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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1958

Page

2

Seymour Co Sues Ex President for 300000 Damages

Seymour Manufacturing sues former president Robert M. Terry of Woodbridge for 300000 alleging wilful improper and negligent acts during 1955 to 1957. The suit filed in Superior Court cites altered accounting and unapproved inventory valuation increasing tax burden and credit extensions to two bankrupt firms. Two other directors face malfeasance charges in trusts tied to founders George E. Mathies and Annie Mathies.

New Haven Seymour Manufacturing Company Robert M. Terry Woodbridge Terry Seymour Company George E. Mathies Annie

Seymour man thwarts dorm raids with glow powder scheme

Bernard H Mathies of Seymour and his five sons planted coins coated with fluorescent powder in Selwyn College Auckland dormitory. The ruse captured a thief behind twenty raids over two weeks.

Bernard H. Mathies Seymour Selwyn ‘College Auckland New Zealand

University suspends students over panty raid riot

At Athens Georgia the University suspends 10 students, five under arrest, for leading a panty raid that drew about 1000 people and required tear gas, police, and fire crews to break up. Multiple arrests and fines were recorded. discipline actions target those who threw rocks and caused vandalism.

Athens UPI University of Georgia Today University Recorder's Court William Tate

Greenwich Appeals Water Tank Ruling

Superior court yesterday received appeals by the Town of Greenwich and resident George P Bent from a State Public Utilities Commission decision granting Greenwich Water Co permission to build a 500000 gallon tank off DeKraft Road. The Planning and Zoning Commission rejected the petition and urged the Scott site. the PUC reversed in April, approving the DeKraft location.

Superior Court Greenwich George P. Bent State Public Utilities Commission Greenwich Water Company DeKraft Road Greenwich Planning and Zoning Commission Planning Commission Scott PUC de- Kratt Road

Utility Tycoon Dies While Testifying Before House Panel

Frank M. Wilkes, 68, chairman of Southwestern Gas and Electric, collapsed and died of a heart attack today in Washington while testifying before a House Interior committee on hydroelectric dam cost allocation criteria. Wilkes, of Shreveport Louisiana, led the utility in Texas Louisiana and Arkansas. A separate Windsor England school report described a pupil as a model yet not a working model.

Washington Frank M. Wilkes Southwestern Power Company House Wilkes Shreveport Southwestern Gas, and Electric Company Texas Louisiana Arkansas Interior Committee England

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