Impasse Halts Progress On Rebuilding Water St
Bridgeport redevelopment officials report stalled progress on the Water Street phase near the Municipal Bus and Parking Terminal due to a dispute between the State Transportation Department and the contractor over the road’s alignment. The halt has lasted three weeks, threatening an October completion.
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Water St
Bridgeport Redevelopment Agency
Water Street
State Transportation Department
Fiss
Sion
Penn Central
Walter C. Berger
Fairfield Avenue
State Street
Biggest Boondoggle Since WPA Wins Here
A local agency approved a 29775 contract with the Congress Plaza Project Area committee to draft renewal site plans. HUD approved funding though vice chairman William Mulvihill derided the move as leaf-raking WPA work and questioned $1050 for party seating and transport and $6000 for a consultant.
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Bridgeport Redevelopment Agency
Congress Plaza
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department
William K. Mulvihill
WPA
Mulvihill
Simko Demands Callback On City Payments
City Treasurer Vincent M. Simko asserted it is illegal to pay 1029 for moving expenses of City Comptroller Roger A. Gelfenbein and called for a reverse of a 540 payment to Richard Berman unless proof is provided that the payment is valid.
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Vincent M. Simko
Ilegal
Roger A. Gelfenbein
Richard Berman
Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy today with a high in the upper sixties. Clear and cool tonight with a low in the 40s. Sunny tomorrow reaching the 60s. Precipitation probability 20 percent today and 10 percent tonight. Winds SW 10 to 35 mph today, NW 10 to 20 mph tonight.
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Bridgeport
Tristate Agency to Study Hoverbridge Ferry Idea
The Tristate Regional Planning Commission will study a high speed hovercraft ferry linking Connecticut ports and Long Island. Aircraft technology firm American Air Cushion proposes 10 hovercraft at a cost around 30 million dollars to run 20 to 35 cars per trip with about 10 dollar fares, cutting current 80 to 90 minute crossings to 30 minutes. The plan envisions all year operation and flexible routing to ease congestion.
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Connecticut
Long Island
Tristate Regional Planning Commission
Robert Weldon
Bridgeport
American Air Cushion Systems, Inc
State Department of Transportation
Thomas Meskill
American Air Cushion
Tristate
New York
New Jersey
Port Jefferson
N.Y
New London
Orient Point
Weldon
Nixon Hints No Deal On Watergate Tapes
Washington AP report says President Nixon signals a hard line against a proposed settlement on Watergate tapes. Court of Appeals suggested a joint review by Nixon, Cox, and jointly listening to select portions to satisfy the grand jury. White House argues Nixon retains constitutional duties and will not delegate or concede.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Archibald Cox
White House
Cox
Appeals Court
Watergate
Three Stanek Sextuplets Struggle With Lung Disease
In Denver, doctors fight hyaline membrane disease afflicting three of the Stanek sextuplets, after the smallest baby Julia died earlier. Catherine the surviving girl plus Nathan and Steven show symptoms and receive blood transfusions. Catherine improves slightly after a complete blood exchange, as hospital staff monitor their fragile condition.
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Denver
Colo
Stanek
Catherine
Nathan
Steven
Julia
Colorado General Hospital
Senate approves private pension reform bill
The Senate passed a private pension reform bill by a 94 to 0 vote to ensure funded plans and 100 percent vesting after 15 years. It creates a government insurance plan for failed plans, offers tax incentives for those without private plans, and sets minimum standards for eligibility, vesting, survivor benefits, and notice requirements.
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Washington
Senate
House
Education and Labor and Ways and Means Committees
Nixon
U.S
Alu
Bridgeport Redevelopment Agency Buys Downtown Building
The Bridgeport Redevelopment Agency voted yesterday to purchase a five story industrial and business building at 249 Housatonic Avenue for 197500 to convert the site to residential use under the Congress Plaza project. Occupants include Main Electric, Main Model clothing, Bridgeport Lingerie, Moorash Furniture and Alexander's Lamps.
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Bridgeport Redevelopment Agency
Congress Plaza
Housatonic Avenue
Lumber Street
Morris Wolf
Main’ Electric ‘Company
Bridgeport Lingerie
Moorash Furniture
Alexander's Lamps
House Upholds Veto Of Minimum Pay Hike
The House sustained President Nixon’s veto on a bill raising the minimum wage to 2.20 an hour and extending coverage to seven million workers including household maids. The 259 164 vote missed the two thirds needed to override, leaving the effort in doubt despite lobbying by labor groups.
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Washington
House
Nixon
White House
Congress
Afl-Cio
George Meany
America
Meany
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Carl Perkins
D-Ky
Organized Labor
Education and Labor Committee
John H. Dent
Dpa
Istate
Roosevelt Demands Public Apology Over assassination claim
Elliott Roosevelt, son of a former president, demanded a public apology from Senator Henry M. Jackson for a witness's testimony accusing him of involvement in an assassination plot. The witness, Louis P. Mastriana, said Roosevelt offered $100,000 to kill Bahamian Prime Minister Lynden Pindling, a claim Jackson’s Permanent Investigations subcommittee is scrutinizing.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Elliott Roosevelt
Henry M. Jackson
Senate
Roosevelt
Louis
P. Mastriana
Subcommittee
Jackson
Washington
Mastriana
Michael McLaney
Lynden
Edly
McLaney
Miami
Pindling
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Triggerman to Die In Yablonski Killings
Aubran W. Martin one of the triggermen in the 1969 Yablonski family murders was sentenced to die in the electric chair by Judge Charles G. Sweet in Washington County Court. The ruling upheld the jury verdict, but Pennsylvania had outlawed capital punishment years earlier and scrapped the electric chair, creating a constitutional dispute with potential appeals. If overturned, Martin faces three consecutive life terms with no parole.
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Washington, Pa
Aubran W
Buddy
Martin
Yablonski
Charles G. Sweet
Washington County
Sweet
United Mine Workers
W.A
Tony’ Boyle
Aubran Wayne Martin
Pennsylvania
Saigon Blames Hanoi for War Preparations In South Vietnam
Saigon accuses Hanoi of intensive warlike preparations to reopen hostilities in South Vietnam. The Foreign Ministry, in a note to US, USSR, China, Britain, and France, says North Vietnam is infiltrating soldiers and weapons into areas below the demilitarized zone and has built or repaired at least 12 airfields surrounded by antiaircraft defenses.
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Saigon
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
Vietnam
United States
Soviet Union
China
Britain
France
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
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Berger
Sheldon L. Teichman
C. W. Blakeslee Company
Park City Plaza
Panazio
City Hall
HUD
Simko
Berman
Bata
National Weather Service
Sikorsky Ateroral
Almanac
Marian
Abby
Financial News Free
Jacoby On Bridge
Lawrence E. Lamb
M.D
Sages
Polly
Sylvia Porter
Tristate Agency
Hoverbridge
William B. Bartfay
Transportation Technology Inc
Dallas
Canadian Coast Guard
Mackenzie River
Hazel Craig
Jackson, Miss
By Donald M. Rothberg
Hus
Internal Revenue Service
John Goldemen
Sheldon J. Teichman
East Side
Teichman
Richelsoph
Jacob Bros
By Joseph Dynan
Triggerman
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