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THE HARTFORD COURANT: Sundiy, January 24, 1965 17th Killing Is Linked g. Freedman Sends Councilmen 'State of The City' Message To Gangland WEYMOUTH, Mass. (UPI)- Wey Insurance Agency and th Ab-Wey Realty Co. had been mentioned as a suspect In the handling of loot in the $1.2 million Plymouth mail robbery which was staged in August of .1962. Authorities seeking McLaughlin also had his home under surveillance from time to time.

Reddington dropped out of sight six months ago when word circulated that a professional killer had been brought here from New York with a "contract" to kill him. He returned three months ago and resumed his normal activity. An ex-convict who knew one of I the FBI's 10 most wanted men was found shot to death in his Iff the Visiting Nurse Assn. and the Hartford Rehabilitation Center. Radio Traffic Signals The manager urged a met home early Saturday, apparent ly the 17th victim In a series of gangland slayings in Greater Boston.

"it would be by a town in the high-income New York City labor market, and none of them would be ahead of us in all categories." The city manager called for closer cooperation between the school department and the city administration. He called fiscal independence for the school board, allowine them to raise ropolitan approach to installing a radio-controlled traffic sipal system. As for other changes Henry F. Reddington, 51, was sprawled on the floor of his real estate office which is sep By JAMES D. OUARA City Manager Freedman sent the City Council Saturday a "State of the City" message, stressing the positive aspects of his 1965-66 budget recommendations, especially those for ucation.

Without putting down the actual figures, the manager pointed out where he has budgeted funds to carry out programs he feels have a high priority. Only in the field of education did he get specific, saying: "We have recommended In to help solve traffic and parking problems, he said: His home in Milton was bombed two years ago when he was on a business trip in New Hampshire. U.N.MiddleEastForce ilU "In an old eastern city like arated from his 1595 Main St. home by a breezeway. He had been shot "a number of times," police said.

At least one slug struck him in the head. Reddineton was an acquaint Hartford, very few major im provements our street patterns can be made without con liicu uwii juuncy wuii a rate separate from the city's, "temporary salve for an unhealing sore." Raise Recommended In other areas, Freedman indicated he is recommending an Gets New Commander if ance of George P. McLaughlin, UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (A siderable demolition of residential and business property or fAONd Secretary General Thant 36, of Boston, one ot We ttsvs "most wanted men." McLaugh aDDointed Mai.

Gen. Syseno Sar- the taking of park land." Freedman will submit his bud lin is sought in connection with mento of Brazil commander of get to the City Council official the slaying of William J. Sheridan. 21. of Dorchester last the U.

N. emergency force in the Middle East Saturday. Ha ly Monday night. Apparently I A referring to the recent unsuc March 15. Sheridan's death was replaces Maj.

Gen. Carlos Flor- cessful attempts of a school board member to get a per- the first in the current series of killings attributed to the es Paiva-Cnaves ot iirazai, wno left the post because of illness. school cost breakdown from the increase in the pay and fringe benefits for policemen and that some other city employes in various categories will also get fully low pensions of old retirees and widows up to social security limits." Money has also been set aside in Freedman's budget for the Hartford Symphony summer concerts in Constitution Plaza and for the Plaza-7 Festival of Arts. At the direction of the council, the manager included money to start improving the school superintendent, Freedman concluded his letters to Friend Finds Body Reddinpton's bodv was dis DON'T BUY the council with this covered by a friend, Edward S. Johnson of Braintree, and a woman.

No murder weapon was A DIAMOND 'TIL TUESDAY "Any information we have, as usual, is open to all council- found. Reddington operated the Ab- men." creased education expenditures for next year's programs approximating $1,325,000, probably the largest one-year education hike ever submitted to Council." No Break Down Freedman did not say how his education budget recommendation is broken down. But he did say that the increase would allow the school department to put in a new teachers' pay schedule, giving them raises. "We have suggested a schedule which would place Hartford at the top of the minimums and maximums at all levels in the Hartford metropolitan arpa," said the manager. He compared some of the city's salary levels with those In effect in other towns and noted that Hartford would rank sixth in the state for the minimum pay given a teacher with a bachelor of arts degree and tops for the master's degree minimum pay.

"Wherever we are exceeded," Freedman commented, lighting on residential streets, Name Limits LOUISVILLE Names chos- The welfare account will re a perch in the cab. The cabbie told the traffic court judge that, "Capt. Bligh makes more in tips than I do, and is better behaved than some of the kids who ride with me." Nevertheless Culp drew a $10 fine (AP Wirephoto). BIRD COSTS CABBIE $10: Washington Hacker Charles A. Culp and his pet macaw parrot, Capt.

Bligh, ran afoul of the law when a policeman charged Culp with failure to give full time and attention to driving, because he was tickling Capt. Bligh who has main about the same as it was en for thoroughbred horses are ALWAYS OPEN NEVER CLOSED "FREE DEUVERY" ARTHUR DRUG last year but Freedman warn limited to 16 letters counting IS CLOSED MONDAYS 108 Allya Hartford ed that a change the state's spaces and punctuation marks policy on taking over city wel The Federal Government about 10,000 species and varie fare cases "could cause pro and they may not have more than three words. tanic Garden on the capitol grounds. The garden includes 6' -r- maintains an official U.S. Bo ties of plant growth.

blems." Other funds have been bud geted by Freedman to add staff planners to work on the citys long-range redevelopment plan, the Community Renewal Program, and the revision funds to cover the city's share of the cost of planning a new health center to house the City Health 8 Short Line Bus Co. Says It's Ready To Take Up Slack If Rail Runs End EHainm Bisesti said the bus company now runs six buses a day between the two cities, and could add 25 to 30 buses to the route He said the Short Line already has i the necessary intra-state permission for the runs. The proposal does not involve An official of the Short Line of Connecticut, bus company said Saturday his firm is prepared to increase its intrastate traffic if the New Haven Railroad drops its passenger runs. Dominick T. Bisesti, vice president in charge of traffic, said the Short Line could "easily" add buses to carry the railroad's New Haven to Springfield, passengers if the railroad's trustees succeed in their plan to end passenger trains.

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