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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1973
Page
13
Summer fashion planning stresses how to store winter clothes properly. Clean, press, repair and mothproof outerwear and accessories. Use wide-shouldered hangers and labeled storage, fold knits, box items, and refresh storage areas. A beauty of housework booklet offers time-saving tips from Mary Sue Miller.
Readers report two fix options for scuffed plastic heels. Mrs. G. W. suggests auto touch-up lacquer with a brush. Helen proposes waterproof permanent felt-tip markers. A third reader notes a shop restoration that may not be home feasible. Theresa asks how to remove an oil stain from indoor outdoor carpeting.
AP report from New Haven notes Cecil McCarthy says only about 20 percent of eligible Connecticut residents use food stamps. He cites pride and stigma as reasons for not applying, with older people especially reluctant to seek welfare help.
McCarthy notes efforts to reach elderly residents who qualify for food stamps but do not apply. He recalls a white-haired New Haven woman who hid $90 monthly Social Security yet paid $60 for room, then cried quietly, illustrating financial struggles.
Providence public school teachers ratified a two year contract ending a nine day walkout that kept 23000 students from class. The agreement introduces a stepped substitute pay scale and sets wage ranges for 1971 72 and 1972 73 terms. In North Providence teachers are back while arbritation proceeds on economic issues. The article also notes Jennie Douglas as the first woman hired by the U S government in 1862 to cut currency.
The National Transportation Safety Board summoned 26 witnesses for a three day hearing in Peabody Massachusetts into the Delta Airlines crash at Logan International Airport in heavy fog that killed 88 of 89 aboard. The inquiry focuses on whether navigational equipment functioned properly. The jet inbound from Manchester New Hampshire struck a seawall short of the runway during an instrument approach. One person survived.
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