Merit Board Revises Police Sergeant List
A city in Rock Island Illinois revises its police sergeant eligibility list after correcting examination scoring. Top four promotees are Breen, O Leary, Lynch, Casey with shifts among positions. Gustafson and Keeley drop to fifth and sixth. A 75 year old man, George Ostrom, was charged with murdering his wife Ella after claiming jealousy over her alleged infidelity. He beat her with a timber and choked her while she primped at a mirror.
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Rock Island, Ill
March
George J. Ostrom
Ella
Ostrom
Civil Service Commission
Police Board
James P.breen
Norman Street
John T. O'Leary
Nancy Drive
John J. Lynch
Palmetto Road
Edward P. Casey
Richfield Road
Lynch
Casey
Carl D. Gustafson
Robert T. Keeley
John J. Linley
Willard H. Stevane, Sr
Daniel E. Mcpadden
Harold W. Bergers
Edward J. Lombardi
Richard T. Meehan
John P. Basile
James W. Kerwin
Patrick T. Carr
John R. Dorsch
Charles E. Kinsman
Robert M. Crooks
Thomas M. Connery, Jr
Leonard F. Loch
Everett E. Kinsman
Emilio F. Mete
William T. Morrissey, Jr
Robert F.houston
Anthony Capezzalo
Andrew J. Leahy
Robert N. Blanchard
Quiet Hartford Hearing Debates Jobless Benefit Bills
Hartford March 11 AP Legislature Labor Committee holds a six hour hearing to hear 26 unemployment bills as 2000 union members rally across the street. Witnesses include Labor Commissioner Renata Ricciuti urging Governor Ribicoff’s plan to liberalize benefits while opponents seek broader or tighter provisions. The session focuses on technical fixes and eligibility rules ahead of tomorrow’s testimonies.
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Hartford
Bushnell Memorial Auditorium
Capitol
Bushnell
Hall of the House
Ribicoff
Renata E. Ricciuti
Ricciuti
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Ike
Congress
House
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Rep Mills
Arkansas
McCormack
Harris
Senate Public Works Committee
Johnson
Texas
Official Weather Bridgeport Area Report
Weather bulletin for Bridgeport and vicinity notes fair skies with little temperature change today tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 28 to 35 and high today and Thursday near 50. Precipitation yesterday 0.00 inches for the month 0.51 inches. Almanac indicates March 12 is the seventy first day of the year and the eighty first day of winter with sunrise at 6 30 and sunset at 5 55.
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U.S
Bridgeport
Eleven year old girl undergoes major heart operation
In Cleveland at St. Luke's Hospital surgeons completed a nearly six hour operation on 11 year old Susan Kurtz to repair a faulty heart. Doctors reported her condition satisfactory tonight though a 48 hour critical period remains and final outcome depends on the next two days. The team, led by Dr. Frederick S. Cross, used blood transfusions and a heart lung machine during the procedure which addressed a hole between heart chambers, enlargement of the lung artery, and repairs from a previous operation.
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Cleveland
Susan Kurtz
St. Luke's Hospital
Susan
Frederick S. Cross
Cross
House approves jail terms for suspended license drivers
In traffic court last night a tough stance led Judge Raymond B. Rubens to sentence five drivers on charges of operating a motor vehicle with suspended licenses. John Pickett, 45, received 30 days, 90 days, and six months on three counts after three arrests in 17 days. Other defendants faced fines or short jail terms when unable to pay. The session emphasized a new hard line for suspended-license offenses. Also reported: House approval of the Omnibus Rivers and Harbors Flood Control bill funding Bridgeport harbor work and related erosion projects with federal and local shares.
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John Pickett
Jor
Gilbert Street
Pickett
Raymond B. Rubens
Kenneth J. Zarmilli
North Avenue
State
Lafayette Streets
Lafayette Street
South Avenue
Daniel J. Creming
Cremin
Washington
House
Bridgeport Harbor
Saugatuck
Byram
Calf Pasture Beach
Norwalk
Cove Island
Cummings Park
Stamford
Greenwich Point
Hadley Building Sold for 864500 to Newton Residents
The Hadley building at 1138 1144 Main Street, owned by the late Archer C. Wheeler, was sold to Edith L. Grahm Esther J. Singer and Selma L. Gerier of Newton, Mass. The sale price appears on tax stamps as 864500. A 20 year lease keeps H L Green department store occupying the property. Mortgages totaling 361000 were issued to New England Mutual Life Insurance, and 450000 and 111000 deeds to the executors of the Wheeler estate.
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Hadley
Main Street
Archer C. Wheeler
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Wheeler
Fairfield
City Trust Company
New England Mutua ' Life Insurance Company
Boston
Convicts Foiled In Brushy Mountain Breakout Bid
Heavily armed guards fired on a mass breakout attempt by about 300 rioting prisoners at Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee. One prisoner, Fred Roberts, was wounded. the rest returned to cells after the clash. A five hour riot ended with tear gas. Warden Llewellyn agreed to hear grievances in a meeting with three convicts, drawn by Ray Lawson, to be scheduled tomorrow.
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Tenn
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Fred Roberts
Knoxville
C. C. Davis
Davis
Cumberland Mountains
Frank Llewellyn
Ray Lawson
Greene County
Lawson
Tlareeny
Harlatt
County
Llewellyn
Explosion Injures Six In Carolina Town Saftly Explains No Radiation Threat
An Air Force B bomb accidentally dropped near Mars Bluff South Carolina caused a large crater, damaged six houses and a church, with six people injured including four children. Officials said no atomic explosion or radiation danger occurred though potential contamination was possible and could be cleaned by washing.
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Florence
8. C
Air Force
Here
James Brady
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Omaha
Nebr
Brady
Washington
Charles B. Dougher
38Th Air Division
Walter
Bill) Gregg
Mars Bluff
New York-Miami
Civil Service Sets Conditional Griffenhagen Pay Hikes
The Civil Service commission relaxed its plan to grant Griffenhagen pay raises to city employees, voting last night to act next year only if economic factors warrant. The measure goes to the Common Council for approval or rejection next Monday after a closed session with Mayor Tedesco and officials.
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Civil Service Commission
Griffenhagen
Common Council
Louis J. Gladstone
Finance Committee
Civil Service
Mr. Gladstone
Tedesco
City Atty
Hugh C. Curran
William L. Keller
Anthony Arlie
Civil Service Commissioners
Bridgeport Democrats endorse slate for town committee and delegates
The Bridgeport Democrats met in a Harmony Town committee session and unanimously endorsed candidates for the town committee and delegates to state, congressional and county conventions. Primary date set for April 24, with most endorsed candidates expected to run unopposed. Thirty candidates were named, replacing several incumbents due to moves. Eleventh district absent, will reconvene before March 20 to complete nominations.
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Bridgeport
Stratfield
Charles Nitka
Hertha J. Valko
Francis J. King
Albert L. Coles
Ann E. Curtis
Christine V. Fagan
Esso Lowers Home Heating Oil Prices in 18 States
Esso Standard Oil Co will cut prices of home heating oil in 18 eastern states and the District of Columbia effective tomorrow. Reductions range from two tenths to a half cent per gallon, covering No 2 oil for home furnaces and No 1 oil or kerosene. The 18 state area spans from Louisiana to Maine, with declines totaling 2.2 cents per gallon since January 1957.
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New York
Esso Standard Oil Co
District of Columbia
Atlantic
Esso
Louisiana
Maine
Fisa
Norwalk Boy Pays His Tax With Play Money
Hartfort dispatch reports four year old Bobby Fallon of Norwalk mailed 35 cents in play money as a tax payment to the Internal Revenue Service. The agency replied with a personal letter from District Director Harold R. All praising the boy for his interest and deeming him a good American.
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Norwalk Boy
U.S
Hartford
Connecticut
Bobby Fallon
Timothy A Fallon
Crocus Lane
Norwalk
Internal Revenue Service
Bobby
Harold R.all
Harold RB
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