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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1958
Page
11
A supersonic jet fighter crashed in a narrow clearing between two structures near a school in Sacramento Calif on April 9. The aircraft erupted in flames and authorities reported fatalities and injuries as responders secured the scene and began investigations.
Dozens of children watched from a nearby schoolyard as a delta-wing F102 crashed moments after takeoff from McClellan Air Force Base. First Lt. Daren G. Webster, 26, died in the crash. The jet plummeted toward homes of F Valline and L Klement, exploding in a fireball. A kindergarten class witnessed the disaster as a teacher described the scene. Mrs. Klement recalled fleeing with her two small children as debris and flames filled the area.
Miss Helen Marchant will preside over cap turning exercises for seven student Licensed Practical Nurses tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the Bridgeport hospital auditorium. Four from Bridgeport hospital and three from St. Vincent's will receive caps from department heads, with Miss Vera J. Meeker and Sister DeChantel officiating. Participants include Ann Banks of Redding, Ann Hamuka of Shelton, Ruth Rifkin and Olga Yanutik of Bridgeport, Kathleen Jones and Dorcas Mauney of this city, and Joyce Tilbe of Norwalk. A musical program will be presented by Jo-Ann Varrone.
The city will start round the clock operation of its new $1,250,000 municipal incinerator on Bostwick Avenue this Sunday. Public Works will add four floormen and a senior clerk to support the expanded service, with some staff reallocated from the older Asylum Street facility under repairs. The move follows a trial two-shift plan that created 11 new jobs tied to extending rubbish collection to the former First Taxation district in the North End.
At a public hearing in Fairfield last night Highway Superintendent Stephen E. Butzko chaired as six property owners attended. Jessie Preston of 87 Oldfield Road protested the benefit and damage assessment for the street widening, claiming the commission erred in deducting 248 dollars from over 900 dollars in damages. Butzko advised taking the issue to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission.
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