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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1962
Page
2
In Jerusalem on June 14 AP reports an Israeli Jordanian border clash with one Israeli soldier killed and three wounded. Both sides blamed the other as patrols traded fire near the UN truce line and filed complaints with the UN supervision mission.
San Francisco hi June 14 The gargling pantomimist Ben Blue performed his final regular show at Bimbos Theater Restaurant last night ending a 48 year career. Blue known for his baggy suit bushy eyebrows and fluid pantomime looks back on a life touring Europe Asia and Hollywoods film world appearing in over 200 movies. He started at 15 as a chorus boy in Irene and shifted to comedy routines after feeling his dancing was better suited to pantomime. He plans to spend more time with wife Axie Dunlap and sons Tommy 17 Bobby 16 as he travels and enjoys new chapters.
A 20 year old Bridgeport woman, Maria DeVellis of 673 Madison Avenue, was killed instantly by a westbound New Haven railroad train near New Town. Engineer Emmanuel Mazzone said he saw her move into the path and blew the whistle, but the locomotive dragged her body about 200 feet before stopping. She had been a patient at Fairfield State Hospital since Sept. 14, 1961, and was visiting home on the weekend when killed. Services are planned for tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. at the A R Abrigla and Son funeral home and at St Patrick’s Church. Burial will be in St Michael’s Cemetery. Surviving are her parents, two brothers Attilio and Vila, and a sister Miss Adelaide DeVellis.
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