Car Crashes Slow Rush Hour Traffic Across Fairfield
Ice and glazed roads trigger a chain of accidents in Fairfield and Greenwich areas. Ronald M. Borde, 18, skidded into a parked car on Park Avenue. A Fairfield patrol car and two cruisers were involved in separate crashes with minor injuries. Greenwich saw two injured after a Morse car slid and collided. Peters Morse arrested for speeding. Milford reports include Carol Ferris, 25, sustaining minor injuries after skidding into a barrier on Post Road. Devon, Westport, and other towns logged additional minor crashes as responders handled slippery conditions.
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Park and
Lincoln Avenue
Ronald M. Borde
Park Avenue
Antonio Scarlata
Pequonnock
Borde
Baker
Fairfield
Fairfield Woods Road
Woodridge Avenue
Catherine G. Coreno
Knanps Highway
Louis Malasics
Coreno
Philip Ganser
Malasks
Santra’ Hamrick
Webb Road
Melville Avenue
Ralph Rogari
Archbald
Cole
William Bisch
Alvin Street
Frederick Lavigna
Brookfield Avenue
Rogari
Greenwich
Parkway
Peter M. Morse
George Reiselis
Ray Brown
Milford
Carol Fergis
Newtown
John Helgesson
Merwin Avenue
Woodmont
Post Road
Home Acres Avenue
Miss Ferris
Milford Hospital
Lews Gabryscewsk
Ernest Kelly
William Pendleton
Donald Metzler
Devon
Bridgeport
Camden
James A. Gately
Montville
Gately
Paul T. Restopauinus
Florence Avenue
Bridgeport Avenue
Camden Street
William Shultis
Charles Polizzi
Theresa O'Kane
Stratfield Avenue
Miss O'Kane
William Lincoln Mevin
Pond Point Avenue
O'Kane
Mevin
Mary Cuea
Meadowbrook Road
Sylvia S. Atkinson
Saugatuck Avenue
Chenis
Joseph Buccieri
Jet Streamer Sets Air Mark and 45000 Feet Flight
Air Force B47 jet streamer set an air speed mark of 45000 feet altitude while riding jet stream from Albuquerque New Mexico to Hartford Connecticut. Major Mont Smith reported a 25 minute takeoff delay but smooth climb. Crew members include Captain Charles Hawkins co pilot Hayden Grubbs Jr and James Lunsford Jr with weather noted as very good and temps 90 degrees below zero outside.
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Air Force
Mont Smith
Champaign
Inl
Maj. Smith
Albuquerque
N. M
Hartford
Conn
Charles F. Hawkins
South Windsor
Hawkins
Dayton
Ohio
Red spies trio seized in espionage plot case
Three suspects including Sobles Albani and Sable were arrested on charges of conspiring to obtain Soviet defense documents and acting as Soviet agents without registration. FBI said papers linked to national defense were seized. Bail set at 100000 each, defense criticized high amount and flight risk claims.
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FBI
Sobles and
Albani
United States
G-men
U. S
Farle N. Bishonp
Soble
U.S
Paul
Stratford Housing Authority defends record against council findings
The Stratford Housing Authority responds to a council committee report, arguing no need for low rent or moderate rental housing in Stratford. It cites prior war worker housing, audits, and federal praise, contending the council misreads statutes and that no Stratford resident applications exist. The reply questions the report’s completeness and notes potential financial impacts of alternative projects.
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Bridgeport Housing Authority
Stratford
Bridgeport
Stratford Housing Authority
Public Housing Administration
Stratford Authority
A. W. Burritt Company
Elihu, Burritt
Lawrent
Stonybrook Gardens
Bridge
Wood End
Albert DeMers
Connecticut
Stratford’ Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Dulles Opposes Hite Paper On Middle East Events
Senator Morse offers a broad substitute to the President’s Middle East resolution. Morse proposes unprovoked armed action only with notice to Congress and possible later approval. Dulles urges timely action, warns delay risks losing the region, while Hoover and Aiken defend the Administration.
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Rayburn
Morse
Senate
D-Ore
U. S
Congress
Eisenhower
Middle East
Suez Canal
Gulf of Aqaba
Israel
Egypt
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Fulbright
Humphrey
Minn
Ore
Aiken
Vermont
Hoover
Wiley
R—Wis
Soviet Union
Changes Urged in Military Pay Reform
Armed Services committee over the weekend backed a pay system to reward meritorious performance rather than mere survival. Secretary of Defense Wilson urged Congress to design pay to encourage merit. Cordiner committee proposed proficiency pay for up to 15 percent of enlisted personnel and higher raises for generals and admirals. current pay gaps between skill groups cause imbalances in reenlistment, with technicians earning less than required. Eisenhower referenced possible new legislation based on the Cordiner report in his budget message.
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Armed Services Committee
Wilson
Cordiner Committee
Eisenhower
Danbury Factory Fire Kills Four In Old Wooster Square
January blaze at a Concord Street vacant building in Danbury’s Terrace area killed four women in a factory district. Firefighters battled subfreezing temperatures for over two hours after being alerted at 1 am. Four victims named from New Haven and Hamden perished as the fire spread, with bystanders heroic actions described during rescue attempts. The State Welfare Department owned the structure, and Mayor Lee said the city planned to buy and raze the building soon.
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Danbury
Concord Street
Feferenone Terrace
Butte
Engine Co
Mill Plain
Mary Brook
Sterling Perkett
State Welfare Department
Emil Gantert
Frank
Clarence Jacobs
Dobroski
Mary Penta
Morris Baer
Wooster Square
Richard C. Lee
Lee
Milford Chimney Fire at Tasam on Field Court
Milford fire crews responded to a chimney blaze at 25 Field Court today. Hose Company 6 extinguished the fire with slight damage reported and recall noted at 11:46.
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Milford
Soviet backed open skies plan sparks UN disarmament vote
The UN Security Council commission considered open skies and inspection plans from 1955, with Soviet sponsorship of a declaration urging continued study and a possible General Assembly session on disarmament. Proposals from the Soviet bloc and Canada Japan Norway were noted but not pushed, pivoting to a catch‑all substitute.
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Conmission
UN Security
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Egypt
India
Poland
Canada
Japan
Norway
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