Four men seized in cracking of fantastic case
FBI raided offices and a warehouse detaining four men including Seagraves Lieberman Lester and Leivia on charges of interstate transportation of stolen property in a Gulf Oil map theft case. Maps and related data valued at millions were stolen over five years from Gulf Oil and other sources.
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Fifth Avenue
Seagraves
Lester
FBI
Lieberman
John Marvin Leivia
Orange
Tex
Leivia
Teitelbaum
Ring
U. S. Tackless Corp
Bronx
United States
Canada
Gulf Oil
Gulf Files
Anderson
New York
U U. S
Pittsburgh
Teen mental patient linked to bride kidnapping in Daly City
A 16 year old Michael Wiegner of San Francisco, an escapee from Napa State Hospital, and Jesse Eastman abducted 17 year old Clo Ann Howatt from her Daly City home. They bound the couple and fled in a stolen car after prior elopement in November. Clo Ann was returned. Wiegner was hospitalized and has a long police record.
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San Francisco
Bunpoint
Daly City
Michael Wiegner
Napa State Hospital
Jesse Eastman
Oakland
John Howatt
Clo Ann
Anthony Lovay
Cle Ann
Weignert
Superior
Mont
Napa Hospital
Dulles Addresses Tito Visit and Cold War Issues
Secretary Dulles outlined questions on Tito's possible talks with Eisenhower, overseas force streamlining, Suez canal reopening, China at the UN, and a Western aid approach. He stressed no new Little Marshall Plan, maintained strong Western posture, and warned against Soviet satellite failures weakening Moscow.
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Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Eisenhower
Tito
Dulles
Suez Canal
United States
China
United Nations
Washington
India
Nehru
Hungary
Poland
Russia
Geneva
Europe
Moscow
Hartford Courant offers reward in hit and run death
The Hartford Courant posts a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the hit and run driver who struck 20 year old David Dirk, a Courant employee, on Broad Street. Dirk was left to die after being struck first by the left front of the car and then by the radiator ornament. Police seek a vehicle with possible damage to the front fender hood and radiator ornament. paint fragments found on Dirk’s clothing are noted as aqua or cream colored.
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Hartford
Hartford Courant
David Dirk
Courant
Broad Street
Dirk
Mrs. Pritula Injured in Fall at Police Headquarters
Angelina Pritula of 114 Parallel Street fell while descending stairs in Police Headquarters just before 1 a.m. She serves as an Italian interpreter in the City court and was taken to a physician for treatment. The report also notes Hank Aaron leading NL hitters with Milwaukee and a 3462 stat.
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Angelina Pritula
Parallel Street
Nixon and Aides Fly to Austria Amid Refugee Tension
Budapest dispatch details radio attacks on Vice President Nixon as he planned a border visit to assess Hungarian refugees. Reports from Vienna note cancellations of border travel, while Budapest cites arrests of counterrevolutionaries and the creation of a new political police force to replace the AVH.
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Budapest
Hungary
Radio
Richard Nixon
U. S
Austria
United States
Alger Hiss
State Department
Vienna
Nixon
Washington
Nepszabadsap
Janos Kadar
AVH
Christmas Eve Program And School Notes In Trumbull
A 25th annual community Christmas carol service is set for Christmas Eve at 7 p.m. in Long Hill Center Breen with instrumentals and choral groups led by local teachers and volunteers. Edison and Center schools host student Christmas programs, and Centergrade reports its annual issue. Weekend winds toppled trees on City Hall green and blocked Har lem avenue, prompting weather caution.
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Rumbull
Long Hill-Nichols
Long Hill Center
Breen
Ernest L. Fitch
Leslie Starbard
Irving L. Smith
E. Gordon Rogers
W. Allen Maude
Wesley Radcliffe
Howard Randall, Jr
Robert Angliss
Roger Brown
Ray
Chares W. Lanham
Ray Lucas
Little Town
Bethlehem
Richard Couch
Kenneth Robinson
Orville Lemoine
Jack Quaintance
Herald Angels
Charles Lanham
Long Hill Community Club
Long Hill Fire Company
Fred R. Barber
Edison Pta
Thomas Williams
Elizabeth Towne
William Horberg
J. F. Barney
J. W. Fillman
J. R. Gellatly
William Ochsner
J. W. Rudolph
Csire
Frank Stortini
Joseph Soukup
Edward DelMastro
Thomas Domico
Louis Jelenik
Richard Tutunjian
Neil Marstin
Connors
Fairfield News
Clayton McClinch
James Minto
Carlton Soderholm
Fillmore Bain
Frank Suchy
Norman Riley
Neil Martin
Centergrade
Gail Congdon
Henry Popowski
Kathleen Robinson
Georgette Czekanski
Edward del Mastro
Carol Pavlik
Gilbert Mikita
Dennis Peterson
Robert Sto Lker
Clyde Smith
Gail Pistey
Anastasia Graham
Robert Buckley
Diane Tulley
Arlene Robinson
Christine Tomek
James McCormick
Andrew Csire
Carole Jools
Wayne Bonfietti
Nancy McClin
Trumbull
Harvey Heln
Old Dyke Road
Nichols
Bethel College
St. Paul
Northfield Seminary For
Eleanor Tomer
Whitney Avenue
New Haven State Teachers College
Audrey Tesch
Briarcroft Avenue
Jackson College For Women
Tufts University
Mass
Russell McCathron
Woodcrest Avenue
Norwich University
Northfield
Joel Day
Rock Ridge
Colgate University
Robert Geneslaw
Chatfield Drive
Thhe University of Bridgeport
Margaret McLean
Oriole Lane
Bay Path Junior College
Gail
University of Vermont
Anne Sugden
Huntington Turnpike
Wellesley College
Jane
Connecticut College For Women
New London
Joseph
Berkshire School
Sheffield
Edison School
Charles Lapinski
E. McCreery
Lucy Cingari
Samuel Oliva
Everett Meyer
Ellen Beveridge
Raymond L. Dostert
William Peterson
City Hall
Bridgeport
General Electric Company
Boston Avenue
Municipal
Municipal Airport
Harlem Avenue
Swiss Expel Spy Diplomat in Counter-Espionage Case
Swiss authorities expelled a diplomat amid a long counter espionage probe alleging Emeric Pehr and Vegh recruited Hungarian refugees by blackmail. Vegh and other legation staff faced removal while Bela Nemety and Karoly Kapesos stood at the center of the controversy under Switzerland strict neutrality laws.
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Cegh
Hungary
Dubois
Emeric Pehr
Vegh
Legation
Bela Nemety
Karoly Kapesos
Switzerland
United Nations
Moscow controls U.S. Reds upheld by board ruling
The Subversive Activities Control board ruled that the American Communist party is controlled by Moscow. If upheld by courts the party must register with the Justice department and disclose membership and finances, with penalties for noncompliance. Eugene Dennis called the decision unconstitutional and said it will be tested up to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
American Communist Party
Moscow
Justice Department
New York
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Thieves Steal Gifts At Newsman's Danbury Home
A thief or thieves ransacked the Danbury News-Times staffer Robert E. Lauf’s home on Kohanza Street taking a typewriter a camera more than a dozen Christmas gifts and cash. Mrs Lauf discovered the break at 5 pm after the Lauffs were away all day. a blind-side window was pried and the house searched room to room.
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Danbury
Nehru
Robert E. Laut
Brassef
Kohanza Street
Laut
Abraham Lincoln
Bridgeport Post-Telegram
Jack Croce
Ridgefield Barracks
Nehru and Eisenhower Meet for Personal Talks at Gettysburg
Nehru and President Eisenhower met at Gettysburg for more than 12 hours of private discussions described as entirely personal. The day included a luncheon with Vice President Nixon, a reception at the Indian Embassy, and a Pan American Union dinner with Secretary of State Dulles presiding. Newsmen were barred from the luncheon.
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Newry
Pan American Union
Dulles
Cambridge
Gettysburg
Nehru
Washington
Nixon
Pan ‘American Union
D. S. Sound
Congress
California
Sound
Labor
Mitchell
Sens. Green
Wiley
Widow of Darien Dentist Fights Six Month Suspension
The widow of Dr Charles L Fox of Darien seeks a final adjudication of his appeal from a Connecticut dental commission order suspending him for six months for allegedly violating an advertising ban. Atty IL M Mahler filed the action on behalf of Mrs Fox under a state statute allowing a deceased dentist’s estate to operate briefly after death. The case, with Judge John H King presiding, follows Dr Fox’s fatal auto crash in Darien two weeks earlier.
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Norwich
Darien
State Dental Commission
Atty
IL M. Mahler
Charles L. Fox
John H. King
Dr. Fox
YMCA Camera Club Christmas Party Planned
The YMCA Camera Club will hold a Christmas party Thursday at 7 30 p m in the annex of Park House 852 Park Avenue. President Robert Knodel said a program of entertainment dancing a buffet supper and grab bag is planned with Thomas Durkin and Janice Edwards in charge. Flower Bowl victory details note a Delaware Handicap and Ladies Handicap winner who took her first race January 17 1955 at Hialeah.
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Ymca Camera Club
Park House
Park Avenue
Robert Knodel
Thomas Durkin
Janice Edwards
Flower Bowl
Delaware
Hialeah
Grange installs Merwins at Harmony Grange meeting
Burr S. Burr installed as master of Harmony Grange during a Grange hall meeting. Installing officer Andrew Kaechele of Fairfield County Pomona was joined by numerous officers and members from Fairfield County Pomona Grange and neighboring granges.
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Stevenson Monroe
Trumbull Grange
Marie Kaechele
Marjorie Hueschkel
Greenfield Hill Grange
Mr. Burr
Daniel Hunt
Seth Sperling
Wesley Harrison
Eugene L. Richards
Charles C. Lacy
Stewart E. McKinney
Richard Rothe
Ceres
Dorothy Kasperail
Flora
Barbara Standley
Pomona
Nancy Standley
Stelen Hurd
Horatio J. Zhamerman
Hazel Waite
Robert Mitchell
Connecticut State Grange
Mitchell
Linda O'Neill
James O'Neill
Laura Botsford
Harmony Grange
State Grange
Ideal
Pinto
Zimmerman
Harmony Grange Hall
Athletic Association
Monroe Athletic Association
Gail Hewitt
Mary Chocho
Icicles
Frances Dusenberry
Barbara Kohut
Sharon Avery
Sharon Choate
Gene Platt
Ruth Graff
Norma Dyer
Alison Wolfe
Carolyn Kenecny
Mary Perry
William B. Dexter
Herman J. Sapei
Judy Dexter
Andrea Oras
Eileer Hagerty
Diane Duval
Judy Clifford
Susan Sapei
Ingrid Gunzler
Beryl Gyllenhammer
Daniel Dusenberry
William Gyllenhammer
Lewis Hurd
Hurd
Richard S. Martin
Unicef
Monroe
Stepney
Stevenson
League of Women Voters
the Baptist Church
Nehru Plans Travels to Ottawa and London After New York
Nehru will depart Thursday by plane to New York, then travel to Ottawa for the weekend, and proceed to London on Monday. The report notes Sen elect Cooper and Ambassador Bunker as contemporaries in related postings.
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Wis
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
John Sherman Cooper
Democrats Name Healey Googel Leaders in Connecticut Legislature
Connecticut Democrats elected Arthur H. Healey of New Haven and Samuel S. Googel of New Britain as minority leaders in the General Assembly. House and Senate caucus participants praised interim committee work and urged faster rules changes to improve efficiency and public record clarity.
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Hartford
Arthur H. Healey
New Haven
Samuel S. Googel
New Britain
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
Willian O'Brien
Portland
House
John M. Scanlon
Healey
Temporary State Housing Study Commission
Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Googel
U.S. Department of Justice
Judiciary Committee
Democratic Town Committee
Ella T. Grasso
Windsor Locks
Democratic Legislative Committee
Grasso
Hearings Proposed on Housing Sites in Hartford
A bill filed at the State Capitol would require public hearings on proposed public housing sites. Senator-elect Theodore F. Lynch of New Haven sponsors the measure to let nearby property owners and residents voice views. It would advertise hearing dates in local papers and require discussion before any project approval.
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Hartford
State Capitol
Theodore F. Lynch
New Haven
Lynch Bijl
Teacher Seeks Double Sessions Transfer Milford
A Milford board of education meeting heard a teacher request transfer to a school with double sessions. The teacher’s name was not disclosed. The committee chair warned approval could trigger a flood of similar petitions and said the transfer might not be to a double-session school.
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Milford
Board of Education
Alfred R. Wolff
Bisons Add Two Outfielders In Trade For Pitcher Nicholas
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League obtained outfielders Bill Stewart and Gil Daley today by sending pitcher Harry Nicholas to Charleston of the American Association. Macklin Field will seat 76 000 for Michigan State football, with a 4957 capacity.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Bisons
Bill Stewart
Gil Daley
Harry Nicholas
Charleston
Macklin
Hore
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