Three Stratford Cops Honored For Quick Hold Up Suspects
Stratford police patrolman Liscinsky and Lieuts Whim Ticland and Raymond Chiffee were commended by Bridgeport officials for the rapid capture of three armed bandits who robbed a Seaview store of $600 Friday afternoon. The Bridgeport Police Department praised Stratford for strong cooperation and noted the timely arrest reduced danger.
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Bridgeport Board of Police Commissioners
John A Lydd
Seaviexs Iverate Eto Cers
Patroin
Stephen Liscinsky
Whim
Ticland
Raymond Chiffee
Daun
Wiliad B Flood
Patrick J Flanagan
Lyddy
Bridgeport Polie Department
Stratford Police Department
Flood
Liscinsky
Th Department
Chef Flanigan
Commuters Delayed by Mechanical Flaw in NYC Rail
In New York a Grand Central 5 30 pm train on the New York New Haven and Hartford line could not raise the third rail contact shoe to transition from third rail to overhead power at South Mount Vernon. The failure delayed 13 trains behind it by minutes, affecting dozens of commuter riders. service resumed after the 6 36 pm train cleared.
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New York
Ecco
New Haven and
Crawford Called a Drunken Bum in Court
Hollywood December 14. Actor Broderick Crawford an Academy Award winner for All the Kings Men was labeled a drunken bum by the Los Angeles municipal court. The 44 year old pleaded dul ts to a drunk charge. Judge Leo Freund warned that if arrested again he would go to jail. Crawford, famed for his 1949 Oscar performance, faced a $230 fine.
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Broderick Crawford
Noving Picture
Los Angeles
Dults
Leo Freund
Craufo Dhe
Governor names two UConn trustees in reshuffle
Hartford Dec 14 AP Gov Ledge named Lea Marsh Jr of Old Lyme and George Dudley of Litchfield to fill vacancies on the University of Connecticut board of trustees. Marsh serves to July 1 1957 and Dudley to July 1 1956. Jory and Howe resignations prompted the moves.
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Henry F Jory
Woodstock
Dudley
Walter Howe
Litchfield
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Howe
Joy
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Five Vealy
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Phe Rimsey
Harsonton
Commission On
Ann B Shahel
Greenwich
Ledge
Sihciano
Bristol
Connecticut Homeopathic Medical Examining Board
John D Booth Danhur
E J ¥ Tsher
New Haven
Frederick H Waterhouse
Advisory Council
New execution date set for Slayer Willam J Loran
In Hartford, Superior court will set a new execution date for William J Loran 33 of Providence for the first degree murder of George Zgierski. The date follows the Supreme Court denial of Loran’s appeal from the guilty verdict.
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Hartford
Hotel Boulderado Fire Keeps Firemen Busy
Boulder Colo April 14 AP firemen raced to the Boulderado Hotel for a minor blaze marking the second alarm in four days. A Sunday flare up involved a coal pile wooden boxes and rubbish near the hotel as crews worked to prevent larger damage.
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Boulder Colo
Boulder
Boulderado Hotel
Freshman Roger Alver pledged to Massachusetts Beta chapter
Roger Leroy Alver, a freshman at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has been pledged to the Massachusetts Beta chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He resides at 969 Lake Siderive.
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Roger Leroy Alver
Lake Siderive
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Massachusetts
S Gma Phi Epsilon
Hamden Student Wins Rhodes Scholarship
Hamden resident Jams Patrick Griffin of Yale University has earned a Rhodes Scholarship for two years of study at the University of Oxford in England. The announcement was made by Courtney Smith, secretary of the Rhodes Trust and Swarthmore College president, with Yale Prof. T. C. Mendenhall on the New England district committee. The award is among 32 such scholarships this year, continuing Cecil Rhodes's aim to foster international understanding and peace through study abroad.
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Patrick Griffin
Hamden
Yale University
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University of Oxford
England
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Cecil John Rhodes
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South Africa
Oxford
Griffins
New England
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Yale
Assembly Moves To Ban Party Lever On Voting Machines
Hartford Dec 14 AP a bill to remove party levers from Connecticut voting machines to force office by office voting was filed in the secretary of state. Rep E QO Smith Mansfield filed the measure for legislative action alongside proposals to curb lobbyist expense reports ban private claims bill printing costs and restrict lobbyist access in sessions.
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Connecticut
Secretary of States
Rep
QO. Smith
Mansfield
Rep Smith
State Senate
House of Representatives
Hunt pressed for woman killer in Brinkley Ark
Police pursue a suspect linked to the murder of Mrs Sue Fuller, a 25 year old mother of two. Slain at her Brinkley home with a stick of stove wood, authorities scrutinize husband Mil ton Fuller whose early coffee shop routine may have exposed her to risk. A former convict on parole, plus five men and two women being questioned, remain in the case.
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Brinkley
Ark Dee
Sue Fuller
Frank Henderson
Fuller
Devalls Bluff
Fairfield Man Hurt In Auto Crash At Night
Stephen Roma, 38, of Kings Highway Fairfield, was struck by a car at Man and High streets at 10 15 last night. He was treated for a left ankle injury and released. Florio Morett, 24, of 1956 North Benson Road Fairfield, was arrested for violating state auto laws.
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Man and High Streets
Stephen Roma
Kings Highway
Fairfield
Florio Morett
North Benson Road
GOP SIPS Draft Ike for 1956 Says aide
Washington December 14 AP James Clagerty says Republicans should draft President Eisenhower for 1956 re election as the best man to guide the nation Hagerty the White House press secretary on an MBS radio program says any other GOP course would be foolhardy He declines to name alternatives and cites Eisenhowers rising popularity
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James Clagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
White House
MBS
GOP
Eissenhower
Amnesties Declared for German Prisoners at Christmas
Bonn Germany Dec 14 AP Allied high commissioners announced a Christmas amnesty for Germans in Allied prisons. Only a handful of about 170 prisoners will benefit as sentences expire around Christmas. The U S will release Thursday none of the 50 prisoners held by Americans are eligible. The British will free early five of 36. The French gave no detail on their 46 prisoners. Germans had urged a full release as a gesture toward West Germany.
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Germany
U. A
West Germany
Bridgeport Px To This Date Accidents Killed
Bridgeport department records show accident totals reaching 2001 deaths and 1947 injuries by the specified dates in 1953 and 1954 with notable counts across years and categories. Officials note a decade of rising traffic incidents and safety measures implemented during the period.
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Bridgeport Px
Mystery American 'Mr X' to testify at spy trial
At the Old Bailey London a British clerk Jean Clarence 27 faces charges of violating Britain's Official Secrets Act for spying for the Russians on anti aircraft defenses and US Navy HQ. An unnamed American identified as Mr X, described as discharging important duties and possibly a diplomat, was invited to testify after the accused asked for his appearance. The trial is set for Friday and the court indicated Mr X would attend if willing.
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London
Britain
US Navy
Malcolm Hilbery
Old Bailey
Mr X
Jean Clarence
Clarence
Christman Humphreys
Measles Up But Dip During Week In Hartford
The Connecticut State Health Dept reports last week saw measles cases fall to 278 from 294, bringing the year total to 3806, double the 1953 figure of 1653. Chickenpox rose to 156 from 123 while polio and other diseases declined. Two food poisoning outbreaks, Manchester wedding reception with 50 affected and Farmington factory dinner with 120 ill, are under investigation.
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State Health Dept
Nut
Manchester
Farmington
Health Department
Man jailed for breach of peace after alleged assault
Richard Byers, 22, of 39 Jackson Avenue, was found guilty in City Court of breach of the peace after an argument in which he allegedly assaulted his wife at 9:30 last night. Judge Michael J. Sichan sentenced him to 30 days in jail.
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Richard Byers
Jackson Avenue
Michael J. Sichan
Brothers Escape Injury In Hartford Car Crash
Two brothers Francis J. Duntz aged 29 and Vernardo L. Duntz aged 23 escaped injury when their cars collided in Hartford on December 14. Both vehicles, similar makes, had to be towed from the scene as each driver was en route to work.
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Hartford
Francis J. Duntz
Vernardo L. Duntz
Miss Dunn Slated to Head Welfare Department
Hartford December 14 UP Miss Cathcrime 31 Dunn of Redding is slated to receive a short term appointment as state welfare commissioner succeeding Haossard Houston who will depart in 10 days for the Foreign Operations Administration in India. Her term ends next March 1 when Governor Ribicoff will select a nominee for the four year term. Dunn has been deputy welfare commissioner under Houston.
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Hartford
Houston
Foreign Operations Administration
India
Abraham A Ribicoff
Miss Dunn
New York State Barge Canal System Length Mentioned
Including dredged lakes and rivers, the New York State Barge Canal system 18 800 miles long.
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