Board Accepts 383 Mill Tax In First Session
In a six hour budget session the Board of Apportionment and Taxation approved a preliminary budget of 22 0413 million and a tax rate of 38.3 mills for the new fiscal year starting April 1. The rate is 0.4 mill above last year’s 37.9 mills and the budget is up 1,168,556 from the prior 21,601,857. The board plans to add about 200,000 more to Welfare to handle rising relief, potentially pushing the final rate to about 38.7 mills. Final budget and tax revisions occur Feb. 2 with Welfare increases possibly granted then. The grand list stands at 47,660,875, near final. The board trimmed police funding, reduced firemen changes, and kept general government costs slightly above the comptroller’s proposal. A $300 typewriter was cut from the treasurer’s budget.
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Board of Apportionment and Taxation
Welfare Department
City Hall
Laurence McKeen
John J. Morris
Aj Mill
Official Weather for Bridgeport and Vicinity
The Bridgeport area reports continued cold with a high near 16 to 15 degrees. Westerly winds flow at 15 to 25 mph. Barometer around 1043 at 8 p.m. Humidity and precipitation figures are incomplete. Sunrise at 6:45 a.m. and sunset at 5:23 p.m.
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Cne
Bridgeport
Hibpem
Spaceman Ends Test In Excellent Shape
A 23 year old volunteer at Randolph Air Force Base completed a seven day simulated space flight inside a hermetically sealed steel cabin. He lost four pounds but reported no major physical effects and said he felt tired yet proud of enduring the test. High officials praised the feat as proof that manned space flights are possible.
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Randolph Air Force Base
Farrell
Rel
Jair
Northeast Blanketed By Severe Winter Storm
Wide area hit by an old fashioned winter storm. Wild winds created house sized snow drifts as Northeast towns declared states of emergency. Snowplows stalled and highways became impassable. Buses and planes halted and church services were cancelled.
Spaceman's Parents Elated as Boy Returns Home
New York AP report says Airman Donald Farrell arrived at his Bronx home after a weeklong simulated space trip. His foster son Ernest, 12, cheered as the family learned of the successful completion of the ordeal. The Farrells, glad it is over, hailed the milestone and celebrated at Randolph AFB.
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New York
James A. Farrell
Donald
Bronx
Farrell
Ernest
Moon
Don
Texas
Farrells
Randolph Air Force Base
Missing AF C47 with 16 aboard in Med search
A U S Air Force C47 vanished on a flight from Naples to Istanbul with seven crew and nine passengers. After takeoff from Naples for Athens the plane reported 6,500 feet then switched to Rome control but made no further contact. A vast sea and air search spread over the Mediterranean with speculation of a forced landing possibly in Albania.
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Italy
Turkey
Albania
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Germany
Istanbul
Athens
Rome
Air Force
Buried Under Snowdrift New Milford Boy Dies
A 2 year old boy, Paul McMahon, died after spending six hours buried in a snow drift near his New Milford home. He walked out at 2 30 p m to dig tunnels and disappeared by 6 p m. Police and civil defense volunteers from Washington Morris Torrington and Bethlehem aided the search.
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New Milford Hospital
Paul McMahon
John M. Street
Sumels
Jack McMahon
Ridgefield Barracks
Washington
Morris
Torrington
Bethlehem
Stratford
Alexander Kovacs
Johnson Avenue
Fred Shoril
Howe Avenue
Shelton
Stamford
Charles Bennitt
Harold Frankel
Tedesco Calls Dig Out Huddle For Bridgeport Snow Cleanup
Mayor Samuel J. Tedesco ordered a 9 am emergency meeting with Public Works Police Fire and Park heads to coordinate a rapid cleanup of jelly streets from the heavy snow. He intends to pool manpower and assign Park trucks to the snow task, with Captain George A. Washburn acting superintendent amid Supt Lyddy’s absence.
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Samuel J. Tedesco
Bridgeport
Public Works Department
Park Department
Tedesco
George A. Washburn
John A. Lyddy
High Tide Floods Fairfield Roads
An abnormally high tide yesterday flooded Fairfield beach area streets including Old Dam Road Fairfield Beach Road Reef Road Rowland Road and flooded a home cellar at 1233 Pine Creek Road. Fairfield firemen pumped out the cellar as the tide ebbed and the Red Cross chapter was alerted to the flood threat.
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Old Dam Road
Fairfield Beach Road
Reef Road
Rowland Road
Fairfield Beach
John, Hiller
Pine Creek Road
Fairheld Red Cross
State of Emergency Declared In New Haven and Six More
A crippling snowstorm paralyzes Connecticut with over 15 inches in New Haven and 10 to 15 foot drifts statewide. Seven dead reported as New Haven Mayor Richard Lee declares a state of emergency banning downtown parking and most traffic. Civil Defense offices operate round the clock to aid communities, hospitals, and agencies amid the crisis.
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New Haven
Connecticut
New Britain
Torrington
Wolcott
Hamden
East Haven
Middletown
Richard Lee
Blizzard Closes Schools Hinges On Snowbound Area
A historic blizzard dumped nearly 14 inches of snow with 15 foot drifts. Five county deaths are linked to shoveling and exposure. Weather predicts 5 to 0 degrees, blustery winds, and continued cold. Schools and many factories shut with 12,000 to 14,000 workers on holiday.
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Stratford
Darbury
Milford
New Milford
University of Bridgeport
Harmon E. Snake
Bridgeport Manufacturers’ Association
Railroad Cable Cut at Bridge In Devon
An official said a 13.5 inch cable was severed at the iron drawbridge near New Haven causing $4,000 in damage. The storm cut the line for 24 hours, but temporary communications were restored. a hacksaw blade fragment was found nearby and a copper theft motive was suspected.
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New Haven
Bridgeport
New York
Fire drives eight from Jefferson Street apartments
Eight persons were forced from their homes at 359 Jefferson Street when an overheated flue pipe caused a fire on the second floor shortly before 7 PM. Firefighters fought heavy flames that spread to the attic and ceiling of Fred’s apartment, with the group later housed at Hillside Home.
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Jefferson Street
Hillside Home
Central Avenue
Adams Street
Fred
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