Six Stores Open Today at Lafayette Plaza Mall
Six more shops begin operation today at Lafayette Plaza mall occupying over 20 000 square feet in a 25 million fully enclosed center. The lineup includes Stevens Clothes Friendly Ice Cream Baker Shoes Flagg Brothers Shoes Singer Center and Fanny Farmer Candy with a seven level garage and roof parking for 800 cars next to a Sears and upcoming Bridgeport Gimbles. Alfred DeFusco will manage the Singer Center with a 4000 square foot space devoted to spring fabrics and home electronics including portable phonographs and television sets.
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Lafayette Plaza
Stevens Clothes
Friendly Ice Cream
Baker Shoes
Flagg Brothers Shoes
Singer Company Center
Fanny Farmer Candy
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Bridgeport
Gimbles Department Store
Singer Center
Alfred DeFusco
Main Street
DeFusco
Jails in Connecticut Face Ongoing Problems Amid Action Calls
House leader Lenge urged Mansfield Republicans to push for quicker jail reform as the 1967 General Assembly approved a unified Corrections Department and $6 million for three detention centers, though appointees and site selections remain pending. He called for closing Danbury jail after a 16 year old reported sexual assault by older inmates and urged temporary teen facilities to protect youths.
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Mansfield
House
Nicholas A. Lenge
West Hartford
Republican
General Assembly
Department of Correction
John Dempsey
Hartford
New Haven
Bridgeport
Mansfield Women’s Republican Club
Lenge
Danbury
Executive Department
Four men arrested in union dispute outside Valve Corp
Bridgeport police reported four men charged with breach of the peace by assault after a February 9 union dispute in front of the Valve Corporation of America on Holland Avenue. Alleged participants Alfred J. Stabile, Clarence Marsala, Richard Noel, and Frank Szaboszan were released on $200 bond. Det. Andrew Alexay made the arrests.
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Valve Corporation of America
Holland Avenue
Bridgeport
Alfred J. Stabile
Central Avenue
Clarence Marsala
Pembert Ton Drive
Trumbull
Richard Noel
Maplewood Avenue
Milford
Frank Szaboszan
Brookside Avenue
Andrew Alexay
School Administrator Meeting Wednesday
The Connecticut Education Association DAS unit will hold its annual meeting at Hamden High School starting at 1 p.m. with Dr. Fred T. Wilhelm as principal speaker. A panel on Making a United Profession Work will follow, with Edward Sillari and Dr. Wilfred J. Sheehan among participants.
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Department of Administraion and Supervision
DAS
Connecticut Education Association
CEA
Hamden High School
Hamden
Fred T. Wilhems
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Wilhelm
Edward Sillari
Danbury
Wilfred J. Sheehan
Glenn Moon
Dolan Junior High School
Stamford
Cops to Investigate West End House Fire
Firefighters found slight damage to an empty three family house at 160 Osborne street set afire yesterday at 6 04 p m. Portions of the second and third floors were scorched the flames under control by 6 31 p m Engines 3 and 11 and trucks 3 and 11 responded police were asked to investigate Veterans Administration employs more than 76000 women who comprise 44 per cent of the VA s work force.
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Osborne Street
The
Veterans Administration
Pair Bound Over on 3 Charges in House Robbery
Bridgeport youths Otis Bohannon 17 and James Teasly 18 were bound over to Superior Court on robbery with violence aggravated assault and breaking and entering after a hearing in the Underwood building. The alleged March 18 break in at 1030 Word in avenue involved a knife and a 75 cent theft.
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Circuit Court
Joseph Adorno
Bridgeport
Otis Bohannon
James Teasly
P. T. Barnum Apartments
Superior Court
Underwood
Avenue
Steve Kali
Kali
Adorno
Stamford Democrats Back Johnson in Delegates Favoring LBJ Slate
Stamford Democratic Town Committee delegates leaning to reelect President Johnson. Most of 25 endorsed delegates favored Johnson with 14 of 19 attending showing support. Some backed Kennedy or were uncommitted amid McCarthy challenge. Mayor Giordano absent. leaders defend Johnson cohesion.
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Stamford
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Robotti
John
Robert F
Kennedy
D-N.y
Bruno Giordano
McCarthy
New Hampshire
Gior
Dano
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Robotts
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West End
Wilson Dist. CO
Louisville
B& Proof
LBJ
OK Democratic Course
Belgrade
Borba
Prague
Ke Milford
Bidgeport
Madison Avenue
Federal
Stratford
Barnum Avenue
al Prain Trumbull
White Plains Road
Center
Nilford
Connecticut Post Center
Palm Beach
Navy
den — Nyden
Dacron
Nyden
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