Pledges in Bridgeport Drive Near $1 648 375 Goal
Bridgeport diocese campaign update shows total pledges climbing to about 1.65 million toward a 2 million building cost and 2.5 million project total. Bishop Lawrence J. Shehan praised 700 volunteers from the Council of Catholic Women at Notre Dame High School and urged continuing effort across regions to hit the target.
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Bridgeport
Lawrence J. Shehan
Council of Catholic Women
Notre Dame High School
Steve
Snenan
St. Joseph Manor
Danbury
Norwalk-Westport
Stamford- Greenwich
St. Augustine's
Notre Dame of Easton
Cathedral
Notre Dame
Stratford Seeks State Conference on Toll Dodging Trucks
Stratford Town Council voted to seek an immediate conference with State Highway Commissioner Newman A. Argraves to push for a toll free ramp from the Turnpike to Ferry Boulevard. Council members urged Town Manager Flood to pursue the plan, arguing it would curb truck traffic through residential Stratford and protect streets near Sutton, Warwick avenues and Blackman place.
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Harry JB. Flood
Patrick J. Flanagan
Stratford
Newman A. Argraves
Clyde Richardson
Ferry Boulevard
Seventh District
Flood
Sutton, Warwick Avenues
Blackman Place
Richardson
Mr. Richardson
T.A.D. Weaver
Special Citizens Turnpike Committee
Highway Department
Roger W. Beers
Third District
Henry E. Fagan
Flanagan
Honeyspot Road
Fagan
South Avenue
Main Street
Stavola’s Tavern
Stratford Avenue
Honeyspot
Stavola’s
Frood
West Broad Street
East Main Street
Fairfield Vote Seen With National Impact On Education
Fairfield residents face a crucial referendum on a 99 600 funding cut that may affect the quality of education for 8 250 pupils. National Citizens Council for Better Schools president Henry Toy Jr. warned the decision has national implications and urged voters to consider progress versus retrogression as the area weighs its educational future.
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Fairfield
Board of Education
Henry Toy Jr
National Citizens Council For Better Schools
Fairfield Citizens School Study Council
Mill Plain School
Mr. Toy
Toy
Fairfield Educators Press Tax Reform and School Quality
Fairfield officials discuss seven major education problems including goals standards and financing. They call for broader tax base expansion via new industries, better management and staffing, and local leadership to maintain quality schools while easing taxpayer burden. Community figures urge nonpartisan support for education funding.
Community will to education drives school reform
A public dinner featured speaker Toy who outlined seven school issues with focus on building needs and community support. He argued clear goals and high standards, plus community will, are essential to attract proper buildings and progress. Following the talk, Charles Armstrong was reelected president of the Study council for another year. Bruce E. Dillingham named deputy chairman and Mrs. William H. Carr secretary treasurer. Members at large include Mrs. Samuel Vincent and others.
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Toy
Harvey Bresler
Fairfield Board of Education
First Selectman
Dimill L. Kinnie
Education Department
Fairfield Education Association
Ritz
Fairfield
Kinnle
Brester
Bresler
Regina Steucek
S. Blake Dean
Roger Ludlowe
Louise Mirfin
Charles J. McClinch Sr
Andrew Warde
Walter Lipmann
Melvin Fennell
Charles Armstrong
Study Council
Bruce E. Dillingham
William H. Carr
Samuel Vincent
Howard W. Benedict
Radley Daly
Hugh Guthrie
William Newman
Goodwin Stoddard
Frederick Wood
Earl G. Marsh
Steel output slated higher again in week
Steel production for the current week is estimated at 1,481,000 tons, the American Iron & Steel Institute reports. This equals 49.10 percent of capacity. Last week’s production was 1,412,000 tons, or 52.10 percent of capacity, based on an annual capacity of 140,742,570 net tons as of January 1, 1958. Previous forecast had expected 3,400,000 tons.
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New York
American Tron & Steel Institute
Podoley Signs 1958 Contract With Redskins
Washington announces Jim Podoley rookie halfback signed for 1958 joining Chet Ostrowski and Ray Lemek. Also mentioned are Syracuse alumni Dutch Dotterer and Walt Craddock making major league debuts this spring.
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Washington
Jim Podoley
Washington Redskins
Chet Ostrowski
Ray Lemek
Notre Dame
Syracuse University
Dutch Dotterer
Cincinnati
Walt Craddock
Kansas City
Stratford Council Adopts Rotating Chairmanship Plan
The Stratford Town Council, amid a long stalemate since 1957, unanimously adopts a monthly rotating chair plan. Joseph Venables will chair May, followed by Edmond Dorne in June, with a sequence intended to prevent partisan advantage before the 1959 town election.
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Stratford Town Council
Joseph W. Venables
Edmond A. Dorne
Robert Madden
Venables
Darne
Cilman
Rosler
Madden
Mormon Youth Parley Draws Bridgesport Local Attendees
About 50 Bridgeport area residents joined over 50 youths from Nova Scotia to Connecticut at a three day Mormon youth conference in Cambridge Massachusetts. Speaker Charlotte Sheffield Miss United States in previous year spoke at the Cambridge session and later addressed a Bridgeport Sacrament meeting. Attendees included Dr G Roy Fugal Bridgeport branch president his wife and daughter Christina Earl Snell Fairfield district president and Mrs Snell and many other families from Bridgeport Stratford Milford and Danbury with attendees from Nichols Trumbull and Redding.
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Bridgeport
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints
Cambridge
Mass
Nova Scotia
Connecticut
Charlotte Sheffield
Clinton Avenue
Sheffield
Utah
Mormon’ Church
G. Roy Fugal
Woodmont
Christina
Earl Snell
Fairfield
Connecticut Valley
Snell
Melvin Phippen
Barbara
Pat
John A. Graver
Carol Hasbrouck
Keneth Preshlin
Robert Hayes
Rheta
Jacob Aldrich
Alexander Gardner
Robert
Nichols
Virginia Allgrum
Joan Windler
Anton Valrintz
Stratford
William Ashby
Arda
William Jr
Susan Logie
Trumbull
Milford
Russell
Donna
Betsy Johansen
Beverly Uresky
William Kurtz
Holly Simpson
Margaret Wiel
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St. Joseph
St. Patrick
St. Raphael
St. James
Holy Name of Jesus
Our Lady of Peace
Lordship
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St. Ambrose
St. Charles
Blessed Sacrament
St. John Neo
Sts. Cyril and Methodius
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St. Mary
Holy Rosary
St. Catherine of Siena
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John Kendall Murphy
Monsignor Murphy
Melas Ds
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State
Pike
Chrysler
Addie
Mobilgas
Haynes Motors, Inc
Fairfield Avenue
Weidlich Motors, Inc
Winer Motors, Inc
Barnum Ave
Newtown, Conn
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iMr. Venables
Council
George F. Wright
James D. Clark
Edwin Carey
Frederick K. Biebel Jr
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Venabbles
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Clark
Biebel
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