Trial Delays Draw Fire in Fairfield Common Pleas
Judge Vine R. Parmelee excoriated congestion in Fairfield County Common Pleas court calling delays disgraceful and demanding a new case assignment system. He faulted unprepared counsel for three ready cases idle for five days and hinted at broader reforms with intestinal fortitude in those responsible.
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Common Pleas court
Vine R. Parmelee
Parmelee
Fairfield county
Otto H. LaMacchia
Judge Parmelee
Official Weather Bridgeport and Vicinity Forecast
Cloudy with occasional rain today and tonight, clearing Saturday. High near 60, low in the 80s. Winds east to southeast today and tonight, rising to fresh to strong southeast to south early Saturday, then shifting to northwest. New York City: same forecast. Almanac notes for Friday November 19.
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BRIDGEPORT
NEW YORK CITY
Boxer Offered $70 000 to Throw Garden Fight
Vince Martinez, a 25 year old welterweight from Paterson New Jersey, said he was offered 20 000 to throw an October 29 bout with Carmine Fiore at Madison Square Garden. He reported the bribe to the New York State Athletic Commission and the DA, then knocked Fiore out in seven rounds. District Attorney Frank Hogan confirmed an investigation and notified Passaic County authorities. The case follows a prior attempted bribe in June involving heavyweight Clarence Henry and Bobby Jones.
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Associated Preece
Wirenhore
Vince Martinez
Anthony
Pauline
Paterson
N. J
Madison Square Garden
New York
Carmine Fiore
MURRAY ROSE
New York State Athletic commission
New York District Attorney’s office
Fiore
Hogan
Frank Hogan
Martinez
Passaic County
Clarence Henry
Bobby Jones
Oakland
Calif
Joey Giardello
Philadelphia
Giardello
Henry
Vince
Sports Irustrated
Senate Fails to Vote Travel Allowance
Washington November 18 The Senate adjourned to day until November 29 without approving a travel allowance for members to return home for Thanksgiving. Normally each senator receives a 20 cent per mile round trip. The adjournment resolution by Senator Knowland of California was adopted quickly due to Senator McCarthy’s injured elbow, bypassing the usual orders and resolutions.
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WASHINGTON
Senate
turkey
Knowland
Calif
McCarthy
Freighter Sinks In New York Crash
Two freighters collided in the East River near the Manhattan shore with one sinking in 20 feet of water. Lake Charles carrying 27 crew settled in mud while Armisan Maru remained afloat and reached the Long Island City pier under its own power. no injuries were reported.
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NEW YORK
East river
Lake Charles
Manhattan
National Sugar Refining company
Long Island City
Queens
Williamsburg bridge
Sandy Hook
Ralph Oldmixon
Puzzle No 25 Stumps All Fans Next One Will Have a $50 Tag
Puzzle No 25 dominates readers with no winner this week boosting the next prize to fifty dollars. The Sunday Post crossword game again confounds entrants while a reader poem from Jeanie notes the shift from chatting on the party line to the puzzling craze. Two clues that puzzled Jeanie and the crowd are discussed, including the clue 16 across and a tangled party line chatter reference.
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Sunday Post
Jeanie
Senate delays McCarthy censure vote amid hospital stay
The Senate postponed consideration of censuring Senator McCarthy to November 29 due to his hospitalization for an elbow injury and infection at Bethesda Naval Hospital. The 76 to 2 vote for a recess limits time for action, with Lehman and Fulbright voting no.
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WASHINGTON
Senate
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Congress
Morse
Ind-ore
GOP
Lehman
Lib
Fulbright
Lodge May Get Diplomatic Post in Connecticut GOP Push
Hartford path reports Governor Lodge, leaving office Jan 5, is being cleared for a diplomatic appointment. Connecticut Republicans say White House and National Chairman Hal Boyle have been advised of GOP backing. Senators Purtell and Bush have been in contact with leaders. Sherman Adams notified. Indications point to an unspecified diplomatic assignment, with stay in public life possible.
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HARTFORD
Lodge
White House
Leonard Halil
Connecticut
GOP
Eisenhower
William A. Purtell
West Hartford
Prescott S. Bush
Greenwich
Sherman Adams
Governor Lodge
Connecticut GOP
State Capitol
Commons Backs Defense Pacts in 264 to 4 Vote
Britain’s House of Commons approved the Paris agreements for the remade Germany and Western defense by 264 to 4. The ratification will be automatic after 21 working days of Parliament. Churchill urged not linking ratification to talks with Russia. Eden urged clear, worldwide understanding of the decision. Attlee’s Labor abstentions noted.
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Britain
Germany
LONDON
House of Commons
Paris
Churchill
Labor
Anthony Eden
Clement Attlee
Labor party
Attlee
Defense Attacks Weapon Data At Sheppard Trial
Cleveland November 18 AP Defense lawyers pressed that a marks on Marilyn Sheppard death pillow were blood creases and not a weapon. Coroner Gerber testified the mark came from a twin claw surgical instrument while Corrigan pressed he authorities hunted other weapons. Witnesses described a stormy session as Judge Blythin kept order amid heated exchanges over the murder weapon.
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CLEVELAND
Samuel Sheppard
William J. Corrigan
Gerber
Sheppard
Marilyn
Corrigan
Common Pleas
Edward J. Blythin
Dr. Sheppard
Dr. Gerber
Saul Danaceau
Texas Coed Killed in Chem Lab Blast at Sam Houston
An explosion in the Sam Houston State Teachers College chemistry laboratory killed Lavonne Wilson, 20, a Conroe, Texas senior, and left Robert D. Thomas, 22, from Houston, in critical condition. The blast occurred after school hours around 4:15 p.m. The lab interior was wrecked and windows blown out. Professor J.C. Stallings had warned students about ether before leaving.
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HUNTSVILLE
Tex
Sam Houston State Teachers college
Lavonne Wilson
Conroe
Robert D. Thomas
Houston
FBI Arrests Dixie-Red Leader Scales in Memphis
Junius Irving Scales a 34 year old advertised leader of the Dixie Red party for North and South Carolina and Tennessee was seized by FBI agents in Memphis. He had eluded capture for over three years and is accused of violating the Smith Act by advocating the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. The arrest followed a Wilkesboro North Carolina warrant. He disappeared from his Carboro North Carolina home on October 6 1981.
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WASHINGTON
Department of Justice
Junius Irving Scales
communist party
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Memphis
Tenn
FBI
Scales
J. Edgar Hoover
Carr street
Carboro
N.C
Hoover
U.S
Wilkesboro
Russians Agree to an Atom Plan in UN Session
United Nations dispatch from New York reports Western powers and Russia nearing a compromise on Eisenhower s atom for peace program. A single outstanding issue remains ahead of expected unanimous approval by the General Assembly. The Disarmament Commission meets tomorrow afternoon while the 60 nation Political Committee also plans a vote on Lodge s revised resolution.
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UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
Russia
Eisenhower
General Assembly
United States
Assembly
Disarmament commission
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Give a Buck for Luck to Erase Chest Drive Shortage
The Greater Bridgeport area is urged to donate one dollar per adult to the Community Chest by mailing to 211 State Street. The 1955 drive fell short by 145 828 dollars, threatening essential Red Feather welfare, health, and youth programs. No solicitors will visit. individuals and groups are asked to act.
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Greater
Bridgeport
Red Feather
paign
Community Chest
State Street
Conn
Secret ballots cast by workers at Dictaphone unit
Local 24760 members voted against authorizing the negotiating committee to strike over a contract dispute with Dictaphone Corp. In a 315 to 289 margin with five voided ballots, about 608 of roughly 750 members participated. Balloting occurred 11 am to 6 pm at the union hall on Colorado Avenue amid ongoing mediation and no date set for a new parley.
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James Galullo
AFL
Galullo
Colorado avenue
Pact Terms Given Public by Underwood
Underwood announces mailing of a three page letter outlining an 11 point program offered to the union before the strike. Public relations official William Allerton says the letters go to more than 1,000 people outside the company including doctors dentists cab drivers and barbers who meet the public. The letter replies to union demands for a citizens committee to review the contract dispute that led to the November 5 strike, with the company aiming to make the entire city a citizens committee.
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Underwood corporation
William Allerton
Allerton
citizens’ committee
Husband Found Guilty in Slaying of Bride
Anthony G. Cannata, 24, former Meriden, Conn., was convicted of first degree murder for killing his wife Delores, 26, in their Los Angeles home last Aug. 16. A jury of five men and seven women recommended life imprisonment. Cannata admitted the stabbing after claiming momentary insanity and voice compulsion. The same jury will hear his insanity plea, with three psychiatrists deeming him sane and a fourth calling him dangerously insane.
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LOS ANGELES
Anthony G. Cannata
Meriden
Conn
Delores
Cannata
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