Brennan May Get Nodal Delegate From County
Connecticut Republican scene shifts as William H. Brennan of Stamford emerges as a likely district delegate from the Fourth District. Governor Lodge opposes his at large seat, while New Haven leaders protest and back Brennan for a delegate role.
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Brennan
GOP
William H. Brennan
Stamford
Fairfield County
Connecticut
Fourth
Lodge
Republican State Central Committee
Hartford
Clarence F. Baldwin
Clara Mix Lewis
Monroe
Natonal Committee
George C. Conway
Fred Merwin
Milford
Helen M. Smith
John R. Thim
Hamden
C. Raymond Brock
Smith
Merwin
State Committee
Thim
Miss Smith
Bridgeport Weather Forecast and Almanac Note
Fair and warm today with a high near 70 in Bridgeport and New York City. Tonight will be mild with a low around 55 and increasing cloudiness tomorrow. Winds today northwesterly. almanac marks May 22 as the 143rd day of the year and the 64th of spring.
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U. & Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
Unions End Rail Dispute Accept White House Proposal
Washington May 21 ap The three year rail labor dispute ended as three big unions reluctantly accepted a White House peace plan. Wages rise up to 37 cents an hour and back pay of 600 to 1100 dollars to October 1950 for engineers firemen and conductors. The agreement good until October 1953 ends government seizure and paves return of roads to private ownership after 21 months under government control.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Senators Extend Price Controls Eight Months
Senate Banking committee approves a bill to extend economic controls after June 30 while barring the Wage Stabilization Board from recommending settlements in labor disputes as it did in the steel crisis. The plan replaces a six-member WSB with an all public panel subject to Senate ratification and faces AFL opposition over labor participation.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Senate
American Federation of Labor
Congress
CIO
Supreme Court
AFL
Executive Council
Connecticut Man Jailed for Ignoring State Hospital Support
James Deagnan of 580 Noble Avenue was jailed for ten days after failing to comply with a court order to contribute to the support of his wife Dorothy, a patient at Fairfield State hospital in New town. The case marks possibly the first such contempt jail in the state and underscores a welfare push to compel relatives to support hospital patients.
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Connecticut
John Clark FitzGerald
Common Pleas Court
James Deagnan
Noble Avenue
Robert J. Smith
Ernest H. Halstedt
Deagnan
Sidney A. Johnson
Dorothy
Fairfield State Hospital
Newtown
Gibson to Lose Connecticut Medical License Today
Dr. Donald F. Gibson of Redding will lose his license to practice medicine and surgery in Connecticut with a stay request pending. The Public Health council will revoke based on three findings of unprofessional conduct in the death of Miss Elizabeth M. Ayres of Danbury, following the Medical Examining board's guilty verdict and an imminent appeal.
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Donald F. Gibson
Redding
Connecticut
Superior Court
State Public Health Council
State Health Department
Gibson
Elizabeth M. Ayres
Danbury
State Medical Examining Board
Public Health Council
David Goldstein
Health Department
Goldstein
Examining Board
Government relaxes copper price ceilings to spur imports
Washington May 21 AP The government eases ceilings on copper products to raise costs for imports and revive Chilean copper shipments halted May 9. The plan allows copper wire and brass mills to add up to 80 percent of the foreign copper cost rise above 12 1/2 cents a pound. White House to offset lost imports by drawing copper from the defense stockpile. Domestic price ceilings remain unchanged.
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Washington
U. S
United States
Chile
Office of Defense Mobilization
Office of Price Stabilization
White House
National Defense
ODM
John R. Steelman
Officials Praise City s Educators at Bridgeport Dinner
About 500 teachers attended the 41st annual Bridgeport Teachers Association dinner at Eichner's on Madison Avenue. Guests included Earl A. Benson Board of Education president and Joseph E. Jeffrey Superintendent, with Supts Augusta Mendel and John J. McFarland, visiting German instructor Gerda Hempem, and retiring BTA president Viola Frisbie. Benson urged continued cooperative spirit with the school board for mutual benefit. Silver eyed growth in numbers and influence as the association strengthens ties. Jeffrey praised Bridgeport's efficient teaching force and community support, noting the large turnout and optimism for the future.
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Bridgeport Teachers’ Association
Eichner
Madison Avenue
Earl A. Benson
Board of Education
Benjamin R. Silver
Joseph E. Jeffrey
Augusta Mendel
John J. McFarland
Gerda Hempem
Germany
Viola M. Frisbie
BTA
William F
Joy bids farewell as truce talks stall in Korea
Vice Admiral C Turner Joy, concluding his farewell as chief Allied truce delegate, declared there was nothing left to negotiate and that the decision lay with the Reds. He cited 170000 prisoners of war with 100000 unwilling to return to communist rule, calling the issue the last roadblock to an armistice. He will be succeeded by Major General William K Harrison Jr and handed the task to him at Panmunjom.
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Munsan
Korea
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Reds
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Joy
William K. Harrison, Jr
William K. Harrison
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
Four hurt in Milford as autos collide
Four persons were injured, two seriously, when two cars collided on the Post road in Milford near Howard Johnson's restaurant. In Milford hospital late tonight, Lois Wilson 23 Shelton, Edward Hodgdon 17 New Haven, Arnold Sutter 23 Derby, and Helen Samico 26 Shelton received treatment for various injuries.
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Milford
Post Road
Howard Johnson
Milford Hospital
Lois Wilson
Howard Avenue
Shelton
Edward Hodgdon
George Street
New Haven
Wilson
Hodgdon
Arnold Sutter
Maple Avenue
Derby
Helen Samico
Hill Street
Samico
Ridgway Warns of Big Soviet Arms Buildup in Far East
Gen. Matthew Ridgway told senators and reporters on Capitol Hill that Soviet Russia is conducting a significant Far East military buildup while Communist Korea shows a stronger offensive. He cautioned an all out Red strike would bring tremendous losses, urged continued efforts toward a Korea cease fire, and noted limits of UN capability to wage wide war against China or bases in Manchuria. He also predicted a crackdown to restore order in Allied prison camps in Korea amid reported atrocities. He spoke en route to relieve Eisenhower as supreme Allied commander in Europe.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Russia
Far East
Korea
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
Ridgway
United Nations
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Congress
Norwalk Votes Referendum On City Police Plan
Norwalk City Council approves a referendum on extending police protection to the entire city with costs shared by all taxpayers. The vote passes eight to four and sets June 17 for the referendum, with $3,500 to be appropriated for expenses.
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Norwalk
Frederick Yost
Board of Estimate and Taxation
Irving C. Freese
Cranbury Country Association
Silvermine Civic Association
West Norwalk Association
William F. Barnett
Robber Feeds Baby Before Seizing Mother's $6000 Ring
In New York on May 21 AP reports a thief posing as from the Office of Price Stabilization bound Mrs. Anita Laken and stole her $6,000 engagement ring. He fed the 18 month old Lane a bottle to calm the child before fleeing as neighbors heard the mother’s cries.
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New York
Anita Laken
Lane
Office of Price Stabilization
Two Held in $100,000 Quonset Point Armored Car Heist
FBI arrests Howard Hildebrandt and Robert LaPlante in New York and Gloria Fazzina in New Jersey for the March 7 Quonset Point robbery. Loot recovered in part. officers decline total amount. Victims wore Halloween masks akin to Brink’s thefts.
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FBI
Howard Hildebrandt
West Warwick
Quonset
Rhode Island
Robert Roger LaPlante
R. L
Gloria H. Fazzina
Jersey City
N. J
Gloria Dale
New Britain
Conn
Hildebrandt
Miss Fazzina
New York City
LaPlante
VA. 5S. Trucking Corp
Brink’s
Raiders
Donalds. Hostetter
Boston
Pacific
Hostetter
New York
Tony Pastor
William Janava
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