Six candidates discuss Bridgeport school needs at forum
Six candidates for three Bridgeport Board of Education seats outlined top needs including guidance, classroom capacity, teacher salaries, long range planning, repairs, equipment and textbooks. They criticized appointment procedures and urged reforms, with focus on funding, a North End elementary and high school, and continuous maintenance.
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Board of Education
Bridgeport
Francis J. King
Anita S. Vogel
Bridgeport Gas Company
Vogel
Gustav Samuelson
North End
Samuelson
Steet
King
Irving 5
Bass
Augusta Mendel
Comptroller
Frank Mazzabuli
Mazzabufi
Irving Bass
Russia
Fife
Perley M. Leighton
Citizens’ Committee For the Study of
Bridgeport Public Schools
The
League of Women Voters
Council of Parent-Teacher Associations of
Evelyn Arcudi
John Driscoll
Raymond Tiernan
Samuel Shapiro
Leighton J
Raymond Overfield
Jobless claims rise in Norwalk as September figures show increase
The Norwalk State Employment Service reports a 70 percent rise in unemployment in September from 1956, with 801 active job seekers, 403 new applications, and 333 placements. Women show strong demand in clerical and production roles, plus growing need for day labor in housework.
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Norwalk
State Employment Service
Catherine A. Gibson
Gibson
AAUW
American Association of University Women
Silvermine Tavern
Harold Schwartz
William Bolster
Leonard Abramson
Flu Strikes Area High Schools For Week Strong Absenteeism Reported
Bridgeport and Stratford schools report record flu like absenteeism with 1 074 of 4 635 in Bridgeport and 450 plus in Stratford absent. St Marys parochial closes. Notre Dame and Andrew Warde also report high absences as two Saturday games canceled. Harvard coach sticks with Stahura at right halfback amid Ivy clash prep.
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Bridgeport
Stratford
Joseph E. Jeffrey
Donald W. Fowler
Stratford High School
Bassick
Ilness
Amity
Housatonic
St. Mary’s
Bartholomew J. O'Shea
Notre Dame of Bridgeport Catholic
Fairfield
Andrew Warde High School
Roper Ludiowe High School
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
John Yovisin
Walt Stahura
Crimson
Columbia
Stahura
Ohio University
Dick McLaughlin
Stamford firm lands $322,854 contract for generators
Washington reports Civil Aeronautics Administration awards totaling over 3.6 million for airway improvements. Consolidated Diesel Electric Corporation of Stamford, Connecticut, receives 322,854 dollars for 75 engine generators.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Consolidated Diesel Electric Corporation
Stamford
Galina Bystrova Sets World Pentathlon Record
Student Galina Bystrova set a world record in the women's pentathlon with 4,846 points at an Odessa track meet. The previous mark of 4,767 was established last year at the Moscow Spartakiad by Nina Vinogradova.
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Moscow
Galina Bystrova
Odessa
Nina Vinogradova
Bowdoin Williams Football Game Cancelled
The Bowdoin Williams football game scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to flu at the Maine College. Williams College officials said 22 of Bowdoin's 41 varsity players were ill and four more were benched with injuries.
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Williamston
Mass
Bowdoin-Williams
Maine College
Williams College
Bowdoin
Havana Signs catcher Joseph Hannah from Fort Worth Cats
The Havana Sugar Kings purchased catcher Joseph Hannah, 24, from the Fort Worth Cats in a straight cash deal. Hannah played part of 1957 with the Los Angeles Angels in the PCL, batting .244 in 52 games, as both Fort Worth and Los Angeles are Dodger farm clubs.
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Havana
Cuba
Sugar Kings
International League Today
Joseph Hannah
Fort Worth Cats
Hannah
Los Angeles Angels
Fort Worth
Los Angeles
Dodger
Fire in Bathroom Causes Minor Damage in Bath County
Firefighters from Box 71 Responded to a 4 07 p m alarm tracing smoke in a bathroom at 1113 Barnum Avenue to a short circuit in a lighting fixture. Damage described as slight with recall at 4 11 p m. Owner listed as Mrs Mary H Dulin.
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Box 71
Barnum
Central Avenues
Barnum Avenue
Mary H. Dulin
Danbury Brothers Guilty in Break In Vehicle Case
Edward J. Hulse 20 and Harvey F. Hulse Jr. 26 were found guilty of breaking and entering a motor vehicle in Danbury City Court. Judge Albert H. Hornig granted continuances to Oct 26 for sentencing after probation reports. Det. Lieut. William Tobin testified. brothers held on $1,000 bonds.
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Danbury
Albert H. Hornig
Edward J. Hulse
Harvey F. Hulse, Jr
Hornig
William Tobin
Thorpe Street
Hulse
Mahonri Young III Noted Sculptor In Serious Condition
Norwalk AP Mahonri M. Young 80 Utah sculptor was in serious but not critical condition at Norwalk hospital today. He has been confined since Oct 5 and lives in Ridgefield. A Salt Lake City native known for paintings and etchings.
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Norwalk
Mahonri M. Young
Utah
Norwalk Hospital
Young
Ridgefield
Salt Lake City
Dodgers Sign Hurler Travis From Woodridge High
Brooklyn Dodgers sign right handed pitcher Philip Allan Travis from Woodridge New Jersey to a contract with the Reno Nevada farm club in the California League. Travis earned seven varsity letters in baseball and basketball at Woodridge High and pitched two no hitters this year.
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New York
Brooklyn Dodgers Today
Philip Allan Travis
Woodridge
N. J
Reno, Nev
Travis
Woodridge High School
Apple Prospects Up Boston News Record
Improvement in New England apple prospects was reported today. Output is estimated at 7,600,000 bushels, about 8 percent above the September 1 estimate, 1 percent above last year, and 1 percent above the 10-year average. Connecticut shows the largest gain over September prospects at 13 percent, per the New England Crop Reporting Service.
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Boston
New England
Connecticut
Grange groups plan rival programs for Community Night
Poh statuck Grange will stage competitive programs this Tuesday with Oscar White directing the men and Miss Anna G Murphy overseeing the women. Judges will include officers and members from neighboring Granges. Last year the women won and the men served supper as penalty.
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Pohstatuck Grange
Oscar White
Anna G. Murphy
The
Grange
Grange Hall
Willis F. Arndte
Currituck
Tina Sector
Leslie Stretch
Susan Fairfield
Maureen Hennessy
Robert E. Fairfield
George E. Stretch
Brookfield Center
YMCA Dance Classes to Begin in Westport Oct 29
Westport YMCA Girls and Women's division announces eight week Modern Dance Classes for Women starting October 29. Joan Gavin director says sessions run 10 a.m. at the YMCA with Patricia McBride as instructor. registration now open at the Y. Details on exchanges for Girl Scouts and senior international visits noted.
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Westport
Westport Ymca
Joan Gavin
YMCA
Patricia McBride
Danbury Court Finds Marshall Guilty Of Speeding
Judge William R. Jones told Raymond L. Marshall twenty two of Pleasant Valley Road Groton that sixty miles per hour on a downgrade is not a safe speed for a tractor trailer. Marshall was fined thirty five dollars after being arrested September 11 by State Policeman Bruce Albert for nearly a mile at that speed after passing two other trucks on the Danbury Newtown road. The court dismissed a charge of driving while under the influence against Paul S Kingman of Newtown as the state failed to show when the defendant was operating his car.
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McBride
Truda’ Kaschmann
Hartford School of Music
Bennington College
Lucas Hoving
Silvermine Guild
YWCA
Bridgeport
Fairfield Public Schools
Michael Richards
Norwalk
Arthur Miller
Joseph Caccamo
Punch Bowl Drive
Kingman
Bruce Albert
Theodore Gluckman
Stadley
Albert
Kingbe
Costman
Anna Hanna
Charles A. Hallock
Charles , Stohl, Jr
New Fairfield
William E. Rockwell
Town Hill Avenue
Eugene Rosenthal
Randolph Street
Stratford
Fred C. VanEss
Franklin Street
Danbury
William R. Jones
Raymond
L. Marshall
Pleasant Valley Road
Groton
Marshall
Danbury-Newtown
Paul S
Newtown
Jones
Juliette Lowe World Friendship Fund Tea Set for Nov 7
Aspetuck Area Girl Scouts announce a Nov 7 tea at Emmanuel Church Parish Hall Weston from 3 30 to 5 pm to launch the annual World Friendship Fund drive. Westport Weston Wilton troops will elect representatives, wear uniforms, and learn the fund’s purpose supporting the international Scout center in the Swiss Alps.
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Rappuus
Henry McDonald
John &. Wood
Robert J. Chittick
Stuart
F. Heinritz
Westport
Club to Meet November Eight at 1 P M
Robert Leahy and Mrs Joseph zanne are listed as participants. The club’s next meeting is scheduled for November 8 at 1 p m in the Newtown Congregational church house with holiday arrangements as the theme.
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Seventh Circle
Women’s Federation of the
Newtown Congregational Church
Edmond Town
Claus T. Magnus
Stuart C. Haskins
Women's Federation
Haskis
Robert Leahy
Joseph ‘Zanne
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