Westport Schools Rename Campuses as September Openings Near
The Board of Education approves name changes for upcoming September openings. Staples High School becomes the new campus type high school on Fellow North Avenue, while the old Staples High School building on Riverside will be Bedford Junior High renamed Staples Hall. The original Bodford building will be reimagined as an elementary school next year, with a proposal to honor Marion C. Sorisi. Rev. Estok plans a three week vacation, with guest preachers at St Pauls Lutheran tomorrow and on July 20 and 27. Elizabeth Fenton appointed Police Department clerk and secretary to Chief Luciano, replacing Palma DeMéo. Amos Sewall earns credit for a humorous cover illustration on the Saturday Evening Post.
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Westport
Board of Education
Franklyn, Graff
North Avenue
Staples High School
Bedford Junior High School
Riverside Avenue
Staples Hall
Graff
Staples
Bedford Junior High
West State Street
Marion C. Sorisi
Daniel M. Estok
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
St. Lous
Emil Luecke
Bronxville
New York
St.Paul’s Church
J.D. Kucharik
Samford
Mr. Estok
Elizabeth Fenton
Cranbury Road
Samuel J. Luciano
Palma DeMeéo
Helen B. Dayton
Newtown
Dayton
W. K. Daniels
William K. Daniels
Botsford Hill Road
Planning and Zoning Board
George W. Northrop
First
Edward J. Coleman
Daniels
Northrop
Richard F. Gretsch
Paul A. Cullens
St. John's Episcopal
Ovid Kinsolving
St. Rose
Fairlfield State Hospital
Newtown Methodist
James B. Trew
Trinity Episcopal
Edwin A. Skipton
Religious ‘Society ’ of Friends
Hawley School
Adath Israel Synagogue
Huntingtown Road
Congregational Church
Wayne I. Newlove
West Haven
Fairfield State Hospital
Willam’ F. Green
Richard Spertin
Newlove
Fairfield State
V. A. Hospital
Richard Bouton
R. N
Sherman
Bouton
Rockland State Hospital
Orangeburg
N.Y
Katherine Leavenworth
South
Ships collide as two die in Atlantic accident
Boston AP reports a British vessel bound for India collided with a lobster boat near New Bedford, causing fatalities. The incident occurred about 78 miles south of Martha's Vineyard as a best-of-three softball series paused at Compo Beach. the second game is set for August. Church services for Saugatuck and Greens Farms areas are listed for Sunday morning, with multiple parishes noting mass times and worship services.
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Boston
New Bedford
Lobster Katong
Atlantic
Lions Club
Mertna's Vineyard
Ay Wi
Ince
Compo Beach
Com- Po
Saugatuck
Greens. Farms
Cong Lots
Hyde Jane
Greens Farms
Christ and Holy Trinity Episcopal
Frederic L. C. Lorentzen
David P. McCracken
St. Paul's Lutheran
First Church of Christ, Scientist
South Compo Road
Religious Society of Friends
Quakers
Kingdom and Reservoir Roads
Wilton
Redding Fire Board Elects New Members and Keeps Tax
Three new members were elected to the first district fire commission at a taxpayers meeting in the fire house. The fire tax rate of one and a half mills was continued. Burns was elected chairman. Alfred Venning Jr. and Everett Jackson named officers. Reelected to the board were Herbert Bronson treasurer Mrs Russell Loring secretary and Mrs William K Bell fire tax collector. A grass fire fighting truck was approved for purchase. Three New Zealand cities seek governmental airport aid.
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Redding
W. Chalmers“Burns
Alfred Venning, Jr
Everlett Jackson
Herbert Bronson
Russell Loring
William K. Bell
Tragic Fishing Vessel Collision Near Nantucket
The 69 foot R W Griffin Jr. sank after a collision with a large freighter south west of Nantucket. Five crew members were aboard the Griffin with one dead and several survivors. Captain Warren Vincent and engineer Milton Taber were among those missing as search efforts failed. A crew member, Samuel Vincent, later reported his father was among the four survivors. The Griffin carried 6000 pounds of lobster on a five day trip to Portland Maine.
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Karachi
Miton Taber
New Bedford
Griffin
Portland
Maine
Coast Guard
Shannon
Nantucket
Andrea
Doria
Stockholm
Albert Dahl
Samuel Vincent
Woods Hole
Grandison Taber
Tore Rubin
West Warwick
R. 1
George E. Wiswell
North Falmouth
John Launse
Warren Vincent
Samuel
Milton Taber
Grandison
Taber
Senate passes bolster housing bill amid wide funding rise
Washington July 11 AP The Senate approved a 2.475 billion omnibus housing bill far exceeding Eisenhower cuts with new authorizations for FHA mortgage insurance urban renewal public housing elderly housing rental programs and college housing. A Capehart Johnson deal trimmed 475 million but total authorizations remained well above the administration. The measure faces possible veto and adds to an emergency 1.85 billion aid bill bringing housing funds this session to about 4.955 billion versus Eisenhower’s 1.6 billion request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
John
Sparkman
D-Ala
Homer E. Capehert
R-Ind
Johnson
Capehart
Prescott Bush
R-Conti
Alds Colleges
Congress
Hiller Helicopters to become Hiller Aircraft Corp
San Francisco July 11 stockholders vote to rename the company to Hiller Aircraft Corp effective immediately. Executive vice president Ea Bolton says the change reflects the firm’s diversification into broader aircraft activities while maintaining focus on expanding military and commercial helicopter production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San. Francisco
Hiller Helicopters
Hiller Aircraft Corp
Ea Bolton
Bolton
Hiller
Grange Plans Games Party at Church Hill Hall
A social Games party benefits the building fund and will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Pootatuck Grange Hall on Church Hill road. Open to the public, with prizes donated and refreshments served. Committee chaired by Mrs. M Vinning with several assistants.
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Pootatcuk Grange Hall
Church Hill Road
M. Vinning
Hoyt Johnson
Agnes Wood
Louis Cole
Lillian Lavigne
Mary MacCrea
Pauline Tilson
Mildred Haase
Clash in Tripoli and Beirut leaves several dead
Reports from Tripoli say four people killed as government forces bombard a rebel held area and clear out snipers. In Beirut heavy gunfire rounds the central government building. Abboud Abdul Azzzi is wounded in a car shooting amid north Lebanon tensions. Abdul Arzak, linked to rebel financing, was said to have traveled from Akkar.
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Beirut
Tripoli
Abboud' Abdul Azzzi
Guarrs
Abdul’ Arzzak
Akkar
Lebanon
Camille _ Chamoun
Springwood A A vs D’Angelo’s Flying A Sunday clash
Springwood A A faces D’Angelo’s Flying A at Beardsley Park in the Sunday Recreation softball league at 10 45 am. Charley Cino and Ed Kopa are the expected pitchers for the rival. Also on site Berkshire Bakers meet the 242nd National Guard on diamond 3 with Kurimsky and Miller pitching, while NuChamps restaurant meets Rector A A on diamond 5 with Chesinski opposing Strachan.
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Springwood A. A
D'Angelo
Beardsley Park
Charley Cino
Ed Kopa
Berkshire Bakers
242Nd
National Guard
Kurimsky
Miller
NuChamps
A. A. Chesinski
Strachan
Norwalk Tax Action Seizes Local Property
Norwalk on July 11 reports the U S Treasury filed a lien against Leonard and Ethel Abramson of 72 South Main Street for failure to remit income taxes due for 1952. Clerk Mabel G Treland disclosed the federal government claims 750 dollars.
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Norwalk
U. S. Treasury Department
Leonard and
Ethel Abramson
South Main Street
Mabel G. Treland
Congress Briefs Aimed at Prints and Defense Funding
Congress moved to reduce minimum viewable width of imported rolls to aid publishers facing postwar print shortages. Defense officials warned Senate Appropriations that cutting foreign aid funds delays missiles and military aid to allies, while Germans assets debate continues. Agriculture reports men favor cotton and casual wear, and tax-relief retirement plans for self employed advance though opposed by the administration.
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Washington
House Ways and ‘Means Committee
Assn
Gaelmany
Congress
Smathers
Senate I
Germany
Japan
Eisenhower
Darien Man Dies of Bullet Wound
John Tegtmeler, 23, of Norleton Heights, Darien, died at 10 50 PM in Norwalk Hospital from a self inflicted head wound after being found shot four hours earlier in his bedroom with a 32 caliber revolver nearby. His father Adolph Tegtmeler found him. No note was found and the time of injury could not be determined. His mother was away.
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Darien
John Tegtmeier
Hillside Road
Norleton Heights
Norwalk
Adolph Tegtmeler
Tegmeler
Norwalk Hospital
Micro Midget Club Plans Races Sunday
The Stratford Micro Midget Racing association schedules regu lar races Sunday at 2 15 p m with time trials at 1 30 p m preceding the program. Last Sunday's events were canceled due to bad weather. Dansbury youths join the field along with Jane Fredericks Tommy Renna Moe Artie Davis Bob French and Rocky Arbitelli.
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Stratford Micro Midget Racing Association
Dansbury
Jane Fredericks
Tommy
Renna
Moe
Artie Davis
Bob French
Rocky Arbitelli
Castro frees last civilian hostages as 29 service members remain held
Cuban rebels release their final civilian hostage in Guantanamo while 29 U S sailors and Marines stay in rebel mountains. Airman Thomas R Mosness of Ames Iowa is the only one returned from last month’s seizure. U S officials express exasperation over the delay and continue negotiations with Fidel and Raul Castro to secure freedom for the servicemen.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
U. S
Guantanamo Naval Base
Richard A. Sargent
Toronto
Helicopté
United States
Canada
Thomas R. Mosness
Ames
Iowa
Jerauld Wright
Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk
Washington
Wright
Fidel
Rail Castro
Park ‘Wollam
Santiago
Havana
C. Allan Stewart
State Department
Wollam
Milford Court Clears Several Juvenile and Adult Offenders
Town Court Judge William Bongal disposed of cases including Thomas J. O Connor 18 larceny three months jail suspended one year Virgil L Dempsey 17 intoxication ten dollars Philip Manuli 46 failure to drive to the right twenty one dollars Lloyd Burditt 31 U turn six dollars William V Elliott 27 speeding fifteen dollars Benoit Laveriere 27 failure to drive to the right fifteen dollars Imre Karsai 27 Newark N J operating under the influence of liquor one hundred dollars George Kuchma 34 no protective flaps six dollars Donald B Grant 20 failure to drive to the right fifteen dollars James Wells 23 New Haven reckless driving thirty dollars Donald C Smith 30 Orange malicious destruction of property and intoxication eight dollars Oscar F Linster 45 Kittery street breach of the peace twenty one days jail suspended six months Edward L Brady 18 Ash street breach of the peace sixty days jail suspended one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
William Bongal
Thomas J. O'Connor
Andrews Avenue
Larceny
Virgil L. Dempsey
Winchester Avenue
Philip Manuli
Reynolds Place
Greenwich
Lloyd Burditt
Chester
William V. Ellott
Clark HU Road
Benoit. J. Laveriere
George Street
Shelton
Imre Karsai
Newark
N.J
Iiquor
George Kuchma
Plaing Road
Donald B. Grant
Nobel Avenue
James Wells
New Haven
Donald C. Smith
Orange
Oscar F. Linster
Kittery Street
Edward L. Brady
Ash Street
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Kiwanians
Redding Fire Board
New Zealand
LABOR
Neuss
Broad St
Corner
State Street
Tel
Edison
Netherlands
Rozensburg
Hook of Holland
Glenwood Lumber
Diol Lumber Cde ES
Sherwin-Williams
Glenwood Lumber Co
Glenwood Ave
Wear
Grange
D’angelo’s
Defense Department
House
Mansfield D. Sprague
Defense
United Kingdom
Europe
Korea
Sprague
Senate Appropriations Committee
George A Smathers
Agriculture Department
Department
Ways and Means Committee
Micro Midget Club
Castro
Milford Court
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Ronald G. Froehlich
White Plains Rd
Trumbull
E. Kurtz & Sons Eae
Center—Am
Mefe
Main St
Opposite City Trust
Haspel
St Perier
DuPont
Polyenter
Oxfords
Shoe Dept
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