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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1958

Page

9

CBS Fires Probe Witness From Ive Got a Secret

Stage manager Joseph Papp of CBS was fired after refusing to say if he had ever been a communist. He told a Congressional subcommittee he is not one now. The hearing questioned concealed communists in media and potential FCC registration.

New York Congressional Joseph Papp Columbia Broadcasting Company Central Park Papp House Subcommittee On Charles Dubin NBC Ed Sullivan Sullivan Arthur Lief Moiseyev Samson Galperian CBS Morgan Moulder D-Mo United States

Town pool signups exceed 260 as summer program begins

Newtown report notes 268 children registered for Dick inson Park pool summer swim program and 88 for club activities. Buses start Wednesday with Al Karcheski and Bud Dayton routes serving multiple hamlets. Archery and other activities to begin. age groups and cap colors outlined. testing for Red and White Caps scheduled.

Newtown Dick Flinson Park al Karcheski Lovell’s Corner Bud Dayton Hawley School Botsford Hill Red School Riverside Burtch’s Corner Button Ballad Glen Road Sandy Hook Center Sandy Hook Playground

Mormon Group Attends Hamlet Matinee in Stratford

About 80 members of the Women's Relief Society of the Connecticut Valley district will attend a matinee of Hamlet at the Shakespeare theater in Stratford. They will come from Springfield Boston Hartford New Haven Bridgeport and Cambridge. The group studied Hamlet last year and will gather for a box lunch before the performance.

Women's Relief Society of the Connecticut Valley District Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter’ Day Saints Shakespeare Theater Stratford Springfield Mass Hartford New Haven Bridgeport Cambridge Earl B. Snell Fairfield Connecticut Valley Henry Bahe The Relief Society Junius Waskson Relief Society of the New ‘England Marti E. Peterson Salt Lake City Quorum of the Twelve Mormof Church

Newtown Men Fined After Tavern Fight

Two Newtown men Neil Wheeler and Martin Hathaway were fined 50 dollars each for breach of the peace following a tavern brawl. They pleaded not guilty after arrest on May 7 by Resident State Policeman James M. Costello. Judge Albert H. Hornig presided in Danbury.

Newtown Southbury Albert H. Hornig Danbury Neil Wheeler Martin

Danbury Police Decide to Form Local Union

Twenty six Danbury Police Department members met last night to form a police union affiliated with AFL CIO. Recruitment forms were handed out with a charter meeting planned to form a local chapter and elect officers. Wages are the main issue as patrolmen start at 3900 dollars and top out at 4626 after five years.

Danbury

Meriden Senator Ko pacz Declines renomination

Meriden State Senator Benjamin J Kopacz declines renomination for a second term telling the Republican Town committee his duties running a soft drink bottling business would hinder his ability to serve in the General Assembly. A separate note mentions a dairy cow drinking up to 35 gallons of water daily.

Meriden Benjamin J. Kopacz Kopacz Republican Town Committee General Assembly

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