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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1957
Page
7
Stratford Fire Chief Theodore Lockwood objected to the Police Chief's suggestion that police dangers justify higher pay for police. He urged fairness and stated firemen deserve comparable compensation. He praised his department’s work and defended a planned pay raise as due, not as criticism of police.
The Lordship Dads club will meet Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in the Pauline Street clubrooms Warren Ernst reports. The gathering will discuss department duties, salaries, and a snowstorm postponement. A note on New Year party tickets and advance reservations is included.
An all day free polio vaccine clinic is set for Wednesday in the West End Recreation Hall. Open to all residents up to age 40, the event is sponsored by the Town Health Department and the Stratford Visiting Nurse Association. Doctors will staff the clinic from 9 a.m. to noon and again from 1 to 4 30 p.m.
Floyd Dunphy marks another grandchild as public works notes greet town life. John and Maureen Krehnel welcome a daughter at St Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport. Fireman Apprentice Edward W Biebel visits after basic training at Great Lakes prior to Newport duty. Charles White of Stratford Avenue a hospital patient in West Bridgeport. Stratford Republican women plan a nominating committee meeting with members including Mrs Leo Sexton and others. Shakespeare Guild publicity aide J Leon Simons aided by Mrs Seymour Stallman and Mrs Stephen Jablonsky. Council deadlock brings happier spouses home more often. Scouts Edward Perchaluk Jr John Duffy and Michael Gargett win prizes for selling Christmas cards for Troop 177. Wednesday Troop meeting cancelled. Katherine Limbacher a patient at West 2 hospital. Town maintenance department logged 22 hours fixing school furniture last month.
Wednesday marks Barbara Smith’s birthday daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Smith of Clifflawn road. The Red Cross seeks toys clothing and gifts for needy children. Mr and Mrs Harold Andrews will celebrate their wedding anniversary on Wednesday.
In Rockville, a 52 year old aircraft worker Harry Hill was target of an abduction and robbery at his home early Saturday. Three suspects Mrs Joan Remkiewicz 27 of Ellington Leonard Goetz 34 of Tol land and Robert Bradley 26 of Rockville were arraigned in City court and ordered held for Superior court on kidnapping robbery with violence and auto taking charges.
Stratford residents faced four motor vehicle violations in Stratford Town Court. Richard Zimmerman of Mohawk Street Stratford was fined $6 for speeding and a defective muffler. Thomas Ballare of Goowin Place Stratford pled no contest for failing to grant right of way. James Patterson Jr of Adams Street Bridgeport had no operator's license and paid $3. Russell Aucello of Birmingham Street Bridgeport failed to carry a public service certificate and paid $15.
Sanford Maine Dec 9 AP Urban J Lucier 29 of Wal lingford Conn was fined 500 for killing a fellow deer hunter at Limerick Nov 30 final Maine hunting day He pleaded no contest Judge Knott suspended 11 months jail and 10 fines for breach of peace and assault in the case involving Mrs Cora Felicella 47 Marsh Way Stratford and Mrs Gladys Janucik Old Orchard Beach The charge stemmed from the death of Alphonse Granger 19
Prosecutor Edward W. McPad den presented a case as neighbors ongoing in court. Judge Knott warned the women that a $20 fine would be imposed and cautioned that a subsequent appearance would bring harsher consequences "everything in the book."
New York special report notes a healing substance called Bio-Dyne reportedly shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves pain without surgery. Doctors observed striking improvements in many cases over months, with pain relief and actual shrinking, using Preparation H forms. Substances claimed to be narcotic free and widely used.
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