Board Accepts 383 Mill Tax In First Session
City board approves a 383 million tax in its first session and raises numerous budgets. Increases include $1,000 for assessor valuation services, police and fire budgets cut or adjusted, and funding shifts across offices from city hall to improvements and operations. The plan outlines higher maintenance, equipment purchases, and expanded services with emphasis on public works, libraries, and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
Franklin and Sturdevant
Comptroller
Police Department
Blizzard Closes Schools and Idles Plants Areawide
A severe blizzard forces area schools to close and halts production at major plants including Dictaphone, Bassick, Warner Bros. and Beloved factories while public works crews plow and grade around the clock. Transportation slows with trains late, roads slippery, and police handling stalled cars as city streets begin to clear. Public mail service is reduced with downtown deliveries prioritized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dictaphese
Bassick
Warner Brothers
Harvey Hubbell
Alcoa
Lrom Foundry
Bridgeport Metal Goods
Bullard
Americas Fabrics
Pequonsock Foundry
Jenkins Brothers
American Chain and Cable
General Electric
Snow Storm Paralyzes Bridgeport Area Emergency crews respond
A major snow storm halts travel and floods areas from Bridgeport to New Fairfield. Ambulances handle 25 calls including two heart patients and two maternity cases while fire and police report minor accidents. Roads, schools, and events are disrupted across towns with drifts up to eight feet.
Firefighting action and property losses on Jefferson Street
A blaze on Jefferson Street forced eight to flee into freezing temperatures including Dobbs and his family. The high, second floor residents John Myers and son also escaped. Fire damage involved wiring and plumbing near City Hall. A $15,000 item for emergency housing was approved, and a new $1,500 streetlight fund was increased to support the response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbs
John Myers
Robert Bradley
City Hall
Howard Bogry
Olly
Tedesco Calls Dig-Out Huddle Amid Snow Storm
Mayor Tedesco announces a dig-out plan with Lt Kaleda directing traffic to prevent jams while city crews clear snow. Firefighters receive overtime pay and extra vehicles, with public works pledging full manpower and private equipment to keep main arteries passable and side streets cleared.
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Tedesco
Public Works Department
Fire Department
Missing C47 With 16 Aboard From Korea Flight
A Korean National airliner with 32 aboard including two Americans disappeared Sunday over North Korea after leaving Pusan for Seoul. Radar tracked the DC3 into North Korea 60 miles past the DMZ before vanish. UN command demanded the return of the plane and its passengers while Korean police checked identities, with at least one soldier listed under a false name.
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Seoul
North Korea
Pusan
Demilitarized Zone
Willis P. Hobbs
Vallejo
Calif
Howard W. McClellyn
Buchanan
Mich
U.S. Air Force
Korean National Airlines
KNA
DCI
Pusan-Seoul
Mmanifest
Spaceman Farrell Returns From Moonlike Cabin Test
Space veteran James Farrell described his seven day space cabin test as a demanding but boredom-free experience. Senate leader Lyndon Johnson greeted him as officials and Air Force officers observed his postflight press conference. Farrell said he would volunteer for further tests, noted no panic button use, and admitted missing smoking while studying accounting and English. He planned to visit New York to see his parents and appeared in Air Force uniform.
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Farrell
Senate
Lyndon Johanson
New York
James A. Farrell
Air Force
Jay Ann Burden
Niagara Falls
High Tide Floods Fairfield Roads Prompt Evacuations
Fairfield roadways flooded by high tides. two families requested evacuation. Highway workers battled drifts overnight and through Sunday to keep routes passable. Nine snowplows operated from 9 p.m. Saturday. crews to stay until all roads cleared. Traffic light outages and stalled cars reported on Post road. church services canceled. Fire Chief summoned off duty firefighters to bolster coverage at 10 a.m.
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Bridgeport
Frank J. Pettite
John Rogowski
Stratford Avenue
Jefferson Street
Walter Greter
Victor Desciue
Stratford
William Ordner
Barnum Avenue
Lordship
Avon Park
Harry B
Fairfield
Old Dam Road
Fairfield Beach
Toad
Reef Road
Rowland
Road
Westport
Ridgefield
New Milford
Miford
Milford
Danbury
Norwalk
Smith Street
Harbor View Beach
Newtown
Bethel
Trumbull
Monroe
New Canaan
Darien
Robert Beatright
Glen Avenue
West Avenue
Noroton Avenue
Redding
Abbott Trade
Georgetown
Shadow Lake
Republican Club
J. Kenneth Brad
Ley
Highway Department
Congregational Church
St. Fran‘ois
New Fairfield
Townland Highway Department
Charles Genz
Fairfield Drive
Putnam Lake
Billy Jennings
William Jenning
Candlewood Knolls
New Fairfield Hospital
Fairfield Highway
Stephen E. Butzko
Post Road
State Highway Department
Greenfield Hill
Boy Dies After Snow Drift Trapping in New Milford Area
Searchers from state police local fire departments and an auxiliary unit found a seventh grade pupil from John Pettibone school buried in a snow pile on Second Hill Northville area. He was taken to New Milford hospital but pronounced dead at 9 30 pm. The boy’s parents two sisters and his family home are listed.
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Frank Kabetal
David Pare
New Mittford Hospital
Young McMahon
Tthe Hospital
John Pettibone School
Concrete Casting Company
Northville
McMahons
Second Hill
Mary
Rita
Kent
New Milford
Andrew J. Nearing
Best Girl and Family Welcomes Donald as Space Test Ends
Near San Antonio the Glad family greets their two year old son Donald after a simulated round trip in space. A snow storm delayed the event and a telegram arrived. His airman mother Helen praised his resolve while his father spoke of the strain prior to the test. Donald attends UT night classes and aims for aeronautical engineering. The Farrells spoke with Dr George R Steinkamp who said Donald remained alert and preparing for the homestretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Helen
Donald
University of Texas
Farrells
George R. Steinkamp
Air Force School of Aviation Medicine
Glad It's Over Boyfriend Returns From Moon Simulated Trip
Miss Joe Ann Burden describes relief after Airman Donald Farrell completes a seven day moon simulation at Niagara Falls. She notes she would not want to be coop ed up, and Farrell says he never pressed the panic button. They met at Lake George three years ago. no engagement or immediate future plans. Burden works as a secretary.
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Niagara Falls
Joe Ann Burden
Donald Farrell
Miss Burden
Farrell
Farrel
Lake George
New Blizzard Slams Atlantic States Clouds Up Northeast
A fierce coastal storm paralyzed the mid Atlantic and southern New England with heavy snow, drifts, and bitter cold. It triggered power outages and deaths, forced closures, and disrupted travel from Virginia to Maine. Weather officials labeled it the wildest coastal storm of the winter.
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Middle Atlantic States
New England
Maine
Nashville
Boston Weather Bureau
Baltimore
New York City
Michigan City
Ind
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Pocono Mountains
Boston
New Haven
Maryland
Bowie Race Track
Louisiana
Washington
D.C
Warren
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North End
Civil Defense
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Englewood Hospital
Pleasure Beach
Hillside
Board of Education
Tax Board
Recreation Department
Jaif
Tne
New Haven Railroad
Merritt Parkway
Connecticut Turnpike
Parkway
Stamford Avenue
Sherwood Island
Westpark Barracks
G. Richard Johnson
Johnson
Park
Madison Avenues
Old Town Road
Mit
Russel Neary
Republic Fait and Metal Mills
Danbury Symphony Orchestra
Veterran
Myrtle Aveauue
Jefferson ST
Cationing
Florida
George Kaleda
Mayor Tours
Tanbul
Athens
Moon
Drift
Area
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