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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1976

Page

12

Carter Tax Debate Highlighted By Campaign Attacks

In a campaign stop Carter faced Republican charges over tax policy as he favored a median income approach and warned against tax increases for the poor and middle class. Mondale criticized tax shelters while Ford and Dole favored broad relief. The League of Women Voters announced a Sept debate in San Francisco moderated by NBC and journalists.

Carter Cartér Congress Colt Goy America League of Women Voters Education Fund San Francisco Veterans Auditorium League Edwin Newman NBC News James P. Gannon Wall Street Journal Elizabeth Drew The New Yorker Frank Reynolds ABC News

Housing Authority Seeks Proposals in Bridgeport Connecticut

The Housing Authority of Bridgeport invites sealed proposals for furnishing paneling adhesives and related materials. Proposals due October 4 1976 at 2 00 PM local time. specifications available at 378 Washington Avenue and 376 East Washington Avenue Bridgeport. Authority reserves right to waive informalities and reject any or all proposals.

Houdng Authority Washington Avenue Bridgeport Connecticut Sridgupart Housing Authority Waaninalan Avenue SEN Dgeport I OF Crv Eas Bridgesart Iman HK. D Slae Pice Bridgerport Mousing Authority Eustaphington Avenue Rajich Ony Housia Heyward

Viewpoints Divide Over Who Counts as Middle Income Taxpayer

Carter and Ford clash on middle income thresholds for tax relief. Ford cites 8 000 to 30 000 dollar earners as middle, while Carter defers to mean or median income. Census figures show wide variations between median family income 12 936 and median household 19 101, with per capita 5 844 and urban family needs cited at 15 318 for a moderate standard of living.

Jimmy Carter Ford Reader's Digest Carter Associated Press Stuart Eizenstat Bureau of the Census Census Bureau Commerce Department Labor Department Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations Internal Revenue Service

Taxpayers by income brackets show limited high earners

The report notes that most taxpayers earned low to mid incomes. Only a small share paid a large portion of taxes, with under 3 percent reporting adjusted gross income above $30,000 and under 8 percent at or above $25,000.

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Mahai to Draft Voter Aid for Bridgeport Referendum Questions

Bridgeport officials will have Town Clerk Michael Mahai prepare impartial explanations of three charter revision proposals and the Bridgeport foreign trade zone measure for the November 2 ballot. The effort, urged by the League of Women Voters led by Linda Grossberg, will supply Spanish versions and be mailed to absentee voters, posted at voting centers, and available at the town clerk’s office. The League argues clear explanations help voters understand questions and促 educated choices.

Michael Mahai Bridgeport Foreign Trade Zone League of ‘Women Voters Bridgeport Tal la League Linda Grossberg Secretary of the State

Chamber sets meeting on plan to deepen Elm City harbor

Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce officials schedule Thursday 4 p.m. session at Metro Bank to discuss Army Corps plan to deepen New Haven harbor to over 40 feet, enabling deeper draft ships to access CT ports. Harbor master William Claurro warns Bridgeport could lose status if New Haven deepens first. hearing set for Wednesday September 28 at New Haven Hall of Records.

Chamber Elm City Bridgeport New Haven Bridgeort Connecticut Chamber of Commerce Army Corps New Flaven Hall of Records Orange Street

City shellfish agency proposal still alive in Bridgeport

A plan to form a city shellfish commission with regulatory powers remains under consideration after EPC and Alderman Meehan discussed the idea. Meehan signaled he no longer pushes the plan, noting lack of local support among oystermen and council members.

City Environmental Protection Commission William Ciaurro EPC John Binkley Richard T. Meehan C-134th Henry Gross Health Department Meehnan Common Council Meehan State Aquaculture ‘Department Bridgeport Harbor Mandani¢i Ecology Committee Natural Growth Oystermen Conservation Commission Alate Aquaculture Aldermain Bridgeport

Abbamonte Pushes City on Bicycle Registration

Anna Marie Abbamonte urged the Common Council to register bicycles to improve safety and reduce crime. She told the public forum that youth and seniors ignore traffic rules and called for stronger police and school efforts on bicycle safety. Her plan to renature bicycles in Police Department schools was taken under study.

Anna Marie Abbamonte Common Council Abbamonte

Trains Collide Near Ljubljana Kills Eighteen

The Athens to Paris Express train collided head on with a local commuter train near Ljubljana Yugoslavia killing 18 people including the engineers. At least 20 were hospitalized as rescue teams sifted through wreckage at the Préserie station ten miles outside Ljubljana.

Ljubljana Yugoslavia Paris Postojna Trieste Préserie Ljubljjana

Lights Ordered In Dark Pocket On East Main

The Common Council voted to install new street lights in a dark pocket on East Main Street beneath the railroad via duct, urged by the Highway committee and its chairman Alderman Thomas Y. Cace. They also referred several safety requests to the Police Commissioners and Public Works for action, including four way stops and children at play signs, plus paving and repaving projects on local avenues.

Common Council East Main Street Highway Committee Thomas Y. Cace D- 136Th Board of Police Commissioners Sydney Evans Peet and Jewett Avenues Catherine Parker Atlantic Rennell Thomas A. Milligan, Jr Bernard Katz Norman Street Dixon Street Irma Parko Sigiy Bartram Avenue Ellsworth Street James L. Juliano Gabriel Biafore Louisiana Avenue Richard Delulia Indian Avenue Summit Street Saunders, Avenue

Obituary notices from Bridgeport area funeral services

Multiple obituaries list residents of Fairfield, Bridgeport, Westport, and surrounding towns. Included are John P. Kropius, Walter L. Anson Sr., Joseph A. Danyi, Julius Mackiewicz, Kathryn Feeney, and others. Services span Fairfield, Norwalk, Danbury, and Wilton venues with churches, cemeteries, and private burials.

Dominic Gigliotti 59 of Trumbull Dies in Connecticut

Dominic J. Gigliotti 59 of 3 White Birch Drive Trumbull died yesterday at St Vincent's Medical Center. Burial at St Teresa's church to be announced. He served in WWI with the Army and Air Force. Survived by wife Margaret two sons Donald and Gerald two daughters Janet and Gayle and several relatives. He was a former Grand Knight and Navigator of Park City Council Knights of Columbus and served on local civic committees.

Salvatore Reale Westport Af & Hogan Trait Willake Place Fable Post Road West Church of the Assumption Assumption Cemetery Greens Farm Italy Reale Josephine Marino Reale Ark Vincent Reale Joseph Reale Hartford Sébastina Quaranta Lucy Colonna Natale Reale Sicily John A. Bissell Remlin Court Shorehaven Dodge Norwalk Norwalk Hospital Christ and Italy Trinity Episcopal Church Dana PF. Kennédy Lewis Funeral Home Post Road East Bissell U.S. Air Force Virginia Powers Bissell John A. Bissel Lewisville Douglas E. Bissell Fairfield Frederick Bissell Ontario Canada Trumbull Dominic J. Gigliotti White Birch Drive St. Vincent’s Medical Center Parente-Lauro Washington Avenue St. Teresa's Church Bridgeport Gigliotti Army Air Force Park City Daminle J. Gigliotti Margaret Pegagl Sefana Giglio Sonald Giga Gérard Giolla Janet ‘Gigiotti Hora Cayle Giglio Séais Fidario Hallow Pagris Edward Gigliatti Lousy Gigiloti Mary Gigiolt Lucille Draot Ara Friends You

Obituary notices for Suden Samwelman and Shannon headlined

Funeral services are set for Frederick J. Suden 76 of 180 Kennedy Drive at 10 am today at Spear Funeral Home with Rev. Howard Orr officiating. burial in Fairfield Memorial Park. Alfred John Samwelman Sr 69 of 876 Riverside Drive Fairfield scheduled for 9:15 am at Dougielda Funeral Home and 10 am at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, burial at St. Michael's Cemetery. Jeremiah J. Shannon Sr 94 of 225 Pequonnock Street, ex-Remington Arms employee, died Sunday. service Wednesday 9:30 am at O'Connor Lapman Funeral Home and 10 am at St. Augustine's Cathedral, burial in St. Michael's Cemetery.

John P. Kropius John Peter Kropius Trail Street Fairfield Bridgeport Metal Goods Bridgeport Hospital Wilmot West and Goulding Post Road James S. Hood Fairfield-Grace United Methodist Church Walton Cemetery Walton Kropius Fairbrieth Quarter Century Club AARP Emma Luvia Murphy Kropitis Frances Stankaitis Trumbull Walter L. Anson East Washington Avenue Yale-New Haven Michuda Noble Avenue William W. Sullivan Lakeview Fall River Mass Anson Bridgeport Bullard Company New York Marie Higgenbottom Anson Marlene Simon Stratford William A. Anson Anson, Jr Farmington Eve Lee Picard Swansea Mabel Catterall Pawtucket R.1 James Mann Stamford James Main Unity Road Bownton and Reynolds Bedford Street Fairfield Memorial Park James P. McNamara James Patrick McNamara Rivers Road James T. Toohey and Son Howe Avenue St. Margaret Mary Church Mount St. Peter’s Derby Michael B. Lennon Newtown Michael Bradford Lennon William Regina Lennon Hill Road St. Rose's Church St. Michael's Cemetery Redgate Main Gorham Place Colleen Lennon Esther Lincoln Banbury Bertha Waters Danbury Richard Morrow Westport Mena L. Lederman Morrow Taylor Place Norwalk Hospital Hillside Cemetery Wilton William Cabell Wilton Congregational Church Wilton Funeral Home Danbury Road Horn Louisville Morrow William Morrow Ridgefield Samed Martin Beacon Falls Saul Ades Sarasota Fla George Edwards Jessie Williams Edwards Read Street Mount Aery Baptist Church Frederick Street Mountain Grove Cemetery Reif Adenstedt Blue Church Road Coopersburg del- Alvare River Pennsylvania St Paul's Lutheran Church Woodland Cemetery Russell Clark Grace Barnes Clark Flint Ridge Road Franklin Hoyt Main Street New Canaan Buriell Lakeview Cemetery Port Chester Clark Monroe Helen St. Jean Woodstock Myrtle Emmons Florence Quick West Redding Lucille Pierce Norwalk Evélyn Carmody Frederick Reynolds N.Y Kathryn Culhane Péeney Bethel John P. Feeney Whitewood Manor Waterbury Green Funeral Home St. Mary’s Church St. Mary's Cemetery C. Floyd Magnussen Matthew Thomas Edward Culhane Mae L, Collins Julius Fekete Orland Street Lesko Funeral Home Holy Trinity Byzantine Church Frank Turey John Turey John Farkas Joseph Vasas Julius Sombati James Paller John Fosco Mary Sulay Fosco Nelson Terrace Adzima Funeral Home Arctic Street St. John Nepomucene Church SL. Michael's Cemetery Michael V. Schiraldi Nutmegane Metropolitan Petroleum Company New York City Stamford Hospital St. Gabril’s Church St. John's Cemetery Springdale Leo P. Gallagher and Son Funeral Home Broad Street Schiraldi Italy Jeanne DeLucia Schiraldi Marlin Schiraldi Robert Magas Frank Schiraldi Brooklyn Mary Minevera Terry Spina Valley Stream Connie, Hay East Norwich Frederick J. Suden Frederick J. Suiden Kennedy Drive Spear Funeral Home Fairfield Avenue Howard Orr Olivet Congregational Church Fairfield Memorial Park Cemetery Alfred J. Samwelman Alfred John Samuelman Riverside Drive Dougiédla South Pine Creek Road St. Thomas Aquinas Church Butiall Jeremiah J. Shannon Jeremiah Jerry) J. Shannon Pequonnock Street Remington Arms Company Vincent’s Medical Center O'Connor and Lapman Washingon Avenue St. Augustine’s Cathedral St. Michael’s Cemetery Ekete Reoe Fekete Fulla Turesl Fekete Orland Strest Lesko Funeral Mary V. Sutey Fosco Nelson Tereroca Artéilo Quigley and Intl Adtimo Funeral Home Arctic Stream St. John Hepomucis Guild of Gur Cady Fatima REALE Sale Hogan Trail West Josephine Marino Oot Ark Vincent Reale Bralbée Joseph Sebastiang Guaranta Lucy Calsana Natala Raate Post Road West Adoss Church of Assumpion Assumption Reme Jean Samuelman Macy Ann Evonke Ilen Aunroes George Michael Samughnan Julio Renyson Helen Resweber Douglilla South Pine Creek Road St. Thomas Aquinds Faterett Atlas of Christan Audol Sir Michel AL Stamford Hospital Paichael V. Schirgidl Nulmeqtané Jeanné DéLucia Schiraidi Machin Schiraid Robert Maga Frank Schiraidi Mary Minerva Terry Spin Connie Kay Leo FP Gallagher and San Funeral Home Ovenut St. Gabriel Cathole Anna Dayle Shannon Pequonnack Street Fueneral O'Conner Jamnes Street Cathedral of St. Augustine's Sir Amlchoel Cemenery Prospect Frederick J. Suten Margaret Gurviahon Sodén Speor Te Falrfield Cvanue Falrlelé Aremorial Park Centilé

Obituary notices from New Haven hush up to 1976

Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from New Haven and surrounding towns describe deaths of Walter L. Anson Sr, Joseph A. Danyi, Mrs Jessie Edwards, John A. Bissell, Kathryn Culhane Feeney, and others. The items list ages, residences, funeral home details, church services, interment sites, visiting hours, and charity preferences.

Death notices from a 1976 Fairfield area obit page

Death notices from September 19 1976 to September 20 1978 list multiple local residents including Gigliotti Kroppit Lennon Mackiewicz McNamara Reale Samuelman Schiraldi Shannon Subden Takacs Lonczak and various funeral details. Notices include family relationships burial plans church services and memorial arrangements across Trumbull Bridgeport Fairfield Shelton Westport and Derby.

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