Hartford Man Sentenced In Car Insurance Mail Fraud Case
Roy Galley from Tolland was sentenced to 18 months for mail fraud in an alleged phony auto insurance adjustment scheme that may have netted up to 175000 dollars. Edward Bartenstein and Thomas Devine await sentencing. Krechevsky faces a blackmail accusation linked to the case.
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Hartford
Roy Galley
Tolland
M. Joseph Diumenfeld
Galley
Edward, Bartenstein
Wethersfield
Thomas J. Devine
The
Security Insurance Group
Security
FBI
Edward Krechevsky
West Hartford
Devine
Krechevsky
Blumenfeld
Bartenstein
School Board Sets Special Meeting Tomorrow Night
The Board of Education calls a special meeting at City Hall to consider appointing a regular principal for Harding high school and to approve final plans for Bassick high school's proposed addition. The Harding appointment follows a Civil Service rejection of last year's exam appeal. Bassick approval may lead to contractor bids.
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Board of Education
Tomor
City Hall
Harding High School
Bassick High School
Harding
Civil” Service
Bassick
Blue-Gold Event Set At North End Club
The North End Boys Club Cub Scout pack hosts its annual Blue and Gold dinner at 7 pm in the club room during Boys Club Week. Pack leader Jack Keegan cites invited guests including Arlon Cota Pomperang council chief executive and Robert Nodnan executive director of the Boys' Clubs of Bridgeport, plus John Stacey as Boy of the Year.
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North End Boys’ Club
Jack Keegan
Arlon Cota
Pom- Perang Council
Robert Nodnan
Boys’ Clubs
Bridgeport
John Stacey
New Memorial Commission Plan Demands City Review
A proposed city ordinance would form a six member Memorial Commission to study requests for memorials such as statues and plaques and to review existing memorials. It would protect maintenance plans for the Revolutionary cemetery on Briarwood avenue and excludes the Board of Education from memorial submissions. The measure, backed by Mayor Curran and the Ordinance Committee, was held for future consideration by the Common Council.
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Curran
Add
Briarwood Avenue
Board of Education
Pardons Board Frees Two 1951 Prisoners on Time Served
Hartford AP The State Pardons Board reduced the sentences of two inmates to time served making James A. Solman 26 of New Haven and Thomas F. Owens Jr. 38 of Mt. Vernon eligible for parole. Solman helped beat Boris Leschuk to death during a 1951 mugging in New Haven. Owens served 16 years of a 25 to 35 year term for attacking a Stratford waitress in Westport and a Westport teacher in Norwalk. The board also urged extra psychiatric help for Edward L. Smith serving three to nine years for armed robbery and aggravated assault. The board rejected mercy pleas from Paul J. Lunny Jr. and Arsenio Bernardo received a new trial claim aided by lie detector evidence.
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Hartford
State Pardons Board
James A. Solman
New Haven
Thomas F. Owens, Jr
Mt. Vernon
Solman
Boris Leschuk
Owens
Stratford
Westport
Norwalk
Predrick G. Reincke
Edward L. Smith
Thompsonville
Smith
Bridgeport
Lunny
Joseph Ungvarski
Sid
Ungvarski
California
Connecticut
Board
Aie
Bonding Holds Up Bill on Pollution
Hartford AP Gov. John Dempsey's water pollution control bill faces a hurdle as the House Finance Committee sends it to review due to its $150 million bonding plan. The Water Resources Committee heard the bill, and after legal advice and amendments granting grants to cities with existing pollution controls, gave a favorable report last Friday.
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Hartford
John Dempsey
General Assembly
Finance Committee
House
Water Resources Committee
Woman Fined $10 For Shoplifting in Bridgeport
Adelea Haddad, 53, of 147 Catherine Street, Bridgeport, pleaded guilty to larceny for stealing a $3.77 skillet at Worthmart on Main Street. Circuit court Judge John Hanrahan imposed a $10 penalty after her arrest March 11.
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Bridgeport
John Hanrahan
Adelea Haddad
Catherine Street
Underwood
Worthmart
Main Street
Connecticut Hospitals End Fight Against Bargaining Law
The Connecticut Hospital Association withdrew opposition to a bill granting hospital employees the right to unionize and bargain. President Stewart Hamilton said unions are unnecessary but employees deserve rights, while warning of possible strikes affecting patient care. Nurses and professional groups urged the measure to raise wages and improve recruitment. lawmakers push for action this session.
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Hartford
Connecticut Hospital Association
Stewart Hamilton
Hamilton
General Assembly
House
Ratchford
Nurses Back
Connecticut Nurses Association
E. Ricciuti
Connecticut
Deficiency Bill Passes House After Hour of Debate
Hartford AP reports a 7 million deficiency appropriation was approved by the Connecticut House on a 111 to 0 vote after about 30 minutes of debate. Rep. Dowd criticized state agency overspending while Rep. O Neill noted a projected 50 million surplus. Major items include 1 million for courts 1.2 million for highways and 400 thousand for state police with the bill sent to Governor for signature.
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Hartford
House
Thomas F. Dowd, Jr
R. Trumbull
Dowd
John Dempsey
Norris O'Neill
O'Neill
Congress
Highways Department
Senate
Fairfield Youth Fined for Illicit Beer Purchase
Neil J. Leonard, 20, of 193 Shoreham Village Drive Fairfield, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to procuring liquor by false statement and was fined 25 dollars. Police observed Leonard and another person with several six packs of beer in front of Brown's Market at 500 Grasmere Avenue on March 10. He reportedly bought the beer there and had used false identification on a prior occasion. Market owner Mrs Anna M Brown was arrested on a charge of selling liquor to a minor.
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Neil J. Leonard
Shoreham Village Drive
Fairfield
Leonard
Brown’s Market
Grasmere Avenue
Anna M. Brown
Two Speeders Fined $75 Each on Connecticut Turnpike
Judge John Hanrahan fined Clifton S. Allen, 23, of 110 Taylor Drive, and James Alaino, 21, of Bristol, $75 each after pleading guilty to speeding on the Connecticut turnpike. Allen was clocked at 93 mph near Westway Road in Fairfield on March 5. Alaino was cited for speeds of 85 to 90 mph in Westport.
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John Hanrahan
Connecticut Turnpike
Underwood
Clifton S. Allen
Taylor Drive
Westway Road
Fairfield
James Alaino
Bristol
Westport
Whiteside Case Ruling Reserved
U S District Judge M Joseph Sue feld reserved a decision on a bid to quash a pending disbarment hearing against Lor ing J Whiteside of Woodbridge. The 78-year-old accused seven state court judges of civil misbehavior in a $1 million civil action linked to the death of Olga Gallagher, with her body in a New Haven cemetery vault. If the motion is denied, a full hearing date will be set.
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U.S
William H. Timbers
Whiteside
Superior’ Court
Supreme Court
Olgar Gallagher
New Haven
Tudge Blumenfeld
Legion of Merit Awarded to Branford Officer
Major Leonard B. Wood retired U S Army from Branford received the Legion of Merit for outstanding duty. The citation credits his imagination leadership initiative and managerial ability with contributing to counter insurgency success in Vietnam from 1956 to 1966. Wood joined the Army in 1946 and became an officer in 1947.
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Hartford
Leonard B. Wood
U. S. Army
Ret
Branford
Wood
Republic of Vietnam
Army
Youth Sent to Jail After Breaks
Jeremy J. Molnar of 122 Hanson Avenue was sentenced in Circuit court to three concurrent one year terms for breaking and entering. Judge John Hanrahan suspended the terms after six months and placed the youth on one year probation. Prosecutor John Ward said Molnar was linked to three Fairfield and Bridgeport burglaries on Jan 2 Jan 22 and March 25 involving two dwellings and a barbershop.
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Jeremy J. Molnar
Hanson Avenue
John Hanrahan
Molnar
Underwood
Hanrahan
John Ward
Bridgeport
Ward
Fairfield
Youth Who Broke Windows Is Fined
A 19 year old Bridgeport youth named Tom Catto pleaded guilty to willful injury to property. Judge John Hanrahan fined him after he admitted breaking two windows at 593 East Main Street on March 24 during a dispute with a group of youths. Police said Catto reported being shot at during the incident.
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Bridgeport
Thomas T. Catto
Cedar Street
John Hanrahan
Underwood
Cotto
East Main Street
Renewal Agency set to elect seven officers tonight
Norwalk Redevelopment Agency plans a special 8 p m meeting at its offices 141 East Avenue to elect officers Russell Frost II seeks reelection as chairman with Daniel R Forger as vice chair and Clifford Barton as secretary Barton's renewal term expires February but he is expected to be reappointed The NRA will also consider a resolution to raise borrowing powers by about 890 000 for the South Norwalk No 1 urban renewal project and federal approval has been reported
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Norwalk
East’ Avenue
Russell
Frost, II
Ghistesman
Daniel R. Forger
Clifford Barton
Jack Hagan
Wallace Avenue
Santucci
Nicholas Castoria
Lou Reda
William Zachry
Edward O’shaughnessy
Jim Dorne
James Murphy
Castoria
Town and Country
Bill Limits Judge Roles In Warrant Disputes In Hartford
Hartford AP A bill approved by the House would bar the same judge who signs a search warrant from ruling on complaints it was illegal. Currently circuit court practice assigns the same judge to hear warrant challenges. Rep. Ajello notes the House also passed 18 technical bills, with several setting Public Utilities Commission permit fees including 50 dollars for bus and truck permits and 25 dollars for delivery permits.
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The
Public Utilities Commission
Newton Elected Vice Chairman of Connecticut Beautify Unit
Paul S. Newton of 80 Carlright Street was chosen vice chairman of Governor Dempsey’s Citizens Committee to Keep Connecticut Clean and Beautiful. The article lists other officers, including Christopher Gilson of Greenwich as chairman and Mrs. Robert W. Honer of West Hartford as secretary treasurer, and outlines the committee’s three main objectives and proposed actions.
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Paul S. Newton
Carlright Street
Peoples Savings Bank of
Bridgeport
Dempsey
Citizens
Connecticut
Newton
Bridgeport ‘Chamber of Commerce
Christopher Gilson
Greenwich
Arn
Robert’ W. Honer
West
Hartford
Howard S. Ives
Gilson
New York City
Honer
Wethersfield
State Highway Department
Progress Reported In Avco Talks. Strike Deadline Looms
Negotiations between Avco Lycoming Stratford reps and Local 1010 AFL-CIO UAW resume at 9:30 a.m. in the Howard Johnson Stratford with a union spokesman saying some progress was made yesterday though details remain unavailable. The local, representing about 4 600 workers, authorized a strike if no agreement by April 15. Paul Deegan of the company expressed hope for a settlement before the deadline. A separate court case notes Angel Retmar, 36, of Wordin Avenue fined $50 for carrying a dangerous weapon in a motor vehicle after police found a loaded revolver during a traffic stop.
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Avco Lycoming
Stratford
United Auto Workers
Howard Johnson Motor Inn
Paul Deegan
Wordin Avenue
Fire at UMass destroys Alpha Epsilon Pi house
A fire at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst destroyed the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house. All 28 residents escaped unharmed. Firemen blamed faulty wiring for the blaze in the 90 year old building. Damage was estimated at 9000 dollars.
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Amherst
Mass
UPI
Alpha Epsilon Pi
University of Massachusetts
Trumbull Driver Fined for Crash at Used Car Lot
Michael Elias of Trumbull was fined 45 dollars for failing to drive in the proper lane after pleading guilty to the traffic charge. A nol pros was granted on evading responsibility. Police investigation tied Elias to a light-pole crash at a Fairfield Post Road used-car lot that damaged three cars.
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Michael Elias
Lycett Street
Trumbull
Henry Naruk
Wilfred Rodie
Post Road
Fairfield
Rodie
Elias
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