Fairfield hearing on industrial zoning plan faces strong opposition
More than 300 residents attended a public hearing in the Mill Plain school cafeteria as Fairfield's Town Plan and Zoning commission debated adopting an industrial park zone for about 80 acres in Southport. Opponents pressed questions about scope, setbacks, and protections for nearby libraries and churches.
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Fairfield
Southport
Mill Plain
Herbert C. Elton
Commission
Sasco Creek
Westford
Spruce Street
Robert Bryan
Pequot Library
Trinity Episcopal Church
Southport Congregational Church
Clarence Earl
Sasquanaug Association
Pierce J. Gerety
D. Verner Smythe
Hoyt Perry
Joseph McGill
Town Plan and Zoning Commission
Earl
Elton
Official Weather Forecast for New Haven Area
Official Weather Bureau note continues hot and humid conditions with highs in the low 90s. Tonight remains warm with scattered showers or thunderstorms toward morning, followed by partly cloudy, hot weather tomorrow. Also included are tide times and Almanac information for Tuesday July 15.
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U. S Weather Bureau
New York City
Heat Wave Bakes City With 91 as Humidity Soars
Bridgeport endures another day of oppressive heat and high humidity with a 91 reading yesterday. A resident, Mrs. Mary Bottone, 29, collapsed from heat prostration on Fairfield Avenue and was treated by an ambulance physician. The heat wave from Texas to the Northeast shows little relief with possible new showers late tonight or tomorrow.
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Boston
Mary Bottone
East Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
Main Street
Michael Gyza
Texas
Gulf States
Lower Great
Ten Briefs Filed in Thruway Case Motion
Hartford July 14 Judge Daly ordered briefs by July 30 on a temporary injunction to halt the Fairfield county thruway project. Petitioners include the Citizens' Association of Connecticut and the Stamford Thruway Relocation Council plus 60+ property owners from Bridgeport to Greenwich. Commissioner Hill argues the project relocates Route 1 under general statutes.
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Hartford
Edward J. Daley
Superior Court
Council
G. Albert Hill
Fairfield County
Hut
Hill
Daly
Citizens’ Association of Connecticut, Inc
Bridgeport
Stamford Thruway Relocation Council, Inc
Stamford
Westport
Norwalk
Darien
Greenwich
Fire Engulfs Boom-Packed Fairbanks Hotel Kills One
A three story wooden hotel in Fairbanks Alaska burned in a large blaze early today. Police say one dead Bil Van derpool of Alaska Freight Lines. Two women missing from the hotel register Edna Richardson and Caroline Kimbell. Eight hospitalized with burns including Mrs Ted Ulrickson of Seattle in critical condition. Initial death estimates ranged wildly as officials counted guests and checked registries.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Alaska City
Floyd Clower
David Littlefield
Bil Vanderpool
Alaska Freight Lines
Edna Richardson
Caroline Kimbell
Burns
Ted Ulrickson
Seattle
Pioneer
Clower
Littlefield
Pavlik Receives 99 Year Texas Slaying Sentence
Vincent Pavlik 19, a Bridgeport Marine, was sentenced to 99 years in Beaumont Texas after pleading guilty to the murder of Sol Mason Jonas a laundry operator from Leeville Louisiana. The jury returned tenotn verdict following a five minute deliberation by District Attorney Ramie Griffin. Pavlik said he shot Jonas to obtain his car and money and was reportedly AWOL from Camp Lejeune North Carolina at the time.
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Vincent Paul Pavlik
Bridgeport
Beaumont
Texas
Pavlik
Anna Fedai
Sol Mason Jonas
Ityearle
Leenvill
Ramie Griffin
Jonas
Houston
Cna
Tier
Payne
Camp LeJeune
North Carolina
Bridgepert
President Truman signs fair trade bill in Washington
President Truman signs the controversial fair trade bill allowing manufacturers to fix retail prices on branded goods. Opponents call it a blow to antitrust laws and a risk of inflation, while supporters say it shields small merchants. The president notes flaws and urges Congress to review the measure further.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Kay Captures Shore Line Open Golf Championship
Bob Kay the West Hartford pro at Wampa noag Golf Club won the 16th Shore Line Open at Mill River Country Club with a six under par 67 34 101 for 27 holes drawing 2000 spectators. Julius Boros led morning with 68 then finished tied for fourth. Boros Brosch and Eddie Burk Woodbridge chased him.
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Fred Verdini
Bob Kay
Wampanoag
West Hartford
Mill River Country Club
Kay
Pacific
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Julius Boros
Boros Brosch
Cherry Valley
Garden City
L. 1
Eddie Burk
Kefauver TV boost seen for Tennessee candidate
The Kefauver camp claims rising support as television coverage at the Democratic National Convention could boost Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. Other contenders like Barkley Kerr Russell Harriman and Stevenson vie for delegates amid a seven-candidate field and a likely first ballot split.
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Chicago
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Barkley
Kentucky
Aop
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Tenneamoas
Unasey
Truman
Robert
Kerr
Oklahoma
Nee Truman
Washington
Pee Dent
Tam
Fussell
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Russell
Johnson
Conrad Hilton
Sherman Hotel
Gael Sullivan
Collins warns Reds on Korea in air power buildup
Gen. J. Lawton Collins says U S forces have available means for battle with Korea and could employ other means if essential. He notes Thunderjet flights from the U S to Japan indicate growing air strength and warns communists they will face hard air attacks.
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Seoul
Korea
J. Lawton Collins
U.S. Army
Eighth Army
Collins
U.S
Japan
United Nations
North Korea
Columbia U Slayer Killed Woman by Campus Office
A mystery gunman invaded Columbia University and killed Eileen Fahey, 20, a secretary for the American Physical Society, on the ninth floor. He fired six shots, left the weapon smoking, and told bystanders I just killed a girl before fleeing. The incident disrupted the uptown campus as police investigated.
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New York
Columbia University
Korea
Silonter
Eileen Fahey
American Physical Society
Columbia
Manhattan
Benton 10 Place Lodge Approves McMahon in Race
Connecticut Senator Brien McMahon to be named presidential candidate by Senator Benton and Democratic leaders. McMahon's health stable after recent hospital stay. Chicago headquarters planned though attendance uncertain. Hartford approves new state pay plan raising about 4,000 workers now and 6,000 more later, with retroactive April 1 raises and projected deficits over 13 million dollars this year.
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Benton
M'Maron
Chicago
Carey Cronan
Washington
William Benton
Connecticut
Brien McMahon
John M. Bailey
McMahon
Georgetown University Hospital
John D. Lane
North Assembly
Conrad Hilton
Lane
Senator Benton
Mr. Bailey
McMahon Headquarters
Hartford
Lodge
Barrington Associates
New York
Kefauver Leader Urges McMahon Withdraw
Wayne D. Casey of Hartford heads the Connecticut Kefauver for President committee and says his group is circulating a petition requesting Senator Brien McMahon withdraw from the race.
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Kefauver
McMahon
Hartford
Wayne D. Casey
Connecticut
Kefauver For President
Brien McMahon
Price Ceilings Lifted on 90 Oct of Processed Fruits Vegetables
Washington July 14 AP price ceilings were lifted on 90 percent of all processed fruits and vegetables under an OPS decontrol order. The move raises prices on many items and affects about 20 percent of a family food budget and seven percent of total expenditures.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Congress
Bilis Arnall
Rep
Harrison
D-Va
Warring groups nudged by White House in steel talks
In Pittsburgh on July 14 AP reports the White House nudged steel interests and the CIO United Steelworkers toward new peace talks aimed at ending the 1952 industry slowdown. OPS rejected price hikes of 5.60 to 8 per ton while signaling a potential $5.65 average boost as a settlement step.
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Pittsburgh
White House
Steel Industry
CIO
United Steelworkers
Office of Price Stabilization
John Steelman
Steel Workers
Philip Murray
Joseph Larkin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Murray
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Pittsburgh Steel
Indust
Wage Stabilization’ Board
OPS
Irton Steel Co
Armco Corp
ARMCO
Weirton
Capehart
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