Three Armed Bandits Hit East Side Stores
Three bandits held up a service station operator at 9 58 p m and later a delicatessen store on East Main street inside 12 minutes escaping with 300 dollars in cash receipts one eyewitness description said all three wore woolen caps and carried nickel revolvers police hunted the suspects across the East Side and checked nearby businesses for further clues
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wasArthur
Red” Dial
Dial
Barnum Avenue
Leon
East Main Street
Me. Plagianos
Mr. Plagianos
Ernest Paradise
East Side
Francis Shanley
Joseph A. Walsh
New Haven
Howard Spring
Frank Giaquinto
Poice
James
Father and Son Found Dead in Caroline Street Home
A father aged about 73 and his son, 45, were found dead in beds at 108 Caroline Street around 7 p.m. Police said one gas jet was slightly low. Dr. Edwin R. Connors, medical examiner, labeled accidental asphyxiation but did not confirm gas as the cause pending autopsies.
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Caroline ‘Street
John” Lukachik
John Lukachik, Jr
Edwin R. Connors
Lukachiks
John Casey
Wilbur Barrett
George Wargo
John, Jr
Pedro Rodrigues
Francis Shanley
Joseph Walsh
Connors
Permis
Bank Reports Record Income At Annual Meeting
The Black Rock Bank and Trust company reported an all time income of 842000 and net earnings of 26900 at its annual directors meeting. Officers re elected included Fred R. Carstensen chair Frank J. Clark president and G Webster Miller secretary treasurer among others. Earnings per share were 5.77 on 27000 shares. Total capital surplus undivided profits and assets surpassed 1.7 million and 16.6 million respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Rock Bank and Trust Company
Fred R. Carstensen
Frank J. Clark
G. Webster Miller
Gabriel G. Biro
Thomas E. Lallin
Trumbull
Raymond L. Thibault
Edgar H. Freese
Charles Franz
Mr. Clark
Stephanie Buscavage
C. Richard Reed, Jr
Felrfield
Bridgeport Weather Summary Promises Mild Sunny Day
Official data show mostly sunny skies and milder temperatures for Bridgeport and vicinity with a high around 30 to 35 degrees. Tonight will fall to about 20, then Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and a high near 35 to 40. The almanac notes the twenty eighth day of the year with sunrise at 7 08 a.m. and sunset later in the day.
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Hureauy
Bridgeport
Features for Everybody In Telegram Every Day Page
A compact listing of page items from a 1930s style newspaper section including classifieds, comics, puzzles, editorials, obituaries, sports, and social notes. It highlights a court scene, bridge column by Jacoby, and various departments such as Financial News, Theater News, and Women’s News with scattered names and page numbers.
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Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
DiBenedetto
Dr. Bundesen
Jsecseryeees
S.cesererees
Financial News
Aerys Husband
Jacoby
He Cole
Grand Jury
Consid- Radio
Sarah Reelee
Ori Porter
Air Force fires its 19th Atlas from Cape Canaveral
The Air Force launched its 19th Atlas rocket from Cape Canaveral in a tentative 4,000 mile space flight. The 80-foot missile carried U.S. hopes to match Russia in the space race and remained visible for six minutes as it climbed after liftoff at 6 34 p m.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
U. S
Khrushchev
Russia
Housewife Faces Murder Trial in Hartford
Olga D. DiBenedetto, 38, was indicted by a Hartford Superior Court jury on first degree murder for the Oct. 9 shooting death of Patrick J. Baltagler, 40. She pleaded not guilty and asked for a jury trial. State's Attorney Bill set February 24 at 10 a.m. as the trial date.
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Hartford
Superior Court
Olga D. DiBenedetto
Patrick J. Baltagler
Albert S. Bill
DiBenedetto
Superior Cort
Charles S. House
Eisenhower to propose labor rackets bill with concessions
President Eisenhower will present a new bill to Congress aimed at tighter labor racketeering curbs. The plan includes speeding up union representation elections, allowing dismissed strikers to vote, and a bipartisan National Labor Relations Board, with contrasts to Kennedy and Taft Hartley provisions. It also targets secondary boycotts and shakedown picketing while shifting some cases to states.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
GOP
White House
Senate
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Halleck
Kennedy
Administration
NLRB
Repubicans
Fairfield lawmakers seek emergency status for commuter bills
Fairfield county legislators adopted a resolution urging the General Assembly to grant emergency status to measures addressing the New Haven railroad commuter crisis. Rep. John M. Lupton pressed the measure, saying it would dramatize the issue without pressuring legislative leaders.
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Hartford
Fairfield County
General Assembly
New Haven
John M. Lupton
Weston
Lupton
Governor to Rename 11 State Commissioners
Hartford AP reports Governor Ribicoff will reappoint 11 state commissioners for new four year terms. Names include Conkling Tynan Pierce Hanas Premo Murphy Sullivan Argraves Ricctuii and Bloomberg with confirmations to follow in the Legislature.
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Hartford
Ribicoff
Puerto Rico
Democratic Party
Interiom
Avgraves
George J. Conkling
North Haven
John J. Tynan
Middletown
Henry Pierce
Clinton
Christy Hanas
New Haven
Alfred C. Premo
Timothy J. Murphy Jr
John‘l. Sullivan
New Britain
Newman E. Argraves
Hamden
Renato E. “Ricctuii
Waterbury
Wilfred J.bloomberg
House of Senate
Vill
Mrs. H. W. Holmes Dies at 37 Beacon Street Home
Mrs Norma Flicker Holmes wife of Harold W Holmes died last night at about eleven in her Bridgeport home Born in Cincinnati Ohio she was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Englehardt Flicker A Bridgeport resident for about 40 years she came to the city when her father took over ownership of the Post Publishing company She is survived by her husband a sister Alma F Pfriem of Bridgeport a brother Ray Flicker of Fairfield an aunt Helen Zeter five nieces and a nephew Services are being arranged by Wilmot West and Gould funeral home 884 Lafayette Street
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Norma Flicker Holmes
Beacon Street
Harold W. Holmes
Cincinnati
Ohio
Edward and
Mary Englehardt Flicker
Bridgeport
Holmes
The
Post Publishing Company
Alma F. Pfriem
Ray Flicker
Fairfield
Sa Publishing Company
Helen Zeter
Wilmot, West and Gould
Finneral
Lafayette, Street
U S Chooses 110 Prospects for Manned Satellite
The United States selects 110 potential Mercury astronauts for Project Mercury. NASA chief Dr. T Keith Glennan announced the cohort in New York, outlining university or engineering degrees, military test-pilot experience, and under 40, 5 foot maximum, in superb physical and psychological condition. The final orbital candidate will be chosen by criteria and medical review as the U.S. race to orbit unfolds.
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New York
America
T. Keith Glennan
U.S
Washington
Glennan
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Mayor opposes Griffenhagen plan for city raises
Mayor Tedesco reiterated opposition to granting city employee raises under the Griffenhagen plan for the new fiscal year. He cited the declining Grand List and rising Welfare costs while arguing the 38.5 mill tax rate should remain, stating the plan would require a tax increase. He plans to issue a further statement today.
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Tedesco
Griffenhagen
Civil Service Commission
John M pBganoelly
Commission
Public hearings set on budgets and board reelects officers
The Board of Apportionment and Taxation voted to retain officers for another term. Joseph Schultz was named to an eighth term as president and Charles H. Wirt to a seventh year as vice president, John J. Simpson to a 13th term as secretary. Hearings on the total city budget for the fiscal year begin next week in City Hall, with the Education budget set for Tuesday. The board also received notice from State Tax Commissioner John L. Sullivan approving the selection of H. Koehter and company.
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Joseph Schultz
Stoehr
Place
Charles H. Wirt
Wood Avenue
John J. Simpson
Putnam Street
Schultz
Mr. Simpson
Commp
John J. Morris
Commer Council
Board of Education
John L. Sullivan
H. Koehter and Company
Bald eagle splinted after car strike near Ellington
A young bald eagle was struck by a car on a highway near Ellington Missouri and knocked out. Harry Vogt took the bird to district forester Fred Whitt who identified it as a national symbol and arranged veterinary care. The eagle, with an eight foot wingspread and six foot body, received treatment for shock and a broken leg.
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Ellington
Fremont
Harry Vogt
Fred Whitt
Whitt
Datefunder
Common Council Weighs Griffenhagen Pay Plan For City Workers
Civil Service commission unanimously adopts Griffenhagen plan to raise about 182000 in the first year for roughly 2500 city workers on a nearest higher step scale. The plan awaits Common Council and Mayor approval next Monday, with maintenance of health, life and uniform allowances.
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Civil Service Commission
Griffenhagen
Tedesco
Jctty
Leonard B. Kershner
Bridgeport
Kershner
Mr. Kershner
Commission
Stephen Jankura
John J. Linley
Linley
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Xavier University of Cincinnati
Ohio River
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Park Hills
Mike O'Connell
Stamford
Ftate
Connecticut
Milton E. J. Reinhard, Jr
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Tremont Street
Tuskey McPhail
Reinhard
Thomas McManus
McPhail
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