Two Proposals Rejected By Council Committees
The Common Council’s two committees rejected an administration plan to transfer parking meter fee setting from the Council to the Police board and turned down a Civil Service request for a new planning department draftsman post.
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Common Council
Police Board
Civil Service Commission
Planning Department
Commission
Donald A. Brown
Thomas E. O'Brien
Brown
Civil Service
Tedesco
Cold grips most of U S as Arctic air returns
Arctic air pours into the United States from Canada delaying any warm up. The northern Rockies face the worst snowstorm with Lookout Pass reporting 100 inches and some areas seeing up to 11 inches on the ground. Temperatures in Florida reach the 60s in the south while citrus damage grows from a new freeze across the citrus belt.
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United States
Canada
Plains
Atlantic
Rockies
Lookout Pass
Montana
Stow
Texas
Gulf
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
New England
Florida
Citrus
Dade City
Lakeland
Orlando
Fort Pierce
Wabassa
Bradenton
Tampa
Plant City
Fla
Pair with 17 years granted annulment in Hawaii
In Hilo Hawaii on February 14 Circuit Judge L N Nevels Jr granted an annulment to Frances Kia Fronda of Keppu North Kona and Tranquiline C Fronda married 17 years and parents of nine. The judge found the circumstances extraordinary and declared the children legitimate under the statutes.
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Hilo
Hawaii
L. N. Nevels Jr
Nevels
Frances Kia Fronda
Keppu
North Kona
New Parley Seen on Teachers Pay
A Bridgeport Board of Education meeting last night set a special session for next Thursday to discuss a new salary schedule for teachers. Three board members Irving Bass Harold Saunders and Benjamin Silver filed the petition. The Bridgeport Teachers Association seeks a raise from 3800 to 4000 or more but the board rejected a raise last fall and mayor and tax board offered little support.
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Bridgeport
Board of Education
Irving S. Bass
Harold Saunders
Benjamin R. Silver
Bridgeport Teachers’ Association
Tedesco
Westporter 38 Found Dead In Home Self-Inflicted Wound
Edmond C. Smith II 38 of Treadwell Avenue Saugatuck was found dead in his bathroom at 9 PM from a self-inflicted bullet wound. Police report a 32 caliber pistol in his hand. death ruled apparent suicide by Capt. Louis Rosenau. No note. Smith worked installing overhead garage doors. Funeral arrangements handled by Charles H. Lewis Funeral Home. Survived by wife and children pending identity confirmation.
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Westport
Edmond C. Smith, II
Treadwell Avenue
Saugatuck
Louis Rosenau
Smith
Harry S$.phillips
Charles H. Lewis
East State Street
Danbury Vet Dies in Hospital at 85
Emil August Ihloff 85 of 17 Germantown Road longtime Danbury resident and German immigrant died Thursday at Veterans Hospital West Haven after a long illness. He served in the Spanish American War and later with Eighth Company G reaching first lieutenant. He helped found Immanuel Lutheran Men’s Society and Germantown Hose Company. Survived by two daughters, a son, four sisters, a brother, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Burial in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery. services Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Albert W Schmidt Funeral Home Danbury.
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Danbury
Emil August Ihloff
Germantown Road
Veterans Hospital
West, Haven
Albert
W. Schmidt
Granville Avenue
Herman Wehmeyer
Bethel
Zion Lutheran Church
Bridgeport
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Shloff
Heidelberg
Germany
Theu. S
New Milford Hat Company
Trimpert Hat Company
Etta Berger Shloff
Immanuel Lutheran Congregation
Men's Society
Germantown Hose Company
Old Eight Company
Eighth Company
Arthur Kelley
Ralph €. LaPine
Ernest
Hloff
Newington
Andrew Stietzel
Redding
Sibert Thiede
State Weather Forecasts for New England and Mid Atlantic States
Connecticut and neighboring states face cloudy conditions with cold snaps and light snow. Snow chances extend tonight through Sunday with winds varying from east to northwest and easing later in the weekend. Coastal areas see small craft warnings lowered as conditions improve.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Eastport
Black Island
Bar Harbor
Taft Kin Missing From Georgetown Home
Georgetown University student William Howard Taft, 18, has been missing from his rooming house for over a week. Police issued an all-state lookout, describing him as 6 feet 3 inches, 160 pounds, blond with horn rimmed glasses. He is son of Howard Taft of Pleasantville Pennsylvania and a distant relative of President William Howard Taft.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Georgetown University
Taft
Howard Taft
Pleasantville
Georgetown
Daytona Beach
Fla
Young Teacher William McGuffey Began Teaching at 13
Encyclopedia Britannica reports William McGuffey started teaching at age thirteen. His readers shaped school instruction for fifty years.
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William McGuffey
Encyclopedia Britannica
Fairfield State Hospital Opens Doors to City Leaders
Newtown Feb 14 Fairfield State Hospital hosts open house for mayors and first selectmen from 5 towns serving about 750,000 residents. Dr William F Green and staff discuss admissions and discharge policies, treatment plans, and outpatient services followed by a guided tour and Q&A with hospital leaders.
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Newtown
Fairfield State Hospital
Fairfield
John H. Caldwell
William F. Green
Cochran House
Caldwell
Green
Jane E. Oltman
William M. Rafferty
Psychiatric Social Service
85 Mile Speed Costs Milford Youth a $75 Fine
Milford youth fined $75 for speeds up to 85 mph in an 25 mph zone on East Broadway. Judge also fined John W. Holly $25 for stop sign disregard and driving right violations. Other cases: various fines for traffic and public order offenses. out of state bonds $65.
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Milford
East Broadway
William Bonyai
John W. Holly
Crown Street
Richard C. Baluha
Pearl Harbor Street
Bridgeport
Lawrence Carter
New Haven
Edmund S. Gunsher
Manilla Avenue
Virgil Dempsey
Winchester Avenue
Baldomar Ferreira
Maplewood Avenue
Speedling
Edmund J. Hotchkiss
Winston Court
Stewart H. J. Roloff
Sie Tel Hill Street
Paulene ¢. Shea
Waterbury Avenue
Pat Mazzone
Larkin Court
Stratford
Robert J. Marinaccio
Cangant Road
Edward A. Matey
Tunisia Clamps Blockade on Three Consulates
Tunisia imposed a police blockade around three French consulates in Gafsa Medjez and Le Kef while urging calm. President Bourguiba pressed France to withdraw troops and abandon Bizerte as tensions rose after the Sakiet Sidi Youssef bombing.
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Tunisia
Upe
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
Habib Bourguiba
France
Bizerte
Sakiet
Bourguiba
Gafsa
Medjez
le Kef
Tunisian
Felix Gaillard
U. S
Amory Houghton
Paris
Paris Dispatches
Christian Pineau
Gaillard- Houghton
United States
Dulles Might Cut Short Vacation to Lead Tunisia Crisis
Secretary of State Dulles said he may return from a seaside holiday to take personal command of the U S effort over the Tunisia France bombing dispute. He considered flying to New York to join a UN Security Council debate on the charge of aggression. Senate Leader Knowland urged a three point peace plan and UN patrols at the Tunisian Algerian border.
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Washington
Dulles
New York
United Nations Security Council
Tunisia
France
State Department
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Senate
Knowland
Calif
U. S
Bizerte
UN Security Council to Debate Tunisia France Clash
The United Nations Security Council will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday to discuss Tunisia's complaint of French air attack on Sakiet Sidi Youssef near the Algerian frontier. France counters that Tunisia aids Algerian rebels by allowing use of Tunisian soil. Diplomatic sources doubt Tunisia can secure seven votes for a resolution. The February council president Arkady Sobolev called the meeting at Tunisia's request.
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United Nations
N. Y
UN Security Council
Tunisia
France
Algeria
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
Arkady A. Sobolev
Mongi Slim
Yankee Star to Be Guest At Church Breakfast
Bill Moose Skowron of the New York Yankees will speak at a Church of the Assumption CYO Family Communion breakfast February 23 in the Assumption school cafeteria. Attendees from Assumption St Luke and St Francis parishes will receive Holy Communion at the 9 am Mass before the breakfast.
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Bill ‘Moose’ Skowron
New York Yankees
Church of the Assumption
CYO
Assumption School
Robert J. Kelly
Assumption
St. Luke
St. Francis of Assissi
Nicholas Angell
Mary Ann Renzulli
Janice Barry
Arthur A.miller
C and S Construction Company
Cross Highway
Staples
Constance Whitman
Howard Whitman
Long Lots Road
American Legion
Norwalk High School
Stamford
Greenwich
Norwalk
Westport
Staples High School
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