Simple Rites Held for Waxey Gordon
Irving Wexler, known as Waxey Gordon, died in Alcatraz and was buried in Mount Hebron Queens after a Brooklyn funeral. His widow Leah, daughter Beverly and son Paul attended, with a rabbi offering brief remarks on life and death. Wexler, 63, had a crime-filled life spanning more than 45 years in Prohibition era wire. A Belfast hotel chef fines late diners.
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New York
Irving
Waxey Gordon) Wexler
Brooklyn
Alcatraz
Wexler
Leah
Beverly
Paul
Mount Hebron
Queens
Town Playgrounds Open Today for Summer Season
Playgrounds 13 sites supervised by the Board of Recreation will operate 9 to 4 daily with weekly special events. Summer school opens for elementary and high school pupils with over 100 enrolled, classes morning only at Mill Plain and the high school. Merle W. Mudd of the Connecticut Mental Health Association will speak at the Fairfield Community Council dinner tonight at Ivy Inn on Fairfield Beach Road.
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Board of Recreation
Leonard Melish
Mill Plain
Fairfield Community Council
Ivy Inn
Fairfield Beach Road
Merle W. Mudd
Connecticut Mental Health Association
New Club to Open For Food Drinks in Town Hall Lease
Incorporators James P. Nassor John Pinchin and Thaddeus C. Kloss file papers to form a Turf Club restaurant and liquor business. They lease a Post road building formerly Bronson Distributors and plan a full liquor restaurant license. Nassor to run the enterprise.
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Turf Club
Town Hall
James P. Nassor
Oldfield Road
Horseshoe
John Pinchin
Thaddeus C. Kloss
Post Road
Mill Hill Railroad
Bronson Distributors
Liquor Control Commission
Nassor
Clare Luce Debates Bailey Tonight at Ridgefield Forum
Clare Boothe Luce and John M Bailey debate Can the Republicans Win This Time at the Connecticut Forum of the Air held on the Fox Hill Inn terrace Ridgefield. The 9 pm radio broadcast on WICC features Warren Hull as moderator with Luce making her Forum debut and Bailey in his second appearance. Dinner reservations attracted Fairfield County leaders while attendees may listen free on the radio.
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Fox Hill Inn
Ridgefield
Clare Boothe Luce
Warren Hull
Fairfield County
Adenauer aide urges Saar return to Germany in speech
Trier, Germany, June 29. Jakob Kaiser, West German minister for all German affairs, urged the return of the Saar to Germany and accused Western powers of handing East Germans to a dictatorial system of terror. He asserted the Saar is a component of Germany and called for self determination alongside complaints about East Germany under Soviet influence. Kaiser linked German unity to resolving the Saar issue and condemned reprisal against Germans for Hitler’s deeds.
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Germany
Akob Kaiser
Kaiser
Konrad Adenauer
France
Kaiser Sai
Saar
East Germany
Hitler
Oder-Neisse
Elbe River
East Many
Eden III Curtails Duties as Foreign Secretary in Ill Health
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, age 55, is ill with jaundice and will not perform full duties for several weeks. He first fell ill last Friday amid talks with U S Secretary of State Acheson and French Foreign Minister Schuman. Churchill is expected to lead the government in Parliament as Eden remains at home.
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Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Eden
United States
Dean Acheson
Robert Schuman
Labor Party
United Nations
Yalu River
North Korea
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Greenwich Woman Dies in Fall Down Stairs
Mrs Lavinia Schlegel of Greenwich died from a cerebral hemorrhage after a fall on June 29 at her Byram Shore road home. Wife of George Schlegel head of a New York lithographing firm she is survived by two sons George 10 Peter 12 and daughter Lavina 7. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Annual oil production in Columbia rose by 5 million barrels to 39.4 million.
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Lavinia Schlegel
Byram Shore Road
Greenwich Hospital
George
Lake George
N. Y
New York City
Schlegel
Switzer's Agency Stops In-Person Phone Bill Payments
Switzer's Pharmacy at 322 Pequot Road will discontinue accepting telephone bill payments starting tomorrow. The change ends the in-person payment arrangement. consult the interior front cover of the telephone directory for other locations offering this service.
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Sw Tr
Pequot Road
Airport
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