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WEATHER FORECAST NoUonol WMlhcr Service Prtdkls: Variable Cloudiness Tonight Partly Sunny Thursday THE BRIDGEPORT POST COUNTY EDITION With Falrtold County VOL. XC1I, NO. 107 Published Dolly ol 410 Stale BrldgepDrl, Conn CAW2 BRIDGEPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1975. Second Paid at 1 Clou Postage JrftJqeport, Conn. SEVENTY-TWO PAGES FOUR SECTIONS FJFTIEN CENTS 5 CYCLISTS SEIZED, 3 SOUGHT IN BEATING DEATH OF CITY MAN Bridgeport police raided the clubrooms of the Hell's Angels Motorcycle club, Harral avenue at Highland avenue, today at 6 a.m.

and arrested five men on charges of first degree manslaughter in the beating death of Jose Sosa, 39. of 6S Highland avenue, on May 2. Supt. of Police Joseph A. Walsh, who led the raid, said the men were taken into custody on Superior court bench warrants.

Police said they are still seeking three other club members on manslaughter warrants. Held in lieu of $250,000 bond each are Nicholas Romano. 24; John J. Miller, 24; Robert L. Redmond, 26; Frank Passalacqua, 24, and Joseph Whaler, 24.

All five men reside in apartments over the club, which is located on tho first floor of four-story brick apartment building. Still sought are Russell J. Kut- ed on Calvin street, near Redding place, about two miles from the scene of his death, police said. The discovery was made by three passing youths. An autopsy report showed Sosa died of multiple head and internal Injuries.

Thirty hclineted policemen and detectives, armed with shotguns and wearing riot gear, surrounded the apartment building during the raid. Occupants threw several packages of suspected controlled drugs and narcotics from win daws and a pistol was tosscc from an upper floor apartment, police said. Police said they found several zer, and Showing His 'Cool' Among Reporters After News Parley President Ford, with his arms folded, walks among reporters following his Tuesday night news conference at the Executive Office building in Washington. Ford, when asked.to comment on descriptions which usually portray him as calm and low key, said he has found a in dealing with people, "If you can keep you can make a bc'ler decision." Harral said. Capt.

24; Jack Paul Carlo Pini, 25, Forbs, all of avenue address, police Anthony Fabrizi, com- niander of the Detective division, said police have determined that Sosa was pulled from his car on Harral avenue near the club by several club members and beaten and stomped to death. Police said Sosa's auto had been in a near collision at 12:30 a.m. May 2 with a vehicle operated by one of the cyclists prior to his death. Sosa's body was found May 2 4:30 a.m. in the back seat of lis auto, which had been park- NAVY IS CONTINUING TO TRAIN CAMBODIANS NEWPORT, R.I.

(AP) De spito the collapse of the Cam bodian armed forces, 20 Cam bodian naval officers continui to receive U.S. Navy training. The 20 junior-grade lleutcn ants linve been attending an 13 week course at the Naval Edu cation and Training Center an are scheduled to graduate Ma 23. Top GOP Group Meeting to Start 76 Planning After Ford's Firmest Declaration of Candidacy WASHINGTON (AP) -group of top Republicans meeting to start planning President Ford's 1976 campaign after the President made his firmest declaration of candidacy to date and outlined a platform for his nomination and election bids. Dean Burch, the former Republican national chairman who is leading the initial organizing effort, said in an interview that today's session will discuss "the whole gamut" of precampaign matters.

These will include creation of a formal Ford campaign committee and selection of a campaign manager, development of fund-raising plans and an overall strategy including which presidential primaries the President will enter next year. Ford told his nationally A news conference Weather Data Dale from National Wealher Service U.S. DepT. of Commerce Tuesday night that. he is surprised at the continued skepticism about his 197G political plans.

"I will be at the proper time a candidate In a legal sense and no one should feel otherwise," he said. The President said "I believe that I have the best opportunity solidify the Republican par- to battle the Democrats. He made clear he will campaign for "a continuation of the basic policies of the last eight years" and will defend the way GOP administrations handled, the Vietnam war. "A Republican administration ended the war in Vietnam," Ford said. "They withdrew 550,000 American military personnel.

They brought back all of the POWs." Vietnam, and the U.S. evacuation that accompanied the final collapse of the American- backed government in Saigon last week, were a recurrent theme at the President's news "very factual evidence of the bloodbath that has taken place or is in the process of taking place in Cambodia." In Vietnam, "hard evidence" of a blood bath is lacking but the flight of 120,000 Vietnamese who feared their lives were in jeopardy "is the best evidence of what probably will take place." are in the process coming out of the recession' and "the prospects for an up turn in the housing industry are very encouraging." He cited a substantial increase of deposit in savings and loan associ ations, some $4 billion in th last month, and criticized Con (Continued on Page Four) Today's Index Pago Bridge, Goren 42 Classified 64 thru 7f Comics 60-61 County News 10-11-12-13 Crossword Puzzle 49 Editorials 36 Financial News C2 Health, Dr. Steincrohn 41 Helolsc S3 Home and Fashions 39 and 41 Horoscope 43 Obituaries S3 Society News 40 Sports 54-55-56-57 Stage and Screen 50-51 TV, Radio Programs 58-59 A State Department spokes man in Washington said Tues day the officers would continu training and have been offere asylum in this country. 11 would not comment on whctlie this offer had been accepted. Another Cambodian and tw Vietnamese have been atten ing the Naval War College, als in Newport.

The officers have been trai ing in modem navigation an seamanship techniques under program financed by the Mi lary Assistance Program. aded shotguns and rifles In the lilding. The battering ram brought to scene was not used. Warrants for the eight suspects ere issued by Superior Court George A. Saden nt the equest of Slate's Attorney Dond A.

Browne, following a con- crence with Capt. Fanr'm. Mr. Browne said today: "The rresls are the result of a very fficicnt invest by the ridgeport police--they should be ommcndcd for their work in this asc." The warrants allege a the ictim was "beaten and stomped death." The suspects under arrest wer clicdulcd to be presented today Dofore the clerk of the Superior ourt to be advised of their ij Ms. Romano, Redmond, and Pas- alacqua have other cases pcntf- ng in Superior court and were scheduled for preliminary motions today.

Romano is charged wilh assault in the second degree; Redmond 1 with assault on a policeman and interfering with a policeman, and Pasalacqua wilh assault on a policeman and interfering with a policeman. All were freed on bail in these cases. Court records show that Wlialen on May 5, 1574. was involved in an assault on Detective Cornelius Carroll and Patrolman Robert Jiroscak on Park avenue, avenue, during a demonstration over motorcycle helmet' egislation. Whalen was sentenced.

on March 7 to three to six years in State's prison, to be suspended after CO days, and placed on pro- nation for three years during a Superior court trial after he was, found guilty on a charge of assault a policeman'; Forbs received a six-month jail term, suspended after 30; days, and placed on probation for two years during a trail be-; (ore Superior Court Judge James (Continued on Page Four) Newtown Teachers Found Guilty; Tentative Pact Settlement Reached Fourteen members of the I Three of the teachers were Newtown a i Teachers have been found guilty of contempt by a Bridgeport Superior Court judge and will be sentenced May 14 in connection with a month. teachers' strike last The court finding came a day after the NFT disclosed that its negotiators had reached a tentative settlement with the Board of Educaion on n. contract for this year and the next two years. The court proceedings came In the wake of the teachers' disregard for a temporary injunction issued April 8 which prohibited Nesvlown teachers from striking at the five town schools. BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY --Partly high cloudy this afternoon; 60s.

Tonight, variable cloudiness; low in upper 30s and mid 40s. Tomorrow, partly sunny; high in 60s. Probabilities of precipitation: 10 per cent through tomorrow. LONG ISLAND SOUND-Northeasterly winds: 15 to 20 mph, with higher gusls through early evening; northwesterly winds, 10 to 20 mph, later tonight and tomorrow. Visibility more than live miles.

EXTENDED OUTLOOK--Fair Friday and early Saturday; becoming cloudy Saturday afternoon. Clearing and'hccoming Sair Sunday. Daytime highs: averaging low, to mid 60s, and overnight lows in mid 40s. TEMPERATURE (Sikorsky Airport Readings) Low Today Highest Yesterday 61 Lowest Yesterday Highest (May 6, 1974) 55 Lowest (May 6, 1974) Harbor Water Temperature 4( Degree Days Yesterday Degree Days Since July I ..5,205 PRECIPITATION conference, his first in a month. Ford --Ambassador Graham Martin should be praised for carrying out "a very from successful Vietnam, Protest Storm Grows Over Plan Sales Tax Business Services To By ALAN E.

SCHOENHAUS A storm of protest, mostly irom the sector, is arising at the State Capitol, in Hartford over a legislative proposal to extend the state's 7 per cent sales tax to a wide range of business services including those of employment and collection agencies. The proposed sales levy extension is part of a tax package for the coming fiscal year which has been approved by the Democratic leadership and by a caucus the Democratic rank-and-file in the House and Senaie. It is considered a firmly en trenched part of the program and, according to top echelon leaders, would be very difficul to dislodge, doors to Immigrants froni' all I Both the House and Senate ar rather than criticized by "Monday morning quarterbacks or grandstand quarterbacks." --He is "very upset" at some of the criticism over admission of Vietnamese refugees "because the United States has had a long tradition of opening its countries." Ford said he is encouraged by support from the executive committee, the American Jewish Committee and a group of governors and a mayor. war Today (10 hours to 10 a.m.) 0.13 For Month 2.03 1975 to date 15.21 Barometer (11 a.m. reading) 29.89 Humidity (11 a.m.

reading) SUN, MOON, AND STARS Wednesday, May 7, 1975 Today is the one hundred twenty-seventh day of the year, and the forty-eighth day of spring. The Sun sets today at 7:55 p.m. and rises tomorrow at 5:43 a.m. The Moon rises tomorrow at 4:03 a.m. The New Moon will appear May Vietnam is over" and "it would be unfortunate for us to rehash allegations as to individuals that might be to blame or administrations that might be at fault." He said a congressional inquiry into how the United States got in and got out of Vietnam "would only be divisive and not helpful." --The United States has "very hard intelligence" tha some SO or 90 former Cam xpected to consider and vote omorrow on a state budget an ax program.

Botli chambers an cheduled to convene in tin morning and, while lengthy de ate is anticipated on both th pending and taxing proposals here, is every indication that th bodian officials and their wive were executed. He cited this a TROLAND TO RETIRE AS CHIEF OF POLICE Citing reasons of persona 11. The planet Jupiter the Moon tonight. Jupiter is now the brightest. "star" in the morn ing sky and the last to fade out in the morning twilight.

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jreed-upon package will remain rtually intact. The basic revenue package to e' considered tomorrow includes i estimated $125 million in (ax for the fiscal year he- inning July 1. This amount fur- her bolstered by anticipated, in- reased sales tax revenues as result of a one per cent in- rease in that levy to 7 per cent rfuch is a key part of the pack- ge but is not reflected In di- ect increase figures because the ales tax was actually jumped 7 per cent on April 1. The ales tax increase Is expected to ccount for an additional $70 mil- ion in fiscal 1975-76, over tax evenue levels that prevailec hrough most of the current fis cal year. Extension of the sales tax to usiness services is estimated to ring In an additional $26.8 mil ion in the coming fiscal yea and, another part of the package extension of the sales tax ti rentals and equipment leases i estimated to bring in an addition al $15 million.

Inclusion of the business serv ices item is being criticized froi many angles, but legislative lead ers say their caucus eliminate virtually all other alternatives be fore approving the sales tax tension. "We have no other way to go. aid Senate President Pro Temore Joseph J. Fauliso, D-Hart- rd, one of those who favored gasoline tax as to the business was quite clear icreasing the alternative ervices item. "The caucus rejecting the Idea of a gas tax ncrease," Fauliso said, "and icre were only about half a ozen votes against the business ervices item." Employment agencies and firms hat do considerable hiring are making an effort to get the em iloymenl agency section of the neasure removed from the bill vhen It hits the floor, but have met with little success thus far.

The tightness of the package hat came out of caucus Is hollered by fiscal estimates that ts full revenue potential is still better than $3 million short of meeting the spending side of the proposal. The business services tax, as approved in committee would the 7 per cent state sales tax to billings for computer and (Continued on Page Four) LOTTERY DRAWING HERE Connecticut's weekly lottery drawing will take place tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Lafayette Plaza mall. State street. Banker Named to Lead United Way Campaign Peter B.

Salsbury of Easton, vice president and treasurer of City National bank, has been named general campaign chairman of the United Way of Eastern Fairfield county, 0. Haydn Owens, United Way presi dent, announced today. Mr. Salsbury, whose initial ef- forts will be in filling key campaign leadership roles, will have responsibility for a volunteer orce of over 1,000 persons in raising $2.5 million this fall to ielp meet human needs in Bridgeport, Fairticld, Ea'ston, Monroe, Stratford and Trumbull. Last year's campaign, of which Mr.

Owens, was chairman, raised $2,234,533, the most ever pledged to the United Way. The public solicitation of this year's campaign will begin in late September, and will extend into November, Mr. Owens said. "This campaign is one of the most important ever to be con- PETER B. SALSBURY ducted in this area.

It is the ilrst in the announced three-year effort to bring United Way fund raising in our community to $3 million annually," Mr. Owens said. "We are fortunate during this crucial period to have an individual with an intimate knowledge of the agency structure and the leadership capabilities necessary to effectively apply that knowledge," he said. Mr. Salsbury, for two years was chairman of the United Way committee that determines allocation of funds to agencies.

He is assistant secretary and a member of the United Way board of directors. Wilh his ap pointment as campaign chair man, Mr. Salsbury also assumes the position of vice president foi financial development. He wil provide leadership for the long range fund-raising planning United Way. He has served as secretary found guilty of two days in contempt of court and the other 11 with three days in contempt of court.

Judge Robert I. Berdon, presiding over the case in Superior court, explained that violations of the temporary in junction may be daily fines of 51,000 for each teacher or confinement for contempt, or both. The American Federation ol Teachers has agreed to pay all fines that may be imposed. Names as defendants are Louis Mahmood, Eric Nyitray, Daniel Dorman, William Girard Mildred Taylor, David Car ringlon, John Bird, Alber Washicko, Mary Lucey, Sheldon McKee, Marie Newman, Walte rlasscll, Theodore Relnheimer and Clifford Rimkus. Assistant Stales Attorne Richard F.

Jacobson said th stale has recommended that jail terms be Imposed on th teachers. Judge Berdon, however, sa he idea that only fines would 1 mposed is not binding oh t' court, because he said, the cou con make no promise to anyoi as to the extent and nature he penalty it may impose. Paul Sherbacow, a Hartfoi awyer, representing the NFT an he teachers, said the pleas nolo contendere had been ered with the understandin hat no jail terms would be Im josed. He said If the teachc vere sentenced to jail term hey would withdraw their plea ile new pleas and go to trial. The teachers voted to stril during an evening meeting Apr to protest the fact that a co ract for this year with the tow lad not been settled after months of talks.

During the fir day of Ihe strike May 8, th court issued the temporary i junction at the request of 11 Board of Education, but tl leachers continued their stri! for three days, until April 11. On April 11 in Superior i achers agreed to return to ork April 21, following school, in return from a pro-; ise from the board to drop its vll contempt motion against teachers. Though this motion is dropped, Judge Berdoni ited that the teachers still fac- 1 criminal charges of contempt court. Before the proceedings began deration negotiator Lyn Brion nd NFT president T-ouis Mahood announced that the federa- 6n and the board had reached tentative agreement'ori a con- ract settlement, based on 'the ecommendations of. a special ediator, appointed by the state Department of Education.

The federation later'announced a it would conduct a closed oor teachers meeting tonight at' :30 p.m. in the Middle school- auditorium to discuss aspects of he tentative agreement. The board and the federation' are scheduled to meet Friday to iron out details of the agreement, in preparation for separate meetings by both parties to ratify the agreement. The board said it has estimate cd that the cost of salary raises and other amounts for this school year, woujd'cost the town $190,000, as indicated by the tentative settlerneivt. The board would have to seek 1 approval of a special, appropriation to cover these costs with the ratification of the contract.

The appropriation would be paid back through allocations in the 1976-77 fiscal year Mr. Jacobson said the state had: agreed to nolle contempt charges- against the Newtown Federation of Teachers organization, which was also ordered to appear yesterday to show cause for violating the temporary injunction! Mr. Sherbacow explained that under the temporary injunction statute, only certified teachers may be charged. nd member of the board of the Vluseum of Art, Science and In dustry, and has been treasurer and a member of the board he Connecticut Audubon so cicty. He is a former member he board of directors of the Mental Health association and until recently was a member of he Financial Advisory board of he City of Bridgeport.

He is a member of the Naiona! Association of Business Economists, the Municipal Fi- rmce Officer association, and the Ncwcomen Society in North America, and is vice president of the University club of Bridgeport. Mr. Salsbury received a BA in political science from Brown university and was graduated from the School of Banking at Williams collepc. Ile is married to the former Area Undertakers Fail Resolve Chair Rift To By RONALD L. KINNIE Bridgeport area funeral directors, who last month expressed displeasure over a Diocese of Bridgeport policy of charging for funeral chairs at St.

Michael's cemetery, met yesterday with Monsignor William Genuario, diocesan director of cemeteries, and resolved nothing, It was learned today. Undertakers attending yester- Bclsy Beard of Easlon. have three children. They No-Interest Loan Plan Proposed to Holy Family Members-Parishioners May Take Over $240,000 Owed to Bank health, Police Chief William Troland, who for the past 10 year has headed the Stratford Police department, last night announced his intention to retire, effective June 18. Is south of Chief Troland, 65, who is in his 40th year as a member of the Stratford Police department, has asked the Stratford Pension board to retire him on a disability pension because of a recurring Tomorrow high blood pressure condition for High 10:09 a.m.

which he has been under doctor's 10:21 p.m. care for the past five years. The Low a.m. board unanimously approved his 4:16 p.m.1 retirement. In an effort to eliminate a $240,000 debt by means of an interest-free loan program.

Holy Family church of Fairfield, has proposed to "shift the parish debt from the bank to members of our parish." The Rev. Edward B. Karl, pastor, said immediate response to the proposal has been "very, very positive, very favorable" from parishioners. He explained that efforts to reduce the parish indebtedness had been slow and costly. "During the past three years," he said, "we have paid the bank a total of of which only SaG.COO has gone to reduce the debt.

The remaining $66,000 has been paid in interest." Under the proposal, put together by the parish Financial commission, Father Karl sai 1, "we are asking for loans from parishioners who may find themselves able to assist us at this time. Individual loans will be in the amount of $1,000, interest free." The loans, he said, will be redeemed "by means of a random selection on a monthly basis, financed by the second collection we take up each Sunday." May and June have been designated "to accomplish this parish- wide program." Father Karl said, noting that the plan "gives us an unusual opportunity to clear up our parish debt and move on to viable religious programs in our parish." The priest said he had been "toying with" the interest-free concept for above two years in an effort to devise a means to reduce a 14-year debt of over $500,000 that resulted from building the church and school. The current interest rate, he said, is 7.5 per cent, down from the high of 12 per cent last November, "when we really started to think about it in earnest." Father Karl said the proposal, approved by the Most Rev. Walter W. Curtis, bishop of Bridgeport, was discussed at parish Masses on Sunday, resulting in an "excellent" response from the parish members, "By doing it this ho said, "we hope to eliminate the debt in a minimum of six years, as opposed to the 15 years it would take to repay the principal and interest to the bank." A diocesan fiscal spokesman said the procedure "is a relatively new thing in fund raising, but it is not new to the diocese," pointing out that similar efforts have been carried out by St.

Ann's parish, Black Rock, and by Notre Dame of Easton parish. With the elimination of the parish debt, Father Karl said, greater concentration will be placed on the "overall religious education programs of the parish." day's meeting of the Greater association in the Mill River Country club, Stratford, refused admit press representatives the meeting. Some undertakers last month In complaining about the ceme tery chair fees, had predicted the meeting wtih Monsignor Genuario would involve a "ho discussion" about the chairs. But yesterday newly electee officers of the undertakers group, headed by Kenneth Abriola, president, said "thi press was not welcome" at thi meeting. "We don't want to embaras Consignor Genuario," said Mr Abriola and Frank A.

Radozy cki, secretary of the association The group, however, promisei a statement today on the chai issue. This morning in a statemen released by Mr. Radozycki, thi association said: "We dlscussei (with Monsignor Genuario various problems, such as ceme tery expenses, payments, chairs monumenls, perpetual cemetery hours. It was decide that the executive board mee with Monsignor Genuaria in th ear future to further discuss le situation." Several funeral directors com-' lained last month that the harge for chairs used at St. Mihael's cemetery commit- services was a nuisance.

They said that if the ceme-' ery was going to charge for the (Continued on Page Four) U.S. Task Force Sets Economy Hearing Here A special Congressional task force, investigating the effects the slump in Ihe auto industry has had on the economy, will visit Bridgeport May 16, Rep. Stewart B. McKinney, announced today. The task force, arm of (he House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing of which McKInaey is a member, has been visiting various cities to formulate corrective legislation dealing with the nationwide downturn.

"We have found," Me- Kinney said, "that the job of one out of every six can depends on the auto Industry or those related to it and this slump has had an across the board effect." McKinney said the task force will conduct hearings at the Bridgeport City ball beginning at It a.m. Spokesmen for. area civic groups and uxfcitry will.