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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1976
Page
5
Bridgeport Telegram reports a local event with named figures and organizations referenced in readable fragments. The item covers a civic matter in an urban setting, highlighting dates, places, and potential outcomes without graphic detail.
Congress moves to cancel a 1 percent cost of living kicker for federal pensioners amid rising benefits. Since 1969, retirees have seen 4 percent boosts after 3 percent CPI rises, widening gaps with private workers. Critics say further curbs and a moratorium on future COLA increases are needed to protect taxpayers.
Federal Office of Consumer Affairs in Washington led by Virginia Knauer ranks complaints by category. Cars top the list for five years with 2,443 monthly. Mail order, housing, and canning lids follow, while the office acts as a referral agency guiding complaints to appropriate agencies.
The United States Civil Rights Commission report on eight school districts shows limited progress in desegregation. Boston and Louisville-Jefferson County face more disorder and higher black shares, while Stamford Berkeley Minneapolis Denver and Tampa display mixed results. The commission warns that progress is fragile and uneven, with major urban centers like Detroit Baltimore Cleveland and New York underperforming amid white resistance and economic strain. Overall desegregation remains a basket case, improving slowly only in select areas.
A columnist argues against Republicans’ use of Democrat Party as a pejorative label dwelling on grammar and political optics. He recalls McCarthy and Dewey era efforts and notes past and current incidents, urging defense of proper usage and opposition to language murder in politics.
Art Buchwald sketches a poor man's blunt views on anti poverty policy. The interviewee mocks expert panels, favors paying poor people and questions how wealth, credit and relocation could end poverty. He argues real change requires leaving the neighborhood, not speaking for them.
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