Leonard M Mastri Sr Obituary in Bridgeport Fairfield Area
Leonard M Mastri Sr 65 of 121 Colugese Road Fairfield died Saturday night at St Vincent s Hospital where he was admitted earlier as a medical patient He operated Mastri Painting Co and lived in the Bridgeport area for 50 years He was a member of Roma club Fantano society and Our Lady of Assumption Men s League Survivors include his wife Fannie Tacursi Mastri a son Leonard M Mastri Jr a daughter Joan Papa three sisters three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Services will be held Wednesday at 8 am at Spadaccino Funeral Home and 9 am at Our Lady of Assumption Church Burial will be in St Michael s Cemetery.
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Leonard M. Mastri
Colugese Road
Fairfield
Mastri
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Washington Avenue
Our’ Lady of Assumption
St. Michael's Cemetery
Faeto
Italy
Bridgeport
Roma Club
Fantano Society
Men’s League of Our Lady of Assumption Church
Fannie Tacursi Mastri
Leonard M. Mastri, Jr
Trumbull
Miss Amy Louise Dickinson Dies at Age 9
Miss Amy Louise Dickinson 9 of 867 Riverside Drive Fairfield died at home after a long illness. Services set for 11 a.m. tomorrow at Hobart chapel First Congregational with Rev. Richard Rush officiating. Burial at family convenience. Wilmot West and Goulding Funeral Home in charge. Survived by parents George and $. Dickinson, two sisters Christine Marie and Patricia Ellen Dickinson, paternal grandmother Helen I. Dickinson of Denver Cole, maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs William Gabor of Bradenton Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Louise Dickinson
George
Dickinson
Roger Sherman School
Christine Marie Dickinson
Patricia Ellen Dickinson
Fairfield
Helen I. Dickinson
Denver
Cole
William Gabor
Bradenton
Fla
Edwin B. Dickinson Rites Held in Westport and New Canaan
Edwin B. Dickinson 74 of 39 Stony Brook Road Westport died at home. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. at Fable Funeral Home and 11 a.m. at First Congregational Church New Canaan with Rev Gibson J Daniels officiating. Burial was in Kensico Cemetery Valhalla N Y. He was born in New York City and lived in Westport for years. He was a retired real estate broker formerly with Fish and Marvin New York. Survived by wife Katherine Fitch Dickinson of Westport a son John S Dickinson of New Canaan a daughter Miss Francis B Dickinson of Westport a brother Wells Dickinson of New York City and a sister Mrs Delight Crocker of New York City.
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Westport
Edwin B. Dickinson
Stony Brook Road
East State Street
First Congregational Church of
New Canaan
Gibson J. Daniels
Kensico Cemetery
Valhalla
N.Y
Dickinson
New York City
of Fish and Marvin
New York
Katherine Fitch Dickinson
John S. Dickinson
Francis B. Dickinson
Wells Dickinson
Delight Crocker
Mrs Grace Carlson Dies At Bridgeport
Grace Stevenson Carlson widow of Thurston Carlson of 40 Lindley street died yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital. Funeral services were held at First English Lutheran Church with Rev. Herbert H. Hrdlicka. Burial in Lakeview Cemetery. Survivors include two brothers, five sisters, and several nieces and nephews. The Lawrence and Spodnick funeral home of 225 Park Avenue is in charge of arrangements. Born in Warren, she lived in Bridgeport for years and worked for General Electric.
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Grace Stevenson Carlson
Thurston Carlson
Lindley Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
English Lutheran Church
Herbert H. Hrdlicka
Lakeview Cemetery
Lawrence and Spodnick Funeral Home
Park Avenue
Warren
Carlson
Bridgeport
General Electric Company
Walter Stevenson
Botsford
Charles Stevenson
John Zinko
Bertha Watert
Gladys Krafick
Alice Stover
Jennie Kuschay
Milford man Stanley J Bartkevicius dies at 74
Stanley J Bartkevicius of Milford died Saturday night in Milford Hospital. He was an employee of Milford Water Co for 19 years and a member of the Thadeus Kosciuska Sick Benefit Society. Survived by wife Helen two sons Stanley D and Albis E daughter Victoria Johnson and five grandchildren. Funeral at Milford funeral home then St Marys church with high Mass. Burial in St Marys Cemetery.
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Milford
Stanley
J. Bartkevicius
Broad Street
Milford Hospital
Milford Funeral Home
Cherry Street
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Bartkevicius
Milford Water Company
Thadeus Kosciuska Sick Benefit Society
Helen Bartuska Bartkevicius
Stanley D. Bartkevicius
Albis E. Bartkevicius
Worcester
Mass
Telegram
Victoria Johnson
Woodmont
Bicyclist Injured After Bike Hits Auto on East Main
Doroto DeJesus 37 of 289 East Main Street sustained possible fractures to his left leg and ankle and head injuries after his bicycle collided with Herbert Morris’s car on East Main Street. He was taken by city ambulance to Bridgeport Hospital in fairly good condition. Police said DeJesus appeared intoxicated and that the crash occurred while he rode his bike into Morris’s vehicle.
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East Main Street
Doroto DeJesus
Bridgeport Hospital
James McNally
DeJesus
Herbert Morris
Davenport Avenue
Jesus
McNally
Al Lukachik Dies Noted Sports Figure and Former Eagle Star
Al Lukachik 50 a noted Bridgeport sports figure and former Boston College football star died. He starred for BC in 1937 1939 1940 under coach Frank Leahy, played for the Steelers in 1942 and later with the New York Yankees in the AEC and Chicago Cardinals. He worked in state and local government and served as awards chairman for the Women’s World Softball tournament. He leaves a son Scott taikachik mother Rose Lukachik brother Harry Luke Lukachik two sisters and several nieces and nephews.
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Lukachik
Boston College
Holy Cross
Gil Dobey
Florida
Frank Leahy
Boston
Clemson
Eagles
Tennessee
Steelers
Pittsburgh ‘Steelers
United States Army
Luke
New York Yankees
Chicago
Bridgeport
Civil Service Commission
Anne Hubina Lukachik
Scott. Taikachik
Rose Lukachik
Harry
Luke) Lukachik
Mary Louise Faulkner
Carol] Ann Lee
Stoughton
Wis
Samuel Halpern Dies Ra phael's Department Store Head
Samuel A Halpern president of Raphael's Department Store in New Britain died Sunday at Hartford Hospital after a long illness. A West Hartford resident he is survived by his widow Beatrice Raphael Halpern and two sons. Funeral services set for Tuesday in New Britain.
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Hartford
Samuel A. Halpern
Raphael's
New Britain
Hartford Hospital
Halpern
Beatrice
Raphael
Soris
Mrs Speranza Forte Dies In Bridgeport At 92
Mrs Speranza Palumbo Forte widow of Gioacchina Forte of 108 Glendale Avenue died yesterday at home. Requiem Mass will be at 10 a.m. in St Raphael's Church. Burial in St Michael's Cemetery. Born in Sicily she lived in Bridgeport 65 years and belonged to Maria Addolorata society. Survived by son Michael Forte, three brothers, three sisters, three grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren along with nieces and nephews.
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Speranza Palumbo Forte
Gioacchina
Jack), Forte
Glendale. Avenue
Washington Avenue
St. Raphael's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Maria Addolorato Society
Michael Forte
Bridgeport
Frank Palumbo
Italy
Chinese Demonstrators Back Beijing Stand Against U.S. Vietnam War
Chinese officials and military personnel rallied in Shanghai to support a Foreign Ministry statement accusing U S planes of attacking the Chinese Embassy and denouncing Soviet revisionism. Demonstrators vowed to stand with Vietnam and fight U S imperialism shoulder to shoulder, signaling readiness to join the front if ordered by Mao and Lin Piao.
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Vietnam
U.S
Peking
Hanoi
Foreign Ministry
Soviet Union
Chinese Liberation Army
Mao Tsetung
Lin Piao
Shanghai
Javits Says US Soviet Talks Can Progress Under Spirit of Relaxation
Senator Javits argues the Soviet Union has shifted toward cooperation with the United States and calls for a major effort to address key issues. He places Israel and Arab state relations at the top of the agenda, warning renewed conflict there could threaten world peace more than Vietnam and spark a second Spanish civil war.
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Soviet Union
China
Israel
Javits
Vietnam
Soviets See Big U S Trade Rise Despite Leningrad Case
The group notes a potential upturn in U S Soviet trade even as two American defendants face currency violation charges in the Leningrad case. Craddock M Gilmour Jr and Buel Ray Wortham go on trial Monday with possible eight year prison sentences. Congressmen compare Soviet openness to acquiring American technology and discuss shifting toward a consumer economy while warning Vietnam War tensions may hinder progress. The tour includes Belgrade Budapest Prague and Yugoslavia.
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Leningrad
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Utah
Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Ashley
Clarvey
Rees
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Hungary
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Outdoor Nativity Pageant in Darien Draws Thousands
The fourth annual live nativity in Rowayton, Fairfield County, drew several thousand spectators as about 100 participants along with ten livestock including sheep, goats, and horses performed. CBS director Howard Lenters guided the show with a hilltop communications system coordinating cues and clergy. A spectator quipped about a sun town show as Henry J. Smith, 59, of Du Pont Place, suffered a nose injury after swerving to avoid a dog and hitting a parked car. he received a warning for improper lane use.
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Darien
Fairfield County
Howard Lenters
CBS Television Network
Lenters
Rowayton
Angeles
Bethlehem
Henry J. Smith
DuPont Place
Poolice
Peter S. Nemeth
Romney Seeks 1968 Nominations Amid Credibility and Unity Talks
Romney faces questions on a possible presidential bid and party unity on ABC. He says unity since 1964 has grown but declines to confirm a run, cites credibility gaps at home and abroad, argues against rapid federal spending, and says Wallace running third party could hurt Democrats more than Republicans.
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Republican Party
Romney
ABC
Johnson
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Beta Pi Yule Party at Louise Suffredini Home
The Beta Pi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi holds a Christmas party at 8 tonight at 2756 Madison Avenue. Ruth E. Comcheck reports a business meeting before the party to discuss selling Christmas candies and fundraising for the needy.
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Beta Pi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Louise Suffredini
Madison Avenue
Ruth E. Comcheck
NATO Allies Balk at Adding Aid for Vietnam
Several European nations limit public Vietnam aid while private or semi public efforts continue. Italy Norway and Turkey offer indirect support through medical and relief work. West Germany sends 3.75 million in aid and a hospital ship. Denmark provides medical aid. Portugal backs the U S but cites defense costs. France dispatches technical and medical experts. Korea envoy Park Tong myo travels to Saigon to discuss farm and fishery exports and equipment.
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Itere
Italy
South Vietnam
Aldo Mora
Norway
Vietnam
United States
Turkey
Washington
U.S
West Germany
Helgoland
Denmark
Tonguedenternall Aed Cross
Portugal
Africa
Tedm
France
Seoul
South Korea
Agricuture
Park
Tong-myo
Saigon
Burma and Iran Advance to Asian Games Soccer Final
Burma defeated Singapore 2 0 and Iran beat Japan 1 0 to reach the finals in Bangkok. The games committee announced the closing ceremonies with the King and Queen of Thailand to attend the soccer final and athletes from 18 nations to march past them before the Games end.
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Bangkok
UPI
Burmal
Iran
Burma
Singapore
Japan
Thailand
Cavalry Report Details 65 Reds Killed Near North Vietnam
U S Cavalry units engaged North Vietnamese forces about 100 miles off North Vietnam. Air strikes and artillery supported battalion size American forces as 46 NVA were killed Saturday with 17 more Sunday. Two helicopter gunships were hit. one crewman wounded on each.
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North Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnams
1St Cavalry
Saigon
U.S
Horne
America
Vietnam
Ward
Man Charged After Gun Threat Toward Children
East Side resident John R. DeLorenzo 34 of 157 Helen Street was jailed on breach of peace after allegedly threatening about 20 children with a shotgun while his Doberman on duty as a watchman for Zandonelta Construction. The gun was unloaded. bail set at 100 dollars pending Circuit Court arraignment. Detective notes say the group had allegedly stone his car and the incident was reported by Manuel Smith of 898 Platt Street.
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East Side
John R. DeLorenzo
Helen Street
David Roberts
Charles Kinsman
DeLorenzo
Zandonelta Construction Company
Father Panik Village
Ernest Grosso
Frank Y. Resta
de Lorenzo
Manuel Smith
Platt Street
City Man Falls Into Car and Dies After Accident
Peter Hanusiak a 77 year old resident of New Britain died Sunday from injuries after he apparently fell against a moving car on Chapel Street. He stepped from between park led cars and fell across the hood of a car driven by Richard Zasciarinskas of New Haven. He died at St Raphael's Hospital.
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NEW Tiaven
Peter Hanusiak
Hanusiak
Chapel Street
Richard Zasciarinskas
New Haven
St. Raphael's Hospital
New Zealand Coin Campaign Urges Public to Return Coins
Advertisements in Wellington newspapers plead for citizens to put coins back in circulation to ease a coin shortage. The treasury notes 450 million coins have been issued but are quickly disappearing from circulation.
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Coin - Appeal
Wellington
New Zealand
Treasury
Free Tuition Offered To College Institutes
Wells College in Aurora New York will offer free tuition to biology and mathematics institutes for junior and senior high school teachers. Supported by the National Science Foundation the institutes run July 2 to August 1 Participants may live in college dormitories with their families and will receive a stipend.
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Wells College
Aurora
N.Y
National Science Foundation
Christmas Concert Tonight at Central High Auditorium
The Bridgeport Parks and Recreation department schedules a Christmas Concert at Central High School's auditorium at 1 p.m. A 35 member orchestra led by Howard Fiadd opens the program with early arrivals greeted by the Bridgeport Police Athletic League. Intermissions feature Sing-Out Bridgeport Area performances.
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Bridgeport Parks and Recreation Department
Central High School
Auditorum
Howard Fiadd
Bridgeport Police Athletic League
Bridgeport
Antipoverty Head Seeks Congressional Probe of Agency
Sargent Shriver director of the Office of Economic Opportunity urges Congress to scrutinize the antipoverty program closely to root out waste and improve effectiveness. He argues the real issue is human and financial waste, and notes 100 workers stand ready as other agencies align more funding to poverty initiatives.
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Washington
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
House
Shriver
Ganecules
Ee Shriver
Labor Department
QEO
Elowe
Harold Howell
U.S
Brezhnev Receives Highest Soviet Honor Amid Caution
Soviet media spotlighted Brezhnev with front page coverage on his 60th birthday, a rarity since Khrushchev's ouster. Kirilenko, also a Politburo member, praised Brezhnev for tireless work and ideological conviction while official praise remains carefully framed to avoid a personality cult.
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Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Brezhnev
Andrei P. Kirilenko
Kirilenko
Socialist Labor
Brezhnevy
Three Artists Named Jurors for CT Watercolor Society Show
Hartford reports three jurors for the Connecticut Watercolor Society 29th annual exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Jurors are Joseph Margulies Chen Chi and Barse Miller. They will select about 50 paintings for display and award twelve prizes. Connecticut artists may enter. entries accepted January 6 at the Wadsworth Atheneum from 10 am to 4 pm.
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Hartford
Connecticut Watercolor Society
Wadsworth Atheneum
Joseph Margulies
Chen Chi
Barse Miller
Connecticut
Smallpox Epidemic Kills 107 in Pakistan
The AP reported 107 deaths from a smallpox outbreak in Nawab Shah District about 200 miles north of Karachi over the past three days. Officials said vaccination of about 25 000 people is underway to stop further spread. The note ends with a misregistered line about Venezuela.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Nawabshah
Associated Press of
College-men raise funds after long Pittsburgh march
Forty footsore and weary Kappa Delta Rho members from Indiana University of Pennsylvania traveled 65 miles in two days to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh and presented a total of 1513. Miss Carol Chambers praised their spirit as they collapsed from exhaustion yet continued the drive to aid crippled children. This marks the fraternity’s third annual march with funds previously totaling 560 in 1964 and 730 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Children’s Hospital
Carol Chambers
Hospital For
Kappa Delta Rho
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
City Detectives Probe Weekend Break-ins Across Businesses and Homes
Detectives investigated four business break-ins and three home entries over the weekend. The Zemel Brothers AppUance store saw a smashed display window. tele vision sets may have been stolen. Other targets included Deri Body Co, Jerico Co, Edo's Luncheonette. homes on Linén Avenue Center Street Merriam Street and Pembroke Street reported burglaries with cash weapons and valuables missing. Evidence limited on means of entry and exact losses.
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Zemel Brothers
Brookside
Main Street
Wags
Deri Body Company
State Street
Jerico Company
Logan Street
Edo
Pembroke Street
Costanzo Frastarola
Linén Avenue
Gladys Perez
Center Street
George Twigg
Merriam Street
Whiteside Rants at Long Wharf in New Haven Comedy
Sheridan Whiteside dominates Long Wharf stage delivering sharp acid wit to an audience in New Haven. Roscoe Lee Browne and Denise Fergusson stand out with precise performances while Emmet Walsh brings a warm, comedic presence during the curtain call sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Whiteside
Kaufman and
Hart
New Haven
Long Wharf
Roscoe Lee’ Browne
Mr. Browne
Denise Fergusson
Harriet Stanley
Lorraine Sheldon
Anna Lindig
Emmet Walsh
Dr. Bradley
Karl Marx
Assn of the Blind Yule Party Tuesday
The Bridgeport Association of the Blind Inc will hold its annual Christmas Party tomorrow at 6 30 p m at Journeys Inn on Fairfield Avenue. Mayor Hugh Curran and Congressman Donald J Trewin are expected to attend with radio announcer Harry Downey as master of ceremonies. Michael Lowy heads the party as program director and chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Association of the Blind, Inc
Journey’s Inn
Fairfield Avenue
Hugh Curran
Donald J. Trewin
Harry Downey
Michael Lowy
Guinness Brewery Heir Dies in Car Crash
Sara Browne, 21, heir to a Guiness brewery fortune, died when his sports car struck a parked panel truck in London. Browne was to inherit about 2.8 million dollars in four years from a trust fund and was recently separated from his wife. they had two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sara Browne
Guiness Brewery
Browne
Trains Collide in Fog in Teruel Kill 25 in Spain
A local passenger train and a freight train collided head on in thick fog near Teruel Spain. Twenty five passengers died and six were injured. Many perished in the burned first car as heating lured riders there. Six railway workers in the second car survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teruel
Spain
National Railways
Polish Police Invite Authors for Archives Visit
Polish police chiefs invited about 60 authors to Warsaw Police Headquarters for access to police archives to aid their thriller writing. The writers met officers Friday night and were told they would have a free run of materials.
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Warsaw
Poland
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Mrs. Thurston Carlson
Stanley J. Bartkevicius
al Lukachik
Harding High
Mr. Lukachik
Collegiate Prep
St. John’s Prep
Samuel Halpern
Red
Angels
Barry
Beta Pi Yule Party
NATO
Balk
Cavalry
Man
Car
Tlm
Antipoverty
Venezuela
Ts Richer
Whiteside
Wharf
The
Blind Yule Party
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