale
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Bethel
Brookfield
Danbury
Darien
Easton
Greenwich
Monroe
New Canaan
New Fairfield
Norwalk
Ridgefield
Shelton
Weston
Westport
Wilton
Milford
THE
Hausman
George Michael Cohan
Treasury
Council
Danbury Blaze
Bridgeport City Supervisors’ Association
Maple House Furniture Company
Paul Wilson
Hull
Wixted Pharmacy
Charlop’s Jewelry
Fairfield Sportswear, Inc
East Side Abcd
Texas
State Soil Survey
Heimann
Ru Prang
Duc Lap
New York
Alice Herrington
Friends of Animals, Inc
Peas
Charles G. Rickard
State Veterinary College
Cornell
Vermont
Ney
Pothit
Brokaw
Taylor
Dean Georges
Alja Bullhorn
Building Army
Internationl
Tantsunion
North America
Margaret Barton Brokaw
Michael
Carl T. Brokaw
Richard Legaca
Albuquerque
N.M
Alex Brokaw
John Brokaw
San Rafael
Epean
John A. Wilkinson
William Sloane Coffin Sr
University
Embersits
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