Mediation Session Planned In GE Strike Dispute
A three man panel from the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration will meet GE management and Local 203 IUE officials in Bridgeport to seek settlement of the sixth day General Electric maintenance workers strike. The NLRB is involved over alleged local 203 secondary boycott and jurisdictional dispute charges.
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State Board of Mediation
General Electric Maintenance Workers
Stratfield Hotel
Reid
Maurice W. Reid
National Labor Relations Board
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Santoianni
Bridgeport
Wesche Attacks Council Over Civil Defense Film
At a City Hall Common Council meeting Civil Defense Director Chris Wesche accused the city of lacking interest in the CD program after a film viewing. He charged budgets were cut from 40 000 to 10 000 and claimed volunteers were stretched thin while some departments and officials showed limited cooperation. Mayor Tedesco defended the administration and noted past budget practices. Wesche credited police and fire with full support and urged council backing for future CD efforts and a possible meeting in the CD control center.
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City Hall
City CD
Chris Wesche
Tedesco
Wesche
Delared
Common Council
Louis I. Gladstone
Hits
Lyddy
Jennings
John Winthrop School
Hel
Alberta
Saffo
Official Weather Bridgeport and Vicinity Brief
Bridgeport and vicinity reports cloudy and cool with occasional rain today and tonight. Low around 4 to 5 degrees, high near 56. Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer with highs around 55 and lows near 44.
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Bridgeport
Trumbull RTM Votes Down Move to Muzzle Moderator
Trumbull Representative Town Meeting defeats a proposal to bar the moderator from public statements on resolutions. The motion, introduced by Vincent P. Adley, a Republican ATM member, aimed to curb remarks before the May 6 high school site referendum. The panel also debated legal risks of limiting speech as Town Counsel Frank Logue warned the measure could risk free speech and lead to a referral to committee failing by voice vote.
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Trumbull
Vincent P. Adley
Francis L. Fahy
Adley
Mr. Fahy
Fahy
Tion
ATM
TeaNet
Stark
Frank Logue
Weather
Guar
RIM
Fire destroys Fairfield eight room house on Westport turnpike
Fire swept through a single story eight room frame house on Westport turnpike near Sawmill River road in Fairfield last night at 6:30. Owner Arthur Waxman of Stratford Shakespeare Theater and his wife had just begun preparations for occupancy as flames engulfed the home. Fire officials cited confusion over which department should respond and noted multiple units arrived from Lyons Plains Weston Northfield Greenfield Hill Fairfield and Southport.
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Westport Turnpike
Sawmill River Road
Fairfield
Arthur Waxman
Weston Fire Department
John O'Brien
Waxman
Stratford Shakespeare Theater
Waxmans
New York City
Westport
Coleytown
Easton Road
North Avenue
Lyons Plains
Weston
Weston Northfield
Greenfield Hill Engine Company
Westport Fire Department
Southport Engine Company
Murder charge in Idaho Springs kidnapping case
A woman 23 and her husband 21 from New York and Connecticut respectively helped abduct an Idaho Springs marshal, then killed herself as police closed in. They faced additional robberies and kidnapping charges tied to crimes in Amatillo Texas, Kansas City, Wichita, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. An airman from Nellis Air Force Base reported being held captive by the pair. In Moscow, Gromyko said pre summit talks with Western ambassadors would continue and may ease tensions as talks prepare for possible foreign ministers and summit meetings.
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David McKnight
Greenwich
Texas
Gloria
Idaho Springs
Colo
Denver
McKnight
Georgia Brian McKnight
Port Chester
N. Y
David F. McKnight
Reed
Kansas City
Wichita
Kan
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Nev
Charles Hull
Nellis Air Force Base
Iolaho ‘Springs
Oscar Barkhurst
Dillonville
Ohio
Harry Zeidman
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Butin
U. K
Britain
France
Plea Switched by Mass Killer in Lincoln Trial
Charles R. Starkweather, 19, appeared in Lancaster District Court in Lincoln Nebraska for first degree murder involving 11 or more slayings. After preliminaries the court began selecting 12 jurors to decide guilt and potential death or life imprisonment if convicted.
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Lincoln, Neb
Charles R. Starkwweathe
Lancaster District Court
Lawyers Hinted Strong Defense at Start of Court Proceeding
The initial court session showed hints of a robust defense strategy, though the standout moment remains unclear due to incomplete text. Key figures and parties could not be fully identified in the fragment.
NATO Ministers Plan Diplomatic Offensive at Summit
In Copenhagen on May 9, NATO foreign ministers agreed to push a united diplomatic front at the summit. Secretary of State Dulles warned against Russian traps as the 15-nation alliance strides forward with confidence in their coordinated approach.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
NATO
Dulles
Butler predicts Eisenhower may resign before end of term
Washington May 5 AP Paul Butler Democratic national chairman predicted that President Eisenhower may resign before the end of his second term. Meade Alcorn Republican chairman dismissed the claim as nonsense calling Butler a prophet of failures. Anne Wheaton said no White House comment and Butler floated Nixon as successor if resignation occurred.
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Paul Butter
Eisenhower
Meade Alcarn
Butler
White House
Mutual
Alcorn
Nixon
Boxcar Topples Killing Worker in New Haven
In New Haven on May 5 an overturned cement-carrying freight car toppled into a ditch at Cedar Hill yards. Maintenance workers John E. Brown aged 44 died, Frank O Day 57 was critically injured after a heavy cable snapped while righting the car. Both men were trapped and treated at St. Raphael's Hospital.
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New Haven
Cedar Hill
John E. Brown
Frank O'Day
St. Raphael's
O'Day
Sur-Gory
Sify
Brown
Warren Wins Second Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Robert Penn Warren has won a second Pulitzer, this time for poetry in Promises. He learned of the honor in New York at Random House and, calm and pleased, plans a busy summer trip to Italy with his family. He previously won for All the King’s Men in 1947.
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Robert Penn Warren
Redding Road
Fairfield
Italy
New York
Random House
Statewide drill Operation Alert halts traffic at 10:30
Civil Defense units begin nationwide drill with 9 36 a m air horn signals. Traffic and pedestrians are halted for ten minutes while shelters are used and then resume normal activity. The test includes governors and officials broadcasting from Hartford and a move of 28 state agencies to the University of Connecticut campus at Storrs for the emergency seat of government planning.
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Leo J. Mulecahy
Hartford
Ribicoff
Mulcahy
WEIC
University of Connecticut
Storrs
Brockville Trust Burglary Nets $2.295 Million in Bonds
Safecrackers ripped into the Brockville Trust vault over the weekend and escaped with about 2.295 million dollars in negotiable bonds plus 15 thousand in cash. A Montreal arrest followed when a bank book found amid debris linked a suspect to the crime. The theft ranks among Canada’s biggest, with non negotiable bonds also reported stolen and two suitcases believed to hold the rest of the loot.
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Brockville
Ont
Brockville Trust Company
Montreal
Canada
Brockville Trust and Savings Company
Les Ster
Referendum sought as town budget trims school cuts
Fairfield selectman Kinnie pushes for a referendum on a $99,600 school budget cut aimed at teachers salaries while the ATM approves a $7,910,014 budget with a one mill tax increase from 27.8 to 28.8 mills. The plan risks delaying the tax rate until the issue is resolved and faces strong opposition from School board chair Hartt and former BOE chair Smith.
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Fairfield
Finance Board
First Selectman Dimit
Kinnie
Grasmere
Selectman Kinnie
Roger W. Hartt
Schonl Board
Richard J. Smith
Board of Education
Hartt
Robert I. Lindah
AIM
Vincent Busetti
RTM
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