Doctor's license expected to be revoked May 22
A hearing before the Examining Board led to a recommendation to revoke Dr. Gibson's medical license after findings that he failed to provide timely care for Miss Ayres. Assistant State Attorney General Louis Weinstein urged a full finding of utility on all six charges. Dr. Booth withdrew from the case amid personal and professional ties to Dr. Gibson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ayres
Goldstein
Genovese
Dr. Gibson
Gibson
Louis Weinstein
Health Department
Booth
Louis P. Hastings
St. Francis Hospital
Wilmot C. Townsend
Hartford
John H. Bumstead
New Haven
Carl E. Johnson
John D. Booth
Danbury
Parking Meters Income Gains and City Reports
The report notes gains from parking meters and actions on gambling house enforcement. The department recovered stolen property totaling $143,947.17 and collected $8,204 from vendors licenses. The commissioners will file the report and send a copy to Mayor McLevy, and denied extending the detective eligibility list. Probationary Patrolman Ermine J. Grasso was recommended for permanent appointment by Superintendent Lyddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLevy
John J. Cotter
Ermine J. Grasso
Supt
Lyddy
Lochner Quizzed by County Group on Thruway Line
The county group press conference questioned plans for the thruway with Commissioner Hill defending continued Post Road control and noting a conference with aides. Lochner cited 18 bridges costing about 20.05 million, while Miss Clark warned bridge costs could rival the 71 million thruway estimate and challenged test borings. Hill discussed Route 6 relocations and Lake Zoar bridge work as waterway traffic concerns surfaced. The gathering included state and local officials from Fairfield and Westport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smythe
First
Kinnie
Hill
Mr. Hill
Miss Clarke
Lochner
Waterbury
Highway Department
New Britain
Lake Zoar
Joseph V. Serena
Westport
Helen Warnock Mackie
GOP
Charles G. Miller
Yankee Highway Association
First Selectman
W. Clarke Crossman
Hedwig Sloane
J.J. Bracken
East Greenwich Voters Association
Herman W. Steinkraus
Dodd held by Koreans seizes control in compound
General Dodd described his capture by North Korean prisoners at a camp on Koje Island. He recounted daily talks over grievances including food clothing and medical supplies and said Colonel Lee Bak Koc presided. The situation ended after two stern messages from Colson and a release plan was halted. The Army opened a full inquiry into the incident and mentioned ransom style demands and prisoner rearmament issues in the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Dodd
Ife
AP Ot
Clete Roberts
Wilbur Raven
William Jorden
Kore
Jorden
Raven
Pws
Col
Lee Bak Koc
Lee
Colson
Clark
Army
McMahon Forum Debates Brien McMahon Election Odds Norwalk
In Norwalk a May 12 forum before 350+ at the French American Club aired on WICC. Debaters argued Brien McMahon’s character versus alleged corruption in Washington with Paul Connery and Thomas J. Dodd supporting him and Irwin Friedman and Mrs. Eugene Reynolds opposing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
U. S
Brien McMahon
Washington
Brien Mae- Mahon
WICC
Connecticut
Paul ,R. Connery
National Democratic
Milford college fire destroys main building on Platt Street
A 4:34 p.m. blaze at the former Schermerhorn Home on Platt Street, Point Beach, Milford, damaged the upper floors of the main building and adjoining facilities. About 223 students affected. five on the top dormitory floor lost possessions. Classes suspended. scholars aided by fire crews and Red Cross. Firefighters, medical staff treated several injuries. Fire Chief Ernest I. Cox supervised, Sgt. O'Hara led police detail.
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Platt Street
Point Beach
Long Island Sound
Schermerhorn Home
New York Episcopal Mission
George O’hara
Brown
Alvin Clinkscales
Fulton Street
Bridgeport
Robert E. Lee
Jones Avenue
Vito Montelli
Bristol
Joseph Cirone
Hartford
Samuel Palazzo
Johnston
R. I
Coley
Robert Williams
Raymond Johnson
Edgar Brunette
Ronald Morse
Paul Masson
Robert Pue
Jack Smith
Roger Williams
Frank Hanlon
James Driscoll
Leon Steele
Capt. Smith
George Persky
Carl Bretzfelder
Bretzfelder
New Haven Fire Department
Arnold College
Somers
Richard Somers
William Chamberlain
Red Cross
Milford
Cox
Ernest I. Cox
William Smith
O’hara
Red Cross Disaster Committee
Robert Smith
Olga Turner
Five injured as gunman opens fire aboard crowded bus
Goldsby admitted the shootings on a Cleveland transit bus after a dispute over alleged hair burning. He said he fired at the woman who alerted the cop and at the officer aiming to remove him, with three men subduing him. One bullet grazed driver Estelle Hill and others were wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Estelle Hill
Miss Hill
Leslie C. Tabb
Cleveland Transit System
Tabb
Goldsby
Stinchcomb
Ray Bennett
Ogden
Utah
Robert Steel
Ted Connors
Fifth District Station
Power lines break cut Danbury service across area
May 12 a break in one of two lines delivering Danbury area power cut electric service for eight to 20 minutes. Danbury Bethel Brookfield and Newtown were affected as crews traced the fault from the Rocky River CL&P plant to Norwalk and Stevenson line overload. Some circuits restored within eight minutes, others by about 20 minutes. Danbury Hospital remained on its own auxiliary power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Danbury and Bethel
Kickbacks in McCarthy case draw new loan scrutiny
Hearing resumes as Moore presses charge of kickbacks tied to McCarthy loans. He cites Ray Kiermas as McCarthy aide and notes $10,000 Lustron payment and Kiermas securities as collateral. Benton urges broader inquiry into McCarthy’s pre Senate conduct including Wisconsin court actions and alleged tax and stock issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Ray Kiermas
McCarthy
Subcommittee
Kiermas
Gillette
Sen. Benton
D-Conn
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Senate
Benton
Lustron
Columbus
Ohio
Matt A. Schuh
Appleton Bank
Schuh
Court hears steel seizure arguments in high court
Lawmakers and lawyers debated presidential power to seize plants during national emergency. Davis argued Truman acted without statutory support and urged Taft Hartley use, while Perlman defended executive authority citing past presidents. Senators attended, weighing constitutional limits and wartime needs.
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Davis
Truman
Sawyer
CIO
Philip B. Perlman
Perlman
Wage Stabilization Board
Court of Claims
Justice Department
U. S
David A. Pine
Lincoln
Cleveland
Wilson
Theodore
Franklin Roosevelt
Allied air raids hit Korea supply routes again
Allied warplanes targeted the Korean supply network Monday focusing on rail lines to Manchuria. In the Kanggye Sinanju area 28 new cuts were reported near Huichon as U S Marine pilots attacked front line positions with fire bombs and strafing. The Eighth Army noted sporadic clashes while three sailors were killed and five wounded when the destroyer James C Owens was struck by shells on May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Manchuria
Kanggye-Sinanju
Huichon
U. S
Eighth Army
Navy
Washington
James C. Owens
Northeast
Easton Adopts 19-Mill Tax Levy for School Fund
Easton approved a 19 mill tax levy for a school building fund and transferred 27,000 to the fund. The town voted to borrow 30,000 to add to the 27,000 for a new two room school addition. About 18,000 in state aid is expected annually. A 4,000 highway appropriation was approved to cover state road program bills, to be refunded by the state. An ordinance was enacted to charge fees for Health Officer sewage disposal inspections, set by the Zoning Commission. The state approved a 5.00 fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ias
Sesson
Zoning Commission
Woman testifies in first Klan flogging case in Carolinas
In Wilmington North Carolina May 12 an ailing mother Dorothy Dillard Martin 28 testified in the federal crackdown on Ku Klux Klan terrorism. She said hooded and robed attackers dragged her from home Oct 6 and flogged her about 10 times across the hips with a leather strap. Eleven men from Columbus County North Carolina are charged under the Lindbergh kidnapping law with abducting Mrs Martin and Ben Grainger and flogging them in adjoining Horry County South Carolina. Four defendants pleaded no contest while seven waived jury trial leaving Judge Don Gilliam to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N. C
Dorothy Dillard Martin
North Carolina
Columbus County
Martin
Ben Grainger
Horry County
S. C
Don Gilliam
Policeman injured in three car smashup taxi escapees safe
A three car crash sent a police officer to hospital while a taxi driven by Miss Mary Auger carried four passengers and escaped injury. Patrolman DeLucia and Mr Evans remained unhurt. Evans was arrested for violating state auto laws after claiming his foot slipped on the brake. He was released on a summons to City court on May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Auger
Hickey Cab Company
Waterstreet
Auger
DeLucia
Evans
House Probes Seek Censorship Of Books And Airwaves
Speaker Rayburn heads a special committee with Judiciary and Post Office members to study objectionable material on books and radio TV. A vote favored the inquiry 27 to 4, while some members warned it may infringe free speech. The probe will assess current programs for immoral content and emphasis on crime and violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayburn
D.-Tex
Judiciary
Postoffice
House
Gathings
Hoffman
R.-Mich
Gross
R.-Iowa
Holifield
D.-Calif
McCarthy
D.-Minn
Radio-Tv
United States
Blaze Extinguished In Newtown House
Two fire units from the Newtown Hook and Ladder company responded to an alarm at 2:30 PM at the home of Mrs. Norman B. Glover on Palestine road. A tree limb caused a short circuit in the cellar, minor damage reported. Wires were repaired by Danbury and Bethel Gas and Electric Light company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtown
George Mayer
Jacques Maye
Netown Hook and Ladder Company
Newtown Fire Department
Norman B. Glover
Palestine Road
Mayer
Danbury and Bethel Gas and Electric Light Company
Potato crop 1948 yields on smallest acreage in 70 years
The 1948 U.S. potato crop used the smallest acreage in seven decades yet achieved a record yield of 212 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Queen Elizabeth Acquires King George Stamp Collection
Britain's late King George left behind a near priceless stamp collection now owned by Queen Elizabeth. The transfer marks a historic royal collection move with significant philatelic value and national interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
George
Queen Elizabeth
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