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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1976
Page
19
New Haven police plan an overnight parking ban along a four block Chapel Street stretch to curb prostitution in the red light district. Board of Police Commissioners approved the move for neighbor support while traffic chief Cavallero says area merchants back the ban to deter johns and would-be clients amid 305 prostitution arrests since January.
Combus tion Engineering CE and Pollution Control Walther PCW directors approved in principle the acquisition of PCW by CE. PCW shareholders would receive up to 4.50 for each outstanding share with 20 percent held in escrow. PCW designs electrostatic precipitators and reported 30.28 million in revenues and 35 thousand in net income for the year ended March 31. CE provides energy and pollution control equipment with 1976 sales of 1.7 billion.
The Treasury plans to cut the penny and half dollar and replace the silver dollar with a lighter version after an 18 month study by the Research Triangle Institute. Costs to mint a penny may rise to 1.27 cents by 1985, with eight of ten pennies needed by 1990 to replace those taken from circulation. Suggestions include a cheaper aluminum penny or a two cent coin, and a lighter Eisenhower dollar.
The pincer claw of an adult king crab can crush through a broom handle. A large adult with two-foot legs spans about five feet and weighs around 25 pounds.
In Pasadena AP reports a faulty lander switch stopped Viking 2’s scoop from completing a planned 45 degree rotation and dumping soil. Photos show the soil collector inverted and the arm extended. Mission teams will issue Earth orders to resume digging and GCMS tests.
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