Bridgeport mayor highlights gains in finances housing and health
The mayor reports Bridgeport shows strong finances with two tax cuts and two budget surpluses as reassessment moves forward and a new tax system streamlines collection. He notes strides in housing and urban renewal, elderly housing units, Model Cities rehab projects, and plans for an environmental protection department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Comptroller
Frank Williams
Washington Avenue
Mode Cities
Ring of Fire Echoes From Pacific Ocean Volcano Belt
The article notes that about two thirds of the world's over 690 active volcanoes lie along the Pacific Ocean, forming the Ring of Fire. It highlights major peaks including Japan's Mt Fuji, Hawaii's Mauna Loa and Kilauea, Mexico's Popocatepetl, Bali's Mount Agung, and Antarctica's Mount Erebus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Ocean
Bridgeport Aims for Greater City Growth Next Year
A city leader expresses optimism that Bridgeport will move beyond plateau status and begin extensive building. He foresees continued progress, urges cooperative governance with his administration, and envisions Bridgeport becoming the state’s most outstanding city through forward-looking development.
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Bridgeport
Bridesport
Boy, 11, Struck by Car on Colorado Avenue
An 11 year old boy, Samuel Riss, was injured when he ran into the road from between parked cars and was hit by a car driven by Mary E. Harayda on Colorado Avenue near State Street. He was taken to Park City Hospital in good condition with a fractured left knee. Police reported no arrest.
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Colorado Avenue
State Street
Samuel Riss
Marlin Rios
Rassick Avenue
Park City Hospital
Mary E. Harayda
Denver Avenue
Council Tables Action On Dumping Fees Boost
The Common Council voted to table for two weeks a plan to increase commercial dumping fees at the city incinerator from $5 to $6 per ton. The move followed a committee report urged by Alderman Kentosh and Public Works Director DeFilippo who cited a $1 per ton loss. The council also tabled two Kentosh committee recommendations: raise the bidless purchase ceiling from $1,500 to $3,000 and replace the Board of Humane Affairs president with the director of humane services as a Condemnation Board member.
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Dinan Memorial Center
Jack McCarthy
Dinan Center
Department of Humane Affairs
Health Commission
Health Department
Bridgeport
McCarthy
Con
Newnan
Connecticut
Board of Education
Public Works Department
Jack Koons
Department of Aging
Park Commission
Bridgeport Machines
Apie Ei Det Nee
Office of Economic Plays
Office of Economic Op
Water Street
Avco Fairfield Avenue
Housatonic Corporation
Cuue
Civil Service Commission
Police
Defense Department
Stratford
U.S
Allegheny
Pilgrim Airlines
Altair Airlines
Kentosh
Palumbo
Muniec
Conservation Commission
Kelly
Harver
Common Council
Martin J. Kentosh
R-132nd
Ronald A. DeFilippo
DeFilippo
Aldermanic Committee
Kentosh Committee
Board of
Jubiia
Director of Humane Affairs
Board of Humane Affairs
Board of Condemnation
Condemnation Board
William Pasquariello
Jack
McCarthy Jr
John F. J Gleason
Father of Sextuplets Says He Expected It
Eugene Stanek, father of four boys and two girls born Sunday night in Denver, says fertility drugs made six children possible. Five were named John Julia Steven Jeffrey Catherine with one unnamed. all survived infancy progress.
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Tom Siebert
Denver
Colo
Eugene Stanek
Stanek
Edna
John
Julia
Steven
Jeffrey
Catherine
Colorado General Hospital
Johna
James Strain
Tibor Engel
Strain
Gregory
Lakewood
Engel
Tayas
Sextuplet birth noted in Michoacan family record
The fragment notes a daughter named Jennifer Shane born Sept 7 1953 to Mr and Mrs Guy Turtoro Jr in Worcester family details list paternal grandparents Guinness cites rare multiple births with octuplet and sextuplet mentions, partial names and addresses appear.
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Michoacan
Jennifer Shane
State
Mexico
Guy
Turtoro, Jr
Guiness
Mansfield
Marjorie Louise
School crossing guards get pay raise and benefits
The council approved a $12,472 salary plan improvement for 79 school crossing guards. The plan, requested by the Civil Service commission and backed by the Committee on Miscellaneous Matters led by Alderman Edward E. Leska, retroactive to July 1, raises daily pay from $8.96 to $10.39 and adds group life insurance a raincoat and one extra holiday per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gregges
Civil Service Commission
Edward E. Leska
Pny
East Side Group to Attend National Citizen Participation Conference
Antonio Perry leads a East Side delegation to the National Citizen Participation council semi annual meeting in Washington D C from Sept 22 26 at the Sheraton Park. Topic is Model Cities citizen participation with workshops on revenue sharing housing and child care. Attending from Bridgeport are Mrs Matlee Gilliard Anne Brantley Leonard Belle and James Wyatt with expenses paid by Model Cities funds.
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Antonio Perry
Model Cities Planning Council
East Side
Sheraton Park Hotel
Washington, D.C
David Thomson
National Council
Abraham Ribicoff
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Stewart B. McKinney
Perry
Bridgeport
Matlee Gilliard
Planning Council
Anne Brantley
Leonard Belle
James Wyatt
Model Cities
Model Cites
James Grantham
Andrew Bullis
Bullis
Model
Cities
Council approves city property purchases for Fire Dept HQ and school
The council authorized Mayor Panuzio to buy the United Illuminating site on Congress Street for a new Fire Department headquarters, resolving an $89,000 price discrepancy. Only about two and a half acres will be used for the HQ, with the rest for Congress Plaza redevelopment and environmental buffering. The body also authorized purchasing St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic School for 235000, noting bond limits require 300000 total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas A. Panuzio
United Illuminating Company
Congress Street
Pequonnack
Penn-Central Railroad
Fire Department
Dominion Council
Edward E. Lesky
ClWth
Panuzin
Lesko
Congress Plaza
St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic School
Youthbridge Auditions Teen Dancers at University of Bridgeport
Interviews and auditions for Youthbridge Theater Group modern dance classes continue Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m. at the University of Bridgeport Little Theater on Hazel Street. Open to boys and girls ages 12 to 18 with limited openings for beginners and trainees.
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Youthbridge Theater Group
University of Bridgeport
Little Theater
Hazel Street
Loyce Tisdale
Youthbridge
Captain Driver names Old Glory in 1831 legend
The phrase Old Glory was coined by Captain William Driver in 1831 to refer to the American flag. The flag is preserved in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
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William Driver
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
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Seaside Park
Lake Forest
Pond Street
Oxbrook
State Department of Environmental Protection
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Kalm
Humane Affairs
Circuit Court
Bridgeport Brass Company
Superior
City Hall
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Council
Taunton
Mass
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Edna Stanek
Mrs. Turtoro
Council On
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Dodge 1000
Park Ave
Fairfield
Olde Mistick Village
Mystic
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