Grass Fires Keep Firemen on Run Across Area
Firecrews in seven towns battled over 70 grass and brush blazes including a five alarm fire in Stratford that lasted six hours. Saybrook and East Haven reported fires near railroad tracks while winds up to 51 mph fanned the flames. Bridgeport and Windsor Locks assisted as firefighters warned residents about trash burning.
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Stratford
Westport
Compo Beach
New Haven
Saybrook
East Haven
Newhall Street
Union Station
U.S. Weather Bureau
Windsor Locks
South Windsor
Wethersfield
Theodre T. Lockwood
Waterbury
Lakewood
Wolcott Road
Waterville
Fairfield Residents Face Worst Grass Fires Day in Memory
A four alarm grass fire swept over more than 10 acres of brush in Fairfield as 22 fires burned throughout the day. Chief Joseph Stopa said the day tested the department, with Bridgeport firefighters called in and off duty volunteers aiding. One firefighter, Joseph Skubas, collapsed from exhaustion but recovered after hospital care.
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Coughlin
Grand Union
Post Road
Black Rock Turnpike
Duck Farm Road
Longview Avenue
Hillside Road
Silliman Street
North Benson Road
Brookside Drive
Merwins Lane
Miro Street
Mill Plain Road
South Pine Creek
Stopa
Bridgeport Fire Department
Fairfield
Joseph Stopa
Bridgeport
Joseph Skubas
Tynxis Hill Park
St. Vincent's Hospital
Hulls Farm Road
Morehouse Lane
Cedar Road
Bronson Road
Thomas Murphy
Bron. 500 Road
Murphy
Springer Road
Riverside Drive
Bridgport
Thomas Coughlin
Richard Fenner
Assis
AEC Rebuffs Fees Of A Power Plant
Washington AP The Atomic Energy Commission rejected objections by New Hampshire and a Massachusetts utilities group to the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp plant at Vernon VT The AEC reaffirmed its December construction order saying it lacks authority to regulate water pollution The utilities alleged antitrust violations and denied power guarantees The AEC ordered a new hearing on December 8 to review the project's financial qualifications
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
AEC
Vermont Yankee
Bugs Baer Remains Active at 82 in 83rd Year
Stamford report notes Arthur Bugs Baer still writes a humor column and, at 82, will serve as master of ceremonies for King Features Banshee luncheon in New York on April 23. His daughter Altra, wife of AP veteran Nicholas Cavatara, is a freelance writer. Arthur Jr. works in advertising. the Baer family, with five and two children, lives in Rye, New York.
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Stamford
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
King Features
New York City
Mr. Baer
Altra
Nicholas Cavatara
Associated Press
Arthur Jr
Ave
Rye
N.Y
Indictment Challenged by Coffin's Lawyer
James D. St. Clair argued for dismissal of indictments against Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr. and four others for counseling draft avoidance, calling the charges vague and a constraint on free speech. A hearing was scheduled for April 17 before Federal Judge Francis J. W. Ford. He noted various civic actions may be misclassified as criminal conduct.
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Boston
William Sloane Coffin Jr
James D. St. Clair
Francis J. W. Ford
St. Clair
Mrs Mary Lametta Morsa Rites Planned In Norwalk
Services for Mrs Mary Lametta Morsa 49 wife of Fred J Morsa of 248 Strawberry Hill avenue who died Sunday at Norwalk hospital will be held today at 8 30 a m at Norwalk funeral home 91 East avenue and 9 o clock at St Thomas the Apostle church with a requiem Mass Burial is in St John s cemetery
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Fred J. Morsa
Norwalk
Mary Lametta Morsa
Strawberry Hill Avenue
Norwalk Hospital
East Avenue
Church of St. Thomas the Apostle
St John's Cemetery
Alfred J. Houk
Waterman Street
Catholic Charities
Diocese of Bridgeport
Bridgeport Hospital
Henry E. Bishop and Son
Fairfield Avenue
Blessed Sacrament Church
Lawncroft Ceretery
Fairfield
Thomas E. Rockefeller
Sugar Street
Midstate Engineering Company
Davies and Jones
South Main Street
Scranton
Abington Hills
Edmund A. Long
Westport
Carrie Louise Long
Riverside Avenue
Edmund Andrew Long
Raymond
East Wall Street
Edward H. Ehart, Jr
Grace Episcopal
Mirs
Paul Jordan Shelton
Helen Folta Jordan
Sunnyside Drive
Paul Jordan
Griffin Hospital
Derby
James T. Toohey
Howe Avenue
St. Michael’s Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
John P. Petro
Spring Street
Stratford
Panik Funeral
Central Avenue
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church
St. John's Cemetery
Thomas C. Rhymer Shelton
Katherine A. Metzger Rhymer
Mohegan Road
Thomas C. Rhymer
Trumbull
Mullins
Redgate
Main Street
St. Lawrence Church
Huntington
St. Michael's Cemetery
William B. Calgreen
Mary Curry
Calgreen
McGrath
Court
Stratford Convalescent Hospital
Dennis and D'Arcy
St. James Church
Michael Chonka
Mary Johnny Gyana Chonka
Longview Avenue
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Frank Parke and Son
St. Stephen’s Church
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Dorthy Brock
Violet Iitchen Brock
Bartlett Funeral Home
Danforth
Trout Brook Cemetery
Weston
Louis A. Abriola and Son
East
Washington Avenue
Bela Csoszor
Choser
Anna Mike Csoszor
Hanford Avenue
Abbot Manor Convalescent Hospital
Lesko
Mountain Grove
Chonka
Mary Johary Gyona. Chaonke
Michael Chonko
Lonaylew Avenue
Frank Parke
Sor
Fairfield ‘Avenue
Hancock
Services Today For Fr. Kazlauskas At St George's Church
Services will be held at 2 p.m. at St George's church for Rev. Joseph Vincent Kazlauskas 75 of 127 Lake Avenue Trumbull retired pastor of St George's Roman Catholic church who died Monday at home A Pontifical Mass will be offered by Bishop Walter W Curtis with several concelebrants from Connecticut. A children's Mass was offered at 11 a.m. in the church. Burial will be in St Michael's cemetery. Several priests from area parishes and religious orders will participate in the rites with Fr Francis Pranckus as deacon and Fr Andrew Skiba as cross bearer. The thurifer will be Fr John Mitchell chaplain of the Newman Center at the University of Bridgeport.
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Joseph Vincent Kazlauskas
Lake Avenue
Trumbull
St. George's
St. George’s Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Bridgeport
Francis Pranckus
Edward Duffy
Danbury
William Topor
Meriden
John Janciusmic
Marian Fathers
George Vilciauskas
Ansonia
Albert Zanovich
New Haven
Walter Pransketis
St. Augustines’ Cathedral
Thurifer
John Mitchell
Newman Center
University of Bridgeport
Frank W. Cook
Milford
Edna Baldwin Cook
John W. Mulloy Shelton
John W. Mulloy
Ripton Road
Griffin Hospital
Derby
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Huntington
Ralph &. Merrill
Lawn Cemetery
Winthrop
Mass
Mulloy
Shelton
W and J Sloan Contract Division
New York
Arsengale Realty Company
Trumull
Louis Frothingham
Huntington Garden Club
Huntington Civic Improvement Association
Gustav Reichert
New Fairfield
Kingsbury Road
Albert W. Schmidt
Granville Avenue
Hans Voss
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Reichert
Monchzell
Germany
New York City
Fodham Lutheran Church
tKatharina Klinger Reichert
George Reichert
Middlesex, NJ
Rosary
Jordan
Abs
Helen Falta Jordan
Sunnyside Drive
James T. Toohey
Howe Avenue
St. Aichael's Church
St. Atichaels Cemetery
Derbys Friends
Pam
Kazlauskas
Joseph V. Kazlauskas
Fake Ave
St. George RC
Walter W. ‘Urils
Dougletto
St. Alle] Chael's
Helen
Morrison
Amelia de Rosa
Marie
Gloria
Joseph
Mario
Bells of remembrance mark funeral notices and services
Multiple obituaries from Connecticut towns list services for Lydia Arbey Green Alfred J Houk Walter R Johancsik Dorothy Hampton Champlin Tecla Pietrini Morashetti Edna Baldwin Cook Thais Pojarsky Thomas Rockefeller Carrie Louise Long Helen Folta Jordan Paul Devecski details include ages addresses and burial places with times and churches across Norwalk Milford Wilton Newtown Shelton and Stratford.
Widow of State Fair author Phil Stong laid to rest
Funeral services held in New Milford for Virginia Swain Stong 69 widow of Phil Stong author of State Fair died Sunday in New Milford hospital She was born in Kansas City and was a University of Missouri graduate The Des Moines Register reporter later wrote features and cookbooks Survived only by a brother in Sherman and a note of her Washington Connecticut residence.
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New Milford
UPI
Virginia Swain Stong
Phil Stong
Stong
Washington, Conn
New Milford Hospital
Kansas City
University of Missouri
Des Moines Iowa Register
Obituary notices from Stratford area churches and towns
A list of funeral services and survivors for numerous Stratford and nearby residents. Frances Misenko Babjak dies at home in Stratford with services and burial planned in local churches and cemeteries. Josephine Mantarro Cipolla, Mary Curry Calgreen, and others receive similar notices with church services, absolution prayers, and burials in St. Michael's and St. James cemeteries. Additional entries note Gustav Reichert, Anna Loris, and Gustav Reichert with details of birth, migration, and survivors.
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Calgreen
Strafford
Mary Curry Calgreen
William B. Calgreen
McGrath Court
Stratford
Bennis & D'Arcy
Main St
St. James Church
St. Michael's Cametery
Sk. Sames
Services for Anna Gerda Held in Stratford Church and Cemetery
Mrs. Anna Gerda 75 wife of John Gerda of 957 Huntington Road Stratford died Sunday in Bridgeport Hospital. Services today at 1 30 p.m. in Charles T Pistey and Sons Funeral Home 255 Barnum Avenue and 2 p.m. in Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church with Rev John Chalupa officiating. Burial in Lakeview Cemetery. Burton E Bradford 61 of Cross Hill Road Monroe retired maintenance worker with Baghestos Division Stratford died suddenly Saturday at daughter Ruth L Du Bail’s home Southbury. Service today at 2 p.m. Mourne Funeral Home Wilmot West and Goulding 406 Main Street with Rev Robert S Keeling officiating. Burial in Park Cemetery Bridgeport.
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Paul
Norwalk
Hungarian Reform Church
Julia Devecski
Milton T. Vreeland
Westport
Milton Marion
Ruth England Vreeland
Hockanum Road
Carolton Convalescent Hospital
Fairfield
Bridgeport
Dennis and D’arcy
Fairfield Avenue
Mountain Grove
Atlanta
Andrew Mazes
Brabant Street
Staten Island
N.Y
Seaview Hospital
Staten, Island
Frank Polke and Son Funeral
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Czechoslovakia
Mazes
New York
Blue Ribbon Parage
Valentine Oskroba Mazes
Rudolph Mazes
Charles Mazes
John Mazes
Edward Kuligowski
Scarsdale
Stephen Kuligowski
Ferdinand Kuligowski
Seattle
Wash
Charles Duback
Peter Kost
Anna Gerda
John Gerda
Huntington Road
Stratford
Bridgeport’ Hospital
Charles T. Pistey and Sons
Barnum Avenue
Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church
John Chalupa
Lakeview Cemetery
Burton E. Bradford Monroe
Burtone
Bradford
Cross Hill Road
Baghestos
Ruth L. du Bail
Southbury
Mourne
Wilmot
West and
Goulding
Main Street
Robert 8. Keeling
Monroe Congregational Church
Park Cemetery
Monroe
Burton S. Bradford
Ruth L. du Ball
West & Gould
Ing
American Cancer Society
Gerda
Anna Mayer Gerda
Huntington Rd
Barnum Ave
Corner
Noble
Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church
Friends
Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church Book of Remembrance
Ace
LORIS
Villkally
Hertford
Anna Wilkalls
Chester Wilkalls
Thomas St
Hartford
Cgnn
Charles W. Douglelln & Sons
Park Ave
St. George’s RC
Duryea
Staten Stand
Andrew Tazes
Valenting Oskroba Mazes
Brobent Street
Frank Polke and Son
Fairflield Avenue
Hancock
Petro
John
Petra
Vera Terlikowski
Spring St
Conn
Panik
Central Ave
Sts. Cyril and Methodius
St. John's Cemetery
Rhymer
Trumbull
Katherine A. Metzger Rhymer
Thomas C. Rhymer
Ta Wdenon Road
Shelton
Long Hill
Mullins
Redgate
Gorham Place
Parkway
St. Lawrence Church
Huntington
Sir Michael's Cemetery
Shelton Evening Sentinel
Joseph ‘Timko
Susan Vorna Timko
Kossuth Street
Garnum Avenue
St. Cyril &Jethodius Church
Si. John’s Greek Catholic
Church of the Assumption
Donald Dreher
Anthony Sandltoe
Audrey
Multiple Death Notices From Stratford Valley area
Death notices from Stratford and nearby towns dated April 1968 list services for Frances Babak William Banyas Wilofet Kitchen Brock Burton Bradford Mary Calgreen Josephine Cipolla Edne Cook Anna Csoszor Sampson Denny Anthony Gelder Anna Gerda and others with funeral home details, cemetery plans and calling hours.
Card of Thanks and In Memoriam Notes
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy after the loss of Anoe Cropla Mrox and mentions pallbearers and donors. In memoriam honors Mary Murphy one year after her passing with a granddaughter notes of love and remembrance.
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Anoe Cropla Mrox
Horat Sonquels
Mror
Mary Murphy
Pat
Pequabuck Woman 20 Killed in Maine Crash
Patricia Desjardins 20 of Plymouth Connecticut was killed when a car driven by her husband Giles Desjardin 21 careened off Route 1 near Caribou Maine. He was treated at Cary Memorial hospital and authorities believe he fell asleep. The couple were en route to New Brunswick for a vacation.
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Connor
Maine
UPI
Connecticut
Caribou
Patricia Desjardins
Péquabuck
Plymouth
Bristol
Conn
Giles R. Desjardins
Cary Memorial Hospital
New Brunswick
Canada
Death notices from local city area April 1968
Death notices for Lydia Arbey Green Alfred J. Houk Helen Falta Jordan Kazlauskas and others list funeral times, locations, and family details. Services held at family homes churches and crematoriums with call hours and interment information provided. Card of thanks notes accompany bereavement messages.
Funeral notices and obituaries from April 1968
Several death notices list names such as Anna Wilkalls Mazes Tecla Morashetti John Petra Joseph Timko Marion Vreeland and Anthony Sanville. Funeral arrangements include locations in Hartford Milford Stratford Trumbull and Fairfield with services at churches, cemeteries, and funeral homes. Interments in Mountain Grove and St Michael's cemeteries are noted alongside calling hours and Mass intentions.
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Tance
Jackman Avenue
Stratfield
Bay Edge Court
Tunxis Hill
Park
Dee Park Road
Warwick Avenue
Brooklawn Terrace
Bugs’ Baer
Coffin
Edward A. Green
Lydia Arbey Green
Benson Street
Nate Lee
Caryl V. Benson
Salem
Walter R. Johancsik
Hollywood
Fla
Florida
Johancsik
Wilcox B. Champlin Wilton
Dorothy Hampton Champlin
Wilcox B. Champlin
New Canaan Road
Wilton Funeral Home
Danbury Road
Roger C. Douglas
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Paul Morashetti
Tecla Pietrini Morashetti
Turner Avenue
Milford Hospital
William R. McDonald
Holy Rosary Church
Andrew Pojarsky
Thais Pojarsky
Poe
Parmalee Road
Mahopac
Land’s End
Newtown
Honan Funeral Home
John Babjak
Frances Misenko Babjak
Babyak
Dorus Street
Rohm and Luchansky
Holy Name of Jesus Church
Sst. Michael's
Babjak
Czecho- Slovakia
Caroline Filip
Helen Grich
Paolina Cipolla
Josephine Mantarro Cipolla
Boswell Street
S. Spaddaccino and Sons Funeral
St. James
Giardini
Carmelo Mantarro
Angelina Spano
Steily
William Banyas
Dwight Street
Westport Food Center
Albert W. Spear
South Benson Road
Stanley R. Allaby
Black Rock
Naval Veterans
Rose Widovich Banyas
James Ott
Elmsford
Danna, Sparks
Raleigh
N. C
Linda Ott Banyas
Susan Banyas
Anthony
Frank
Nicholas Banyas
Dominic Carletti
Eleanor Banyas
Joseph Loris
Anna (Williams) Loris
Thomas Street
West Hartford
St. Francis Hospital
Charles W. Dougiello and Sons
Park Avenue
Lithuania
Polish National Alliance
Lodge 187
Lithuanian Alliance of America Society
Chester C. Williams
James F. Farnam
Kathleen Burke Farnam
Norman Street
Golden Heights
Stook Place
St. Augustine Cathedral
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Pittsfield
Eugene Byrnes
Thomas F. Henehan
David F. Bannon
William McInnis
Anthony J. Delber
Chapel Street
General Electric Company
A. G. Baker
Stratford Avenue
Delber
Rose Baurer
Miss Rose Baurer
Poplar Street
A. L. Green
Grand Street
Naugatuck
Miss Baurer
Esther Friedman
Claude A. Bonvillian
Wilton
Arlington National Cemetery
Signal Hill North
U.S. Navy
Combustion Engineering Corporation
Spratford
Frances Misenka Babak
Joan Bablak
Durie Street
St. F Michael's
Aonday
Attiford
Edne B. Cook
Frank Cook
Naugatuck Avenue
George Smith and Son
Broad Street
Wan
To & Pen
Csoszor
Anna Csoszor
Hanford Ave
Fairfield Ave
St. Stephen's Church
Hovan's Flowers Inc
The
Bridgeport Florist Association
Josephine Cipolla
Stratford Monument Works
Stratford Ave
Cipolla
Ueberam, Heaphy & Doyle Funeral Home