East Enders protest budget cut for Newfield park
East End residents plan a rally at Newfield library followed by a motorcade to City Hall to oppose City Comptroller Doyle’s rejection of $85,000 for Newfield park comfort station and pavilion. Council chairman Davis cites neglect and urges park renovations while ABCD ally Ella Jackson joins steering committee.
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Thomas M. Doyle
Newfield Park
East End
Newfield
Ley
City Hall
Board of Apportionments and Taxation
Davis
Newield ‘Park
Jackson
Ella Jackson
ABCD
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
East End Browns
Pay Warner Football League
Technicians Start Dismantling Apollo 1 on Launch Pad
On Cape Kennedy the Apollo 1 crewed craft is being disassembled after a fatal fire. The blast killed NASA astronauts Grissom White and Chaffee as investigators weigh the cause and the absence of a quick hatch escape. The fire reached about 2,500 degrees, blowing the hatch and prompting removal of the surrounding launch tower for inspection.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Board of Review
Air Force
Cals
Virgil J
Gus) Grissom
Edward H. White
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
New York Times
Times
White
Chaffee
Hatch
Associated Press
Grisssom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gurion
Breaks Probed By Dansbury Cops In Three Thefts
Danbury police investigate three break ins on Monday afternoon and evening with belief that youths are responsible for at least one. Mae Gallagher home on Coal Pit Hill Road robbed of about $2.50. Howe's Gulf Service on Lake Avenue reports soda and cigarette machines damaged and pay phone removed. Nargiso's service station on Lake Avenue entered in the night with about $25 stolen.
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Danbury — City
Mae Gallagher
Coal Pit Hill Road
Howe
Gulf Service
Lake Avenue
Nargiso
Greek man jailed over ski bag smuggling attempt
A Greek citizen Ioannis Karageoroudis, 28, was arrested in Hungary for allegedly trying to smuggle his East German girlfriend Baerbel Barkowski in a ski bag aboard a train. Border guards found her at a border checkpoint. she was sent back to East Germany and he faces trial in Budapest.
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Budapest
UPI
Hungary
Baerbel Barkowski
East Germany
Ioannis Karageoroudis
Interfaith Blood Drive Nets 202 Pints in One Day
Nonors from three faiths organized the sixth annual Blood for My Brother drive at United Congregational Church Howland hall. The session sponsored by B nai B'rith First Methodist and St. Peter's RC church collected 202 pints with many donors including 64 pint contributors Jule Dorkin and Bernard Dvorchik.
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First Methodist Church
St. Peter's
Brother
Howland Hall
United Congregational Church
Parker Lansdale
Red Cross
Brotherhood
Inter-Faith Bank
Jule Dorkin
Bridgeport Brass Company
Bernard Dvorchik
Eaton V. W. Read
Bridgeport Red Cross
Joseph P. Falco
The
Bodine Corporation
Orin R. Levinson
Benjamin [Irschenbaum
Sikorsky
Robert Ayles
Harvey Hubbell Corporation
Joseph Zaleha
Leo Diernfield
Aaron 3. Abramson
Michael Csonka
William Greenberg
Samuel Abramo- Witz
Phillip Kronisch
Edmund &. Forger
Sally Nlein
Donald R. Perry
Mary Perry
Thomas Nilan
United 1Luminating Company
Charles Brauner
Donald B. Wright
People’s Savings Bank
Vera Bleier
Carl A. Kall Bren
Joseph Piatak
Emil S. Lady
Harry Sussman
Harry M. Sheketoff
Marjorie Ray
Sandra Perrotta
Genevieve Nishball
Marvin Snow
Frieda Mixson
Elaine Rosoff
Ralph A. Waldron
Mortimer Bernstein
Sheldon J. Kohn
Raybestos Company
Joseph Dvorchik
Abraham Rabinowitz
Louis Levine
Alfred Belardeinelli
Edward G. Franco
Robert S. Tellalian
Sarah Shalyoy
James N. Demotses
Kenneth Bishop
Milton Simon
Raymond Silverstone
Aaron Domue
George J. Lawler
U.S. Post Office
Samuel Shumatsky
Noel R. Newman
Milton Heimowitz
U. S. Post Office
Esther Levinson
Joseph M
BHA Thanks Project Santas for Holiday Help
Bridgeport Housing Authority thanks community agencies for kindnesses to tenants at Christmas. The monthly newsletter lauded food and clothing donations and praised Cub Scout Pack 48 for collecting canned goods for a needy family. Scouts listed include Roderick Brown Paul Prince Jr Sherman Prince Robin Peet David Rivnack Ronnie Kitt Carlo De Campo Manuel DeCampo and Cheyenne Sloan.
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Bridgeport Housing Authority
Charles F. Green
Roderick Brown
Paul Prince, Jr
Sherman Prince
Robin Peet
David Rivnack
Ronnie Kitt
Carlo DeCampo
Manuel DeCampo
Cheyenne Sloan
Connecticut nets $12000 from gaming raid fines
The State of Connecticut collects $12000 after 70 men arrested in two fair gambling raids at 3106 Fairfield avenue are charged with frequenting a gaming house. Ninety percent plead guilty and receive fines, with many also facing suspended jail terms as Chief Prosecutor John Evans commends Bridgeport officers for an organized crime crackdown.
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Connecticut
Fairfield Avenue
John G. Cicala
John P. Evans
Wilbur Barrett
Bridgeport Police
Albert Moretti
Johnson Street
Carmen Lupulio
Robin Street
Louis A. Lorenzo
Worth Street
Cosmo Samatra
Branford
Harry Leonard
Cheshire
George King
Laurel Drive
James Ruggiero
Hartford
Vincent Pollina
Main Street
Anthony Philistine
Poplar Street
Domenic Petrillo
West Haven
Stewart Perry
Kossuth Street
Anthony Menillo
Wood Avenue
Lorenzo Dileo
U Wharton Street
Felix Doino
Sherwood Drive
Westport
Stephen Vermiglio
Hamden
Albert Loos
Ardmore Street
Thomas J. Vastano
Kent Avenue
Edgar H. Alles
Alfred A. Sandor
Bridgeport
Gennaro Dell
McKinley Avenue
Lawrence DeChristopher
Frank Curcio
Chapel Street
Chris Soltinos
East Main Street
Joseph Friedlander
Youth Fatally Injured at Ansonia Copper Plant
An 18 year old factory worker Donald Laneau died after an accident at the Anaconda American Brass plant in Ansonia. Laneau was caught in the rollers of a copper tubing flattening machine and died two hours later at Griffin Hospital in Derby.
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Ansonia
YPI
Donald Laneau
Anaconda American Brass Company
Laneau
Griffin
Derby
1959 Pact Ratified The Hague
The Dutch upper house on Tuesday ratified the 1959 Washington treaty for the demilitarization of Antarctica. A government official cited the long delay, saying they wanted to see how it developed.
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the Hague
UPI
Antarctica
Two youths injured in Pike car-truck crash
An 18 year old Westport man Stephen Miner was reported in serious condition at Norwalk hospital after his car struck a median divider on the eastbound Connecticut Turnpike in Norwalk at 1 05 am Tuesday. Passenger Paul Kennedy 18 of Westport suffered head and facial abrasions and was listed in fairly good condition. State Trooper Norman Shepard said Miner attempted to pass a truck driven by Walter Wolas 49 of Wellington NL causing the collision and crash into the railing. The crash remains under investigation.
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Norwalk
Westport
Norwalk Hospital
Stephen Miner
Kings Highway South
Paul Kennedy
Wakeman Place
Norman Shepard
Walter Wolas
Wallington
Man Writes Governor for Warm Winter Underwear
Anthony A. Stankiewicz of South Boston asks Governor Dempsey for help locating 50/50 wool cotton long underwear size 54 long johns in the United States. He previously shopped on Hanover Street, Boston, but the store closed after the owner died. Contact him at 463 E 8th Street South Boston MA. A note mentions English bishops planning a protest over a chess piece name.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Anthony A. Stankiewicz
South Boston
Dempsey
United States
Massachusetts
Stankiewicz
Hanover Street
Boston
E. 8Th Street
Mass
Fannie Mae Cuts Note Rates in New Short Term Issuance
The Federal National Mortgage Association announced another rate cut on its short term discount notes. New rates are 4.65 percent for 30 to 66 day notes and 4.9 percent for 60 to 270 day notes.
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Washington
Federal National Mortgage Association
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