Bargaining Talks Under Way at Bridgeport Metal Plant
An all day session of union and management talks is set for Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing at 365 Cherry Street where 400 workers are employed. Local 237 IUE seeks a substantial wage increase and improved fringe benefits as negotiations continue with a Thursday contract expiry looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing Company
Cherry Street
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Tom D. Williams
TUE International
Williams
Tom Argonese
TUE
Emmett Curley
Curley
Valve Corporation of America
Fairfield, Avenue
Bridgeport Area Weather Summary and Almanac Details
The forecast for Bridgeport and vicinity calls for a cloudy to partly cloudy day with a high around 85 and expected showers or thunderstorms mainly this afternoon and evening, then cooler late tonight. Wednesday looks partly cloudy with a near 85 high and less humidity. The almanac notes today is the 210th day of the year with sunrise at 5:45 a.m. and sunset at 8:13 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Tow
Mushroom silhouette leads Paris fashion opening day
NADEANE WALKER reports from Paris that Cardin and Castillo headline opening day with mushroom silhouettes and bold silhouettes. Cardin's hats, velvet and loopy mo hair woolens prompt applause as designers push black with pinks reds and blues in a ribbed, high waistline collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadeane Walker
Paris
al Mushroom Silhouette
Pierre Cardin
Lanvin Castillo
Cardin
Castillo
Balmain
Heim
Board to Print School Textbook Textbook Ready for Printing
The Board of Education voted to publish its own art class textbook compiled by art supervisor Gertrude Brannigan and assistant Rosalie Stone. Superintendent Augusta Mendel said the syllabus has been developed since authorization two years ago due to no prior textbook purchases. Printing will be paid by transferring 1375 dollars between budget accounts, a unanimous board vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Gertrude Brannigan
Rosalie Stone
Augusta Mendel
Police Chief Cleared as Norwalk Board Dismisses PBA Charges
The Norwalk Police Commission voted to dismiss all complaints filed by the Police Benevolent Association against Police Chief Max Orlins and ordered him to return to duty. The PBA spokesperson declined comment, saying they would consult a lawyer before deciding on further action. The chief had taken a two week unpaid leave to allow inquiry into the charges, and he will be paid for lost time as approved by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Poolice Commission
Police Benevolent Association
Max Orlins
Association
PBA
Veterans Memorial Park
Frederick F. Lovejoy, Jr
Commission
Orlins
Ensley
Pat DiNardo
Mr. Lovejoy
Chief Orlins
Lovejoy
Louis Santo
Contempt vote eyed in probe of Goldfine actions
Washington July 28. House investigator to hold a showdown vote on contempt proceedings against Bernard Goldfine, a friend of Sherman Adams. A bill proposing an ethics code for the Federal Communications Commission was also approved after a Miami Channel 10 case disclosure. Majority of the subcommittee favor contempt. full House must approve before Justice Department decision. Goldfine refused to answer 23 questions on business affairs. Possible illumination of Watkins ruling requiring relevant questions in investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Code of Ethics
Federal Communications’ Commission
Justice Department
Department
Congress
Boston Textile Tycoon
Subcommittee
Supreme Court
Watkins
Angler Eight Snags Bear in Riverbank Chase
Eight year old James Frossard from Schaffer, while fishing on the Little Bark river near Escanaba, unexpectedly snagged a bear that wandered along the riverbank. The line snag broke as the boy reeled in and he fled the scene after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escanaba
Mich
James Frossard
Upper Peninsula
James
Schaffer
Little Bark River
Jimmy
French Troops Kill 117 Rebels in Algeria Fight
French troops attacked a rebel band at Bou Saada about 180 miles southeast of Algiers under a blazing sun. The army reported 117 rebels killed and 94 French soldiers treated for sun stroke. Across Algeria last week, 479 rebels were killed and 164 captured while sabotage on transport and communications lines increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Bou Saada
Algeria
North End site offered for high school in Bridgeport
The Board of Education discussed a North End sale offer for a possible high school site at Madison Avenue and Vincelette Street. A 25 acre North Bridgeport tract was proposed, with maps promised, though no commitments were made. The board set September 3 for bids on a new North End elementary school and awaited state approval on North End plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
North End
Citizens’ High School Action Committee
Tedesco
Jboard
Com
Albert A. Snyder
Francis J. King
Bernard J. Busker
Madison Avenue
Vincelette Street
Bridgeport
King
High School Action Committee
Morris Pozen
Cochairman
Harding High School
Raymond Olsen
Fletcher-Thompson, Inc
Asst
John F. Gleason
Harold Saunders
RAF and U S personnel confined at Iraqi air base
At Habbaniya, Iraq, a total of 1,020 British airmen, 43 Americans, and 270 British women and children have been restricted to a small area for two weeks. No one has been harmed, but they cannot work or communicate freely and fear their future status. The base, handed to Iraq in 1955, hosts a British detachment handling air traffic and maintenance while Iraq plans to use five Sabre jets recently brought in as part of a military aid program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Habbaniya
Iraq
Baghdad
Dulles Signs Baghdad Pact Backing Iran and Turkey
Secretary of State Dulles pledged U S defense for Iran Turkey and Pakistan as a virtual partner in the Baghdad pact after talks with President Eisenhower. The move Realigns the pact to account for Iraq's exit and Baghdad as nominal capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dulles
United States
Iran
Turkey
Pakistan
Iraq
Baghdad
Eisenhower
Washington
Middle East
Rebels and Partisans Clash in North Lebanon Town
In Zegharta near Tripoli, rebels and government partisans fought overnight amid a feud between the Franglychas and the Duwalhys. The Duwalhys support the government, the Franglychas the rebels, with mortars reportedly brought from Syria. Casualty numbers were not confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Beirut
Zegharta
Tripoli
Franglyehas
Duwalhys
Duwaidys
Syria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Stratford to study lease extension for Short Beach cottages
Stratford Town Council tabled until Aug 11 any action on extending leases for cottage owners at Short Beach beyond Oct 1. About 250 residents attended as cottage owners urged a two to five year extension while opponents warned the area cannot become a modern public beach with a marina while private cottages remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Short Beach
Deadlock Seen Prospects Din On Early Talks
Eisenhower rebuffed Khrushchev demand for a special five power summit outside UN rules. White House and press briefings emphasize that talks must follow UN Security Council procedures. Senators accuse Khrushchev of propagandist moves while urging adherence to collective security and Middle East stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
United Nations
White House
UN Security’ Council
New York
James Hagerty
Middle East
UN Security Council
Hagerty
Capitol Hill
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
United States
Security Council
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Howling Blizzard Buries Tent on Mt Elias Climb
Five climbers faced a fatal blaze of Alpine weather on Mt Elias as a snow collapse trapped the tent killing 22 year old David Tolland of Grand Rapids. Companion Leo Slaghe suffered frostbite and was hospitalized in Yakutat after eight days descending from 13,000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Mt. St. Elias
Alaska-Canada
David Tolland
Grand Rapids
Mich
Leo Slaghe
Albany
Calif
Tolland
Yakutat
Slaggie
Coast Guard
Harvard University
Harvard Mountain Climbing Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wirentato
Basra
Kerriman Hakim
Hadia Diabbous
Hadia
Lennie
Projet
RTM
Middlebrook
Trumbull
Representative
Louis W. Randall
Charles J. Lewis
Norman A. Blehner
ATM
Center School Addition Committee
Weatiter
Dior
Saint Laurent
Telegram
Angelo Patri
Ike
Sss
Constantine Brown
Lars
Dr. Bundesen
Weeve
Deans Cardin
Queen Financial News
Sylvia Porter
Crief
Norwalk Board
Benevolent Association
Snags Bear
BOARD
Northend Sie
Madison Ave
Stt
Ike Hits Khrushchev
Boy
Shark
Florida
Douglas Lawton
Sarasota
Fla
Richard G. Lawton
North Miami Beach
Baghdad Pact
U. S
Stratford Council
Red
Humphrey
Homer Carpenter
R-Ind
Ual
Theodore Koskoff
Short Beach Cottage Owners Association
Anamed
Nenovace
Ee Breion Puri Eda
Weere
Liam Langer
Senate
Sen
Henrik Shipstead
R-Minn
Kour
Langer
Koskof
Beeeem Langer
Areatee
Hi Napor
Olin Miller
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!