Missile chief forecasts ICBM unit by December 1954
Secretary Douglas told a committee the first U S military unit armed with inter continental ballistic missiles will be at its post by December 1954 using the Atlas ICBM with a 5500 mile range. Location unclear but likely near Cheyenne Wyoming base. Johnson resigns from GE April 1.
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Vanguard
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Secretary of Defense
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General Electric
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Pensagon
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Puerto Rico
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New York
Advanced Research Project Agency
Band Leader Skitch Henderson Weds Model in Greenwich
Bandleader Skitch Henderson aged 40 and fashion model Ruth Michaels aged 28 wed in a three minute ceremony at Greenwich town hall officiated by Justice of the Peace Jacobs S Weiss. It is the second marriage for both. The couple will host a reception tomorrow at Luchow's in New York.
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Skitch Henderson
Ruth Michaels
Town Hall
Justice of the Peace
Jacobs S. Weiss
Henderson
Faye Emerson
Michael Michaels
Schuyler Chapin
Chapin
Naional Broadcasting Company
Luchow
New York
Time Starlings Pause Hartford Clock Face
Hartford residents report the city four faced clock at the State House stops each evening around 3 45 p m as starlings roost on the delicate minute hand. Bank worker Harold Schneider, caretaker since 1949, notes the clock runs about 40 minutes after the birds roost for the night.
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Hartford
Cil
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Schneider
Sparkman Maps Economic Spur To Avert Recession
Senator Sparkman urged a crash program to boost housing and urban renewal arguing the economy needs rapid action. He proposed mortgage funds at fair rates, broadened urban renewal with long term capital grants, housing for displaced families, and extending VA home loan guarantees and direct loans beyond 1958.
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Veterans Administration
Boy Admits Part in Bank Robbery in Waterbury Case
Fourth teenager identified as Sullivan admitted involvement in a bank heist plot. He described arming themselves, sawing off his father’s gun, and fleeing town after agreeing to split the money four ways. Police sought warrants for Mersin Frank Gale, 18, Michael Berardi, 18, and John George Wallace, 19, all of Waterbury, believed armed and dangerous.
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Sikorsky Union Demands Take Flight in Contract Talks
Sikorsky offers hourly raises from 1.92 to 3.03 with top at 3.34 and boosts hospital benefits to 15. It proposes a single division wide seniority program and notes 1,200 transfers between Bridgeport and Stratford without seniority loss. Union seeks compulsory arbitration union shop and wage progression plus longer vacations and apprentice plan participation.
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Inday
Atlas Rocket Explodes After Launch Over Atlantic
The Atlas missile, launched vertically from Florida, climbed with a powerful roar before its power cut and it vanished from sea view. Beach observers tracked the dark streak until smoke overwhelmed it. Officials offered no full appraisal, noting the loss was in the power phase and salvage was unlikely. This marked the third Atlas lost in flight. two prior tests had succeeded and another earlier failed.
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Pay Hikes Urged for Executives
A city report outlines limited pay upgrades for certain top executive and supervisory jobs to ensure proper differentials. Upgrading may require examinations for new classifications, with hires based on top candidate results. Clerical and laboring pay ties to local prevailing rates to maintain Bridgeport’s competitive edge for municipal staff.
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Meyer
Bridgeport
Griftenhagen
Alard
Lindley
State Weather Forecasts Show Snow Ends Today With Clearing
Connecticut experiences snow ending near noon with partial clearing and colder winds. Massachusetts sees snow mixed with sleet then rain along the coast, clearing and turning colder. Rhodesland forecasts rain mixing with snow ending early today, then clearing and colder. New Hampshire and Vermont expect snow ending this forenoon with flurries north and turning colder. Maine notes heavy snow south portions ending early afternoon. Eastport to Block Island warns small craft under 25 to 35 mph winds shifting to north, with rain south and mixed precip north, improving after precipitation ends. Temperature outlook follows.
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Cisuay
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Rhodesland
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Eastport
Block Island
Hacking
California snowplow driver fined for drunken plowing
California snowplow operator Harry Darrington, 31, was fined 150 for drunken plowing after crossing into Nevada and plowing in front of a saloon at South Lake Tahoe. He was arrested by Nevada highway patrol while returning toward California after a martini-fueled warmup.
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Stateline
California
Harry
Darrington
California Highway Department
Nevada
Southlake Tahoe
Nevada Highway Patrol
Justice of the Peace
Ellsworth Chappell
City Employees Face No Across‑the‑Board Pay Raise
The board grant none to city workers for the new fiscal year beginning April with Griffenhagen recommendations that, if adopted, could still provide increases for some employees.
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Griffenhagen
12 People at Newtown Meeting Demand System Change
In Newtown Edmond Town Hall only 12 residents attended a Special Town Meeting to appropriate 10 000 for snow removal. Third Selectman Jack Rosenthal called the meeting a fiasco and urged adoption of a representative town government, criticizing the present Town Meeting system. The vote passed 8 to 5 after an amendment substituting 5 000 failed 7 to 4. the final 10 000 appropriation was approved.
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Fairfield
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Mill Plain School
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St Michael's Group Plans Sunday Mass and Meeting
The Holy Name society of St Michael's church will receive communion in a body at the 9 15 Mass Sunday and hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 30 Sunday night in the school hall. Members should bring card party ticket returns. Entertainment and refreshments will conclude the gathering.
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Holy Name Society of
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Canadiens Fear Talbot Ankle Injury After Practice
Montreal Canadiens defenseman Jean Guy Talbot suffered a hairline ankle fracture at practice. X rays will be reviewed by team physicians to gauge seriousness. Bob Turner will fill Talbot’s spot against the Detroit Red Wings as injuries hit the club for the 33rd time this season.
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Jean Guy Talbot
Chicago
Talbot
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Canadiens
Detroit
Bob Turner
Red Wings
Scouts Abandon City Green Camp Under Heavy Rain
Driving rain forced nine Boy Scouts and three teachers to abandon an overnight camp on City Hall green approved as a National Boy Scout Week demonstration. Scoutmaster Larry Schmidheim planned a return at 7 am and described tents without floors and the day’s demonstrations before moving campers to his home at 189 Main Street to avoid illness.
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Larry Schmidheim
Breen
P.m
Schmidhecini
Main Street
Robert Myers
George Hoppes
Fred Schimdheim
Jim Brown
Bob Visconti
Bob DiMeo
George Diaz
Gerry Miller
Fred Caserta
William Watkins
Lemon's Arm Better as Lemon Seeks Return in Spring
Bob Lemon, Cleveland righthander, reports his sore elbow is mending after Dr. Levinthal removed a calcium deposit. He plans to report to Tucson camp on opening day and hopes to rejoin the pitching staff as the pennant race begins in April. Lemon says he has not pitched since last July and cites a 20 win season milestone among his career highlights.
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Los Angeles
Pleveland
Bob LeMon
Tucson
Ariz
Levinthal
Indians
Lemon
Cleveland
Ruling On Board Powers Clarifies Executive Sessions
Connecticut official Bracken rules that trustees may hold closed executive sessions unless a majority votes to bar them for deliberation on matters requiring board action. The decision aligns with the right to know law's intent, though supporters say it leaves open future legislative refinement.
Caldwell Supports Public Right to Know Law at Fairfield State
John H. Caldwell of New Canaan, chair of Fairfield State Hospital trustees, backs the right to know law after seeking the attorney general’s opinion on executive sessions. He says the inquiry was for guidance and not to bypass the law and notes only two executive sessions in two years. The sessions discussed Blasko’s management charges and a trustee’s attendance lapse.
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New Canaan
Fairfield State Hospital
Caldwell
John J. Bracken
John J. Blasko
Teachers Ask Mayor To Back Pay Boost
Bridgeport Teachers Association representatives met with Mayor Tedesen to press for an across-the-board $100 pay raise next Fall. The mayor said the matter is not settled and will still receive study. The Board of Education already turned down the raise and the teachers renewed their plea to the Board of Apportionment and Taxation this week. Flora Lister, Edward Stach, and William Dubee attended.
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Tedesen Yesler
Board of Education
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BTA
Edward Stach
William Dubee
Goldberg Arrives as Scorer for Syracuse Basketball
Syracuse coach Marc Guley lauds Ed Goldberg a Fort Lee new sophomore who poured in 30 points against Fordham and 21 against Pittsburgh in the same week. Goldberg also limited Pitt star Don Hennon to 22 points.
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Marc Guley
Ed Goldberg
Fort Lee
N. J
Fordham
Pitt
Don Hennon
Youth Rally Aims to Spur Crusade for Freedom
A Youth Rally for boys volunteering in the Crusade for Freedom fund drive is set for today at 9 36 a m in Bridgeport Brass Recreation Center Speakers include Leonard Wood Harold Dow Herman W Steinkraus and Kenneth W Beaudin Neighbors who meet quota will receive free tickets to Goose Tatum's Seeskene Stars vs Collegians game February 16 at the Brass Recreation Center
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Bridgeport Brass Recreation Center
Leonard Wood
Committee For Radio Free Europe
Harold 8. Dow
Crusade For Freedom
Herman W.steinkraus
State Crusade
Kenneth W. Beaudin
Goose Tatum
Seeskene Stars
Collegians
Brass Recreation Center
Gasco rates approved by PUC after hearing
The Public Utilities Commission approved a revised gas rate schedule for Gasco effective on bills rendered after February 10. Objections were filed by Hartford Mayor Tedesco and several customers after a January 13 hearing. The utility converted to natural gas in late 1952 with a 10 percent rate reduction at that time.
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PUC
Hartford
Tedesco
Connecticut Speeders Face Stricter License Suspensions
Governor Ribicoff’s anti speeding drive imposes 36 day suspensions on first offenses and longer penalties for repeat violators. Despite reduced deaths from 324 in 1955 to 283 in 1967, many states do not recognize the suspensions leaving drivers unaffected. January fatalities fell to one from twenty one year earlier.
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Ipaign
Connecticut
Ribicoff
Fairfield aims for new schools as 1960s plan unfolds
Fairfield officials outline a decade long building program to add and replace schools. A 30 room high school unit and 63 room elementary campuses are slated with completion targets from 1959 to 1965. The plan includes converting Mill Plain to a high school and expanding Roger Ludlowe High School.
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Fairfield Woods
Ronald J. Heary
Bresler
Flexibl Snough
Roger W. Hartt
Commbies
Town’ Hall
Sherman
Edgar
Reef Road
Roger Ludiowe
Riversfield
Dwight School
Town Hall
Mill Plain
North Stratfield
McKinley School
Washington
Nathan Hale
Fairfield Woods Arta
Mill Plain School
Cold weekend forecast with Arctic winds and light snow
A winter storm brought snow and sleet across the state with freezing rain in parts. Forecasters warn of cold northerly winds and temperatures near 25 degrees, with limited rise to around 30 today and through the weekend.
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Mercury
Berkshires
Iday
Safe found near Sylvan Beach by patrol unit
A battered rusty safe was spotted in heavy undergrowth off Sylvan avenue near Sylvan Beach yesterday around 12 30 pm. Patrolman Jena T. Leary reported nothing inside and the weathered identification marks were worn off. The safe was taken to police headquarters for further inspection.
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Sylvan Beach
Jena T
Leary
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