State Hosts 10 Tour Group In Eastern Connecticut
A two day tour sponsored by the Connecticut Development Commission and state utilities, with 10 tour vehicles, visited New London Windham and Tolland counties to show potential industrial sites and inspect plants. The aim was to acquaint New York and New Jersey brokers with eastern Connecticut’s potential after a slump in textiles.
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New. York
New Jersey
Connecticut Development Commission
New London
Windham
Tolland
New York
Bridgeport Weather Report and Ocean Conditions Brief
Bridgeport and vicinity has partly cloudy skies with a high near 60. Tonight will be fair and cool with coastal low around 45 and inland near 35, a chance of scattered frost. Tomorrow looks sunny with a high near 60, same for New York City. Winds are northwesterly, visibility good, sea slight. The bulletin notes tides, sun rise and set times, and the Orion meteor shower peaking around early morning tomorrow.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Long Island Sound
Troon
New Ameor
Orion
Ridgefield Zoners Quit Criticize Town Officials
Ridgefield votes to resign the five member Zoning commission after alleging town officials refused warrants for sign violations. The board cites lack of cooperation and reviews a study on the commission’s operations as a special town meeting convenes.
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Ridgefield
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Zoning Board
Irving L. Bruns
Bruns
Old Branchville Road
New York City
Sheppard murder trial gains speed in Cleveland
In Cleveland on October 21 AP reports the Dr Samuel H Sheppard murder trial is accelerating as seven jurors are tentatively chosen with one alternate. Defense questions potential jurors about bias regarding sex and relationships including a hospital technician Susan Hayes who acknowledges an intimate romance with Sheppard.
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Cleveland
Sheppard
Samuel H. Sheppard
William J. Corrigan
Fred W. Garmone
Susan Hayes
Dr. Sheppard
Calfornia
Fordham U Records Two Sharp Tremors
Fordham University seismograph logged two distinct tremors early today. Seismologist Rev. Joseph Lynch reported the 41st tremor at 1 58 19 a m and the second at 2 02 51 am, with an estimated distance of 1760 miles from the campus and no determined direction.
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New York
Fordham University
Joseph Lynch
Lynch
Chuckle on the chigger welt and a badge joke
A brief humor item notes a tiny chigger with a pin head provoking a welt that stings, tying into a light police themed punchline from Copsright General Features Corp.
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Copsright General Features Corp 1
Eisenhower Hails Gains As Reds Remain Threat Yet
President Eisenhower told a New York audience that the United States has moved toward blocking communist aggression and securing lasting world peace but warned that Russia and Red China continue to pose dangerous threats. He spoke at the Roosevelt hotel to GOP workers and candidates, then toured the city with Irving Ives and Gov. Dewey. He also endorsed New Jersey Senator Case amid McCarthy opposition and planned a non political address at the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
Eisenhower
Russia
Red China
White House
Harry. Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
Stevenson
New Jersey
Roosevelt Hotel
Irving BM. Ives
GOP
Averell Harriman
Ives
Thomas E. Dewey
Clifford P. Case
Senate
Case
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
Alfred E. Smith
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
DuMont Television Network
Sheraton-Astor Hotel
United States
2000 Seek Youngster Missing in Wilderness
Powers Lake N D Oct 21 Two thousand National Guardsmen and volunteers formed a human chain as they searched for Lavern Engel four who vanished after leaving his farm to meet his father bringing in cattle. He was last seen four nights ago in the wilderness.
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N. D
National
Lavern Engel
Here
Army surveys radar and missile sites near Fairfield Beach
The Army is studying two potential sites west of Reef road for radar stations and guided missile installations near Fairfield Beach. One site may be on the Lena Dinerstein property, the other near the town dump and Sgt. Murphy field where Little League diamonds were recently seeded. Longtime plans followed Rep. Patterson’s disclosure of shoreline defense projects.
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Reef Road
Old Dam Road
Lena Dinerstein
Patterson
First Army
Army
Army Engineer Corps
Robert Bryan
Fairfield
Bryan
Dinerstein
Town Plan and Zoning Commission
Sgt. Murphy Field
Park Department
GOP Sees Gains In IKEs Visit Hartford Rally
President Eisenhowers four hour Connecticut visit boosted GOP spirits ahead of the November 2 election. Governors supporters hailed the turnout at Governor Lodge birthday event in Bushnell Park and a Trinity College appearance. Officials estimated 50 000 to 60 000 at Bushnell Park and 7 500 at Trinity. White House labeled stops non political despite campaign impact.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Feisenhoswer
Governor Lodge
Clarence F. Baldwin
Bushnell Park
Trinity College
Trinity
John C. Kelly
Congress
White House
Freese Confers on Land Sales in Norwalk
Mayor Irving C. Freese, addressing the city committee on sale and utilization of City property, outlined 16 land parcels that changed ownership in the last year. The data serve as a guide to valuing $1 acre in Veterans Memorial park, slated for state use in an express thruway. The state offered $150 100 for the tract. Continued on Page Sixteen.
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Norwalk
Irving C. Freese
Committee On
Veterans Memorial Park
Norwalk GOP Reports Election Fund Short of Budget
Norwalk October 21 Finance committee of the Norwalk Republican party reports election funds exceed $6,000, about $2,000 under the budget for local campaign costs. The quota was set at $10,000 as the state organization is charging the local party $2,900.
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Norwalk
Republican Party
West Avenue
Parking Ban Planned Near Bedford Estate
WESTPORT Oct 21 State police requested the Highway department install three no parking signs on Shore road Route 135 in front of the Bedford estate due to a complaint by Frederick Y T Bedford Greens Farms. He says the highway portion near Bedford point is a hazard for parked cars and a popular county fishing spot. Bedford has allowed sportsmen to fish from his property.
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Westport
Frederick YT
Bedford
Shore Road
Greens Farms
State Highway Department
Bedford Estate
Bedford Point
Six Polio Cases Reported in New Milford
In New Milford six polio cases have been reported this month after two new cases yesterday. Health officer Dr Howard G Stevens asked suspending all youth activities for at least a week. Several local children, including Gloria Raino and Charles Cheney, plus Canterbury Prep athletes, were already hospitalized or observed as polio suspects. Gamma globulin was given to remaining students at Main Street School.
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New Milford
Howard G. Stevens
Gloria Raino
Daugher
Lawrence Raino
Spring Street
Main Street
New Haven Hospital
Charles Cheney
LeRoy Wolfe
Rocky River District
Canterbury Preparatory School
Richard Higgins
Worcester
Mass
Kenneth Scagsera
Priceton
N. J
Mary Ellen Buckley
St. Francis School
Richard W. Turner
Crossroads Selectman's mother reports two evergreens stolen
Mrs. C. W. Janson of Cross highway road told police that two small evergreen trees were stolen from her property sometime last night. The loss was reported in Westport on October 21.
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Westport
C. W. Janson
Cross Highway Road
Selectman
C. William Janson
Bridgeport Red Feather Drive Seeks Two-Thirds Mark
The 1955 Bridgeport Red Feather campaign aims for two-thirds of its $916,544 goal at tomorrow's noon Stratfield hotel report meeting. Over 200 attendees are expected as Bridgeport Fabrics Inc sponsors the event. Contributions total $321,599 through the third report, with large industry gifts lagging but individual donations up year. Guest speaker is Harry Reser, noted string instrumentalist and U.S.O. tour veteran, returning from Europe and Africa tours and with a long career in big bands.
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Bridgeport Community Chest and Council
Stratfield Hotel
Bridgeport Fabrics, Inc
Harry Reser
USO
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North
Africa
Northeast Air Command
Greenland
Labrador
Newfoundland
Korea
Japan
Mr. Reser
Paul Whiteman
Westport Petitioning RTM Action on Dump
Residents from Imperial avenue to South Compo road circulate petitions calling the Representative Town Meeting to act against the town dump off Taylor Place. Peter Dietrich says 500 petitions printed townwide urging prompt construction of a sewage disposal plant and a garbage incinerator on the Saugatuck river to curb odors flies and health risks.
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Westport
Representative Town Meeting
Taylor Place
Imperial Avenue
South Compo Road
Peter Dietrich
Bern
Saugatuck
Dietrich
60 Year Love Story Ends At Altar For Elder Couple
In Hartford on October 21 a former Canadian couple married after a 60 year romance that began at a Duluth Minnesota wedding in 1894. Mrs Mary V. Brodeur, 76, and Arthur G. Gonthier, 80, exchanged vows at Our Lady of Sorrows church in a half hour ceremony. Their path crossed as teenagers, separated by moves and marriages, and they later wed again after widowing. A son and daughter served as best man and maid of honor at the ceremony.
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Mary V. Brodeur
Arthur G. Gonthier
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Duluth
Minn
St. Isidore
Que
Springfield
Mass
End of Occupation Clear For West Germany
Western powers and Bonn reach agreement to end Allied occupation of West Germany, restoring sovereignty and enabling entry into NATO and a Western European union framework. Key issues include retention of limited rights to negotiate with the Soviet Union, Berlin contingencies, and a Saar dispute yet unresolved. Leaders Adenauer Dulles Eden Mendes-France move toward formal signings and rearma ment under a Brussels-based union structure.
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Joseph EF Dynan
Paris
Bonn Republic
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
West
French Foreign Ministry
West European Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Soviet Union
Germany
Berlin
Adenauer
U.S
Dulles
Anthony Eden
Pierre Mendes- France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
Canada
Brussels
Benelux
Saar
Mendes-France
French Assembly
Boy Killed as School Bus Crash Near Edgefield
A school bus collided with a pickup, plunged down a 72 foot embankment and into a creek near Edgefield South Carolina. Police report one six year old boy dead and 35 to 46 pupils injured amid the chaotic scene.
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S.C
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