Tedesco Home After Parleys in Washington
Officials praised Bridgeport's direct approach after a Washington visit that secured a major contract. The agreement directs preference to smaller local firms for sub contracts in the critical area, with the mayor calling the trip fruitful and beneficial to Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport
Samuel Tedesco
U. S
William A
Department of Defense
Leo Dunn
Federal Supply Service of the
Department
Purtell
Theeneral Service Administration
Secretary of Defense
C.D. Milne
Joseph Bean
General Services Administration
Knowland Labor Bill Debate Struggles With Hearings
The Senate split over Knowland amendments to a pension welfare bill as Johnson and Democratic leaders argued for hearings. McClellan urged public inquiry before any broad labor measure, warning against rushed action while Kennedy said a subcommittee would hold hearings May 5 and report proposals by early June.
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Sen
Lausche
Ohio
Knowland
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Labor Committee
Jenner
Dan
Sen. Curtis
Rneb
Sen. McClellan
D-Atk
McClellan
Arkansas
Johnson
Kennedy
D-Mass
Eisenhower
Incinerator Moves to Full Round-the-Clock Use
Public Works Director Richard H. Shannon announced the West End incinerating plant on Bostwick Avenue will operate 24 hours after final tests next week. The yard is now ready for full refuse truck use as paving finishes, allowing the East Side Asylum Street plant to be shut for inspection. Ghana to strictly enforce timber measurement standards, says Agriculture Minister F. Y. Asare in Accra.
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Public Works
Richard H. Shannon
New West End
Bostwick Avenue
East Side
Asylum Street
Ghana
F. Y. Asare
Accra
Stamford GOP censures Mayor Givens in Stamford
Stamford April 25 AP Republican Mayor Webster C J Givens was censured by the GOP Town committee for firing town chairman Frank Pimpinella as corporation counsel. The committee reelected Pimpinella as chairman 31 to 8 with one absent. Alfred H. Barrett opposed. The censure vote was 23 to 3 with 13 abstentions. Pimpinella, starting his sixth year as town chairman, was fired Monday by the mayor who said he spent too much time on party affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Webster C.J .Givens
GOP
Frank Pimpinella
Pimpinnella
Alfred H. Barrett
Stamford Parking Authority
Givens
Pimpinella
Corporation Council
Police promote three lieutenants to captain status
City Personnel Director John J. Linley certified three lieutenants Francis J. Shanley Ramond A. Shanley and Joseph F. O Donoghue for captain promotions. The Civil Service action on April 8 expanded captain posts from eight to 11 in the Police Department. The Board of Police Commissioners must officially promote and assign, with potential posts including department al clerk and training director roles. Appeals on job upgrades may be filed within deadlines of May 8 for Police and Fire departments and May 17 for other city departments.
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John J. Linley
Francis J. Shantey
Ramond A. Shanley
Joseph F. O'Donoghue
Board of Police Commissioners
Civil Service Commission
Police Department
Special Services Division
Lintey
Police
Fire
Linsey
Otheir
Linley
Therother City
Manuel Ycaza Secures Triple At Jamaica Handicap
Manuel Ycaza rode Start Counting to a front running seven length victory in the Cunningham Heights handicap at Jamaica. He also won aboard Tutor and Zillion Barrels in the second and fourth races. Misty Knight named for all three Triple Crown races. Turpititude entered but did not start.
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New York
Manuel Ycaza
Jamaica
John S. Phipps
Ycaza
jTutor
Miety Fight
Archer
Misty Knight
Ardee
Turpititude
Greentree
Jenorse
Johnny Ruane
Tuto
State official blames city in housing crisis report
A state official said at a Wednesday BHA meeting the authority must pay loan charges and that a recommendation from Commission er Demers may define next steps. Poole declined to answer over programming charges but defended moderate rental housing as necessary after Turnpike planners predicted 1,200 displacements.
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Demers
Murphy
Poole
Harold C. Poole
The
BHA
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Syith
Public Works Department
Firemen Quell Big Oil Blaze at Esso Terminal
A Wednesday panel triggered a massive fire at an Esso bulk storage terminal causing the greatest loss ever for the plant. Firefighters used a foam tower to extinguish a 41,000 barrel rail fuel oil tank and a nearby 2,000 barrel gasoline tank, with several tanks remaining at risk as winds shifted. Four firefighters were mildly injured. The two million dollar facility, built in 1956 on a 16 acre site, houses a 25 million barrel capacity and lies near the waterfront between the harbor and rail piers. Company engineers from New York assess damage and plan rebuilding with officials on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steal
Esso
News York
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Brooklyn Man Held After Parkway Crash
Solomon Horowitz of Brooklyn was arrested by State Police on a following too closely charge after a two car rear end collision on the Merritt Parkway Housatonic bridge in Stratford at 3 45 p m. The 45 year old car driven east struck Kathleen Pollen 35 of Hudson North Carolina causing no injuries. Both cars towed from the scene and Horowitz posted a $15 bond for Stratford Town Court appearance May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Horowitz
Brooklyn
Housatonic Bridge
Merritt Parkway
Stratford
Roy Carlberg
Horowitz
Kathleen Pollen
Hudson
N.C
Stratford Town Court
Herman Hickman dies at 47 after football career span
Herman Hickman Jr. died at 4 15 p m after a long illness in Washington and Jacksonville Beach Fla He was born in Johnson City Tennessee and rose to fame as the Tennessee Cannonball at the University of Tennessee He coached at Wake Forest NC State Yale and Army and later became a sportscaster writer and author Services will be held in Florida His Yale colleague Delaney Kiphuth called the death a great shock to the athletic family and noted his wide influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Tennessee
Bob Neyland
Herman
Associated Press
Grauating
Brooklyn Dodgers
Tassler
Wake Forest
North Carolina State
Col
Earl Blaik
East Point
Yate
Eastern College All Stars
New York Giants
New York Herald Tribune
Hickman
Herman Hickman
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
A Hickman
Delaney Kiphuth
Yale
Gtk Ee
Yale Remembers Him As a Happy Warrior
Former Yale football coach Herman Hickman is remembered as a happy warrior at New Haven. He lived in Woodbridge after leaving Yale in 1951 and was famed for humor as he commuted to work in New York. His Yale record stood at 16 wins 17 losses and 2 ties.
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New Haven
Yale
Herman Hickman
Herman
Woodbridge
Hicks
Merritt Parkway
New York
Howie Odell
Seattle
Wash
Jordan Oliver
Big
University of Tennessee
BHA Aide Declines Union Plea Comment
Bridgeport Housing Authority aide declines comment on a May or request that union representatives discuss work problems. Mayor has not yet received the message and will leave the matter to the BHA board, with a May 9 meeting. Union reps previously not allowed to present problems to the authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Poole
Bridgeport Housing Authority
Tedesco
BHA
Poole
Childs Cup Regatta Sets Eastern Rowing Clash on Schuylkill
Princeton and Pennsylvania lead a top field as they meet Columbia in the Childs Cup regatta on the Schuylkill in Philadelphia over the Henley mile and five sixteenths. Syracuse Harvard MIT and Boston University also race on the Charles and Schuylkill as spring regattas begin. Rutgers faces LaSalle in a mile five sixteenths clash, while Dartmouth and Brown open at Brown.
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Associated Press
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Syracuse
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Boston University
Cambridge
Boston
Yale
Rutgers
Penn
LaSalle
Defending Champion Ed Keating Leads Grandmasters Senior Golf
Ed ward Keating of South Londonderry Vermont shot 74 after a 79 to run 36 holes ahead in the Grandmasters Senior golf tournament at Pine Needles Country Club in Southern Pines North Carolina. George Dobbins of Greensboro trails six strokes with 77 82 for 159. The final 18 holes are set for Saturday.
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Southern Pines
N.C
Edward Keating
South Londonderry
Kealing
George Dobbins
Greenshoro
N. C
Pine /Needles
Eisenhower Visits Georgia Amid Recession Protests
An anonymous call warned of demonstrators at the Augusta airport during President Eisenhower's brief Georgia visit. Claim said crackers would be distributed as he stepped from the plane to protest hunger. No demonstrators appeared. the airport crowd was normal in size.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Navy postpones Vanguard firing from Cape Canaveral
The Navy postponed the Vanguard rocket launch with a 21 2 pound satellite due to undetermined technical problems. The three stage vehicle, last of seven test units, aims to place a satellite in orbit if successful. A new launch window will be set for next week with about one Vanguard firing monthly planned.
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Cape Canaveral
Technica
Navy
Vanguard
Naval Research Laboratory
Atlantic Refining Slumps in Quarter Earnings
Atlantic Refining Co reports March quarter results showing net income of 2.695 million dollars, 26 cents per share, down from 14.761 million and 1.61 per share a year earlier. Sales fall to 361.3 million dollars from 419.2 million. Standard Oil of California also posts lower March quarter earnings and sales.
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New York
Apri
lAtlantic 'Refining’ Co
Standard Oil Co. of
California
Notre Dame High Students Escape Auto Overturn
Four Notre Dame high school students escaped injury when their station wagon overturned on Park Avenue near 90 Acres Park around 10 30. The driver Peter A Gay 18 of 605 Trumbull Avenue said he lost control on the steep hill toward Bridgeport. Gay was charged with reckless driving and summoned to Town Court May 26. Passengers include Mary Slowey Judy Thomas and Thomas Ryan all teens from local addresses.
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Notre Dame
Park Avenue
Acres Park
Peter A. Gay
Trumbull Ave
Fairfield
Bridgeport
Rudy Ead Tello
Gay
Mary Slowey
Evers Place
Judy Thomas
Linton
Stratford
Thomas Ryan
Trumbull Avenue
Governor Signs Two Major Bills In Connecticut
Governor signs two major bills and outlines road needs across Connecticut. He cites federal and state funds to accelerate highway work and notes housing for the elderly remains underfunded. The Legislature’s special session also authorizes bank investments in regional bonds and other statutory revisions.
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Connecticut
Highway Department
Housatonic Public Service Company
Long Lane School
State Board of Education
State Aeronautics Commission
Three found slain as suspect seized in rifle and pistol case
A son Kenny, 17, bound and escaping to warn neighbor Varian Ashbaugh, shouted that Dave killed his mother and father. Sheriff’s deputy Pompelly stopped the suspect Early by ramming the car as it backed from the driveway. four spent shells found in rifle and pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenny
Ashbaugh
Dave
Littleton
Bill Pompelly
Woman Slashed in Bidg Housing Area Attacked
Minnie Cummings 40 of Bidg 15 Apartment 306 was driven to St Vincent's Hospital after two slash wounds to her right arm. Detectives say she was attacked in a dark housing area while walking near Barnum avenue. A second man, Charles Coleman 27 of 3 Pierpont Street, was slashed on the forehead nearby and treated at Emergency Hospital.
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Minnie Cummings
Bidg
P. T. Barnum
Sapartments
St. Vincent's Hospital
St. Vincent's
Cummings
Charles Coleman
Pierpont Street
Barnum Avenue
East Main Street
Pedestrian and Cyclist Injured in Stratford Hit Run
A Shelton youth and a motorcyclist were injured after a collision in Stratford last night. Gordon Youcher, 20, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg, Lewis Dow, 21, received multiple contusions. Both were admitted to Bridgeport hospital in fair condition. Dow, a Navy sailor, was charged with reckless driving. Police noted both had been drinking.
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Shelton
Stratford
Gordon Youcher
Center Street
Lewis Dow
New Hampshire
Bridgeport Hospital
Elizabeth Street
Youcher
Don
Daw
Dow
U. S. Navy
New London
Bernard McKay
Richard Cahill
Peter Longo
Douglas McKay
Longo
McKay
Miss Turner Wins Bridgeport Beauty Pageant Title
The 39 year old Miss Turner won the pageant with plans to pursue dramatic and dancing studies and hopes for a future in musical comedy or TV. She would give most of her million dollar dream to her mother and received a $5,000 scholarship and a silver punch bowl along with a modeling course.
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Miss Turner
St. Margaret’s
Waterbury
Turner
Silvermine Road
New Canaan
Collins
Honeybun
South Pacific
Judy Anderson
Milford
Carold Ritz
Midland Street
New York
Radio City Music Hall
Kay Gilbert
Shelton Street
Dorothy Caputo
Park
Bruce
Frank Nagy
Jaycee Auxiliary
Bridgeport
Jules’ Kaye
Frederick A. Scinta
Harry Neigher
Bridgeport Sunday Herald
Frank Delfino
WICC
Lydia Wells
WNAB
Joseph Lederer
Lederer's Inc
Albert Dickason
University of Bridgeport
Kenneth A. Raines
Albert Salfo
Jaycee
James Keane
Myron Freedman
Robert Nishball, Jr
Frederick Scinto
John Newman
Elliot Rose
Bob Miller
Harold Sistrand
Samuel Tedesco
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Gensures
Dartmouth
Brown
Georgia
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Wirephat
Willam Helkkila
San Francisco
Finland
Phyllis
Helkkila
North Borneo
Winston Churchill
England
Kuching
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