Two Slates of Candidates Filed in Bullard Fight
The Bridgeport YWCA elected Mrs. W. Parker Seeley its new president at the 64th annual meeting. She succeeds Mrs. Clarence D. L. Ropp and has served as secretary and on various committees. A meeting highlight featured Chinese and Indian women discussing progress and cultural changes, including remarks by Dr. Chung Wen Shih of the University of Bridgeport. A proxy fight over Bullard control follows, with opposing director slates disclosed by E. C. Bullard and James A. Walsh. Walsh seeks board chairmanship and argues for stockholder rights, while Bullard vows to oppose any takeover, promising a forthcoming annual report and proxy.
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Bridgeport Ywca
W. Parker Seeley
Brooklawn Avenue
China
India
Chung Wen Shih
University of Bridgeport
Shih
Bullard Company
E.C. Bullard
New York
James A. Walsh
Walsh
Bullard
Weather summary for Bridgeport area forecast
Considerable cloudiness and little temperature change today and tonight. Highs around 44 45. Thursday mostly cloudy with little change and possible rain at night. High near 48.
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U.S
Bridgeport
Howe man wife and son slain in Hampden murder
An unemployed warehouse foreman Robert G. Clifford 47 his wife Marie L. 43 and younger son Ronald 14 were found shot to death in their four room Hampden Massachusetts home. An alarm for a second son was sent out. State Police said all three died from multiple head wounds likely from a .22 rifle.
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Hampden
Mass
Robert G. Clifford
Springfield
Marie L
Ronald
Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
Dr. Bundesen
Robert George Clifford
Jacoby
Bridge
Mur- Radio
Richard Carter
Sylvia Porter
District Attorney's Theater News
Women's News
Toll Dodging Truck Survey on Connecticut Turnpike
State Highway department teams survey truck movements on the Connecticut Turnpike to detect toll dodging. Crews record each vehicle’s origin and destination at multiple exits including West Broad Street and Honey Spot Road as they check bypass routes near toll stations.
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State Highway Department
West Broad Street
Stratford
Honey Spot Road
Highway Department
Norwalk
West Haven
Branford
Madison
Turnpike
Connecticut GOP skeptically weighs Ribicoff plan for unemployment relief
Hartford reports Governor Ribicoff unveiled an 410 million highway and state building program plus broadened unemployment benefits to fight record joblessness. Senate and House Republicans criticized the plan, promising study and possible alternative measures during a forthcoming special session.
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Hartford
Ribicoff
General Assembly
Connecticut
Senate
Elmer S. Watson
Wethersfield
Theodore S. Ryan
Sharon
Ryan
House
Fred Pope Jr
Fairfield
Rep. Pope
Arthur H. Healey
New Haven
Watson
Four New York men held after daylight six-home burglary in North End
Four New York City men aged 18 to 28 were arrested in New Canaan after a daylight burglary spree at six North End homes. One confessed to using a screwdriver to jimmy doors. Bail set at 20000 each. arrests credited to Westport and Bridgeport officers with state troopers aiding.
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New York City
North End
Bunpoint
Merritt Park Way
New Canaan
George A. Washburn
Felipe Gonzalez
Higinio Santos Vargas
Thomas Algala
Santos Marrero Guibas
Capt. Washburn
Agnes Thomas
Edward Barros
George Jacek
North
Washington Avenue
Waneta Mercedes
Mary Martinez
Main Street
William Brown
Edward Collins
Jack Ranault
Westport Barracks
Bridgeport
Judy Garland seeks divorce and restraining order in Beverly Hills
Judy Garland files for divorce from theatrical agent Shi Luft in Santa Monica court alleging repeated beatings and attempted strangulation. She seeks restraining order to bar harassment and removal of children Lorna 2 and Joseph 3 from the state, custody of them, eviction of Luft from the Beverly Hills home, and $4425 monthly support. hearing set for March 14. couple wed in 1951.
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Santa Monica
Canf
Judy Garland
Shi Luft
Lorna
Joseph
Luft
Beverly Hills
Fairfield town clerk seeks raises under Griffenhagen plan
Fairfield town clerk Samuel Glover urged the Finance Board to review the Griffenhagen salary schedule to better compensate long serving staff. He proposed a $34 383 budget with higher pay for himself two assistants and an indexer, and larger salaries for selectmen and the registrar of voters.
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Fairfield
Samuel Glover
Finance Board
Griffenhagen
First Selectman
Dimitl L. Kinnie
Francis C. Cignoli
Glover
Evelyn Wilkes
Eva N. Brown
Ann Donaldson
Board of Selectmen
Kinnie
Registrar of Voters
Harhart
Boy, 4, Fires at TV Cowboys in Maryland Newsitem
In Ferndale Maryland a 4 year old boy used a .38 caliber pistol to shoot at a television set depicting cowboys. Police arrived as the boy’s mother Mrs Mildred Staples explained the gun was accessed when he climbed a chair in the bedroom. The incident was linked to proposed budget increases for town officials and registrar salaries amid a voting plan.
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Lucwiln
Ferndale
Staples
John T. Erbe
Mildred Staples
Bakery Union Defies AFL-CIO Re-elects Cross As President
The Bakery Union re-elected its president Cross amid AFL-CIO opposition. James H. Halsey urged the University of Connecticut to become an upper division institution, eliminating freshman and sophomore classes to save money, improve quality, and address enrollment growth.
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Bakery Union
Afl-Cio
Cross
University of Connecticut
James H. Halsey
University
Bridgeport
Halsey
Stratford Lions Club
Spada
Blue Goose Inn
Storrs
Connecticut
Harris subcommittee drops call for senator testimony
The Harris subcommittee backed away from inviting senators to testify in the FCC inquiry. Meanwhile the House delayed Richard A. Mack’s return to testify for a week after his resignation under fire. Mack’s lawyer cited mental and physical exhaustion as reasons he may not be ready to appear next week.
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Washington
Harris
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Houses
Richard A. Mack
Mack
William A. Porter
Porter
Mackould
D-Ark
Subcommittee On Legislative Oversight
G. T
Ted) Baker
National Airlines
Baker
House
Senate
Congress
Connecticut prison industry plan unveiled at luncheon
Connecticut officials disclosed a four point rehabilitation program for inmates at Wethersfield and Enfield prisons. Director David Sharar of Wethersfield led the briefing with Mark Richmond, state prison warden, aiming to create in prison industries and provide parolees with work experience.
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Meriden
Connecticut
Wethersfield
Enfield
David Sharar
Mark Richmond
Shara
Sharar
California
AF Head Upholds Billy Mitchell Conviction
Air Force secretary James Douglas affirmed the 1925 court martial verdict finding William Billy Mitchell guilty of conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline. He rejected a bid by Mitchell’s son to void the conviction while calling Mitchell’s views on air power vindicated and his warnings prescient.
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Washington
Air Force
James Douglas
William ‘Billy’ Mitchell
Douglas
Mitchell
Calvin Coolidge
I Mitchell
Coolidge
Mitchel
Coolidge Mitchell
Dress Workers to Strike Across State Today
An industry wide strike of dressmakers, from 10 a m, will idle 350 Bridgeport workers and seven dress factories. ILGWU officials plan a mass meeting at the Harry W Congdon American Legion hall after reporting for work. Picketing to begin around noon and continue until the strike ends.
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Bridgeport
Lncal
Samuel G. Janis
Trumbull
Connecticut
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Harry W.congdon American Legion Hall
Golden Hill Street
ILGWU
Tunion
Jtwo
Labor leaders target Cross as union rift widens
In Cincinnati on March 4 James G Cross was reelected president of the Bakers and Confectionery Workers International despite AFL CIO calls to bar him from office. The vote included 493 abstentions and 3,124 votes for Cross from 450 delegates as 46 locals did not vote. Hoffa pledged Teamsters support to the Bakery workers amid a broader split with the AFL CIO and a rival union charter.
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Cincinnati
James G. Cross
Bakers and Confectionary Workers International Union
Afl-Cio
Cross
Alex White
Buffalo
N. Y
Peter H. Olsen
John Edens
Eugene
Ore
Holla
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Teamsters
John DeConcini
American Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union
Teamsters “Lock, Stock and Barrel
DeConcini
Cross’ Union
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Nelson C. L. Brown
Graton
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W. P. Seeley
Richard V. Stanton
West Hartford
Anthony M. Meyerstein
Howe
Bay State
Todny
High
Low
Pike
GOP
Cool
Merritt Parkway
Guibas
Edward Lombardi
Willard Stevane
James Norris
James Kerwin
Boy
Charles Parks
Town Plan and Zoning Commis
U Conn
James W. Halsey
AF Head
Billy’ Mitchell
National Defense
Navy
War Departments
State
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