Alsop charges education lags under Ribicoff in Connecticut
John Alsop of Avon, Republican gubernatorial candidate and State Board of Education member, told the New Haven County Republican Organization that education policy lags under Governor Ribicoff. He urged a six point program including expanded teachers colleges, two years undergraduate liberal arts, UConn expansion with two year emphasis, more private institutions, faster technical institute construction, and a larger scholarship program.
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Madison
John Alsop
Avon
Ribicoff
Connecticut
Roanoke mother and two children slain in apartment
Police say Grover Lucas, 49, is held on three counts of murder after four members of the Lucas family were beaten with a bloodstained pickaxe in a Roanoke apartment. Connie Lucas, 48, and her children Dennis, 8, Mildred Joyce, 11, were dead. Dorothy Smith, 15, suffered critical head injuries but showed a fighting chance.
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Roanoke
Connie Lucas
Dennis
Mildred Joyce
Dorothy Smith
Rose Williams
Mrs. Lucas
Lucas
Mildred
Dorothy
School orchestras to perform annual concert Sunday
The combined elementary school orchestras directed by James Hard and John Hanulik will perform at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Staples High School gym. Fifth and sixth graders from Burr Farms Saugatuck Greens Farms Bedford and Coleytown will play under Miss Claire Connors and Mrs Norma Reynolds with solos and two string ensembles.
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Staples High School
James Hard
John Hanulik
Burr Farms
Saugatuck
Greens Farms
Bedford and Coleytown
Begin
Claire Connors
Norma Reynolds
Faubus Loses Court Round in School Battle
In Little Rock, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus lost in the federal Court of Appeals over the 1957 integration dispute at Central High School. The panel upheld a district court injunction against blocking integration and rejected appeals challenging federal troops use to enforce it. Faubus plans to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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ST. Louis
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Federal Court of Appeals
Little Rock
U.S. Supreme Court
Poverjnor
Central High School
Faubus
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Eisenhower
101St Airborne Division
Arkansas Guardsmen
Tom Harper
Fort Smith
Ark
Court of Appeals
Ronald E.O Davies
North Dakota
Margaret Jackson
Clyde Thomason
League of Central High
Kenneth Coffelt
Griffin Smith Jr
Thomason
Vocational Career TV Exhibit Planned at Staples High
A Westport Education TV study group led by Sigfried Schreiner coordinates a May 7 and 8 Vocational Career exhibit at Staples High School. Teachers from Industrial Arts, Business Education and Home Economics will display student crafts and demonstrations with May 8 televised segments. A DePauw University attendee, Barbara Happel, is highlighted. Town dog license deadline looms with penalties for late applicants.
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Westport
Sigfried Schreiner
Louise Whaley
Kenneth Johnson
David Sohn
Werner Freiss
Frederick Dick
Thomas Marshall
Staples High School
Britain fires nuclear device over central Pacific test area
Britain reported a successful high altitude nuclear detonation today at Christmas Island in the central Pacific. The supply ministry said early indications show negligible fallout and that scientific measurements are being gathered for accurate evaluation.
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London
Britain
Central Pacific
Macmillan
House of Commons
Christmas Island
Supply Ministry
Surgeon hunted in nurse killing in New York
A Filipino surgeon, Dr Rodrigo L Sarmiento, 38, pursued nurse Margaret Kabak for weeks after a breakup, then she was found stabbed 15 times in her Brooklyn apartment. Police issued a nationwide alert for Sarmiento who had connections to the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital where he worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rodrigo L. Sarmiento
Margaret Kabak
Miss Kabak
Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital
Brooklyn
Sarmiento
Philippines
James Burkhart
Tutoli Group Backs Sciortino in Row
The Independent Voters of Connecticut group led by Benedict D. Tutoli Sr backs Dr. Michael V. Sciortino against State Senator A Edward Sandula. Sciortino, on the Republican Town committee, faces removal as assistant town chairman at a Town committee meeting. Tutoli cites plans for a statewide dinner and notes the group has members in several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Voters of Connecticut
Benedict D. Tutoli
Michael V. Sciortino
A. Edward Sandula
Bridgeport Gop
Tuloli
Sciortino
Republican Town Committee
Sandula
Tutoli
Independent Voters Group
John Lodger
Hartford Two Alarm Fire Flares Downtown Drug Store
Hartford April 28 The year’s first two alarm blaze drew hundreds to Main and Asylum as fire crews fought a basement fire at Ligget’s Drug Store 9 10 to 9 30 p m Smoke hid the flames and observers saw glow from signs Cause and damage estimates were not yet known
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Hartford
Main
Asylum Streets
Ligget's
SI Main Street
Army Lets Contract for Naugatuck Dam
Army Engineers announce a 4.21 million dollar contract for a flood control dam below Thomaston Connecticut to protect the Naugatuck valley. Oneglia and Gerbasini Inc and Building Materials Inc of Torrington win the bid with work in Torrington Harwinton Plymouth and Litchfield creating about 125 jobs over three years.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Thomaston
Conn
Naugatuck
Bush
R-Conn
Oneglia & Gerbasini, Inc
Building Materials, Inc
Torrington
Milford High PTA Elects Ulric Amena President
Ulric Amena is elected president of Milford High School PTA succeeding Harold R. Foote. The slate includes Mrs Frank Paluga as first vice president and Mrs Fumi Locke as second vice president. Other officers: Mrs Prestin Williams recording secretary Mrs Harold Gormanfi corresponding secretary Harry Jackson treasurer. Unit installed by Mrs Norman W. Cole.
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Ulric Amena
Milford High School
PTA
Harold R. Foote
Emblem Club installs Officers Thursday
Milford Emblem Club to install new officers Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school gymnasium with Mrs. Mae English, supreme president, officiating. A buffet will follow at the Elks Club on New Haven Avenue. Alyce Nayak is arrangements chairman.
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Mae English
Emblem Club
United States of America
Milford Emblem Club
Elks Club
New Haven Avenue
Alyce Nayak
Trumbull Court Posts Bond in Gas Station Theft Case
Ray mond Corchard 21 of 34 Grove Street bound over to the next term of the Superior Court on breaking and entering and theft stemming from a April 23 Atlantic Gas Station burglary in Trumbull center. Elwood Williams 19, arrested with Corchard, is held for May 26 investigation. bond set at 5600.
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Trumbull
Raymond Corchard
Grove Street
Superior Court
Harold Sobel
Corchard
Atlantic Gas
Trumbull Center
Elwood W. Williams
Craig Jane
Pleven Accepts Paris Crisis Bid To Form New Govt
Ex premier Rene Pleven notified President Rene Coty he will try to form a new government as France faces Algeria policy and economic problems. Pleven, head of a middle road bloc, says he will present a 10 point Algeria declaration and avoid immediate parliament action next week.
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Paris
Rene Pleven
Rene Coty
France
Pleven
Algeria
Coty
Georges Bidault
Felix Gaillard
Bidault
Popular
Republican Movement
North Africa
Gaillard
U. S
Good Offices
Tunisia
Elysee Palace
Democratic and Socialist Resistance Union
National Assembly
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Danbury Man Nabbed in Restaurant Break
William D. Howard, 27, of 88 Balmford avenue, was arrested by police in the El Dorado on West street after hours. He was arraigned in City Court on a breaking and entering charge, with bond set at $1,000 and the case continued to May 5. Police officers Devine and McCarthy made the arrest after a tip about a suspect linked to international titles.
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Danbury
William D. Howard
Balmford Avenue
el Dorado
West Street
Howard
Daniel J. Devine, Jr
Francis McCarthy
United States
Record Muskellunge Catch Sets American Mark
A 69 pound 5 ounce muskellunge caught in the St Lawrence river last September by Arthur Latson of Delmar N Y has been accepted as an American record by Field and Stream magazine which maintains freshwater fishing records.
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New York
St. Lawrence River
Arthur Latson
Delmar
N. Y
Field and Stream Magazine
Mental Health Agency Joins Community Chest
The Mental Health association becomes a member agency of the Community Chest after an unanimous board vote led by Chest President Louis Katz. The agency will skip its May fund drive and participate in October, filling a slot left by Danbury hospital’s withdrawal. The group is active locally with seminars, surveys, and public health studies.
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The
Mental Health Association
Community Chest
Louis Katz
Chest
Danbury
Danbury State Teachers
Danbury Hospital
Fairfield
State Hospital
Newtown
Katz
Rotary Club
Augustus J. Hennessey
Danbury Veterans Advisory Center
Hotel Green
Olson wins Safe Driving Road-e-o at Ridgewood Club
Helmar Olson of Southern Boulevard scored 426 points to win the Safe Driving Road-E-O at the Ridgewood Country Club. Carlton Chickering placed second with 42 points and Donald Hassick third with 40. eight drivers competed in the Danbury Junior Chamber of Commerce event.
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Helmar
Olson
Southern Boulevard
Hartford
Chickering
Herbert A. Wicks
The
Jaycees
Edward Leonard
Danbury
John Esposito
James McCormick
State Motor Vehicles Department
Kallas Receives Northeastern Trustee Scholarship
Michael A. Kallas son of Mr and Mrs Paul Kallas 18 Cleveland Street earns a 625 dollar trustee scholarship for his freshman year at Northeastern University He will graduate from Danbury High School where he belongs to El Paso tiempo the Radio club and the Cybernetics Seminar He aims to be an electrical engineer. A Danbury Council of Veterans meeting is set for Wednesday at 8 p m in the American Legion home to discuss the Loyalty Day parade May 4 sponsored by Raymond A Walling Post FW.
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Michael A. Kallas
Paul Kallas
Cleveland Street
Northeastern University
Kallas
Danbury High School
el Pasatiempo
Radio Club
Northeastern
Vets
Danbury Council of Veterans
American Legion
Raymond A. Walling Post
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ALSOP
Richard Goldwater
William Guthman
League of Women Voters
Atlantic City
U.S. Army Engineering Corps
Department of Public Works
DePauw
Barbara Happel
Raymond. Happel
Hyatt Jane
DePauw University
Greencastle
Indiana
Staples
Happel
Soundings
Glee Club
Lois R. Clark
Newtown, Inc
Danaus
Einer
Wnew Town
Westec
Steowey
Maven
New Raven Stains Street
Bridgeport
M Shelton -Deray
Idr
Heart OF Hartford
ARMY
Naugatuck Dam
George Weed
Susan W. Abbott
Joseph H. and
R. Roberts, Jr
Bedford Avenue
Connecticut Metal Treating Company
Mitchell Chemical, Inc
Gulf Street
Ernest DePiero
Ernest E
Jeannette M. DePiero
Plains Road
Richard F. Coley
Howard Ward
Milford
Coley
Central Fire Headquarters
Blessed Sacrament Grads
Blessed Sacrament School of Bridgeport
Betty Dean Schoendorf
Holbrook Street
West Shore Center
CGS
Central Grammar School
Ricky Jacobson
William Sambito
Richard McMahon
Joe McManus
Donald Parmelee
Bernard Burns
Rob Johnson
Bill Kates
Bobcat
Dan DeAndrade
Robert DeAndrade
John Fike
Charles Gouger
Wolf
Mallory Lowe
James Patterson
William Bevan
Curtis Kriksdum
Dennis Para
Milford Recreation Department
T Oe Recreation Department
Ofice
Lawn Hall
Milford Wates Club
Pumpkin Delight Pta Bazaar Booth
Calvin Smith
Wilshire Boulevard
Town Hall
Thomas F. Mitch
New York Yankees
al Krusewski
Ken Smith
Deborah Allen
Harry Bogen
Bruce Burke
Trumbull Court
Harry J. Gould
Campbell Road
John Kucey
Oakland Drive
Philip Brodsky
Carl M. Beltcher
Far Horizons Drive
Easton
Bruce L. Blanchard
Belden Avenue
Norwalk
William
E. Kurtz & Sons
Paris Crisis
Mental Health Agency
Ridgewood Country Club
Helmar Olson
Michael Kallas
Sckeeley
Emathine
Nbc-Tv
Par Soane
Wesily
Abc-Tv
Brookwood
Fisher
Chevrolet
Cochrane Chevrolet Co
Henderson Chevrolet Co
Russell Chevrolet Co
Gol State Street
Edison
Main Street
Drexel
Post Road
Clearwater
Stratford
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