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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1956

Page

11

Fairfield Selectmen Seek Wider Control on Salaries

Fairfield leaders push a charter change to let the selectmen set more salaries. They seek to include the fiscal office, park superintendent, tree warden, building inspectors, sanitarian, planning head, and sewer superintendent, in line with a 1947 charter.

Fairfield Board of Select First Selectman Dimill L. Kinnie Sewer Commission Board of Finance James Lee Lee Finance Board Board of Selectmen Selectmen RIM RTM

U S Rio Accord Seen On Missile Station

A well informed source said the United States and Brazil near agreement on a guided missile tracking station off Fernanda de Noronha. The station could open in 1957 with Brazilian personnel and flag under Brazilian command, amid high level talks in Rio.

Rio DE Janeiro Brazil United States Fernanda de Noronha Florida Ascension Island U.S

State to Pay Costs of Walters Appeal

Judge William J. Shea ordered the State of Connecticut to pay all court costs in the Wallace Mack Walters appeal. Walters of Bridgeport is serving a life sentence for the first degree murder of Mrs. Dorothy Cahill of Fairfield atop a Bridgeport bank parking lot on Feb 5. Prosecution argued robbery as motive. Walters convicted June 14 by a Superior court jury.

William J. Shea State of Connecticut State Supreme Court Wallace Mack Walters Bridgeport Dorothy Cahill Fairfield Walters Cahill Bridgeport Bank Shea Lorin W. Willis Otto J. Saur Raymond W George W. Ganjm

Britain Digging Out After Yale Storm

A Britain snowstorm left large areas digging out on Christmas day. Four fifths of main roads were icy and travel was the worst in 20 years. At least 60 principal roads in Scotland and Wales blocked and some villages cut off. In Scotland a bus passenger was stranded 31 hours. Coach Johnny Jordan of Notre Dame had his first losing season in five years.

London Britain The Automobile Association Scotland Wales Johnny Jordan Notre Dame

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