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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1958
Page
3
Nathan Leopold received parole at Stateville near Joliet after serving 33 1 2 years for the 1924 Bobby Franks slaying. Officials expect 3 4 weeks to approve housing and work arrangements. Roger Touhy also paroled for his kidnapping and prison break case.
Judge Revelle sentenced Dave Beck to up to 15 years in the State penitentiary for union theft. A $1,000 fine on each of two larceny counts and court costs were imposed, with Beck ordered to sever ties to labor unions and refrain from organizing. An appeal was filed for elder Beck’s conviction, while no appeal was planned for Beck Jr. A separate note recalls divers recovering $7,000 in zinc from a 1917 torpedoed cargo ship near Wolf Rock, Land’s End, England.
A son, 48, killed his father in a North End home on Anton street. Robert Lathrop, an inspector, fought while his son wrestled a knife from a bedpost sheath and stabbed him. The scene, in a neat residential area, led to the son’s arrest on aggravated assault and $25,000 bond. Services for the elder Lathrop scheduled Saturday at a local funeral home. He is survived by his wife Letitia and several children and relatives.
Carl G Hallstrom of Bridge Road Woodbury and formerly of Devon died yesterday in Park Manor hospital Waterbury after a several week illness. Services will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m in Bridgeport Covenant Congregational Church with Rev Wilfred Hansen officiating. Burial will be in Park Cemetery. Hallstrom a Sweden native lived 36 years in Devon before moving to Woodbury. He was a plant engineer at Jacob Brothers prior to retirement and a member of Covenant Congregational Church Bridgeport. Survived by wife Natalie Venaghz Hallstrom a son Kenneth Hallstrom Stratford two daughters Edna M Kiemer Milford and Natalie L Kurtz Lawton Okla a brother Oscar E Hallstrom Stratford three sisters Sigrid Johnson Jennie Berglund and Regina Carlson all of Bridgeport seven grandchildren one great grandchild and several nieces and nephews.
Lt Col Trinidad Oliva, once Guatemala’s security chief, turned himself in today to police. He is sought for questioning in connection with the July murder of former President Carlos Castillo Armas.
Industry leaders criticize state unemployment data after a 32 100 drop in two months while noting prior January decline of 25 000. They dispute methods used by Labor Commissioner Ricciuti, calling for accurate, comprehensive figures and public hearings to study unemployment relief and new jobs programs.
Hartford February 20 AP A full scale public hearing on the unemployment situation is planned before the Legislature's oral session. Republican State Chairman Clarence F Baldwin said Republicans will get advance unemployment information before the March 4 session opens. Republican leaders remain dissatisfied with Labor Department figures showing unemployed numbers and missing detail.
Connecticut welfare administrators backed speeding unemployment compensation payments to ease local welfare workloads. They favored eliminating the one week waiting period and shifting administration to local offices, aligning with Governor Ribicoff's proposals for the upcoming special session.
Time is running out on car registrations as the mailing period began February 10. Officials estimate total registrations for all vehicles to be about one million, with applications and checks processed through the end of the period.
Dominic J. Matarese 72 a Meriden restaurateur and hotel owner died of a heart attack while driving His influence included giving Rudy Vallee his first job as a saxophonist in a hotel band in the mid 1920s Vallee a Yale graduate later found fame in film and on Broadway and kept ties with Matarese over the years
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