GE Engineer Wins 875 Puzzle Pot in Nine-Year Run
General Electric engineer Joseph W. Clark Jr, 97, of Bridgeport claimed the $875 jackpot in the Sun- Way Post puzzle contest after years of persistent play. Clark, a longtime GE staffer credited with creating new products, began solving similar syndicated puzzles in Fort Wayne in 1953 and finally reached the winning solution this week.
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Puzzle hobbyist Clark resigns town chair leaders
The Fairfield Republican Town Committee accepted the resignations of its town chair and vice chairman amid a brief meeting. Mr Clark praised word games as educational, noting simple words can reveal subtle shades of meaning. The committee plans to seek new readerprized endorsements and readers for future plans.
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A-Ship Destroyer Near Collision at Hampton Roads
In Norfolk Virginia the nuclear ship Savannah nearly collided with the destroyer Scheckell as the Savannah entered Hampton Roads. The two feet distance near 6 40 a m was described by Commodore Gaston F DeGroote who said the destroyer came out of the channel. Savannah with 24 passengers docked from Savannah Georgia to take ballast. No passengers reported witnessing the near miss.
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Shapero Reveals Jail Abuse In Albany Demonstration
Rabbi Sanford M. Shapero described his Albany jail experience as primitive and filthy after arrest in the Albany protest. He claimed verbal harassment and said treatment varied by jail and minister, with his confinement in Newton County’s cement block 25 miles from Albany. He was released on $200 bond and returned home, urging broader attention to desegregation issues.
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Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast and Almanac Note
Bridgeport and vicinity expect sunny warm weather with temperatures near 90 degrees inland and slightly cooler along the shore. Tonight will be fair with minor temperature changes. yesterday's high 82 and low 69. Almanac notes include sunrise 7:00 a.m., sunset 7:28 p.m., and references Avco Aircraft and Benny Howard.
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Murray Hawley Succumbs at 48 in Toronto
Murray Hawley 48, once America's youngest licensed pilot in 1930, died in Toronto Canada. The Oakville Ontario native was Bridgeport area’s first solo coast to coast flyer, son of late Dr George W Hawley, Bridgeport physician and inventor. He earned his pilot license after three weeks of instruction and later flew commercially for United Air Lines Howard Aircraft and Canadian Continental Airways, also working as a test pilot for Lockheed Boeing and Ford.
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Jackie Kennedy Returns Home From Italy
In Raveng, Italy, on August 30 AP reports Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy and her four year old daughter Caroline leaving sunny Italy after a 23 day vacation. The first lady is seen with U S Secret Service and staff at the Villa Episcopio area near Amalfi. The party includes pilot instructor Fairt, and local reactions include praise and some criticism of coverage. Continued on page twelve.
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Gold Sox edge Brakettes in tenth for softball title
Chris Ambord’s infield single in the bottom of the tenth gave the Whittier Gold Sox a 1-0 win over the Raybestos Brakettes, capturing the 1962 World Softball tournament title in a packed stadium. Orange and Portland also won to set up a semifinal lineup.
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Venting Sulphuric Acid Fumes Hit West End Plant
Dense clouds from a container of concentrated sulphuric acid vented in the yard of the General Chemical Corporation at 024 Wordin Avenue. Fire officials reported the incident at 3:00 p.m. yesterday. Chief Sylvester E. Jennings alerted to call for help, and assisting crews were directed to apply water to metal drainage as a precaution to prevent explosion. Firefighters from four companies, under Assistant Chief Jerome C. Bar, responded.
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Trinidad Tobago independence greeted with multiracial ceremony
The ceremony marked Trinidad and Tobago becoming a full partner nation. Prime Minister Erle Williams pledged the Caribbean state would remain independent. Delegations from the United States and other countries attended as the Union Jack and the national flag were raised at midnight, signaling a new era after British rule.
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State police seek 109 new troopers in modest request
Hartford August 30 AP Governor Dempsey said State Police Commissioner Leo Mulcahy will ask the 1961 Legislature to authorize adding 109 troopers. The force would rise from 498 to 607 as workload warrants. The talk came at the auxiliary troopers annual meeting at Bushnell Memorial with awards to youths and honoraries for service and sacrifice in the line of duty.
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France cool to big four talks on Berlin
Washington reports French officials resist immediate Western joint talks on Berlin while Kennedy signals a possible foreign ministers meeting before the UN General Assembly. British and French positions cast doubt, with Paris pressing no negotiation until concrete Soviet proposals emerge.
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Senate stalls on tax revision as amendments roll in
Washington August 30 AP Senate delays finalizing the tax revision bill as lawmakers comb through amendments and hear a lengthy speech by Senator Albert Gat e. The panel cleared most Finance Committee charges but adopted several individual changes including an exemption for government wartime awards to Japanese Americans and a proposal to tax overseas profits of foreign subsidiaries. House action mirrored one rider but Kuchel seeks quicker action.
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Four Area Chambers Back Bridgeport Regional Airport
Four Fairfield county chambers of commerce including Bridgeport Fairfield Norwalk and Milford voiced support for designating Bridgeport Municipal airport as a regional airport for southern Connecticut. The plan accompanies a CAB hearing set for September 17 in Manchester New Hampshire to decide a regional airport allocation between Bridgeport and New Haven.
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