Civic Leaders Rally For Civil Rights Week In Bridgeport
Bridgeport officials business leaders and labor representatives joined a Main Street rally for Civil Rights week May 11 17 proclaimed by Governor Lodge. Mayor McLevy urged all residents to advance equal opportunity as Chamber of Commerce chief Lederer pressed ending discrimination. CIO leader Williams urged FEPC passage and John Ives chaired ceremonies.
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Bridgeport
Main Street
Bridgeport Civil Rights Committee
Lodge
McLevy
America
Joseph H. Lederer
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas D. Williams
CIO Industrial Union Council
FEPC
Congress
John H. Ives
Board to Consider School Sites Tonight
The Board of Education meets to discuss selecting a site for a new elementary school in the north central city. Mayor McLevy and City Engineer Charles E. Smith accompanied the board on a site visit to Trumbull and Reservoir avenues near a state moderate rental housing project. The discussion covers Maplewood annex rehabilitation and Staples school property fate. Bullard Havens Technical School will vacate this year, with a plan to use the building as a storage house for supplies and part of the grounds as a playground.
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Board of Education
McLevy
Charles E. Smith
Trumbull and
Reservoir Avenues
Smith
Maplewood Annex
Staples
Bullard Havens Technical School
Break in at White Walk Market in Stratford
Stratford police investigate a burglary at 174 Canaan Road White Walk Market where 126 cartons of cigarettes and $200 in cash were stolen overnight. Owner Frank Olenski of Bridgeport discovered the break at 8 am today. detectives Raymond Chaffee and William Treland pursue the case. Entrance gained by forcing a front door.
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Stratford
White Walk
Canaan Road
Frank Olenski
Clinton Avenue
Bridgeport
Raymond Chaffee
William Treland
New Anesthetic Bars Pain After Surgery
New anesthesia erocaine can prevent pain for up to ten days after surgery. Doctors Alfred H. Jason and Herbert E. Shafter from Brooklyn reported the method at the New York State Medical Society. The drug numbs nerves at the operation site or along nerve trunks, allowing early movement and reducing lung complications without narcotics.
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New York
New York State Medical Society
Alfred H. Jason
Herbert E. Shafter
Brooklyn
N. Y.Y
Norwalker Assigned to Far East Command
Lt. Seth Wiard Jr son of Col and Mrs Wiard of Norwalk 30 Woodbury Avenue heads to Camp Stoneman California for Far East command duty He graduated Norwich University Northfield Vermont and Norwalk High School His father serves in the Ordinance section of the Third Army at Fort McPherson Georgia.
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Norwalk
Seth Wiard
Woodbury Avenue
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Far East Command
Wiard
Norwich University
Northfield
Norwalk High School
Third Army
Fort McPherson
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Leonard Bright
Hertz Service
Barnum Garage
Fairfield Ave
Probe Stratford Break
Norwalker
Roder
Liberal
Roper
VJ Ven
al Dynamic
Admiral
Boston Ave
East Main Street
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