Reaction FP S favorable on Ribicoff's aims
Hartford January 9 Republican reaction to Governor Ribicoff interim message to the Legislature was broadly favorable but GOP leaders questioned whether the program could be carried out without new or increased taxes. Proposals include school aid salary raises unemployment relief mental health and highway expansion. Democrats praised realism while Republicans warned against missing tax funding.
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Hartford
Ribicoff
Connecticut
Capitol Hill
Baldwin
Clarence F. Baldwin
GOP
Tito Invited to Be Ike's Guest in April Visit
Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito has been invited to visit the United States with plans for an April trip under discussion. Officials said the White House intends to pursue the invitation despite protests, with the date to be set later.
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Ike
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Yugoslavia
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White House
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J Dulles
Airfield Cops Seek $300 Raise In Budget Talks
Fairfield police asked for a $503 annual raise across ranks for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Current top salaries run to $8,500 for the chief, with patrolmen earning as low as $4,576. The five point plan adds paid holidays, hospitalization and medical insurance funding, overtime pay, and paid group life insurance. Detectives asked to raise pay from $4,784 to $5,152. Chief Kranyik signaled upcoming appointment proposals.
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Fairfield
Sion
Poli¢eers
Harry A. Day
Morris Kesster
Frank Onder
Leon Gordon F- Christie
Police Commission
Day
Stephen Zadrovitz
James Kranyik
Snow and sleet forecast across county with snowfall expected
A wintry storm system tracked across the midwest and East bringing cold temperatures and mixed precipitation. Snow and sleet are forecast to change to rain in the morning with 2 to 5 inches possible in the county, while other regions report freezing rain and lingering heavy snowfall in the plains and midwest.
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Bridgeport
Associated Press
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Florida
Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Central Plains
Mid- Mississippi Valley
Kansas
Illinois
Esso Raises Fuel Oil Prices Across Eastern Seaboard
Esso Oil Company in New Jersey boosts fuel oil prices effective today for the eastern seaboard. Bridgeport area retail rates show Range oil at 18.3 cents per gallon, number 1 oil over 1500 gallons at 16.8 cents, under 1500 gallons at 17.3 cents, number 2 household fuel oil over 150 gallons at 15.6 cents and 150 gallons at 16.1 cents.
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Esso Oil Company
New Jersey
Seaboard
Bridgeport
Man Killed By Eastbound Train Near Bridgeport Station
John S. Gerak, 44, of 172 Horace Street, was killed instantly last night when he fell under the wheels of an eastbound New Haven train as it pulled from Bridgeport station at 6:19. Witnesses said he slipped while rushing to catch the train. another inbound train passed over the body before the carrier halted. Dr. Louis LaPierre pronounced death. morgue attendants found $1.26 in his pockets and no railway ticket.
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John S. Gerak
Horace Street
New Haven
Gerak
Bridgeport
Louis LaPierre
Andrew Molnar
Godfrey and Conway
Gerakt
Congress gets harbors bill
Washington Jan 9 AP a 1 630 080 omnibus authorization bill for river and harbor projects to authorize Army engineers construction of navigation erosion and control works in various states when funds are later approved by Congress Chavez said hearings will begin next month on projects within the presidents criticism The bill would authorize work but contains no money including Bridgeport harbor and other harbors and sites in several states
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Press Ee Can Sa
New YY
Chavez
D-Nm
Senate Public Works Committee
House
Senate
Sen
Kerr
Dekla
Army
Congress
Bridgeport Harbor
Connecticut
East River
New
Hevea Harbor
Eden Resigns and Butler Seen as His Successor
Hartford reports on Eden resigning citing health, with Butler seen as his successor. The piece also covers a Hartford murder probe where Joseph L. Rutstein was killed in a Front Street store robbery. clues include brown boots, a coat, and a wood fragment. state lab tests await results. Police note Rutstein had prior assaults and fear for his life, while Meriden sees gun permit applications rise amid a wave of holdups and officials plan to discuss protective measures.
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Hartford
Joseph L. Rutstein
Joseph P. McDonald
Kutstein
Rutstein
McDonald
State Laboratory
Pawn Beat
Dowd
New Britain
Meriden
CAP
Michael Carroll
Meriden Liquor Store Owners Association
Ex-Waiter Fined in New York Tax Evasion Case
A former head waiter at the Waldorf Astoria, Arthur Hagedorn, 54, was fined 10,000 dollars and placed on 18 months probation after failing to report thousands of dollars in tips. He could have faced up to five years in prison in addition to the fine.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Arthur Hagedorn
Address Congress Today In Eisenhower State Of The Union
Washington dispatch reports President Eisenhower and his cabinet reviewing the State of the Union and budget messages ahead of congressional delivery. The White House barred newsmen and photographers from the private oath ceremony for Eisenhower and Nixon on January 20, signaling tight control over coverage.
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Eisenhower
State of the Union
Congress
Capitol Hill
White House
Nixon
Lodge Seeks Aid as US Spain Pact Seen Key to Security
John Davis Lodge told a University of Bridgeport dinner that US Spain mutual defense pacts are vital to western security and urged increased economic aid to protect a 350 million US military base program in Spain. He cited joint resolve against Russian communism and urged cooperation to deter war.
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U.S
Spain
University of Bridgeport
United States
America
Lodge
United State
Dulles attacks Democrats substitute for Middle East plan
Secretary of State Dulles dismisses a Democratic substitute for the administration Middle East program as inadequate to grant presidential authority to use armed forces against a communist attack. He cites a seven point critique and resignation calls from Senator Scott who criticized the administration's diplomacy.
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Washington
Dulles
Middle East
Eisenhower
Middle Eastern
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Scott
DNC
Senate
Congress
United States
Eisenhower Reacts to Eden Resignation Amid Shifting Ties
Washington reports President Eisenhower offered well wishes to Sir Anthony Eden after his resignation as British prime minister. Officials noted the move could improve U S Britain relations and prompt talks with Eden's successor, while cautioning about past tensions following the Suez Crisis and differing positions on Egypt.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
London
Eden
Egypt
Secretary
Dulles
Guy Mollet
Mollet
United Nations
United States
Middle East
Asia
Three Men Nabbed In Beef Theft From City Slaughterhouse
Three men, William Porter aged 29, George Randolph 4H, and Peter Cabrel 43, were jailed on theft charges after attempting to sell a 480 pound side of beef consigned to Main Market. Police said they took the meat from the Municipal slaughter house on Asylum street and disposed of it near the city incinerator before authorities arrested them near the market. The case involved a shipping tag linking the meat to the consignor.
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William Porter
James Street
George Randolph
Lexington Avenue
Peter Cabrel
New Bedford
Asylum Street
Samuel Spivak
Main Street
Harold Sherwood
Eden resigns as Britain’s prime minister after Egypt invasion
Sir Anthony Eden resigns, citing ill health, with Richard Austen Butler seen as likely successor. Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell calls for a general election amid opposition to the Egypt policy. Ian Macmillan and other Tory figures discussed as potential premiers, while Churchill’s kin and Sandys floated as dark horses. Queen Elizabeth II to approve the new appointment after Eden’s departure.
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Frese
Anthony Edes
Queen Elizabeth
Harold MacMillan
R. A. (Rabb) Butler
Eden
Richard Austen Butler
House of Commons
Labor Party
Hugh Gaitskell
Cambridge
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London
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Winston Churchill
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