Vico Concern Bought by Greenwich Firm
Aluminum and Chemical Corporation of Newport Arkansas and Greenwich Connecticut announced it acquired Vico International Inc maker of an automatic machine for making aluminum and brass zippers. Its plant is at Garden City Park New York. North Borneo now permits fast tax writeoffs for a number of industries Sandakan reports.
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New York
Aluminum and Chemical Corporation
Newport
Ark
Greenwich, Conn
Vico International, Inc
Garden City Park
N. Y
North Borneo
Sandakan
Marie MacDonald III to Take Rest After Illness
Singer Marie MacDonald III, recovering from Asian flu, cut short a Plaza engagement and entered Lenox Hill hospital in New York for a two week rest.
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Marie MacDonald III
New York
Marie MacDonald
Plaza Hotel
Lenox Hill Hospital
Four Alaskans Die in Plane Crash Near Juneau
Four men aboard an Alaska Air National Guard plane died when it crashed in light snow near Juneau after night landings were banned in the mountain-ringed city. The crash occurred fifty miles west of the capital as the crew could not land due to the ban. Names of the dead were reported by authorities.
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Juneau
Alaska
Alaska Air National Guard
John Waller
Miss MacDonald
Civil Aeronautics
Icy Strait
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Y DANCE CLUB MEETS WITH KAFADER CREW IN ANCHORAGE
The YMCA ballroom dance club the four man Star Steppers will meet at 8 for a program featuring a DC3 Star Steppers crew from Anchorage. The crew includes Captain Robert E Kafader First Lieutenant Dennis Stamey Floyd Porter and David Dial with Frank Cummiskey as head. The unit recently attended a National Guard conference in San Francisco and flew from McChord AFB to Anchorage.
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Floyd S. Porter
Anchorage
David 0. Dial
YMCA
Frank Cummiskey
Atce
San Francisco
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
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Catholics Lecture Set at Assumption Guild Event
In Fairfield at the Church of the Assumption on Stratfield Road the next in the Catholic Living Today series will be held next Sunday at 8 p.m. Mrs. Mary Reed Newland will discuss We and Our Children. The Assumption Guild sponsors the lectures.
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Church of the Assumption
Stratfield Road
Fairfield
Mary Reed Newland
The
Assumption Guild
Alaska Fire Kills Woman Biologist in Fairbanks Building
A fatal fire in Fairbanks destroyed a four story building housing the Lathrop and News-Miner offices and radio studios KFAR KFAR-TV. Druska Schaible, a University of Alaska biology professor and wife of a local physician, died in the blaze. Firemen recovered her body from a third floor apartment as the structure burned with about 40 residents affected. Early estimates put losses at over a million dollars.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
University of Alaska
Druska Schaible
Lathrop
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
KFAR
Kfar-Tv
George Sundborg
News-Miner
Associated Press
Postal Service Official to Speak on Your Mail Facts
John Gaydos local post office superintendent of classification will outline facts about postal service at a National Office Management Association dinner tonight at Stratfield hotel. Gaydos will present a film.
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Postal Service
National Office
Stratfield Hotel
John’ Gaydos
Post
Gaydos
Ringmaster taps Birkmaier as recording secretary for 1958 Barnum Festival
Ringmaster Arthur R. McNeil names Gertrude M. Birkmaier of Fairfield as recording secretary of the 1958 Barnum Festival. She has been with the event since its start and will attend committee meetings to record minutes. Ross B. Baxter will serve as military forces assistant coordinating parade programs. A sharp rise in Belgrade retail trade is noted.
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Arthur R. McNeil
Gertrude M. Birkmaier
Meadowbrook Road
Fairfield
McNeil
Ross B. Baxter
North Avenue
Baxter
John P. Baxter
Albert P. Morano
Rare Jewish ceremonial pieces at Rodeph Sholom exhibit
Congregation Rodeph Sholom at 2385 Park Avenue hosts a week long display of rare Jewish ceremonial objects from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Museum. A Hanukkah lamp engraved in Germany in 1672 is among the items shown as part of Seminary Week tribute to the seminary.
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Congregation
Rodeph Sholom
Park Avenue
Germany
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Harry Nelson
New York
Book Exhibit Stays At Bridgeport Public Library
The Bridgeport Public Library keeps its Book Week exhibit open another week in the Burroughs building children's room. Over 5060 books, selected as the cream of the crop from 1957 publisher lists, are on display.
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Bridgeport
Burroughs
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Bob) E. Kafader
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Sally Churchill
Colin Crewe
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