Stratford housing panel urges four resignations and 300 new units
Stratford Town Council Housing Committee urges resignations of four Stratford Housing Authority members for attitude to public housing. It calls for 200 new moderate rental units and 100 garden apartments for elderly, in a 25 page report presented after four months of hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford Town Council
George F. Wright
Henry A. Fagan
Ellsworth Speer
Joseph Wrenables
Arthur E. Hart
Assl
Theodore J. Koskoff
Donald S. Sammis
Louis J. Kochiss
Axel R. Lind
Elihu A. Burritt
Stratford
Nelson Cary
Stratford Housing Authority
Burritt
Sammis
Kochiss
Authority
Lind
Cary
Council
Edmund A. Darne
Housing Authority
Nautilus to be refueled as first atomic ship
Navy officials announced that the atomic submarine Nautilus will be refueled for the first time this spring after more than 5 000 miles of travel since its voyage began January 17 1955. The sub, world's first nuclear powered ship, has logged 55 000 miles with much of it submerged. Special equipment and techniques will be used for the history making refuel.
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Washington
Navy
Sub Nautilus Refueling After 55000 Miles At Sea
The submarine Nautilus will undergo its first refueling after 55 000 miles of operation. The operation will occur at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton Connecticut. The reactor uranium core will be removed and sent to Arco Idaho for testing at the Atomic Energy Commission lab.
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Navy
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corporation
Groton
Cann
Arco
Idaho
Atomic Emered Commission
Bio Test Laboratory
Almanac style weather and daylight figures
Almanac entry for Thursday January 17 notes sunrise at 7 15 a m and sunset at 4 51 p m with high and low times listed and general daily markers. It marks the seventeenth day of the year and the twenty seventh day of winter with the day’s times dispersed in scattered figures.
Blast Kills 3 at Panhandle Station and Halts Gas Supply
An explosion at a Panhandle Eastern Pipeline compressor station near Liberal Kansas killed three workers and disrupted gas flow to the Great Lakes region. Police reported 12 injured and unknown number missing as Panhandle ordered six states to halt gas use and deliveries to three distributors with alternative supplies. The six-state service area includes Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio and Michigan amid a cold wave.
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Kan
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company
Great Lakes
Panhandle
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Millions Asked for Education in Hartford Legislature
The Connecticut Assembly faces a major education issue this session as proposals seek funding in the tens of millions. Senator Philip J. Bauer calls for nearly 18 million to expand technical and vocational programs and teachers colleges, with the State Board of Education estimating almost 22 million is needed by 1965 to avert a higher education shortage. Additional bills propose scholarships and private college loans, while a separate move urges a commission to study municipal school funding.
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Hartford
Assembly
Philip J. Bauer
Ravon
State Board of Education
University of Connecticut
Connecticut
Newman M. Marsilius Jr
Trumbull
Pup
Benjamin L. Barringer
New Milford
Stephen J. Sweeney
Naugatuck
Senator Bauer
State Building Program Commission
Meriden
New Britain
Manchester
Norwalk
Waterbury
Fairfield Creates Paid Fire Chief Post To Lead Dept
Fairfield Fire Commission plans a paid fire chief to command all fires, drills, and equipment, replacing five volunteer chiefs. The move aims to handle population and building growth and to standardize services across the town. The Chief will oversee 36 paid firefighters, seek state-led exam access, and may include a station wagon, radio, and rescue gear.
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Fairfield Fire Commission
L. A.renzulli
Fairsfield
Renzulli
Commission
Leslie McIndoe
Stephen Toth
State Personnel Department
Finance Board
A P Shaw Receives Jaygee Award in Bridgeport
Albert Park Shaw Jr 43 assistant manager of Hartford Accident and Indemnity Bridgeport branch was named Outstanding Young Man of 1956 by the Bridgeport Jaycees at the Distinguished Service Award dinner in Stratfield hotel. Rev William H Alderson announced the winner to over 200 Jaycees guests. Col Roswell P Rosengren spoke on world war threats and the need for atomic retaliation and mobile forces. Shaw is president of the Connecticut Jaycees and former Bridgeport Jaycees president.
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Albert Park Shaw, Jr
Bridgeport Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bridgeport
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
Chamber of Commerce
Shaw
William H. Alderson
Stratfield Hotel
Col
Rosswell P. Rosengren
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S
William F. X. Flynn
Bridgeport Jaycees
Old Spring Road
Fairfield
Jaycees
Connecticut Jaycees
Bridgeport Group
Cal. Rosengren
Kremlin
Kruschev
England
Korea
Indo-China
Rev John G Body Dies in Hospital Ward
The Rev John Capistran Body OFM 30 of 215 Summerset St New Brunswick N J pastor of St Ladislaus church New Brunswick died yesterday at St Vincent's hospital where he was admitted Dec 2 Services will be Friday at 10 am in St Emery's Fairfield with a solemn high Mass of requiem A Mass of requiem will also be held at St Ladislaus New Brunswick Burial is in Holy Assumption cemetery Roebling NJ John Lesko Funeral Home Fairfield Ave is in charge Born Hungary Feb 7 1906 he came to this country in 1921 and attended Bridgeport schools before admission
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John Capistran
O.F.M
Summerset Street
New Brunswick
N.J
St. Ladislaus' Church
St. Vincent's Hosspital
Father Body
Bridgeport
Stephen Body
Pierce Avenue
St. Emery’s Church
Fairfield
Fairfield Avenue
Hungary
Snowbound Connecticut Faces Weeklong Cold and Treacherous Roads
The region endures a 2.7 inch snowfall with colder air, shipping more snow possible later in the week. Police enforce a 25 mph Merritt Parkway limit as crews plow and sidewalk power lines fall. One death is linked to shoveling a heart attack in Middletown.
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U.S
Merritt Parkway
Trumbull
Monroe
Hartford
Stafford Springs
North Canaan
Groton
Litchfield
Connecticut
Guy F. Randall
Middletown
William E. Wrang
State Highway Department
Ten year term for habitual offender in Trumbull robbery
Leo Sicard thirty four of 1351 East Main street was sentenced to 30 years in State's prison by Judge James F. Murphy in superior court for breaking and entering a Trumbull restaurant on September 24 as an habitual offender. He pleaded guilty January 2 and has prior terms in Connecticut and other states. He was arrested inside the Hi Way diner after his car drew police attention. cash and coins were taken from the diner.
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Leo Sicard
East Main Street
James FE. Murphy
Superior Court
Trumbull
Wethersfield
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Alabama
Texas
Otto J. Saur
Connecticut
Sicard
Eisenhower Budgets Clouds of Debate Over 1958 Outlays
President Eisenhower submitted a budget urging a peacetime outlay of about 71.8 billion with a projected revenue of 73.62 billion, promising a surplus to tackle the national debt. Treasury Secretary Humphrey warned the rising spending must be checked, and critics labeled the package inflationary. The plan prioritizes defense and anti communist action with missiles and nuclear programs, while resisting general tax cuts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
Humphrey
Senate
House
Rayburn
UNIONISTS BASE Hartford Police Hunt AY SENATE QUIZ
Three labor union officials challenged the Senate investigative subcommittee to probe labor racketeering. Frank W. Brewster Nugent LaPoma and Arthur Santa Maria refused to surrender records or answered fully. Santa Maria invoked the Fifth Amendment as hearings continued in New York City.
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Hartford
Senate
Washington
Frank W. Brewster
He Teamsters Union
Nugent LaPoma
Teamsters Local
Seattle
McClellan
D-Ark
Arthur Santa Maria
Allied Industrial Workers of America
New York
City
Santa Maria
Boy Is Injured On Chair Sled In Hartford Incident
Two distinct local incidents are reported. A 13 year old slid down Beardsley Terrace chairsled and suffered a severe left thigh injury, operated on at St. Vincent's hospital with the patient listed in good condition. A second child, George Fisher aged 10, was treated at St. Vincent's for a fractured right wrist after colliding with a brick wall on Washington avenue.
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Bidg. 7
Beardsley Terrace
Stephen Jan Oska, Jr
Stephen Janaska
Apt
Michael Gyza
St. Vincent's Hospital
George Fisher
Washington Avenue
Fred Bridges
New Road Urged Between Hartford and New London
Hartford January 16 AP senator Peter P Mariani of New London introduced a bill urging construction of a highway between Hartford and New London to improve regional transportation.
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Hartford
New London
Peter P. ‘Mariani
Fairfield teen carrier cited for Thanksgiving Day heroism
Donald Kowats a 14 year old Fairfield Post Publishing carrier was honored by the New England Association of Circulation Managers for saving Ira Lincoln from a house fire on Thanksgiving Day. The NEACM at its Boston convention awarded him a silver ray. other heroes were Robert Casey of Providence and Rene Quirton of Lewiston. Kowats previously received a wristwatch from his employer for the act.
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Donald Kowats
Fairfield
The
Post Publishing Company
New England Association of Circulation Managers
Joan J. Kowats
North Benson Road
Ira Lincoln
Lincoln
NEACM
Boston
Robert N. Casey
Providence
R.I
Journal-Bulletin
Rene Quir- Ton
Lewiston
Sun
Young Kowats
Donald
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