Agreement Reached On Tentative Pact By Sikorsky Union
Production workers at Sikorsky Aircraft plants in Bridgeport and Stratford reached a tentative labor contract after a 14 and a half hour negotiating session in Hartford. The deal, awaiting ratification by Local 877 of the United Auto Workers, covers about 6,500 workers and follows a previous strike threat over pay seniority and benefits.
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Sikorsky Air Craft
Hartford
United Auto Workers
Stig Lindholtz
UAW International
Shakespeare Theater
Stratford
Lindholtz
Statler- Hilton
George Hennett
James Donnelly
Sikorsky
Bridgeport
United Aircraft Corporation
UAC
Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast For Weekend
Considerable cloudiness and continued cold today with occasional light snow by afternoon or evening. Tonight will be cloudy with more snow and slightly warmer. Sunday snow ends late in the day with a windy, little temperature change. Highs near 20s and lows in the teens.
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U. & Westnet Haven
Bridgeport
Ship Goes Aground Off San Salvador
The U S S Guavina a submarine oiler dragged anchor in high winds and heavy seas off Cockburn town San Salvador causing the vessel to run aground No injuries were reported The Guavina a unit of a submarine squadron based at Key West carried a crew of four and was detaching to refuel and repair a disabled Navy aircraft The San Salvador Bahamas location lies about 400 miles southeast of Miami
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Groton
Ani
San Salvador
U.S. Navy
Navy
U.S.S. Guayina
Cockburn Town
Bahama Islands
Miami
Fla
Five story building collapse traps New York firemen
At least two firemen died and four more were trapped when a five story structure collapsed amid a mass of burning wreckage in lower Manhattan. Fire Commissioner Cavanagh vowed full search with a hundred men at work around the clock. The building housed paper and twine firms and is believed to have caught fire on the fifth floor. Authorities withheld names of the missing pending bail calls.
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New York
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
Brooklyn
Prince and
Houston Streets
Lower Manhattan
Milford Man Beaten in Parking Lot Mistaken Attack
Milford insurance agent Alexander Wels, 52, was attacked in a Stratford parking lot near 1770 Barnum Avenue. He was treated for facial injuries and released. Police later detained a suspect, Schomacha, 33, who admitted the assault but claimed it was a mistake.
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Milford
Bacnum Avenue
Stratford
Alexander Wels
Gulf Street
O'Connor and Garley
Barnum Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
Weis
Studio
Albert Evanko
Schomacha
Earle
Bridgeport
Wels
Darien Boy Drowns After Ice Breaks on Pond
Henry Backhurst seven year old son of Mrs Helen Backhurst of 11 Egmund Street drowned after falling through ice on a pond near Hoyt Street in Darien. His eight year old brother Donald summoned help as workers searched the pond, pulling him from the water after about 48 minutes.
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Darien
Henry Backhurst
Helen Backhurst
Egmund Street
Hoyt Street
Donald
Miss Mendel Quits School Post Board Names Her Acting Chief
A citywide public hearing at Burroughs Public Library drew about 300 citizens supporting general pay raises for city employees. The Civil Service Commission plans to decide today which Griffenhagen plan schedules to recommend to the City Council, with Mayor Tedesco to consider next. One speaker opposed, ex-city employee Gordon Duffy, while chairman Stephen Jankura praised the orderly hearing and pledged to seek a plan beneficial to administration, employees, and the public.
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Burroughs Public Library
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Stephen Jankura
Griffenhagen Associates
Tedesco
Duffy
Gordon Duffy
Jankura
Griffenhagen
Wilbur Pike
Snow Forecast for Connecticut From Apa Storm Center
A storm center moving northeast from New Orleans may bring snow to Connecticut tomorrow with snow likely from afternoon or evening through Sunday. The U S Weather Bureau at Bradley Field warns of cloudy, cold conditions with light snow possible in the afternoon or evening. Temperatures remain record cold with highs near 21 and lows around 9, extending the prolonged cold spell.
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Hartford
APA
New Orleans
Connecticut
U. S
Bradley Field
New England
Jail escapees take hostage family in California
Two armed fugitives Bartholemew Blackburn 23 and Ronnie Rhonemus 21 held a four person family at gunpoint for 23 hours in their home after escaping a San Luis Obispo jail. They bound and gagged a second couple and fled in a stolen car, likely heading for the Mexican border. Police issued a danger alert as the pair remained at large.
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Los Angeles
Bartholomew J. Blackburn
Ronnie D. Rhonemus
San Luis Obispo
Lola Garrett
Garrett
BHA Refuses to Recognize Union for Employees
The Bridgeport Housing Authority declined to recognize Local 1522 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees as the representative for BHA workers. Union leaders plan an emergency meeting to discuss strike plans if representation is not granted. The dispute centers on who may speak for maintenance and production staff about grievances.
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Lyddy
Supt
Norton
Fairfield
Levine
Grasso
Bridgeport Housing Authority
Municipal
BHA
American Federation of State
William Crockrey
Poole
Cruckrey
George Lima
Harald C. Poole
Charles F
Lima
Poote
Phyllis Whitney Crowned UB Sweetheart Queen
Phyllis Marie Whitney of 50 Pearsall Way was crowned Sweetheart Queen at the University of Bridgeport Sweetheart Ball held at the Ritz ballroom. About 1,100 students alumni and friends attended as the Pat Dorn orchestra provided music. Clarence D. L. Ropp dean of the College of Arts and Science presented the crown. Whitney previously represented Bassick High School in royal court activities.
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Phyllis Marie Whitney
Pearsall Way
University of Bridgeport
Ritz
Pat Dorn
Clarence D. L. Ropp
College of Arts and Science
Miss Whitney
Bassick
Budget Revenues Cut As Sales Tax Drops Hartford
State sales tax receipts for the three months ending December 31 1957 totaled 19.54 million dollars, well short of the 24.5 million estimate to balance the budget. Tax Commissioner John L. Sullivan reported the shortfall from the prior year and Governor Ribicoff said the decline was anticipated to curb state spending by ten percent.
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Hartford
John L. Sullivan
Ribicoff
Stamford Girl Crowned Queen of Fairfield U Carnival
Frances M Burriesci a Stamford resident and insurance secretary was named Mid Winter Carnival Queen at the Longshore Country Club Westport. She is a Stamford High School and Barbizon School of Modeling graduate and was chosen from seven finalists by a faculty committee.
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Frances M. Burriesci
Stamford
Longshore Country Club
Westport
Miss Burriesci
Francis Burriesci
Dann Driver
Stamford High School
Barbizon School of Modeling
Robert S. Bello
Blanche Bello
Grove Street
Bridgeport Board Keeps Augusta Mendel as Acting School Head
In a unanimous vote the Bridgeport Board of Education names Augusta Mendel acting superintendent after ruling she lacks nine academic credits for the permanent post. Mendel resigned as permanent superintendent and will serve until June 30 unless a qualified candidate is chosen. The state Education Commissioner warned that acts could be questioned and state aid jeopardized if requirements aren’t met.
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Stratford
Harry B. Flood
State Highway Department
Great Salt Meadows
Connecticut
Layduk
Augusta Mendel
Board of Education
Francis J. King
Edward C. Hawley
State Education Department
Miss Mendel
Joseph E. Jeffery
William J. Sanders
Bridgeport
Milton E. J. Reinhard
King
University of Bridgeport
Irving S. Bass
Sanders
Jeffery
Saunders
Harold Saunders
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John H. Norton
John A. Lyddy
Thomas McManus
Sal Gross
Fairfield County News Company, Inc
Milton Levine
Mount Vernon
N.Y
McManus
Gross
Ptas
Cavanagh
Darien Boy
Merit Board
Phyllis Whitney
Joan Whalen
New York City
State Education Dept
Board
Hi Nabor
Gina Miller
Mairacles
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