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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1976
Page
14
Fire officials seek police help after seven fires were set in the parking area of the State Street section of Lafayette Plaza Shopping center early Sunday. Two dumpsters were ignited around 2 15 a m as three engine companies responded and quickly extinguished the blazes.
A mixed cryptogram style page shows scattered clues and partial entries many words cut off. A quote from Lady Elizabeth Russell is printed with a dated 1976 King Features Syndicate credit.
UCSD researchers report metal particles in the lungs of four Legionnaires disease victims. Zinc aluminum tin and nickel were detected, with aluminum linked to zinc suggesting an alloy akin to solder. No welding near the Bellevue Stratford headquarters was found, but overheating hotel thermostats could have released metallic vapors.
Texas reports show 42 people sentenced to death under the 1973 capital punishment statute. Of the 42, 19 are white, 18 black, and seven have Spanish surnames. The old law was ruled unconstitutional for arbitrary application, and the new statute faces a U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
A dense listing of showings for many cinemas including Ode to Billy Joe, Aloha Bobby and Rose, The Way We Were, The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday, The Naughty Victorians, Stil Ives, Keep on Trucking, Sweet Pun Kin, Silent Movie, The Happy Hooker, My Pleasure Is My Business, Obsession, With A Smile, Gold Rush, Chaplin Shorts, Alice in Wonderland, Naughty School Girls, Teenage Hitchhikers, House of Psychotic Women, Blood Brides, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Billy Jack, Lovin Maid, Armed Services, Alice in Wonderland, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea, The Return of a Man Called Horse, Mount of Venus, Diamonds, 2001 A Space Odyssey, That’s Entertainment Part II, Tunnel Vision, Midway, and other titles across Beverly Capitan Milford Norwalk Greenwich Fairfield Westport Orange Derby Trumbull and Wilton venues.
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