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The Bridgeport Telegram from Bridgeport, Connecticut • Page 5

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'Ulster Chapter Formed MANCHESTER "We seelc! an end to Che violence North-rer. Ireland and la the onDresiion of Roman Catholics thai has cumed These are the bajic aims the newly formed Connecticut chap el American Committee for Ulster Justice, according to Paul Purcell, chairman oi' ine state group organ. lea cently, 1 Dr. Purcell, a Manchester physician, said hli committee fears all-out war unless equal civil Tights are granted tn all the people o( Northern Ireland." Ht cited "seven centuries of armed British occupation and suppression ol a minority coup-! Jed with 50 years of unionist promises" as reasons for the present violence. "To prevent further bloodshed and to provide equal rights," Dr.

Purcell said, "our committee is determined tu marshal the people of America to exert external pressure, through LOW SULPHUR FUEL OILS Tel. 334-5532 Bartender Career days. GompltiB) Mixology whtituf. ijranOy, rum, gin. ir, ale.

Haw rhay (lew Ttmm force honor far all Ulster." Such outside Influence Is nec essary, Dr. Purcell said, "he- cause the governments cf North ern Ireland and Great Britain have done nothing to guarantee equal justice for all. Seek to Meet Ctngressmen Established as "completely independent of all olher organita-tiuns and absolutely the state chapter has already injiiesieo meetings vntn all members of Connecticut's con-1, gresslonal delegation to enlist their support. In letteri lo Die! six U.S. representatives and' two U.S.

senators, the committee said that through gerrymandering "one-third ol the population, of Northern Ireland lacfcs effective governmenlgl representation." a deliberate result, committee contends, "this Rem an catholic minority has hretor-i ically been 'reduced to second- cim.enrv that has mani fested itself, in the areas of employment, housing and other so- lai Today's violence is a direct and inevitable result ot this oppression, the commitlee claims, and the only way to awiid outright civii war Northern Ire land is to fitted equal rights for all citizens rights that are, taken for granted throughout the rest the so-called Free World but which are denied to the Ulster minority." Dr. Purcell said that while the American Committee for Ulster Justice is comprised largely of Irish-Americans, it is seeking aid irorn Americans ol all eth nic backgrounds "because this is a concern for humanity, not nationality." RCAs symbol of Purchaser Satisfaction two men MIS. MEM-WOtUK I 1 1 I aOB taftaKftH LH That hai been the thinjst new rules proposed the past On Abb. J3 the Agriculture Department announced a. plan Id guarantee a minimum tea imhursement to tne states1 of 35 cents for each frtie, re duced price meal served, com pared with a national average cents.

school year ol about Department Backs Dawn In the face stilt opposition in Congress, rtie department last week hacked down and an nounced the minimum will 45 cents. As made available to children as long as they were qualified under state poverty guidelines, ir many cases higher than the THE BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, mi U.S. Wants to Limit Its Bandit's Victim Ihe legislation be worked out everyone. But Lyng ih the r.trrested neottle. uwiiuseu wj uie lire-mi -jui we can't do that, 1 don't Lyng said he has no hoTc table in mind but other include tougher conlrcls over states ana scnooi oisiricis to head off what Ihe adminis- slipshod ban- school luncVi money Officials say schools too often1 wind up paying meal tans for richer children at the expense pate Unch programs, ei by or because 1 is offered at I heir schools.

early next year The new plan is enoected to Lyng, defending Ihe new rule1 limiting free or reduced-cost meals to poverty-level children, explained: "The way it was before, when you gave somebody a block o't funds, the more lunch- served they less they naa per mccn We're saying now that mailer how many lunches you serve for free this is what we re going to pay, Lyng said the guarantee, however, requires some kind uf a lid thus, the ruie excluding children above the poverty lev el. Asked it the poverty-lev r'. rule was a compromise or deal worked out In advance with rural members of Congress, since it would apply mostly to tig-city children, Lyng saia. "That's not true. That was a decision made by thr executivj I branch without any com ever, the money will be paid mnments on me pan ot any- only for reeding children from memoer oi congress, families with incomes at or be- low federal poverty standards.

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The averse expense -T'SS? £3 ine free meals far all DUoila L. i. Monday vanjlHt "i aeiviiia a juin.ii is -uuui jj wnen a man In car The project slill b. the think-f UP tank atage, was disclosed in an fect estimated -r' stuf he laid children would have Le SSS SklS about a i.vne. who oversees the aovem- ment's lunch and other food Some cntics say the best way t.m.

to simplify the school-lunch Lyng was unwilling to go into admit detail about the new plan, But. -s hodgepodge of laws and1 "ii in wiwrtaiir is to make sc.Vnl luncn- a few years ago In a robbery, I asked him would he please leave. He was seating wit said the ahalty St. Andrew. nit man then said ne wanteo, cup cofttt and put his hand in his pocnet I ibougtit ne was going to pull out a quarter or something, but he pulled out an automatic and said, 'This Is a cash regiater and was then tied up and left In a back room as the bandit took an containing most of the week', end's receipts from a desk drawer In lhSft Teddy Roosevelt and Rough Riders took San Juan' Ffill in the Spanish-American War.

Damage May Cost $100,000 In Mental Hospital Fracas MIDDLETOWN. Conn. (AP); Damage was estimated Mon day at iju.ww 10 iiuu.wu in an uurirlni by seven inmates at a maximum aecunty tenter for the criminal insane. State Mental Health Commis sioner Ernest A. Shepherd, who investigating me oisturn ance it the Connecticut Hosc.tal, said began wnen the staff tried tu search one ward for smuggled-irt liquor.

"Someone smelltd alcohol said Shepherd. As the staff moved the I quelled more quickly If there 1 been more staff memhersl available. But the early closing I ine oia. inadequate maximum security center all Norwich State Hospital made It difficult to bring the staff here up to full strength in time, ne said. Reportedly, several ol the sev en disruptive inmates were among ihe four who escaped from Norwich 13, 6u Shepherd Mid lie could not that.

Criminal chaiges may males Into their rooms, ju sr: riled against the seven rioters, the stage for a "shake-down" Shepherd said, hut he conceded search fur contraband Sunday that any prosecution, would be a night, trouble bruke olI, said the commissioner. The staff members on hand' were outnumbered and had to get out as quickly as passible so they could not Be taken hostage, said Shepherd. After burning mattresses and a piano ana nreaKing winaows, the inmates discussed the situation with Dr. Abraham leich-ner, acting director of the maximum security center, and agreed to give themselves up, Shepherd said, Shepnerd said tne trnubie could proDamy have been1 you're dealing with melt who nave uireauy neeu louna guilty because uf bnepnera said ne dia not see iw the plcohnl which ap ently got into the handi of inmates rould have come fri-m anyone olher than a However, it Is difficult for visitors to smucfile In con traband because parcels are subject to search and visits with inmales arc conducted in a room with guard I commission said that if 1 trouble had occur, 11 wis better for it to happen here than at the old security build' ine at Norwich. A similar uprising at Norwich could well nave resiuteti injuries and a number ol escapes.

Be ssio Although the new building You can he sure to buy DIAMOND RINGS for much at FIVE Was "pretty well really atacd the teat pretty well." Shepherd said. The only were cut on the hand ol one inmate and a cut on the leg of Shepherd said. EMPIRE JEWELRY LOAN GO. Iff FairfMti Aw. (Betwaan Main Bread Bpt.) 10-DAY FREE TRIAL Denioitttrftliau Credit Term Availaaia 27 HEW MODELS! Start Complete Experienced Kepair We Repair All M.feea 75' AA HEARING AID CENTER 130 JOHN STREET, Juit Main St.

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1918-1977