Church Plans Four Yule Plays at St Pauls Episcopal
The Mardi Gras players at St Pauls Episcopal Church will stage four Christmas one act plays titled Christmas Pudding on Friday and Saturday at 8 40 p m in the church auditorium. Casts include various church choirs and community members with directors Carlo Martignani Kay Walkden Bernard Ryan and Lillian Matthews. A second item notes meetings and services across Norwalk including National Council of Jewish Women, East Avenue Methodist Church student recognition day and various society gatherings.
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Mardi Gras Players
St. Paul's Episcopal Church On the Green
Carlo Martignani
Boys’ Choir
Cedela Girls’ Choir
Young People’s Fellowship
Tiny Tim
Charles Dickens
Kay Walkden
Richard Walkden
Victor
Joseph Kahin
Joseph Orbin
Naomi
Abby Martzel
Karen Foster
Mr. Martignani
Mike
John Barker
Gregory Helbrook
George Blake
Kenneth Foster
Thornton Wilder
Bernard Ryan
Mrs. Walkden
Jerry Cain
Patricia McDowell
Allen P. Matthews
Allen F. Matthews
Mary Bet Haux
Lillian E. Matthews
Everytown
U.S. A
George Burke
Norwalk
National Council of Jewish Women
Martin Karp
Boxwood Road
East Avenue Methodist Church
Howard B. Warren
Lewis H. Wanamaker, Jr
Judith A. Edwards
Howard van Zilen
Jean Cedergren
Quota Club
Hi-Ho
West Avenue
Ladies’ Society of
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Church Hall
WLCS
Women's Society of Christian Service
South Norwalk Methodist Church
William H. Gainer
Hudson Street
Three Boys Admit Stealing Dynamite in Newtown Pike Theft
Westport police said three boys aged 12 to 14 admit stealing 30 sticks of dynamite from a storage shed on Newtown turnpike. Some explosives, owned by Nagy Brothers Construction of Norwalk, have been recovered. Cases will go to juvenile court. the boys said they would have set off the dynamite if they found detonating caps.
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Westport
West Port
Netwalk
Newtown Turnpike
Louis Rosenau
Nagy Brothers Construction Company
Norwalk
Exams Set January 8 for Police Promotions
Written tests for the police captain and chief executive officer posts will be held January 8 at 1 30 p m in the town courtroom by the State Department of Finance and Control personnel division. Six sergeants are eligible for the combined $5 800 a year post with a July elevation anticipated. An oral examination is planned January 15 or 17.
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State Department of Finance and Control
Emerson F. Parker
Selectman
Parker
Samuel J. Luciano
James EF. Driscoll
Salvatore J. Fratino
Alfred G. Brown
F. Ralph Meeker
Louis Rosenau
Board of Selectmen
Traffic Institute of the
International Association of Police Chiefs
RIM
Ielectmen
Board of Finance
Masons to Install Officers Tonight at Temple Lodge 65
Masons of Temple Lodge 65 AF and AM will install officers at 7 30 this evening in the Masonic Temple 83 East State street Dr Loren B Sherman will succeed Frank N Bellizzi as worshipful master Other new officers include Louis R Holmes senior Warden John F Turnbull junior Warden William E Stone secretary William A Krause treasurer and the Rev Gibson J Daniels chaplain Carl YH Jacobson past master will serve as installing officer All area masons invited to attend Refreshments served.
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Temple Lodge
Masonic Temple
East State Street
Loren B. Sherman
Frank N. Bellizzi
Lodge
Louis R. Holmes
John F., Turnbull
Wiliam E. Stone
William A. Krause
Gibson J. Daniels
Carl YH. Jacobson
Navy awards contract to convert Little Rock to missile ship
The Navy issued a 14 million dollar contract to New York Shipbuilding Corp in Camden New Jersey to convert the cruiser Little Rock into a guided missile ship with surface to air capability aft and conventional armament forward. A 30 percent redetermination of the price is planned upon completion. Firefighters responded to a blaze at 133 Lafayette Street causing door damage but no injuries. Recall was ordered at 5 17 PM.
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Camden
N. J
Navy
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Little Rock
Park Place
Main Street
Lafayette Street
Jerome C. Barrett
John Joseph Ward
Five Christmas Babies Born in Milford Hospital
Five Christmas babies were born in Milford hospital on December 25. The families listed include Ronald McCormick of 127 Washington Street a son John Giannetta of 14 Opal Street a son Frederick Diehl of 4 Elm Street a daughter Robert Marshall of 22 Cedar Street a daughter and Everett Thompson of 8 Scranton Street New Haven a daughter. Property transfers were recorded yesterday by Town Clerk George Weed including Francis G Sarnacki to Frederick W Austin land on Eran Avenue MacDarlen Construction to John B and Joan T Broadbury land on Easy Street Edwin G and Caroline H Proctor to Lewis G and Barbara Cahoon house on Southworth Street MacDarlen Construction to William E Car.
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Milford Hospital
Ronald
McCormick
Washington Street
John Giannetta
Opal Street
Frederick Diehl
Elm Street
Robert Marshall
Cedar Street
Everett Thompson
Scranton Street
New Haven
George Weed
Francis G. Sarnacki
Frederick W. Austin
Eran Avenue
MacDarlen Construction Company, Inc
John B
Joan T. Broadbury
Easy Street
Edwin G
Caroline H. Proctor
Lewis G
Barbara Cahoon
Southworth
William E. Car
Hunger strike near Soviet embassy shocks Tokyo students
Japanese university students stage a five day hunger strike near the Soviet embassy to protest Russia’s suppression of freedom in Hungary. By day two three strikers collapse as they endure subfreezing cold conditions. End Dick Wallen, UCLA sophomore, caught 23 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns in 1956.
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Tokyo
Russia
Hungary
Dick Wallen
UCLA
Sophiomore
DeMolay Fathers Honor Sons at Milford Banquet
The Milford DeMolay holds its annual father and son banquet at 6 30 p m in the Masonic temple. trophies will be given to the DeMolay baseball team for the 1936 Connecticut championship. Arthur Simpson is toast master with Vito DeVito Yale Usinger Colgate football stars and other sports figures attending. A Yale sports film will be shown. A polio vaccination clinic is set for tomorrow at the Health center Bridgeport avenue with Salk shots from 9 30 to 11 30 a m urging expectant mothers who have pre received shots to attend.
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Milford
Bridgeport Avenue
L. QO. Spencer
Eight Christmas Day births record at Norwalk hospital
Norwalk hospital officials announce the birth of eight children on Christmas Day to area families. Five boys born to Richard Erickson, Frank Hoyt, Robert Duffy, James Hurley, and Roberts Banyan. three girls born to Robert Simko, Richard Vyce, and Linwood Hanson.
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Norwalk
Richard Erickson
South Main Street
Frank Hoyt
Bridge Street
Robert Duffy
West Parish Road
Westport
James Hurley
Hanford Lane
Wilton
Roberts Banyan
Southbury
Robert Simko
Reservoir Avenue
Richard Vyce
Skytop Road
Ridgefield
Linwood Hanson
Eastern Trailer Park
Michigan State Draws 203051 Fans for Four Home Games
The 1956 Michigan State football season attracted 203051 fans across four home games. Top attendance marks reflected strong interest in the Spartans under coach era.
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Michigan
Hungary's Kadar government mulls new policy statement
Budapest Dec 26 AP The government plans a policy program before New Year to possibly widen non communist participation. Inter party talks not yet begun, Kadar regime isolated by Russian troops. Holidays end, workers return amid fuel shortages as coal mines operate sporadically after October revolt.
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Budapest
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Smallholders Party
Kadar
Jewish unit probes chain kosher sales in two cities
A high tribunal of American Jewry investigates whether chain stores can supervise kosher foods, with hearings in Miami and planned sessions in New York. Rabbi Pinchaz Teitz heads the panel, joined by Eleazar Silver and Chaim Zimmermann, amid shifting buying habits from self service stores.
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Miami
Fla
New York
Pinchaz Teitz
Elizabeth
N. J
Union of Orthodox Rabbis of
United States
Canada
Dade County Guild of Kosher Butchers
Rabbi Teitz
Rabbi Teltz
Eleazar Silver
Cincinnati
Chaim Zimmer
Nichols Youth Held After Gang Fight
Trumbull police charged 18 year old William Green of 46 Round Hill Road Nichols with breach of the peace and assault for striking Policeman Coughlin during a Beardsley park way melee Tuesday night. Green is free on 500 bond pending Town court arraignment January 2. Police Hayle Ebling Malatesta and Coughlin aided by neighbors broke up a fight involving more than a dozen persons.
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Trumbull
Beardsley Parkway
William Green
Round Hill Road
Nichols
Paul Hayle
Jonathan Ebling
Donald Malatesta
Francis Coughlin
Green
Coughlin
Fred Ketchum
Actress Testifies in Paternity Suit Involving Barker
Los Angeles reports actress Yvenine Doughty testified she had frequent intimate relations with actor Jess Barker while he was married to Susan Hayward. The declaration came in a paternity suit filed against Barker.
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Los Angeles
Yvenine Doughty
Jess Barker
Susan Hayward
Two Bridgeport cops’ case tabled by police board
The Board of Police Commissioners tabled the case of detectives Francis Keogh and William Skubas pending a legal review by Prosecutor Daniel J. Cremin. The suspensions stem from accusations tied to a December arrest involving Mrs. Susan Urda and alleged bribery attempts to influence a store detective.
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Bridgeport
John A. Lyddy
Board of Police Commissioners
Danial J. Cremin
Francis C. Keogh
Anton Street
William J. Skubas
Main Street
Lyddy
Susan Urda
Bowestreet
Stratford
D. M. Read Company
Urda
Kathryn C. Glennon
Supt, Lyddy
Burlesque Reopens in New York After Ban 19 Years
Burlesque returns to New York with the Columbia Burlesque Theater under license oversight. License Commissioner Bernard J. OConnell attended with aides and found nothing offensive as a half-full crowd watched 2 1/2 hours of acts without bump or grind or double entendre. The show featured 66 trousers burlesque skits and bare midriffs, with attempts at ballet where strippers might have been.
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New York
Burlesque
Ias
Bernard J. O'Connell
Columbia Burlesque
Assembly to get row on police chief in Rockville
In Rockville, both parties want the mayor to lose police chief powers. The police board backs the mayor’s appointing power, while the Democratic city council seeks a charter change and legislative approval to give the council the appointment role. The Legislature, controlled by Republicans, holds the key.
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Assembly
Rockville
Herman G. Olson
Israel envoy seeks UNESCO probe at Sinai monastery
Israel's ambassador to France asked UNESCO to send experts to inventory manuscripts at the St. Catharine monastery on the Sinai peninsula. The move follows Egyptian newspaper charges that Israeli troops looted the monastery and carried away priceless manuscripts. Israeli officials and the Red Cross deny the accusations.
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Paris
Jacob Tsur
Israel
France
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
St. Catharine
Sinai Peninsula
Tsur
International
Red Cross
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