Danbury Fire Year Notes One Major Blaze And Loss
Danbury had a relatively safe year with one second alarm fire on January 6 at the Danbury Brewster Lumber Co on Crosby Street damaging a wood storage building and an office before containment in about four hours. A second blaze four days later killed Henry J. Narkin 84 from a cigarette on pipe ashes. A December 20 fire killed Capt. Charles Rush of the Padanaram Volunteer Hose Company, apparently from a heart attack at the scene. An arson investigation is ongoing into multiple blazes in a vacant house on Padanaram Road. The fire department added four new firefighters and a new ambulance, and plans for a new fire headquarters on New Street are under consideration. The year saw just under record alarms with over 1000 total and about 950 answered. Postage rates rise Sunday with first class letters six cents per ounce and other increases.
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Danbury
Danbury-Brewster Lumber € O
Crosby Street
Henry J. Narkin
Franklin Street
Narkin
Charles Rush
Padanaram
George C. Hanna, I Jr
New Street
Western Connecticut State women's dormitory bids sought
Bids are being sought for a new dormitory at Western Connecticut State College to house 200 to 250 women, possibly adding a sixth floor. Mechanical and electrical bids open January 17 and general construction bids January 34. Bids due by 2:30 p.m. sent to Room 49, State Office Building Hartford. Drawings available from Room 487. Location is east of the boiler plant on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Connecticut State College
State Public Works Dept
Hartford
State Office
State College
Fluoridation Set For City by March 2
City water fluoridation remains scheduled by March 1 as City Engineer Sydney A. Rapp seeks extra time to review specifications. Bids will be awarded next week if equipment meets city needs. Wallace and Tiernan of Latham, NY tops bidders at 5580 dollars, with BIF Corp. of New York at 6074 dollars.
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Sydney A. Rapp
Danbury
Wallace and Tiernan
Latham, N.Y
BIF Corp
New York City
Legion Auxiliary Meets Wednesday In Milford
Milford Unit 34 American Legion auxiliary holds a meeting Wednesday at 4 14 p m at Fowler Memorial building New Haven avenue. On Friday at 7 p m at West Haven Veterans Hospital they will join American Legion Post 34 for a games party with refreshments served by Unit 34.
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Milford Unit 34
American Legion Auxiliary
Fowler Memorial Building
New Haven Avenue
Hetty Smith
West Haven Veterans Hospital
American Legion Post 34
Unit 34
Milford Square
Mathewson
West River Street
Eleanor Beckwith
Ted Perkins
Res Club
Milford WATES Set January 9 Program
The Milford WATES will meet Jan 8 at 8 p.m. at Milford Health Center Bridgeport Avenue. Hostesses are Mrs. June MacNaughton and Mrs. Emaline Parent. January birthdays honored for Connie Latta Myrtle Smith and Dorothy Tashlein. Last week's top weight loser was Mrs. Charlotte Haycock. Eleanor MacDonald won the honor box prize.
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Milford Wates
Milford Health Center
Bridgeport Avenue
Julie Sigovitch
June MacNaughton
Emaline Parent
Connie. Latta
Myrtle Smith
Dorothy Tashlein
Charlotte Haycock
Eleanor MacDonald
Site for Danbury Bethel Center Under Review
A 25 acre Danbury Bethel parcel near Mountainville Avenue no longer fronts as the leading site for a 700000 regional center for retarded children. Engineering survey shows topo problems. state may release a Feb 1 update while seeking a 20 to 25 acre site in the area with funding of 450000 for a general building and 250000 for cottage units. Connecticut operates similar facilities in five other locations.
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Danbury-Bethel
Mountainville Avenue
Arthur DuBrow
State Office of Mental Retardation
DuBrow
Danoury-Bethel
Connecticut
Lutheran Church Women to Install Officers at Our Saviour’s
Mrs. William Ernsky will be installed as president of the Lutheran Church Women at Our Saviour's on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Officers include Mrs. Fred Jones as vice president and Mrs. Mario Zaccagnini as treasurer with Mrs. Lawrence Loll as secretary. Rev. Dr. Albert P. Schilke to install. A permit was issued for St. Michael's Episcopal church to add a building extension on Tunsis Hill road valued at 340,900. The WWI Auxiliary meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Legion Hall Reef Town. Ann Carroll, recently installed as president, will lead the session with social hour to follow. Hostesses include Mrs. Jena Brush, Mollie Calvin, Agnes Caplette and Molly Carroll. Fairfield Boat Owners to meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Southport Firehouse for movies and refreshments.
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William Ernsky
Lutheran Church Women of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
Felowship Hall
Fred Jones
Mario Zaccagnini
Lawrence Loll
Albert P. Schilke
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Tunsis Hill Road
WWI
George W. Anderson Barracks
Legion Hall
Reef Toad
Ann ¥. Carroll
Jena Brush
Mollie Calvin
Agnes Caplette
Molly Carroll
Fairfield Boat Owners Association
Southport Firehouse
Burglars Strike Fairfield Homes Late Saturday
Burglars hit two Fairfield residences Saturday night. G G Beges found entry to his home at 4 50 p m and a coin collection and dress suit were taken after a broken window. Walter Topar reported a 9 0 p m burglary with a portable television and an electric shovel missing. Entry method not yet determined. A Department of Commerce report notes over a quarter of U S households own two or more cars.
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Fairfield
G. Beges
Park Avenue
Robert Jordan
Walter Topar
Old Post Road
Robert Comers
Nursing Care Fees to Rise for New Year in Norwalk
In Norwalk the Health board announces a new year increase in bedside nursing visits from 5.50 to 6.75 dollars. Health director Dr. Francis J. Kalaman says the higher charge largely applies to Medicare and self paying patients, with most waivers for welfare and nontechnical guidance visits. The rise covers higher costs and was set after state review and an annual activity cost report.
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Norwalk
Health Department
The
Health Board
Francis J. Kalaman
Kalamar
Kalman
State Health Department
Last unmanned Surveyor 7 mission set for Sunday launch
AP reports America’s 29th and final unmanned moon probe Surveyor 7 is slated for launch next Sunday from Cape Kennedy toward a soft landing in Tycho highlands near crater Tycho. The mission caps a long lunar survey program begun in 1958 and aims to study geologically Earth-like Tycho terrain before manned missions resume.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Tybo
U.S
Russia
Boeing Co
Surveyor
Moon
Sea of Storms
Sea of Tranquility
Central Bay
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Tycho
Optimism Expressed for Upturn in Jobs in Milford
Louis J. Grillo of the Connecticut State Employment Service Milford Office sees an improving Bridgeport area labor market. He notes higher overall employment this year, with nonmanufacturing jobs rising and demand for skilled workers increasing. The Milford office has capacity to place even high school dropouts.
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Milford
Louis J. Grillo
Grillo
Connecticut State Employment Service
Bridgeport
Tax Review Board Schedules Four Hearings in Westport
The Board of Tax Review announced four public sessions for hearing 1967 grand list appeals in Westport. Sessions run Feb 1 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. and Feb 3 7 from 9 a.m. to noon in the town courtroom. Members include Richard Broadman Lester Giegerich and Mark J. Marcus.
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Westport
Board of Tax Review
Richard Broadman
Lester Giegerich
Mark J. Marcus
Edward L. Fable
Fable
Mid-Fairfield County
Surveyor 7 to Carry Record Payload on Moon Mission
Hughes Aircraft official Robert E. Sears says Surveyor 7 will launch with the largest scientific payload yet. The craft includes a revolving camera a trench digging claw a small soil chemistry lab and two magnets to detect magnetic materials on the surface.
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Robert E. Sears
Hughes Aircraft Co
Hearing Jan 10 On Proposed Re-Subdivision
A public hearing is set by the Planning and Zoning commission for Jan 10 at p.m. in the town hall to review a re subdivision plan for Easton shown on a map titled Preliminary subdivision for Frank Shay and John Binkiwitz on Silver Hill road. Schools and church notices follow with lunch menus and resumption of religious classes.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
At & P
Easton
Frank Shay
John Binkiwitz
Silver Hill Road
Samuel Staples
Helen Keller Middle School
Notre Dame of Easton
Parish of Christ's Church
Cops Nab Sixth Man In New Haven Plot
Police arrested a sixth man in a plot to kill police officers and blow up New Haven buildings. Harry Bonner, 29, a Black Power Group official with the Hill Parents Association, was taken from an apartment on White Street around 3 a.m.
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New Haven
Harry Bonner
The
Hill Parents Association
White St
Fire Burns Self Out At Oil Firm in Calif
A petroleum fire at the Standard Oil Co tank farm in El Segundo California burned out after burning for 12 days. A company spokesman said crews will monitor residual heat and continue investigations into the cause.
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Calif
EL Segundo
Standard Oil Co
Lightning Sets Oil Tank Blaze at Farm Storage Unit
Firefighters battled a blaze that began December 19 when lightning struck a wooden roof over a tank holding 700,000 barrels of oil. The fire primarily burned the reservoir and left only residue smouldering in recent days while men worked to prevent spread to adjacent tanks. Estimated loss reached 1.8 million dollars.
Amendments Adopted To Cut Zone Waiver Rules
Fairfield officials report two zoning amendments to nonconforming uses. Changes allow enlarging a nonconforming building if expansion does not remove or add violations. A second rule bars enlarging nonconforming land uses to include new structures, though extensions for the existing use are permitted. Building Commission meets January 8 at 4 p.m. with Reginald Barker in Town hall annex.
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Fairfield
Town Plan and Zoning Commission
Appeals Board
Building Commission
Reginald S. Barker
Town*hall
Old Post Road
Searchers Find Bodies Of 3 Middletown Boys
Three Middletown youths, Francis Scanlon David Bula and Jaymes Taylor, have been found dead in Crystal Lake south end after they vanished while skating last Thursday. State police divers had been at the lake since Friday morning.
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Middletown
Crystal Lake
Francis Scanlon
David Bula
Jaymes Taylor
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Legion Auxiliary
Wates
Lutheran Church
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EiKirg Features Syndicate, Inc
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