Bid Proposed for Steel Mill site at Stanley Works
The New England Steel Development corporation asked the Commerce Department for permission to buy the Stanley Works plant in Bridgeport to build a new steel mill. It filed for renewal of its certificate of necessity with ODM and notified plans to purchase the Bridgeport Stanley Works plant, with a six month renewal previously granted and 65 percent amortization. The approval hinges on a Commerce survey of the Bridgeport area.
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New England Steel Development Corporation
U. S. Department of Commerce
Stanley Works
New England
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Bridgeport
U.S Department of Commerce
Minstrel Wins Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket
Minstrel, a 66 to 1 longshot, won the 112th Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket in a four horse photo finish. Queen's Beeches took second, Marshall Ney third, Fork's Blood in a nose back fourth as the camera resolved the tight finish.
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Newmarket
England
Minstrel
Queen's Beeches
Marshall Ney
Fork
Bridgeport Weather Forecast and Tidal Elements
Bridgeport and vicinity shows mostly cloudy mild with scattered showers today high near 70. Tonight showers end, then clearing and turning colder. low around 40. Tomorrow partly cloudy and cooler with a mid 50s high. Winds today southerly to southwesterly, increasing later. small craft advisories on Long Island Sound with choppy seas. Visible stars and tide details noted for Oct 27.
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Bridgeport
Long Island Sound
Marilyn Wins Divorce From Joe DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe testified she endured nine months of marriage to Joe DiMaggio marked by moods, silence, and isolation. She sobbed that he gave her only coolness and indifference and sometimes refused to talk for days. She offered to quit work to solve their problems but remained unhappy with the lack of warmth and understanding.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Marilyn Monroe
Joe DiMaggio
Joe Moody
Jerry Giesler
Tony Foe
City Man Killed in Plane Crash
Lieut. Albert R. Lachance 28, pilot of 2 RE26 reconnaissance bomber, was killed with co pilot Lieut. Vern B. Lauten 25 and navigator Lieut. Theodore F. Miller Jr. in a takeoff crash at Spangdahlem Air Base Germany. Lachance, a Fairfield Prep and University of Connecticut graduate, had returned home on leave in 1952 and later served with the 126th Bomb Wing in Laon France.
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Albert R. Lachance
Albert J. Lachance
Wordin Avenue
Spangdahlem
Germany
Associated Press
Vern B. Lauten
Sharon
Theodore F. Miller, Jr
Escondido
Calif
Fairfield Prep
University of Connecticut
Lieut
Lachance
Korea
126Th
Laon
France
M. Madeleine Lachance
Aetna Insurance Company
Westover
Mass
U S Discloses Series of Soviet A Bomb Blasts
Washington Oct 27 AP for the first time in over a year the U S government reports Russian atomic test blasts confirming a Soviet announcement last month. The AEC said there were detonations of nuclear explosives in Soviet territory starting in mid-September and continuing at intervals to the present.
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U S
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Ike names first Negro as Air Force general
President Eisenhower promoted Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. from colonel to brigadier general and named him the first Black general in the Air Force. Davis, 41, of Washington, heads operations and training for the Far East Air Forces and is the son of the former Army general Benjamin O. Davis Sr. A 1936 West Point graduate, he flew 60 WWII combat missions in Italy as commander of the 32nd Fighter Group.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr
Far East Air Forces
Davis
Brix
Benjamin O. Davis
West Point
Air Force
Italy
32Nd
Chuckle on Child Labor Law Parents and Deaths
A humorous line laments the need for a child labor law to spare children who wear out their parents. The remark plays on overworked families and calls for protective measure, reflecting social tone of the era.
Ruling Bars Three Independent Candidates in Stratford
Secretary of State Keats ruled that the Independent Republican party cannot place candidates for state representative or registrar of voters on Stratford ballots for the November 2 election. The decision removes Nathan H. Dahl and George Makts from the ballot, the party’s only nominees, following a consultation with the attorney general. The party is deemed noncompliant with Stratford nomination acts and must follow General Statutes since it appeared on ballots previously.
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Independent Republican Party
Stratford
Charles B. Keats
Nathan H. Dahl
George Makts
Registrar of Voters
Keats
City Plans 17 Percent Rise in Real Estate Assessments
Tax Assessor Laurence E. McKeon told the Board of Apportionment and Taxation that the grand list will show about a 17 percent average increase in real estate assessments due to the citywide revaluation. He noted variations by parcel and area, and said a tax rate reduction for the next fiscal year is very probable. Notices of new assessments will be mailed to taxpayers in due course, with final figures subject to revision before the grand list is issued.
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Laurence E. McKeon
McKeon
Board of Apportionment
Tax Board
Two Boys Linked to Fires in Trucks Near Barnum
Police and fire officials seek two boys connected to three arson fires in trucks around the Barnum apartments within 37 minutes last night. Fire Chief Jennings says the youths soaked rope with gasoline to fuse cut fuel tanks. Truck owners Moc kowitz and Wilkinson identified by firemen.
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Barnum Apartments
Sylvester E. Jennings
Mockowitz and Wilkinson
Toll Reaches 217 as Italy Floods Cut Coast
Rescue workers comb mud and rubble along the Gulf of Salerno after violent cloudbursts and floods. At least 217 bodies recovered with 52 missing. toll possibly as high as 270. Official damage in the millions, coastal villages wiped out.
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Seiptiong
Gulf of Salerno
Amalf
Salerno
Bay of Salerno
Eisenhower Eyes One-Day Tour to Stir Apathy
President Eisenhower says he is puzzled by voter apathy and hopes to stir interest with a possible one-day flying trip, planned for Friday and potentially stopping at four airfields. He would not predict the election outcome and cites reports GOP leaders want him to visit several cities.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pelace
Detroit
Louisville
Minneapolis
Boston
Wilmington
Del
Waterloo
Iowa
Lodge feud with Oklahoma governor over plant move
POTEAU Okla Oct 27 INS a businessman who moved his manufacturing plant from Connecticut to Oklahoma is feuding with Gov John Lodge of the New Oklahoma group and his former employer of 15 years in Byram.
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Lodge
Byram
Queen Mother Arrives in U S England state
E A Neugass 42 of Poteau Oklahoma protested Governor Lodge remarks critical of Oklahomans visiting Connecticut to boost industry. Lodge said Connecticut business men promote Oklahoma. Neugass, president of Plasteck Inc, moved from Connecticut last year due to zoning and other problems. Plasteck once at 18 Beach Street Byram Port Chester employs 15 plastics firm with metal and surgical specialties.
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E. A. Neugass
Poteau
Okla
Lodge
Connecticut
Oklahoma
Ledge. Neu- Ross
Plasteck, Inc
Neugass
Beach Street
Byraim
Port Chester
Fairfield considers 168400 offer for Holland Hall site
The State Highway department offers Fairfield 168 400 for the eight room Holland Hall school and its land on King's highway and Black Rock turnpike. First Selectman Dimitl L Kin nie says the proposal is acceptable and will be referred to the Board of Selectmen for approval. The price uses Mill Plain school costs with 23 percent depreciation, totaling 142 358 for the building and 26 000 for the land. Continued on Page Twenty-Six.
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State Highway Department
Fairfield
Holland Hall
King’s Highway
Black Rock Turnpike
First Selectman
Dimitl L. Kinnie
Board of Selectman
Highway Department
Mill Plain School
Unquowa Road
Connecticut Public School Commission
Holland Hill
Mill Plain
Frauwirth charges city in dumping clash with police
City Court Prosecutor Max Frauwirth accuses police of reluctance as six garbage truck drivers are arrested for illegal dumping. He seeks action at municipal dumps while Mayor McLevy rejects his call for a conference. A civic group hints at citizen arrests if police fail to act.
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Max Frauwirth
Frauwirth
Lyddy
McLevy
Brauwirth
Manufacturers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Wordin Avenue
Black Rock
Explosion Blasts Hidalgo County Courthouse in Edinburg
A man named Henry Miller, about 60, exploded a box on the second floor of Hidalgo County Courthouse in Edinburg Texas. The blast wrecked the courtroom and sent debris into downtown. Two women were injured by flying glass as Sheriff Tom Wingert confirmed the incident.
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Edinburg
Texas
Hidalgo County
Dentty
Tom Wingert
Henry Miller
Residents and railroad clash over Southport station colors
Residents led by the Sasquapaug association push for traditional New England red with white trim while railroad officials demand a bold scheme described as Chinese red, canary yellow, or pale blue. First Selectman Dimit Linnie and the Fairfield Board of Trade back the residents as painters arrive to apply a prime coat.
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Southport
Raroid
Sasquapaug Association
New England
Rairoad
That-Be
First Selectman
Dimit L. Kinnie
Fairfield Board of Trace
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