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The Suggestion Box
With this issue, the first
in 1970, The Southington
NEWS launches a new
editorial service - The
Suggestion Box.
This service is intended
as a special service to
readers and hopefully to
the town as a whole.
Anyone who has any
suggestions to improve
safety, operations of ,
government or ap- ~
pearance in Southington - L
or just comments in
general - is invited to send them to The
Suggestion Box, C-O The Southington NEWS,
P .O. Box 71, Southington, Conn. 06489.
Communications to The Suggeston Box will be
published weekly on this page. Those received
through the Friday preceding publication date will
be used that week - those received after Friday
will be held for publication in the following week's
paper.
Items received this week included the following:
"It's time to start those needed Charter
revisions. The most obvious one of all is - a
minimum of two candidates for every vacancy. The
present policy of having four candidates for three
vacancies on the Board of Education and the Town
Council is ridiculous. It is impossible to clear out
the incumbents, if that is the desire of the voters,
under the present system.
"Also, the number of signatures of qualified
voters needed on a petition by a person to get his or
her name on the ballot to run independently for an
office should be published in The NEWS weekly.
Southington IS growing rapidly and many party
primaries will be held. If you want your family to
have a voice in all these functions then the wife
should be affiliated with a different party than her
husband."
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"Why doesn't Southington take a tip from neIghboring
Meriden? Traffic signals in the downtown
area there go on 'blinker' during the early morning
hours - after 2 a.m., anyway. There is so llWe
traffic at that time of day that this seems to make a
lot of sense.
when the WellthlU"
and stopping for a red
to get stuck or skid
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"My husband and I are new in Southington. We
were surprised to find that what we thought was a
qulet section is a race track for cars and motorcycles.
I suppose nothing will , be done unW
something happens."
"Instead of bringing everyone in at the same
time, why can't people due to appear in Circuit
Court be given a scheduled appearance time during
the day. rather than having to wait around for a
long time? Also, why are cases involving lawyers
called up flrBt? Other people have to lose time from
work while they are waiting around."
"Now that all ilie par~ lots have been com·
pleted downtown, I suggest they allow parking on
one side of Center St. only, to relieve congestion
during rush hours and when it snows. The same
suggestion applles to West Main St. through
Plantsville Center."
"The State did a great job of plowing and
clearing the main traffic arteries ~ough town,
such as Route 10. Town streets like Marion Ave.,
Berlin Ave. and West Center St., which connect
these main arteries, should receive the same kind
of treatment \?y the town."
Your Fair Share
Once again, the annual fund campaign of the
Southington Community Chest is falling short of its
goal.
Fund Director Gerald Gingras reported in last
week's NEWS that the drive stands at approximately
$15,000 short of its quota of $95,334.
Mr. Gingras urges all those who have not sent in
their contributions to do so immediately, or as soon
as oo.c;sible. We join with him in this appeal.
These are the agencies which benefit from the
Southington Community Chest:
Public. Health Assn., YMCA, Bradley Memorial
Hospital, Salvation Army, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Mertden -cbIld Guidance Clinic, USO, Southington
Community Chest Inc. (administration),
Southington Assn. for Retarded Children,
Southington NEWS for servicemen, Family Service
Assn., Inc .. National Assn. of Hearing and Speech
Agencies, American Social Health Assn., Blinded
Vcterans' Assn., :.JationaJ Recreational Assn.,
Travelers Aid Society, United Seamans Service,
Council on Social Work Education, International
Social Service and United Community Funds and
Councils of America.
If you haven't given yet, do so. If you've already
given, perhaps you can give a little more.
It's for the community good .
(OPINION Of: THE STATFS COMMUNITY PRESS)
Connecticut Comments
DOUBLE THREAT FOR DODD
( Milford Cillun)
For a while. it seemed as
though Republican contenders
were sleahng a bead start In Ute
race to oust Thomas J. Dodd
from hIS U S. Senate seal. A
strange feature was that, when
Dodd last ran in 1964, some w Ute
leaders in the GOP campaign
Utat year leaned more tow,rd
him !ban toward John Locfge.
their candidate.
After Ute initial entry w Stste
Sen. John Mather Luptoo and
fonnerU.S. Rep. AbnerW.SIbaI,
bolh w Weston, Ute pace slowed
down, however. And only one w
several aspirants expected for
tbe Republican guberna torlal
nomination, Sfate Sen. Wallace
Barnes w Farmington, has put in
ap~~l'an
In Leyden. Mass. the school
committee adopted a policy
which staled. "On each school
day. before class Instruction hegIDS.
a period of not more than
Ove mlIlules shall be available
10 those leachers and students
who mu wlSll to p~~te
vollmlarily In the free exerelse
or rohgion as guaranteed by our
U S ConstllutJon. This freedom
of religion shsil not be e.·
pressed In any way which wllI
inlerl...... with others' rights "
However. aner a very short
ume. :.Iassachusells Attorney
General Robert H. Quinn ruled
Ihal this prarti.., was unc:mstitutiona)
The absurd lengths 10 whIch
some official. will go was demonstrated
recently In Fremont.
Calif ..... hl'll an III-year·old high
school studenl \\as punished for
talking 10 hI> class-mates aboul
God
for the governorship, Is Edwin H. and everybo