Accidents on Pike in Rain Kill Two. Several Hurt
State police report two fatal wrecks on the turnpike in rainy conditions. Anita Wilks, 56, died after a collision involving Frank DeBianco, 60, and Kevin Leifert, 21, with Leifert later charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle. DeBianco and Leifert were treated and released from Greenwich Hospital.
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Thomas McMullen
Troop G
Pendin Cioguit
Clark
PO Hee
Greenwich
Somersville
N.J
Arch Street
Anita Wilks
Frank DeBianco
DeBlanco
Kevin Leifert
Bedford Avenue
Norwalk
Liefert
Robert Morrill
Turnpike
Greenwich Hospital
Nine Traffic Deaths in Connecticut Over Four Day Weekend
Nine people died in highway crashes across Connecticut during the four day Thanksgiving weekend. The incidents included a river drowning when a car plunged into the Connecticut River at Glastonbury Rock? Hill ferry. A 20 year old man died on the Turnpike in Norwalk after falling from a moving vehicle. Police charged the drivers with misconduct with a motor vehicle. An additional 14 year old from Waterbury died after being involved in a stolen car. other youths and a 62 year old Marlborough man perished in separate crashes. No fatalities were reported Friday.
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Associated Press
Connecticut
Connecticut River
Lesley J. Brandt
Marlborough
Glastonbury
Rocky Hill Ferry
Brandt
Stephen’ Clark
Meri‘den
Norwalk
David Teller
West Hartford
Anita Willis
Somersville
N.J
Connecticut “Turnpike
Greenwich
Kevin Liefert
Miss Willis
Eugene White
Waterbury
New Haven
Peter P. Gingras
Connecticut Weekend Traffic Fatalities Report
The Associated Press counts multiple CT fatalities over a weekend. North Windsor resident North Windsor was killed in a Lebanon single car crash. Three South Windsor teens died in a two car crash on Sullivan Avenue. Victims were Diane Marques 15 Richard N Mas Ciovecchio 19 and Lynda J Prunier 17. Police report a pickup veered into their lane. Leo Giraux 49 of Newington died when a Panel truck tipped over on a Berlin street. Paul Dianis 68 of Cos Cob was killed in a three car crash in Hillburn New York. The AP reckons week end traffic deaths span Wednesday to Sunday.
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North Windsor
Lebanon
South Windsor
Diane Marques
Richard N. Mas Ciovecchio
Lynda J. Prunier
Sullivan Avenue
Leo Giraux
Newington
Berlin
Paul Dianis
Cos Cob
Hillburn
N.Y
Associated Press
Connecticut
City Woman Shot And Man Is Held After a Dispute
A dispute at Beardsley Terrace housing project in Trumbull avenue ended with Dora Mae Wilson wounded in the body and listed in serious condition at Bridgeport hospital. Jimmie Lindsay was arrested on first degree assault charges and jailed in $1000 bail. Detective Kenneth Neubauer leads the investigation.
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Beardsley Terrace
Trumbull Avenue
Dora Mae Wilson
Bridgeport Hospital
Jimmie Lindsay
Connecticut Avenue
Kenneth Neubauer
Search On for Pair in Seaside Gas Station Robbery
Bridgeport police said they are still seeking two armed men who robbed workers at Seaside service station, 478 Iranistan Avenue, Saturday night, escaping with 1700. Witnesses Anthony Crisante and John Sobon described the bandits as black men in nylon stockings, armed with a .38 caliber revolver, who forced employees to lie on the floor and took cash from a register and safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Iranistan Avenue
Anthony Crisante
Tohn Sobon
Crisante
Sobon
LWV Session at Fairfield Church
The League of Women Voters of Connecticut schedules a conference Thursday at First Congregational Church Fairfield to discuss league program items ahead of the January legislative session. The 10 a.m. program features Mrs. Albert P. Sims former CT LWV president and action chair US LWV and Leslie Dunne staff director of the Legislative action department of the LWV US.
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League of Women Voters of Connecticut
First Congregational
Beach Road
Fairfield
Hartford
Albert P. Sims
League of Women Voters’ of
Connecticut
League of Women Voters of the
United States
Leslie Dunne
Legistative Action
Democratic Party Treasurer Resigns
New York AP Howard Weingrow will resign as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee on December 6. He had served as deputy treasurer and then treasurer since last July and plans to return to his real estate business before 1973.
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New York
Howard Weingrow
Democratic National Committee
Weingrow
Union Debates Bus Subsidy and Local Transit Powers
State leaders press for subsidies to keep Bridgeport and other cities served as litigation over ConnCo insolvency proceeds. Bridgeport transit officials seek regulatory powers to form a local transit district with a budget and staff, while Hartford’s bus shuttle plan is rejected as inapplicable to Bridgeport’s full bus schedule.
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Francis Collins
Danbury
Tepistatura
Bath
Hartford
Meskill
Superior Court
George Laden
Conn-Co
Stamford
ConnCo
Costigan
ATU Cr&l Employes State Conference Board
Bridgeport
Cr&l
Salvatore Cuciale
Bridgeport Transit District
BTD
Public Utilities Commission
BTC
James Curiale
Curiale
Board of Education
Gunmen Fail in Attempt to Free IRA Leader
IRA supporters staged protests in London and Dublin after the conviction of MacStiofain, described as chief of staff of the Provisional wing. A massive Dublin blast wounded 49 as police prepared for further clashes. authorities ordered force feeding considered for the prisoner.
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IRA
MacStiofain
Belfast
London
Aer Lingus
Iia
Grosvenor Place
Dublin
Provisional Wing
Mary
Shevlin
MacSaotain
Whiteibbey
East Belfast
Hartford Bus Strike Brings State Aid Push and Protests
Hartford officials pressed for legal means to restore elderly ride service as bus subsidies falter. The strike widens across New Haven and Stamford with 70,000 to 110,000 riders affected. State funds and a 25 percent subsidy proposal fail to resolve the stalemate between Con Co and the Amalgamated Transit Union.
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Hartford
Hartford Corpalup
Alexander Gold Lo
Farb
Thomas J
A. Farl Wood
Weesles
New Haven
Stamford
Connecticut Co
Amalgamated Transit Union
Goldfarb
Greater Hartford
Orange Street Bus Co
Henry C. Maretz
Julius Wilensky
Wilensky
Stvmford
Tyre
Samu Wilted Wile
ConnCo
E. Clayton Gengras
ATU
Bridgeport
New Britain
Waterbury
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co
Wartford
New Maven
Knights of Pythias Nominations Tonight
Knight officers to be nominated at 8 30 pm in Castle hall Col Tharry Cutler Lodge 77 100 Park Avenue nominees include Lubin Beitchman Leightman Small Frisch Tepper Liskey Trott Hirsch Glauberman Reports from civic committees to follow Refreshments to be served after meeting
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Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Col. Tharry
Cutler Lodge
Park Avenue
Leo Lubin
Harold Beitchman
Samuel Leightman
Sol Small
Benjamin Frischstein
Benjamin Tepper
Elliott Liskey
George Trott
Herbert Hirsch
Harry Glauberman
North and South Yemen Meet on Merger Pact
Beirut Libyan arrival of Abdel Rahman Iryani and Salem Rebaye follows a Cairo agreement on merging North and South Yemen by September under Arab League mediation. The pact eases border clashes and the threat of wider war.
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North
South Yemen
Beirut
Lebanon
Yemen
Abdel Rahman Iryani
Salem Rebaye
Libya
Cairo
Arab League
Connecticut to Tackle Unemployment Tax at 2.7 Percent
State officials announced that beginning January 1, 1973 all Connecticut employers covered under the Unemployment Compensation act will pay a maximum 2.7 percent tax. The rate follows a fund balance drop and marks a shift from prior lower rates for some employers while necessitating federal loan support to cover benefit payments. It also notes upcoming closing of itinerant unemployment offices and directs claimants to nearby Labor Department branches.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Jack A. Fusari
Fusari
General Assembly
Fuasari
New Milford
Plainfield
Rockville
Wallingford
Old Saybrook
Pawcatuck
Jewett City
Stafford Springs
Labor Department
Danbury
Danielson
Manchester
Meriden
Middletown
New London
Norwich
Willimantic
Federa
Democrats Elect Top Assembly Leaders in Hartford
House Democrats unanimously chose their leaders for the 1973 General Assembly in Hartford. The party rejected a recommended slate for assistant leaders, elevating Audrey Beck and Bernard Avcollie to posts, while keeping Carl Ajello as minority leader and James Kennelly as deputy minority leader.
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House Democrats
Hartford
House
Democrats
George W. Hannon Jr
East Hartford
Francis W. Ciampi
Waterbury
Audrey P. Beck
Mansfield
Bernard L. Avcollie
Naugatuck
Carl R. Ajello
Ansonia
James J. Kennelly
William R. Ratchford
Danbury
John MM. Bailey
Vicino
Hankon
General Assembly
EU urges Belgium to speedup office space for new staff
The European Common Market Commission urged Belgium to quickly allocate office space for additional staff as the trade bloc plans to expand from six to nine members, signaling preparations for the enlarging organization and its administration.
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Brussels
European Common Market Commission
Ota
Robbery in Shine Hall At University of Bridgeport
Four people including two UB students Jack Gioglio and Harry Bloom and two visiting guests were robbed of about 240 by three men who displayed a gun and knives in a second floor hallway of Shine Hall 520 University Avenue. Detective Vasas said the robbers fled via stairways and police and university security investigated into the night.
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University of Bridgeport
Shine Hall
University Avenue
Jack Gioglio
Komach, N.J
Harry Bloom
Freehold
N.J
Donald
David Wesnofski
Joseph Vasas
University Security Special
Holy Cross Dedicated in Fairfield with large ceremony
The Holy Cross Catholic Church in Fairfield was dedicated in a Mass led by Bishop Curtis with over 500 attendees. The event honored building committee co chair Stephen J Horvath and featured Slovenian traditions, a cornerstone blessing, and plans handed to church leaders. The Fairfield campus welcomed officials from local and diocese groups as well as parish members.
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Stephen J. Horvath
William C. McInness
Fairfield University
Fairfield
Suburbia
First
John J. Sullivan
David F. Bannon
St. Peter Church
Bridgeport
Stephen G. Vitka
Holy Cross Church
Sacred Heart Church
Torrington
Horvath
James H. Taylor
Lucia Tomashefski
Joseph A. Ruel
Mary Katona
Anthony J. Mastronardi
John J. Toomey
Diocese of
William A. Gennario
Patrick Sullivan
Holy Cross Fathers
John F. McGough
St. Catherine of Siena
Trumbull
James McLaughlin
St. Agnes Church
Greenwich
Alphonse Fiedorczyk
Holy Name of Jesus Church
Stamford
John Malloy
Salesian Provincial
Bernard St. Scanlon
Vicariate III
James A. Maron
Holy Ghost Watchers
Curtis
Yugoslavia
Msgr
Blake
Knights of Columbus
St. Cyril Church
Ridgewood
N.Y
Jland
A.J. Palmieri
Mutual Construction Company
Stratford
Dinner dance honors Benito Gallucci in Fairfield
Tickets remain for a December 1 dinner-dance honoring Benito Gallucci president of the Italian American Civil Rights league. Ticket outlets include Tommy's garage Kiefer Street the Congress News store Main and Congress Streets Checkmate Cafe Fairfield Avenue and the North End Variety Store Main Street. The event will be held at Fredericks Hall Fairfield.
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Benito Gallucci
Tempo of War Increases Through Air and Ground Action
U S B52 bombers conducted 14 missions along the South Vietnam northern front and DMZ area over the weekend. South Vietnamese Marines and paratroopers faced intensified shelling as they advanced toward the Cua Viet estuary with government forces reporting over 1 400 rounds of shellfire in 24 hours. Allied sources say North Vietnamese forces rely more on artillery and rockets as manpower dwindles. In the north the conflict produced 18 enemy KIA with 3 government soldiers killed and 26 wounded. Saigon reports 64 enemy shellings in 24 hours ending Sunday six a m SOC.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Quang Tri Province
Cua Viet
Dmz
South Vietnam
Bridgeport Telegram Publication Details and Rates
The Bridgeport Telegram published by The Post Publishing Co. lists editions and contact methods for Bridgeport Conn. It outlines circulation, weekday morning issues, and subscription rates including options with Sunday Post, plus distance classifications and foreign rates on request. The notice also identifies Associated Press affiliation and dispatch services.
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THE
Post Publishing Company
Bridgeport Post
Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Sunday Post
Bridgeport
Menai
Crreulation Department
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Hribsek
Gallucci
George Clark
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