Frauwirth blasts McLevy over dump crisis
Prosecutor Frauwirth accuses Mayor McLevy of ignoring dumping violations at the Wordin avenue and Chopey Hill dumps. Six drivers arrested for illegal refuse disposal amid smoldering piles and fires. Frauwirth says city must enforce laws and push an incinerator solution, while residents plan to aid enforcement.
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Wordin Avenue
Framwirth
Chopey Hill
Frauwirth
McLevy
Mchevy
West End
Common Council
Mr. Frauwirth
City official urges mass arrests to curb dump violations
Frauwirth accuses city officials as he vows to enforce ordinances at the Wordin avenue dump. He notes token arrests may give way to mass actions if violations persist, while civic leaders offer to form a citizens committee. Bridgeport Chamber opposes burning at the dump and calls for an incinerator.
Ike Weighing One Day Tour Continues on Page One
The article suggests the president attributes voter satisfaction to gains from his administration and speculates that voter apathy may stem from too much satisfaction rather than discontent. It notes the president’s comment on public sentiment and the possible impact on his tour.
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Ike
United States
State offers 162 400 for Holland Hill school site
State offers 162 400 for a new 20 room school to replace Holland Hill school. Plans are prepared for construction off High street as the present site is traded for the new facility. The total offer rises toward 168 460 in round figures.
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High Street
Holland Hill
Firefighters Save Turkey Dinner At Harvest Moon Festival
Women of St. George s Episcopal church invited Engines 3 and 9 to share turkey dinner after grease in the oven caused a minor kitchen fire. The Harvest Moon festival at 685 Beechwood avenue offered dinners at 5 30 and 7 with the fire alarm sounding at Beechwood and Clinton. The department relieved, the turkey saved, and the event proceeded as planned.
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St. George's Episcopal Church
Beechwood Avenue
Beechwood
Clinton Avenues
Harriman Eligibility Question Raised Over DC Vote
Buffalo dispatch reports Averell Harriman Democratic candidate for New York governor allegedly voted in a District of Columbia primary in 1952. If true, he might be ineligible to serve. Harriman called the claim silly. associates argued the vote carried no legal weight. A legal source cited residency rules requiring a year in the district to vote there.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Oet
Buffalo Evening News
Averell Harriman
New York
District of Columbia
Thomas E Dewey
New York City
Harriman
GOP
Irving M. Ives
Thomas K. Finletter
Citizens Committee
Allies and Soviets Refer Indian Armament Plan
United States Britain France Canada and the Soviet Union urged the UN Assembly to send the Indian plan for an armament truce to the disarmament commission. V. K. Krishna Menon welcomed the move while seeking a standstill on atomic and hydrogen bomb production pending a broader disarmament convention.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Soviet Union
UN Assembly
Disarmament Commission
Assembly
V. K. Krishna Menon
India
Menon
Southport Station Colors Battle Spurs Local Fight
George P. Brett and wife protest a railroad decision to repaint Southport’s depot in modern hues. Mrs. Patrick McGinnis, in charge of station decor, favors Chinese Red Canary Yellow or Yale Blue over New England red with white trim. Local officials urge restoration of the red and white scheme to match Greens Farms and town aesthetic.
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George P. Brett
Sasquanaug Association
New England
Patrick McGinnis
Brett
Greens Farms
Southport
Selectman Kinnie
Edward M. Brennan
Board of Trade
Two Boys Linked to Fires in Trucks
Two youths identified as Oneal Thomas and William Rogers are linked to vehicle arson incidents on Bird Street Pine Street and St Stephen's Place. Fire crews responded between 10 12 pm and 10 49 pm. Witnesses saw two boys flee the Pine Street blaze and investigators found a gasoline can and burned rope at the scene.
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Bird Street
Pine Street
Oneal Thomas
Taylor Drive
St. Stephen's Place
William Rogers
Edward F. Bannon
Traffic group discusses pedestrian safety plan in Hartford
On October 27 CT traffic officials from Hartford Bridgeport New Haven Waterbury New Britain and Stamford meet at the Hotel Bond to draft a general pedestrian safety program. The study group led by Connecticut Safety Commission chairman Robert I Catlin targets year end conditions when pedestrian accidents peak.
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Hartford
Robert I. Catlin
Connecticut Safety Commission
Connecticut
Bridgeport
New Haven
Waterbury
New Britain
Stamford
Industry Panel Tonight in Greater Bridgeport
Harmon Snake, executive secretary of the Bridgeport Manufacturers' association, will moderate a panel on industrial conditions at the This is Your Community meeting tonight at 3 o'clock in the Wonder Workshop Junior Museum. The event is the third of six sessions by the Adult Education Council and the Junior League of Bridgeport, Inc.
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Harmon Snake
Bridgeport Manufacturers’ Association
Greater Bridgeport
Wonder Workshop
Adult Education Council
Junior League of Bridgeport, Inc
Marilyn Monroe Granted Divorce From Joe DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe wins an uncontested divorce from Joe DiMaggio after a brief trial in Santa Monica Superior Court. The couple had no alimony or community property and no children. Monroe testified about emotional distress while DiMaggio did not contest. she left the courthouse amid photographers, saying they are still friends.
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Draw
Inez Melson
DiMaggio
Joe
Orlando H. Rhodes
Marilyn
Giesler
Melson
Mary Short
Santa Monica County
Miss Monroe
California
Robbers Hit Louisville Liberty National Bank
Two unmasked men robbed a Louisville Liberty National Bank branch shortly before noon, escaping with between 40 000 and 50 000. The heist lasted about five minutes in front of seven employees and six customers. A car with Kentucky plates fled as witnesses described two bandits in their late 30s or early 40s.
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Louisville
Liberty National Bank
Kentucky
James Broderick
7Th and Hill
Farm Worker Fatally Shot in East Granby Incident
A farm worker William Gottschall, 54, was shot and killed today at the Irving Nicholson farm in East Granby. Police say teenage suspect Joseph Mazziot, 16, Windsor, claimed accidental shooting while using a pistol to shoot rats.
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East Granby
Irving Nicholson
William Gottschall
Tate
Joseph Mazziotto
Windsor
Nicholson
Guy Madison Weds Sheila Connelly in Dallas
Film star Guy Madison and television actress Sheila Connelly wed in Dallas as Mexican Judge Paul Orozco announced. Madison, 32, had just obtained a Mexican divorce from Gaili Russell, while Connelly, 24, had divorced producer Harry Danziger in 1952.
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Dallas
Tex
Guy Madison
Sheila Connelly
Paul Orozco
Madison
Gaili Russel
Ruling Bars Three in Stratford Vote
Special acts govern nominations in Stratford require notice of party conventions before Sept. 1 and petitions with 100 electors for state representative and 50 for registrars of voters. Town Clerk Wilcoxson said Independent Republican petitions were not filed by the deadline, only certificates.
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Stratford
Independent Republican Party
W. Howard Wilcoxson
Accused of Theft In City Court Arraignment Soon
Wilfredo Colon, 22, of 375 East Main street, is held on $1000 bond after police accuse him of stealing 650 dollars from a friend's home earlier this week. Detectives found he had placed a down payment on a used car with 500 dollars recovered. Colon is to be arraigned in City court tomorrow.
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Wilfredo Colon
East Main Street
Domine A. Conte
William Broadbin
Philip Connerty
Fr. Rodhiavez
Colon
Man Held On Worthless Checks Charge At Hi Lo Store
Douglas McPheters, 25, is held in $1500 bond for city court arraignment after being charged with passing two worthless checks totaling 23 dollars at Hi Lo liquor store 293 Fairfield avenue owned by Ernest Gollenberg. Lieut Dominic Conte says McPheters identified as the man who passed the checks October 18 and he was arrested by Detectives Connerty and Kennedy.
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Hi-Lo
Fairfield Avenue
Ernest Gollenberg
Douglas McPheters
Dominic A. Conte
McPheters
Philip Connerty
Richard Kennedy
Col Kelly Named Chair of North Atlantic Region IACP
Hartford Oct 27 Colonel John C Kelly State Police Commissioner was notified of his appointment as chairman of the North Atlantic region state and provincial section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
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Col. Kelly
Hartford
John C. Kelly
North Atlantic
International Association of Chiefs of Police
City Man Killed in Plane Crash
A city man was killed when a bomber crashed seconds after takeoff at the end of the runway. The accident occurred as the aircraft struck steel airstrip matting, ending the squadron’s long accident-free record. The unit had 18,000 hours without a fatal incident, a possible world record.
Vogel: Public schools shape Bridgeport's future
Anita Vogel, Republican candidate for the Bridgeport Board of Education, told parents at University School that public schools affect every citizen. She noted 21,000 students, over one eighth of the population, will become Bridgeport's workers, merchants, and professionals, shaping the city’s future and institutions.
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Anita Vogel
Board of Education
University
Bridgeport
Bid Proposed For Steel Mill Plan In New England
A proposed bid for a steel mill in New England is discussed amid an industrial dispersal program of the Eisenhower administration. No amount is listed yet, but the original estimate favored about 26 million dollars to build the mill. Plans include potential savings from purchasing the Stanley Works.
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Eisenhower
New England
Stanley Works
Morano opposes ADA backing in Fairfield talk
Rep. Albert P. Morano challenged rival Edward R. Fay Jr. to repudiate ADA support at a Mill Plain school meeting. He labeled ADA a left center group that sought his vote against the Smith Act and said he discarded their questionnaire, stating he would rather lose than accept the endorsement.
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Fairfield Young Republican Club
Mill Plain School
Albert P. Morano
Edward R. Fay, Jr
Stamford
Americans For Democratic Action
Morano
ADA
Rep
Mor
Representative Morano Defends Tax Bill Support
Morano defended his vote saying the measure is not a rich man's bill and would be beneficial to many. He argued the tax revision provides relief to working mothers, lowers retirement pay taxes, increases medical expense relief, allows larger depreciation for equipment and machinery of small businessmen and farmers, and saves taxpayers over $800 million through excise tax cuts.
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Ano
Fay
Rep. Morano
Mrs Habansky Dies At 49 In Bridgeport Hospital
Mrs Rose Habansky 49 wife of Joseph Habansky of 296 Bond street died at 5 15 am in Bridgeport hospital admitted Sunday for medical treatment Services will be held Saturday at 830 am in the John J Panik funeral home 1491 Central avenue and at 9 Glock in St John Nepomucene church Burial will be in St Michaels cemetery Survivors include husband two sons Ronald J and J Robert Habansky mother Mrs Mary Hanusovsky sister Mrs Bert Ne l Son brothers County Detective John T Hanusovsky of Long Hill and Nicholas Hanusovsky of Fairfield and several nieces and nephews
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Rose W W. Habansiky
Joseph Habansky
Bond Street
Bridgeport Hospital
John J. Panik
Central Avenue
Glock
St. John's
Ronald J
J. Robert Habansky
Marry Hanusovsky
Bridgeport
Bert Ne
City
John T. Hanusovsky
Long Hill
Nicholas Hanusovsky
Fairfield
Six Escapees Hunted After Jail Break in Ohio
An intensive two state hunt is underway today for six prisoners who broke out of the Mahoning county jail in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
Mahoning County
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Sage
Black Rock Association
P. T. Barnuminant’s Council
Theodore IL Khkoskoff
Black Rock
Brinckerhoff
Mrr
Joseph Caserta
Chamber
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
W. Dudley Jewell
Jewell
Max Frauwirth
Turkey
Derides
Louisville Bank
Lieut
Albert R. Lachance
Vogel
Walgreen
Main Street
THE
Bridgeport City Trust Company
Federal
Erve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
City Trust
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