Stratford Grand List shows modest rise in real estate and auto values
The Stratford Grand List totals 157,229.63 with increases across real estate 123,611,265 and personal property 23,267,565 while autos rise to 10,241,885. Officials note few large assessment jumps and expect limited changes from Tax Review. Details on exemptions and breakdown by dwellings and businesses will be released next week.
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Vermilya
Sue
Department
Indica
Junkin
State Motor Vehicle Department
Fairfield Grocer Foils Holdup Attempt
Fairfield police reported a holdup was thwarted when Joseph Pander 59 operator of a store at 75 Kings Highway shouted for help and ran to his apartment at the rear instead of placing money on the counter The bandit kept a hand in his coat pocket to simulate a gun and fled in a black sedan toward Bridgeport.
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Fairfield
Joseph Pander
Kings Highway
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Weather and Tide Report February 4 1958
Official forecast shows fair skies with little temperature change for Wednesday. Highs expected in the 25 to 38 range with zero precipitation yesterday and a 0 percent humidity at 8 p.m. Tides list high and low times for today and tomorrow, noting sunrise and sunset times for February 4 1958.
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U. & Weather Mureaus
Bridgeport
Features for Everybody in Telegram Every Day Page
Telegram page highlights Angelo Patri and a mix of features including 413 classified ads 26 29 comics crossword puzzle editorials fashions financial news Jacoby on bridge obituaries radio and TV sports theater news women's news and Sylvia Porter column pointers provide a snapshot of daily topics and sections in the paper.
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Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
Dr. Bundesen
If! Financial News
Jacoby On Bridge
Cnes
Sylvia Porter
Cold Arctic Air Brings Dry Yet Bitter Outlook
A sharp cold front moves in with Arctic air and strong NW winds at around 21 mph. Forecaster Ben Trapani of the U S Weather Bureau Stratford predicts a morning low near 15 degrees along the shore and 5 to 10 inland. The dry, subfreezing pattern should persist tonight and tomorrow with continued clear skies and frigid conditions.
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Arctic
Ben Trapani
U.S
Weather Bureau
Stratford
Iive
Mr. Trap
Bridgeport adopts revised rooming house licensing law
The Common Council approved a revised rooming house licensing ordinance, effective immediately for new operations and with March 1 license applications for existing houses. The measure loosens rooming definitions and requires 15 day license action, fire and health certifications, and a toilet for every 10 roomers, while denying waivers to an appeals board. The Greater Bridgeport Landlords' Protective League urged changes but signaled willingness to work with the new rules.
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Common Council
Anai “Nance
Greater Bridgeport Landlords’ Protective League
Albert J. Satio
Landlords’ League
Appeals Board
Fire and Health Department
League
Ernest H. Garrick
Mr. Garrick
Senate Passes $1.41B Defense Funds in Largely Unanimous Vote
The Senate approved 88 0 or 78 0 The AP report notes Lyndon Johnson urged unity as Democrats and Republicans backed the 1 41b emergency defense funds package The measure includes 1 26 billion in new cash and authority to transfer 150 million to missile programs The House had passed the same sum earlier with a 388 0 vote The plan primarily funds Air Force missiles and SAC dispersal while Navy gains 350 million and momentum toward the broader 38 9 billion defense budget for the next fiscal year is implied
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Washington
Senate
House
House Now
Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Symington
D-Mo
Jackson
Dwash
Holland
D-Flo
Sen. Clark
D-Pa
America
Eisenhower
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Navy
Nation Urged to Seize Initiative in Space Age
The National Science Foundation director urged the United States to seize initiative in the space age to compete with the Russians. Alan Waterman said the nation lags not in technical competence but in recognizing the era’s significance and the need to boost science and engineering manpower and support. The Yale conference on American human resources to meet the scientific challenge was sponsored by Yale University and other organizers.
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New Haven
National Science Foundation
United States
Alan T. Waterman
Russia
Waterman
Yale University
Soviet Note Hit by White House
Washington asks Soviet Union to provide clearer proof that a summit would advance peace and justice. The interim White House statement labels Bulganin’s note as repetitive and negative toward Eisenhower’s eight proposals from January 12. Further clarification is needed before any high level meeting can be considered.
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Washington
Russia
White’ House
Bulganin
Eisenhower
U.S
Army aims for space station with Explorer IV race
Washington reports plans for enhanced satellites as the Army mounts Explorer around the globe at 18 000 mph before year end. Navy shifts toward a basketball sized satellite next month while a 72 foot Vanguard sits idle at Cape Canaveral amid strong winds. Maj Gen Medaris and Dr von Braun push to loft a 700 pound test craft for data toward a true space station.
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Washington
U. S
Army
Navy
Cape Canaveral
Florida
John B. Medaris
Wernher von Braun
Court Upholds Walters Life Sentence in Mercy Statute Case
The Connecticut Supreme Court upheld Wallace Mack Walters's life term for first degree murder in the 1956 stabbing death of Dorothy Cahill. The court ruled the mercy statute Sec. 3266d constitutional, transferring the choice from the Board of Pardons to the jury for imposing life imprisonment instead of the death penalty. Walters may seek U.S. Supreme Court review.
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Wallace Mack Walters
Bridgeport
Dorothy E. Cahill
Fairfield
State Supreme Court
John H. King
Connecticut
Walters
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Board of Pardons
Probe on Drought Aid Given Owners of Race Stable
Senator Williams accused Rex Ellsworth of Seligman Arizona and his brother of receiving 28914 in drought relief for the Ellsworth Ranch. He urged a Justice Department inquiry and House passage of a Senate bill to require states to shoulder 25 percent of drought relief funds. Williams misstated Swaps horse ownership, noting it remained with Rex Ellsworth while the horse had been sold to John C. Gelbreath in December 1957.
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Washington
Williams
R-Del
Justice Department
Senate
Ellsworth Ranch
Seligman
Ariz
Swaps
Wil
Liams
John C. Gelbreath
Columbus
Ohio
House
Willams
Rex Ellsworth
Bandits Rob Seaside Package Store Owner at 3 P.M.
Teenagers described as about 17 or 18 years old robbed Seaside Package, 14 Ridge Avenue, from the back room at about 3 PM. Joseph Domeracki, 48, was shoved into a lavatory while the pair, wearing kerchiefs, demanded cash. A German Luger was shown. the other gun unknown. Domeracki could not specify the amount. police searched the area without success. This followed a prior December robbery at the same store.
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Secon
Ridge Avenue
Joseph Domeracki
Register
Thomas Cafferty
Domeracki
Cafferty
Radiocar
Domer
FCC chief denies impropriety in 575 dollar payment
FCC Chairman John C. Doerfer testified he accepted 575 dollars from the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters after a 1954 trip funded by the government. He said the payment was a lawful honorarium and denied any double billing or improper travel expenses. The hearing questioned whether officials should accept gifts or travel costs from covered industries.
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John C. Doerfer
Federal Communications Commission
Special House
Doerfer
FCC
Washington
Doerler
Spcial House
National Assn. of Radio and Television Broadcasters
NARTB
Spokane, Wash
Harold E. Fellows
Joseph Campbell
Congress
Campbell
Doerfers
Oklahoma City
Spokane
Bradley styles highway plan critique in Norwalk talk
Westport's J Kenneth Bradley, a Republican gubernatorial hopeful, told the Norwalk Rotary Club that under Governor Ribicoff the states highway program failed in planning and execution. He urged modern north south routes to boost shoreline and inland growth and called Route 7 a four lane necessity for current and future traffic and economic needs.
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Norwalk
J. Kenneth Bradley
Westport
Connecticut
Bradley
Colonel Ferony Named Milford Public Works Director
Col Louis J Ferony of the Chief of Engineers Washington DC is appointed Milford public works director to begin May 1. He will retire from the Army in April and relocate with his family. Ferony will replace Lloyd Kniffen and earns 7945 dollars yearly, the post’s minimum.
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Milford
Washington, D. C
Charles R. Joving
Louis J. Ferony
Col. Ferony
Lloyd Kniffen
LaSalle Military Academy
Wife jailed as witness in engineer's slaying
Mrs. Priscilla Rose, 22, wife of slain Pan American engineer Clyde Rose, was jailed as a material witness after failing to post 20,000 bond. She was persuaded back from Michigan to testify regarding the shooting of her husband two weeks earlier near Long Beach.
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Mineola
Nly
Priscilla Rose
Airlines
William Khan
Michigan
Clyde Rose
Pan American
Long Beach
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