Fall Guy Luncheon Sparks Milford Council Outburst
A standing room crowd watched Councilman Ernest C. Ekonomon storm out after Harold E. Bassett was ejected amid graft charges at Milford town hall. The session, marked by interruptions, led to a deferral of the issue to a special meeting.
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Milford
Ernest C. Ekonomon
Harold E. Bassett
Laurel Beach
Third District
Ekonomon
Patsick J. Lovett
William §. Colby
Bassett
Colby
Ekon
Omon
Jasper McLevy Honored at Circus Saints and Sinners Lunch
Former Mayor Jasper McLevy was toasted at the Jumbo Tent’s Fall Guy luncheon in the Hotel Barnum with affectionate irreverence. The event featured stage sketches lampooning his career, gifts including a silver tea set and a two week Freedom ride voucher, and attendance by Mayor Tedesco, Mayor Lee of New Haven, and Congressman Morana among about 150 guests.
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Mathewson
Jasper McLevy
Walter Kiernan
Circus Saints
Sioners Club of America
Barnum Hotel
Circus Saints and Sinners Club of America
McLevy
Wheeler Mansion
Pleasure Beach
Hotel Barnum
Creston Kile
Tedesco
City Hall
Mr. Kiernan
Mayor Lee
New Haven
Albert P. Morana
Iso
Cops seize man in auto chase across Stratford streets
After a stolen car chase, Stratford Detective Andrew Ho van captured Dale OQ Broas, 25, at a B&B Point yesterday afternoon. Three shots were fired as six officers pursued through a residential area near Main Street and Nichols Avenue. Broas, previously arrested by the same detective eight years earlier, was seized at gunpoint after a tip line description led police to Nichols Avenue.
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B&b Point
Stratford
Andrew Hovan
Main Street
Nichols Avenue
Dale OQ. Broas
Washington Avenue
Bridgeport
Bull’s Head
Broas
Walter Knablein
Weather chase ends as Broas is captured in Stratford
Patrolman Knabstein radioed for help as Broas fled a stolen car. Detectives Roy Hovan and others joined the pursuit. Freeman fired three warning shots while Broas hid in Edmond street yard. Hovan ordered him to the ground and Roy helped cuff him. Broas was taken to Stratford Police HQ as rain and warmer winds moved in. Low near 44, high in the 40s.
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Knabstein
Stratford
Broas
Nichols and
Johnson Avenues
Joseph Carten
Peter Roy
Hovan
Eugene Freeman
Anthony Bredice
Northland Hillside Avenues
Mainstrez
Nichols Avenue
Freeman
Ford
Two Connecticut Boys Held in NY With $10000 Gold Note
Two 1937 Connecticut youths Frederick G. Kohler of Chester and John Jones of Essex were detained in New York after bystanders found a $10000 gold certificate dropped near Grand Central. The Treasury has retired the note as non negotiable and continues to chase missing bills from the 1937 hoard.
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New York
Connecticut
Grand Central
Treasury
Frederick G. Kohler
Chester
John Jones
Essex
Port Said
Egypt
New York Police
Connectitificate
Suspect confesses in Vernon area killing of Mrs Eveline Seddon
Dorando A Ferrari 42 of Verona New Jersey is arrested and confesses to killing 33 year old Mansfield housewife Mrs Eveline Seddon whose body was found March 13 on a back road near Vernon with two bullet wounds. Ferrari reportedly admitted the March 11 killing and is held on a coroner's warrant.
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Stafford Springs
Dorando A. Ferrari
Verona
N. J
Lissat
Eveline Seddon
Mansfield
Egislators
Ssguss
Robert Igram
North- Rundle
Ferrari
South
Vernon
Harry Batyloe
Stafford
Taylor
Seddon
Deficit seen by budget chief spurs caution for 1959
Houston April 9 AP budget chief Maurice Stans warned a 1958 deficit will exceed 1 billion and stretch beyond 1959 despite calls for tax cuts. He urged a calm approach, saying emergency measures can wait as spending plans threaten balanced budgets for several years. In Hartford, Route 23 rebuilding funds at a special session seem unlikely, with Route 25 not funded this year though engineering studies continue.
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Tex
Eisenhower
Maurice Stans
Congress
Stans
American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters
Budget Bureau
Hartford
Bridgeport
Newtown
House
Senate
Ribicoff
Trumbull
Monroe
Main Street
Fred Pope
Fairfield
Newman M. Marsilius, Jr
Pope
Marsilius
Highway Department
Argentina orders Dominican envoy expelled amid Peron exile
Argentina broke diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic and ordered the Dominican ambassador to leave within 48 hours. President Pedro Aramburu signed the decree. Peron has lived in exile across several countries after his 1955 overthrow, with his recent movements noted as part of regional tensions.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Dominican Republic
Juan Peron
Foreign Ministry
Pedro Aramburu
D. J. Marino Inchaustegui
Peron
Venezuela
Ger. Marcos Perez
Jiminez
Asyiua
Paraguay
Panama
Nicaragua
Trumbull to Vote on High School Site Today
Voters in Trumbull head to polls from noon to 8 p.m. across four districts to decide five questions on the Randall Snyder property for a high school site. A Yes on all would support acquisition. No would oppose the Ehrsam-Davis property plan.
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Trumbull
Randall Snyder
Ehrsam-Davis
Features for Everybody In Telegram Daily
A condensed contents page listing sections and page numbers. Notable items include Angelo Patri features, Dr. Bundesen, editorials, fashions, financial news, and regular columns like Jacoby on Bridge and Sylvia Porter. Obituaries and theater news also appear across pages.
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Gue Keset
Constantine Brown
Dr. Bundesen
Financial News
Jacoby On Bridge
Sylvia Porter
Japanese firm to build helicopters under Sikorsky license
The Sikorsky division of United Aircraft Corp announced in Stratford that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Tokyo will license to build and sell the Sikorsky S-55 helicopter in Japan. The S-35 is a 10 to 12 place helicopter approved for passenger transport and utility work. Mitsubishi will produce frames with Sikorsky components installed and will first build 61st S-35s for Japan's defense forces before expanding to civilian use. Mitsubishi officials have studied Sikorsky production methods at the Stratford plant.
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Sikorsky
United Aircraft Corp
Stratford
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Inc
Tokyo
Japan
Military
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Mitsubishi
Eisenhower urges buying to end slump at press conf
President Eisenhower urged Americans to buy as a quick fix to the recession but ruled out an immediate tax cut. He defended Pentagon reorganizing plans, said he might halt nuclear tests if advisers approve, and addressed rising unemployment with a cautious view on stimulus.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Defense MecElroy
Congress
America
Pacific
Rebel uprising in Havana collapses under police gunfire
A bold rebel uprising in Havana fizzled as police gunfire halted the revolt. By nightfall the Batista government pressed a counter-offensive with gun battles across the city. Reports counted at least 26 rebels dead, later rising over 30, with two police officers killed and several wounded.
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Havana
APJ
Batista
Fare Boosts Won't Solve Rail Problems Says Alpert
NEW HAVEN April grainy copy AP President George Alpert told the New Haven railroad stockholders that fare increases will not solve the railroad’s financial woes. He urged relief from outdated regulations and taxes and subsidies to cover commuter deficits, arguing fares must compete with subsidized air and highway travel.
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Alpert
New Haven
George Alpert
New Haven Railroad
Uti
Doolittle's Son Found Dead At Bergstrom Air Force Base
Maj James H Doolittle Jr 38 son of Gen James H Doolittle was found dead in his Bergstrom AFB office with a .38 pistol shot through the right temple. An investigation is ordered to determine if the wound was self inflicted or accidental. Survivors include his wife Shirley two sons Eric and James HS and a brother Capt John P Doolittle. Khrushchev winds down Hungary visit saying East West talks cannot decide Communist affairs and must respect UN sovereignty.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Hungary
Khrushchev
Janos Kadar
United Nations
Moscow
Tass
Austin
Tex
iMaj
James H. Doolittle Jr
Bergstrom Air Force Base
James H. Doolittle
Japan
Air Force
Boody
Hober J.merfeld
Orren E. Eagan
Jhase Information Office
Doolittle
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