Trial Set June 10 in Danbury drunken driving case
State's Attorney inquiry into a motor vehicle case in Danbury Traffic court led to the arrest of George Woycik 415 Danbury on a bench warrant for drunken driving. He forfeited a $100 bond in March and will stand trial by jury June 10 while in Fairfield county jail for probation violation on a gaming charge.
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Lorin W.’ Willis
Danbury
George Woycik
Woycik
Fairfield County
Willis
Howard W. Alcorn
Hasan A
May
P. J. Colagrossi
Colagrossi
Ofker
Sita Oer ‘Hough
Alcom
Rte
Park curfew not adopted by city board
Seaside park curfew proposal shelved as the Board of Park Commissioners opts to strengthen police enforcement of litter laws. Acting President Henry Rowland prefers potential midnight gates if current efforts fail, while others push public education and better waste container coverage.
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Board of Park’ Commissioners
Seaside Park
Ames
Henry Rowland
Heeels
Joseph Dewhirst
Rowland
Alma Lockwood
Bridgeport Weather Forecast Today and Tonight
Officials forecast partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions in Bridgeport and vicinity with a high near 70 today. Tonight expect mostly clear skies, warmer with scattered showers and a low in the 50s. Saturday looks for clearing conditions.
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Bridgeport
Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Report Near Bridgesford
The Merritt parkway and Connecticut turnpike saw steady autos from 4 p.m. with a peak around 6 p.m. No serious accidents reported to midnight in Stratford area. Stephen Demko, 54, of New York City, held for observation after a five car crash west of Main Street exit. two others treated and released. Weather outlook: partly cloudy, warmer today. cooler tomorrow. parks and beaches opening for summer. offices closed for Memorial Day. State police auxiliaries join regular patrols for weekend enforcement.
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Special Services Division
Merritt Parkway
Connecticut Turnpike
Stratford
P.m
Stephen Demko
New York City
Bridgeport Hospital
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Demko
St. Vincent's
Oil Firms Accused in Grand Jury Antitrust Indictment
Twenty nine oil companies including major refiners were charged in an Alexandria Virginia grand jury indictment with conspiracy to fix crude and auto gasoline prices. The one count Sherman Antitrust Act violation spans 1956 to January 1937 with potential fines up to 50 000 per defendant.
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Alexandria
Albert V. Bryan
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
W. F. Kennedy
Sheil Oil Company
Texas Company
Gulf Oil Corporation
Cities Service Company
Indiana
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Bride to Be Killed as Car Collides With Mother
Dianne Montgomery 18, set to graduate from Byrd High School and wed soon, died in a head-on crash near Shreveport. Her mother Mrs. L. E. Montgomery, injured, said Dianne appeared in the wrong lane as police noted brakes were applied 15 feet before impact. Dianne was driving her fiance Jerry Monroe's car.
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Bride-to-Be
Shreveport
Dianne Montgomery
Byrd High School
Dianne
Reiser
L. E. Montgomery
Airliner buzzed near Salina with Knowland aboard
United Air Lines DC 7 carrying Sen William Knowland and 57 passengers was buzzed by a US Air Force B 47 near Salina Kansas today, pilot W K Wolfe says the bomber crossed 300 to 1000 feet in front of the airliner. Passengers and crew support Wolfe story noting it was too close. Schilling AFB officer said no reports but will investigate.
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San Francisco
United Airlimes
William F. Knowland
Philadelphia
Washington
Gordon E. Hein
Schilling Air Force
Salina
New Haven Railroad to raise fares to boost revenue
The New Haven Railroad filed 5 percent passenger fare increases with the ICC and state utilities commissions to raise about 2 million dollars annually, citing a passenger deficit and a 1.2 million wage rise starting May 1 under a union contract.
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New Haven “Railroad Today
Massachusetts
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Utilities Commissioners
Connecticut
New York
Rhode Island
Treasury Plans Long Term Bond Sale to Refinance Debt
Washington May 29 AP The Treasury announced plans to refinance 12 billion dollars of national debt and to issue one billion dollars in long term bonds to the market. The sale will add about one billion to the national debt now near 273 billion. No other securities will be offered in exchange for notes and bonds maturing June 15. Continued on Page Tee
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Washington
Treasury
Submarine collision near Pearl Harbor injures no one
The destroyer escort Silverstein struck the submarine Stickelback 20 miles south of Honolulu. Both ships returned to Pearl Harbor with no casualties. Stickelback surfaced and was towed to safety after minor flooding. Greenlet rescue vessel dispatched and other surface ships diverted.
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Honolulu
Silverstein
Here
Pearl Harbor
Q. R. Schultz
C. S. Swift
Monkey's Return After Ivorytown Escape
Cheeta the monkey, who escaped from Mrs. Lafy rence Howell in Ivorytown, returned home. Yesterday, Cheeta was coaxed from the trees by former owner Mrs. Kitty Wlodyke of Norwich in a reunion that drew local attention.
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Ivorytown
Cheeta the Monkey
Lafyrence Howell
Connecticut
Kitty Wlodyke
Norwich
Tvorytown
Cheeta
Puzzle Jackpot Eludes Solvers in Sunday Post
Puzzle editor notes the fifth year of the teaser with 17 enigmatic clues and many false starts. No solver reached the $574 jackpot this week though next week’s prize rises to $600. The column riffs with wordplay on MATTER and related phrases as readers chase a perfect solution.
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Sunday Post
Nice
Nile
De Gaulle Accepts Premiership Aims for Emergency Powers
Paris May 28 AP Gen Charles de Gaulle agreed to form a new French government and asked for full powers to head off civil war. President Coty warned Parliament that only de Gaulle could save France, as the National Assembly faces a stark choice between dictatorship powers for de Gaulle or civil war. The outcome hinges on Socialist support as Mollet seeks a workable stance.
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Charles de Gaulle
Lorraine
Champs Elysee
Paris
de Gaulle
Coty
National Assembly
France
City
Vincent Auriol
Algiers
Auriol
Algeria
Corsica
Socialist Party
Guy Mollet
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