Governor Lodge Rejects Inland Route Criticism of Fairfield Thruway
Governor Lodge defends the shoreline route for the Fairfield county thruway against inland route critics led by the Inland Route Group. He cites official reports and calls for proceeding with the highway while studying housing impacts and local inconveniences.
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Thruway
Fairfield County
Traffic Council
Ture
New York
Connecticut
Lodge
G. Albert Hill
Commissioner Hill
Vose
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
State Highway Department
States
District of Columbia
New Jersey Turnpike
Post Road
Elizabeth
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Lochner and Company
Commissioner of Public Roads
Thomas H. MacDonald
Highway Commissioner
Merritt Parkway
Mayor Maintains Support for Southern Expressway Route
The five Democrats on Bridgeport's Common Council oppose an expressway through Metropolitan Bridgeport but Mayor McLevy offered no comment, reiterating his preference for a southern route near the New South district.
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Common Council
Bridgeport
McLevy
Injury Suit Settled In New Milford Auto Crash
James Mitchell Jr a New Milford bleachery superintendent received seven thousand dollars in an out of court settlement of a twenty thousand dollar personal injury suit against Abraham Siegel of Queens North Carolina. The collision occurred at Bridge Street and Route 7 New Milford at 6 30 pm July 18 1951. Mitchell claimed head neck and back injuries. The case was assigned for trial in the U S District Court in New Haven. Attorneys were Harry Cohen McNamara Kaufman and Jones for Mitchell and George N Foster for Siegel.
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James Mitchell, Jr
Mitford
Abraham Siegel
Queens
N. C
Mitchell
Siegel
Bridge Street
Route 7
New Milford
U. S. District Court
New Haven
Harry Cohen
McNamara
Kaufman and Jones
George N. Foster
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