Viking 2 landing tonight deepens Mars findings
Pasadena AP reports Viking 2 Mars probe passes health check before release from the mother ship for a three hour descent to the surface. Officials say the lander, weighing about 1300 pounds, is in very good shape as scientists await its first surface data gap and continued atmospheric and geological discoveries.
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Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast Today and Tomorrow
Sunny and warm today with upper 60s to low 70s highs. Clear tonight with lows near 60. Sunny again tomorrow with highs in the 70s. Rain chances minimal. east to northeast winds 10 to 15 mph today, light and variable tonight. Almanac notes include yesterday’s high 64, barometer 30.17 at 8 p.m., humidity 83 percent.
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Bridgeport
FPC agrees to restudy natural gas price hikes
The Federal Power Commission will rehear its decision to raise price ceilings on natural gas after petitions from 19 parties. The agency says consumer impact may rise about 13 cents per thousand cubic feet on the average, with the issue set for further reconsideration.
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Washington
Federal’ Power Commission
FCC
FEC
Doctors Off in Poor Areas Highlight Uneven Medical Access
A Carnegie Council report argues doctors cluster in urban areas with higher pay, leaving rural and impoverished neighborhoods underserved. It urges policies to steer new physicians into general practice, curb new medical schools, and limit foreign graduate immigration to rebalance distribution.
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Council of Educators
Carnegie Commission On Higher’ Education
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AMA
Chicago
Council
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South Dakota
New York
Judge Rejects Bid to Block Tedesco Disbarment Suit
U S District Judge Jon C Newman dismissed Judge Thomas J O Sullivan and Tedesco related case as premature noting no disbarment action has been taken. The ruling cites due process and state procedure issues and says appeal would stay disbarment. The decision references the Connecticut Practice Act and possible path to Connecticut Supreme Court if needed.
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Samuel v. Tedesco
U.S. District Court
Tedesco
Bernard Peck
Bridgeport
Goldstein and Peck, P.C
U.S
Jon C. Newman
Thomas J. O'Sullivan
Newman
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Connecticut Practice Bank
Special Holiday Edition Publication Details
The Bridgeport Telegram announces a holiday edition on Monday September with all Post features and comics plus Telegram content. No Post on Labor Day. Telegram served to all Post subscribers and Telegram readers by cooperating carriers and sold in newsdealers.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Telegram
Puzzle Jackpot Swells to $700
The Sunday Post crossword draws a crowd as the WILY Old Puzzleman wins with a 24 week streak and a $675 prize. Fans gasp at a rising jackpot with $25 more on the line and a future $700 target teased for next issue. The 11-Down clue sparks tales while 9-Across hints at a paradise bird, and no perfect score emerges.
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Wordsperis
Sunday Post
Hunt's Chemical To Reverse the Aging Process
Scientists at an American Chemical Society meeting report progress on tiny hooks that link genes to slow aging. Bjorksten of Madison predicts life expectancy could rise to 800 years if the approach succeeds, though realistic gains may be about 80 years. He describes cross linking of molecules as the cause of aging in skin and arteries.
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Johan’ Bjorksten
Madison, Wis
Bjorksten
American’ Chemical Society
Industrial Prices Up Food Down
Wholesale prices fell one tenth of a percent in August led by a 2.9 percent drop in farm prices the fifth monthly decline this year. Finished consumer foods dropped 2.2 percent while processed foods and feeds fell 2.9 percent. Hog, grain, cotton and oil seed prices declined while poultry cattle eggs and coffee advanced. The report notes inflation moderates but cautions ongoing price instability concerns from observers.
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Labor Department
White House
Ron Nessen
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ford vows enough swine flu vaccine by October 1
President Ford pledges 110 to 115 million adult doses are ready by Christmas with under-18 testing due January. Health officials, Cooper and Mathews, say production will be sped up, overtime considered, to begin mass inoculations October 1.
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David Math
Ford
Cooper
Mathews
Coop
Ron Nessen
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Ford Administration
Theodore Cooper
HEW
White House
Defendants Named in $2.1 Million Suit Over Kill Cops Claims
Rodolfo Gonzales and two Denver groups sue Connecticut officials and INS leaders alleging a Hartford telex falsely claimed a plot to kill a police officer daily nationwide. Plaintiffs include the Crusade for Justice and Denver American Indian Movement. The suit seeks retractions and discovery to identify the message source.
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Edward P. Leonard
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
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Gonzales
U.S. District Court
Bridgport
Conn
Crusade For Justice
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American Indian Movement
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Hartford
Cointelpro
FBI
Winning numbers drawn in Connecticut Lottery
HANTFORD The weekly lottery results show the winning numbers 03 and 994 drawn Thursday night. The lucky color for the draw was green.
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Hantford
Danbury Voters Reject 100 Percent Tax Formula
Danbury residents overwhelmingly defeated a Common Council taxing plan at a referendum, turning back to a traditional rate. Only about 39 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, with 7,352 against and 2,923 in favor, prompting officials to consider legal action to restore a taxing system by court order.
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Pat Citata
Equitable Tax Association
Mary Brook
Hawthorne Cove
Charles A. Dbucibella
Tax Association
Obituary and Feature Index for Daily Listings
A fragmented page lists sections and page numbers for features in a weekly issue. It includes categories like Comica, Editorials, Fashions, Financial News, Obituaries, Puzzles, Theatre News, TV and Radio, and named columnists such as Dear Abby and Sylvia Porter with their page placements.
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Tawrence E. Jamb, M.D
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Wainen
BEA May Advise Coaches on Balking Over Sport Gear
Bridgeport teachers association says coaches will refuse to coach at city high schools if safety and welfare of students are threatened by inadequate equipment. BEA will survey equipment adequacy across three high schools after Board of Education cuts to about 1000 dollars per school.
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Bridgeport Education Association
BEA
Charles Kelly
Bridgeport
Kelly
Board of Education
Michael Bisciglia
Bisciglia
Bridgeport Charter Reform Sparks Political Clash
Richard Scale, chairman of the Charter Revision commission, blasts the Bridgeport City Council as a rubber stamp for Mayor Mandanici. He claims the council unfairly approved only politically charged items such as repealing the escalator clause in police and fire contracts, creating a city Pension commission, and shortening Board of Education terms.
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Charter Revision Commission
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Bridgeport
Common Council
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Board of Education
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