City details redevelopment plan submitted for HHFA review
Bridgeport Mayor Tedesco filed a 75 page workable program with the U S Housing and Home Finance Agency outlining growth, codes, planning and public housing aims. It notes zoning strength and gaps, suggests a housing code and heating code improvements, and projects 188200 population by July 1.
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Tedesco
U.S. Housing and Home Finance Agency
HHFA
Bridgeport
Connecticut Turnpike
Cndes
Bridgeport Gas Company
Mrs Robina Waibel of Norwalk Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Robina Waibel died Monday in Norwalk hospital after a brief stay. Services set for Thursday at 2 pm at Edward Lawrence funeral home Darien, Rev Edward Eastman officiating. Burial in Spring Grove cemetery Darien. She was born in England lived 22 years in Norwalk worked at Pepperidge Farms bakery. Survived by daughter Mrs John Miller Norwalk and son Pyt Herman Waibel Jr in the U S Army and sister Mrs Frank Harris North Pelham NY.
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Norwalk
Robina Waibel
Edward Lawrence
Post Road
Darien
Edward Eastman
East Avenue Methodist Church
Spring Grove
England
Waibel
Pepperidge Farms
John Miller
Pyt. Herman Waibel, Jr
U. S. Army
Frank Harris
North Pelham
N.Y
Two Writers Win Loeb Awards for Financial Writing
David Steinberg of the New York Herald Tribune and Werner Renberg of Business Week received the initial Loeb awards for outstanding financial writing. Each won $1,000 and a plaque at a Waldorf Astoria luncheon attended by about 100 guests.
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New York
Loch
David Steinberg
New York Herald-Tribune
Werner Renberg
Business Weeks
Albert N. Jorgensen
University of Connecticut
Sidney S.loeb
Mr. Renberg
Leslie Gould
New York Journal-American
George H. Artis
Joseph J. Goodrich
The
Province Journal-Bulletin
T. A.wise
Fortune
J. A. Livingston
Western World Magazine
Williams Wins Longest Talkathon Title in Fayetteville
Mrs Frank Williams a Fayetteville housewife won a 38 hour 41 minute 50 second talkathon to claim the world’s chief talker title. The event started June 2 and ended June 10 with Williams ceasing at 5 14 p m Local TV figure Ernie Eye tried to contend but was ineligible for the 1500 prize. Contestants were given 21 2 minutes of silence each hour.
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Fayettville
N. C
Frank Williams
Williams
Fayetteville
UAW Threatens Chrysler Strike After Unauthorized Walkout
Detroit June 10 AP The United Auto Workers threaten a strike at Chrysler with a vote planned among 4,000 Local 51 members at Plymouth engine and assembly plants. No date set. The no-contract dispute affects about 500,000 UAW members at Chrysler GM and Ford amid stalled talks and a no-strike policy from UAW President Reuther.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
Dodge
UAW
Norman Matthews
Plymouth
International
General Motors
Ford
Walter P. Reuther
Matthews
Don Viano
Art Hughes
TUAW
Bridgeport PTA Leads Drive for New High School
More than 100 representatives from Bridgeport labor council and PTA groups gathered to back a north end high school and end double sessions. The High School Action Committee aims for 20 000 petition signatures starting June 19 with canvassing across downtown and shopping centers.
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Bridgeport Labor Council
Bridgeport Grammar Schools
High School Action Committee
North End
Maplewood Junior High School
League of Women Voters
Bridgeport Parent Teachers Council
Greater Bridgeport Labor Council
Bridgeport
NAACP
The
Citizens Council
Fathers’ Clubs of Hardings
Central High Schools
Action Committee
Harord ‘Saunders
Board of Education
Rudolph Vogel
Samuel Spencer
Morris Pozen
Vogel
Central High School
Notre Dame
Bullard-Havens
Fairfield Preparatory
Lauralton Hall
Tedesco
City of
Keith Prouty
Brennan Named Grand Knight At Knights Of Columbus
In T rumbull James Brennan was elected Grand Knight of St Teresa s Council 2541 Knights of Columbus at the annual meeting in the hall on Hickory Street He succeeds Nicholas P D Amato Other officers elected include Louis Colangelo deputy grand knight Vincent Montranaro chancellor Joseph Caiazzo warden James McCarthy financial secretary Edward O Donnell treasurer Peter Lepone recorder Stanton Kennedy advocate and trustees William Bregan Edward Flynn and Mr D Amato Colangelo will chair the outing June 22 at Woodland Grove Stratford
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T Rumbull
James Brennan
St. Teresa's Council
Knights of Columbus
Hickory Street
Nicholas P. D'Amato
Louis Colangelo
Vincent Montranaro
Joseph Caiazzo
James McCarthy
Edward O'Donnell
Peter Lepone
Stanton Kennedy
William Bregnan
Edward Flynn
D.amato
Colangelo
Woodland Grove
Stratford
Lebanon Debate At Un Adjourned
Sweden proposed a UN watchdog commission to Lebanon to halt outside aid to rebels with backing from the United States and Britain. The UAR denied interference while the Soviet Union said it needed 24 hours to respond. the Security Council adjourned without action.
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United Nations
Wn.y
Sweden
UN Security Council
Strifetorn
Lebanon
United States
Britain
United Arab Republic
UAR
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.A.R
Bassett Regains Voting Rights in Milford
Harold E. Bassett of Laurel Beach has his voting rights restored by the commission on forfeited rights. Registrar Katherine Griffin Knight states Bassett’s name is back on the voting list after a town court conviction for uttering a false altered forged document in a petition for a referendum on a farm charter. Earlier this year he was denied but later allowed to speak at the Town Council and RTM budget session.
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Milford
Harold E. Bassett
Laurel Beach
Registrar of
Katherine Griffin Knight
Bassett
Commission On
RTM
Disciplinary Layoffs Hit UAW Leaders at Chrysler Plant
Nine chief stewards four shop committeemen and Albert Brooks, president of the truck plant local, were placed on disciplinary layoff. The union noted similar actions at other plants as UAW negotiations with General Motors and Ford stalled with talks recessed for tomorrow.
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Chrysler
Albert Brooks
Brooks
UAW
General Motors
Ford
Conclave Opens Today on Safety
The 13th annual Connecticut Industrial Safety conference begins today at the Stratfield hotel with over 300 safety directors and 30 exhibitors. Governor Ribicoff received last year’s Distinguished Service Safety award. William H. Seymour of Liberty Mutual will give the main address at the dinner.
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Ribicoff
Connecticut
Stratfield Hotel
William H. Seymour
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Samuel Tedesco
Thomas Kane
B. F. Goodrich Company
John Bayuk
Lycoming Division
Avco
Joseph FE. Logsdon
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corporation
Groton
Stanley H. Young
Hartford Electric Light Company
Lee Manson
Wnhc-Tv
New Haven
Robert Mitchel
State Highway Department
Stephen J. Pollock, Jr
Remington Arms Company
Confidence man Viscount Pierre de Chaugrand exposed
A man calling himself Viscount Pierre de Moulieres de Chaugrand and posing as a priest is exposed in Tahaiti highlighting his deceit and public exposure by local authorities.
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Viscount Pierre de Moulieres de Chaugrand
Tahaiti
Woycik upheld by Judge Alcorn in DI case
George Woycik 41 of Danbury may not be tried in Superior court on a charge of driving under the influence as Judge Howard W. Alcorn rules. The ruling follows a habeas corpus bid by defense counsel John J. Hunt and cites a 1929 act granting Danbury Traffic Court sole jurisdiction in the district's traffic violations.
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George Woycik
Danbury
Howard W. Alcorn
Woycik
John J. Hunt
Platt
David M. Golden
Lorin W. Willis
Willis
Alcorn
Wojcik
Hunt
Alcorm
Land
Dog Major Tracks Lost Farmer Then Loses Trail
UPI reports 73 year old farmer Paul Comtois was found alive after 24 hours lost in woods in North Berkshire Vermont. A famed bloodhound named Major tracked the initial trail but then the scent was lost, and no gratitude was given.
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Berkshire
UPI
Paul Comtois
Major
Vermont
Comtois
Macmillan and Dulles Discuss Aid and Economics
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Secretary of State Dulles held a two and a half hour session in Washington focused on helping needy nations and economic issues. The dinner at the White House preceded talks with guests including atomic chiefs Strauss and Plowden.
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Washington
Harold Macmillan
Dulles
Macmillan
State Department
White House
Lewis L. Strauss
Sir Edwin Plowden
Ruffrullah Wins Delaware Park Allowance Race
Ruffrullah a three year old daughter of Nasrullah won the featured $4500 allowance at Delaware Park before 10 tag racing fans. The six furlongs took 1 12 3 5 with tote prices 12 20 5 00 and 3 40 Locust Time was second paying 4 20 and 2 60 Quig Flame finished third Daily double of 119 20 was earned by Corny Miss 16 40 and Lou Capell 11 60.
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Quig Flame
Corny Miss
Lou Capell
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Abraham Ribicoff
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Loeb Awards
Wall Street
George A. Mooney
New York State
Edward T. McCormick
American Stock Exchange
Wendel B. Barnes
Small Business Administration
Mooney
McCormick
University of Kentucky
Barnes
Nikita Khrushchev
Middle West
Laurence J. Ackerman
University of Connecticut School of Business Administration
E. Simms Campbell
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