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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1958
Page
4
Town Manager Charles R. Lovino asks Governor Ribicoff's public works plan to ease unemployment include Milford projects such as shore erosion control road improvements and drainage. The letter to Newman Ar Graves requests consideration of Milford if the program is adopted.
Darien driver Bruce C. Conklin, 36, complained of chest pains but declined medical aid after a three car rear end crash on the Merritt Parkway at the Stamford Avenue underpass. Maximilian Bauer and Marjorie Jones escaped unhurt. Bauer cited for illegal parking and Conklin for speeding. Jones and Conklin vehicles towed. Two drivers arrested and summoned to New Canaan Town Court.
Norwalk Board of Education grants 150 dollar raises to custodians and maintenance workers at top pay, and approves a five cent hourly increase for custodial assistants for the 1958 59 year. Union urged higher top salaries and guaranteed night shift pay, but only partial concessions were approved.
Brookfield April 11 services will be held for Arthur J Brown 69 an industrialist of Brookfield and New York who died Thursday in his New York home He will lie in state at Lillis funeral home New Milford then at St Josephs Brookfield with a solemn Requiem Mass Burial in St Francis cemetery New Milford He leaves wife Louise two daughters Mrs Betty Tori and Mrs Mary Lou Stoodley four grandchildren and one great granddaughter He was inventor and held several machinery patents He and Louise planned their 50th wedding anniversary on April 22
The Danbury Symphony Orchestra offers its final season concert in Bekshire Hall Danbury State Teachers College. Conductor John F. Burnett prepares a varied program with Bach Nielsen Ciaccona performed by strings and a solo quartet led by William Rodier Frances Ferrall Eloise Burnett Ensor and William Van Emmenes. Eleanor Gardner Marcari performs Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in D minor Opus 40 with the orchestra. The second half features Charles Ives Symphony No. 2 in five movements.
Harold C. Poole of Bridgeport Housing Authority warned a municipal employes union official he would be removed by police for interrupting BHA meetings. The dispute centered on whether the union should represent BHA employees in grievances. Poole refused, citing contractual limits and other authorities’ practices. The clash spanned three consecutive meetings before Father Edward G. Zibell urged fairness and potential reopening of the representation question.
Washington Senators purchase infielder Oswaldo Alvarez from the Charlotte farm club of the South Atlantic league. Alvarez played shortstop and second base, spent last season with Midland Texas in the Southwestern league batting .362 in 119 games and stealing bases.
Yugoslav Olympic marathoner Franjo Mihalic lands in Boston to train for the Boston Athletic Association race on April 18. A 38 year old veteran, Mihalic finished second in Melbourne 1956 in his first full marathon attempt.
The Witch anniversary of the Saugatuck Congregational church Guild will be marked May 8 at 1 p.m. in the church social hall with a luncheon, bridge and canasta. Mrs. Sterling M. Lesler is general chairman. Tickets go on sale at Tuesday’s Guild luncheon or through the ticket committee.
The report says regular increments for department staff are recognized and police, fire, and highway crews will not get salary increases beyond their six increments. Teachers and other town employees are recommended roughly a five percent raise. In East Lansing, Dr. Austin J. Freeley of John Carroll University advised that "ain't" is acceptable in speech for emphasis but should not appear in writing.
A six day U S District Court trial in New Haven awarded Raymond Wennik, Norwalk-Westport developer, $59,000 for a 5.2 acre tract off North Main Street condemned for a Capehart housing project. Companion case awards Harry G. Bragg $5,800 for adjoining parcel.
Federal Judge Robert P. Anderson presided at the trial. The report notes the governmental valuation of the property at 1450 dollars in the proceeding.
John Jones reports a week-old pup in Harrisburg born to an infected mother has green fur as natural camouflage. A doctor said maternal infection caused the discoloration while seven pups were born, the others white.
Cleveland police officer Chester W. Krause, 58, set an all time department record by helping deliver 143 babies during his 39 years on the force. The report notes his long service and pioneering role in childbirth within the city’s law enforcement community.
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