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NAUGATUCK NEWS Mwrfiy, W4' HARTFORD Gov. Thomas Meskill holds Ihe hat (L) as can-1 didates for the GOP gubernatorial nomination draw for nominating position, (from 2nd left,) Michael Marano standing in for Francis Collins, Nicholas Panuzio and Rep. Roberl Steele, K-Conn. this morning. (UPI) Bus Lines Serve 20.5 Million Passengers, Still Lose Money HARTFORD, Conn.

(UPI) Despite the efforts of the state and the Connecticut only 2 per cent of the 1.6 million persons living in the area the firm serves ride the bus, the Connecticut Public Expenditure Council said today. The council said lhe tolal operating deficit for Ihe first year of state-supported service amounted to $2.8 is Rep. Sarasin Continued From Page 1 eastern Connecticut. Hep. Robert II.

Steele, R- put Hcllier's name in nomination, provoking sustained applause. Hellier in turn expressed his backing for Steele's candidacy for the GOP nomination for governor. Rep. Ella T. Grasso, and Steele, decided lo run for" governor, opening up Iheir districts lo new faces.

In Sleele's eastern Connecticut district, a three-way race among Democrats will be decided tonight. The contest features three well-known political names: Christopher N. Dodd, son of the late censured senator; Jack Bailey of Colchesler, son of the stale parly chairman; and Douglas Bennett of Lyme, a former aide to Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff, and the son of a one-time congressional candidate.

In Mrs. Grasso's 6th District comprising north central Connecticut, Mayor Stanley Pac of New Britain is fighting Toby Moffclt, a consumer advocate, in a close contest for Ihe Democratic nod. A distant third is former Mayor William Riiska of Winsled. Patsy Piscopo, deputy stale banking commissioner, won lhe Clh District GOP nomination in Torrington. Piscopo seeks the scat vacated four years ago by Thomas J.

Meskill for his successful campaign for governor. The seal is now held by Mrs. Grasso. the Democratic gubernatorial candidate. A number of Democrats are battling for the right lo run against McKinncy and Sarasin in the November election.

In McKinncy's southern Connecticut district, Fairfield Democratic Town Chairman James Kcltis is lhe favorile in a five-way conlcst. The other contenders are Harry Singer and Christopher Dunham of Wcslporl, Stamford lawyer Gerald Fox and Alvin Joscphy of Greenwich. Rep. William R. Ralchford.

D-Danbury. is trying to calch fronl-runnner Frank San- l.nguida. Watcrbury Dcmoratic (own chairman, for Sarasin's seat. Rep. Robert Giaimo, seeking his ninth lerm, wilt face James Allman, 27.

of llamden, who was unchallenged for lhe Republican nomination. He is regarded as many as a sacrificial lamb against popular Giaimo. including an operating deficit of $2.1 million, federal income taxes and a $361,000 manag- ment fee equal to 5 per cent of revenue paid by the state to the Connecticut Co. use of the service is clear," the council said. An average of 33,500 persons is using the bus each day, the council said, representing only about 2 per cent of the 1.6 Community College In Trouble NEW HAVEN, Conn.

(UPI) South Central Community College is getting over its site problems, but apparently not in time lo stem a continuing drop The council, in an analysis of million persons who live in the in CM ni faculty 37 towns served by the Connecticut Co. with the state's plan include: now transit -There mav be an incentive fents were going to classes in for local transit districts not to Msed facll lles al Wllbur CrOSS High School. Stale and college officials met today to discuss a new campus, but in the meantime enrollment reportedly is expected lo drop below 1,000 and faculty spirits are at an all lime low. Although officials were nol unit of measurement for avaMable for commen in- determining the basic level. formed smms sajd on -Control of operations studen(s cnrolled fl)r at expand service since the state will subsidize basic level service fully hut only half the additional service.

definition of basic level service should be tailored to meel local needs and Ihe hours of bus service should be the lhan the stale level and some subsidized bus service over the past year and a half, said Harlford, with the highesl service availability and most passengers per service mile, bad lhe lowest slate subsidy. Hartford passengers paid 70 per cent of Ihe cost of service, New Haven passengers 70 per cen I and Stamford passengers 55 per cent, (he council said. Hartford carried the most passengers per mile, 2.5, and liad lhe lowest subsidy per pasenger of 12 cents. The Stamford area, with lhe lowest service availabilly. carried the fewest passengers per mile, 1.7.

and had the highest should be at the local rather subsidy of 29 cents 'per passenger. The council urged thai the slate's mass transit plan become a mailer of law rather than merely policy. The use of large regional use il. transit districts lo bring about better service coordination and improve economy and efficiency is a sound idea. Ihe council AfiJlillSt State said.

fo The Conneclicul Co. carried more than 10.5 million passengers in the first full year of state subsidy at an average cost to lhe slate of 14 cents per passenger trip, lhe council said. Republican gubernatorial nomi- "Allhough Ibis is a lot of service lo a lot of people. viewed from another pcspec- tive, the potential for increased The two-year college lost an The council said Ihe problems (ew wceks a l)ecause ll lacked a permanent campus. Its nearly 1,400 stu- local contribution should made lo make sure that service demanded by the fall semester.

Most of them registered before the accreditation loss, which may keep many of them Promoter Nabbed At Airport WATERBURY, Cvflm. (UPI) A concert promoter to be arraigned today after being arrested Sunday at Bradley International Airport with what appeared to be receipts from a concert that never took place. Police said Samuel Byrd was waiting for a plane lo Boston when he was arrested and charged with larceny of the proceeds from the advance sale of about 1,000 concert tickets. Authorities said they were tipped to the alleged fraud when the owner of a record shop selling tickets to the Saturday concert at the Waterbury Armory found out Ihe announced band had not been booked. A check of a chair rental agency that was to provide the seating facilities revealed it had been told Ihe concert had been canceled, police said.

Detective Herbert Riddle said other persons involved in the alleged larceny scheme would be arrested. Byrd was being held on $25,000 bond while awaiting an appearance in Circuit Court 14. Ella Will Be Her Own Boss HARTFORD, Conn. (UPI) Democratic gubernatorial contender Ella Grasso says she will make up her own mind in appointing the heads of state agencies and commissions. Mrs.

Grasso, nominated by acclamation Saturday night at the Democratic state convention, said Sunday night appointments lo key government posts should be made by lhe governor and nol party leaders or anybody else. Mrs. Grasso, in a WFSB television interview, attacked the fiscal policies of incumbent Gov. Thomas J. Meskill, saying he expanded the stale budget while cutting back on services.

On the question of a state income tax, she said she is opposed to such a levy and hopes that an expanding economy as well as federal aid will aid slate finances. While personally opposed to abortion, she said, she would uphold existing laws on the question. Abortion is now legal in Connecticut. SAN FRANCISCO: This recltoer Isn't just an ordinary dog's bed-it's a walerbed- Cleopatra seems to II very much. Next possible step could be veterinarian psychiatric couches? Report From America: Ombudsman Knows Trouble By SUE ROBINSON SALEM, Ore.

(UPI) Oregon's new ombudsman, Marc 'Ted" Winters, 49, is no ordinary man. His job is to listen to people's (roubles with their government. He's had plenty of his own. Winters was a hard case life tenner, who at 12 stole milk "bottles from neighbors' porches and who at 15 was a Lovers Lane bandit sentenced to reform school for armed robbery. Gov.

Tom McCall just appointed him to (he job the other day, and it has been a loag road to his role in state government tor the once skinny, defiant kid who came out of Depression era poverty into a string of armed robbery, assault, kidnaping and escape convictions that finally led to a life sentence in March, 1963. McCall pardoned Winters in December, 1973, six months after the governor named him assistant ombudsman and made him a member of his personal staff. But the real turning point in his life, Winters says, came just after his life sentence conviction for armed robbery. Three years earlier, he had been paroled from the Walla Walla State Prison in Washington. By then, long hours of solitary confinement had produced several short stories and a novel.

Three of the stories were published and Winters hoped for a writing career. "I felt I was going to make it. I had pretty much decided that I had been in prison because I was a coward. I had come to lhat conclusion in 1957," he said. But Ihe writing career foundered.

His new self confidence withered and he sought escape from his problems in another armed robbery. Caught and convicted, he was sen- ne from actually showing up for communities is consistent with classcs tho sourccs said lo pay for and Th(! collcgc has bcen a ora ted funds for 36 professors, the same number it had last school year, but officials have been told a sharp drop in enrollment may force the elimination of eight teaching slots. Paparazzo Injured In Plane Crash Income 'Fax NEW HAVEN'. Conn. (UPI) Hep.

Robert II. Stcele, R- a candidate for the Weicker Bill To Equalize Landing Fees NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, D- Sunday called on Ihe House lo hasten the impeach- day, naioriai nomi- nation, said this weekend that Watergate the Democratic state ticket and parly platform will lead Ihe stale lo an income lax. Sleele.

who will bailie Bridgeport Mayor Nicholas A. Panuzio for Ihe GOP nomination next weekend, criticized the Democratic candidates nominated Saiurday lo run for top stale offices. think lhat lhe average voter will have to consider in Ihis cleclion whether he or she wants a stale income tax, and BENNINGTON, (UPI) Two Connecticut residents were PC reported in fair condition today IXlblCOII WaillS al Putnam Memorial hospita'l after their light plane crashed during take off from Manchester's Equinox Airport. John Malack, 50, of Ridgefield suffered internal injuries (UPI) an Steven Weil, 36, of New Fairfield, received a broken jaw during the accident Satiir- Early End To WASHINGTON Sen. Lowell Weickcr (R-Conn.) will introduce legislation today lo offset the "excessive and discriminatory" vole accordingly." he said late landing fees levied on U.S.

Saturday in brief comments to airlines by foreign nations. Citing a recent Civil Aeronautics Board report, Wcicker noted lhal some U.S. air carriers are charged landing fees which left the plane men! proceedings against dangling over power lines for President Nixon, saying impor- two hours. are Weil is the developer of the controversial WatersEdge (CQ) housing complex which sought to pu famjlies midst of affluenl New Fairfield matters lant legislative being delayed. Ribicoff, speaking on WNHC radio's "Contact" program, said lhat among others, his own proposal for national health Another Connecticut resident, insurance.

awaiting the vote OUo Papara zo 48 of Wood in me House. bufjt recejved a fraclure4 fool "The most important thing, during the crash but was as far as Watergate, frankly, is released after trealment. that we ought lo decide it, one Authorities said the aircraft way or another." he said. "The apparently failed to achieve nearly 14 times those charged administration of former Gov. foreign carriers al U.S.

airports, nempsey. which was in a newsman during an appearance here. Sleele also continued to criticize some of the Democrat- lmg tlia can happen to enough power to lake off and ic candidates' ties with the (his counlrv Io lavc lhjs crashed inlo a 40 foot tree at decision, one way or another." Ihe end of the runway, where il SHEPARD RETIRING HOUSTON (UPI) Rear Adm. Alan B. Shepard, the first American to venture into space, will retire from NASA and take a job with a Houston construe- tenced to life in prison at Ihe lion firm, he said Friday.

Oregon State Penitentiary. Shepard, who walked on the That was the low point of his moon during Ihe Apollo 14 life, that sentence in Septem- mission, said he will end his 30- ber, 1963. year naval career Aug. 1. "I had never been religious," The space pioneer put Ihe he said.

"I had al previous United Slates back in the space tj me considered myself an race when he flew the Mercury atheist. I was ready to commit capsule Freedom 7, perched suicide, alop a pencil-slim Redstone "I prayed, And I'm convinced rocket, on a suborbital mission that I heard Christ speak to May 5, 1961, that carried him 116.5 miles above the earth. After the historic flight, Shepard was grounded in 1963 by an inner ear disorder mat prevented him from flying and confined him to a desk. However, he underwent corrective surgery in May, 1959, and was returned to full flight status. At the age of 47, Shepard commanded Apollo 14 and became the fifth astronaut to walk on the moon Feb.

5, 1971. Shepard, a tesl pilot who togged a lotal of 216 hours and 57 minutes in space, called his NASA career "a privilege and an honor." Auto mileage may increase by as much as 10 percent in 1975 model autos that are equipped with catalytic reactors according to BP Oil Inc. me, saying 'walk in harmony with "That was the turning point. It just dissolved all Ihe self- hatred and bitterness in me." Winters went to the prison chaplain, who decided Winters' best hope was to get his mind off his own problems and start helping others. He put Winters to work counseling fellow inmates.

Winters blossomed. In June, 1967, Winters became one of the first lifers ever to go outside the prison walls on work release, a rehabilitation program then in its infancy. The governor's office, in a gesture of support for the work release program, hired Winters as the governor's office representative in the black community as part of the Model Cities program. In February, 1969, Winters was paroled and went to work for the state Economic Opportunity Office. Two years later, Winters married a staffer al the office arid became an instanl father to her four children.

In his new position as ombudsman, Winters holds the highest slate government position ever held by an ex-convict in Oregon. "It's a great honor from where I come from," he said. "I just (eel 1 have an obligation lo be successful and to demonstrate what an ex-convict is capable of doing." Wcicker declared legislation is reeded lo end this "intolerable situation" which is crippling the economic viability of this nation's overseas airlines. His measure would give Ihe Transportalion Secretary authority to levy compensating Ribicoff said if the House voted out of power in 1970. leaving behind a mulli-million voles a bill of impeachment, he dollar budget deficit sees lillle chance of Ihe Senate Ucp.

Ella T. Grasso. the being able lo lake up "land Democratic gubernatorial nominee, and Attorney General Robert K. Killian, now the lieutenantRovcrnorcandidate. rriliora nca i nsOT an c.

Rib fees on foreign carriers whose held slate offices under lhe nations gouge excessive charges mlp sey administration. from U.S. airlines. The -Tin, "ivmocrals have nomi- legislation is supported by the a ied lhe over-lhc-hill gang." dangled over power lines. The pilot.

Dean Hanson, 46. of Bennington, was knocked unconscious in the accident and was rescued from the wreckage mark legislation now being by fin menl considered. crcws Of his own proposal for HOUSE FOR SALE Classified Column 3D Airlines Pilots Association and the Air Transport Association. Wcicker noted lhat London's Heathrow Airport charges a U.S. 7-17 a total of S1.675 in combined landing and service charges compared to the $391 charged a the similar Brilish craft landing at New York's Kennedy In ler national.

Citing Ihe failure of repeated negotiations, Weicker declared lhal the U.S. Government must be given Ihe necessary statutory authority lo impose similar charges on foreign carriers. Besides aiding Ihis nation's hard-pressed airlines. Weicker said the "net result could well be a general lowering oflanding fees around Ihe world as foreign countries realize Ihere will no longer be an advantage in discriminatory fees." be said, adding they are "jvarl of the same loam that led this stale Inwards economic bankruptcy ticforo 1971." Mcdi.UKO: (TT TANKS WASHINGTON (UPI) Dr. Paul W.

MiCracken. former chairman nf Ihe Council of FcotMinic Advisors, says ho favors lax relkf through an adjustment fur persons hit hardest by inflation. In apparent conflict with President Nixon's views. McCracken said on NBC's "Meet The Press" he favored tax relief for individuals vvhc lave been hit by a real increase in their lax burden. "I'd like to Ihc- personal exemptions on income lax adjusled as Canada does according lo the cost of McCracke-n said.

icoff said: "The status depends on what happens with Watergate. My feeling is we can report out a bill if there won't be an impeachment Irial." Uibicoff said if a heallh insurance bill is passed Ihis legislative session, it will be a compromise involving parts of his own proposal, the Sen. Kdward Kennedy-sponsored bill and one proposed by President Nixon. "I am confident that we will have a health bill, subjccl of course lo Watergate lying up Ihe Senate (or the rest of the year." he said. SMOKY ALARM GOSBERTON.

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