Bridgeport Council Honors World Champion Biddy Team
The Bridgeport Common Council paused business to honor the Bridgeport Biddy League All-Stars who won the world championship in Scranton, Pa. Alderman Feroleto read a resolution praising the boys for bringing credit to the city and Mayor Tedesco offered congratulations to players, coaches, and families. The ceremony included remarks on good sportsmanship and recognition of team members James Lyddy, Robert Murphy, Richard Cody, William Pritz, Joseph Battaglia, Donald Cedrone, Frank Bruno, Alexander Sulzycki, James Appleby, John Krancz, Terry Toigo, and David Taddia, plus coaches Charles Doran and James Hannon and Commissioner Michael Brescia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Frank V. Feroleto
Tedesca
Tedesco
Feroleto
Bridgeport
James Lyddy
Robert Murphy
Richard Cody
William Pritz
Joseph Battaglia
Donald Cedrone
Frank Bruno
Alexander Sulzycki
James Appleby
John Krancz
Terry Toigo
David Taddia
State's Flood Threat Eases Across Connecticut Rivers
Hartford April 7 AP danger of all but minor lowland flooding along the Connecticut river will pass by tomorrow. Heavy rains tapering off today promise fair weather tomorrow night and Wednesday as forecasts call for a crest of 16 and 12 feet at Hartford by 7 p.m. tomorrow. Minor flooding is expected outside Hartford's 45 foot dike while small streams fall and rivers recede.
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Hartford
Connecticut
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bureau
Housatonic
Farmington
Mayor Names Board to Hear Rooming House Law Appeals
BAYTOWN Tenn April 7 AP six persons four of them children died tonight when a gasoline transport truck exploded after colliding with an automobile. A five man appeals board was appointed by Mayor Tedesco to hear cases under the rooming house ordinance. Terms run to 1959 1960 1961 for members Poppa Defla Donna Gosselin Bero Liskov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Tenn
Edna Taylor
Liberty
Tex
Leland Earl
Marysabett
Linda Elaine
John Harvey
Milton Heaton
Tedesco
Common Council
Lawrence Poppa
Harral ,Avenue
Samuel D. Della Donna
Springdale Street
Ernest J. [Gosselin
Sherwood Avenue
Frank Bero
Atlantic Street
Samuel Liskov
Tesiny
Poppa
Defla Donna
Gosselin
Bero
Liskov
Police Department
YMCA World Service Drive launches in Bridgeport
The Bridgeport YMCA launched a 16 000 drive at a kickoff dinner in the Y recreation room. Drive chairman Raymond J. Avery reported 5 603 pledged toward a 15 000 goal with campaigns running to May 1. World Service Secretary Richard Cooper of India highlighted rural demonstration projects and farming programs across more than 5 000 villages.
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Bridgeport Ymca World Service Fund
Raymond J. Avery
Richard Cooper
World Service
India
YMCA
Ymca World Service
Cooper
Asia
North America
Quentin Gallagher
New England
Egypt
Brotherhood
Howard L. Haag
Bridgeport
Harry H. Read
World Service Committee
Francis P. Burr
First Congregational Church
Stratford
Benjamin F. Bartmess
Burglary Hits Housatonic Public Service Office
Police investigate a $5,000 burglary at the Housatonic Public Service office on 33 Elizabeth Street. About $6,000 in checks and cash was taken from a safe in a fireproof vault. thieves reportedly forced open an office window while employees were away.
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Derby
Housatonic
Frank Manion
Bacon
Weather outlook for New England and Northeast states
The report notes cooler, windy conditions across Connecticut Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire Vermont Maine and parts of coastal Eastport to Block Island with northwest winds 20 to 35 mph and mixed cloudiness flurries and showers. Boston records a 7 pm EST max of 35 and a 7 pm min of 49 toward a cooler trend.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Boston
U. S. Weather Bureau
City
Albany
Buffalo Ways
Burlington, Vt
Charleston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Concord
Denver
Wartford
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
Montreal A
St Tantucket
New Orleans
New York
Old Town
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland
Providence
St. Louis
San Antonio
Seattle
Washington
Williston
Worcester
Court Refuses to Free Lana Daughter in Stompanato Case
Cheryl Crane, 14, remains in Juvenile Hall after killing Johnny Stompanato. Judge Odell orders detention until April 24 hearing on ward status. The court denied Lana Turner and Crane’s custody request, citing the child’s welfare amid public threats and ongoing proceedings.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
Johnny Stompanato
Cheryl Crane
Chery
California
Beverly Hills
Stompanato
Lana
Mildred Turner
Cheryl
Stephen Crane
Donald A. Odell
C. H. Anderson
Bovery Hills
Miss Turner
Anderson
Johnny
Lanita
Sweet Love
John Stompanato Smith
London
Paris
Acapulco
Mexico
Burglary Probed At Garden Exchange Store
Trumbull police investigate a Sunday night theft at Garden Exchange 4244 Madison Ave. Cash amounting to 3500 and checks were taken from a steel cabinet after a window on the upper floor was entered. Store spokesman said receipts from the Easter weekend were stolen and not insured.
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Trumbull
Madison Avenue
Zone Board Reviews Drain Plans Tonight
Town plans to review eighteen page drainage specifications by Town Engineer Theodore Risberg at 7 30 p m in the town court room. Agenda includes Wheelers Farms area reports and dam age appraisals for West Main street widening plus Anderson subdivision on Baxter Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Risberg
Planning and Zoning Board
George C. Lay
Wheelers, Farms
Bick and Baum
Plains Road
West Main Street
Anderson
Baxter Jane
Garden Club Hears Speaker On Flower Arranging
Milford and area clubs schedule events. Mrs. Clarence Platt speaks on Flower Arranging at the Wepawang Garden Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Edo on Turkey Hill Road Orange. Members will judge a Spring Song composition and bulbs for horticultural prizes. Milford Homemakers meet Wednesday at 1 pm. Junior Friends of the Library plan a Saturday food sale in the Children's Library to fund their annual trip to Radio City and Rockefeller Center.
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Clarence Platt
Milford Garden Club
Wepawang Garden Club
Joseph Edo
Turkey Hill Road
Orange
Frank Coneybear
Robert Weir
Eugene Ronshacen
Milford Homemakers
Fort Trumbull Beach Presbyterian Church
Friends of the Library
Radio City
Rockefeller Center
Trinity Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
The
Order of Rainbow
Connecticut
North Haven High School
Patricia Dichkewich
Cherry Street
New Haven Tracks Reopened After Washout Near Norwalk
Rail service resumed on New Haven tracks after a heavy rain washout near Norwalk, washing out about 39 feet of track. Trains crossed at low speed while passengers walked around the gap. two trains ferried passengers by bus until repairs completed by mid afternoon. A London collector sold a Thomas Harriot algebra treatise for $934.
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Norwalk
New ‘Haven
London
Thomas Harriot
Sir Walter Raleigh
Cub Pack 18 Inducts Members. numerous badges awarded
Three boys joined Cub Pack 18 at Pumpkin Delight School. Wilbur Curry presented bobcat pins to Gary Jordan Craig Angel and Bobby Maloney. Wolf badges to Robert Gulyban Harvey Paight Carl Allen Wilbur Sawder Tom Lyman Albert Francher Jesse Atkinson Raymond Haimes Gary Armstrong Joseph Cusamo. David Smith and James Rorick earned wolf badges and silver arrows. Bear badges to Raymond Paskiewicz Raymond Mott and Robert Kosarko. Richard Rust earned bear badge and gold arrow. Silver arrows to Rust Arlen Smith Stanley Mrozek. Dinners earned stripes for James Rorick Craig Agasi Lionel DaCosta Edward Gulyban Raymond Mott Stephen Rose. Assistant denner stripes to Robert Elliott and Richard Needham. One year pins to Leonard Ichinger David Grenier and Richard Rust. Recreation schedule lists activities at West Shore center and Milford High School. Future Nurses of America chapter to meet Thursday at 1 p.m. at the High School.
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Pumpkin Delight
Wilbur Cur
Gary Jordan
Craig Angel
Bobby Maloney
Robert Gulyban
Robert Kosarko
Richard Rust
Rust
Arlen Smith
Stanley Mrozek
James Rorick
Craig Agasi
Lionel DaCosta
Edward Gulyban
Raymond Mott
Stephen Rose
Robert Elliott
Richard Needham
Leonard =ichinger
Davidi ‘Grenier
West Shore Center
East Shore
Milford
Costello Deposition Upheld by Supreme Court on Citizenship
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld denaturalization actions against Frank Costello, ruling the government can proceed to strip his U S citizenship. The decision also dismissed related naturalization cases against James Matles and Gaetano Lucchese, both linked to prior criminal activity.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Frank Costello
Castelsupper
Myrtle Lo. Beach Methodist Church
Domenick Bocca
Gene Lackore
Henry Hubel
Les Smith
Otho Lewis
Robert Adams
Arthur C. Hensel
Joseph Latham
United States
Justice Department
J. S. Court of Appeals
Costella
James J. Matles
United Electrical Workers
Romania
Matles
Communist Party
U. S
Gaptano Lucchese
Ualy
Mattes
New York City
Costello
Edward Bennett Williams
Edmund L. Palmieri
U. S. Court of Appeals
Palmieri
Italy
Four Escape Death In Danbury Crash
Two sisters and their two children survived a Danbury crash when a tow pole pierced the windshield of a car on Main Street near City Hall. Mrs. Arthur J. Bohan and her niece Sheryl Smigala were treated for facial cuts and released. Ruth Smigala and Roger Bohan were unhurt. A Southern New England Telephone truck was towing the pole and stopped at a red light as the Bohan car hit the pole. Police said distraction of Mrs. Bohan by her son preceded the impact.
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Danbury
Main Street
City Hall
Arthur J. Bohan
Seherry Street
Ruth Smigala
Roger Bohan
Fred Barbarie
Alvaro Rodrigues
Southern
New England Telephone Co
Bohan
David D'Emilio
Wildman Street
Fines Handed Out In Norwalk Court For Speeding
In Norwalk City Court Judge J. Richard Fay fined three motorists for speeding and several others for related infractions. James L. Haith and Gene D. TambarriI each paid 45 dollars while Ronald C. Meyer was fined 35 dollars for speeding. Howard Frankel and Eugene Farley were fined 50 dollars for reckless driving and found not guilty of racing. Additional fines were imposed for following too closely 15 dollars unregistered vehicle 10 operating without Public Utilities Commission authority 15 for passing a stop sign 15 for running a red light and 15 for illegal entry to controlled highway access.
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Norwalk
J. Richard Fay
James L. Haith
Chapel Street
Gene D. Tambarri
Westcott Road
Stamford
Ronald C. Meyer
Marvin Place
Westport
Howard Frankel
van Buren Avenue
Eugene Farley
Norman Avenue
William H. Vivian
Hinkley Anue
Carl W. Martin
Coach Jane
Guy 5. Parks
Hanford Place
Public Utilities Commission Authority
Barbara J. Famiglietti
Commerce Street
Henry Fransen
Chambers Road
Danbury
Fabrizzio N. Senni
Fairfield Avenue
Anthony Todice
Keen Street
Shelton
Norwalk Fire Inquiry Spurs Three Blazes at Residence
Fire Chief investigates three fires at Edith Morrison’s one story home on Scribner Avenue causing about 10000 dollars in damage. Clive Morrison discovered the blazes at 12 15 pm as Mrs Morrison worked and children were in school. Fire crews worked two hours removing burned furniture and clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Charles A. Vodk
Edith Morrison
Scribner Avenue
Clive Morrison
Hartford dispute over highway budget deficit claim
Deputy State Comptroller Charles P. Harper charged that the Budget department seeks to manufacture a deficit in the Highway Fund via bookkeeping revisions. He refused to remove about 31 million dollars in anticipated federal grants from revenue, warning this would falsely show a deficit while actual receipts would exceed estimates.
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Hartford
Charles P. Harper
State Budget Department
Fred A. Schuckman
Harper
Schuckman
Highway Fund
Highway Department
Mgr. Harper
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Qi Fan
Universal Jeep
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WALTS
Word
Maverick
Brooklawn Motors, Inc
Fairfield Ave
Bridgeport, Conn
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Block Island
Court
Frumbull
Carl T. Viola
Alford DiTullio
Ford Street
Woodmont Acres, Inc
Five Acres Road
Walter Goldman
East Broadway
Arthur Kane
Corona Drive
Robert J. Kretvix
Page Street
George Weed
Lois Miller Rollinson
Bridgeport Avenue
Robert
John Krakowski
Herbert Street
Sue Montreuil
High Street
Donald Cherpak
State Highway Department
Beverly Conwood Boyne
Kohary Drive
Pasquale
Robert Crocco
Buckingham Avenue
Patricia Dickewich
James E. Malarky
Garden Club Hearst
New Haven
Future
Nurses of American
Board of Fire Commissioners
Central Fire
Fort Trumbull
Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary
Charles Street
Milford Wates Club
Red Cross Board of Directors
Chester Bowles
Plymouth Men's Club
Teria
Norwalk Court
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