Landslide May May Give Them 200 Commons Seats
In Ontario early tallies show a sweeping win for the Conservatives with 64 of 85 seats to the Liberals 11 and the Socialists 2. Western provinces also report gains for Liberals Socialists and Social Credit amid trade and employment concerns. Diefenbaker seeks dissolution for a new election and a clear mandate for public works and far north development. He pledges fisheries price supports and opposes foreign trawlers in inland waters.
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Ontario
Liberals
Socialists
Social Credit
Diefenbaker
Canada
State Cops Nab 2 In Car Theft
A Massachusetts man and a Florida teen are held without bond as suspected auto theft ring members with activity from Boston to Miami. Anthony J. Bonneville and Lamar D. Smith were arrested after a Boston Post Road stop revealed unexplainable merchandise and stolen Florida and other plates. Bonneville charged with operating an unregistered vehicle and concealed weapons, Smith with concealed weapons. Wilfred Bonneville, 54, was arrested March 28 in Virginia while selling a Florida-stolen car.
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Greenwich
Massachusetts
Florida
Boston
Miami
Anthony J. Bonneville
Northboro
Mass
Lamar D. Smith
Bonneville
Wilfred
Worcester
South Boston
Smith
Boston Post
New York
North Carolina
South Carolina
Connecticut
Charlotte
N.C
FBI
Fairfield Executive James Connors Resigns from Bond Stores
James W. Connors, longtime director VP and GM of Bond Stores Inc, resigns after 25 years. He led Connors Clothing on Main Street and, with Joseph Halloran, ran Connors Halloran Clothing with stores in Hartford New Britain and Bridgeport. Connors, a Norwich native, has lived in Bridgeport area since 1914.
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Bond Stores, Inc
James W. Connors
Northwood Road
Fairfield
National
Mr. Connors
Connors Clothing Company
Main Street
Joseph Halloran
New Britain
Conners-Halloran Clothing Company
Hartford
Bridgeport
Connors
Norwich
Fight Blight and Neighborhood Decay Action Campaign
Blight threatens personal and economic security as neglect fuels slums and crime. Stay alert, maintain your home, and join community improvement groups. Begin by seeking practical, effective information to address local decay and protect families.
Convict Transferred to Algatraz Under Public Act 333
The state would retain custody of inmate McChan as needed, paying the federal government for support. Deputy Warden Harold A. Cox said McChan often threatened guards and caused disturbances. McChan was a ringleader in an inmate demonstration after a prisoner’s death and received an additional one to three year sentence for assault.
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Richmond
Board of Directors
U.S. Atty
William P. Rogers
Wethersfield
McChan
State Prison
Harold A. Cox
Superior Court
Hartford
Fund Campaign Totals Across Parishes Show Progress
The drive reached 764 234 with multiple parishes passing their quotas and presenting pledges to date. Several churches including St Ann's St Peter's and St Joseph's posted solid gains ahead of the April 16 deadline, with Irene Green tabulating reports.
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Sacred Heart
Assumption
St. Catherine
St.Lawrence
St. Augustine's
Notre Dame
St. Ann’s
St. Peter’s
St. Joseph's
St. Anthony
St. Emery
Holy Family
St. Stephen's
Holy Cross
St. Thomas
Fairfield
St. George
St. Patrick
St. Raphael
St. James of Stratford
Holy Name of Jesus
Stratford
Our Lady of Peace
St. Joseph
Shelton
St. Teresa
Trumbull
Our Lady of Good Counsel
St. Ambrose
St. Charles
Blessed Sacrament
St. John's Nepomucene
Sts. Cyril and Methodius
St. Michael
St. Mary
Holy Rosary
Our Lady of Grace
Irene Green
Patterson asks bid help on Thomaston dam project
Rep. Patterson urges Army Engineers to favor bidders employing locals from Waterbury Thomaston Naugatuck Torrington Seymour Beacon Falls Ansonia Derby and to buy supplies from Naugatuck Valley plants He also asks Gov Ribicoff to accelerate relocation of highways near the dam and notes increased federal funds for the project.
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Washington
Patterson
R-Conn
Corps of Army Engineers
Thomaston Dam
Naugatuck
Abraham Ribicoff
Boston
Army Engineers
Enpsland Division
Waterbury
Thomaston
Torrington
Seymour
Beacon Falls
Ansonia
Derby
Torrington-Winsted
Ribicoff
Eisenhower
Naugatuck Valley
Army
State Highway Department
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Congress Votes 10 Percent Pension Hike for Retired Workers
The House approved a 10 percent cost of living increase for retired government workers and survivors in civil service pensions subject to limits, sending the bill back to the Senate which had offered more liberal terms. Civil Service Commission and Budget Bureau opposed the hike, saying increases already keep annuitants ahead of inflation. A separate Senate Labor committee move would regulate labor pension and welfare funds and impose federal penalties for misuse.
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Washington
House
Senate
Civil Service Commission
Budget Bureau
Senate Labor Committee
Stratfield Republican club backs action on union reform
At its annual meeting in Legion hall Stratfield Republican club adopted a resolution urging Congress to support McClellan committee reforms to curb abuses by union officials. The measure targets action by Morano Sadiak and senators Purtell and Bush to move proposals out of committee. Richard I. Steiber was elected club president. new officers and an executive board were named.
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McClellan Committee
Stratfield Republican Club
Fairfield
Legion Hall
Owen Fish Park
William R. Scott
Albert P. Morano
Antoni Sadiak
William A. Purtell
Prescott Bush
Congress
Richard I. Steiber
Melvin Fennell
Carl Shaffer
Joseph Nemeth
Myron Ballen
George J. Ferrio
Suspects Held After Lighthouse Breakin at Main Street
Two men arrested as suspects in a Lighthouse refreshment stand break in on Main Street. Richard Litchton Wald, 19, of 9 Fox Street and Charles M Sheldon, 24, of 26 Calhoun Avenue are held on 5000 bail. Loss undetermined after two pinball machines were forced open. Entrance gained by a side window, police say.
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Main Street
Richard Litchton
Wald
Fox Street
Charles M. Sheldon
Calhoun Avenue
Clifford Carlson
Jimmy Archer Dies Former Cubs Catcher at 74
James Archer former Cubs catcher 1909 to 1917 died Saturday night at St Marys hospital at age 74. He also played for Pittsburgh Brooklyn and Cincinnati in 1918. Irish born and raised in Montreal he began in Manitoba before joining Boone Iowa and later Albany Eastern League before Cubs. Survivors include his widow Lillian Stark of Boone married 1908.
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Milwaukee
Jimmy Archer
Chicago Cubs
St. Mary's Hospital
Archer
Cubs
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Ireland
Montreal
Manitoba
Boone
Iowa
Detroit
Albany
Lillian Stark
FCC Watch: Lee Defends Integrity Amid Influence Claims
FCC Commissioner Robert E. Lee testified he rarely faced improper pressure and noted personal ties with the broadcasting industry are inevitable for the job. Edward M. Webster and Doerfer discussed gifts and influence, while witnesses described a Miami grant dispute and industry concern over influence peddling.
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FCC
Robert E. Lee
Lee
House Subcommittee On Legislative Oversight
FCC I
FBI
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
Mississippi
Firemen Begin 42 Hour Week Throughout Bridgeport
Bridgeport Fire Department shifts to a 42 hour work week starting today. Seventy four rookie firefighters, appointed last week, are assigned to engine companies and begin duty with the short work schedule.
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Bridgeport
Milford Council in Fiery Debate Over graft Allegations
Milford council chambers erupted as Mr Ekonomon accused council members of graft and corruption and challenged them to substantiate claims. The clash involved threats of lawsuits, calls for apologies, and appeals to change meeting rules amid sharp exchanges with Councilmen Lovett Jaser and Iovino.
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New Haven County Home’ Builders Association
George Taser
Ekonomon
Bridgeport Post-Telegram
Jhut
Third District
Lovett
Tovino
Charles R. Iovino
Iovino
Colby
Ekonomen
Hornish
Council of
Arthur J. Sable
Ekonomoni
Jaser
Bridgeport Post
Lorder
Walnut Beach
Board of Police Commissigers
UN Halts Clash in Galilee Area Workers Targeted
In the Lake Huleh area Arab resistance groups tried to block a crane as Israeli troops moved in to protect workers. The clash continued with Syrians firing on laborers for a second consecutive day and tanks supporting the operation.
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Lake Huleh
Israel
Insurance murder plot shocks Idaho Falls
Police allege Monte D. Moore and Charles F. Feely Jr plotted to blow up Roene Gasser to collect her life insurance. Investigators say six more dynamite blasts were set to stage an accident, with Moore named as insured and beneficiary. Feely was to receive ten thousand dollars. The 15 month old son in the attacked car was unharmed.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Match 31
Monte’d. Moore
Charles F. Feely Jr
Roene Gasser
Edward W. Pike
Moore
Feely
Gasser
Pike
Feeley
NLRB Ruling Defines Safe Guards for Union Hiring Halls
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that a union hiring hall must include safeguards to prevent discrimination in favor of union members. The decision focuses on the construction and maritime sectors where unions vet workers for employers.
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NLRB
Washington
Natonal Labor Relations Board
New Look Transforms Mayor Tedesco's City Hall Office Suite
Mayor Tedesco's third floor City Hall office complex has been redecorated to a bright airy style with dawn Bray walls new lighting and furniture. The four adjoining rooms now house a reconfigured staff setup with a reception area an inter office buzzer system updated desks and new metal and wood furniture replacing older pieces. The changes include fluorescent lighting new radiators concealed behind screens and green carpeting in the mayor and Keller offices. Exact costs are not disclosed but the city budget plan shows a new 5000 item for office furniture and equipment.
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Tedesco
City Hall
Wise
State Street
Keller
Magner
Worker Injured in Scaffold Fall Reported in Street Rescue
Firefighters aided a injured worker identified as Lesneski, co owner of a Connecticut maintenance firm, after a scaffold collapse and ladder fall. He was carried to a smaller roof then through a second story window to an elevator and a waiting ambulance amid confusion over police who were not summoned.
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Lesneski
Connecticut ‘Maintenance Company
iTeuck Company No. 1
Liegt
Albert J. Keleman
Peter Pruze
Democrats Cast Ballots Today
A list of voters named Bresler Breiner Burlinson Capobianco Cayrvan Cieplinski Cha ifier Coma Curran Daniels Darcy D Atr telo Dooley Eldridge Fitzpatrick Fulton Garofalo Garo falo Gross Holand Johnson Katona Rucky Kurgohtian Leahy Lee Lesser Lessett Lipinski Magilnick Mansfield McClinch McMahon Quade Mellitz Mick ell Mitchell Muirenan Murphy Niedermeyer Nowitz Norris Pekar Postal Quinn Reidy Rooney Samelson Sawyer Schine Shedden Tracey Walsh Weiss Wrabel Zinko. The item records a ballot casting event with a long roster of participants.
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Yey Bresler
James M. Breiner
Joseph F. Burlinson Jr
Henry Capobianco
Mary J. Cayrvan
Mary S. Cieplinski
Ann §. Chaifier
Vincent J. Coma
Marjorie A. Curran
Andrew F. Daniels
John J. Darcy
Edmund A. D'Atr Telo
John T. Dooley
James L. Eldridge
John T. Fitzpatrick
Mary E. Fulton
Albert A. Garofalo
Ralph Garofalo
Andrew Gross
Edward J.holand Jr
Robert B. Johnson
Mary A. Katona
Rit B. Rucky
Stephen Kurgohtian
William A. Leahy Jr
Robert G. Lee
Robert K. Lesser
Morris Lessett
Vincent F. Lipinski
Maurice J. Magilnick
Bryan Mansfield
Charles J. McClinch Sr
Walter McMahon
Laurence B. McQuade
Jacob Mellitz
Thadius B. Mickell
Mildred Mitchell
William F. Muirenan
Geraldine C. Murphy
Jerome J. Niedermeyer
Jack Nowitz
Harry L. Norris Jr
Joseph Pekar
Sidney S. Postal
Thomas V. Quinn
Richard J. Reidy
Francis A. Rooney Jr
Edith H. Samelson
Frank J. Sawyer
Edward Schine
Margery B. Shedden
Thomas J.tracey
James F. Walsh
Marvin H Weiss
John E. Wrabel
Michael Zinko
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Amz
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Jim Archer
FCG
Doerfer
Edward M. Webster
Radio Corporation of America
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Webster
Milford Council
Mr. Jaser
Black Hand
Milford
Mr. Ekonomon
Eknomon
Mr. Eknoman
Mr. Colby
Galilee
Theother
Labbr
Mary B. Magner
Shas
William L. Ketter
Belgian Congo
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Pope
Main & Cannon Sts
Fairfield Ave
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