Store Owner Beaten and Robbed on West Avenue
Peter Henry 57 operator of the John and West Food Store at 456 West Avenue was severely assaulted and robbed of 60 dollars by a bandit with a women accomplice just before 10 pm. Henry was hospitalized for treatment and observation after the attack behind the counter. The couple fled on foot. police set roadblocks to catch them as Henry named a light-skinned Negro woman with a long coat and a man described as about 46 years old as the pair. Henry lives at 195 Cottage Street.
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John and West
West Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
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Bia Bales Henry
Bridgeport Board Deliberates Health Safety Upgrades
Bridgeport Board of Health advanced a four point program to protect residents. It authorized Dr. Henry P. Dinan to consult state officials on food handler X ray rules, endorsed chemical sterilization for utensils, raised milk pasteurization temps to kill Q fever germs, and approved anonymous health hazard complaints plus two more inspectors to join four. A formal vote is planned next month.
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Board of Health
Bridgeport
Henry P. Dinan
Ralph
Anastasio
Dr. Dinan
Civil Service Commission
Tedesco
Dinan
Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy and milder today with a high near 60. Tonight little change in temperature. Saturday increasing clouds and warmer with a high in the upper 50s. Winds NW 1 to 18 mph. Almanac notes sun and tide details for today and tomorrow.
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Westienateau
Bridgeport
List Industries to Close Norwich Plant in New York
De Spite efforts by Gov. Abraham Ribicoff the List Industries board agreed with a management decision to close the Gera Corp Plant in Norwich Conn affecting about 525 employees. Plant president William J. Durocher said dyeing and printing operations should be completed in two to three weeks. Continued on Page Five.
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Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
List Industries
Gera Corp
Norwich
Conn
Hartford
William J. Durocher
Trains Crash in Brazil. Death Toll Climbs
Rio de Janeiro May 8 AP report says two crowded electric commuter trains collided in rain near Mangueira station killing at least 140 with around 200 injured. Health director警 says toll could reach 300 as rescuers work under floodlights for survivors and victims.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Meridional
Guilherme Romano
Continental Radio
Mangueira Station
Juscelina Kubitschek Y
Central Do Brasil
Powell Indicted on Tax Charges in Early 1950s Income War
A federal grand jury indicted Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. on income tax evasion charges for misrepresenting his wife Hazel Scott and his own income in the early 1950s. The three counts carry up to 15 years and $30,000 in fines. Powell, 49, has served in Congress since 1943. National politics and racial issues framed the surrounding context.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
D-Ny
Harlem
Hazel Scott
Powell
Congress
Eisenhower
Arnish hides puzzle winner in damp Sunday Post
Puzzle editor notes a chilly week as solvers chased a $500 prize by answering IBIS in Puzzle 206. No one solved Puzzle 307, boosting the jackpot to $525. readers faced clues like 24 across and 13 down about CHEER and TARNISH versus VARNISH.
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Sunday Post
CMS Directors Approve disputed Connecticut plan
The Connecticut Medical Service board voted unanimously to reaffirm approval of the Connecticut contract and its integrated plan. They declined to discuss sale specifics and noted a future meeting with the Connecticut State Medical Society to address problems and provide additional plan information.
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New Haven
Connecticut Medical Service, Inc
Connecticut
CMS
State’ Medical Society
Connecticut State Medical Society
Stratford
FourYearOld In Critical Condition After Fall At Home
Four year old Barry Andrews of Rockville remained in critical condition at Hartford hospital after a fall down cellar stairs at suppertime yesterday. He underwent emergency surgery this afternoon as doctors fought to save him.
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Hartford
Barry Andrews
Rockville
Hartford Hospital
Priest Stephen Grohol Dies After Long Illness in New Jersey
The Rev. Stephen J. Grohol aged 67, longtime pastor of Holy Name of Jesus in Stratford from 1932 to 1937, died yesterday at Alexandra Brothers hospital in Elizabeth New Jersey after a prolonged illness. A native of Bridgeport he served in New Britain before Stratford and later Niantic and East Lyme. He was ordained June 6 1914 by Bishop J J Nilan of Hartford and began at Sacred Heart New Britain, later leading All Saints. He spent years in Gloucester House Massachusetts and St Joseph's Villa New Jersey before hospital admission.
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Holy Name of Jesus Church
Stratford
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Elizabeth
N.J
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New Britain
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East Lyme
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Gloucester
Mass
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Stering
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Hartford
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Rochester
John J. Nilan
Sacred Heart Church
New All Saints Church
Msgr
Carnicke
Michael J. Carnicke
St. Agnes
22 Men Trapped in Flooded Coal Mine in West Virginia
Rescuers race in Sharples as about 22 miners, part of Boone County Coal Corp No 2 mine staff of 25 inside, are trapped 6,000 feet from the portal after a roof collapse and sudden flooding. Workers progress slowly through a silt-filled passage as water barriers and debris hinder access.
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Sharples
W. Va
Boone County J Coal Corporation
Otal
Run
Mint
Tawney
Mayor Tightens Dumping at Seaside and Wordin Ave
Mayor Tedesco announced immediate strict limits on dumping at Seaside park and to a lesser extent at the Wordin Avenue dump. Guards will direct burnable waste to a new incinerator on Bostwick Avenue and many dumps may close within months as a new site is prepared.
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Tedesco
Seaside Park
Wordin Avenue
Bostwick Avenue
Seaside
Wordin’ Avenue
Wardin Ave
Magnesium blaze at Dictaphone plant damages milling area
A spark from a milling machine ignited magnesium scrap at Dictaphone, 375 Howard Avenue, last night. Five sprinkler heads activated, triggering the Ada Telegraph system alarm. Assistant Chief Bannon ordered recall. workers evacuated as white smoke billowed from burning turnings and scrap moldings. Most loss came from sprinkler water. only a small floor area was affected, operations to continue.
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Dictaphone Corporation
Howard Avenue
American District Telegraph System
Edward C. Bannon
Building 13-C
Bannon
A D Jones Jr Dies in Tokyo on Business Trip
Thomas Albert Dwight Jones Jr., 45, president of the T A D Jones company of New Haven Connecticut, died in Tokyo on a business trip. An autopsy was planned after a Japanese physician attributed death to possible cerebral hemorrhage or heart attack. Jones was with his brother in law Joseph Crowley and Frederick Kissinger when death occurred after a 5 p.m. return to the Imperial hotel.
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Thomas Albert Dwight Jones Jr
T.A.D. Jones Company
New Haven
Conn
Japan
Jones
Yate University
Uzuru Oao
Joseph P. Crowley
Frederick M Kissinger
Maryland
Imperial Hotel
Kissinger
Crowley
Dr. Ono
Referendum Slated On Newtown School Plans
A petition with 259 signatures blocks a town meeting vote on funding a junior-senior high school. The meeting will set a referendum date within seven to 14 days and ask three questions on building options including gym and auditorium.
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Newtown
Wether
Nixon cancels Peru visit talk as protests erupt
At San Marcos University in Lima demonstrators jeered and stoned Vice President Nixon prompting cancellation of a planned address. Police cracked down on communist leaders amid university unrest while Aprista party expelled a student. Nixon blamed communists for the disturbance and said the day would live in infamy.
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Lima
San Marcos University
Peru
Aprista Party
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San Martin
Raul Porras
U.S
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