Officials Seek to Speed Flood Control Project in Danbury
Danbury city and town flood control boards plan a Boston trip to learn what the Army Corps of Engineers will provide on a Danbury flood plan. Officials hope to start preliminary work before the Reb. 15 plan deadline, while opinions differ on feasibility.
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Danbury
Army Corps of Engineers
Boston
Corps of Engineers
Army
John Green
James R. Keane
Jeremiah F. Lombardi, Jr
Danbury Real Estate Board
Robert J. Johnson
Adolph Malespina
Gordon Walsh
Mary Ward
Russell Greene
Esther Silliman
Hilda Walker
Irma Pohlman
Raymond Keeler
Nathaniel Wagner
Danbury Hospital
Newtown Christmas Decorations Contest Sponsored
The Newtown Chamber of Commerce along with the Newtown Garden club and the Horticulture Club announce the 1956 Christmas Decorations Contest with nearly 40 entries. Three prize classes exist with awards of 10 5 and 2 50 dollars, judged between Christmas and New Year by Danbury Garden club members.
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Newtown
Newtown Chamber of Commerce
Newtown Garden Club
Horticulture Club of
Hawley Manor Inn
Russell F. Strasburger
James Brunot
William Dudde
Paul F. Smith
Newtown Bee
Dudde
Danbury Garden Club
Northern Ireland to War on IRA Bravely Shifts Policy
Northern Ireland declared the kid gloves are off and moves to invoke wartime security rules to counter IRA raids. Prime Minister Lord Brooke will push a special act granting police power to arrest and intern suspects without warrants or trials. The tougher stance followed border raids by IRA gunmen on two police stations.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Dee
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Lord Brookeborough
Irish Republic
Ulster
Milford Town Court Fines For Drunk Driving Sentences
Judge William Bonyai jailed Harold E. Schupbach and Frederick Diehl each fined 100 dollars for drunken driving. Other cases include Kurt Findert evading responsibility found not guilty, Daniel Wesson held ten days for intoxication, Raymond DeLuca fined six for following too close, Fred Wadanok fined nine for reckless driving, and Joan Schumitz fined six for faulty equipment.
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Milford
William Bonyai
Harold E. Schupbach
Hawley Avenue
Frederick
Diehl
Elm Street
Kurt Findert
Maplewood Avenue
Daniel Wesson
Underhill Road
Raymond F. DeLuca
Prince Street
Bridgeport
Fred Wadanok
Madison Avenue
Joan M. Schumitz
Wells Drive
Support Order Issued for Wife and Five Children
Danbury December 14 Alvah Sprague 33 of Hartford former Danbury resident received a six month suspended jail sentence and probation for child support. He must pay 50 weekly to support his wife and five children through Hartford probation. Mrs Sprague at Mill Ridge Trailer Park expects another child soon. Sprague now has a Hartford job. Prosecutor Norman Buzaid noted he paid only 73 since November 3 and was ordered to continue payments.
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Danburry
Alvah
Sprague
Broad Street
Hartford
Irving Levine
Mill Ridge
Hartford Probation Office
Norman Buzaid
Two Hurt In Crash On Stratford Ave
Two autoists were injured in a Stratford avenue crash near Da ivenport about 9 30 last night. William Baron 48 of 95 Nash llane drove east and hit a parked car. he suffered chest injuries. Mrs Dorothy Wooley 25 of 45 atwood street a passenger in a third car sustained a bruised forehead. Both were taken to Bridgeport hospital by Dr Paul Henry. Police said the parked car rolled 40 feet and struck the auto carrying Mrs Wooley. Investigation ongoing.
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Stratford Avenue
Daivenport
William Baron
Nash Llane
Dorothy Wooley
Atwood Street
Bridgeport Hospita
Paul Henry
NAACP Leader Agrees to Open Local Records
Atlanta NAACP branch president John H. Calhoun agreed to produce financial records after spending hours in jail as Fulton Superior Court Judge Durwood T. Pye ordered inspection by state revenue agents. A $25,000 fine had earlier been levied and officials were given 35 days to open records.
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Atlanta
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
John H. Calhoun
Durwood
T. Pye
Fulton Superior Court
Calhoun
NAACP
William Strickland
Pye
Quinn Will Miss UConn Game With Sprained Ankle
UConn, unbeaten, will face Boston College without star Frank Quinn who is sidelined with a sprained ankle. Quinn injured the Yale game on December 6 and despite dressing for the Rutgers contest, a checkup today confirmed slow healing.
Fire sweeps basement of Delmar Hotel in Kansas City
Firemen rescued about a dozen people overcome by smoke as flames swept the basement of the four story Delmar Hotel at 104 West Ninth. Hotel manager Leo Pursell said 45 guests were registered. fire chief Edgar Grass said the cause was unknown and the fire is under investigation.
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Kansas City
Edgar M. Grass
Leo Pursell
Delmar
West Ninth
Pursell
Grass
Redheads tramp through rain to aid missing writer search
Milford reports police and fire crews scoured cold wet woods without success for George Sessions Perry a 46 year old writer who disappeared Thursday afternoon Mrs Perry and friends fear he got lost while hunting for his dog Mr Mutt.
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Guilford
George Sessions Perry
M Gow an reinstated with Trinity cagers
Trinity basketball star Jack McGowan Jr of Branford is reinstated after a dispute with coach Rey Ineting. He averaged about 20 points per game last season and returns to the squad on a trial basis as Trinity seeks to resume play.
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Hartford
Trinity
Jack McGowan, Jr
Branford
McGowan
Rey Ineting
Nthar Nlavoave Thic
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Sacred Heart
Trinity Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus
Louis Criteili
Frederick Carlo
Harold McCarthy
Rose Brunetti
Jessie Renna
Charles Carlson
John Devine
Grace Hannan
Gloria Barry
Dominic
Troccala
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Lawrence Coughlin
Anthony Clement
Oliver Page
Mill Plain
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Fire Company
Reginald Fairfax
Walter Jacob
Mills Brownsett
Ralph Evans
Evelyn DeListe
Macy
Exchange Club
Lavelle
Wagon Wheel Inn
Route 7
Aldo Butera
Gregory Asarito
John Oligino
Donald Keeler
Marcel Fortier
Rose Showah
Mary Sager
Anna Beck
Sam L. Showah
Paul E. Paknik
Henrietta Chaber
Helen Baluzy
E. Kurtz & Sons
Trumbull Center
Milford Travel Agency
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Milford Water
Yale Decor
Kathleen J. McMahon
Springfield College
Springfield
Mass
John R
Buddy’ McMahon
Marianapolis
Thompson, Conn
John R. McMahon
Johnson Drive
Sandy Hook
Armand Meneégay, Jr
Downs Street
Menegay
Cianci
Church Hill Road
Nassau
Otto Heise
Brook” Brook Road
Palestine District
Will Heise
Taft School
Watertown
Bahamas
St. Rose Church
Fairfield State Hospital
Emmons B. Nickerson
Castle Hill Road
Sanford Meade
Edson van Brunt
Nickerson
Emmett Close
John D. Wood
Sugar Street
Albert Miller
Newstown
First Selectman
Edward J. Colejsoare
Selectmen’s
Edmond Town Hall
M. L. Richards
State Highma Department
J. Norris Dunlay
Queen Istreet
St. Vincent's Hospital
Newtown Methodist Church
Dwight Kossick
Nnorth
Ireland
Stratford Ave
Quinn
UCONN
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Scotia
King Cole
Nova Scotia
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M’gowan
Trinity Cagers
King Cole Liquor Store
Kinsey
Philadelphia
Dem
Imperial Carstairs Gorby
Lynchburg
Seagram VO Schenley C.F.C
Haig & Haig
Chivas Regal
Dewars
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Manischewitz Kosher
Concord
Maloge
Ane
Schenley
Calvert Seagram
Melrose
Jean Latour
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Sorrento
Cafe Creme de Menthe
del Alps
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