Tragedy Strikes BEA Flight Carrying Manchester United
A BEA Elizabethan jet crashed after a refueling stop in Munich in a heavy snowstorm. Twenty one people died including seven soccer players eight British sports writers and crew members. 23 survived as authorities battled to rescue the injured. Queen Elizabeth II sent condolences as the European Cup ties from Belgrade had just left the Yugoslav capital.
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Pleas To Boost City Budget For New Equipment
The Board of Apportionment and Taxation heard requests to raise the budget for a kitchen, hospital gear, an alco meter for City Court, a new car for the tax collector, a document copying machine, and office supplies. The panel will study all pleas with emphasis on the alco meter, as court fines fund city work. Dr. Richard B. O'Shea weighed in on the administration.
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Gange
Englewood Hospital
Alcometer
City Court
John. J. Morris
Frank Swift
Don News of the World
Star
England
Matt Busby
Busby
BEA
Tommy Taylor
Roger Byrne
Swift
Tom ] Jackson
Eric Thompson
Archie
P. H. Curry
Adolph D'Aulisa
Comptroller
Louis Stein
Ralph Lockwood
Comptroiller
Lockwood
Stein
Tax Board
Richard B. O'Shea
Admin
Moon Trip Prize and Puzzle Clues From The Post
A playful piece mixes weather context and travel fantasy with a moon trip prize. It lists wordplay clues including CUB versus Cubs, PUSH versus RUSH, and LAS versus LOST, hinting at a themed puzzle and a push toward accurate, common sense writing for Sunday Post rules.
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Post Publishing
Sunday Post
Weather Brief for Bridgeport Area with Snow Chance
Occasional light snow this morning turning more steady this afternoon possibly mixing with rain and ending this evening. High near 35 with clearing and windy cooling tonight to around 20. Saturday cold and fair with northeast winds 18 to 29 and northwest winds tonight 15 to 20.
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Bridgeport
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Youth Dies Trying to Save 6-Year-Old in Icy River
In Columbia New Jersey a 17 year old farm hand Frederick Miller and Linda Darlene Frutchey 6 were swept into deep water while Miller reached the girl on thin ice. Linda cried for mommy before both disappeared and rescue crews recovered their bodies about ninety minutes later.
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Columbia
N. J
Paulinskill
Frederick Miller
Lindai
Darlene Frutchey
Miller
Linda
Delbert Frutchey
Bandit Robs Junction Station As Aide Helps
In New Haven a bandit and an aide robbed a Junction service station, taking about $100 from the register while a second vehicle was serviced. The pair left in a black car after a lookout. The attendant Sinclair McClelland 43 said the bandits, described as two Negro men aged 35 to 45, kept hands in pockets and produced no gun.
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New Haven
Sinclair McClelland
McClelland
Meriden
Donald O'Leary
Mr. O'Leary
O'Leary
Mayors push for special session on unemployment plan
A conference of 12 city mayors in New Britain urged Governor Ribicoff to call a special General Assembly session to liberalize unemployment compensation. They urged faster processing, higher benefits tied to cost of living, and a shorter waiting period beyond 26 weeks. Participants included officials from New Haven Bridgeport Stamford Waterbury Ansonia Norwalk Plainville New London Torrington Meriden Bristol.
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New Britain
Ribitoff
General Assembly
Joseph F. Morelli
Ribicoff
New Haven
Bridge Port
Stamford
Waterbury
Ansonia
Norwalk
Plainville
New London
Torrington
Meriden
Bristol
James Kinsella
Democrats Push Plan for Boost in Jobless Pay
Democratic Senators push Kennedy McNamara plan to raise unemployment compensation and broaden coverage. They accuse Eisenhower of not leading as new emergency funds are sought to support benefits amid rising insured unemployment, with Goodwin detailing a week ending Jan 4 figure of 2,779,000 and a proposal for 76.4 million in extra appropriations.
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Eisenhower
McNamara
D-Midh
Kennedy
D-Mass
Clark
D-Pa
Congress
Robert C. Goodwin
Labor Department
Division of Employment Security
House Appropriations Committee
Goodwin
Snow Rain Forecast For Fairfield County
Light snow is predicted this morning in Fairfield county, likely turning heavier this afternoon. Tonight mixes with rain before ending, then colder air moves in. Tomorrow morning’s low around 20. The day will stay mostly fair and cold.
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Fairfield County
Pickup orders issued for trio in Waterbury holdup
Waterbury police issued pickup orders for three teenage suspects in the midday $27,301 holdup of Colonial Trust. The youths are Mersin Frank Gate, Michael Berardi, and John George Wallace, all from Waterbury, described as armed and dangerous. A juvenile boy was taken into custody for questioning and a stolen car linked to the robbery was found abandoned.
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Waterbury
Colonial Trust Company
Mersin Frank Gate
Michael Berardi
John George Wallace
Gale
Berardi
Wallace
Roach
Wirt Farmer Is Held After Wife Slaying
Police report Delbert Archambault 71 attacked wife Florence 68 in Windsor home with knives and a shotgun. She died from head injuries and stab wounds. he was hospitalized incoherent, reportedly muttering about nagging. Neighbors described a happy marriage. son Lloyd found the tragedy.
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Windsor
Delbert Archambault
Hartford Hospital
Florence
Arthur Wall
Wall
Archambault
State Laboratory
Woodshed
Lloyd Archambault
Badges Awarded as Maloney Quits Seagle Scouts
Five new Eagle Scouts were honored in a Sachem district ceremony at Bridgeport High School. Mayor Tedesco issued a proclamation naming Boy Scout Week. Separately in Miami Beach, William E. Maloney, labor baron, quit as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers amid corruption charges and calls for audits.
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Imaloney
Seagle Scouts
Sachem
Poms Perang
Boy Scouts of America
Tedesco
Bridgeport
James H. Halsey
University of Bridgeport
Anthony Esposito
North End Boys’ Club
Howard Sussman
Beardsley School
Roger O'Donnell
Raymond Barritt
General Electric Company
William Ashby
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Edmund Kelly
Explorer Scouts
Harry, Christianson
Sea Explorer Scouts
Howard, Stein
Boy Scouts
Jeffery Reinhardt
Cub Scouts
Star Scouts
William Cuming
John Mizesko
Michael Buda
Miami Beach
Fla
William E. Maloney
International Union of Operating Engineers
Maloney
Senate
Chicago
McClellan
D-Ark
Sarah Churchill Flies to Europe After Idlewild Fuss
Actress Sarah Churchill daughter of Sir Winston caused a scene at Idlewild Airport over boarding for Paris. She paid a Los Angeles drunk charge fine, argued with airline staff, requested special service, and eventually boarded a later Air France flight at 7:25 p.m. bound for the Riviera to join her father.
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Sarah Churchill
Europe
Idlewild
New York
Sar Churchill
Winston
Miss Churchill
Los Angeles
Air France
The
Riviera
Marriage Altitude Fades Amid Ties in Heaven
A lighthearted observation notes marriages may rise and fall in fortunes, humorously suggesting some unions lose altitude over time while others endure. Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate.
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Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate
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