Council to vote on revised rooming house law tonight
The Common Council will vote on a rewritten rooming house ordinance after changes urged by the Greater Bridgeport Landlords Protective League. The league wants an appeals board waiver. city officials say no such amendment will be added before passage.
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Ernest H. Garrick
Greater Bridgeport
Hugh C. Curran
Raymond B. Rubens
League
Curran
Garrick
Appeals Board
John J. McGuinness, Jr
Louis I. Gladstone
Tedesco
Tast Council
Fire and Health Departments
Bridgeport Housing Authority
Man jailed on morals complaint in theater
Nelson Wellspeak aged 55 of 105 Manhattan avenue was arrested on a breach of the peace charge after a morals complaint involving a 9 year old girl. He was placed in custody in a Main street theater and held on a $500 bond awaiting City court hearing. Patrolman Patrick Carr and James Fitzgerald made the arrest.
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Nelson Wellspeak
Manhattan Avenue
Wellspeak
Patrick Carr
James Fitzgerald
Regional State Forecasts for New England and Eastport to Block Island
Forecasts cover Connecticut to Maine with cold, partly cloudy conditions and scattered snow flurries. Winds from the northwest reach 20 to 35 MPH, with diminishing speeds offshore. Eastport to Block Island shows small traffic warnings amid scattered snow flurries and good visibility overall.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Berkshires
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Eastport
Block Island
Woman Injured in Fairfield Crash
Mrs Bridie McCormack 27 of 283 Orchard street suffered a foot injury about 6 pm yesterday when her husband Joseph McCormack 34 driving west collided on the Post road at Riverside drive with a car driven by Robert Kiraly 18 of 666 Tunxis Hill road Fairfield who was entering from a restaurant driveway. Both drivers were charged with violating state auto laws and summoned to town court Feb 24.
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Bridie McCormack
Orchard Street
Joseph McCormack
Post Road
Riverside Drive
Fairfield
Anthony Costello
McCormack
Robert Kiraly
Tunxis Hill Road
Speedboat Stolen From Garage Yard In Bridgeport
George Barondalski of 375 Sea View Avenue reported a 15 foot speed boat stolen from the Serve All Garage yard at 270 Central Avenue over the weekend. Detectives are investigating. State Senator A Edward Sandula of 495 Catherine Street returned from a three week vacation in Fort Lauderdale Florida.
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George Barondalski
Seaview Avenue
Central Avenue
A. Edward San‘dula
Catherine Street
Bridgeport Republican Organiation
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Miss Carnevale Crowns Elaine Lolatte Miss Carnevale to Italy Prize
Elaine Lolatte nineteen earns the Gran Carnevale crown at the Italian Community center in a Venetian themed event. She wins a round trip to Italy and plans to travel with her uncle Mark Lolatte who is returning from Italy this spring. Elaine, daughter of Samuel and mother a Leon’s Institute receptionist, attends St Vincent's Hospital X ray course finishing July 1.
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Elaine
Samuel Lolatte
East Main Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Italy
France
Spain
Mark Lolatte
Robert Goodwin
Air Force
Warren Harding High School
Grant Street
Seaview Avenue
Leon’s
Institute of Hair Design
Driver Hurt As Car Runs Off Highway
Paul J. Eck, 52, of 109 Rowsley Street, sustained head and leg injuries when his car skidded off the Black Rock turnpike in Fairfield, struck the Merritt Parkway bridge embankment, and was taken to St Vincent's Hospital. He was discharged later. Eck faces a Town Court summons for violation of state motor vehicle laws.
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Paul J. Eck
Rowsley Street
Black Rock Turnpike
Fairfield
Merritt Parkway
St. Vincent's Hospital
Joseph Szudora
Eck
Mr. Eck
Mayor Tedesco Heads to New Jersey for Redevelopment Talks
Mayor Tedesco travels to Newark and Trenton to review 1957 redevelopment law use and select a planning firm within two weeks. He meets planning officials and reviews projects as part of Bridgeport redevelopment efforts.
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Tedesco
New Jersey
Newark
Trenton
Ads Law
Jersey
Bridgeport
Polka Dot Preyhouse Spring Tryouts Continue Next Monday
About 30 men and women attended readings at the Polka Dot Preyhouse for the spring production. Forest Sears of Yale directs Death of a Salesman set for May and will decide parts after a second night of tryouts. Readings lasted two hours at the theater on Union Avenue. The group welcomes new participants.
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Polka Dot Preyhouse
Forest Sears
Yale University
Arthur Miller
Ings
Union Avenue
Alcorn Leads Hartford Area GOP Bid Discussion
Republican National Chairman Meade Alcorn met with Hartford leaders at the Hotel Statler to discuss the state ticket with emphasis on Hartford County representation. A five member committee was named to explore county residents for governor lieutenant governor and other posts. Mrs Anna Mae Switaski heads the panel with John Hurley Mildred Allen Roger Rudder and Chester Later as members. The group reviewed weaknesses of the Ribicot administration and asked Mrs Allen and Attorney General Bracken to reconsider retirement decisions, though both indicated they would not seek renomination.
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Meade Alcorn
Statler
Alcorn
Hartford County
Anna-Mae Switaski
New
Britain
John M. Hurley
Rocky Hil
Mildred P. Allen
Roger Rudder
Avon
State Central Committee
Chester
Wethersfield
County
Young Gop
Ribicot
Allen
John J. Bracken
I ‘Ford
Punxsutawney Groundhog Sees Shadow Sparking Six-Week Winter
Punxsutawney observers report the groundhog saw his shadow at Gobbler's Knob signaling six more weeks of winter. Weather official Ren Trapani notes the omen has little effect, citing the vernal equinox on March 21 as the seasonal marker.
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Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney Groundhog ‘Club
Stratford
Bridgeport
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