Liberalized Housing Plan Aims to Boost U S Economy
The administration announced a liberalized federal housing program led by Housing Chief Albert M. Cole. The six year 1.35 billion urban renewal grants bill will be introduced in Congress, with key provisions boosting FHA mortgage insurance to thirty thousand dollars, accelerating downtown rehab, and expanding college housing and low cost private housing programs.
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Washington
Albert M. Cole
Cole
Senate
House
Housing Administration
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Rep. Rains
Ala
Spark
Stratford Sets 29.9 Mill Rate for Next Fiscal Year
Stratford Town Council approves a 6,241,194.95 budget and a 29.9 mill tax rate for the year beginning April 1. Four members present as Town Clerk Wilcoxson opened a public hearing. no one spoke. Council names G F Wright temporary chairman and adopts the two ordinances without comment. The appropriation includes a four percent raise for all town employees including teachers.
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Stratford
W. Howard Wilcoxson
G. F. Wright
Weather Summary Bridgeport and Vicinity
Official Weather data from the U S Weather Bureau shows mostly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Tonight will be cooler with a low around 26 to 32, and Wednesday expected to be generally fair with little change and a high near the seasonal peak. The record yesterday lists highs and lows from year ago, with trace precipitation for the day and month. Tides are shown for today and tomorrow with specific high and low times. The date is Tuesday March 4, the sixty third day of the year and the seventy third day of winter with sunrise at 6 24 a m and sunset at 3 47 p m.
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U.S
Bridgeport
AFL Cio
Manufacturers Association of Connecticut
State Chamber of Commerce
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Connecticut
Fred Pope, Jr
Fair‘field
Easton
Monroe
U. S. Weather Bureau
Stratford
Watchdogs Bite Cop as Two Thieves Escape
In Hamden on March 3 AP reports two teenage car thieves fled a poultry auction grounds after escaping from Meriden School for Boys. Police pursued with dogs that bit a patrolman and another officer fired a warning shot to scatter the suspects before they fled. A third officer was bitten and treated.
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Hamden
Meriden School For Boys
Dress Union Sets Strike For Wednesday
The International Ladies Garment Workers Union scheduled a 10 am Wednesday strike affecting 105,000 dress workers across seven Northeastern states. In Connecticut, Bridgeport’s 35 members will join, meeting at the American Legion hall for a mass rally at noon. about 2,500 CT workers are to be idled.
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New York
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Harold A. Felix
ILGWU
Connecticut
FLGWU
Samuel G. Janis
Trumbull
Bridgeport
Harry W. Congdon American Legion
Golden Hill Street
Janis
New Haven
ILGWU Leaders Call Dress Makers to Work and March
ILGWU leaders ordered dress makers to report at 9 a.m. and leave at 10 a.m. for a mass meeting at Madison Square Garden. President David Dubinsky said the strike might be short due to Easter season pressure as contract talks continued.
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ILGWU
Madison Square Garden
David Dubinsky
Driver with 15 arrests given $100 fine in traffic court
Michael Marcel 26 of 496 Barnsford Avenue pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license and misused registration. Judge Kenneth J. Zarrilli issued 30 days suspended jail and warned of potential imprisonment on future violations after police records showed 15 prior traffic arrests.
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Kenneth J.’ Zarrilli
Michael Marcel
Barnsford Avenue
Joseph Mirsky
Marcell
Grand and
Madison Avenue
Daniel Cremin
Council Pushes Plea for Light at Noble and Berkshire
The Common Council urged renewed study after the Police board rejected Alderman William M. Bracken’s request for a traffic light at Noble and Berkshire avenues. The board cited a 750 cars per hour threshold, noting a counted 714 and suggesting replacement of the existing setup. Bracken will attend the next board meeting to press the case.
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Common Council
Last Hight
Police Board
William M. Bracken
Noble and
Berkshire Avenues
Bracken
State Traffic Commission
Milford Budget Cuts Put Strain On School, Staff
Milford March 3 Town Manager Charles R. Iovine presented a 6 875 646 budget with salary freezes for all town employees and major cuts. The plan trims 1 930 396 from requests including 600 000 from education and 100 000 from public works. Iovine projects a 1 1/2 mill tax increase assuming 100 percent collections. at 95 percent, a 3 mill rise would be needed. The report cites economy during a recession and calls for elimination of the school board and further staff cuts.
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Milford
Charles R. Iovine
Board of Education
Public Works Department
Iovino
Soviet propose June summit talk date in Geneva plan
Moscow says in a Paris note that a June summit is preferable and urges a preliminary April foreign ministers meeting in Geneva to shape an agenda. Gromyko backs equal representation for East and West in ministerial and heads of government talks, with the West to be led by the United States Britain France and Italy.
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Moscow
France
Kremlin
Geneva
Pineau
Andrei Gromyko
Paris
Christian Pineau
Gromyko
Europe
United States
Britain
Italy
Assembly Opens Session Today on Jobless Aid
Hartford March 3 The Legislature will convene in a special session at 10 am to hear Governor Ribicoff outline his plan for unemployment relief. He will push broader benefits and a 410 million bonding program for highway and public works to create jobs. Republicans resist due to debt and scope.
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Hartford
Ribicoff
GOP
Stamford tops Central in CIAC Class A tourney upset
Stamford high, ranked seventh, edged Central 63 62 at New Haven Arena to eliminate Central from the CIAC Class A tournament. Bob Toole hit the decisive free throw with 10 seconds left after Central rallied from a 10 point deficit behind Joe Yasinski. Reggie Minton and Bob Spears fouled out while Central fought back to force a 62 62 tie. Hillhouse defeated Crosby 93 46 in the twin bill.
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Central High School
Stamford
New Haven
Crosby High
Waterbury
Hillhouse
Bob Toole
Central
Joe Yasinski
Bob Spears
Reggie Minton
Crash Survivor Admits Plot to Do a Safe Job
Joseph Finley the sole survivor of a crash that killed Salvatore Pulito Jr and Alfred D Agostino faces arraignment in Massachusetts on burglary tools and auto theft charges. He admitted to police a plan for a safe job in a Bridgewater nightclub and noted items stolen from Bridgeport found in the wrecked car.
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Middleboro
Mass
Joseph Finley
Fairfield
Conn
Finley
William E. Gardiner
Salvatore Pulito, Jr
Linen Avenue
Bridgeport
Alfred D'Agostino
Brockton
Bridgewater
Pulito
D’agostino
D'Agostino
Hartford Hints Of Early Action On Connecticut Harbor Bill
Congressional leaders promised swift House care for flood control and harbor projects in Connecticut. The measure, Senate approved, would fund Winsted Torrington flood control works and Bridgeport harbor improvements plus Hall Meadow Brook and Mad River dam plans with several million dollars in costs.
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Hartford
Ribicoff
House
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Fairfield County
McCormack
MacCormack
Winsted-Torrington
Roods
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Rayburn
Mad River
Winsted
Hall Meadow Brook
Dumaine Named for Bullard Board in Proxy Fight Context
Frederic C. Dumaine Jr formerly presided over the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad will be nominated by the Bullard management slate for Bullard company directors at the upcoming stockholders meeting. E C Bullard confirms Dumaine’s nomination and notes a trust he has may hold Bullard stock. A proxy fight remains disputed as James A Walsh represents a committee seeking control.
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Frederic C. Dumaine, Jr
New York, New Haven and Uartford Railroad
Bullard Company
DuMaine
E. C .Bullard
Amoskeag Company
Boston
Bullard
Security and Exchange Commission
James A. Walsh
New York
Mack resigns from FCC amid House probe pressure
Richard A. Mack resigns as Federal Communications Commission commissioner under intense House subcommittee pressure over financial favors from a Miami lawyer. President Eisenhower accepts the resignation saying Mack’s usefulness on the commission is seriously impaired, and Mack pledges he has done no wrong. The probe continues and Mack is scheduled to testify Wednesday.
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Washington
Richard A. Mack
Federal Communications Commission
Eisenhower
Mack
FCC
House
Rep
Harris
D-Ark
Special House
G. T
Ted) Baker
National Airlines
Baker
House Subcommittee On Legislative Oversight
Miami
Commission
Thurman A. Whiteside
Whiteside
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Hayduk
Bridgeport Ymca
William B. Spencer
Arthur W. Warner
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H. Burling Naramore
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Anad
West
Lhe
Red Envoy
Radio Moscow
NATO Council
Nikolai Bulganin
Crosby
Angelo Patii
Constantine Brown
Dr. Bundesen
Jacoby On Bridge
Sylvia Porter
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