Austere Bristol Budget Faces Hurdles In Senate and Court
Bristol town council moved to repeal an 1908 borrowing law to complete phase two of the sewer overhaul as Industrial Trust Co. would fund the project. The measure stalled in the Senate judiciary panel while a state wide parking meter bill also faltered, needing Bristol only language to apply to the town. Capone cited 1938 and 1949 borrowing laws as rendering the old rule moot but bond counsel urge repeal. If the law remains, $500,000 already allocated plus $100,000 voted for expansion may be at risk, delaying debt-financed sewer work and triggering a referendum next November.
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Bristol
State Senate
Corporation Committee
Capone
Industrial Trust Co
Henry Alfred
Bonding Company
Comparative Cost of Town Government 1942 to 1952
A Budget Commission graph tracks rising town government costs from 1942 to 1952. The highway department shows the largest gain at 242 percent, followed by public aid at 206 percent. Average cost growth is 107 percent, versus a 58 percent rise in cost of living. Assessed valuation increased 35 percent over the period.
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Budget Commission
Highway Department
Dept. Service
Battery heads to Camp Edwards for two weeks training
The 243rd AAA Ga Bn from Rhode Island will begin two weeks of active duty training at Camp Edwards. Lt. Everett E. Bin Faes of Bristol leads part of the battalion, which totals about 400 men and 0 officers from Rhode Island. Segments of the unit are stationed in Bristol Providence Newport and Woonsocket. Col. McMillan noted duty periods will require travel and eventual return to duty.
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243Rd Aaa Ga
Camp Edwards
Coramander
Ecol Everett E. Ee bin Fae Oy
Bristol
Gimne
Rhode Island
National Guard
Providence
Newport
Woonsocket
Parade program at Camp Edwards includes anti aircraft training
The Camp Edwards program features all phases of anti aircraft training led by Col McMillan, outlining a comprehensive military exercise for attendees to observe.
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Camp Edwards
Col
McMillan
Budget panel sets 1952 53 budget with trims
The Budget Commission approves a $90 816 operating appropriation and the Town Council adopts the 1952 53 budget. Town departments will tighten belts and implement cuts if taxpayers approve the plan.
Town Council Draws Jurors and Passes Budget Report
The council last night drew grand jurors four women to two men and selected petit jurors from a citizen box, including 29 women. The budget commission proposes a net decrease of $90,816.30 from department requests, adds amendments, and notes a tax rate rise from debt service and sewer bond payments.
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Paul C. Millemaggi
Paul A. Herzig
Budget Commission
Commission
Coast Guard Lights Guide Safe Seaways and History
The Coast Guard guards 40 000 miles of coast plus rivers and Great Lakes with 9 000 lights. Lightships have declined to 30 while other aids to navigation rise, including powerful lighthouses and rotating glass lenses. Radio beacons now pierce dense fogs aiding position fixes from distant lighthouses.
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The
Coast Guard
Great Lakes
Fire Island
New York Harbor
Prudence Island
Navesink
N. J
N. Y. Harbor
Orimore
Early U S Lighthouses and Fog Signal Tech Tales
A fragmented history notes lighthouses from Sandy Hook to Boston Light and New London Harbor. It recalls fog signals from cannon and horse driven devices to compressed air and electric systems, with buoy whistles powered by buoy motion and air pressure changes.
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United States
Great Brewster Island
Boston Harbor
Boston
Sandy Hook
New York Harbor
For Opal Assembly
Lghthouse
New
London Harbor
Connecticut
Pring
Beavertail
Ship at Sea Captured Off Ireland North of North Carolina
Fragmentary report notes a vessel with 40 feet draft and a price around $8,000 drifting about 4,000 miles, described as “captured” off Ireland. Source text is garbled but mentions a ship and maritime events plotted near North Carolina and Ireland.
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North Carolina
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House
Murray Banks
Bristol Women’s Club
Dewolf Memorial Room
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Pere Tyler
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Walt Disney’s
Abuss
Grant
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Battery
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Gaia
Col. McMillan
DaFonte
Paultry
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Ferry Road
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Tuckers
Exnen
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Tyre Street
Meresa Donovan
Uriel Sousa, Jr
First
Sylvia _D Rose
Carusola
Roma Street
Kathryn L. Magee
Monroe Avenue
Angeline
Calane
Wiliam
Peter
Church Street
John D. Langello
Union
Gloria M
Mendes Mary C
Serbst
Hope Street
Savers
T. Waitt
Aces
Second Street
B. Troflano
Ape Street
Catherine A. Tuc
Lincoln
Dorothy C. Eisenstadt
George Ma Bey Vietad
Josephoseph Pacheco O. Bregantin
Sthompson
Onroe
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Ed G. Cleaver
Florence Bio
Hope S
Ams
Oliver Street
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Nino J
Palazi
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Walter, C. Walande
Taboreet
Paul C Millema
Helen Viera
Onnors
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Anniba Ate
Rachelina V. Inal Manuel T. Sanka
Jey
Seuscom
Bradford
Norma L. Rebecca Gladue
Paneh
Jet
Magnolia Street
Chilton Street
CPO
Kilauea Point
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Makapuu Point
Oahu Island
Lehua
Hog Island
Virginia
Pate Neater
Meifp McLellan's
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