Variety Show Aids May AFS Program
The Danbury American Field Service committee presents the second annual variety show on Saturday night May 13 at Danbury High School auditorium. Proceeds fund local AFS efforts including bringing another foreign exchange student and supporting Americans Abroad programs. Tickets available from Student Council members, AFS committee members, or in home rooms at Danbury High School.
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Danbury American Field Service Committee
AFS
Studen Council
Danbury
The
American Field Service
Americans Abroad
Stow
Arthur Potts, Jr
Union of South Africa
Halldor Juliusson
Reykik Reykjavail
Iceland
Potts
South Africa
Danbury High School
Labor Council
Danbury Central Labor Council
Concordia’ Hall
Crosby Street
Sub-Debs Marathon To Aid Cancer Fund
The 1968 Sub-Debs chapter will hold its annual marathon to benefit the American Cancer Society Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Elks Auditorium. Last year the chapter raised 800 dollars and won statewide recognition. Area bands including Boss Blues Ravens Hereafters and Outvasts will provide music. Diane Tomaino, president, and Diane Felicissimo, vice president, lead the organizing team with Susan Rickard secretary and Barbara Fessenden treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sub-Debs
American Cancer Society
Elks Auditorium
Cancer Crusade
Boss Blues
Ravens
Outvasts
Diane Tomaino
Diane Felicissimo
Susan Rickard
Barbara Fessenden
Mary Ann Beers
Jean Caldera
Lorraine, Chickering
Carol Franklin
Eileen Kavall
Joan Kucera
Peggy Loormann
Susan Passmore
Betsy Sachs
Wendy Slater
Linda Vendetti
Judy Ward
Peggy White
Alcoholics Anonymous Danbury group marks 22nd anniversary
The Danbury AA group will observe its 22nd anniversary with a program tonight at the First Methodist Church. A supper from 7:30 to 8:30 will precede talks by two outstanding speakers, an AA spokesman announced. The meeting is open to the public.
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Danbury
Alcoholics Anonymous
First Methodist
Vacation Policy Set For City Employes
The Common Council approved a vacation policy for non union city employees after negotiations led by Councilman John F Murphy Jr The plan grants five days after one year of service in the current calendar year and one additional day per year beyond five for two to five years of service plus the existing ten days for the first five years City officials and Civil Service representatives attended negotiations including Mayor Gino J Arconti Council President Albert R Cavalier Comptroller John P Edwards Tax Assessor Eva J Butera Mrs Frances Abbott and Tax Collector Louis T Charles Jr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Murphy, Jr
Fourth Ward
Gino
J. Arconti
Albert R. Cavalier
John Murphy
John P. Edwards
Eva J. Butera
Frances Abbott
Civil Service Commission
Louis T. Charles, Jr
Bar to honor six long-time members at dinner
The Danbury Bar Association will honor six long-time members at a dinner meeting Thursday at 5 30 p m at the Cloverleaf restaurant The honorees include Henry C Wilson Rocco E Lacava Herbert B Wanderer Charles A Hallock and others not fully listed in the readable text
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Danbury Bar Association
Henry C. Wilson
Rocco E. Lacava
Herbert B. Wanderer
Charles A. Hallock
Medicare Information Kit Is Offered In Danbury
Medicare information kit for people 65 and older enrolled in Medicare to help track medical expenses. Provided by Herman E. Moskowitz, Danbury Social Security, includes a record-keeping folder and two pamphlets explaining hospital coverage and payment methods. The kit notes Medicare pays 80 percent after the first 30 dollars per year. a filing run helps determine when to request payment. Contact Deer Hill Avenue Social Security office for assistance.
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Herman E. Moskowitz
Danbury Social Security Office
Medicare
Social Security Office
Deer Hill ‘Avenue
Police Probe Stamford Schools Burglary Attempts
Local and state police investigate three linked break-ins at Stamford High, Rippowam High, and J M Wright Technical School on Saturday night. Burglars attempted to crack safes, ransacked offices, and stole a car from Wright auto shop later abandoned on the Connecticut Turnpike near Norwalk.
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Stamford
Rippowam
J. M. Wright Technical School
Wright
Connecticut Turnpike
Norwalk
Teols
Police Probe Theft Of Truck Load In Waterbury
Waterbury police search for a tractor trailer and 1,300 automobile tires stolen from Tose Inc. HQ at 300 Chase River Rd. The truck was reported missing early Sunday by a company official after being driven away Saturday night.
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Waterbury
Tose Inc
Chase River Rd
Police Board PBA To Try Again On Pact In Norwalk
Norwalk Police board and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association will hold a second talk tonight at police headquarters to resolve wage fringe benefits and employment terms. Key issue is seniority based post selection and duty hours which the board rejected last year. PBA seeks restoration of seniority system and raises above last year’s awards. Public hearing set on redevelopment loan and other city affairs noted.
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Norwalk
Police Board
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Thomas LaTulipe
PBA
LaTulipe
Dominic R. Lipira
William F. Stephanak
State Labor Department
Labor Department
Norwalk Manufacturers Council
Edwin Malesky
William Patterson
Robert Reed
Clay and
Monroe Streets
City Hall
Board of Education
Washington
Carl 5S.hartman
Main Street
Norwalk Quartette Club
New Canaan Avenue
Alma Haser
Hilda Hackl
Laurette Iredell
Anna Peden
Gladys Wempe
Josephine Friese
Helen Millard
Virginia Pimbell
GOP
Republican Women’s Association
Shorehaven Golf Club
William Gainer
Scott McCoy
Albert FE. Vallerie
Milford Driver Flips Into Brook After Crash
A 45-year-old Milford man Cecil M Burton escaped serious injury when his East Broadway crash with a parked car sent his vehicle through a fence and over a brook. He was treated at Milford Hospital and charged with failure to drive in the right lane and given a warning for driving after drinking. Palm Sunday is noted as Jesus entry into Jerusalem dating to the 300s.
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Milford
East Broadway
Cecil M. Burton
Pearl Street
Milford Hospital
Milford Ambulance Servce
Poticer
Burton
Tremont Street
Lonnie W. Gentry
25Th Infantry
Pleiku
Gentry
V.C
Viet Cong
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Zone Protest Joined By Northwest Group
The Northwest association joined the protest against downzoning about 30 acres on West Avenue. A public hearing on the Warner request to rezone was postponed after a lawyer letter. The group opposes the change as spot zoning and says it would depress residential property values. Other opposition had come from a group in Nautuck Gardens led by Henry A. Povinelli.
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Northwest Association
West Avenue
Robert Angelo
George
Kenneth Warner
Planning and Zoning Board
Warners
Angelo
Naugatuck Gardens
Henry A. Povinelli
Milford
Leon R. Dotinski
Lions Cancel Tuesday Meeting
Milford Lions club cancels Tuesday gathering announced by President William Secondi. A regional party of 12 clubs is set for Wednesday at Sea Cliff restaurant Morris Cove New Haven social hour 6 30 p m stag affair. Next meeting May 9 at College Inn election night with a slate of officers and directors listed.
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Milford
Thomas Cody
Martin McKeever
Gerald Reuter
Walter Farley
Alceo Primavera
John Ingari
Milford Soloist Phillip Zimmerman Sings Messiah
Milford residents welcome back Phillip Zimmerman as guest bass soloist for the Milford Chorale’s Messiah at 8:30 p m on May 6 in the Church of Christ Congregational West River Street. Zimmerman helped found the chorale in 1964 and remains deeply interested. Conducted by Frank Mulheron, the concert features New Haven Symphony players and soloists Doris Berndtson and Mathias Loewe with a roster of sopranos and tenors listed.
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Milford
Phillip Zimmerman
Milford Chorale
Church of Christ Congregational
West River Street
Zimmerman
Milford Church of Christ Congregational
Chorale
Frank Mulheron
New Haven Symphony
Doris Berndtson
Mathias Loewe
Robert Heavens
Arthur Dillon
Alford Hayes
Leonard Wilhelm
Frank Anlette
Redeemer Guild Meets Tomorrow at St Marys Church
Redeemer Guild plans a meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in St. Marys church auditorium announced by Mrs. Alter. Mrs. William Connors will introduce Jacqueline Jewell of Southern New England Telephone Co. to discuss special needs aids and show a film strip. Refreshments by Mrs. Stanley Olenski. Floral head table arrangement by Mrs. Boras Nytko. Kayopha meeting tonight at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ the Redeemer Guild
St. Mary's Church
Alter
William Connors
Jacqueline Jewell
Southern New England Telephone Company
Stanley Olenski
Boras Nytko
Jaycee Wives Plan Fashion Show at Mermaid Tavern
Milford Jaycee Wives announce a fashion show for June 7 at the Mermaid Tavern Stratford. Mrs John Ingari and Mrs Robert Kapusta co chairmen say luncheon precedes at 11:45. Members of the organization will model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford Jaycee
Mermaid Tavern
Stratford
John Ingari
Robert Kapusta
Amateurs Seek Easy Money in Wheat Futures Boom
Amateurs from diverse professions join farmers in a $15.5 billion wheat futures surge spurred by fears of world food shortages. Officials warn amateurs trade on hunches, while the market sees brisk activity driven by price fluctuations and hedging needs.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Exchange Authority
Chicago Board of Trade
United States
Parcamen
Great Plains
World Organization of
U.N
Fire losses in March kept under thirty thousand dollars
Fire Chief Harold A. Shippey reports March department activity with total property losses under 17 800 on buildings and 8 025 on contents from fires at buildings valued 31 800. Ten vehicles valued 5 100 suffered 1 125 loss. Alarms totaled 42 with varied causes. active service 48 hours, pumps 6 1/2 hours, vehicles 325 miles, 282 feet of ladder and 2 850 feet of hose. Also responded to 31 ambulance calls.
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Harold A. Shippey
Shippey
Saugatuck
Edward Coll
Westport
Bremner
Donald A. Bremner
Commecticut Federation of Planning
Glenn L. Lauderstager
Bridgeport
Zoning Board of Appeals
Greens Farms Congregational Church
NE Train Halts Twice To Probe Bomb Threat
The New Haven Railroad train 172 called The Senator running from Washington to Boston was halted twice Sunday afternoon to investigate an anonymous bomb threat. The first stop in New Rochelle followed a Stamford ticket agent's report of a call. A second stop in Stamford involved another search by railroad officials and Stamford police. no evidence was found.
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Stamford
New Haven
Washington, D.C
Boston
New Rochelle
N.Y
Railroad
Anthony Carrano Dies in Maryland Funeral notices span several Bridgeport burials
Anthony Carrano, 61, of 1216 East Baltimore Street, a Navy WWI veteran, died Sunday in a U S Public Health Service hospital. Services in Bridgeport include a Wednesday 8 AM service at Spa daccino Funeral Home and 9 AM at St Raphael's Church with burial at St Michael's Cemetery. Survivors include two sons and multiple siblings. Additional notices list Frederick T Niederhauser, Nils A Thornberg, John J Pivarcnik, and Michael Gilbert Sr. with service details in Stratford and Bridgeport.
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Baltimore
Anthony Carrano
Baltimore Street
Post Publishing Company
Alfred Carrano
U.S. Public Health Service Hospital
S. Spadaccino
Washington Avenue
Bridgeport
Conn
St. Raphael's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Stratford
Carrano
Marketer
Robert
Ronald Carrano
Michael Carrano
Trumbull
Anna D'Addario
Sue Carrano
Frederick T. Niederhauser
Elm Street
Dennis and D'Arcy
Main Street
Ward R. Wilson
Lordship Community Church
Park Cemetery
Nils A. Thornberg
Milford
Fairview Street
Devon
Gregory F. Doyle
Bridgeport Avenue
William ©. Wagner
United Church of Christ
Lakesview Cemetery
John J. Pivarcnik
John J. Pivarnik
Deacon Street
Mercy Hospital
Springfield
Mass
Panik Funeral Home
Central Avenue
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Michael Gilbert
Shelton Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Adzima Funeral Home
Arctic Street
St. John the Baptist Carpatho Russian Church
John Markovich
St. John's Cemetery
Hammarskjold Prize Awarded at Lake Maggiore
The 1966 Dag Hammarskjold International Literary Prize went to William Manchester for Death of a President. Clare Boothe Luce received the Hammarskjold Cultural Prize, and conductor Leonard Bernstein won the artistic prize. None attended the ceremony at the Congress Palace, Lake Maggiore resort.
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Stresa
Italy
William Manchester
John F. Kennedy
Hammarskjold
Clare Boothe Luce
U.S
Léonard Berstein
New York Philarmonic Orchestra
Congress Palace
Lake Maggiore
Mnenhemant
War Is Hell contest draws 800 letters from states and Vietnam
Hell Michigan hosts a war is hell contest to find a solution to Vietnam War. More than 800 letters pour in from across the U S and abroad, including 100 from servicemen in Vietnam, with prayers and calls for unity, home-front support, or decisive military action.
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Hell, Mich
U.S
Vietnam
Michigan
Mel Reinhard
Hell Chamber of Commerce
Union
South Africa
England
Reinhard
Nannie Welker
Troy
Mich
Gary Murtha
1St Marine Division
Joel Q. Garza
San Antonio
Tex
Daniel R. Woodbury
Worchester
Mass
Harold H. Austin
Woodstock
Saul H. Brown
Far East
Knobby Walsh Amateur Golfer Dies in Bridgeport Hospital
Robert J. Walsh known as Knobby, 45, of Stratford, tool maker and noted amateur golfer, died in Bridgeport hospital. He won the Connecticut State Amateur in 1941 and the Amateur New England Links title in 1948. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Stratford Funeral Home and St. Ambrose Church. Burial in St. Michael's Cemetery. He played with Julius Boros and was co captain of Central High School’s 1939 state basketball champions. Survived by son Robert J. Walsh, daughter Mrs. Albert Broch, two brothers, two sisters, a grandson, and several nieces and nephews.
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Robert. J
Knobby
Walsh
Cannancourt
Stratford
Metropolitan Body Company
Bridgeport
Dennis and D'Arcy
Main Street
St. Ambrose Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Connecticut
Julius Boros
New England
New York
Central
Hilltoppers
John H. Anderson
Dennis J. Flanery
Joseph J. Demsey
Services Arranged For Fairfield Crash Victims
Joseph Soriano age 65 of 119 Payson Avenue New York City and his wife Maria Klimenko Soriano 62 were killed when their car crashed into a tree on the Merritt Parkway esplanade in Fairfield. The Rev. Wilbur S. Deming will officiate at cremation at Mountain Grove crematory. John M. Shaughnessay Funeral Home Fairfield handles arrangements. Soriano was an importer and exporter. Surviving daughter Mrs. Lew Toler of Dorville Georgia.
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Joseph Soriano
Payson Avenue
New York City
Maria Klimenko Soriano
Merritt Parkway
Fairfield
Wilbur S. Deming
First Church Congregational
Mountain Grove
John M. Shaughnessay
Post Road
Sariano
Lew Toler
Dorville, Ga
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Milford Health Center
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Rose Gerschefski
Ethel Daniels
Helen Philips
Terry van Norman
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Redeemer Guild
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Madrid
Neville
Hollywood
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