Salary hike 5.5 percent seals new two year contract
Board of Education and Westport Education Association reach a tentative two year teachers contract with an average 5.5 percent salary rise each year and a 6.4 percent total increase in 1973-74. Cost estimates are 491 404 this year and 470 180 in 1974 75. Ratification meetings are set for Monday amid a long bargaining process aided by state mediator.
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Board of Education and Westport Education Association
WEA
Board of Education
Leonard Revins
Richard Elliott
Revins
Elliott
Elliott Kraut
State Board of Education
Frederick McCone
Brummel urges faster move to individualizing instruction
Westport school staff hear Superintendent Kenneth Brummel compare democracy to education and call for quicker progress on individualization. He cites lack of materials, rigid structures, and teachers' possessive attitudes as barriers while stressing self motivation and personal responsibility in learning.
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Westport
Kenneth Brummel
Brummel
Board of Education
Gas main break prompts evacuations near Cavalry Road
A Tennessee Gas Pipe line break near Cavalry Road caused a 70 to 80 foot high spray of gas vapor, forcing area residents from their homes for nearly three hours. The leaking main disrupted nearby areas and required emergency response.
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Tennessee
Cavalry Road
Gas Leak Breaks Tennessee Gas Line Near Weston Road
A break in a Tennessee Gas Co. line near The Glendinning Company prompted evacuations of Coleytown Elementary and Junior High students to Staples High School. Police shut valves, drained thousands of square feet of gas, and declared the area safe by 1:43 p.m. No injuries were reported.
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New England
Tennessee Gas Co
Glendinning Company
Weston Road
Manzi & Sons Inc
Westport Avenue
Cavalry Road
Broad Street
West Branch Road
Louis D. Rosenau
Coleytown
Staples High School
Weston selectmen form water advisory panel to speed study
At a special meeting Weston selects an Advisory Water Committee to supply Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. with town requirements for pipeline routes paving and pumping stations. Members include Edward Best Stephen Steinbrecher Frank Wilson and Michael N Terzian with plans to add engineers John Foster and Charles Schneider. The group will gather data on contracts terms and time elements as alternative water sources are explored.
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Weston
Selectmen
First
Bridgeport Hydraulic
Edward Best
Stephen Steinbrecher
Board of Finance
Frank Wilson
Planning & Zoning Commission
Board of Selectmen
Michael N. Terzian
Raven Wood
Strassler
Tim O’connor
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By Mark Roth
RTM
Tennessee Gas Pipe Company
Steven Sweitzer
Glendinning
Wrecker
Southern Connecticut Gas Co
Tennessee Gas Pipe Co
Weston Selectmen
By Jeanne Davis
Engineers John Foster
Charles Schneider
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