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The Bridgeport Telegram from Bridgeport, Connecticut • Page 13

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AfoKinney Opponents Call For an 'Open Convention' campaign manager for JaSTFetrls of Greenwich, who Is Making tha Republican nomlna-iion (or Congress against Rep. Stewart McKlnncy of Fair-tied, yesterday hit out at Sen. Lowell vyeicker's ReP' McKinney and called for an "open convention for the nomination. The convention is scheduled for JO am Saturday In the Oak Room at Fairfield university. r.

tampaiRP. manager for Mr. Ferris, said iiti a statement, "Senator Welcker iniurrnatton up. on which make an It is not surprising that Welcker does not know tgfc Ferris as he has refused on fiWtandidate. I feel this to be tbl Welcker has represented himself ai a senatof of all the people, and yet he chose, undoubtedly for political rea-sons, not to see an aspiring candidate for Congress." Mr.

Rlchter further is Just another move to! hold a closed Ifl-minute conven-' uun, nis is not the way of the Republican party as yet, but Unless we Republicans guard our rights to a free and open convention it will corns to mass that we will become no differ-1 irom me. uemocrats. The critical question here is will the Republican party be the vehicle hy which the people can bring their views to bear upon the problems of government or will (he people, ba used as a vehicle by which the party maintains "It is our firm r.nnvirtlnn that the delegates to the Fourth dis. convention will reassert their rights as Republicans to open convention," he added. Survey in New England Itemizes 4,000 Natural Areas 'to Be Saved1 A survey of natural areas In Naw England has identified morel uium environmentally portant aicas according to a re- pori racism yesterday bv ilie New England Regional commission.

The survey coordinated by the New England Natural Resources in Doston. is the first part of a program to plan proteclion for the economic, ecological and scenic assets. 361 In Connecticut Of the 4,059 sites identified in the six-state area, there arc 361 sites in Connecticut. The sites Listed in the inventory were classified according to geological and features, soils, vegetation, wild-life, and urchnelological qualities. They were also rated on culture, aesthetic and visual characteristics.

In Connecticut, the co-operating group for the survey itnuwn as the New England Natural Area Project was tho Connecticut Forest and Park association. John E. Hihhurd, secretary-forester of the association, in-dtested yesterday that the 361 sites weio distributed fairly evenly throughout the state. Of tha sites identified, 44 per cent are privately owned and 5S per cent are publicly owned. Mr.

Hubbard was reluctant to Identify the privately-owned sites because of the effect it might have on the land. Further data is incomplete on the owners' wishes on what to da with the land. Bethany Bog Mentioned One area he identified was the Bethany Bog. He said it is suffering from human and needed protection to preserve some rare plants that are found there. Although' most of the areas are known, tho forester continued, the survey provides a means Df pulling information together so that they can be protected in a svstematin way.

Or.co the land Is Identified, its best use has to he determined and a plan developed according- iy- To undertake, the survey in Connecticut. Mr. Hibbard stated that rrcent graduates of the Yale School of Fnrcstery vein employed under the direction of Prof. Thomas G. Siccema, a specialist in forestry and ccol- Cops, Firemen Vote Today on Contracts Bri deeper I Police 1 and Pico! 1 igliters' Local Ml are scheduled lo meet today ana -n night to consider ratifying a ncn two-year million-dollar-plus con tract package with the city gm ernment.

The police will meet in two sessions at 1 and 7:311 p.m. in tl Svlvan Crest American hall. 375 Old Town road. Tha firemen will meet at and p.m. in the International Union of Electrical Workers' hall, Hallelt street.

Key points of the pact, tcntlv negotiated with mayoral representatives but slill subject Ujuncil approval, are three pay increases totalling 13V4 per cent which wmiin rinse rue top pay far patrolmen and iin fighters to by Jan. 1 d974: and advancing; (he retire meat eligibility from 25 to SUGAR GONE ICE CREAM PARLOR 444 Main Monroe GRAND RE-OPENING OPEN Every Day Restaurant Owners Charged With Arson BRADFORD. (API thought on early morn- fire Tuesdav in Italian Restaurant on East Main Street was suspicious. they sent detectives to check out and the detectives found quantity of gasoline inside, Ice reported. rwo stisnecls have hoon charged with third degree ar ia me is Anro Rnmn 27, and Carmine Pellegrini 22, both from Branford.

Police said Ihe two own the restaurant. Cops Separate Female Battlers With a Spray A battle last eveninjr between two young women in Building 25, Marina apartments, came to an end only after police were forced to use a chemical spray on thetn, authorities said. Arrested later, alter both required medical attention were Martha R. Bracy, 19, of 6 Ridee and Cherry Dukes, 29, Isldg. 21, Marina apartment.

Doth were charged with dis orderly conduct and held in bond each. Police said the cause of the fight hetween the two was not known but that efforts to halt the fracas were unsuccessful they were sprayed hv Soe- cial Patrolman Henry Austin. Miss Bracy was treated at Police headquarters by an ambulance doctor for bruises of the arms and neck and irritation of both eyes received from the una spray. Miss Dukes was given treat ment at Park City hospital of both eyes, also received from the spray. Aiding in the arrest was Special Patrolman Edward Tosado.

Wealth Floated Down on 'Pikers' During Parade Heaven was the turnpike over-pas; at Park avenue yesterday and its angels were generous of ficers of the Connecticut National Bank of Bridgeport. During yesterday's Bamurn Festival parade, CNB officials released hundreds ol multi-colored balloons at several sites along (he parade route. A doieu of the balloons contained gift certrfi- cales redeemable for a Hi bond at nny branch of Con necticut National. Last week, the bank alerted; Bridgeport area citiien in advertisements to "Watch for Money from Heaven" during the Hamum i c-itivnl parade. The balloons were originally to be releaser! from a hot-air balloon lhat CNB had rented, but a spokesman for the bank said that yesterday's winds were too strong to tauncn tne oauocn stead, officials of the bank tisoned their heaven cargo from Secretary Rogers Arrives in Greece ATHENS CAP) Secretary of State William P.

Rogers arrived Tuesday for a 24-hour visit amid criticism of the U.S. Rogers was met by ranking members of tho army-backed regime led by Depuly Premier Stylianos Patakos. Rogers arrived from Kuwait Former politicians opposed to tile authoritarian regime have urgea nogers io auer pnncy and stiffen the State Department's attitude toward the Greek leaders. JUMPS TO HER DEATH PISA, Italy (AP) A 47 year-old Italian woman, who believed she had an incurabl disease, jumped la her death lucsday troru the, Leaning Tow er of Pisa. Chess Match Off Again as Soviet's Spassky Says No REYKJAVIK, Iceland turn lo say and the world ichess championship Is off ii Russian tifieholder '-hed his counterattack Tuesday with stern protest, some sharp criticism, a walkout and a demand for a twe- postponement of the start he match with American Bobby Fischer.

Fischer slept though It all. He had arrived in the morn. ing from New York and went straight to bed to rest up Iot the first game, set for 5 p.m. wnen Mscher woke ud he found that the title series was put off until Thursday at the earliest. It was to have begun last Sunday, Sum mine ud the duv Miy r.uwe, presiaent of the International Chess Federation, said: "When Spassky is here Fischer doesn't come.

As soon as Fischer comes, Spassky runs away," The Russians turned un in force at noon for what was to drawing of lots to drr.idn who would play white, and have the first move, In the opener. They refused to draw with Fischer's second, a Roman Catholic priest, the Rev. William Lombardy, and read a statement calling Fischer's delaying holdout intolerable. They protested Euwe's decision lo tolerate it. When Fischer failed to pear Sunday as he should have.

Euwe allowed him until neon Tuesday to. show up in Reykja- Dr lorteit his shot at Spassky. refusal to come hv Sunday was based on a dispute The argument was settled Monday when British financier nes Mater ollered to already record pot with a donation oi Sfl.tlOO British about Fischer said he would play. The Russians said Tuesdav that Fischer had violated the rules of the match. They wanted an apology.

Euwe reported they had some harsh words for him as well. By THOMAS KENT Associated Press Writer Two top chess players, from Connecticut and' New York, Tuesday described American Grandmaster Bobby Fischer as 1 pchiiutv Rus sian Boris Spassky as a normally calm player who has seemed nervous only once: the last time he played Fischer. mar: in Harrow, ol North Haven, the 1967 New England chess champion, said Fischer "was taken advantage by reporters who quoted him on many subjects far removed from chess when Fischer is young. "When he was 13 or 14 he is already in a sense wold' famous," Harrow said. "He n't too worldly then," arrnw, who is a Yale Uni-rsity psychologist, add, have, profited at his ex pense.

Ho has some basis for worrying about being taken advantage l-nr has lonu sluumui: publicity and avoided reporters. Un.vbn over.y worried now," Harrow said. The Yale psychologist a draw with Fischer in two atches in the 1950s. Edmar Mednis of New York ity, one of about 20 U.S. Scn-ir masters, renin Spassky from three games he played with the champion.

lie a sort ot normal, quiet tan." Mrrfnis says of Spassky. But during bis 1570 game against Fischer in West Germany he was visibly much more nervous than Fischer was. hpasoky normally shows en sign of nervousness, but think he realized how important that game was. Fischer was known be his only, strong challeng-Spansky beat Fischer in that game and Mednis said the Russian chain-smoked his way through it. "Boris is faasicallv a very well-rounded person with mauvi normal interests.

He has nor mal feelings, normal emotions. He thinks chess when he is actually playing it or preparing for a tournament. "Fischer is In a class by him-sell. His whole life revolves around chess," Mednis said. Project Youth Held On Fireworks Plaint auijmidn, io, ui fling.

21, P. T. Rarnum Housing project, I was arrested yesterday by pro- Icharging fireworks. onipman, wno, ponce said, had been warned on three separate tcgaruinK lae rirccraf.K- ers, Is free in 525 ball pending uiciin court today. r.

ponce reported they received a number of calls over ine nccKcnn penaimng in shooting off ol fireworks by youths in nearly all sections of the city. Tho by the time police arrived to investigate the complaints. Husband Is Arrested After Shooting Threat Bridgeport Housbw nrntort confiscated a gun and AO cartridges from, the apartment of a couple at (he P.T. Bamum housing project. Bird street, last night at 6:30 o'dnck after in- Arrested and charged with threatening was James Alex Lofton, 31, or Building 8.

He is heid jioo bail pending his; appearance In Circuit court. Police said Lofton threatened to shoot his wife Eebla after inft a gun on her during a' domestic dispute. Lofton was taken info custody! by Special Patrolmen Pedro1 Rivera, Hector Jiminei, mid-Paul Crudiip. BAR President Raps Panuzio's Choices for Objections aeaiast Mavor Pami- iid's choice of appointees to the' Honing Board of Appeals this' week were issued last night by I Richard Lee, president of the' Bridgeport chanter of the tir.ut Black Active Republican organization. Mr.

hit at the fact that ine of the three aoDointeea was I selected from minority groups. This was his organi'iation's first! criticism of the GOP mayor. Mayor Panuiio on Monrfjv named Mrs, Georgiana Weldon as a regular member of tho board, filling a vacancy, and named Wilson Kelman am) Joseph Siiva vacancies as alternates on the board. Resolution Adopted Brideeoort Black Active Republicans met last night and flnpfed a resolution urernfi mino rity ethnic representation on all board) and commissions' of the city government. Mr.

Lee called nn the mayor to remember the role filled by Bridgeport's minority residents. ne eornmer.tea: "It is hoped that the same spirit that drove tha Republican party to a victory last November, spin! of v- emmeni mspon soil ity and equal- ny, win nor peter out anu give way to the politics of pnlitics." THE BAR unit told the mayor it feels that "as the first Republican mayor in 44 years you carry a major responsbilitv in insuring that all ethnic groups! are represented in setting of the policies that determine their fu- Ot'herwisft Bridgeport will not be "a city refiectinE the true in terests of its people," Mr. Lee warned. He called on the mayor to rec ognise the minority group pop ulation rurure Mayor Compiling Economic Plan Drafters List Brideeporters are being compiled for appointment a committee wmcn will Oratt "overall economic develop ment plan" for Bridgeport to increased federal aid for the city, Mayor Pnnuy.io has reported. This follows the U.S.

Com-icrce department's designation Bridgeport as an "economic development area" last week on the basis of high unemployment figures cited by Mayor Farw.io. ed.by the mayor wilh ratification by the Common Council, will devote about five months to drafting of a plan, the mayor ted. This is a complex lob," the mayor said. "There will be al- many parts to it as there were in drafting of the Model Cities plan." plan, once federa lv an- proved, is hoped to bring new economic aid to Bridgeport jn such areas as business Inans. aming programs, industrial de velopment, and public works im-provements.

6 Breaks Probed By Cops in City City pnltce recorded I breaks yesterday bringing the aer io 28 since the Juiy holiday started on Friday. Iwo television sets were said to have heen taken by thieves who gained entry into the offices of the Puerlo Rican Family cen- 2 West avenue. TV set was also stnlen bv burglars from the home of Ter- Oracia. 109 James utrret Other articles were also taken by the intruders. Officials (ha J-M Manufac-' raring company, G31 Resorvoii avenue, reported loss of husi ness machines io intruders inc.

home of Robert Marino, 55 Park street, was entered. A eneck is la be mnde to deler mine as to what is missing. Police said Florence Guiman 50 Maiden lane, complain that someone entered her home and departed with two television sets. In the same house, 51 Maidcr lane, burplars visited the apart ment of Armer.dia Bcnilla. and tcok an unknown amount of casn, a camera, and ot items.

Protesters Stage Mock Funeral Outside Miami Convention Hall MIAMI BEACH. Fla. tAPS Youthful protesters conducted a1 moor mneral for a slain hijacker outside the site of next week's Democratic Convention here Tuesday while the court battle ever the bitter California and Illinois credentials cases moved to (ho Appeals Court In Washington. ftirout, demonstrators, rep-. 5 sen tine several nmtpet groups, left quietly afler police refused to let them place a 3-by-5-foot piece of plywood strewn with hibiscus flowers in a canal as part of the funeral for Nguyen Thai Binh.

He was slain in Saigon Sunday while trying to hijack an American jetliner. Sen. McGovem of South Dakota who has forged to the front of' the Democratic presidential, race with little help from the normally influential leaders of organized labor, picked up the backing of one union chieftain who formerly backed Sen. Frf- nruind S. Muskic.

Jerry Wurf. nrKsirisni r.i American Federation of State County and Municipal Employ- wasningron ne would u.TEe delegates, including waa are members of his union, to hack McGovem. A second union leader United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock, said in Detroit Tuesday he could "gladly tinier nunipnrcy McGovem if nominated, but he said this did not amount to formal endorsement of McGovem. McGovem spent th Independence Day holiday at his farm on Maryland's Eastern shore. Humphrey of Minnesota, one of his chief rivals for the.

nomination, was at his lakeside home in Waverly, Minn. In Washinston, Humphrey's a rn a i manager, ack Chestnut, demanded that McGovem lire nr repudiale Rick Stearns, his top delegate counter, who was quoted as aaymS inar, iiumpnrey the nominatin, McGovern should organize a third party to "punish" Humphrey, "Talk of punishment of the Democratic party is irresponsible and childish blackmail and can't be tolerated," Chestnut said in a statement. Stearns was quoted In a KnlRht news-papers interview. PALI MALL GOLD 100's "tar" 18 mg. Best-selling filter king "tar" 20 mg- nicotine, 1.4 mg.

Of all brands, lowest "tar" nicotine, 0.1 mg. 13 mg "iar" 1 3 mg. mum tjertijmin, FTC Report BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM, Wednesday, July 25, The candidates and most. of the delegates to next week's convention won't reach this sweltering hearh resort until later this week, but Democratic pany ofliciais are already on gles. Working out lonistical Ian.

One dispute was settled when puny leaaers yielded iace of a threatened cutoff of airconaitiuninE vention reil, and agreed to pive the Lily ol Miami Beach 17 per LC "i "ia revenues irom lood saies. niey said pntes would on raised to cover the 17 cent payment. As a result, telephone crs will be able to go back to work inslallinr; facilities in the hall. They had refused to work when the temperature soared to 120 degrees after City Manager iiupy cut on ine air-conditioning. National Chairman Lawrence r.

urien announced that eight Democratic presidential contenders, including McGovem, Humphrey, Muskie sum -unv. ueorge Wallace, have endorsed the patty's IS hour fund-i broadcast ising telethon to be Saturday! nlghl over the American Broad casting Co. network. The jr.ds II he -ned tn n.u off the party's debt, ana anytnine ooyond that go toward building a war chest' lor this year's campajEn. Stew jviott, a ueneral Motors and McGovem rontrih.

had contended that 1he money snould be used for this year's campaign first. The hnef demonstration nut. side Conven tlnn Hall cante a day after a possible con-fi-ontaticn was avoided when a rahbi permitted a 0f protesters to sucnd ann luesony nights in the hall bis synagogue. nan threatened to rami. out on a municipal golf course despite, an ordinance forbidding in int; open Some 18 ZiDnies.

another protest group, spent the night In a tent on the golf course. Police cars cruised by cms Kubin, a Miami Beach attorney who has led opposition delegates, an arrest warrant against, the people who Monday night on the tie saia campout was in violation of a city ordinance forbidding lodging in the open. KUOm said police refused! to issue the warrant. Rubin, who heads called "Operation Backh mm group! Tuesday anTounccd plans for parade on Aug. the day be -15 fore the Republican National Convention opens In Miami Beach.

The day will be dubbed "1 Love America Day," and Rubiri said it will be the largest parade ever (or the city. The rade has been endorsed by if groups, including Cuban ricans in Miami, he said, and will be a tribute to American prisoners ot war in North Vietnam. The Miami Beach City Council will meet today to re-' consider a recent decision not to establish campsites for nan-delegates nn the island commu-. nlty. Dade County has offered Lamping space en Watsnn island which is connected to One of the Zippies who spent' Monday nijrbt on the golf-, course, Edward Harding of Or-lando, said lbe Zippies refused to sleep at the synagogue beeause it represented another delay in facing the question of where protesters are to stay, during the convention.

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