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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1976
Page
2
Kis singer speaks on dismantling apartheid by whites as reporters note Jacob A. Malik, Soviet ambassador to the United Nations and deputy foreign minister, as a central figure in Moscow's alleged effort to hinder the secretary's mission.
Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson, as president of the U S Conference of Mayors, urged quick passage of the Senate bill to fund long term needs and inflation relief. Opposed by Helms Scott Proxmire Mansfield, the bill would distribute funds one third to states and two thirds to municipal and county governments and extend the program through 1980 at $6.65 billion annually.
Bridgeport city officials expect the renewal of U S revenue sharing to add about 4.1 million annually to the city treasury, a modest increase from about 3.9 million in recent years. City Comptroller John G. Norko noted full budgeting assumed near full revenue sharing as regular income and discussed pending congressional approval and potential conditions attached to the funds.
A playful note explains that the singular celery piece is a rib, while the edible plant as a whole is commonly called a stalk. The distinction clarifies kitchen terminology in a concise, reader friendly line.
The summary reports audits of Bridgeport middle schools with next week’s lunch menu and IRS findings. Menu items are listed with errors in spelling and phrasing. IRS data show total 2.55 million in the most recent year with penalties of 5.1 billion and refunds of 291 million for overpayments.
Albert said Congress must act as interest grows. A 12 member committee would report before January, then may be re-created for the new Congress. Discussion touched on including Gov. George Wallace’s shooting, but the cafe shooter was believed identified.
The local GOP reports two membership changes. D Ross Potter of 880 Fairfield Avenue is named GOP chairman in the 112nd voting district replacing F George Brown who resigned for business and personal reasons. Former Police Commission chairman Roger Lehman will fill Brown's district seat.
Rozalyn Ralph of Waterbury will spend Saturday in the Connecticut building at the Eastern States exposition in West Springfield Massachusetts as an ambassador of goodwill for the Miss Connecticut Universe and Miss Universe pageants.
A Telegram correction states an earlier report misidentified victims and locations after a Monday auto collision on Sunburst Road. The driver was Raymond Wilson of 161 Sunsof.Corn Tassel road. Dolores Velteux of 115 Little Burst Road was incorrectly named in the original dispatch.
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