Stratford Listed Among Towns Tough on Traffic Law Violators
Hartford report details Connecticut Safety Commission guidance on traffic violations. It lists Derby Griswold Guilford Newington Seymour Stratford Waterford Windsor Wolcott as towns with slim chances of acquittal, and notes swift penalties in many justice courts. Trial justices handled 6497 cases in 1961 with 54.2 percent convictions.
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Stratford
Hartford
Connecticut Safety Commission
Suirvey
Derby
Griswold
Guilford
Newington
Seymour
Shelton
South Windsor
Sprague
Waterford
Windsor
Wolcott
Bethany
Canaan
Chaplin
Deep River
Eastford
East Haddam
Franklin
Haddam
Hampton
Hartland
Harwinton
Killingworth
Lyme
Middlebury
Roxbury
Scotland
Somers
Sterling
Thomaston
Union
Unionville
Voluntown
Warren
Weston
William M. Greene
Safety Commission
Returns From Far East By Lt Frank Stanejko USN
Lieut Frank Stanejko USN son of Mrs Mary Stanejko of 180 North Avenue arrived in San Diego after an eight month Far East tour. His crew on Tank Landing Ship 1146 helped lift communist POWs from southern Korean ports to Koje Do and aided amphibious training and support of UN forces in Korea.
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Frank Stanejko
USN
Mary Stanejko
North Avenue
1146
San Diego
Far East
Koje-Do
Korea
Annulment Plea Cites Malt Shop Cinderella Bride
Swiss millionaire Charles De Vigier seeks annulment of his marriage to Martha Morris a 16 year old malt shop worker in Torrance. He claims the union was never consummated and the wife acted as a name only. They eloped to Quartzsite and married again in Paris before returning to California. Martha left him saying she made a terrible mistake and sought alimony previously. A four inch beetle displayed at Jardin des Plantes in Paris accompanies the report.
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Riverside
Calif
INS
Charles de Vigier
Martha Morris
Los Angeles
Torrance
Quartzsite
Ariz
Notre Dame de Paris
California
San Francisco
Airlift Keeps Lederle Lab Strike Supplied
At Lederle Laboratories Pearl River New York an airlift continued to feed 400 workers inside the plant and 500,000 animals used for research. Two small planes delivered green feed milk threadstuffs and ice cream while pickets watched from the parking lot. Scientists and staff remain inside to avoid a repeat of Thursday’s car-stoning and threats to nonstrikers.
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Pearl River
Lederle Laboratories
Laboratorie
American Cyanamid Co
Six go on trial for Cairo riots
Ahmed Hussein, once aligned with fascist groups, stands trial for his life in Cairo on charges of inciting the January 26 riots that torched the city. Five socialist leaders face similar proceedings as prosecutors seek the death penalty for Hussein. The case caps months of hearings with 125 already sentenced in a broad anti foreign hatred plot.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ahmed Hussein
Africa
Hussein
Green Shirts
Name for SPARs Was Coined From U. S. Coast Guard Motto
Washington report details the SPARs origins linking the unit to the Coast Guard motto Semper Paratus Always Ready. It notes 1942 founding, roles of enlisted and officers, training locations Palm Beach and New London, and current status with 29 active SPARs including 11 officers. The piece credits Capt. Dorothy Stratton as first director and mentions successors and current leadership.
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Jane Eads
Washington
United States Coast Guard
The
Waves
Coast Guard
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Palm Beach
Fla
U. S. Coast Guard Academy
New London
Stratton
Girl Scouts
Helen Schleman
Purdue University
Comdr
Beatrice Ball
Special Services Division
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Kaiser-Frazer
Kaiser-Frazes
Jardin Des Plantes
Paris
Alonia
Hoople
Ziam
Suva
South Pacific
U. S. Coast Guard
Linda Darnell
United Artists Technicolor
Geebmann Breweries
New York
Brey
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