Disaster plan set at Fairfield State hospital Newtown
A Civil Defense disaster plan was inaugurated at Fairfield State hospital Newtown with sworn coordinators led by Davey Merriman Chief of Operations Civil Defense Hartford. The plan covers evacuation emergency medical care fire protection water sewage fuel and power plus refugee centers and casualty receiving areas on hospital grounds.
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Fairfield State Hospital
Davey
Merriman
Civil Defense
Hartford
Connecticut Office of Civil Defense
Frederick L. Harris
William F Green
Mr. Harris
George L. Geckle
Bert W. Mayer
Ernest G. Fenn
Sydney R. Dobbs
Axel Jensen
William Holcomb
Richard Richard Sperling
Floyd Hileman
Theodore Federko
Gordon Hol Hoyt Johnson
William H. Miller
Stanley Wiencek
Francis Hoffman
Wesley Meyer
August V. Kus
Philip Bell
Harold T. McDougall
John Graf
Robert Vosburgh
Thomas J Muscieno
Gregory Satzuk
John O'Dell
James O'Connell
Frank Schmid
Leon
Knife Threat Follows Crash in Stratford Arrests Made
Bridgeport man Guillermo Avilas 89 Allen Street Bridgeport arrested after crashing into two parked cars on White Street and fleeing. Angelo Nunez 29 Bridgeport emerged from a party, threatened a bystander with a butcher knife, then surrendered after police intervened. Avilas jailed on multiple charges. two cars damaged belong to Michael Solomene and Aurelio Diaz.
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Stratford
Involv
Guillermo Avilas
Allen Street
White Street
William Knablein
Avilas
Angelo Nunez
State Street
Nunez
Ethel Suchy
Knablein
Avila
Michael Solomene
Aurelio Diaz
Spruce Street
Four Hurt In Stamford Car Crash At Merritt Entrance
Four people were injured in a two car collision on High Ridge road entrance to the Merritt Parkway in Stamford around 10 15 am. Donald Salko 17 Kathleen McGee 17 and Barbara Bassett 15 and driver Hary F Eagan 74 were taken to Stamford Hospital for cuts bruises and a rib injury. Salko was charged with failure to yield and will be arraigned December 16 in Stamford court.
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High Ridge Road
Merritt Parkway
Donald Salko
Henderson Road
Fairfield
Kathleen McGee
Keeler Avenue
Bridgeport
Barbara Bassett
Woodridge Road
Stamford Hospital
Hary F. Eagan
Hope Street
Springdale
Salko
Parkway
$30 000 Boost Sought for Textbook Funds
The Board of Education weighs a 30 000 increase in next year’s textbook purchases as part of a 7 737 828 budget for 1958 59. Reading books, geographies, and replacement texts for elementary schools plus high school texts are funded, with hearings set to consider maintenance and art budgets.
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Board of Education
Augusta Mendel
Frank Piazza
MT. Vernon
N.Y
Stanley Lefkowitz
Brooklyn
Madale
Joel Musler
Gramaton Avenue
Lanvreal Avenue
Benjamin
R. Silver
Stephen Vener
So- Vernon
William A. Dann
Lawrence
Kas
Charles R
Dart
White Plains
N. Y
Vener
University of Joseph V. Burns
de Vermont
Dann
Bridgeport
Conn
Aigall
Burns
St. Supt. Piazza
Family of Six Drowns in River Plunge Near Livingston
A car containing Mr and Mrs Charles Woods of Big Timber and their four children Betty Bruce and twins James and John plunged into the Yellowstone River on icy Highway 10 near Livingston. The car was recovered with Bruce and one unidentified twin body inside. other bodies remain missing as a search continues. The accident occurred about noon. a train passenger reported the submerged vehicle at 12 30 p.m. They were en route to Thanksgiving dinner at the L W Swanson ranch.
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Mont
Yellowstone River
Fred White Jr
Charles Woods
Big Timber
Betty
Bruce
James
John
U.S. Highway 10
Livingston
Northern Pacific
Woods
L. W. Swanson Ranch
Thanksgiving Sidelights From Flooded North Carolina Areas
About 150 people from 30 homes along the Lumber River in Lumberton North Carolina received hot soup bread and milk for Thanksgiving as floodwaters delayed their return. Red Cross official John Gardner said no emergency existed though residents were low income whites Negroes and Indians needing help. Fire Department supplies daily rations as waters recede. If weather cooperates they may return in two or three days.
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Lumberton
N. C
Lumber River
John §. Gardner
Red Cross
Gardner
Driver Arrested in Fairfield Crash
A Fairfield crash led to the arrest of the driver on state auto law violations. The impact occurred on the Post road near North Benson. Victims include Henry Wolf and others from New York, while Frances O Neil was uninjured in the eastbound collision.
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Fairfield
Acmon
Turkey
Roy N. Rheinhardt
Martha Joy
Henry Wolf
New
George
Hulton
Benson
Wolf
Frances O'Neil
Carrol Avenue
Finland appoints caretaker premier to end cabinet crisis
Rainer von Fileandt, 67, agreed to form a caretaker government ending six weeks of cabinet crisis in Finland. President Urho Kekkonen will approve the new government, which will be sworn in tomorrow. Parliament is expected to dissolve early next year for new elections.
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Helsinki
Finland
National Bank
Rainer von Fileandt
Urho Kekkonen
Pella Leads Italian Delegation To South America Meet
Foreign Minister Giuseppi Pella and senior Italian officials travel to Montevideo for a conference with Italian ambassadors in South America. The party will then visit Washington next week to discuss Atlantic alliance issues with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.
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Rome
INS
Giuseppi Pella
Montevideo
South America
Pella
Washington
Atlantic Alliance
John Foster Dulles
Schoonmaker Tops Heat In 1957 Star World Title Chase
James Schoonmaker of Fishers Island Sound New York won the fourth heat in the 1957 Star class world championship to move into title contention. One more heat remains tomorrow to decide the outcome, with leaders leaving the result uncertain.
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Havana
Cube
Navy
James Schoonmaker
Fishers Island Sound
N. Y
Thanksgiving Turkeys Stolen as Harvest Fails in California
One third of crops ripened before fall storms spoiled much of the harvest. In Long Beach a housewife reported a thief took her Thanksgiving turkey from the service porch while she prayed. In Antarctica the icebreaker Glacier crew shared their turkey as seas ran rough.
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Long Beach
Calif
Loren F. Holt
Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Opens Amid Traffic Bottleneck
Governor Theodore R. McKeldin will cut a bright red ribbon at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow to officially open the Baltimore harbor Tunnel, a twin tube trench type project costing 130 million dollars. Started nearly three years ago, it aims to relieve the worst East Coast traffic bottleneck by separating north south and south north bound routes.
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Baltimore
Theodore R. McKelin
Baltimore Harbor Tunnel
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