Oscars Bestows Duos on Woodward Guinness and Umeki
Joanne Woodward won best actress for The Three Faces of Eve with Alec Guinness as best actor for The Bridge on the River Kwai. Miyoshi Umeki and Red Buttons earned best supporting actress and actor honors. The Bridge on the River Kwai won best picture and prizes for Lean and Boulle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Joanne Woodward
Eve
Alec Guinness
River Kwai
David Lean
Pierre Boulle
Miyoshi Umeki
Red Buttons
Sayonara
Miss Woodward
Thomasville
Guiness
London
Jean Simmons
Guinness
England
Academy
Umeki
Japan
Oscar
Weather Summary for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Cloudy today with occasional rain ending tonight. High in the 40s, low near 44. Friday mostly cloudy with little temperature change. East to northeast winds at 25 mph. Yesterday and year ago temperatures noted. precipitation yesterday 0.45, month total 2.89. Tide times listed. Almanac notes indicate the eighty sixth day of the year and seventh day of spring with dawn at 5:45 a.m. and sunset at 6:12 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Stratford High Wins Nuclear Materials License
Stratford High School received an Atomic Energy Commission license to possess and use radioactive isotopes above 10 microcuries for instructional experiments. Richard F Blake heads the program with supervision by the science department and may involve more than 1,200 students as suitable experiments are selected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Energy Commission
Donald W. Fowler
Hich A
Stratford
Blake
State plan set on jobless aid in Connecticut
Republican lawmakers in Hartford approve a bill to extend unemployment benefits from 26 to 39 weeks. Rep. Paul M. Andrews says the measure will go to committee and then to the full Labor panel, with a proviso it lasts only until a new federal law replaces it. Governor Ribicoff backs extended benefits but seeks more details on funding and federal loan practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Labor Committee
Paul M. Andrews
Rsheshire
House
Andrews
Congress
Eisenhower
Connecticut
Rep. Andrews
Vernor Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Mayor Tedesco to await city attorney ruling on secretary hire
The mayor will abide by a forthcoming civil service ruling on the legality of last week’s hiring of a new mayoral secretary at City Hall. Civil Service commissioners questioned the appointment for bypassing competitive merit procedures and urged Linley to withhold payroll approval until the ruling. Former mayor McLevy and others urged restraint as the dispute unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tedesco
City Hall
Civil Service Commission
Susan Naples
Hugh C. Curran
Jasper McLevy
McLevy
Socialist Town Committee
Civil Service
Leity
Civil Service Commissioners
John J. Linley
Leonard B. Kershner
McLevy to mark 80th birthday with no celebrations
Former mayor Jasper McLevy will celebrate his 80th birthday without festivities. At a Socialist town committee meeting he received handclasps and good wishes from members, but he said he plans no public celebration, calling it “just another day.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper McLevy
Socialist Town Committee
Bridgeport Biddy All Stars win tight World Championship opener
Bridgeport Biddy League All Stars edge Huntington West Virginia 44 to 40 in Scranton at Scranton junior high. Jimmy Lyddy scores 20 and Dan Cedrone adds 17 as Bridgeport pulls away late to secure the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Huntington
West Virginia
Pym
Bridgeport All-Stars
Jimmy Lyddy
Dan Cedrone
Village mudbound aid drop after plane delivers relief
An Air Force plane from Kirtland Base dropped emergency food to a mud bound village near Liaves New Mexico after Gov Mechem received a plea from a resident. A state policeman visited the isolated community on horseback as roads remain impassable due to mud and heavy rain and snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fel Nom
Air Force
New Mexica
New Mexico
Kirtland Air Force Base
Edwin J. Mechem
Liaves
Albuquerque
Unions Merge in Greater Bridgeport Labor Council
The Greater Bridgeport Labor Council AFL CIO formed last night with 200 delegates at the Stratfield hotel replacing the Central Labor Union and Industrial Union Council. Groves heads the new group with 14 executive posts split between the merging councils. Teamsters barred from membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brinske
Tedesco
Charles R. Groves
Greater Bridgeport
Bridgeport
Eisenhower space study cites two billion moon cost
President Eisenhower space scientists offer a rough estimate of a two billion dollar cost to send a man to the moon. The White House released a four thousand word summary, urging broad readership and stressing peaceful space exploration and the potential scientific gains from unmanned and manned probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Washington
Mar
Eisenhower
Outer Space
America
Earth
United States
Stratford Man Is Asphyxiated in Garage
A 40 year old Stratford man Leonide Prout was found dead in a garage behind his home after apparently working on his car. His 9 year old son Leslie found him and neighbors carried him outdoors where artificial respiration was performed until arrival at Bridgeport Hospital. Police said death occurred from exhaust fumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Leonide Prout
S& Anson Street
Lestie
Carl Spitz
Bridgeport Hospital
Harold Smith
Eugene Freeman
Proul
Senate Rejects Billboard Clause In Highway Bill
The Senate voted 47 to 4 to keep a billboard control section in the highway construction speedup bill. An amendment to strike the billboard section failed, with 21 Democrats and 20 Republicans in favor and 4 Democrats and 23 Republicans opposed. Bonus payments to states for advertising signs could total 150 million dollars at 0.5 percent of eligible expressway costs. Dr. George A. Buckhout of Easton was elected president of the University of Bridgeport board of associates at its spring meeting, with Ray mond Hargraves joining the board’s executive committee and other officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Kerr D—Okta
Lyndon B. Johnson D— Tex
George A. Buckhout
Easton
University of Bridgeport
Board of Associates
Stratfield Hotel
George E. Quandt
Dictaphone Corporation
Richard ‘S
Staples
Southwood Road
Harold Ribner
Lyon Terrace
Hargraves
Elwood K. Jones
Lafayette Street
William W. Hauield
Watfield Insurance Agency, Inc
Chester A. Duntore
Underwood Camp
Theodore FE. Steiber
Steiber Law Firm
Mainstreet
Harold C. Mata
Courtesy Costs Buy His Life As Truck Rams School Bus
In Scotch Plains on Route 22 a tractor trailer hit a stopped school bus as Joseph Priestley stepped aside to help Mary Ann Cito. Joseph died en route to Mahlenberg hospital. Bus passengers were shaken. driver Ralph Baratocci was injured. Truck driver John J Gaspar treated for minor injuries. Police say Baratuck acted to pick up Joseph and Mary Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truck Rams
Scotch Plains
Joseph Priestley
Joseph
Evelyn Priestley
Mahlenberg Hospital
Plainfield
St Barthainmew the Apostle
Ralph Baratocci
Muhlenberg
John J. Gaspar
Allentown
Baratuect
Mary Ann Cito
Mary Ann Oon
Mary Ann
Explorer II Satellite Flops into Irregular Earth Orbit
Explorer II, an 80 inch metal instrument case, launched by Jupiter C from Cape Canaveral, soon showed a wobbly orbit. Officials warned the satellite may shed into the atmosphere within days, with projections ranging from two weeks to two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
John 8. Medaris
Army Ballistic Missile Program
Washington
William H. Pickering
California Institute of Technology
Wernher von Braun
Medaris
von Braun
Explorer JI
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kwai
By Bob Thomas
Stratford High
Stratford High School
The
Atomic
Supctvisgt
Legislative Labor Committee
Merit Board
M’levy
U. S
Union
Lyddy
Cedrone
C. R. Groves
CIO
AFL Council
IWC
Andrew Daniels
Keith Prouty
Martin Ludwig
Joseph Carvalho
Michael Sorrenting
Anthony Arlio
Carmen Bruna
CLU
Leonard Kershner
Connie Pietrini
Jack McClure
Joseph Grenese
James Snyder
David Hannon
Arthur Hayes
John Driscoll
Execu
Angelo Patni
Dr. Bundesen Etree’ Ne
Fashionstate Ee
Jacoby On Bridge
Shota Sports Essens
Sylvia Porter
Sweene
Sens
James R. Killian
Levester
Richard W. Potter
Potter
Dr. Buckhout
Raymond Hargraves
Lawrence Street
Explorer Tl
Explorer
Russia
Richard Porter
U.S
Hi Nabor
Olin
Shore
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!