Recreation Innovations Spotlighted
Attendance at the Seaside park senior center runs about 60 daily since its Dec 12 opening in the former park office. The city reports active drama and music programs for youth elsewhere, with enrollments rising in teenage drama and a 70-student dance and concert band. A show bus trip to Radio City drew 45 people, and holiday events included a Mayor’s Family Christmas concert and caroling at City Hall. John Donofrio retired as board chairman after a decade, with vice-chairman John Balogach taking charge until June.
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New
Seaside Park
Department of Parks and Recreation
Board of Recreation
William D. Mel Bride
John Donofrio
Balogach
John Balogach
Magnolia Street
McBride
Park
Central High Msorhsip
UN of Bridgeport
Norman Lofland
Hardine High School
Daniel DeMarco
Harding
Judith Kubica
Radio City Music Hall
Issy
Ir. McBride
al Tordoff
Sheridan School
Bridgeport
House Group to Probe GI Funeral Expenses
Washington AP report notes a congressional committee will study claims that families pay only part of funeral costs for service members killed in Vietnam. Chairman Olin E Teague of the House Veterans Affairs Committee said the probe could push for stricter limits on burial in national cemeteries, where space is rapidly filling.
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Washington
Congressional
Vietnam
Olin E. Teague
Dtex
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Tynan Clears Employes On Holiday Liquor Gifts
Hartford AP The state motor vehicles commissioner says no evidence of improper conduct in Christmas gifts to Waterbury MVD employees. He ordered gifts returned and urged adherence to policy forbidding gifts. Governor Dempsey expressed satisfaction with the report and praised the outcome.
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Bury
Tynan
Pilots Threaten Jet Landings at Tweed New Haven
Eastern Air Lines halted jet flights into Tweed New Haven citing operational reasons after pilots warned in December they would stop landings by Feb 1 unless airport improvements were made. The ALPA newsletter quoted pilots saying safety must come first and that any captain overflying New Haven would have strong backing. Residents sue to expand the airport amid court battles over jet service.
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Eastern
New Haven
Air Line Pilots Association
ALPA
Eastern Air Lines
Tweed-New Haven
FAA
Federal Aviation Agency
Tweed- New Haven
State Man Slashed By Robber in D.C.
A Connecticut man, Norman E. Pitts of Gales Ferry, was robbed near Thomas Circle in Washington by a knife-wielding attacker. Pitts chased the thief, sustained facial cuts, and recovered most of the wallet contents totaling about $206 to $250 before the robber fled. He was treated and released from a local hospital. The suspect was described as a slender Black man in his 30s.
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Washington (Ap
Connecticut
Thomas Circle
Norman E. Pitts
Gales Ferry
Conn
M Street
Pitts
West Virginia acts to avert repeat bridge tragedy
Charleston West Virginia Gov Hulett Smith announced a crash program to inspect about 500 major bridges following the December collapse at Point Pleasant. The plan targets rapid surveys and safety checks to prevent a recurrence.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Point Pleasant
Hulett Smith
Judy Creatore Named Key Ride To Town Clerk
Judy Creatore, a city employee for nine years, was named to a newly created assistant town clerk position effective January 1. The $5,200 salary supports expanded workload under new state laws, with duties including registering voters and stamping land deeds. Creatore, from Bridgeport, previously worked in the city tax assessor's office and is the daughter of Delia Creatore.
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Judy Creatore
Frank J. Verrilli
Common Council
Bridgeport
Miss Creature
Central High School
Miss Creatore
Southern Connecticut State College
City
Delia Creatore
Vine Street
Paul Creatore
East End Neighborhood Council to Elect Leader at Monday Meeting
Two ABCD Groups State First 1968 Sessions report East End Neighborhood Council meetings slated for early next week. Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church on Kossuth Street, the council will choose a new president to replace Rev. Wilfredo Velez who left two months ago. Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. the group will convene in the basement of the Newfield branch library at Central Avenue and Revere Street.
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ABCD
East End
First Presbyterian Church
Kossuth Street
Wilfredo Velez
Newfield Branch Library
Central Avenue
Revere Street
Child Heiress Abducted From Class Sparks Coast Search
San Francisco police chase led to Isabelle MacMasters' abduction by a pale man from her kindergarten. The 4-year-old heiress, daughter of Newton Cope and Donald MacMasters, was taken from Sarah Dix Hamlin School and later identified at San Francisco International Airport before the trail went cold. Her mother Dolly Fritz MacMasters, famed real estate heir, previously recovered the other daughter Margueritte in Mexico. The case centers on a long custody dispute dating back to the 1960s.
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San Francisco
Newton Cope
Donald MacMasters
Isabelle MacMasters
Sterling Weatherspoon
San Francisco International
Isabelle
Margueritte
MacMasters
Merida
Mexico
Dolly Fritz
Los Angeles
Nob Hill
Virginia MacLean
Robert Brown
Mexico City
Dolly
Paris
Council Settles Auto Damage Claims and Approves New Ones
The Common Council paid two auto-damage claims and referred three new claims to its claims committee. payments included Laura Berardi for a fire truck incident and Palmer Y. Epler for a tow incident, with further claims from Kinsley Products, Rev. John Hay, and Joan Hay. Total settlements amounted to 4,465 for four claims and four lawsuits, plus sidewalk incident awards for Yvonne Young and Adele Bucino. Tax refunds were approved for Shell Oil, Ebenezer Gospel Assembly, Kenneth Gray, and Mary Ann P. Huda.
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Common Council
Laura Berardi
Stillman Street
Palmer Y. Epler
Jefferson Street
Stratford
Kinsley Products Company
Cleveland
Michael Mehai
Yvonne Young
Poplar Street
Adele Buchino
Robert J. Testo
Cindy Merrill
Angeliki Argirlades
Filmline Corporation
Paula Renzo
Edward McPadden
Shell Oil Company
Ebenezer Gospel Assembly
Kenneth Gray
Mary
Ann P. Huda
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D.C
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