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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1957
Page
3
The 48th annual Ball of the Fort Trumbull Beach Fire Company will be held January 18 at Town Hall starting at 9 p.m. Harry Hyatt chairs the event with committee members Howard Sherwood Dominic Mancini Lou Sigovitch Dick Caswell Ted Donahue and Vaughn Higgins. Tickets are available from committee members. Music by the Seven Jacks.
The Milford High School PTA Executive Board will meet tomorrow at 8 p m in the high school. Plans will be completed for the next PTA meeting when a panel will present the various phases of student-teacher-parent relationships.
Milford Council of Church Women meets tomorrow at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Education building for a panel on Freedom led by Mrs. William Calhoun, focusing on church roles in current political problems. Several other church groups schedule meetings this week including Trinity Lutheran and Mary Taylor Methodist with various committees and catechetical classes.
In Jerusalem the Israeli Foreign Ministry accused Egypt of continuing cross border raids from Jordan, citing attacks on Jan 4 and 5 including a rail line blast and a water pipe explosion. The Jerusalem-Lydda railway was damaged, and raids near Migdal Zedek and Sea of Galilee targets were reported. Orthodox Christmas services took place in Bridgeport area churches following Julian calendar. Sperry Rand Corp faced FTC charges of price discrimination and unlawful promotions, with a March 5 hearing set in Bridgeport. A Bridgeport symposium on Sheltered Workshops discussed state vocational rehab and services for the disabled.
The H. K. Porter company, Inc. has bought Mullite Refractories of Shelton and will merge it with Porter's Laclede Christy division. This follows Porter’s 1956 purchase of Prentiss Wire Mills in Holyoke. Mullite bricks, trading as Shamva Mullite, suit steel and glass industries and include ramming mortar, castable cements, and fire brick cement for monolithic structures.
Mt Morris New York January 61 AP A 31 year old mother died from injuries from an explosion and flash fire at a farm home that killed four of her eight children. Her husband Alfred 41 and her mother Mary Lincoln 59 were hospitalized in critical condition.
An empty gasoline barge on the Cumberland river exploded after a gasket failure on a loaded carrier caused volatile fumes to ignite. Two barges tied alongside caught fire but damage was limited to topsides as firemen quickly doused the blaze.
Firefighters responded to a burst radiator incident at 251 Penfield Road Fairfield after noon yesterday. Water froze in the heaters causing the burst. water shut off by Center firemen. Owner of the dwelling could not be determined and damage estimates were not available.
Grease overflow from a pot on a stove at 2 45 p m yesterday in the home of Mrs Victor Cupoli 73 Marlborough terrace Fairfield ignited causing minor damage Firemen from Tunxis Hill and Stratfield responded to the alarm.
In a dramatic Main street collision in Stratford, Philip B. Dodge Jr. remains on the danger list after his car veered and struck two trees while racing side by side with Donald Dickinson. Dickinson, 22, was treated and released from the hospital. Police expect charges of reckless driving as the investigation continues.
More than 200 people attended a Hillside height party honoring newly named Deputy Sheriff Alfred Chie Cavuoto of 236 Harlem Avenue. The event, sponsored by the Ladies of the G&B District Republican club, featured remarks by High Sheriff Edward Platt and Bridgeport Republican Leader A. Edward Sandula and wrapped with an after midnight program. A testimonial dinner for Cavuoto was announced for March by Bridgeport Republicans and local businessmen.
Center firefighters wore gas masks to remove a leaky refrigerator from the home of Paul Greenwalt at 118 Catherine Terrace Fairfield at 1 45 p m yesterday.
City court arraignment today for Rocca Clericuzio of 106 Guilford Drive Trumbull arrested Saturday on possession of racing slips. Clericuzio free on $500 bail pending hearing. Police from Special Services arrested him at his restaurant on Walker Street near Wall Street, Clericuzio's Terminal Coffee Pot. Several betting slips were confiscated.
Loyalty Lodge No. 58 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will install its new officers at 8 30 p m in Loyalty hall 542 Fairfield avenue Sigmar Schoenhorn new Noble Grand to be seated by District Deputy Grand Master A J Peterson succeeds Abraham Greenn Other officers include Milton Sanders Henry Belinkie Isidore Krentzman Morris Buffard Jack Cooper Sol Neiderman Leonard J Rosenthal Jerome Sussman Arthur Yaffie Benjamin Pecker Sidney Goldfield Robert Hall Lewis Richman Sidney Fodeman and others
Carol Ann Farley 17 of 355 Main Street returned to the Headquarters precinct police. Sgt Francis Glancy said Farley refused to return home and would not reveal her whereabouts since her disappearance. She is on parole from the Houses of Good Shepherd and held on a breach of peace charge at the Women’s Detention Home in lieu of a $50 bond.
The YMCA ballroom group Star Steppers will convene at 8 PM in the Y. President James Hazel notes an instructional period followed by a social hour. Other officers are Vice-president Edward Fischer and Treasurer Irene Siok.
The Bridgeport Association of Credit Men will gather tomorrow at 6 15 p m in the Hotel Barnum Winter Quarters. speaker will be William Dickson managing head of the Credit Research Foundation Inc his topic Selling Credit to Management Dickson is also executive director of the Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management. He attended the University of Texas Arkansas and Harvard Business School and holds degrees in business administration marketing finance and economics.
About 9:45 last night in Stratford a rear end crash on Connor's lane injured Eugene Haselman 17 and his sister Doris 19. Eugene was treated for a groin injury at Bridgeport hospital and Doris for a back injury. The second driver Virginia Mueller 150 Pauline street Stratford received a summons to Town court January 28 for violating state auto laws.
The YMCA will offer a French instruction course beginning Thursday at 8 p m. Paul Krois sik will direct the class. Registration is open at the Y Program office.
The YMCA School of Adult Education will offer a vocational aptitude testing course starting Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Y building. Directed by Dr. Randall B. Hamrick Dr. Reuben L. Swimmer and Miss Eleanor L. Sicilian, the program is staffed by the Eastern Personnel Service. Men and women past high school age may register at the Y Program Office.
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