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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1956
Page
4
Electrical appliances repaired at 78 Wood Street by H Landry proprietor. Service offered for radios televisions and related gear with telephone CL 36330 for contact. Simple business card style notice advertising repair work and location.
The 243rd AAA Battalion indoor rifle team won its first match at Camp Wellfleet on Cape Cod with 3446 points, defeating an Army team at 3394. Specialist 2C Charles Purdy of Newport Battery B led with 367 points. A return match is set for April 8 at Cranston Street Armory Providence or Warren Armory. Bristol's Battery C contributed five of ten team members under Captain Morris Jr and Coach Savino. Individual scores: Morris 334 Savino 336 Darling 354 Costa 335 M Topazio 322 A Topazio 355 Gracie 344 Windly 353 Purdy 367 Franco 346.
Public school teachers accepted about a three percent pay cut to aid the school committee in reshaping the budget after a nearly $10,000 town-tax cut. The Supreme Court denied Bristol’s appeal on a sewage disposal plan, affirming the state board’s authority. A proposed five taxpayer budget committee was discussed, and labor organizing efforts extended to five Bristol plants. A land-use committee was proposed by the Farm Bureau, and the first fishhawk sighting was noted. Taxpayers increased the tax rate to the legal limit of 2.50 and approved $487,713.70 with 23 appropriation propositions, only two rejected. U S Rubber announced an average 18 1/2 cent hourly wage rise for about 800 workers. The VFW post elected Chester W Williams as state division chief and commander of the State Soldiers' Home.
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