Milk Dealers Meet On Threat of Strike
Representatives for milk dealers held a private four hour meeting yesterday with Jack Marcus of Danbury stating only that they did a lot of talking. They will present proposals to the union at today’s 0:30 a.m. session as talks remain far apart. The dispute involves Teamsters Locals 145 and 677 and milk dealers across Bridgeport Danbury Norwalk and Waterbury affecting about 600 workers whose contract expires tonight at midnight. Local 145 members plan a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Knights of Columbus hall Park Avenue to consider last minute offers after voting strike authorization two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Marcus
Danbury
Joseph P. Cleary
Westport
Teamster Local 145
Mr. Cleary
Teamster
Bridgeport
Norwalk
Waterbury
Knights of Columbus
Park ‘Avenue
Beautifiers Plan Downtown Clean-Up in Bridgeport Sunday
A Sunday clean-up in downtown Bridgeport was announced by Beautify Bridgeport, the council, and Public Works coordinator Charles Wade. The East Side project aims to begin this summer amid issues like ragweed, abandoned cars, and limited public refuse containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Small
Bridgeport
Beautify
Charles Wade
Public Works Department
East Side
Stratfield Motor Inn
Samuel N. Rosoff
Anna Marie Abbamonte
Council
PTA
Waterbury
Mt. Aerie Baptist Church
P. T. Barnum
George F. Bonnell, Jr
Bonnell
John O'Leary
Wade
Seaside Park
Broad Street
Powell and Negro Leaders Push Black Political Third Force
Adam Clayton Powell and seven U S Negro leaders announced on Bimini Bahamas a plan for a black political power third force that could become a third party. Powell said a national campaign to elect black men would travel from Washington to Berkeley stopping at strategic points. A national conference of elected Negro public officials is set for May 26 in Los Angeles with Powell as keynote. California Senator Marvyn Dymally said the group would be called the National Conference for Negro Elected Officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bimini
Bahamas
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Powell
Washington
Berkeley
Calif
U.S
Los Angeles
United States
California
Marvyn Dymally
Watts
National Conference For
Retired State Employes Push Bid For Upgrading Pension Benefits
Hartford AP report shows retired state workers urging a new pension system to mirror gains for active staff. Proposals seek automatic increases tied to half the salary rise, with 34.5 percent for some retirees and 3 percent for others, backed by a $3.135 million appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Roy McLaughlin
Metden School For Boys
McLaughlin
Franklin Stibbs
Stibbs
Matic
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Ralph Tapscott Dies Retired Con Ed Chairman
Ralph H Tapscott, retired chairman of Consolidated Edison of New York, died Thursday in Sharon hospital. A Brooklyn native and Salisbury resident, he helped merge about two dozen utilities into Con Edison and served as president in 1936 and chairman from 1949 until his 1953 retirement. He leaves a wife a son and two grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Saturday in Salisbury with burial in Schenectady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
UPI
Ralph H
jTapscottt
Consolidated | Edison Company
New York City
Tapscott
Brooklyn
N.Y
Salisbury
Union College
New York Edison Company
General Electric Company
Ile
Edison Company
United Electric Light & Power Co
Consolidated Edison Company
Schenectady
Three State Men Killed in Vietnam
The Defense Department announced three Connecticut men killed in action in Vietnam. Army Pfc. Lawrence J. Pelletier of Bristol. Marine Sgt. Curtis W. Hurlock of Short Beach. Marine Pfc. James C. Batson of Hebron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Connecticut
Vietnam
Defense Department
Army
Lawrence J. Pelletier
Sonior
Joseph F. Pelletier
Northwestern Drive
Bristol
Marine
Curtis W. Hurlock
Beckett Avenue
Short Beach
Marine Pic
James C. Batson
Bradley L. Batson
Reidy Hill Road
Hebron
Westport Contractor F S Reichert Dies at 49
F S Reichert 49 years old and a Westport contractor was found dead Thursday in a home he was building on Cindy Lane Weston. Services set for Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at Charles H Lewis funeral home and 9 a.m. at Church of the Assumption with a solemn high requiem Mass. Burial in Assumption cemetery Greens Farms. Survived by mother Della Reichert Weston brother Leland Reichert Weston two sisters Katheryne Wilkis New Port Richey Florida and Joseph E Valeski Jr Westport and several nieces and nephews. He was a U S Army veteran of World War I and member of Joseph J Clinton post VFW Westport and Vigilant Hose Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Frederick $. Reichert, Jr
North Compo Road
Cindy Lane
Weston
Charles H. Lewis
Fast State Street
Church of the Assumption
Assumption Cemetery
Greens Farms
Reichert
U.S. Army
Joseph J. Clinton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vigilant Hose Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ralph Tapscott
F. S. Reichert
Bodine Corp
Mountain Grove St
Ferro Corp. Cordo
Smith Street
Heliard Welders
Milford Coll
DeCerbo
Zemel Bros
Brookside Shopping
Fairfield Ave
M.T.M
Fuschillo
General Time Corp
Thomaston, Cenn
United Engineering & Mfg. Co., Inc
Ketcham Road
Stratford
Westchester County
THE
Stevenson Machine Tool CO
Sears
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Fairfield Avenue
Ferson Wiltone
Seymour Street
Packer
Prisitronics
Broad St
Conn
Remington Arms Co., Inc
Barnum Avenue
the Bullard Company
Canfield Ave
SIAR
Wassell Organization, Inc
Sylvan Road
William B. Meyer, Inc
Moffitt Street
Stratford, Conn
Hunter & Havens, Inc
Water Street
Charles Holt
Bullard
Sikorsky
Sikorsky Sligelg
Stratford, Connecticut
Antu Opportunity
Spata
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!