New Haven to Overhaul Viaduct in Hartford Area
The New Haven railroad announced a 2 1/2 million dollar project to replace the viaduct understructure between Union Square and Fairfield avenue with reinforced concrete piers. Nineteen piers will be replaced, 150 daily trains will pass, and work may take 18 months to two years with normal operations continuing. Foundations firm Foundations Company of New York is the apparent low bidder at about 2.2 million.
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Union square
Fairfield avenue
Patrick B. McGinnis
New York
the
Foundations company
Phenix City Gambler Convicted of Murder
Phenix City Alabama October 6 AP Gambler Red Cook the first defendant in the city vice trials was found guilty of first degree murder in the four year old night club killing of taxi driver John Mancil on August 6 1950. He received a life sentence. His wife cried out in distress as the verdict was read.
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PHENIX CITY
Ala
Red Cook
Cook
John Mancil
Vermont Snow Forecast Brings Cold Front to New England
The Weather Bureau forecast cold weather for New England after a weekend of heat. A cold front crossed the region bringing new flurries to Montpelier and high elevations in Vermont and New Hampshire. Temperatures in the middle and upper 30s were recorded in extreme northern New England.
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BOSTON
Weather Bureau
New England
Montpelier
Vermont
New Hampshire
Official Weather Bridgeport and Vicinity Forecast
Official Weather data show fair and cool conditions for Bridgeport and New York City today tonight and Friday. Highs 55 to 60 today. Lows 40 to 45 tonight. City specifics match Bridgeport with similar temperatures. Precipitation yesterday was a trace. Almanac notes include October 7 as the 280th day with sunrise at 5 38 a m and sunset at 5 27 p m.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
BRIDGEPORT AND
VICINITY
NEW YORK CITY
Bridgeport
Barge Firm Proposes Solvent Spray for Milford Beaches
Milford October 6 town officials met with New Jersey Barge Co representatives to discuss spraying a solvent over oil from a spill off Long Island Sound. The plan aims to break up the sticky bunker oil and let it dissolve, with residents filing claims directly to the barge firm for insurance settlement. Officials toured the area to assess oil coverage on sand rocks seaweed and seagrass.
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Barge Co
Milford
Long Island sound
John J. Desmond
Desmond
New Jersey Barge company
Perth Amboy
N. J
Albert P Stowe
Walter W Engel
A. Noel Thompson
J. R Thompson
John Zach
New Jersey
Harold N. Gast
barge company
James Haggerman
Walter Mareske
Atwater street
RobertS. Colleman, Inc
New Haven
Fence failed to aid cops ends Killingworth junkyard
Hartford October 6 AP failure to aid State Police and a Motor Vehicle Department inspector during Hurricane Edna led to the shutdown of a Killingworth junkyard operator. William Voelkel of Chestnut Hill Road was charged with operating a junk yard without a license. the MVD ordered disposal of the yard after a guilty verdict and a $100 fine, with sentence execution continued to December.
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Killingworth
William Voelkel
Chestnut Hill road
Charles F. Kelley
Kelley
Voelkel
Westbrook barracks
MVD dealers’ and repairers’ section
Edwin B. Pratt
Dac
Airmen Help Save Maine's Potatoes
Presque Isle Maine Oct 6 AP Men of the U S Air Force worked in potato fields to help harvest before frost. Hundreds from Loring Air Force Base Limestone and Presque Isle AFB volunteered amid heavy rain. Farmers lined up transport to fields as managers sought extra help to boost Maine potato output. Loring has 5000 personnel Presque Isle 2000.
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Maine
U. S. Air Force
Loring Air Force base
Limestone
Loring
Eleven Airmenn Killed In B50 Crash Near Willows
An Air Force B 50 weather reconnaissance plane crashed southeast of Willows California at 7 12 pm killing at least 11 aboard and injuring others. Sheriff officials reported four hospitalized and several parachuted to safety while earlier reports cited 16 aboard.
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sheriff's office
Glenn County General hospital
Willows
San Francisco
France to speed London pact ratification debate
Paris dispatch reports Prime Minister Pierre Mendes-France won cabinet backing to push the nine power London agreements for West German rearmament as a confidence issue in the National Assembly. He forecast a precise agreement by October end and ratification texts in November, with a Saar settlement planned for October 20 with Chancellor Adenauer. The foreign affairs committee praised his London talks, though no vote was taken.
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Pierre Mendes-France
National Assembly
London
Mendes-France
assembly
foreign affairs
Saar
Konrad Adenauer
foreign affairs committee
European organization
Brussels
Bonn
Italy
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Britain
NATO permanent council
Anthony Eden
France
Belgium
the
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Senate probes hunt for Woodner funds amid divorce case
Senate investigators said Ian Woodner charged costs of his housing projects and funded detectives to fight his wife’s divorce suit. Auditors said mortgage proceeds may have been improperly used. Woodner claimed some detective work was overhead and tied to protecting property in his Woodner apartment project.
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WASHINGTON
Senate
Ian Woodner
New York
Woodner
Federal Housing Administration
Senate Banking committee
William Simon
Simon
Jennings Lands Fire Safety Here
Fire Chief Sylvester E. Jennings told Bridgeport Safety Council at Stratfield hotel that the Fire Department needs six more men to enforce fire safety laws. He praised Capt. John F. Gleason and Lieut. Thomas Duggan for their work and noted overtime efforts to inspect halls, meeting places, and theaters to assure compliance.
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Sylvester E. Jennings
Bridgeport Safety Council
Stratfield hotel
Jennings
John F. Gleason
Thomas Duggan
Fire Department
State Police Department
Gas Blast Burns Man in Fairfield
Francis Layton, 37, suffered second and third degree burns to both arms and the face in a Fairfield gas explosion at his mother Ella Simmons’ Dresden Street home. Firemen said gas filled the kitchen and a mistimed attempt to light the oven triggered the blast, severely damaging the kitchen. He was taken by police ambulance to St. Vincent’s Hospital in fair condition.
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Francis Layton
Mra
Ella Simmons
Dresden street
Fairfield
St. Vincent's hospital
Tunxia Hill
Stratfield
Layton
Paul Nagy
Two Yanks Freed by Korean Reds
U S Marine Lt Col Herbert A Peters and Army Private Charles Julius described their captivity near Kaesong and the DMZ as they refused propaganda offers. Peters recounted an emergency landing after his plane ran out of fuel and a later attempted escape. Julius, wounded by a land mine, said he wandered under capture after a stream swim. Both denied mistreatment and rejected communist life.
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Herbert A. Peters
Seattle
Wash
Charles Julius
Orlando
Fla
Peters
Kaesong
Korea
1st Marine wing
Reds
Fire damages roof of Hartford plant
Hartford Oct 6 AP a threatening roof fire at the Hartford Electric Light Co main production plant prompted a three alarm response. Firemen confined the damage to an auxiliary roof over the coal bunker with no power interruption. interior and reef damage were slight.
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HARTFORD
Hartford Electric Light Co
South Meadows
Longshoremen End Two Day 25 000 Strike At Port Of New York
A two day 25000 strong longshoremen strike in New York ended with union leaders claiming victory though they lost the right to strike for 45 days. Picket signs were replaced by back to work placards as 71 ships were affected and a no strike pledge was secured for at least 45 days. The ILA cited victory over wage and welfare retroactivity while disputes with the Waterfront Commission lingered. Local unions ratified a settlement mediated by federal and city mediators.
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International Longshoremen's
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paralysia
buaieat
ILA
AFL
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bistate
William V. Bradley
Waterfront commission
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atll
Patrick J. Connolly
John A. Burke
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