Service Set For State Worker Killed by Truck
Bethel services are set for Donald Lee Moody 51 of 47 Putnam Park Road who died after a tractor trailer crash on Interstate 84 in Danbury. Ferris Wetmore Jr 38 of Bristol faces negligent homicide charges. fellow State Highway employee Walter Marsh Jr 30 of Bridgewater remains in critical condition. Moody’s son was returning from Texas to Vietnam when notified. Moody was a Danbury native and longtime resident with civic ties and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Donald Lee Moody
Putnam Park Road
State Highway Department
Interstate Rt
Danbury
Bethel Funeral Home
Greenwood Avenue
Wallace R. Randall
Bethel Methodist Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Moody
Danbury Hospital
Obituaries run in multiple towns noting deaths and services
The notice lists numerous obituaries across Fairfield Milford Seymour and Danbury towns. It highlights Oscar J. Smith 84 of 269 Palo mar drive Fairfield died suddenly while shopping in Bridgeport with services at Henry E. Bishop and Son Funeral Home and Church of the Assumption. Also Patrick J. Hayes 74 of Devon Milford with Masses and burial in Waterbury, plus Tony Babiez 48 of Stratford, Arthur B. Griffin Sr 62 Danbury, John H. Bryant 85 Danbury, John Clark Shelton, May R. Herlihy 44 Newtown, Rose Rollins 65 Milford, Mrs Gestina Fulvi DiBiagio 46 New Milford, Charles A. Robertson 78 Danbury, Harry E. Petrucci 56 Danbury with services and burial details. Survivors include spouses, children, and extended relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar J. Smith
Palomar Drive
Fairfield
Bridgeport
Henry E. Bishop and Son
Fairfield Avenue
Church of the Assumption
Lawncroft Cemetery
New York City
Smith
Bullard Company
Hillside Hospital
Lawncroft Cemetery Association
Loyal Order of Moose
Bridgeport Lodge No
Carl Smith
Newtown
Slice H. Broderick
Tony Babiez Seymour
Tony Babiez
Brookdale Road
Sikorsky Aircraft Division
Stratford
Rohm and Luchansky
Barnum Avenue
Holy Family Church
Lawncreft Cemetery
John Clark Shelton
John’ Clark
Earl Street
Huntington
C. E. Lewis and Son Funeral Home
Elizabeth Street
Derby
Charles L. Smith, Jr
Huntington Congregational Church
Lawn Cemetery
John G. Herlihy
May R. Herlihy
Mains Street
Middle Gate
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Honan
Main Street
St. Rose Church
St. Rose Cemetery
Burton Rollins Milford
Rose Rollins
Burton Rollins
Bertrose Avenue
Milford Hospital
George J. Smith and Son
Broad Street
Fairview Cemetery
New Britain
Rollings
Milford
Walton Rollins
Airs
William Demlong
William Nichols
Leonard Barret
Frederick Berquist
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mellitz Hawley Named to Rights Conclave Planning Council
Two Fairfield residents will play key roles in the Governor's Conference on Human Rights and Opportunities in Hartford on March 30 and 31. Judge Samuel Mellitz and Samuel W. Hawley will serve on the planning council for the conference, the nation’s first of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Hartford
Samuel Mellitz
Samuel W. Hawley
Connecticut
Mellitz
Argonne Street
Connecticut Supreme Court
United Jewish Council of Bridgeport
Yeshiva University
St.Vincent’s Hospital
Connecticut Inter- Racial Commission
Hailey
Congress Street
People's Savings Bank
Bridgeport
Southern Connecticut Gas Company
Connecticut National Bank
Bridgeport Hospital
Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company
Sterring
Bridgeport Community Development, Inc
Bridgeport Area Chamber of Commerce
Airport survey backed by Dodd
Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut pledged support for a new international jetport study in Connecticut. He praised Buckley and Stanley for introducing legislation to fund a $100000 feasibility study and said federal officials told the state to lead the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
D - Conn
Connecticut
Joseph B. Buckley
State Senate Committee On Development
Dodd
Buckley
William Stanley
Federal Aviation Agency
Fannie Beach Listed as 99 Retired Milford School Principal
Milford notices the death of Fannie E Beach 99 of 334 Merwin Avenue Woodmont a longtime Woodmont elementary principal who retired in 1934. The Milford Board of Education named the Woodmont school in her honor and will dedicate and enlarge the school. Funeral services set at George J Smith and Son and burial at family discretion with survivors including a brother and numerous nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Fannie E. Beach
Merwin Avenue
Woodmont
Pond Point Convalescent Hospital
Milford Board of Education
Beach
Slasher 20 Sentenced Five Months Jail Fines 530
King Broadnax of 1613 J Stratford Avenue received five months in jail for aggravated assault and a 530 fine for three counts of driving with a suspended license and for unnecessary noise and a defective muffler. He pleaded guilty in Circuit Court in the Underwood Building yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Broadnax
Stratford Avenue
Underwood Building
Broadnax
Ivan Ingram
Beardsley Terrace
Services Monday For Col. Neal Victim Of Fire
Col Philip A Neal Air Force veteran formerly of Fairfield dies in a Montgomery hotel rooftop restaurant fire that killed about 25. Services set for 8:15 a.m. at Dennis and D Arcy funeral home and 9 a.m. at St Thomas church in Fairfield with a requiem Mass. Burial with military honors at 2 p.m. in Union Cemetery Amesbury Mass. He lived at 237 Fairview Ave Fairfield and leaves an aunt Mrs Terry H Wain as his only survivor in the area. He had served in World War II and Korea and was deputy director of education at Maxwell AFB in 1963 when awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Philip A. Neal
Fairfield
Montgomery
Ala
Dennis and D'Arcy
Fairfield Avenue
St. Thomas Church
Union Cemetery
Amesbury
Mass
Col. Neal
Fairview Avenue
Roger Ludlowe
Springfield (Mass.) College
Boston University
University of Pittsburgh
Korea
Maxwell Air Force Base
Alabama
James Neal
Terry H. Wain
Eunice Avenue
Dodd Seeks Guarded NATO Troop Cutback Review
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd proposes an amendment to a Mansfield resolution calling for a substantial U S force reduction in Europe. The plan demands deliberation with Allies before any cutback and orders six senators to visit NATO nations to discuss NATO crisis with leaders and parliaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Senate
U.S
Europe
Dodd
Mike Mansfield
NATO
Vietnam
Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Fink Week Spreads From Texas to European Alps
Mayoress Patricia Albright reports Fink Week has spread to the Tyrolean Alps with talks of global branches. European Finks, led by Hans Fink, invite American Finks to join a simultaneous celebration June 26, noting historic Tyrolean Fink roots back to 1285.
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Fink
Tex
Patricia
Albright
Tyrolean
Mrs. Albright
Texas
Bressanone
Hans
Hans Fink
South
Tyrl
Heusel Fink
Europe
Mountain Priest Visits Home From Philippines
The Rev. William G. Mahoney of the Diocese of Bridgeport returns to Ansonia after years in the Philippines where he built a parish church rectory and small high school in Talugutug Luzon. A WWII Army chaplain, he earlier served at Sacred Heart Stamford St. Josephs New Britain and Norwalk St. Marys.
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Padre Bantay
Philippines
Shere
William G. Mahoney
Talugutug
Father Mahoney
Sacred Heart
Stamford
St. Joseph’s
New Britain
St. Mary's Church
Norwalk
Henry
Pollution Balloons From City Release Tracked Across Region
A state health report details that a balloon from Bridgeport released during Cleaner Air week traveled 30 miles to Manorville New York. Other balloons from Milford Fairfield Norwalk Stratford and Greenwich covered distances from tens to hundreds of miles with many likely lost at sea or in woodlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Long Island
Bridgeport
Manorville
N.Y
Air Pollution Control Committee of
Connecticut
Ray Flicker
The
Post Publishing Company
Mayor Curran
Edward F. Bannon
Margaret von Ehr
Joseph von Ehr
Lisa Potanovich
Andrew Potanovich
Margaret
Lisa
St. Andrew's School
Greenwich
Trumbull
Wrentham
Mass
Attawaugen
Stratford
Norwalk
North Attleboro
North Easton
Stamford
New York State
Hicks Island
Ronkonkoma
West Islip
State Health Department
Charles Kurker
Cleaner Air Week Committee
Committee Says American Nazi Group of Little Security Significance
The House Un-American Activities Committee reported that the American Nazi party led by George Lincoln Rockwell, headquartered near Arlington, Virginia, probably has fewer than 50 active members and may never have had 100 nationally. The panel said hearings would dignify Rockwell beyond his importance but will continue surveillance of the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
House Committee On Un-American Activities
George Lincoln Rockwell
Artington
Edwin £. Willis
D-La
Rockwell
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Bar Delegates Named to A B A Midwinter Meeting
E. Gaynor Brennan of Stamford and Arthur M. Lewis of Hartford lawyers named as Connecticut Bar Association representatives at the American Bar Association midwinter meeting in Houston Texas. Both serve as vice presidents of the state association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Gaynor Brennan
Stamford
Arthur M. Lewis
Hartford
Connecticut Bar Association
American Bar Association
Houston
Tex
State Association
Survey Finds New Connecticut Superintendents Earn More
Hartford AP report shows in 32 of 49 superintendent changes over six years the incoming leader received a higher salary than the outgoing one. Maurice J. Ross noted boards sometimes rehire at higher pay, or grant increases to replace underperforming officials, urging annual salary reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Connecticut
State Department of Education
Maurice J. Ross
Education Department
Bureau of Research
Ross
Board of Education
Gunmen seize $500000 in Hollywood hotel raid
Three masked assailants bound and gagged four employees at the Ocean Spa Motel in Hollywood Florida and stole cash and gems from 41 safety deposit boxes. A bookkeeper Marquita Thomas 58 was injured and hospitalized as insurance adjusters estimate losses near 500000 with a possible 10 discount reward to be posted by insurers. Police described the holdup as similar to a prior Harbor Island Spa theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood, Fla
Ocean Spa
Kone
Marquita Thomas
Dick Andrews
James Kennedy
Andrews
Harbor Island
Miami Beach
Jent
Hollywood
jPolice
Fred Rohtoff
Three Youths Missing With Boat From Mass Job Corps Camp
Fort Rodman Job Corps center in New Bedford, Massachusetts reports three youths and an eight foot dinghy missing since early this week. Coast Guard air search over Buzzards Bay proved fruitless and was suspended at dusk with no plans to resume. Missing are Robert Brown 16 of Keene New Hampshire Ronald Matson 16 of Wapping Connecticut and Isaac Wilson 18 of Syracuse New York. Officials say they may be together but no definite link to the boat has been found. No paddies or sails missing from the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New ‘Bedford
Mass
UPT
Fort Rodman
Buzzard’s Bay
Coast Guard
Robert Brown
Keene, N.H
Ronald Matson
Wapping
Baldwin Named Edwards Marketing Communications Manager
Norwalk Elm street resident Donald T. Baldwin is appointed Edwards marketing communications manager overseeing advertising, sales promotion materials and trade show exhibits. He previously served as assistant advertising manager at Singer Metrics and as advertising production supervisor at American Chain & Cable. Born in Bridgeport, he served in the U.S. Air Force in Germany and has a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Donald T. Baldwin
Elm Street
Monroe
Edwards Company
Edwards
Baldwin
Singer Company
American Chain & Cable Co., Inc
Whitney School of Art
Silvermine Guild School of
U.S. Air Force
Germany
Mr. Baldwin
Bridgeport
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Patrick J. Hayes
Lenox Avenue
Devon
Cody-White Funeral Home
St. Ann’s Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Waterbury
Mr. Hayes
Bridgeport Brass Company
Milford Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
the Elks
Ruth Barnard Hayes
Heinz Karmosin
James
Jeremiah Hayes
John Lynch
John Murphy
Arthur B. Griffin
Lawncrest
Tomlinson
Homestead
Jonn’d. Verdery
Wooster Preparatory School
Mountain
Grove
Bridgeport.Mr. Griffin
Eloise Parmelee
Arthur B. Griffin, Jr
Playa del Rey
Calif
John H. Bryant
Glen Apartments
Harris Brownlee
William Sahl
Mt. Pleasant Ame Zion
Leslie G. Lawson
Elmswood Cemetery
Anthony DiBiagio
Gestina Fulvi DiBiagio
Mainstreet
St. Raphael's Church
John R. Sansonetti
St. Michael's Cemetery
Emidio O. Gregori
Michael
Joseph DiBiagio
Frank DiBijagio, Jr
August Branchesi
William Cioffil
Thomas Gianneitino
Charles A. Robertson
Franklin Street
Ball and Roller Bearing Company
Tomlinson Homestead
John Spear
Wooster
Robertson
Harold IE. Robertson
Stepney
Harry E. Petrucci
Harry Ercole Petrucci
Haddyane
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Cornelius Delury
Oelack
St. Joseph’s Church
St., Peter’s Cemetery
Mr. Petrucci
Rome
Italy
Fairfield Processing Co
Josephine Varsallo Petrucci
Albert
Joseph
Ercole Petrucci
Mellitz, Hawley
Council For Rights
Fannie Beach
Norway
New Zealand
O'Brien
Don Bosco
Tarlac
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Montreal
Canada
Riverhead
L.1
Attleboro
Congress
Life
Look
Reader's Digest
Time
National Geographic
Journal of the American Medical Association
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Joint Committee On
Florida
Job Corps
Meliss
Washington Ave
Woodrow W. Gorbach
W. W. Gorbach
Bay OF Night
Blue Ribbon Garage
Fairfield Ave
Valiants
Plymouths
Gaborst
Darling
Leo Durocher
de An
AAMCO
North Ave
Main St
Post Road
Fairfield & Post
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