City prosecutor moves to enforce dump ordinances
City court prosecutor Max Frauwirth moved to enforce ordinances governing the Wordin avenue dump. He warned that if local police refuse to arrest violators he would call in State police or seek Governor involvement. Orders would begin Tuesday targeting anyone dumping combustible or health threatening materials including paper rags plastics and wood, and would also apply to city employees. He criticized city officials for lack of interest in smoke fumes and unsanitary conditions at the neighboring F. T. Barnum apartments.
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Max Frauwirth
Wordin avenue
Lee
Franwirth
F. T. Barnum
Latham Seeks Divorce From Edward Latham
Leslie Hill Levitt Latham of Ridgefield petitions Superior court for divorce from Edward Latham of Redding. Latham, a former classical disc jockey and radio news analyst, is described as a member of Fairfield county's oldest families. She is the daughter of a professor.
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Leslie Hill Levitt Latham
Ridgefield
Fairfield county
Superior court
Edward Latham
Redding
Latham
Weather report for Bridgeport and New York City
Official weather summary shows sunny mild conditions in Bridgeport with highs in the 70s and fair nights in the 40s. Winds shift from west to northwest, with temperature and humidity readings, tide times, and almanac details for Sunday October 24.
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U. S
BRIDGEPORT
NEW YORK CITY
Reported deadlock at Bridgeport Brass over pay and holidays
The Bridgeport Brass company and Local 24411 Brass Workers Federal Labor union AFL report a wage vacation and holiday pay stalemate. The union warns of proper action and asks a meeting with company officials to discuss plant maintenance while invoking the no strike agreement and reopening clause.
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Bridgeport Brass company
Brass Workers Federal Labor union
AFL
Harold B. Dow
Frank Mazzabufi
Raiders Find $10,000 in Stolen Merchandise
Providence Oct 2 AP detectives raided a cottage and seized more than $10,000 worth of clothing and household linens. Store buyers from New England identified large quantities at police HQ, with more expected from Boston, Lawrence, Lynn, Hartford and other cities.
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PROVIDENCE
New England
Cmdr
Walter E. Stone
Stone
Boston
Lawrence
Lynn
Hartford
Mayor to unveil reassessment report at 7:30 p.m. meeting
City Hall sources estimate average real estate assessment increases around 20 percent. Mayor Mchevy will present a general report to the Board of Appportionment and Taxation, with Tax Assessor Lawrence E. McKeon preparing the figures. No individual valuations will be released yet and notices to property owners are due before the Tax Review's first meeting, with a likely earlier notification date.
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Mchevy
Board of Apportionment and Taxation
City Hall
Tax board
Laurence E. McKeon
Board of Tax Review
McKeon
Two Girls Missing Reach Frantic Mothers in Village
Two frantic mothers wait by windows in Father Panik Village for the return of their teenage daughters. The girls, Ann Anges ki aged 13 and her next door neighbor, were last seen leaving the project at 8 am Friday to attend classes in Waltersville school. Local authorities urged any information to contact police.
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Father Panik Village
Waltersville school
Ann Angeski
Ribicoff Calls Election Test of American Ideals
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Abraham Ribicoff wrapped up his Fairfield county tour urging that the November 2 election tests democracy and the American dream. He praised the Democratic Party, recalled notable members and stressed economic proposals while praising Connecticut voters for their decency and compassion.
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
Fairfield county
Stratfield hotel
Mr. Ribicoff
Furcolo
U. S. Senate
Massachusetts
Cross
Bowles
Hurley
Maloney
McMahon
Abe Ribicofft
New Britain
Lands
Connecticut
Dr Edward J Lynch at Laurel Heights Retires in December
Shelton October 23 Dr Edward J Lynch superintendent and medical director of Laurel Heights sanatorium here since 1916 will retire December 1 An open house in his honor is set for Sunday October 31 in infirmary one dining room Lynch led the sanatorium from a modest start to a leading tuberculosis facility He oversaw the replacement of wooden shacks with fireproof buildings and helped pioneer drug therapy including streptomycin in 1946 The article notes further his memberships and roles within the institution and community.
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SHELTON
Edward J. Lynch
Laurel Heights sanatorium
infirmary one
Laurel Heights
Lynch
Ike Electioneers Like an Old Pro at Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower, touring Pennsylvania, stumped for congressional and state candidates at his 189-acre Gettysburg farm. He abandoned his no-barnstorming stance and called the nominees by name, drawing exuberant support from GOP leaders, lawmakers, and rank and file voters. Senator Edward Martin praised the event as the best political meeting he ever attended.
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GETTYSBURG
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Jungs
Edward Martin
Fairfield Bares Army Nike Plans
The Army plans to install a Nike guided missile site and radar station near Fairfield to defend Bridgeport from air attack. Sites may also be in Stratford and Easton, with no installation in Fairfield city itself. The plan includes taking over five acres of Sgt. Thomas Murphy field with two Little League diamonds and part of the Lena Dinerstein property on Old Dam road.
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Army
Fairfield
Reef road
First Selectman
Sgt. Thomas Murphy
Lena Dinerstein
Old Dam road
Little League
Allies Sign West Germany Defense Pacts in Paris
In Paris 15 western nations signed accords to integrate 300,000 rearmed West Germans into an allied defense framework. A Saar settlement eased long Franco German tensions while separate Brussels Pact provisions broaden armament controls. Final ratifications loom amid debate in France and West Germany. The signing occurred in the French foreign ministry with an eventual move to the NATO building near the Eiffel Tower.
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Saar
France
West Germany
United States
Britain
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
NATO
Canada
Brussels
foreign ministry
Eiffel tower
Irene Lavery Dies Teacher Sister of Priests at 51
Miss Irene M Lavery 31 of 338 Brooklawn avenue a Summerfield school teacher and sister of two priests died at 1130 am yesterday in St Vincent's hospital after admission last Monday for medical treatment Services planned for Tuesday 830 am at her home and 9 am at St Peter's church with funeral arrangements pending
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Irene M. Lavery
Brooklawn avenue
Summerfield school
St. Vincent's hospital
St. Peter's church
Authorities Crack Down on Realistic Toy Guns
City Prosecutor Capozzi plans action with City court police parents and shopkeepers to curb authentic looking toy revolvers and pistols used in crime. He notes many confiscated toys resemble real firearms and can intimidate victims during holdups. He also brands blank cartridge weapons as dangerous though no statute defines toy or blank guns as weapons.
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Jarnest Capozzi
Capozzi
Alderman Opposes All Night Parking Change
Alderman Russell Matthews says he is flatly opposed to any change in the city all night parking ban. Mayor McLevy, against revision, warned of a veto if the Council approves a modification. The mayor also scolded City Court Prosecutor Max Frauwirth, who called the ban unjust.
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RUSSELL J
Judge denounces bias claims in Lattimore case
Federal Judge Luther Youngdahl rejected government bids to disqualify him in the Owen Lattimore perjury case and called charges of bias scandalous. He criticized U.S. Attorney Leo Rover for an affidavit alleging prejudice, calling it patently insufficient and aimed at discrediting the court in the public mind.
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WASHINGTON
Luther W. Youngdahl
Owen Lattimore
U.S
Leo Rover
Lattimore
Youngdahl
Forest Fire Rages in Lower Easton Area
In Easton on Sunday October 24 a fire broke out in the woods between Madison and South Park avenues near Kaechele street. All town volunteers answered, fighting the blaze with shoulder tanks as trucks could not reach the fire at the Bridgeport company property.
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EASTON
general assembly
Madison
South Park avenues
Kaechele street
Bridgeport hep company
Soviet Union pushes Big Four on German unity
Moscow denounces London Paris Western Germany rearmament and proposes a Big Four foreign ministers conference to settle German unity. The note arrives as Paris signs accords and Western powers seek Austrian independence treaty and free all German elections. State Department experts in Washington study the Soviet move based on Bohlen reports as common replies are prepared.
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MOSCOW
Soviet Union
Paris
Germany
London
Europe
Washington
State Department
Charles E. Bohlen
U. S
Ground to be broken for Bard's theater in Stratford
Ground breaking for the American Shakespearean Festival Theater and Academy, a half million dollar project on a 12 acre Shore road tract in Stratford, is set for today at 4 p.m. Katharine Corneil will lift the first shovel with more than twenty stage screen radio and television stars attending. Participants include Madeline Carroll Clarence Derwent Frances Fuller William Gaxton Walter Hampden Viveca Lindfors Raymond Massey Worthington Miner Basil Rathbone Gladys Swarthout Blanche Yurka. Board of Trustees invites. A tour will follow of the property including the 16 room Phoebe Wallace house on Eirm street side to be used as the Academy.
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American Shakespearean Festival Theater
Academy
Shore road
Stratford
Katharine Corneil
Madeline Carroll
Clarence Derwent
Frances Fuller
William Gaxton
Walter Hampden
Viveca Lindfors
Raymond Massey
Worthington Miner
Basil Rathbone
Gladys Swarthout
Blanche Yurka
Phoebe Wallace
Eirm street
Section VI Washington Guests
The entry lists Section VI Washington Guests and notes pages 8 to 10. It mentions Lady Bullfighter on pages 8 to 10 and The Red Navy on page 20 with related coverage continuing to page 21 and a further note on page 2437.
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