Nation State Weather Forecast Summary
Connecticut partly cloudy and warmer today with fair tonight and low 25 to 30. Sunday sees increasing cloudiness and little temperature change. Massachusetts Rhode Island fair and warmer today and tonight with partly cloudy conditions and a slight temperature shift Sunday. New Hampshire Vermont partial clearing north and south portions with a warm trend and light snow possible north this morning. Maine mostly cloudy this morning with light snow north and east, then clearing south and partial clearing north this afternoon. Partly cloudy north and fair south with not so cold tonight and a similar Sunday.
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Newtown to tax all property at about half value
The Newtown assessing board announced a new plan under Public Act 673 to set all property assessments at roughly 50 percent of present value. Real estate and personal property will be valued using the 1949 Revaluation formula, eliminating much calculation error. Public notices note that vehicles and mobile homes will also be assessed at half of current value to standardize taxation.
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Newtown
Charles M. Goodsell
Board of Assesors
General Assembly
Goodsell
Uslng
Governor Presses Attack On Budget Cut Opponents
Hartford December 13 AP Governor Ribicoff attacked state employees resisting his 10 percent spending cut. He said those unwilling to cooperate may leave. The dispute centers on double holiday pay and promised extra days off for Middletown State Hospital staff already affected by budget restrictions.
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George J. Conkling
Mental Health Department
Conkling
Hartford
Ribicoff
Middletown State Hospital
Salvatore Peruccio
Afl-Cio
Peruccio
Connecti
Shriners Induct 95 Members at Bridgeport Ceremony
The Shriners Pyramid Temple inducted 5 new members during a Fall Ceremonial at the Bridgeport Brass Recreation Center with about 550 attendees. The two-part program ran from 4 p.m. registration at the Stratfield hotel to a 7 p.m. initiation after drills by unit members and a 28-voice Chanters performance. Potentate Richard Kevenaugh presided, with Recorder William F. Booth in charge. dignitaries included Frank Wilder, Louis Thomas, Albert H. Rowe, and John Q. Tilson. To qualify, candidates must be 32nd Degree Masons or Knight Templars. The Pyramid Temple serves 2,600 members across southwest Connecticut.
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Brass Center
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New York
Stratfield Hotel
Thhe Brass Center
Richard Kevenaugh
William F. Booth
Frank Wilder
Bridgeport
Louis Thomas
Essex
Albert H. Rowet
Wallingford
Cal
John Q. Tilson
New Haven
House of Representatives
Connecticut
Wallingford West
Two Autos Hit Same-N. H. Train At Cromwell Crossing
Two Middletown residents both 22, a man Eugene Buckley and a woman Margo Lesser, were injured when their cars struck freight train cars at a grade crossing on Rt. 9 in Cromwell. Buckley suffered a broken left arm and a brain concussion. Lesser had a chin laceration and knee injury. Each was hospitalized in fair condition. One train car derailed but the crossing remained open.
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Cromwell
Middletown
Eugene Buckley
Rt. 9
Margo Lesser
Buckley
Fire Damages Room In Milford House
Milford, Dec. 13 Fire damaged a rear bedroom in a single story stucco house at 47 Grant Street after Mrs. Jane Nemejko and her 13 year old son Christopher briefly left for the store. Fire Marshal Leonard H Botsford will investigate the cause and extent of damage.
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Jane Nemejko
Grant Street
Nemejko
Christopher
Leonard H. Botsford
Walnut Beach
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