Fiery Air Crashes Claim Three Near Peoria
Three people die when a single engine plane crashes into the Illinois River shortly after takeoff from Mount Hawley Airport. Victims Daniel Hloerr 57 Gretchen Hloerr 37 and Carl Herman 89 all of Peoria were identified. The craft was bound for Lancaster Pennsylvania. Coast Guard divers and Woodford County deputies recovered the bodies.
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Colorado
Denver
FAA
Peoria
Ilinois
Mount Hawley
Daniel Hloerr
Gretchen
Carl Herman
Lancaster
Coast Guard
Woodford County Sheriff's Department
GOP ticket faces farm-area drive after campaign pause
Carter has spent time away from Plains, Georgia since the fall campaign began amid a Mexican independence day parade in Santa Ana. In California, Ford's running mate Bob Dole told reporters in Newport Beach he would focus on the Midwest farm belt in coming days, saying the GOP ticket still has work to do there and noting polling results without providing details.
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Carter
Plains
Santa Ana
California
Ford
Bob Dole
Newport Beach
Midwest
Dole
Africa seeks new conference to end Rhodesia rule
A joint communique from African states calls Britain to host a conference with authentic representatives of the people to form a transitional government for Rhodesia. It envisions a second meeting to draft a new constitution and restore peace and normalcy amid international sanctions and anti‑colonial solidarity.
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Mozambique
Zambia
Britain
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Ansonia Mayor Adanti In Good Condition In Hospital
Ansonia Mayor Michael Adanti remained under observation Sunday at Derby's Griffin Hospital in good condition after a Friday car crash on Clifton Street in Ansonia. Police say his car veered into a utility pole, striking the windshield. campaign manager James Cohen said X-rays showed no skull fracture and blamed steering failure or vehicle malfunction.
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Ansonia
Michael Adanti
Derby
Griffin Hospital
Goun
Adanti
Clifton Street
Arsenia
Ronald A. Sarasin
James Cohen
Atlanti
Trinity Group Says Ford Won the Debate
In a poll of about 100 Trinity College political science students Ford beat Carter by two to one. Carter votes were all Democrats who called themselves liberal, while Ford carried conservatives and more liberal students also backed Ford than Carter.
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Connecticut
Alves Notce
Bethel
Miracor
Eapiacegina
Stata
Coptol Avenue
Hartford
Weekly Record Set By Commuter Buses
In Wetk ersfield Connecticut the State Transportation department reports weekly ridership surpassed 28,000 for the first time since service began five years ago. Commissioner James Shugrue notes 15 express systems in Hartford and New Haven carried about 28,080 passengers from outlying free parking areas to downtown routes.
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Wetkersfield
McKinney Aids Cubans in Citizenship Quest
Congressman Stewart B. McKinney announced an area wide drive to help Cuban nationals qualify for U S citizenship. He spoke at the Cuban Lyceum club on Fairfield avenue praising the Cuban community and its traditions. Armelio Codazo and Radames DeArmas are arranging naturalization forms with 282 applications filed and about 800 expected district wide. A meeting will be announced to explain form details.
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Stewart B. McKinney
U.S
America
Armelio
Lionel
Codazo
Radames DeArmas
McKinney
Fourth
R I Woman Hurt In Collision on Merritt Parkway
Margaret Sculti, 70, of Hopel Valley Rhode Island, injured Sunday at 2 50 p m when her auto struck a sign pole and collided with another car on the Merritt Parkway near Burr Street overpass in Fairfield. Car burned after hitting highway fence. Sculti treated for head injuries and released. Lorena Naylor, 71, of New Canaan, escaped injury. State Trooper William Dunnis warned of unsafe lane changing. Eastbound Parkway traffic delayed 30 minutes.
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Margaret Sculti
Hopel Valley
R.I
Merritt Parkway
Burr Street
Fairfield
Sculli
Westport
Seven Burglary Reports Mark Weekend Police
Seven break in reports to city police over the weekend detail break ins at homes and businesses. Burglars ransacked William Szymansky’s home at 362 Funston Avenue and James Smith’s at 193 Holly Street. Losses vary with some undetermined pending checks. Guzzi’s Service Station at 265 Stratford Avenue and Brown’s Service Station at 515 Stratford Avenue were entered with multiple items stolen. A TV was taken from Joseph Agresia’s home at 179 Seltsam Road. The Shoe Rack store at 1000 Main Street reported stock and cash missing after a window was broken.
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William Szymansky
Funston Avenue
James Smith
Holly Street
Ronnie James
Clinton Avenue
Guzzi
Stratford Avenue
Brown
Joseph Agresia
Seltsam Road
Main Street
Mystic Oral School Board Posts Filled
Gov Ella T Grasso appointed Dawson Lawrence of Brookfield and Dorothy Hastings of Manchester to the Mystic Oral School board of trustees. Lawrence, an engineering technician at National Semiconductor in Danbury, will replace Joann P Spear of West Hartford and Hastings replaces Joyce Lester of Milford. Terms run to June 30 1979.
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Hartford
Ella T. Grasso
Dawson, Lawrence
Brookfield
Dorothy Hastings
Manchester
Lawrence
National Semiconductor Corporation
Danbury
Joann P. Spear
West Hartford
Hastings
Joyce C. Lester
Milford
Kidnap Suspect Held on Bond in Florida Rescue
Officials initially said Mrs. Burton was a material witness but later declined to discuss her status. McWilliams, moved from Los Angeles to Ocala and worked for a vacuum cleaner company. He pleaded guilty to a wire fraud case in Los Angeles involving a 150000 dollar swindle. He has been jailed since Friday on a 750000 dollar cash or surety bond on the kidnapping charge, with state charges likely today. The FBI noted McWilliams’ brother owns half of Spectra Builders Inc. The rescue of Mrs Jaffa involved a police operation in which she was freed after minutes of effort, and the couple shared a brief, emotional embrace.
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McWilliams
FBI
A. E. McWilliams
Spectra Builders, Inc
Jaffa
James
Dole to Attend Opening of GOP Headquarters in Bridgeport
Republican candidate for town chairman Leonard and Sen. Robert Paoletta join Manuel Garcia in opening Bridgeport GOP headquarters at 200 Fairfield Avenue Friday at 4 30 pm. A Dole rally in Baldwin Plaza near the courthouse follows, with a Sikorsky visit in Stratford earlier.
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GOP
Leonard
Robert S. Paoletta
Manuel Garcia
Dole
Kansas
Camp Chanterpaign
Bridgeport
Fairfield Avenue
Senator Dole
Republican Nationalities Council of
Connecticut
Baldwin Plaza
Sikorsky Aircraft
Stratford
Frederick’s
Pairfield
Witnesses Come Forward In Accident Fatal to Four
New Haven police cited witnesses who described Friday night drag race fatalities near Long Wharf. Four Stamford men Juan Camacho 18 Michael Blue 18 Rafael Jimenez 18 and Nicholas Porcheddu 17 died when their car collided with another vehicle not race related. Jaime Camacho 18 remained in serious condition with burns over 30 percent of his body.
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New Haven
Stamford
Long Wharf
Wiegal
Polic
Juan Camacho
Michael Blue
Rafael Jimvinez
Nicholas Porcheddu
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Jaime Camacho
Grasso says women shy from power in banking roles
New York AP report quotes Gov. Ella Grasso saying many American women view power as abhorrent and often hand control of income to men. She notes low female representation in Connecticut banking executive ranks and urges banks to promote women in leadership and engage in social issue handling within institutions.
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New York
Ella Grasso
Association
Ting
State Banking Department
Connecticut
Grasso
Two-Car Crash Injures Four on East Main and Maple
Four people were injured in a two car crash on East Main Street at Maple Street yesterday near 5 p.m. Police charged Carlos Torres 45 of 147 Pixlee Place with carrying a weapon in a motor vehicle after a gun was found in his car and with failure to obey a stop sign. A passenger Pablo Abrahams 28 of 651 Union Avenue also injured. The other driver Patricia A Pastor 22 of 4 Lenox Avenue Stratford claimed injuries along with a passenger Susan Paster 1 of the same address. Patrolman Ward Colbree said both cars were extensively damaged.
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Main Street
Maple Street
Carlos ‘Torres
Pixlee Place
Pablo Abrahams
Union Avenue
Patricia A. Pastor
Lenox Avenue
Stratford
Susan Paster
Ward Colbree
Stratford Woman, 24 Held on Drug Charge
Laura Waterman, 24, of 556 Hollister Avenue Stratford, was arrested by Bridgeport police after midnight on Saturday for driving under the influence of liquor and drugs and possession of narcotics. A bag of suspected marijuana was found in her parked car at Park Avenue and Gedutrlig Street, and a damaged fender suggested a collision.
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Laura Waterman
Hollister Avenue
Stratford
Bridgeport
Park Avenue
Gedutrlig Street
Thomas Lopez
Lopez
Bozzuto Pushes Study On Spending Impact
State Senator Richard C. Bozzuto R Watertown urged a legisla tive study of the financial effects of spending bills on local communities before passage He plans to introduce the measure in the 1577 General Assembly if reelected representing Monroe and portions of Trumbull Shelton and New Town
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Richard C. Bozzuto
Watertown
Bozzuto
Sind
Monroe
Trumbull
Shelton
Nevwtown
Gunther Offers Mugging Crackdown Plan
State Sen. George L. Gunther, R Stratford, urged a mandatory six month jail term for first mugging and breaking and entering offenses with tougher penalties for repeats. Speaking to Stratford Republican Women he called for a habitual offenders law to remove repeat criminals, arguing the state judiciary is too lenient and that wealthier defendants can evade prosecution.
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George L. Gunther
Stratford
Republican Women's Club
Gunther
Scram Zers Word Game Prompt
The item cites CLAY and POLLAN and asks to print numbered letters in squares to unscramble above letters. It directs completing the chuckle by filling the missing word developed from step three, guiding readers to derive the final answer from the included letter puzzle.
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Clay
Pollan
State Energy Chief Sees Hike in Home Heating Oil
Hartford AP State energy commissioner Lynn Alan Brooks predicts Connecticut heating oil will rise from 42 to about 44 cents per gallon by December and to around 46 cents by winter end. Independent Petroleum Association spokesman cites costs to major suppliers for any uptick. Oil stocks are up 3.5 billion barrels from last year per API.
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Hartford
Lynn Alan Brooks
Connecticut
Connecticut Petroleum Association
Brooks
Department of Planning and Energy Policy
Association
American Petroleum Institute
Leonard to push speeding crackdown amid protests
Police Commissioner Edward Leonard defends a new statewide anti speeding campaign aimed at cutting highway fatalities by five percent. He cites grim reminders from accident scenes and plans heavier patrols, radar use, drunk driving tests, and spot checks to target speeders and tailgaters on primary and secondary roads.
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Hartford
Edward Leonard
Leonard
Cardinal decries Episcopal move to ordain women
Cardinal Timothy Manning, amid Salt Lake City Catholic Bicentennial events, calls the Episcopal Church decision to ordain women a grave obstacle to ecumenism. He notes Pope Paul VI’s letter to Canterbury’s Archbishop Coggin warning that allowing women priests would hinder dialogue between Roman Catholics and Anglicans.
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Salt Lake City
Pope Paul
Donald Coggin
Canterbury
Anglican Communion
Episcopal I Church
Father Berrigan Describes Jail Experience On Campus
NEW LONDON Conn AP Father Daniel Berrigan a Jesuit priest who spent 18 months in Danbury federal prison for destroying draft records spoke at Connecticut College during a week as theologian in residence He described jail as landing on the moon with an unreal landscape and said poetry helped him stay alive He urged nonviolent demonstrations and alternatives to current authority and policies.
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New London
Simko Names Aides For Gloria's Drive
Bridgeport campaign coordinator Vincent M. Simko named a campaign committee for Gloria Schaffer. The roster includes Pat Jardin, Leonard Dyer, Cal Ferrara, Robert Josovitz, Edward Matrenga, Judith Young, David Proctor, Alderman Thomas Mulligan, Scott Melville, Rona Finizie, Mark Gross, Samuel Woltch, Rose Hohn, Ronald Curtis, Dorothy Blank, Gerald Busker, Ronald Zimmer, Martin and Martha Fischer, Sally Merry, Frank and Maureen Timlin, among others. The group met at Simko's home to review plans and Schaffer appearances in Bridgeport.
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Vincent M. ‘Simko
Bridgeport
Gloria Schaffer
U.S. Senate
Simko
Pat Jardin
Leonard Dyer
Cal Ferrara
Robert Josovitz
Edward Matrenga
Judith Young
David Proctor
Thomas Mulligan
Scott Melville
Rona Finizie
Mark Gross
Samuel Woltch
Rose Hohn
Ronald Curtis
One Youth Held Two Sought After Attempted Break In
Police took Glen Rawls aged 16 into custody after an attempted break at 875 Old Town Road. A second youth is being sought. Rawls and a companion reportedly tried to gain entry by smashing a door window at the Beardsley Terrace housing area near Trumbull Avenue.
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Old Town Road
Atilam
Glen Rawls
Apt
Beardsley Terrace
Trumbull Avenue
Rawls
Arrow Bus Lines Seeks to End Route 44 Service
Arrow Bus Lines asks the Public Utilities Control Authority on October 7 for permission to end Hartford to Canaan and Winsted Route 44 service or cut weekdays. The firm may also discontinue Winsted to Pittsfield, Mass., and Albany, N.Y., routes, citing declining ridership and unrecovered annual costs. The company has operated Route 44 since 1953 after buying a bankrupt firm, with Connecticut Transit holding ongoing rights on the same route.
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Hartford
Arrow Bus Lines
Canaan
Winsted
Raymond R. Dupuis
Arrow
Public Utilities Control Authority
Dupuis
Pitts
Held
Mass
Albany
N.Y
Connecticut Transit
Speed Arrests For a Radar Unit Average 75 a Day
Cromwell Conn AP One state police radar unit averages 75 speeding arrests daily Sgt James Whelan says about 15000 arrests yearly for exceeding the 55 mph limit Drivers cited for 61 to 70 mph pay fines by mail with points against licenses Those arrested at 71 mph or more get a summons to appear in court Whelan recalls odd excuses including a chicken dinner courier and a repeated offender Stratford GOP aide Stephen J Michaels named coordinator for John Pucciano campaign for Congress in Orange Third District
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Cromwell, Conn
James Whelan
Edward Leonard
Sal
Whelan
New York
Harvard University
Stephen J. Michaels
Stratford
Stratford J
John Pucciano
Orange
Weicker and Schaffer Back Homeowners Deductions
Republican U S Senator Lowell Weicker Jr and Democratic opponent Gloria Schaffer expressed support for keeping real estate tax and mortgage interest deductions in the income tax code. Stewart Y Knowles of the Greater Bridgeport Board of Realtors said both candidates favor maintaining incentives to spur housing construction and home ownership.
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U.S
Lowell Weicker Jr
Gloria Schaffer
Stewart Y. Knowles
Greater Bridgeport
Weicker
Parade Of Puerto Ricans Draws Thousands In Hartford
Hartford AP reports thousands lined city streets for the 13th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade with many social clubs electing queens and princesses to represent their communities. Wetter but dry through the event, organizers called it the largest celebration for Puerto Ricans in Connecticut.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Group Set Up to Aid Ford Outside GOP
Warren Chase of Avon named chairman of People for Ford a new volunteer recruitment program to attract Democrats and independents to the President's Connecticut campaign State Ford committee chairman Joseph B Burns says Democrats and independents will give us the critical margin for victory in Connecticut in November Chase said in a weekend statement Burns also announced Sallie M Barre of Greenwich as the Connecticut Ford committee's communications director
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Hartford
Warren Chase
Avon
People For Ford
Connecticut
Ford Committee
Joseph B. Burns
Chase
Burns
Sallie M. Barre
Greenwich
Air Quality Report in Connecticut Sees Mixed Levels
Connecticut air pollution overall moderate Sunday per Department of Environmental Protection. Bridgeport and New Haven show low levels. Today’s forecast calls for low pollution statewide.
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Hartford
Connecticut
State Department of Environmental Protection
Bridgeport
New Haven
Daly to Be Sworn In Hartford Day
T F Gilroy Daly of Fairfield will be sworn in Friday October 1 as State insurance commissioner by Governor Ellas T Grasso. Daly a Fairfield lawyer and deputy State treasurer will take the oath at 9 30 a m in the Governor s office at the State Capitol.
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Hartford
Gilroy Daly
Fairfield
Ellas T. Grasso
Daly
Fragmented Bridgeport Classifieds And Rates
Fragmented OCR from Bridgeport Telegram lists circulation and Sunday rates with scattered figures and names. The garbled entry references the Associated Press and various daily and Sunday price mentions, but clarity is limited across multiple broken phrases.
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