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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1958
Page
2
A Digest feature reviews sex manuals and doctor guidance addressing couples concerns. It notes readers seek practical answers about intimacy and marital tensions, highlighting how some works promise frank, distinguished advice. The piece promotes March issue highlights and newsstand availability.
Norman Mackiewicz of New Britain Conn. has the first degree murder trial postponed to April 2. He is charged with fatally shooting Bal Harbour Police Lt. Robert Staab in Balmoral Hotel corridors last Oct. 31. Police say Mackiewicz was armed and in a stolen car when arrested. He denies the shooting, claiming misidentification.
Hartford Feb 24 AP report that a new group named Connecticut Trade and Employment Council was formed to protect manufacturing and reduce unemployment by fighting imports from low-wage countries. Frederick W. Beach of Bristol named president and Walter P. Jennings secretary. The council plans member recruitment and surveys on unemployment causes, with offices in Bristol.
In Hartford a Connecticut worker who held two jobs wins a workmen's compensation case. Charles Emerick was injured March 16, 1956 at Monaco and Sons Motor Sales earning 50 weekly while also testing at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft earning 100 weekly. The court upheld partial incapacity and awarded 30 weekly, 50 percent of the difference between pre and post accident earnings, affirming the judge's ruling that loss of earning power warrants compensation.
The Groton shipyards of General Dynamics win a Navy contract to build two Polaris missile capable submarines at about 200 million dollars. Electric Boat adds over 300 jobs, total workforce near 7,860, with Massachusetts GE plants supplying propulsion components worth 6.3 million. Benmont Paper shifts to three shifts for Christmas wrapping and decors, while Alrose Cranston expands plastics and foam products, creating jobs over ten years.
George R. Clayton of West Orange New Jersey 32 was sentenced to six months in Danbury jail for theft after a guilty verdict on February 1. He must pay full restitution and two years probation with four months served suspended. The theft involved a coin collection worth 450 and a watch from a house he stayed in last year. Also noted were unrelated cases: Roland LaCava age 19 and Eugene Cole age 22 with ongoing hearings or continuances.
Teunton Massachusetts textile firm doubles manufacturing space to move into electrical work. Chadmore Manufacturing Co. a Narra fansett Wire Co. subsidiary in Warwick Rhode Island added 25 000 square feet to install wire and cable machinery. The operation will employ at least 60 people now and possibly 160 later this year.
Milford February 24 A 17 year old Orange youth Thomas R Albrith tested the old adage eye on the apple and failed. He was driving along Walnut street when he took a bite and followed too close, rear ending Jacob Kostek 62 also of Orange. Albrith was arrested on a charge of following too close.
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