Squirrel Hunter Sentenced for Knife Possession in Danbury
Danbury court sentenced 19 year old Edward R. Marr i am to an indeterminate term at Cheshire Reformatory for carrying a hunting knife over four inches. Marion alias Raymond Martineau was arrested Jan 27 during a routine check. Public Defender John Spain noted the knife was for skinning squirrels and that a registered hunting gun existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Edward R. Marriam
Grandview Avenue
Torrington
Cheshire Reformatory
Michael Sicilian
Marsion
Raymond Martineau
John Spain
Trumbull Teen Fined After Guilty Plea on Traffic Charges
Sha ron Grady, 18, of 437 Booth Hill Road Trumbull pleaded guilty in Trumbull Circuit Court to speeding and failing to carry registration for her car. Judge John Chernauskas imposed total fines of 24 dollars after police clocked speeds of 35 to 60 mph on Huntington Turnpike on February 3 in a 30 mph zone. Australia's Koala bears usually shun liquids for an exclusive diet of eucalyptus leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chernauskas
Sharon Grady
Booth Hill Road
Trumbull
Trumbul
Huntington Turnpike
Australia
Diem urges rethink of Bridgeport United Fund goals
Albert E. Diem, Bridgeport chamber leader, questioned United Fund goal setting and funding practices at a YWCA annual meeting in Stratford. He urged community needs to drive goals, proposed shared office space, and highlighted local “diamonds” such as transit to New York, cultural venues, and 4,000 unemployed in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Diem
Bridgeport ‘Chamber of Commerce
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport
United Fund
Young Women’s Christian Association of Greater Bridgeport, Inc
Stratford Motor Inn
Stratford
iDem
Dien
Red Feather
Diem
New York City
Boston
Tanglewood
Long Island Sound
Shakespeare Festival Theater
Bridgeport Symphony
Greater Bridgeport
YWCA
Detective Witt Retired From Bridgeport Police Board
Detective Walter H. Witt of 266 Jackson Avenue retired at a Bridgeport Board of Police Commissioners meeting after 30 years in the force. The retirement is effective next Tuesday. the board will seek a successor via Civil Service certification. The session also noted officers for promotion and received thanks from local associations, with added commentary on court penalties and city traffic concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Witt
Jackson Avenue
Bridgeport
Board of Police Commissioners
Witt
William A. O'Connor
Joseph A. Walsh
Civil Service
Supt. Walsh
Supt Walsh
Civil Service Commission
Kochiss
Robert J. Kochiss
Success Park
Bridgeport Special Policemens Association
Michael Grosso
Ast Monti
Francis C. Fagan
East Side
East Bridgeport Trade and Civil Association
Police Department
Henry Hartley
Bridgeport CR & L Credit Union
Police Benevolent Association
Circuit Courts
Fagan
Connecticut Credit Union League Conclave Set for New Haven
More than 400 delegates from Connecticut’s 525 credit unions will attend the annual Connecticut Credit Union League meeting March 10 and 11 at the Park Plaza hotel in New Haven. U S Senator Abraham Ribicoff will deliver the keynote address. The league outlines goals include planning, state legislative discussion, and director elections. Connecticut credit unions hold nearly $300 million in savings and over $200 million in loans, with more than 370 000 members statewide.
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Connecticut
Connecticut Credit Union League
Park Plaza
New Haven
U.S
Abraham Ribicoff
Fairfield Country Day Drops 46-31 to McTernan of Waterbury
Fairfield Country Day varsity, led by Bill Enright's rebounds and Tim Fromson and Mike Kennedy's shooting, fell 46-31 to undefeated McTernan School of Waterbury. George Barata, Rick Runyon and Sam Vincent contributed strong efforts. Junior varsity beat Unquowa 47-22 and McTernan 28-22. Sandy MacAllaster starred. Midget squad lost to McTernan 27-13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Enright
Tim Fromson
Mike Kennedy
Fairfield Country Day
McTernan School of
Waterbury
Georre Barata
Rick Runyon
Sam Vincent
Fairfielders
Unquowa School
McTernan
Sandy MacAllaster
Eighteen Arrested in 1964 Civil Rights Slayings Case
Eighteen men including Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and deputy Cecil Price were indicted for conspiracy in the 1964 slayings of civil rights workers near Philadelphia Mississippi. They posted bonds and were released. Sam Bowers Jr. appeared among the defendants who surrendered at Jackson federal building. The indictment details Conspiracy to deny rights and marshal force against Michael Schwerner James Chaney and Andrew Goodman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Miss
Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Philadelphia
Rainey
Price
Jackson
James Edward Jordan
U.S. Marshal’s
White Sandstone
Sam Bowers Jr
FBI
Imperial Wizard
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Bowers
Mississippi Ciy Wrights
Neshoba
Mississippi
Michael Henry Schwerner
James Earl Chaney
Andrew Goodman
United States
Cecil Ray Price
Bernard Lee Akin
Jimmy Arledge
Horace Doyle Barnette
Cullum
Travis Maryn Barnette
Glen Lovell Barrage
James Thomas Harris
Frank J. Herndon
Gulfport
Chaney
UAR Delinquent On Debt to IMF
The United Arab Republic has not repaid more than $100 million owed to the International Monetary Fund. A spokesman said discussions with President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s government are continuing and expressed hope a fix will be worked out. He offered no speculation on causes or further debt details.
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Washington
United Arab Republic
International Monetary Fund
Minasion Organization
Gamal Abdel Nasser
UASR
Venezia Recall Vote Set After Friday Meeting
Stratford Town Council will hold a special session Friday at 6 p.m. to set a recall election date for Fourth District Councilman Thomas L. Venezia after petitions certified by Town Clerk Joseph W. Venables. If recalled, the seat becomes vacant and an interim appointment fills the term. earliest date is April 3 and latest April 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Patrick J. Keogh
Town Hall
Thomas L. Venezia
Joseph W. Venables
Bietsch
Keogh
EBTCA Honors Voccola For Community Service
Edward J. Voccola vice president of Rocky Voccola Inc received the Community Service award from the East Bridgeport Trade and Civic Association at a Candlelite Restaurant dinner. Mayor Curran praised Voccola for East Side redevelopment and betterment efforts and spoke of plans for off street parking sites and a model neighborhood project including a lively arts center. Certificates were also given to city groups and individuals for various East Side improvement efforts, with ninety seven additional certificates mailed elsewhere.
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Edward J. Voccola
Rocky Voccola, Inc
East Bridgeport
Curran
East Side
Lively Arts Center
Supt
Lester
Silverstone
EBTCA
Kenneth O'Connor
East Side Florist
Stillman Street
Mr. O'Connor
Vincent Guccione
Jennie Incatasiato
Morales Furniture Company
East Main Street
Bohdan Lenin
Orange,Poultry Farm
Ernest Weischel
Locust
City of
Bridgeport
Washington Park
William Piper
Warren Harding High School
Elliot Rose
Peter Datzenko
Paper Firm Merges With U S Plywood
Champion Papers Inc will relocate its corporate headquarters and 30 to 40 executives from Hamilton Ohio to New York to complete its merger with US Plywood Corporation. The merged entity becomes a $1 billion forest products firm named Plywood Champion Papers Inc with Karl R Bendetsen as chairman.
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New York
Champion Papers, Inc
Hamilton
Ohio
US Plywood Corporation
Plywood
Karl R. Bendetsen
Champion
U.S
Champion’s Export Group
Park Avenue
Old Swedes Church and Oilbird Noted in Britannica
Britannica notes the oilbird uses natural sonar like bats to avoid obstacles at night. It also mentions the oldest Protestant church in North America, Holy Trinity Church in Wilmington, Delaware, built in 1693.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encyclopaedia Britannica
North America
Wilmington
Del
Viet Cong Vows To Fight Until Its Demands Met
The Viet Cong reaffirmed in Hanoi their intent to wage war in South Vietnam until the demands voiced two years earlier are fulfilled. The statement denounces U.S. peace efforts as a hoax and calls on South Vietnamese forces and supporters to continue fighting to win their sacred national rights.
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Tokyo
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
He National Liberation Front
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thien
Vietnam
U.S
National Front For Liberation
South ‘Vietnam
South Vietnam National Front For Liberation
United States
Four Burelars Get Terms in Circuit Court
Ronald J. Tuttle 23 of Glen Road Newtown received four concurrent one year jail terms for three incidents. Co-defendants Samuel McPhatter 38 and Sandy Crawley 36 were sentenced to one year each with varying suspensions and probation. The cases involve a theft of a safe containing 700 from Thrift Discount 1125 Main Street February 21, a Bridgeport store break in, and an Easton daytime break. Crawley also fined 15 for driving without a license.
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New York City
Padanaram Road
Superior Court
Bridgeport
Joseph Rosengart
Ronald Lanoray
Jamaica
John Rocca
Manhattan
Frank J. Capponi
Oak Ridge Drive
Bethel
Benedict Road
Capponi
Maurice Hotchkiss, Jr
Isadore L. Kotler
Thelma Rosada
Oakland Avenue
David Grossman
Robert Soyak
Harvey Road
Ridgefield
Vincent Saviano
Iron Road
New Fairfield
Ronald Esposito
Franklin Street
Ronald J. Tuttle
Glenroad
Newtown
John G. Cicala
Tuttle
Samuel L. McPhalter
Stratford Avenue
Sandy B. Crawley
Park Tilton Hotel
Cicala
McPhatter
Crawley
Main Street
Christy Korachi
Lawrence Road
Trumbull
Karachi
Easton
Janil
Airliner Lands Automatically at Kenedy Airport
Pan American World Airways reports a Boeing 727 with 98 passengers landed at Kenedy Airport entirely under automatic control. Captain William S. Ewing said the system corrected for a 12 knot cross wind and turbulence. passengers were told the landing would be automatic. The auto land system, developed by Boeing and Sperry Phenix, locks onto the instrument landing beam to steer the plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pan American World Airways
Kennedy Airport
Pan Am
William S. Ewing
Miami
Fla
Boeing Company
Sperry Phenix Co
Dempsey Opposes Track Abandonment
Hartford Connecticut governor Dempsey opposed a New Haven railroad plan to abandon over 22 miles of fright service track between Middletown and Old Saybrook. He urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to hold a public hearing and said all state rail lines are vital to economy and development.
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Hartford
UPI
Dempsey
New Haven
Middletown
Old Saybrook
William H. Tucker
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Various Theaters Screenings Tease Escapes and Romances
A dense list of cinema showings across multiple towns features titles like Blow Up Alfie Come Blow Your Horn Endless Summer The Night of the Generals Doctor Zhivago and Gigi. Times range from early afternoon to late evening with venues including Beverly Milford Norwalk Wilton and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Capitol
Milford
Alfie
Cinema Theater
Mr. Chicken
Berlin
Fine Arts
Westport
Merritt
Milford Drive - IN
Norwalk Drive-In
Harper
Norwalk
Palace
California
PIX Drive
Daisy Clover
Rivoli
Liquidator
Gigi
Stratford
UA Trumbull
Sound of Music
Wilton Cinema
Doctor Zhivago
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Walter J. D. Moffett
Shelly Lane
Moffett
Iesser
Sicilian
Keeler Street
Douglas Putnam
Woodbury Road
Putnam
Ally. T. Clark
Spain
Mr. Diem
Notie
O'Connor
Joseph A . Walsh
North Avenue
Frank Delakunla
Sefe
Walsh
Robert McCone
Andrew Lindmark
William K. Mulvihill
Credit Union League
UAR
IMF
Venezia
Voccola
Archer Winston
N.Y
Womale
Tony Curtis
Natalie Wooden
PHOME
Feves
Michael Alfie Caine
Frank Sinatra
Majestic
Clover 21
Borth Ave
Robert Elke
Nancy Ton Stack
Kwan
METRO
Goldwyn-Mayer
Carlo Pont
David Lean
Panavision
Netrocolga Peserved
Zev Sufman Procents
Lvern Ype Rutcherson Bryant Avon Long
Porgy and
Bess
Dratto
Beorce
Cerghwin Debose
Heyhard Avien Dircle Heyward
Dorothy and
Duros
Keywang
Val Pringle
Eva Jessye Guotp
Elsa Gerber
Klein Memorial
East Main St
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