Brooklyn Bridge Dealers No Longer Rampant in State
Hartford report notes ongoing land fraud schemes echoing historic Brooklyn Bridge hucksters. James Carey of the Connecticut Real Estate Commission cites Israeli land scams and Ireland square foot plots, detailing how buyers were misled by maps and pictures while firms profited. He adds Connecticut enforces tough out-of-state land sale laws and cites $125 million in last-year sales to residents.
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Howard S. Drescher
Hartford
UPI
Brooklyn Bridge
James Carey
Columbia
Connecticut Real Estate Commission
Israel
Carey
Connecticut
New York
Necticut
Ireland
Washington
Man Given Fine for Breach of the Peace in Bridgeport
A 26-year-old Bridgeport man, David Pleasant of Pequonnock apartments, was fined $35 in the Second Circuit court after pleading guilty to a substituted charge of breach of the peace. He was arrested by Bridgeport police for walking suspiciously near Main Street and North Frontage Street, with a four inch knife found in his back pocket. The judge ordered the knife destroyed. Other dispositions included Barbara Turner’s 30 day prison term for disorderly conduct, suspended after 15 days, and two marijuana cases being nolled.
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Second Circuit
Bridgeport
M. Morgan Kline
David W. Pleasant
Pequonnock Apartments
Erwin J. Cole
Pleasant
Main Street
North Frontage
Kline
Barbara’ Turner
State Streete
Niantic
Joseph Johnson
Baldwin Street
David J. Boston
Old Dyke Road
Frumbull
Cyprus Island Gift to Cleopatra Contested Since 1960
Cyprus gained independence in 1960 but its Greek majority and Turkish minority have long unsettled differences. The reference recalls Anthony giving Cyprus to Cleopatra.
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Cyprus
Mark Antony
Cleopatra
Precise labeling to curb meat cut confusion expands nationwide
The U S program to standardize meat labels aims to tell shoppers exactly where cuts come from on the animal. Chains including A P and Kroger face voluntary changes with charts and booklets at counters to explain terms like chuck shoulder steak and flank steak while inspectors push for compliance.
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A&p
Kroger
Oregon
Safeway
New Jersey
Washington
David H.t
New York
Stroud
Pro
Gav Jgram
Minnesota
John
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Puebla
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Sealy
Nothiagle
Daystrom
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