50 Years Ago in France Ceremony Recalled Battle of Seicheprey
Norwalk marks the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Seicheprey with a public ceremony at City Hall on Wednesday at 9 30 a m. A bugler will sound taps and a firing squad will salute Yankee Division veterans. Mayor Frank N Zullo will speak. Local survivors of the 48 hour Lorraine clash may attend. A Yankee Division association dinner follows the ceremonies.
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Norwalk
Seicheprey
France
City Hall
Lorraine
Frank N. Zullo
Yankee Division
Leicheprey
New England
Board Seeks Bids for Moving Classrooms and Foundations
The Board of Education invites bids for foundation construction and passageways for demountable classrooms at several schools. Bids for moving classrooms open Tuesday at 10 30 a m and foundation proposals open April 2 0 at 10 30 a m in the purchasing office of Carl S Hartmann 105 Main Street.
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Board of Education
Carl S. Hartmann
Main Street
Senior Citizens Job Openings and Fashion Show Planned
The Senior Personnel Placement bureau announces several job openings for qualified persons aged 65 and over including secretary clerk driver salesman parts assembler and printer. The Norh junior class will present a fashion show at Ganung's Department Store Walling Avenue Wednesday night at 8:30 to raise funds for the yearbook with Miss Gail Durkin and Miss Lucille Ferraro as co chairs and a large student nurse activities and class advisor support team.
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Nor|h
Requestwalk Hospital School of Nursingseq
Ofice
West Avenue
Re Ganung
Walling
Susan Wharlow
Patricia Tobin
Jessica Brown
Judy Tomczyk
Carol Lenhart
Barbara Nishball
Claire Atherden
Judgment Upheld in Paternity Case in Connecticut
The Appellate Division of the Circuit Court upheld Judge Irving Levine's Third Circuit ruling for Marie A. Underhill of Brookfield against James Bennett of Bethel. The judgment included a $1,000 bond to ensure performance of a support order and mother's expenses. Judge David Jacobs authored the opinion with Kosick and Pruyn concurring. Harry Cohen represented the plaintiff. Paul V. McNamara the defendant.
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Danbury
Appelate Division
Circuit Court
Irving Levine
Third Circuit Court
Marie A. Underhill
Brookfield
James Bennett
Bethel
Levine
David Jacobs
Bernard A. Kosick
Erving Pruyn
Harry Cohen
Paul V. McNamara
Committee Named For Donor Dinner In Norwalk
Mrs. Leo Hirschhorn heads the 30th annual donor dinner committee of the Norwalk Hadassah chapter. Members include Mrs. William Freedman mistress of ceremonies, Mrs. Laurence Dickman journal, Mrs. Sam Toobin and Mrs. Frank Winer pledges, Mrs. William Chernoff and Mrs. David Lashinsky jewels, Mrs. Irene French memorials, and Herbert Israel professionals. The event May 9 at the Norwalk Jewish Center opens with cocktails at 6:30 and dinner at 7:30, featuring a fur fashion show.
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Leo Hirschhorn
Norwalk
Hadassah
Norwalk Jewish Center
Shorehaven Road
William Freedman
Laurence Dickman
Sam Toobin
Frank Winer
William Chernoff
David Lashinsky
Irene French
Herbert Israel
Safety Aide Blames Mishap on Miniskit
Peter Wand vice chairman of the accident prevention committee in Hemel Hempstead explained he bumped his head after being distracted by a girl in a mini skirt and walking into a shop blind awning. He proposed raising shop blinds higher to prevent similar incidents.
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Hemel Hempstead
England
Peter Wand
Wood
Hearing Today on Danbury Union Election Proceeding
A formal 10 a.m. hearing in Bridgeport will decide which workers at the Robert Fulton company plant on Ridgebury road can vote in a union election. Sheet Metal Workers Local 346 contends 140 employees are eligible. employer representatives argue for eligibility rulings. The NLRB will determine where the election would occur and the ballot time.
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Danbury
Bridgeport
Robert Fulton Company
William P. Morran
Sheet Metal Workers International Association
Sheet Metal Workers
Fulton Company
Ridgebury Road
NLRB
Morran
Connor Engineering Company
Pullman, Comley, Bradley and Reeves
Arthur Nicholson
Anglers Aid Sought in Body Search at Housatonic
State Police Lt. Jerome Smith sought help from local fishermen in the Housatonic River at Bull's Bridge to locate two missing canoeists, Louis Lahoud and John Evanko, last seen last Saturday. A life preserver and any trace are being sought as hundreds fish during trout season opening. Authorities urged immediate contact with state police for any leads.
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Ridgefield
Jerome Smith
Housatonic
Bull's Bridge
Kent
Smith
Louis Lahoud
Burrville
Danbury
John Evanko
Golden Hill
Pickets Demand Prisons Abolition At Danbury Federal Prison
About six peace demonstrators from the New England Committee for Non Violent Action marched near Pembroke road by the Danbury FC on a Boston to Pentagon peace walk. Richard Lema said the protest aimed to highlight beliefs that prisons are wrong and society imprisons humans. The group also criticized U S policy in Vietnam.
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Danbury
Federal Correctional Institution
New England Committee For Non-Violent Action
Pembroke Road
Boston
Pentagon
Richard Lema
U.S
Vietnam
Danbury Board of Education Elects Fernand President
In Danbury the Board of Education elected Dr Edwin G Fernand Democrat as president succeeding Rabbi Jerome R Malino Republican The presidency rotates between parties The board also named Rabbi Malino vice president Louis Klinzing secretary Rand al McLachlan assistant secretary and Ethel Osborne recording clerk Other actions included new principals appointments and a study on family life curriculum planning for sex education plus budget deficit estimates for the current year and plans for a new elementary school in Padanaram area.
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Danbury
Board of Education
Edwin G. Fernand
Jerome R. Malino
Rabbi Malino
Louis C. Klinzing
Randal McLachlan
Ethel Osborne
Fernand
John J. Murphy
Murphy
Thomas Purcell
Hayestown School
Beaver Brook School
Mary Carlucci
Edward A. Sillar
Eugene Edwards
Immaculate High School Spring Concert Tonight
The annual spring concert at Immaculate High School will be presented tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the school. Sister Veronica Marie O P will direct the program. Christopher Lynch will narrate the finale with accompanists Elizabeth Durkin Paul Morris Anne Conions and Stephen Butkowsky. Tickets will be available at the door.
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Immaculate High School
Mate Chorus
Girls Glee Club
Barbershoppers
Treble Clefs
Veronica Marie
O.P
Christopher Lynch
Elizabeth Durkin
Paul Morris
Anne Conions
Stephen Butkowsky
J the
State Asked To Swap Land For Access Road
Abbott Technical officials request a land swap with the state to exchange a small parcel near Henry Abbott Technical for about three times that area to create an access road for the Danbury Shopping Center. Public Works officials have raised questions about the plan.
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Henry Abbott Technical
Danbury
Abbott Tech
John A. Robinson
State Public Works Department
Hartford March for Soviet Jewry Draws Connecticut Youth
Jewish teens from Connecticut and parts of Massachusetts plan a Sunday Hartford march for Soviet Jewry at 2 p.m. from the Yeshiva of Hartford to Weaver Stadium with a one mile route past six synagogues. Lt Gov Frassinelli will speak and Zvi Gitelman will deliver the keynote. An all night vigil precedes the event in front of the United Nations.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Hartford
Soviet Union
B’nai B'rith
Jewish Center
National Conference of Synagogue Youth
National Conference of Temple
Phi Beta
United Synagogue Youth
Young Judea
Yeshiva of Hartford
Cornwall Street
Wills
Weaver Stadium
Ridgefield Street
United States
Mortford
Moscow
Frassinelli
Government Department of
Columbia College
Research Institute of
Communist Affairs
Gitelman
United Nations
Asimov to Speak at Fairfield Bellarmine Lecture
Dr. Isaac Asimov, noted science writer, will deliver a Sunday lecture at Fairfield university Bellarmine on Science in the 21st Century. The talk, in Gonzaga auditorium at 7:30 p.m., is free and followed by a coffee hour for questions.
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Isaac Asimov
Fairfield University
Bellarmine
Gonzaga Auditorium
Asinidv
Buses to Carry Groups to N Y Peace Parade
Charter buses will depart Saugatuck rail load station at 9 30 am for Westport and Norwalk groups attending the Peace parade in New York City. Train alternatives from Saugatuck and Norwalk reach Central Park by 11 am.
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Saugatuck
Norwalk
New York City
Women's Internationaleague For Peace and Freedom
Committee For A Sane
Committee To
Vietnam
Work Affairs Center
Taylor Place
Author to Address Republican Women in Westport Meeting
Joyce Wenger of Los Angeles, co author of Pass the Poverty Please, will speak at the Republican Women of Westport April 19 at 8 15 p.m. in the Westport Womans club. An open house and dessert precedes at 7 p.m.
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Joyce Wenger
Los Angeles
Republican Women of
Westport
Westport Police Benevolent Association
Longshore Park
Edwin Audley
Raymond Persson
Howard Burling
Carmen de Mattia
Avco Stockholder Attacks Officers at Annual Meeting
At Avco Corp annual meeting stockholder Franz Willenbacher charged corporate officers failed to properly advise shareholders about a January tender offer to buy four million Avco shares at 33.4 dollars each by Paul Revere Corp of Worcester Massachusetts. Chairman Kendrick Wilson Jr. blocked the proposed resolution to invalidate the acquisition, noting the tender came from another company and was not Avco business.
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Wilmington
Del
Avco Corp
Franz ©. Willedhucher
Washington, D.C
Avco
Paul ‘Revere Corp
Worcester
Mass
Willenbacher
Avco Management
jAvco
Paul Revere Corp
Kendrick, R.wilson Jr
Tryouts Tomorrow for Milford Little League
Milford Little League president George Avery announces tryouts scheduled for tomorrow across three leagues. American League and National League set times at 1 p.m. for various ages, with the International League listing 1 p.m. at Woodmont Recreation Field. specifics include age groups and venues.
Mrs Hyatt Heading PTA Council Again
Mrs Hyatt has been reelected president of the PTA Council for a second term. Elected alongside her are Iy att as first vice president Yale Laites second vice president Michael Nicefn ro treasurer Ronald McLeod recording secretary Raymond Palochko and Raymond Guido corresponding secretary. Also noted was attendance at the district conference in Trumbull by Mrs Frank Cristy Mrs Norman Groninger and Mrs Hyatt. The Master Mason Degree will be conferred tonight at 7 45 at Ansantawae Lodge 89 AF AM Masonic Temple 59 Broad Street. A Milford Recreation Department dog training course starts tomorrow at 10 am behind Jonathan Law announced by instructor Peter Tremml.
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Central Pta
Central Grammar School Pta
P.m
Alan Jones
Michael Vanacore
Elizabeth Foran
Central Grammar School
Vanacore
Jones
Joseph Roberts
Leiver Headley
Ronald Quinn
Robert Hug
Harry Hyatt
PTA Council
Iyatt
Yale Laites
Michael Nicefnro
Ronald McLeod
Raymond Palochko
Raymond Guido
Hyatt
Milford High School
Trumbull
Frank Cristy
Norman Groninger
Police Square Club
Ansantawae Lodge
AF & AM
Masonic Temple
Broad Street
Milford Recreation Department
Jonathan Law
Peter Tremml
February building activity down in Fairfield County
A February survey by F W Dodge shows Fairfield County total building at 7.69 million, down 70 percent from February 1967. Nonresidential fell 62 percent to 4.1 million and residential dropped 76 percent to 3.59 million. Year to date totals slid to 16.5 million, a 56 percent decline, with nonresidential at 9.19 million and residential at 7.38 million.
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Fairfield County
F.W. Dodge Company
McGraw-Hill
Pumpkin Delight PTA Buffet Wednesday
The Pumpkin Delight PTA to sponsor a Spring Bouquet buffet Wednesday from 5 to 7 30 p.m. in the school auditorium. Tickets available at the door or from Mrs Elmer Reder Mrs Dudley Cullen or Mrs Frank Prete.
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PTA
Elmer Reder
Reder
Dudley ‘Cullen
Frank Prete
Board of Education
Waterbury Man's Trial Moves Forward in Wife's Death
Jury selection began in the second degree murder trial of 62 year old William W. Smith accused of striking and killing his wife Ann in their driveway after a dispute over money. State's Attorney William B. Fitzgerald said he will call neighbor Fernando Gagne as an eyewitness to the事件.
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Waterbury
UPI
William B. Fitzgerald
William W. Smith
Ann
Fitzgerald
Fernando Gagne
Eb Roe
Smith
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