Union weighs back wages dispute at Underwood
Local 267 IVE-CIO officials plan to consider a suit against Underwood Corp for 110000 in back wages for 1223 workers on strike since midnight November 5. The union will challenge injunctions and a half million dollar damage suit filed by the company, amid stalled contract talks. Underwood employs about 1600 in adding and accounting machines with a weekly payroll near 110000, while pay records remain inside the plant.
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Underwood corporation
IVE-CIO
Howard J. Mattiola
TUE field
Connecticut
John J. Egan
Mattiola
Charles R. Weidman
Frank Herrera Earns West Point Nomination in Bridgeport
Frank Herrera of 209 Pine Street, a first year at the University of Bridgeport, won a nomination to the United States Military Academy. The selection involved all Bridgeport Boys Clubs. Three alternates were named: Robert Thomas, Thomas Alaimo, and Stephen Poor. alternates hail from Cheshire Academy, Central High School, and Stratford High School respectively.
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West Point
Frank Herrera
Pine street
West Side Boys club
Albert Pp. Morano
Herrera
University of Bridgeport
United States Military Academy
Bridgeport
Robert Thomas
Maplewood avenue
Cheshire Academy
Middle Street
Razor Firm May Buy Stanley West End Cold Mill Plant
Stanley Works officials in New Britain disclosed talks to sell the Howard avenue cold mill plant in Bridgeport to a former Pal razor company owner. The deal would include plant property, machinery, and stock. About 150 workers are employed. the plant’s closure was forecast during Stanley’s overhauling of operations.
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Stanley Works
New Britain
Howard avenue
razor
Pal razor company
Stanley
West End
Seaview avenue
New England
James A. Cairns
Stanley peraident
Schick to Announce Monday on Stamford Move
Stamford reports stated Schick Electric Shaver plans a Monday announcement after an executive indicated the company would relocate to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Cecil M. Arowsmith, Schick’s industrial relations director, said the decision would be disclosed following further discussion.
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STAMFORD
Schick Electric
Lancaster
Cecil M. Arowsmith
Schick
Girl, 14 Helps 3 Brothers Flee As Fire Destroys Wilton Library
In Wilton on Belden Hill road a fire confined to the second floor library caused over $6000 damage. Annette Eustis, 14, led her three younger brothers to safety after smelling smoke while play continued nearby. The Eustis parents were away at the time.
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Wilton
Belden Hill road
Annette Eustis
Allan C. Eustis
Eustis
Tests Fail To Link Pistol To Slaying In Shelton
State Police Sgt. Samuel Rome said ballistics tests do not connect a .45 caliber pistol, stolen during a Trumbull burglary, with the Lombardo murder. Preliminary checks show the weapon did not fire the 10 slugs that struck Anthony Lombardo. The pistol was recovered after Trumbull arrests of John L. Esposito and Robert C. Taylor in last April burglary.
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Samuel Rome
Anthony Lombardo
Shelton
Trumbull
Rome
Lombardo
John L. Esposito
Central avenue
Robert C. Taylor
East avenue
Trumbull house
Stores List Schedule For Yuletide Shopping
Calendar outlines the schedule of member stores of the Retail Merchants division of the Bidgenort Chamber of Commerce beginning tomorrow for Christmas shoppers. Stores will be open Mondays with some nights until 9 p.m. except Christmas Eve. The annual Christmas lighting program is set for November 26.
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Retail Merchants division
Bidgenort Chamber of Commerce
Husband Abusive on Holidays Divorce Granted to Ruth Curran
Mrs Ruth Doolan Curran of Bridgeport secured an uncontested divorce from John P Curran of Kent in Superior Court for intolerable cruelty. She was awarded custody of their seven year old son Philip J Curran with reasonable visitation for the father. Mr Curran, son of the late Dr Philip J Curran, will pay his ex wife $30.
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Ruth Doolan Curran
Bridgeport
John P. Curran
Kent
West Virginia mine blast kills one outside worker
A massive explosion at Jamison No. 9 mine near Farmington West Virginia traps 15 miners as rescue teams fight fire and fumes. One outside worker Howard Jenkins of Farmington dies. two miners escape exhausted and firefighters struggle to ventilate the underground flames.
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VIRGINIA
FARMINGTON
W. Va
West Virginia
Jamison No. 9
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
M. B. Horton
Howard Jenkins
portal
Gilbert Kiger
Fairmont
Paul Barthelow
Westchester
YWCA Plans Expansion and Women’s Pool in Bridgeport
Bridgeport YWCA announces a building expansion to include a swimming pool for women and girls, the sole facility of its kind between New Haven and Stamford. A fundraising drive runs Jan. 1 to Feb. 15 to boost Golden Hill Street Red Feather funds already secured.
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Charles H. Merritt
Bridgeport Young Women’s Christian association
Golden Hill Street Red Feather agency
Merritt
New Haven
Stamford
McCarthy Draws 1500 Supporters In Milwaukee Dinner
Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy addressed about 1500 home state supporters at a testimonial dinner in Milwaukee. He called the gathering part of a movement of appeasement and said it involved people not loyal to their country. Francis Summnicht presented a scroll on behalf of the Young.
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MILWAUKEE
Sen
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Francis Summnicht
the
Young
McLevy to seek bonds for city incinerator plan
Mayor McLevy said he will seek authority to issue bonds for building an incinerator at the Woradin Avenue dump at the next General Assembly session opening in January. City Prosecutor Frauwirth accused a special policeman of being a secret partner in scavenging at the dump and vowed continued arrests until relief from garbage dumping is achieved. The mayor and officials will visit the new Hartford incinerator tomorrow to plan a local plant, while state health authorities urged immediate disposal changes.
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ROBERT L. SAWYER
McLevy
Woradin avenue
General Assembly
Max Frauwirth
Hartford
Bridgeport
F Beauwirth
Wilfred Chaisson
Clinton avenue
Frauwirth
Chaisson
hm dump
Ike Wins Round in a Pact Fight
The Senate House Atomic Energy Committee gave President Eisenhower immediate approval for the Dixon-Yates private power contract, with a 10-8 party line vote. Democrats vow to continue opposing the plan linking TVA with private power, seeking a longer review and postponement into next Congress.
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IKE
WASHINGTON
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Newtown Man 80 Dies by Own Action on Lake Zoar
Robert W Healey of Seymour, 80, was found with a shotgun wound on his summer cottage porch by Lake Zoar at 9:30 am. Dr. Lyle Stott termed the death self-inflicted. Healey had been dead since Thursday. State Police report a suicide note explaining the action.
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NEWTOWN
Robert W Healey
Seymour
Lake Zoar
Lyle Stott
Stepney
Stott
Healey
George H. Ferris
eaid Healey
Mary Conlin Will Grants Over $80,000 Cash Bequests
Mary E. Conlin who died October 21 at 1069 Briarwood Avenue left cash bequests totaling more than $80,000 in a will filed in Probate Court. The estate is unofficially valued above $100,000 and the chief beneficiary is her cousin Jane Farrell who resided with her. A hearing on admission of the will is set for 10 am tomorrow before Probate Judge John P. Flanagan.
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Mary Conlin
Mary E. Conlin
Conlin company
Briarwood avenue
John P. Flanagan
Jane Farrell
Conlin
Marriage disclosed of socialite actress Betsy von Furstenberg
New York November 13 AP Betsy von Furstenberg 22 year old socialite and actress who was expelled from a Broadway play last month for pranks was revealed to have married June 16. Husband Guy Vincent Chatenet de La Maisoneuve 34 a French mining engineer and sports car enthusiast the couple honeymooning in Mexico after a stay in Mexico City and Acapulco.
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NEW YORK
Betsy von Furstenberg
Guy Vincent Chatenet de La Maisoneuve
Guy Vincent
Betsy
Elizabeth von Furstenberg
Ribicoff Victory Reshapes State Politics For Years
The November 2 election of Governor-elect Abe Ribicoff over Governor Lodge is seen by observers as transforming state politics for years. Analysts expect the Democratic party to rebound, positioning for longer-term influence and party shifts in key political quarters as events unfold.
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Abe Ribicoff
Lodge
Democratic party
busi
Soviet Security Conference Proposal Questioned by U S Officials
U S officials branded the Moscow or Paris security conference plan as insincere propaganda aimed at blocking German rearmament. Dulles outlined that no talks on European security can succeed without West Germany’s official alliance role. Washington plans to reject the proposal within two weeks and will discuss with Mendes France and other allies.
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WASHINGTON
U. S
Russia
Moscow
Paris
Dulles
West Germany
United States
Mendes-France
Britain
Sweden
Yugoslavia
Spain
Portugal
China
Shriners Attend New England Conclave Saturday
Hundreds of Shriners from New England will attend the Pyramid Temple AAONMS convention in Hartford on Saturday. Harold Close of Hartford will be honored as a dignitary of the Imperial Council. Events are set for the Stratfield hotel and the Mosque Temple at 1035 State Street, with a plate of officers to be named and William Booth as chairman.
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New England
Pyramid Temple
Mystic Shrine
Harold Close
Hartford
Imperial Council
Stratfield hotel
Mosque Temple
State street
William Booth
Pyramid shrine
Monroe Site for Pioneer Study by Yale Planning Students
Monroe, Nov. 13. Yale University students are conducting a pioneer town planning study here under Professor Christopher Tunnard. The group is taking photographs and drawing up plans as part of the city planning program in Yale’s architecture department.
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Monroe
Yale
Yale university
Christopher Tunnard
department of architecture
Symphony Winter Season Opens Monday Featuring Cesare Siepi
The Connecticut Symphony opens its eighth season tomorrow night at 8 30 in Kleith Memorial auditorium under Daniel Saidenberg. The program includes Rossini and Mozart arias, with bass-baritone Cesare Siepi, a Metropolitan Opera soloist, among the featured performers.
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Symphony
Cesare Siepi
Connecticut Symphony orchestra
Kleith Memorial auditorium
Daniel Saidenberg
Ronsini
La Gazssa Ladre
Soldet
Metropolitan Opera
Cesare Siep
Rossini
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