Local boy electrocuted in tree near Westport home
Thirteen year old Tom Allyn son of Mr and Mrs N C Allyn of 197 Bayberry Lane Westport was electrocuted late Wednesday afternoon after touching a live power line while climbing a tree near his home. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Norwalk Hospital at 6 10 p m Local police and fire crews aided in the rescue and emergency procedures.
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Tom Allyn
N.C. Allyn
Bayberry Lane
Westport
Tom
Coleytown Junior High
Norwalk Hospital
Joseph Buccieri
Newland plan
Stauffer grant See page 4 Weston budget See page 11 Per Haar See page 17.
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Newland
Weston
Post Road mall plans trimmed to fit town interests
Developers submit revised Altman Road Post Road shopping center plans reducing the fashion mall area by 35 percent. The new drawings filed with the Planning and Zoning Commission show a smaller complex with seven acres of open space, reflecting town priorities after five months of deliberations.
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Post Road
Altman-Road
Planning and Zoning Commission
East State Street
Paul Copaken
Kansas City
Copaken
Gravel pit dispute prompts bulky waste disposal talks
Town officials and Kowalsky gravel pit landowners were urged yesterday to work out an agreement over the town's proposed use of the site for bulky waste disposal. The move aims to avoid conflict and reach a settlement.
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Kowalsky Gravel Pit
Irving Levine
Luis J.A. Villalon
Morris Shilepsky
Levine
Theodore Koskeff
Ernest Josem
Paul Kowalsky
Stanley Atwood
Westport reviews $1.5 million sewer grant over zoning issues
State Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities kept funds intact after reviewing Westport zoning that excludes multi housing. Planning and Zoning officials adopted apartment friendly rules on May 1 amid a housing need. Court proceedings continue over adjacent property disputes as developers trim a fashion mall project.
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Westport
State Commission On Human Rights and Opportunities
HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Igor Sikorsky, Jr
Sikorsky, Jr
First Selectman
John Kemish
Tas
Kemish
Planning and Zoning Commission
P&z Commission
Sikorsky
Price agency upholds hike in rail fares
The Price Commission announced it approved a 20 percent across the board rise in New Haven line commuter fares pending final ICC hearings. A Washington spokesman said the vote means fares stay in effect unless the Interstate Commerce Commission revokes them after hearings.
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Federal Price Commission
New Haven
ICC
Price Commission
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Price Commission Appeal
Finance board mulls Westport tax rate for 1972-73
Westport's Board of Finance, led by Chairman John Leeming, plans to set the 1972-73 tax rate early next week. After adopting an $18 million budget May 3, delays stem from changes in garbage and education funds, deficits, and misleading statements from Hartford. The rate is expected near 43 mills, a three-mill hike, as all variables are weighed for accuracy.
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Fairfield County
Greenfield Hill
Merritt Parkway
Westport
Board of Finance
John Leeming
ATM
Leeming
Hartford
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William
Per Haar
Anne Kaskel
Price Agency
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