UB Kicks Off ORWE Campaign Tonight at Bridgeport
The University of Bridgeport starts a 750000? campaign for a science building with a 600 guest dinner in the campus gym. Gen. Austin W. Betts will deliver the keynote on science education in the nation's future as James H. Halsey and Rev. Wallace W. Anderson participate in the program.
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University of Bridgeport
University
Bridgeport
Austin W. Betts
Department of Defense
James H. Halsey
Wallace W. Anderson
United Congregational Church
Alfred V. Bodine
George
Battle Over Wilton Water Bill Sparks Hartford Debate
Hartford April 27 AP Speculation grows Governor Ribicoff may veto the Witton water bill after a heated public clash between supporters and opponents. The measure would grant Wilton exclusive control of all underground water within its borders until 1961. Rep Donaldson accused Rep Parsons of improper acts. Parsons denied the charge and released a letter denying political pressure.
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Hartford
Ribicoff
Witton
Old Wilton
John C. Donaldson
R-Wilton
Norman K. Parsons
Fairfield
Donaldson
Parsells
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Parsells Today Made Public A Letter He Had Written To Rep
Rep
Mrs Suarez seeks senate nomination in 14th district
Rep Ruth F Suarez announces her bid for the Republican nomination for State Senator in the 14th district covering nine towns including Milford. A New Haven native resident in Cheshire for 23 years, she previously chaired the House Penal Institution committee and served on the interim Elections committee.
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Cheshire
Ruth F. Suarez
General Assembly
Stephen J. Sweeney
Naugatuck
Milford
New Haven
Suarez
Assembly
House
Board to Air Zoning Pleas Agenda List
The Zoning Board of Appeals published 32 applications for a May 8 public hearing in City Hall. Notable items include a revised plan by Boston Large Bowling Alleys Inc to enlarge 276 Boston Avenue for a Mechanics and Farmers Savings Bank branch and a previously rejected proposal. Other appeals involve Housatonic Management parking at a proposed supermarket, Morgan Linen Service additions, St Ambrose Parish hall work, and multiple auto sales and repair site changes.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Pome Council
Boston Large Bowling Alleys, Inc
Boston, Avenue
Mechanics and Farmers’ Savings Bank
Housatonic Management Company
Huntington Turnpike
Morgan
Main Street
Yetta Realty Company
City
Waste Paper Company
Washington Avenes
Housatonic Avenue
Albert List
North
Washington Avenue
Gustave Iwanicki
Sage Street
Sape Street
Joseph R. Siossar
Boston Avenue
Joseph F. Dragone
Manny Motors
Fairfield Avenue
Jerry Bernardo
Edward Buzyk
North Avenue
Tax Out Urged by Bowles Now
Former Gov. Chester Bowles urged immediate tax cuts to combat the recession in New Haven at an Amity Club gathering. He said bipartisan leadership must rise above partisanship to defend democracy and the American enterprise system, arguing the time to delay is past.
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New Haven
Chester Bowles
Bowles
UW. 5
Connecticut
Amity Club
Sales tax receipts fall in last quarter of 1957
Connecticut reports Christmas shopping activity down from 1956 with sales subject to the 3 percent tax dropping by more than 35 million in the December quarter. State tax receipts declined by about 1 million, prompting Governor Ribicoff to curb state spending in January.
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Hartford
Tax Department
Ribicoff
Traffic toll drops credited to cities in March
The National Safety Council credited U.S. cities for a March decline in traffic deaths. March 1958 totals fell 9 percent from 1957, with cities of 10,000 or more reporting a 14 percent drop. March 1957 recorded 2,890 deaths versus 2,602 in March 1958.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Governor Urges State Develop Local Mental Health Centers
Governor Ribicoff urged Connecticut to establish pilot community mental health centers starting with New Haven. He said Dr. Wilfred Blomberg will study possibilities, with Yale cooperation, and announced an $850,000 Norwalk hospital research center in planning. He criticized the Assembly for not funding $3.5 million in public works for state mental hospitals.
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New Haven
Ribicoff
Connecticut Association For Mental Health
Wilfred Bloomberg
Blomberg
Yale University
A. Whitney Griswold
Warren W. Lippard
Connecticut
Assembly
General Assembly
Middletown
Norwich
Newtown
Ments
Association
Kansas
Norsvich State Hospital
Cutford Beers
Yale
The
Mental Health Association
Assessors Map Problems at Regional Conference Session
Hartford April 29 AP professionals discuss problems in land assessment and zoning at the second day of the northeastern regional conference on assessment administration at the Statler Hilton. Assessors from northeastern states plus Canada Puerto Rico and the Philippines shared techniques for fair valuations and handling taxpayer disputes.
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Hartford
Statler Hilton
Canada
Puerto Rico
The
Philinpines
Maplewood
N. J
Wilton T. Allen
Maryland
Weiler
Proups
William MM
Bil” Savitt
Fairfield Couple Injured in Knapps Highway Crash
Walter Nesbitt and his wife Lucia Nesbitt of 635 Stratfield Road were injured when their car veered off Knapps Highway near Knapps Park Drive in Fairfield. They were taken to St. Vincent's hospital by police ambulance with Lucia listed in fair condition for head injuries. Walter was discharged after treatment.
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Fairfield
Knapp's Highway
Nicholas Stasoita
Divorce in works for Libya king Idris and Alia
Cairo April 29 AP sources close to Alia say King Idris of Libya and his Egyptian wife Alia are divorcing after a 1953 marriage. Idris 68 hoped for an heir but no son was born. Alia 38 returns to Cairo as Idris’s second wife settlement reports note a 10900 pound divorce payment.
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Cairo
Idris
Libya
Alia
Fatima
Connecticut National Bank Twenty-Five Year Club Names Officers
Charles S. Wade was elected president of the Connecticut National Bank Twenty-Five Year Club at its third annual dinner in Brooklawn Country Club. Elected officers include Miss Ethel Dalton as vice president Miss Mary McManus secretary and treasurer and Miss Helen E McCarthy assistant secretary and treasurer. New members from mergers lift total enrollment to 54 with additions from South Norwalk Waterbury offices.
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Charles S. Wade
Connecticut National Bank
Brookslawn
Ethel Dalton
Mary McManus
Clifford H. Greene
Helen E. McCarthy
Bridgeport
South Norwalk
Bank
Richard Podzeilni
Jesse P.sanford
Gilbert R. Hastings, Jr
William J. Miller
George C. Sjoland
Russell D. Hart
Mae S.maher
Waterbury
Albert Johnson
Walter Chesson
Ida B. Demers
Matthew F. Holloway
C. M. Richardson
Woman Bank Teller Jailed Two Years for Embezzlement
In Chicago Judge Julius Miner rejects probation for Auranis Pappas 40 after she pleads guilty to embezzling 129000 from the State Bank of Clearing. She admitted 11 counts of embezzlement and 10 for false entries. FBI agents arrested her in October she swallowed ammonia before hospital care.
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Chicago
Julius Miner
U. S. District Court
Miner
Auranis Pappas
State Bank of Clearing
Uncle Sam
Two Fishermen Held in Easton
Two men from Trumbull and Bridgeport were arrested for trespassing and fishing on posted Hydraulic company water shed property near Staples road Easton. Julius Hupchick and Charles Reichardt faced charges including assault with a dangerous weapon and fishing on posted property. bonds were set and a May 8 hearing scheduled.
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Trumbull
Trup
Hupchick
Reichardt
Trap
Cave-in Kills Hero Near Hole Death Site
Pasadena April 29 AP one of Kathy Fiscus rescue heroes Bill Yancey age 47 died in a cave‑in while inspecting a sewer ditch near La Puente. He had earlier helped rescue Kathy Fiscus in 1949 and brought her body to the surface.
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Pasadena
Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Kathy
Bill Yancey
San Marino
Yancey
la Puente
Hearing Planned on College Program Aimed at Statewide Community Colleges
Educators from across the state will testify before the Legislature’s interim Education committee on May 14 05 proposals to create a community college system statewide and to establish a state scholarship or student loan program. The all day hearing will be in the House chamber at the Capitol as the committee reviews recommendations for the 1959 Legislature.
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Hartford
Education Committee
Fairfield trio arrested after parking lot disturbance
Three Fairfield residents Samuel Fiocca 48, his wife Margaret 48, and Charles W J Mitchell 38 were arrested yesterday at 5 30 p m in the First National Store parking area on Post road on breach of the peace charges. They were released on recognizance and face Town Court May 4. Patrolman John Steiner said the incident began after Mitchell allegedly commented on Mrs Fiocca’s driving.
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Fairfield
First National
Post Road
Samuel Fiocca
Margaret
Eastlawn Street
Charles W.J. Mitchell
South Pine Creek Road
John Steiner
Mitchell
Food Poisoning Kills 64 in Quilon Kerala India
Officials report 64 villagers died after food poisoning at Quilon in Kerala with many others hospitalized. Police seized food from a volunteer camp linked to social and economic development programs under India's Five Year Plan. In a separate incident 10 died of food poisoning in Trivandrum, the state capital.
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Bombay
Quilon
Kerala
India
Trivandrum
Three to Face Court on Dope Charge
Byron Jameson 22 of Marion, door 6 Father Panik Village. Mable? Elizabeth Randolph Crawley 26 of Crescent Avenue. and Marion Male 31 of Iranis Lane Avenue held on $5,000 bonds. Police say 24 decks of heroin were seized along with a needle eye dropper and cooker during a search with a warrant. Case continued to later this week.
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Byron Jameson
Father Panik Village
Marion Male
Iranislan Avenue
Elizabeth Randolph Crawley
Crescent Avenue
Francis Shanley
Special Services Division
Donald Menard
Elmer Rinka
Jameson
State Health Department
Hartford
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