Building Razed in Fairfield Fire Rises Blaze and Loss
Fire destroyed the Superior Fuel company building in Fairfield, with flames enveloping the roof as Engine Nos. 1 2 and 3 and No. 2 Truck fought the blaze. A rear door was charred, service trucks burned, and a passerby reported the discovery. No interruption to fuel firm operations.
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Superior Fuel Company
Stopa
No. 2
Fuel Company
Lillian Siegel
Lea Petitti
Winnepago Drive
Fairfield
Toling
Kings Highway
Black Rock Turnpike
New England Avenue
India
United Nations
Darien
Eisenhower
International
Darien Elephant Arrives in New Home at Old McDonalds Farm
Mrs Joel Brooke presides as Shakuntala arrives on the Norwalk-Darien line to join her 44 foot tall figure. Proprieties Mark Isselee and Spencer Schulten take custody with Charles Kramer also present. A special path to her stall and a weathered enclosure are built. First school contests award the visiting children who witness the presentation with Indian officials and First Selectman Kerrigan in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Brooke
Betty Holmes
John Massengale
Shakuntala
McDonald's
Schulten
Victim Escapes Abductors On Trumbull Avenue Chase
Mr. Figueroa fought off two abductors after they grabbed the car steering wheel on Trumbull Avenue and tried a head on collision. He jumped from the vehicle at about 40 miles an hour, crawled to Bridgeport Park Supt. George A. Mallett’s home, and reported the attack to police. He identified the suspects to detectives at headquarters. He said the men warned they would kill him and claimed they just wanted to “take him for a ride.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Figueroa
Trumbull Avenue
Bridgeport-Trumbull
Figueroa
Puglisi
Mystery Police
Moon Rocket Urged To Top Reds Feat
Rockets expert Norman Baker of Missiles and Rockets says the United States should send a rocket to the moon as the next step in space study. He told a radio audience that the U S can take this step now with current technical knowledge and urged U S leadership in the space race with the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Soviet Russia
Norman Baker
Missiles and Rockets Magazine
Baker
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., Inc
Rain Aids State in Forest Fires Seen Across Towns
Fires broke out during the day in West Stafford Vernon Norwich and Bristol. None exceeded an acre and a topsoil drive kept flames shallow yet deeply driven by the dry conditions. Stocking praised tonight's rainfall but warned more rain is needed for safety.
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West Stafford
Vernon
Norwich
Bristol
Shore area storm fringe clears with tides and rain
A coastal storm wanes as winds ease and temperatures rise to around 60 to 65. Rain totaled 0.11 inch through 8:30 p.m. yesterday. high yesterday reached 69, low 50. Shoreline flood warnings eased as small craft advisories remained for coastal waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Milford
Westport
Old Saybrook
Long Island Sound
Driver Injured in Fairfield Crash
Roger Lever 25 of Miller Road Bethany was injured at 8:30 last night when his car collided with Edwin Clark of 279 Knapps Highway Fairfield at Black Rock Turnpike and Stillson Road. Lever suffered head injuries and was treated by a private physician. Both drivers were arrested on motor vehicle violation charges and summoned to Town Court Oct 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Lever
Miller Road
Bethany
Black Rock Turnpike
Stillson Road
Fairfield
Joseph Szudora
Lever
Edwin Clark
Knapps Highway
Clark
Town Polls Open Later In Several Local Elections
Polls opened in 12 area towns today with closing times varying by town. Newtown Monroe Bethel Ridgefield Redding New Fairfield Brookfield Danbury close at 6 p m. Stratford Milford at 7 p m. Darica at 8 p m.
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Newtown
Monroe
Bethel
Ridgefield
Redding New Fairfield
Brookfield
Danbury
Stratford
Milford
Darica
126 Towns Elect Officials Today
Area voters head to polls for town elections in Stratford Milford Danbury and many others with contests for town councils boards of education and first selectmen Republican and Democratic candidates seek control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Bethel
Brookfield
Darien
Easton
Monroe
New Fairfield
Newtown
Redding
Ridgefield
Stratford
Milford
Board of Education
First Selectman
Joseph H. Sauer
John A. Shanley
Republican First Selectmen
Howard W. Andrews
Louis G. Anderson
Harold Samuelson
Andrews
Mr. Anderson
Samuelson
M. Percival Standish
Independence
Leo F. Carroll
State Police Department
State Liquor .Control Commission
Richard E. Venus
Harry E. Hull
First
Joan Rowe
John W. Wilson, Jr
Oscar Karrell
Bristol
James P. Casey
Edwin P. Gustavson
Michael F. McLaughlin
Torrington
William T. Carroll
Anthony C. Gelormino
Gustave H. Froelich
Ashford
Barkhamsted
Beacon Falls
Berlin
Bethlehem
Bloomfield
Bolton
Bozrah
Branford
Bridgewater
Brooklyn
Canaan
Canterbury
Canton
Chaplin
Cheshire
Chester
Clinton
Colebrook
Columbia
Cornwall
Coventry
Cromwell
Deep River
Durham
Eastford
East Granby
East Haddam
East Hampton
East Hartford
East Haven
East Lyme
East Windsor
Ellington
Essex
Franklin
Glastonbury
Goshen
Griswold
Groton
Guilford
Haddam
Hampton
Hartland
Harwinton
Hebron
Kent
Killingly
Killingworth
South Windsor
Sprague
Stafford
Sterling
Stonington
Vernon
Voluntown
Wallingford
Warren
Washington
Waterford
Watertown
Westbrook
West Heven
Willington
Winchester
Winsted
Windsor
Windsor Locks
Wolcott
Woodbury
Woodstock
Colchester
State highway crash claims six men killed on road
Six men were killed on state roads when a car struck another vehicle late Saturday near a Berlin poultry farm on the Wilbur Cross highway as one man attempted to cross. The man, Lopez, died on arrival at New Britain General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Cross Highway
Berlin
Lopez
New Britain General Hospital
Services Tomorrow For Monroe Victim Stohl Jr. Dies in Crash
John Clifford Stohl Jr. 25 of Monroe died Saturday in a crash at Broadway and Route 1. Visitation is Tuesday at Ham Funeral Home in Bridgeport. Burial with full military honors will be in Lakeview Cemetery. He served in the U S Navy 1950 to 1954, stationed at Quonset Point Rhode Island. Survived by wife Jacqueline, a son David, daughter Debra, parents John C Stohl Sr and Dorothy Guyott Stohl, and sisters Barbara and Cynthia Stohl, all Monroe.
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Trumbull
John Clifford Stohl Jr
Barn Hill Road
Monroe
Broadway
Route 1
Ham
Charles W. Dougiello
Bridgeport
Stohl
U. S. Navy
Fromm
Russia may launch a second moon as space race grows
Soviet official Blagonravov said Russia may launch another satellite while American plans push test vehicles ahead of a full scale lunar effort. U S trackers race to determine orbit using air radiophile stations, while experts debate satellite power and potential manned missions.
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Blagonravov
Blagomrayov
Russia
John P. Hagen
United States
U. S
Navy
Blossom Point
Fort Stewart
Havana
Cuba
Quito
Ecuador
Lima
Peru
Mosco Radio
Cambridge
Mass
Fred Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Group To Organize To Support Cocco For Mayor
A Citizens-for-Cocco committee to back Domenick Cocco Republican candidate for mayor will form at Republican headquarters in the Stratfield hotel at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Joseph Donahue former ninth district Republican chairman will lead the group. A M Antignani is treasurer.
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Domenick Cocco
Stratfield Hotel
Joseph Donahue
Ninth District
A. M. Antignani
Satellite launch sparks global political debate
London reports that the Soviet Union’s earth satellite launch shifts global power perception. Editors in Britain and France warn of drastic political and military consequences while Egypt’s papers foresee a neutrality tilt, and analysts like Arthur Clarke call it a colossal scientific and political milestone.
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London
Russia
Red China
Ta Kung Pao
Peiping Radio
U. S
United States
Soviet Union
Soviet
Arthur Clarke
British Interplanetary Society
Satellite sighted as world-spanning flight continues
Soviet observers report the satellite functioning normally on its round the world mission and visible with the naked eye from Uzhgorod and Leningrad as sun rises. A Alma Ata scientist says he saw it unassisted, while Dr Gordon B Little in Alaska confirms the American sighting at College Alaska. The USSR hails the feat as century’s greatest achievement amid jubilation.
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Moscow
Uzhgorod
Leningrad
Alma Ata
Soviet Union
Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Gordon B. Little
University of Alaska
College
Alaska
Little
Rioting and gun violence strike Polish cities and US church shooting
In Warsaw riots erupt with police clashed amid student protests over freedom of speech as tear gas clubs and cavalry of security forces moved through streets near the Palace of Culture. In Los Angeles an 11 year old choir girl Doris Posey and 18 year old Jerry Wylie were found shot in her home, police suspect a gun used after she resisted advances.
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Kaskada
Warsaw
Communist Party
St. Anne's
Marshalowska Street
Constitution Square
Palace of Culture
Laski
Saxon) Park
Poznan
Antoni Baraniak
Los Angeles
Doris Posey
Jerry Wylie
George Stoner
Andrew Kranyik Sr dies in Fairfield aged 76
Andrew Kranyik Sr of 61 Hunyadi avenue Fairfield and a 50 year resident, a Bullard company retiree, died yesterday at St. Vincent's hospital. Services are Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at Frank Polke and Son funeral home and 9 a.m. at St Emery's church with a Requiem Mass. Burial in St Michael's cemetery. Born in Hungary he came to the United States in 1903 and moved to Fairfield in 1907. He helped found St Emery's church and belonged to Holy Name Society St Emery's, William Penn association, St Laszlo society, St Stephen's Catholic society and Kossuth Camp No. 144 WOW. Survived by two sons Andrew Jr and Louis, a daughter Mrs August Szilagyi, seven grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Kranyik
Hunyadi Avenue
Fairfield
Bullard Company
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Frank Polke and Son
Fairfield Avenue
St. Emery’s Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Hungary
Kranyik
United States
St. Emery's Church
Holy Name Society
William Penn Association
St. Laszlo Society
St. Stephen's Catholic Society
Kossuth
Wow
Andrew, Jr
Louis Kranyik
August Szilagyi
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Thomas A. Kerrigan
Darien-Mercara
Famemnition
Ea Caneeangens
PRK Tilford
Hee
Jbrain Neutral Spirits
Park & Tilford Dist, Corp
Louisville
Dr. Scholl
John Street
Edison
Sfairfield
Post Road
Center
Chearwater
Main St
Tuttle Ridg
Oflexes
P.M
SOREN
Beneficial Finance CO
Weather Bureau
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland - Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Atlantic
Idriver
Duquesne, Light Company
Shippingport
Atomic Electric Power Plant
AEDS
Cocco
Andrew Kranyik, SR
Oldsmobile
Tedesco
Anon
General Credit Corp
Raymen
Main Street
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