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WEATHER. FORECAST U.S. Weatlitr Bureau Showers Tonight Clearing Tliiirsdny THE BRIDGEPORT POST FINAL EDITION Local and Wire Nfws Piihllihetl nnlly ol 411) Stale Bridgeport, Conn. 0660V HRIDGHI'ORT, WKI I i I 17, ut Bridgeport, Conn. EIGHTY FOUR PAGES rOUR SECTIONS FORD RAISING AVERAGE COST OF CARS 3.6% i Up $108 But Trails GM's Boost of $125 or 3.9% MAVERICK HOLDS Curran Launches Reelection Bid Will Offer Its 5-Year Warranty at Additional Cost I A I "Motor a i Xo.

2 a a a announced i '70 model cars vonlfl cosr an average of $108 more than i models, an increase nf .1.6 per cent. Ford, shooting for a bigger share of the market now held by i leader General Motors, came up i i price boost a a C.M's SI 25 or per cent No Hike for Maverick The company also said it was holding the line on the price its fast selling i which ROCS for SI.995. Next to the 1970 Hornet heing marketed by American Motors, the Maverick will be the lowest priced American-made auto. American Motors says its new Hornet will sell for $1.994. TryinR to avoid being put at a competitive disadvantage by GM.

Ford changed its mind on its warranty program after General Motors apiounced it was Sticking with its five-year. mile power train warranty. Ford, which had announced in August it was i i its warranty to one year with no limits on mileage or number of owners. now says it will offer a power train warranty of five years or miles at an additional cost. Ford sold 27.f) per cent of the American-made cars marketed between -Ian.

1 and Sept. 10 General Motors held more than half the market. Cites, Increased Costs Like GM. Ford cited increased costs in labor, materials and taxes as the prime reasons for the price hikes. Both Ford and GM said a number nf previously optional Mayor Curran launched his Democratic campaign last night with (he opening of party election headquarters in the Stratfield Motor hotel.

The mayor, who is seeking his third two-year term in the election Nov. 4, defended his administration against charges it has forgotten people in redevelopment. Left to right are Frank Verrilli, town clerk; Vincent Simko, city treasurer; Mayor Curran, and John Mandanici, city clerk. NIXON WILL ASK CONGRESS TO HIKE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS BY LAIRD HINTS DRAFT SLASH BY TROOP CUT To Notify Selective Service Friday of Planned Changes Found Unattended in Locked Room SEEKING REFORMS Defense Boss Cites Impact of Viet Pullouts RTE.25PATH IS TV 1 I 23 Primary Moderators re Named By A I I (Continued on Page Four) Weather Data BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY: Today, variable cloudiness and warm; chance of showers this afternoon; high near 80. Tonight, showers likely; low (ill to 65.

Tomorrow, showers ending, followed by gradual clearing, cooler; high in mid 70s. Probabilities of precipitation: 40 per cent today, fifl per cent tonight, 40 per cent tomorrow. LONG ISLAND SOUND: Southwest and southerly winds, 10 In 20 mph today and tonight, becoming northerly, Ifl to 15 tomorrow. Visibility two lo four miles, except one to three in showers. REGIONAL OUTLOOK: Temperatures Ihe next five days are cxpeclcd lo average near (lie nor- mals, (73 and 55 for Bridgeport).

Daytime highs in 70s; overnight lows in Ms. Thursday cool. Warmer (he remainder of the period. Precipitation may tolal less than one tenth of an inch in showers, mainly over Ihe northern portion over the weekend. TEMPERATURE (Municipal Airport Readings) Low Tod.iy fi3 Highest Yesterday SI Lowest Yesterday 65 Highest (Sept.

16, 1MB) 71 Lowest (Sept. 16, IMS) 58 Harbor Water Temperature PRECIPITATION Today (12 hours to 8 a.m.) 0.00 For Month 1 fi7 1SSS lo a 28.34 Barometer I I a.m. reading) Humidity (11 a.m. reading) SUN, MOON AND STARS Wednesday, Sept. 17 Today is Ihc two hundred a sixtieth day nl year and the cighly-ninlh day of summer.

The Sun sets today al 6:59 p.m. and rises tomorrow al 6:35 a.m. The Moon sets Ionian at I); 55 o'clock Anlares is the bright star nearest the Moon tonight. The "Rival nf Mars" is selling earlier each evening and will soon leave the evening sky. THE TIDE Cut Park to Save Homes, Spokesman Says as Curran Opens Drive A city administration spokesman last night defended the plac- side, ing of Route 25-8 through cityl 'Forced' To Make Ruling He said he was "forced i i a i i (if A.

tcidav a i place a for i Sept. ('lOI 1 i a i He said i gives posts to i i i a A i League, ten to the i a Town i "three to i parks, saying choice had to tween taking homes or parklands. a most difficult be made" be- make his own decision on three moderators "solely" on the basis of his position as registrar and 137th District; 426 Ridgefield avenue, in the 137th; and Frances Sheldon, 299 Remington avenue, in the Mary Brilivitch, John C. Mandanici. candidate anti-organization 1 not as the orincipal target of thej in thc for city clerk, made the admin- islration's first public statement on the controversial state route plan as Mayor Curran launched his campaign last nipht for his third two-year term in a rally at the Stratfield Motor hotel.

Rapps Opponents Mr. Mandanici, who was appointed to his post following the death of Domenick Cretella, accused present opponents of the park route of recanting on their earlier support of it, or, in some ODer invalid legal ob- cases, raising jections against it. He said, "A most difficult choice had to be made in 1959: whether to take a portion of Beardslcy park or go through Sylvan Crest and take the homes of residents and taxpayers, people who had lived here for many years and whose lives would be uprooted as they would be forced to move--and many would have left Bridgeport. "The choice was made--people were more important than land. While parkland is important, hundreds of people and their homes came first.

'That was Ihc decision, and it was the righl decision. I time that they stop playing with people's emotions," Mr. Mandani- He explained that three voting include: Organization moderators nam- districts--the 136th, the 137th and the 138th--have three precincts with separate polling places. Working on a district by district base he divided the jobs evenly between thc two contending forces except in these'districts, he said, where he had to make his own selection "out of fairness to th RAL and the organization." In these districts he named Dortenzio, 193 Cityview Lillian Houle. 130th District; Eileen Neelans, 132nd; Frank Errichetti, 133rd; Gerry Compoluc- ci, 133rd; Gerry DelGais, 134th; Paul Diorio, 135th; Frank Beardsworth, 135th; Esther Johnson, 138th; John Patton.

139th; and Stanley Golenski, 137th. nr-u troop i in i i aud over-all 20.000- man a in U.S. i "The i a i i i i a a very subs a i a effect on programmed a calls for thc ahead." Laird told a news Will Ask Reforms The defense secretary said he ill inform the Selective Service System Friday of the planned changes and will urge Congress that same day to enact reform legislation designed to remove inequities in the draft. Although Laird refused to say flatly there would be draft cuts, his words carried that clear in- lent. Sources hinted the October Posl jholo-- Plummer These five children, ranging in ages Irom five to seven years, were found today unattended in a locked room in a first floor apartment in a dwelling at 1477 Central avenue, police reported.

The children were taken to Margaret Ford cottage pending an investigation by welfare authorities. A police search was underway for the mother. Health authorities later condemned the apartment as unfit for human habitation because of unsanitary conditions. HE PROPOSES TO BEGIN RISE NEXTAPR1L 1 a Older Americans Hit Substantially by Higher Costs NODETAJLS Will Send to Congress Next Week, President Reports A I A -President Nixon said today he will asfc Congress for an increase of 10 per cent in Social i payments, effective next April 1. The President made the a without, elaboration, just before he signed a bill extending the federal support program for local projects for older Americans.

Time Appropriate He said he considered the occasion an appropriate time to make the announcement about Social Security because older Americans are affected substantially by the rising cost of liv- Patrons Put Improvement FIVE CHILDREN Before New Rail Fares LEFT IN ROOM RAL-affiliated elude: Georgiana naijerators W. Weldon, 130th (Continued on Page Four) draft call of 29,000 probably will in- be reduced. ci said. Mayor Curran defended his parly' against charges that it has forgotlen people in its redevelopment program, asserting that "when the party took office in 1957 Ihc city was dying and il was Ihe first job of the administration to save the city through renewal." "Now," the mayor said, "we must turn our attention to housing and, if we can gel the same kind of commitment, in a few short years Bridgeport will become a shining example for Ihe rest of Ihe country." Mayor Curran said that when the party took office in 1957 it found a city lhat was "dying' and a downtown that was "decrepit." The administration, he said, decided to create a Redevelopment Agency and sjve the downtown area by laking "draslic steps." In so doing, Ihe mayor said. "some say we forgot about peo- pic, but we didn't." 'We saved Ihe city," he said, (Continued on Page Twelve) Anti-Busing Bid Beaten In Dixie Governors Vote I I Va.

A resohniori the busing- nf i In obtain racial a a was a a by the Southern Governors conference. The i fell one vote short of thc required three- a i Vole is' 8-3 The vote was 8-3, with one abstention. The action came after Vice President Spiro T. Agnew told the conference Tuesday night he opposed busing children "simply to achieve an integrated status of a larger geographic enti- Gov. Arch Moore of West Virginia, a Republican, argued against the anti-busing resolution as going beyond the conference's scope.

"1 believe the resolution perhaps had been well answered by the vice president las! nipht," Moore said. "I believe the resolution is empty." Joining with Moore in voting against the resolution offered by Alabama's Democratic Gov. Albert Brewer were Govs. Marvin Mandel of Maryland, a Demo- (Continued on Page Four) 10 P. M.

CLOSING AT PARK URGED Superintendent, Noting Continued Vandalism, Makes Recommendation Supt. of Parks Joseph A. Williams said today he will recommend to the Board of Park Commissioners at Us next meeting that Seaside park be closed at 10 vent continued vandalism. Mr. Williams' statement came in thc wake of extensive vandalism Tuesday in which two statues on the Soldiers and Sruiors Memorial Monument were overturned.

One was smashed. Vandals also placed barrels on the heads of two other park 1 I I PA1 I statues and damaged bascbr.l! A ci i amoiu a a beach siairway. U. S. A BID Mr.

Williams said he i his recommendation "in or- State Senator John M. Luplcn.ider to eliminate this type of van- Administration sources indicated meanwhile President Nixon still hopes he may be able to move before the end of the year to boost U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam to about 100,000 men. Even as Laird prepared for today's public detailing of Nixon's order Tuesday withdrawing at least another 35,000 troops from the war zone by Dec. IS, the sources said the manpower situation would be reviewed again, presumably before 1970.

Laird disclosed the latest withdrawal from Vietnam will include the remainder of thc 3rd Marine Division, leaving only one Marine division in the northernmost I Corps and shift- ng more responsibility to the South Vietnamese 1st Division. The Marine slice of the new a railroad for i of fares the a i was urged by Fairfield comm at a hearing yesterday i such i as sought- a i in Connecticut-Xeiv York service arc i Improvements First Most of the witnesses who appeared at afternoon and evening sessions here of thc first of four ICC hearings in Connecticut, echoed a theme of "improvements will men, including merits. The Armv wil total 18,457 support elc- send K263 of Weston, has scheduled a press conference in New Haven tomorrow morning when he is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in opposition lo Senator Conn. Thomas J.

Dodd. 1 Today .3:30 a.m. 3:48 p.m. 0:30 a.m. 10:24 p.m.

Tomorrow High a.m. p.m. Low 10:30 a.m. p.m. POLLEN COUNT Thft roriwcocl pollTM en l) 1h iJlIM I SciKirtmtnl OrMneperl hospl- Gl nnit 1W Meol'l" Row" "IK liiimlM' ol polltn groins rotli cenllmeKt 01 txponit ilwi i i lln "-hour period 3 Sept.

I.pl. 10 Sepl. Sept. Sepl. is Todays Chuckle Miniskirt wearers a formed new organization: Daughters of the American Revelation.

(Copyright General Feature! Corp Mr. Luplon has served five terms in Ihc General Assembly. A former advertising agency executive, he is currently executive secretary of Ihc Choate School Foundation. Starts 'Cold Turkey' Treatment -Jail Seminar Inspires Addict To Try Cure After Release By ROBERT L. SAWYER A Bridgeport man whose drug habit has narrowed his world lo Ihe size of a Jail cell for about five of his 2fi years, set a new course when Ihc rloors of the Bridgeport Correctional closed behind him last week.

"Every i 1 gol out ol jail," snld Walter Redmond, who bar. been brought up on Bridgeport's East Side, "I headed right back to the. same old neighborhood --just like a homing pigeon." This i however, he was heading for Daylop, Inc. In Seymour, a "cold turkey" drug a center operated by ex-nddicis, where he hopes, to make a start on a new life. Walter Redmond's decision lo "stop running, and face tip to (Continued on Plgc Six) 'dalism-- since apparently this the way the situation is going to be." "I think this is only (ho start of it-- we have to try In protect our parks if vandalism like this going liams added.

men home, including a brigade and support elements. Thc Navy cut will total 5,239 construction battalions and support elements, while the Air Force will reduce by 2,541 men in combat squadrons and support outfits. This total comes to 40,500 spaces, a reduction from the authorized ceiling of 549,500 men which never has been met. The actual number of men being pulled out totals about 35,000. Added to 25.000 brought out during thc summer, the new Nixon decision will raise to 60,000 the number of American servicemen pulled back under the a i i a i program to reduce the U.S.

battle role and shift it gradually to the South' Vietnamese. Laird said the pull-back i result in an additional inactive-; tion of 20,000 men from the I over-all strength nf U.S. armed forces. Most of these troop re- ductions will bo from thc A and in the United States. Slash of He said thc vandalism Ins "continuous," and has involved property.

A i of an application by ihc 2 Sets of Twins, 5 to 7. a Girl, 2 Locked irst--fare hikes later." The hearings will continue in high school today from 1 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 10 Tomorrow they will be conducted in Bridgeport in the Common Council chambers of the City Hall from 2 to 5 p.m and 'rom 7 to 10 p.m. and on Friday New Haven's Conte school, also from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 lo 0 p.m.

Railroad spokesmen, in previously submitted testimony and cross examination of witnesses yesterday, made it clear tney consider granting of the fare restructuring plan and the institu- ion of a system of zone fares and ypc stops of a precursor improvements of the hems Yesterday's session, conducted in Rippowam high school by ICC Hearing Examiner Robert C. Bamford, drew more than 100 persons at its evening session. evoked approximately the same "chicken or cpp first" con- iroversy which has developed at previous hearings in New York city, at Connecticut Public Utili- ord last month, and at New York Public Service commission icarinps. What thc railroad proposes is restructuring thai would tiie present 10-trip Mcket incrcas- (Continued on Page Twelve) Bulletin ANGELES -(AP) brothers were convicted of first-degree der today in the brutal slaying last year of actor Ramon Novarro. The jury returned the verdict against Paul Ferguson, 23, and his brother Thomas, 18.

Since Yesterday Five children, ranging in age between two and seven years, were found unattended in locked room in a first floor apartment in a dwelling at 1477 Csn- tral avenue today at 10 a.m. Firefighters from the Barnum avenue fire station, making routine fire safety inspection of the neighborhood, discovernd the children and notified police and health authorities. The children, identified as Coleen and Ronald Ryan, seven- year-old twins, Doric zsA Raymond Ryan, five-year-old twins, land their sister, Lorie, two, were taken to Margaret Ford cottage, pending further investigation by welfare investigators. Health Department Sanitarians GRAY LINE WINS BUS FARE BOOSTS Adult Rides Go From 25 to 30 Cents; No Tokens; Students 20 Cents (William Gross Rosenberg and Henry later condemned the Nixon said he will send the request to Congress next week. He made the statement while signing into law an amendment to the 1965 Older Americans act.

The, legislation extends for three-years a federal progranvof assistance for training of elderly citizens, authorizing appropriations, of up to $252 million to carry out activities of the act until June 30. 1972. It also transfers the so-called foster grandparents program from the Office of Economic Opportunity to the Department of health, Education and Welfare. Surprise Action Nixon's statement on a Social iecurity hike came as a sur- rise as in a. style reminiscent of iis predecessor Lyndon B.

John- ion, Nixon handed out pens with flourish while signing the bill the Roosevelt room the of Vhite House. Nixon told lawmakers present ie hoped they would help to win passage" of his Social proposal. Nixon explained his reasoning or proposing an increase by noting steadily rising prices over he past five years, saying "those vho suffered the most are the older citizens living on fixed in- The state Public Utilities corn- apartment as "unfit for human habitation" because of unsanitary conditions. Police said preliminary questioning of the children indicated they had not seen their mother since yesterday. The whereabouts of their father is not known, police reported.

A police search for Mrs. Ryan, whose full name is not yet known, was under way. mission today granted Gray Line, According to health authorities, Bus company. 137 Dover officials of Pilgrim Arms, owner of the house reported that street, permission to increase js srheduled to be rPaad soon adult fares from 25 TO 30 Thc children were found and student fares from 15 nrst cents. Thc company had sought three CARDINAL URBAN! DIES; PATRIARCH (AP) Gio- Urbani.

na- 25-cent fare. The commission also autlKir- i thc elimination bv the- com- increase I a of usc of rt hich in its previous fa IT schedule were sold four for 00 The company was nrtlered to nuikr reasonable arrangements for redemption of outstanding tokens up i Nov. 13. apartment. apartments The in the house were vacant.

POPE VOICES CONCERN OF VKNIC.r;. I a i a i Cardinal This brings in about liili.OOOjtriarrh of Venice, died today, the slash in total U.S. a i was GO. strength announced bv Laird ns! Cardinal a i (lied in Ills flowers, statues, and nine, ammy al 2: (5 p.m., severs hours a i a heart (Continued on Page V'ourt tiu'k. Thc new fares arc expected lo go into effect next week.

CASTKI. GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) Pope Paul VI said today a i priests now seem to mingle loo much in wordly af- Thc bronze statue of a Civil War infantryman, weighing more than a ion, was replaced an its perch on the monument today by a Public WfVks department rrew using a crane. Another marble statue of a woman, depicting Liberty, was smashed when it was pulled from a monument pedestal. Mr. Willlarns said Ihe broke into three pieces and Ihe head is still missing.

Meanwhile, police today issued an appeal lo anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in Ihe area of liic park Tuesday contact the detective division Capl. Wlllard Sievane, division commander, said police a without clues to the idenllly of Ihe perpetrators who used a car In their vandalism. 10,000 Dropped, 2,000 Escaped-Paratroopers Pay Last Tribute To Monty's Arnhem Mistake ARNHEM, In i a German a 'our hundred survivors muster- corps led by two SS Paiuer divi- n.iday on a field without were waiting. nr a last irihmc to Field a Only 3.000 of Hie piiralrroipcrsj Hnancial News thai Viscount Montgomery's mis-i escaped. Arnhem joined Dun-j Health, nr.

Flrady PUC conducted .1 hc.iriiis! cannnt watch wilhmil im the company's petition Aus. a i the a i i i which 25 during which'a representative they break Ihe i nf eccle- carrier submitted a i i a i a obedience," Iho pontiff which showed i steady i mid thousands of persons at- decliiie in both operates i lending bis weekly public audi- and nei income through jence at his summer 10BS and for Ihe first six mouths of 1969. Revenue dropped SMITH APPOINTED TO DIRKSEN POST llinois Speaker of the House Appointed by Gov. Ogilvie I I III. (AP) T.

Smith, Lhe speaker nf Illinois House, was named by Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie today to fill the Illinois'seat in the U.S. Senate left vacant by thc death of Sen. Everett M.

Dirk- icn. i a Republican from was the expected choice after Ally. Gen. William J. Scott vithdrew from the race Monlay.

Rep. John B. Anderson, Rof Rockford, also was a strong contender to succeed )irksen who died Sept. 7 in Washington. Ogilvie made Ihe announce- iem in his office.

Smith, his vifc, and Sen. Charles H. Per- R-l were present, governor said he The governor said he tele- (Cantlnucd on Page Four) (Continued on I'agc I'our) Today's index I'aee Bridge, (ioren Classified Section 7S-73-71 73.7B-77-78-79-80-S1-S3-S.1 Comics Editorials Among Top Scorers in Nation--63 in Area Are Semi-Finalists In Merit a i Tests ake. lk.ero.ue among those defeats i Helolse Home a I'ashlons Ohltuarlos The mistake 25 years ago wasUvhich Ihe British fi.id a sort of he dropping of 10,000 British and' 'nllsh paratroopers for what Mou'y planned as the victory to defeat Germany in 19'H. Monty liter said he erred, Un- The triumph lay hi how, sur-j Society News rounded and outgunned, the para- Sports Section Stage ami Screen (ConllmiMl on Page I'our) TV, Radio 34.55 58-57 Sixly-lhree Fairfield county I area sludenls are among 15,000 'semi-finalists named in ihc 15lh amiu.il a i a Merit Scholarship program.

Thc semi-finalists were the highest scorers in their stales on Ihe National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQ'O, which was given last February in some 750,000 students In 17,250 schools nationwide. They must advance lo finalist standing lo be considered for Ihe Merit scholarships to be awarded next spring. bo- come finalists by receiving Ihe endorsement nf their schools, substantiating their high NTvISQT performance on second, examination, and providing (Continued on Page Twelve).