Yule Workshop and School Activities Highlight Newtown News
The Garden Club of Newtown held its annual Christmas workshop at the Newtown Congregational Church House, making wreaths and decor from evergreen and dried materials. A Newtown High School fall semester wrap reports 108 adult students, with courses in ceramics, bridge, painting, public speaking, sewing, Spanish, typing, and woodworking led by a faculty including Joseph Ozanne. The Baxter Cats led the 8th grade basketball league 32 20 over Sweeney, as Show Catamounts forfeit against Keane Cats.
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Garden Club of
Newown
Newtown Congregational Church
Wiliam F. Green
Cyrenius H. Booth
Paul A. Cullens
Newtown High School
Newtown
Norma Roitstein
Marian Winship
Irene Loftus
David Sohn
Gertrude Fay
Mary Martha Keane
Kenneth Pickering
Robert M. Hess
Joseph Ozanne
Adult Education Council
Baxter Cats
Sweeney
Keane Cats
Malcolm MacLachlan
Bob de Veer
Chipper Hull
John Norwell
Fifty Held in Cuba Plot Near Camagüey Barracks
About fifty people were arrested in Camaguey Cuba 320 miles southeast of Havana accused of planning an attack on local army barracks. Among detainees are several minors including a 14 year old. Police chief Col. Alberto Triana linked the group to exiled student leader Fidel Castro and his followers blamed for an attempted uprising earlier in December. The southeastern coast invasion and belief that over 30 insurgents were killed were officially declared ended by the army general staff on Saturday.
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Havana
Cuba
Camaguey
Alberto Triana
Castro
Army General Staff
Assembly Council Rejects AFL Bid to Relax Political Ban
Hartford dec 18 ap The Legislative Council with 18 members rejected American Federation of State County and Municipal Employes AFL demand to ease the state employee political activity ban. The panel urged the merit system remain intact and warned that partisan politics would erode public confidence and system strength.
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Legislative Council
AFL
Council of Legislators
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American Federation of State
E- Council
State forecasts for New England and Mid Atlantic
Connecticut and Rhode Island forecast fair to cold with a mix of sun and clouds. Maine shows increasing north cloudiness and a chance of light night snow in the far north. New Hampshire Vermont expect partly cloudy to fair with a warmer Thursday. Wind shifts from west to southwest noted for Block Island route.
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West Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Gulf Coast States
Northwest Pacific
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Tennessee
Connecticut
Rhode Island
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Ells
New Hampshire
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Maine
Fastport
Block Island
Parsells Addresses GOP Challenge in Connecticut 1958 Outlook
Rep Norman K Parsells urged GOP unity at the Bond hotel luncheon cautioning against reading the 1957 Connecticut sweep as a 1958 trend. He pressed for candidate quality, broad appeal including non Republicans, and a focus on state economy and reform to win future elections.
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Hartford
House
Norman K. Parsells
Connecticut
Bond Hotel
Fairfield
GOP
Parsells
Dwight D
Eisenhower
General Assembly
Republican Party
Deterrent power shown as 1000 B47s fly nonstop missions
Gen. Nathan F. Twining cited more than 1,000 B47 bombers refueled in the air, flying nonstop missions averaging thousands of miles, as a dramatic demonstration of strategic air power. He noted eight B-52s also flew long non stop paths, underscoring deterrence.
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Nathan F. Twining
Staf
Strategic Air Force
Air Force Academy
Twining
Strategic Air Command
SAC
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North Pote
Arctic
A Mani
Imum
Air Force
Boeing
Baby Girl Found Alive in Locker at Milwaukee Station
An abandoned baby girl about five days old was found alive in a red Christmas box inside a locker at Milwaukee’s railroad station. An anonymous woman phoned a welfare group from Chicago to say she had left the infant, who was warm and in good condition, wrapped in pillowcases with a rope around the box. Detectives opened locker No 54 and retrieved the child, who was taken to County Emergency Hospital.
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Milwaukee
County “Emergency
Leroy Surges
Joseph Jender
Jender
Catholic Social Welfare Bureau
Chicago
Jcay
Court Restores License To Hartford Youth In Narcotics Case
Hartford, Dev 18 AP Superior Court Judge Louis Shapiro ordered Motor Vehicles Commissioner John Tynan to restore the driving license of Frank Centamaro 21 who faced a narcotics charge after a police roundup a year ago The judge ruled the suspension was arbitrary and reviewable and the state must restore the license pending further action Tynan said the decision will be appealed to the Supreme Court of Errors
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Long Lane
Hartford
Dev
Superior
Louis Sha-piro
John Tynan
Frank Centamaro
Dentamare
Shapiro
Dentamaro
Tynan
Supreme Court of Errors
Attorney General
Bee swarm alarms driver in Los Angeles car
Bee-wildered and stung, Jemmy Wilson, a painter, found a hive left in his car overnight. Beemen arrived to calm the situation, ending the bee siege. Wilson had no idea why the hive appeared in the vehicle.
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Los Angeles
Jemmy Wilson
Wilson
Painter
Beemen
Prayers Answered As Judge Freezes Gazal For Christmas
An aged Pittsburgh mother prayed daily for her son William Gazal to be released from jail for Christmas. Judge Louis L. Kaufmann, who sentenced Gazal for a lottery charge, ordered release from noon December 24 to 4 pm December 27, with a return to complete the sentence. Gazal had previously been denied parole. Mister Gus, noted in 1956 and 1955 races, is mentioned.
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Pittsburgh
Ani
Louis L. Kaufmann
William Gazal
Ion
Gazal
Greenwich couple give 75000 safety fund grant
A 75000 grant from Mr and Mrs Sherburne Prescott of Greenwich Conn supports a three year program by the National Safety Council to aid churches nationwide in promoting safe practices as a moral obligation and practical religion. A special staff unit will devote full time to the project.
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Chicago
America
National Safety Council
Sherburne Prescott
Greenwich
Conn
The
Councy
UB's Yule Concert Draws 900 In Attendance
Approximately 900 people attended the Christmas concert marking the first public appearance of the 51 piece University of Bridgeport Community Orchestra in UB gymnasium. UB president James H. Halsey voiced Yuletide greetings. Edward B. Byerly conducted the university orchestra. Other groups included the A Cappella choir Men s Glee club and Mixed chorus directed by W Earl Sauerwein with Howard Mark directing the choir and the University String Orchestra led by Mr Byerly.
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University of Bridgeport Community Orchestra
James H. Halsey
University
Edward B. Byerly
W. Earl Sauerwein
Howard Mark Jj
University String Orchestra
Byerly
Wallet Returned After Christmas Eve Loss in Norwalk
In Norwalk on December 18 a wallet containing eighty one dollars was found by Joseph Gwizdak of 31 Morton Street and returned to owner Annie Cruz of Webster Street after verification of driver’s license. Separately Mrs. David Greenwood on Fourth Street reported Christmas tree lights stolen from outside her home around six p.m. on the same day.
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Norwalk
Annie Cruz
Webster Street
Joseph Gwizdak
Morton Street
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