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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1957

Page

11

Girl Accused in Nurse Fires at St Francis Hospital Cottage

An 18 year old girl was arrested and charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting fires at a cottage near St Francis hospital and sanitorium in Mineola. Police say Kathleen McDonnell admitted starting both blazes, which endangered the hospital area and prompted evacuations. bail was set at 5000 with arraignment scheduled for Tuesday.

Port Ayr Gir Fof St. Francis Kathleen McDonnell Nassau County Lourt Mineola Manuel Levine

Flash Fire Kills Man in Oxygen Tent in Virginia

In Danville Virginia a pneumonia patient Herman Oakes died after the hospital oxygen tent he was in caught fire. He had been examined minutes before by Dr. Asa Vicellio and visited by his wife. Firemen moved burning bedclothes out the window as smoke filled the corridor. Officials said static electricity or visitors’ smoking could have ignited the highly inflammable oxygen.

Danville Herman Oakes Brosville Asa Vicellio Oakes William J. Lees

Red Cross Blood Bank Sought at YMCA Event

The Red Cross plans an open blood bank at the YMCA on State Street Thursday from 1 to 3 30 pm. Recruitment chairman John Waddell urged 200 individual donors since no group is sponsoring the session.

Red Cross YMCA State Street John Waddell Waddell

Fairfield Nabs 9 in Gang Fight

Fairfield police rounded up nine youths after a Saturday night fight near Owen Fish Park in Stratfield. Three adults, Lipusz 16, Gaminobo 17, and Herlihy 19, face breach of peace and assault charges and bonds were set at 50 each. two 15 year olds were referred to juvenile authorities. The incident was said to be a revenge fight between Bridgeport and Fairfield youths following a prior assault on a Bridgeport boy.

Fairfield Owen Fish Park Stratfield Dominic Gamibino Morehouse Highway Robert Herlihy Bronson Road Bridgeport

Bare records in Boisettes village reveal no births deaths or marriages

Public archives of Boisettes in 1956 show none of the 150 inhabitants filed birth death or marriage records. The village records were notably sparse for that year according to AP dispatch from Melun France.

Melun France Boisettes

Advertising in a Popular Buyer's Guide

A local service advertises placement in a widely used buying guide. The blurb urges readers to call for ad space in the book trusted by nine of ten shoppers.

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