Braves Edge Yankees 1-0 for Series Lead
Lew Burdette fired seven hits allowed for a 1-0 win over New York as Joe Adcock drove in the deciding run in the sixth after Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron opened the inning with consecutive singles. Whitey Ford matched Burdette until the decisive sequence. Mantle sidelined with a shoulder injury.
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Jack Hand
Milwaukee
Lew Burdette
New York Yankees
Milwaukee Braves
Joe Adcock
Eddie Mathews
Hank Aaron
Whitey Ford
Burdette
Mathews
Braves
Jerry Coleman
Yankee
Aaron
Hank Bauer
Coleman
Adcock
Ford
Mattthens
Yanks
Boston
Johnny Sain
Gil McDougald
Yogi Berra
New York
Yankee Stadium
Andy Pafka
Faos Slaughter
McDougald
Berra
Mantle
Weather outlook for Bridgeport area shows mild, cloudy day
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers possible today and a high in the 60s. Tonight will be partly cloudy and cooler with lows around 40s, followed by a fair milder outlook for Wednesday with a high in the 60s. The almanac notes the date as October 16 with sunrise at 6 58 a m and sunset at 6 24 p m.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
Faubus Denies Troops Entering Girls Dress Rooms
Arkansas Governor Faubus accused federal troops of invading girls dressing rooms during Central High integration. White House press secretary Hagerty refuted the claim as untrue and vulgar, while school officials dismissed it as ridiculous. Faubus urged evidence and proposed sending in WACs to supervise integration, and his letter to Maj. Gen. Walker was returned unopened.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval Fauvbus
White House
Central High School
James Ic. Hagerty
Faubus
Virgil T. Blossom
Fred Graham
Hagerty
White’ House
Wacs
Central High
Edwin A. Walker
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Washington
Walker
City Council Votes Referenda On Tax Districts And Fire Week
The Common Council approved using voting machines to place two charter amendments on the November 5 ballot. One referendum would consolidate tax districts and the other shorten the firemen’s work week from 56 to 42 hours. The fire week measure passed 16 to 0. tax district consolidation moved 15 to 1 with Republican Alderman Delaquile voting no. Democratic and Socialist members supported both, joining the mayor’s backing, while the Republican party opposed. An opinion from City Atty. John V. preceded the votes.
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Common Council
Frank Delaquila
McLevy
City Council creates 22 new fire department jobs
By unanimous vote the Common Council established 22 new positions in the Fire department to staff Engine House 16 on Madison avenue the Air Pollution Control bureau and a double pumper company at Engine House 4. Positions include a captain two lieutenants three pumper engineers and 12 firefighters with further posts for the air pollution bureau stenographer and related staff. The Civil Service and Fire Commissions will name selections.
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Common Council
Madison Avenue
Air Pollution Bureau
Fire Department
2G Council
Civil Service Commission
Fire Commission
Tracking of Red Moon orbit remains uncertain
American scientists report mixed results in tracking the Soviet satellite. Navy Minitrack data feed into the IBM computer aims for minute by minute orbit predictions while Moonwatch teams in Cambridge face possible sighting or data accuracy errors. Photographs may come within days as observatories plan dawn or dusk passes.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Research Laboratees
IBM
Moonwatch
Cambridge
Mass
United States
American Astronomical Observatories
J. Allen Hynek
Optical Tracking Program
Smithsonian Institution
Astrophysical Observatory
South Pasadena
Calif
Pardons Board Cuts Terms for Three Lifers in Hartford
Hartford October 7 The state Pardons Board reduced life terms for three inmates. Frank Kerkes Bridgeport 56 had his life sentence commuted to time served and is now parole eligible. Dennis Denats 41 of Nutmeadow saw his term cut to 12 years with parole possible next April. Robert Sanders 36 Bridgeport had his 18 to 21 year sentence reduced to 12 years, with time served and good behavior counted. The board rejected 50 other leniency petitions.
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Frank Kere‘kes
Bridgeport
May Herbert
Aac Denats
Mnutwain
Alice West
Robert Sanders
Coby
Elizabeth Co
Satellites Beepless In Boston Area
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory reported the Russian earth satellite failed to emit audible signals during a scheduled crossing near Cambridge. Scientists had forecast a pass at 11 40 p m local time with beeps usually heard seven minutes before and after the passage. engineer James Knight cited abnormal atmospheric conditions as a likely cause.
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Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian
James Knight
Larsen Engagement Reported Between Yankee Star and Hostess
Don Larsen, New York Yankees pitcher, and Corrine Bruess a Trans World Airlines hostess, announced their engagement. Bruess, 26, says they met last July on a West Coast flight and has been flying KC to New York. Wedding planned for December in Benson Minnesota after the World Series.
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Kansas, City
Qct
Don Larsen
New York Yankee
Corrine Bruess
Miss Bruess
Trans World Airlines
West Coast
Kansas City
New York
Benson
Minn
Nine incumbents toppled as Milford council welcomes new faces
Milford voters tossed four of nine incumbents from the Town Council in a 32.1 percent turnout. Alice Crosby won reconstitution of the Board of Education Fourth district by 870 to 238 over Donald Wyatt, while Florence Bradman joined the Fifth district council. Jasper Jaser and George Jaser became the first brothers to serve on Milford’s council.
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Milford
George Storck
Woodmont
Storck
Republican Party
Walter R. Cable
Paul W. Holt
Howard G. Spencer
Alice Crosby
Board of Education
Alice C. Crosby
Donald E. Wyatt
William E. Colby
Henry Foran
Kenneth R. Hilton
John R. Northrup
Théodore FE. Hornish
Jasper J. Jaser
George J. Jaser
Brothers
Florence Bradman
Jane C. Zelliff
Howard Bullard
Howard G. Fulton
L. Heres de Wyk
Ansonia
Bradman
Bullard
Fulton
First New Haven National Bank
Stratford votes to switch to one member council
In Stratford the Republicans win districts three through five and Democrats win districts one, two, six, nine and ten. Fred R Lucas loses in district four to Edwin Carey. A charter amendment to form a 1 member council from 10 districts and one at large passes 3 722 to 1 736 with a turnout of 13 430 of 20 947 eligible. The change takes effect in 1959 and parties will be designated in all races.
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Frederick E. Phelan
Stratford
Traum
Edward Haflich
Ocratic
General Assembly
Judge Approves Northeastern Sale to Carpenter Steel
A federal judge approved the sale plan of Northeastern Steel of Bridgeport to Carpenter Steel of Reading, Pa. Two thirds of creditors backed the plan which cancels all Northeastern stock and directs bond and claim settlements. The court will rule Friday on immediate versus deferred transfer of assets. Northeastern, with over nine million in claims, had stock largely held locally and faced a four million dollar equity loss since incorporation.
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New Haven
Northeastern Steel Company
Bridgeport
Carpenter Steel Company
Reatting
Robert 2. Anderson
Northeastern
I Northeastern
North
Eastern
Yale University
New England
Carpenter Steel
Harbor
Carpenter
Fassery
Stanley
the Hood
United
Connecticut Town Elections Shifts Favor Democrats
Republicans carried eight of eleven Fairfield county towns while Democrats won Monroe and Wallingford in a statewide sweep across 126 Connecticut communities. In Danbury Joseph H. Sauer was reelected first selectman. Hamden flipped back to GOP, while Seymour and Wallingford fell to Democrats. Democrats also held Torrington and Bristol and won ten towns previously GOP, reducing Republican strength statewide. A pole collapse and bank alarm incident in Bristol interrupted election night events.
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Monroe
Raymond G. Michel
Selectman's
Robert H. Lewis, Jr
Michel
Lewis
Isadore Warshaw
Elm Street
Michell
Lloyd Stevens
Fairfield County
GOP
Bethel
Brookfield
Danbury
Darien
Easton
Newtown
Redding
Ridgefield
New Fairfield
Stratford
Carroll
Leo F. Carrall
State Liquor Control Commission
First Selectman
Joseph H. Sauer
Republican
First Selectmen
Associated Press
Connecticut
Torrington
Bristol
New Haven
Hamden
Seymour
Wallingford
Y. rAare
Bridgeport Man Freed in Bogus Money Case
A federal judge acquitted Joseph Frizinia of Bridgeport of passing counterfeit money. He was charged with using two counterfeit $20 bills in a Stratford diner on May 10, after bank staff detected the bills during a deposit. U S District Court Judge Robert P. Anderson ruled the government failed to prove the accusation.
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New Haven
Joseph Frizinia
Bridgeport
Frizinia
Stratford
U. S. District Court
Robert P. Anderson
Man killed in blast at Platte City shop
An explosion demolished a body repair shop in Platte City Missouri a Kansas City suburb. Mechanic Rueben Mulkey 55 was found dead in the rubble and no one else was in the building at the time.
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Platte City
Kansas City
Rueben Mulkey
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