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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
5
Christmas Eve observances begin across Westport churches with multiple services. Christ and Holy Trinity hosts children at 4 p.m. and adult communion at 11 p.m. plus a 10:30 p.m. carol service. Other churches list Midnight Masses and morning masses through Sunday.
Greens Farms Congregational Church invites Greens Farms graduates who finished Staples High School in the last four years to a brunch Tuesday from 10 30 a m to 12 30 p m at the home of Mrs Strait and the Greens Farms church.
A six week seminar on conservation wildlife forestry and related topics begins January 16 at the Mid Fairfield County Youth Museum on Woodside Road. Sessions target junior and senior high school students and young adults. CALL 7 DAY STRIKE ROME Italian longshoremen union members plan a two day strike December 26 27 to press for a new labor contract.
A broken utility pole toppled by Arthur C Callahan cut power to hundreds and silenced five FM stations on Route 20 near West Peak. The CL&P restored lines after three hours. Callahan was taken to Bradley Memorial in fair condition. Earlier, Roy McGary crashed on Birch Street causing a separate one hour outage for about 1,300 customers.
Lorenzo McCallister aged 26 of New Haven was arrested by Stratford police at 8 45 p m on a breaking and entering charge for banging on a rear door at the home of 76 year old Mrs May Kane 840 East Broadway Stratford Police said he posed as someone needing directions before attempting entry He was held on 500 bond for Circuit court appearance
George Wasco of 691 Pearl Harbor Street was arrested for driving after drinking after his car mounted a sidewalk on 80 Granfield Avenue and struck Pauline C. Miller's parked car at 80 File Street Stratford. Patrolman John Nagy said both cars were extensively damaged and towed. Wasco received a state warning for DUI.
Cecilia Barske, 63, a legal secretary for the firm Newman Lunin and McNamara, died last night in Bridgeport Hospital after being admitted November 15. Funeral arrangements are by Muilins and Redgate Funeral Home, 1296 Park Avenue.
Eugene J. Murray of 947 Church Hill Road Fairfield was appointed business manager of Central Connecticut State College in New Britain. He succeeds Karl Happ Jr. and will oversee accounting finance purchasing and admin services while advising on facilities expansion budgets and the capital program. Murray, a former contracts manager at UOP Instruments Greenwich and ex executive assistant at Mansion Laboratories Hallicrafters Wilson, is a 1964 Navy retiree and WWII veteran. He is a native of Somerville Mass a graduate of Massachusetts State Teachers College Salem and Bentley School of Accounting. He chairs a Fairfield Boy Scout troop and is a member of the Retired Officers Association. He and his wife have eight children.
At the Connecticut State Prison in Somers 1200 inmates will have Yule events. Five Christmas trees are lit and religious services are set. A dinner features prime rib au jus potatoes vegetables salad rolls pie fruit milk and coffee. Visiting adults may talk with inmates while children receive toys from two chaplains in Santa suits.
Maplewood Elementary is in line for an assistant principal post and W S Johnson School is probably to receive one as the School Board moves to create two new assistant principal positions. The plan covers Roosevelt and Waltersville as large schools already using teacher assistants in leadership roles.
The Connecticut Nurserymen's association holds its 60th annual winter meeting at the Park Plaza in New Haven with morning and afternoon sessions, trade exhibits, and a luncheon. Speakers include Llewellyn L. Turner on training for tomorrow and Brainerd T. Peck on continuing education and state conservation efforts.
Insurance course offered weeks from 7 to 9 p m at Bullard Havens Regional Vocational Technical School begins February 6. Instructors are Robert T Foulds of Mutual of Hartford and Francis A Petriello casualty superintendent for Hartford Insurance Group. Certificate course, in cooperation with Connecticut Association of Independent Insurance Agents and approved by the State Insurance department, covers auto mobile policies basic liability fire insurance workers compensation and marine insurance. Registration by mail before February 1 to University of Connecticut Continuing Education Services Room 107 U 56 Storrs 06268.
Danbury housing case moves to a second trial in late winter or early spring as Judge Devlin overrules a city demurrer. John B. Steinwachs claims the city housing project outside old limits and illegal consolidation, while the city argues the constitutionality cannot be attacked. A separate consolidation suit also proceeds amid ongoing appeals and prior Supreme Court rulings.
Townspeople enter a long Yule weekend as schools close until Jan 3 and churches plan Watch Night and Christmas Masses. Stores open today, many offices closed Monday and Tuesday. post office schedules, museum hours, library closures, and police urges for caution are noted.
Rumors push that Mayor J Thayer Bowman may not seek a fourth two year term in the March 27 city election. Sources say a Republican challenger could emerge with Councilman Joseph F Taylor and Corporation Counsel Martin F Rader named as potential rivals. Democrat Gino J Arconti also sits as a leading contender as observers note a two new faces may join rallies ahead of the 21 member Common Council election.
Hartford Circuit Court ordered a psychiatric examination for Raymond Ekman a 19 year old Hartford arson suspect held on 25000 bond. He faced arson and attempted arson charges for incidents at City Manager Elisha Freedman s home and the Harriet Beecher Stowe House with police still probing possible involvement of other teens.
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