Bridgeport Housing Authority Advances Elderly Housing Plan
The Bridgeport Housing Authority has planning commission approval to proceed with a 54 unit, 4.4 acre Hillside Home project on Stewart Street and Palisade Avenue. If federal funds are secured, construction could start by September with first tenants by March 1959. The plan includes 17 a month rents, nursing service, and elder care features aimed at 65 plus residents, with tax relief for the city in exchange for rent proceeds.
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Bridgeport Housing Authority
BHA
Charles F. Greene Homes
Joseph M. Dearborn
Harold C. Poole
Stewart Street
Palisade Avenue
U.S. Public Housing Administration
Poole
Common Council
Tedesco
PHA
Hillside Home
Hillside
Canadiens Triumph Over Maple Leafs 5 to 2
The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5 to 2 in Toronto to seize a 27 point lead in the NHL. Henri Richard scored twice with Beliveau and Pronovost also tallying as Montreal built a 3-0 first period lead and 5-1 after two periods. Ron Stewart scored for Toronto late in the game.
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Montreal Canadiens
Toronto Maple Leafs
Henri
Pocket Rocket
Richard
Canadiens
Montreal
Tom Johnson
Andre Pronovost
Jean Beliveau
Ron Stewart
Beliveau
Jacques Plante
Amherst Tops UConn In Dual Swim Meet
Amherst defeated Connecticut 49 to 37 in a dual meet at Amherst Massachusetts. Connecticut swimmer Dick Beauvais posted a record 4 00 5 for the 10 yard butterfly, shaving a full second off the pool mark set last year.
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Amherst
UCONN
Mass
Connecticut
Dick, Beauvais
Beauvais
Federal grant funds New Milford sewage project
The Department of Health Education and Welfare approved a $240,000 federal grant for an $802,000 sewage treatment facility in New Milford Connecticut. The approval was announced in Washington on February 12 by AP reporting.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
New Milford
Conn
Cox and Akers Sign with Kansas City A’s for 1958
pitcher Glenn Cox 26 6-1 210 signed with the Kansas City Athletics joining Lane Akers 22 infield prospect who played 59 games for Little Rock last season Akers hit one homer 16 RBI and batted .232 Cox posted a 1-0 record and 5.08 ERA in the majors last summer while also collecting a 12-5 mark with a 3.0 ERA across 153 innings for Buffalo.
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Kansas City Athletics
Glenn Cox
Lane Akers
A’s
Buffalo
Akers
Georgia Tech
Little Rock
Rochester Actor Eddie Anderson Faints During TV Rehearsal
Eddie Anderson, 52, fainted while rehearsing for a television show in Hollywood and was taken to Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital for observation. Attendants reported he complained of an upset stomach and was described as doing nicely.
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Eddie
Rochester
Anderson
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
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