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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1968
Page
1
Miss Sharon Dupont, a Fort Hayes graduate art student and daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Dupont of 3 Viking Dr, debuts a stoneware exhibit at Kansas State College Fort Hayes campus.
Bristol police officers through Local 1 International Brotherhood of Police Officers began bargaining with the town for a new contract. The union seeks a 15 percent wage increase and a revision of present benefits and working conditions.
Senator Pell with Senator Pastore urged approval of a 1600 foot breakwater for Bristol Harbor as the best long term harbor development. The plan aims to create protected anchorage benefiting shorefront industry fishing fleets and local boaters in Washington. The hearing was led by Senator Hiram L Fong with R S Bosworth Jr of the Harbor Development Commission present.
Budget requests total $317,435,649 from town departments in 32 accounts as the Bristol Budget Committee holds its first 1968 meeting. With 11 budgets to come including Police Fire Hydrant Street Lighting and Capital Budgets, requests show about a 52 percent increase over last year. Projected appropriation around $3.4 million based on current requests and committee recommendations with departmental schedules listed for February and March hearings.
Acting Bristol Police Chief Lt John Sullivan outlined a no crackdown approach on new traffic ordinances and parking meters. The policy prioritizes public awareness, with routine checks in fair weather and a winter easing that waives meters when cold, snowy, or icy conditions prevail.
The Bristol Youth Advisory Board holds a 7 to 9 PM open meeting at the American Legion Hall on Franklin Street to hear Bristol teens ages 13 to 19. Officials say turnout will show how ready youths are to present problems and ideas for recreation and town solutions.
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