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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1957
Page
3
The Greater Danbury Association will meet at 8 p.m. in the War Memorial Community Center to hear reports from nomination and bylaws committees. A 13 member board is expected to be proposed to govern the group and elect officers if bylaws pass.
About 30 sound films are available to Danbury area groups at no charge from Southern New England Telephone Co film library. A G Potts says his office will help organizations select and secure suitable films. The 16 mm reels, many in color, run seven to 60 minutes on diverse subjects. Two recent additions to the catalog were noted.
Bridgeport police report Robert Buxenbaum 31 of 217 Pennsylvania avenue was struck on the scalp by a golf ball at Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course yesterday afternoon. He was treated at St. Vincent's Hospital and released. The golfer identified is Harry Nyden. address not listed.
The Bridgeport Committee for Children Under Public Care seeks donations for gifts to eastern Fairfield county children in state care. Mrs. Frank W. Jacobs serves as secretary treasurer and accepting contributions, with Mrs. Charles H. Merritt as group chair.
Boston reports September contracts for residential building in the Bridgeport Stamford Norwalk area total 6.748 million dollars, down 23 percent from September 1956. Non residential contracts reached 2.529 million, down 51 percent. First nine months 1957 show non residential 52.573 million, residential 70.365 million, total 122.938 million, up 15 percent overall.
About 20,000 German speaking residents of Italy's South Tyrol held a peaceful protest in Bolzano against Italian housing plans for 900 families. The rally backed Austrian support while 4,000 police watched. Volkspartei leader called for parity between Italian and German speakers and urged Austrian backing.
President Eisenhower will launch the Republican bid to take Congress with a major speech in Chicago on January 20. The event marks the fifth anniversary of his first-term inauguration and will be broadcast via closed circuit to GOP dinners nationwide. The theme is A Salute to a Republican Congress.
Jaycee Husbands host 84th birthday tribute for W C Handy with 2,000 guests at St Agnes hall in New York. Wives of Jaycees, Cub Packs 1 and 12, Meadowside School, and ASCAP organize dinner at Waldorf Astoria style event featuring notable figures Oscar Hammerstein II, Ralph Bunche and Dwight Eisenhower telegrams. Handy notes his Memphis Blues song earned fame and riches over time.
Whit School PTA hosts a Wednesday meeting to discuss Homework Start With panelists Ruth Diggs Henry tier and Mrs C R Odermann. The event runs 9 a m to 4 p m at Beardsley park with 232 varieties on display. Carmen Basilio faces Samcord challenger in a boxing note while a book fairy distributes 600 books this month.
The Board of Education will begin work on its 1958-59 budget, expected to exceed 3 million dollars with only modest cuts. Superintendent Joseph A. Foran projects a 700 thousand dollar increase, led by a new teacher salary schedule boosting starts to 4000 for bachelor’s and 4400 for master’s degree holders.
The Board of Police Commissioners is to announce four promotions in the detective bureau after evaluating twenty examinees. Expected upgrades include one to identification officer, one to detective, and two to plainclothesmen as Police Supt Arthur Harris reports the results to the board.
Three Milford youth groups will assist at the Milford Hospital Auxiliary Ball on November 30. Co chairs Mrs. Thurston Sumner and Mrs. Batchelor Jr will be helped by the Key Club of Milford High School and the Keyette Club will handle coat check.
Rep John Saylor of Pennsylvania becomes the first Congress member to fly over the South Pole aboard an Air Force Globemaster. Captain Francis Burnett piloted the plane with Lt Richard Garbrick as copilot. The mission delivered supplies to the Pole and deployed a Grasshopper weather data device at Liv Station to relay atmospheric data.
In Clanton area Chilton County, one man died and four sheriff's deputies were wounded in a series of shootings near Lomax. Oole Hill was captured and Willie Hunt surrendered as authorities investigated possible Klan involvement after a KKK cross was burned.
The Connecticut Public Health association will meet all day Thursday at Fairfield Brae hospital in Newtown. The afternoon session will discuss radiation its use control and effects.
Newtown voters approved a comprehensive ordinance restricting dumping in the municipal disposal area. It bans dumping anything unless authorized by the Board of Selectmen and a written permit, with penalties up to 50 dollars per offense.
Dist Atty Earl Kileen says sheriff deputies found a missing woman’s butchered body and parts of four or five other bodies on Ed Gein’s farm in Plainsfield Wisconsin. Gein, about 50, is held for questioning in the woman’s death and store looting. arraignment pending charge details.
The final United Fund report meeting will be held tomorrow at noon in the Stratfield hotel. Leaders hope the last week of campaigning will push the drive beyond the $1,522,273 target. William S. Warner directs a flying squadron to contact nonresponding or reduced donors, calling the results encouraging and praising Jack Olinsky for his efforts. Hong Kong reports increased shipments of men and women’s clothing to the United States this year.
First Selectman Herbert Baldwin announced Robert Quinlan of Lone Pine Lane will replace Robert M. Anstett as Westport civil defense director. Quinlan, an insurance agent, has worked with the Red Cross on CD activities, while Anstett resigns after being elected to the RTM. Baldwins also reappointed Gladys Steinkraus to a six year library trustees term and named Lawrence Sniffen as tree warden. Dog-warden post remains open when Turnbull’s term ends May 31, 1958.
The Connecticut Building Congress Inc will meet Thursday at the Waverly Inn Cheshire. Martin Gilbert research and market analyst will speak on The Outlook for the Stock Market.
Gerrit M. Keator, son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Keator of Fairfield, is named among 12 Yale freshmen on the Freshman Activities committee for the year. The panel, including Michael K. O’Connell of Stamford, handles socialfunctions, presents ideas to deans, and plans projects to improve the freshman year.
A Japanese court at Maebashi is to announce its verdict in the manslaughter case of William Girard a 22 year old U S soldier. The trial has stirred tensions between Japan and the United States and a light sentence is anticipated with possible suspended term or parole after about eight months.
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