Syrians warn Turkey could strike during NATO drills
Syria cautioned that Turkey might attack during three day NATO maneuvers with U S British and Turkish forces starting October 31 off the Turkish southwest coast. Damascus said NATO would be used as a tool for aggression if Turkey acted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascuus
Syria
Turkey
NATO
U. S
Foreign Ministry
Russia
Izmir
Canberra
Royal Air Force
Soviet Union
Norwich Voters Head to Polls in Nonpartisan Election
Norwich will hold its fourth biennial election under the council manager system on November 5 with no party labels. Voters choose a nine member City Council four Education board members and a city treasurer. Two School Board seats and the treasurer post are uncontested. Major issues include municipal gas and electric leases, industrialization and the Connecticut Turnpike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
1! Education
Owever
M. Frank Leonard
Connecticut Light and Power Company
GOP meets tonight for Sandula speech in Stratfield Rose Room
A Republican Town committee meeting is set for 8 pm in the Stratfield hotel Rose room where A Edward Sandula will attack Democratic mayoral nominee Samuel J Tedesco. Senator Sandula called Tedesco not qualified and cited Florida real estate interests and Civic Center property. About 100 GOP members and workers are invited and Domenick Cocca, candidate for mayor, plans to attend.
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Republican Town Committee
Stratfield Hotel
A. Edward Sandula
City Republican Organization
Samuel J. Tedesco
Sanduia
Tedesco
Florida
Civic Center
Domenick
Cocca
Delaquila Names Campaign Aide in City Election
Alderman Frank J. Delaquila, Republican candidate in the Sixth A district running for re election with Socialist endorsement, yesterday named John Petitti of 323 Harral Avenue as his campaign manager for the November 5 city election.
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Frank J. Delaquila
John Petitti
Harral Avenue
Plumbers Claim Cop Holds Two Jobs
Bridgeport officials probe a complaint by the Bridgeport Master Plumbers Association alleging Patrolman Vasas works as both a plumber and a police officer. The letter cites 20 contracting jobs in the past year with towns addresses and cash values. The board ordered Supt. Lyddy to investigate and report at the next meeting.
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Vasas
Bridgeport Master Plumbers Association
Bridgeport
Supt. Lyddy
McLevy
Pastor Burr Named To Lead Stratford Youth Program
The Stratford church called Rev. Mr. Burr to head the youth program. He is married to Ruth L. Bauser of Richmond Hill N Y, with two children James Bauser Burr born Jan 30 1947 and Jean Louise Burr born June 29 1949. The family has lived at 31 Dale Drive Milford since 1943. The church also voted to dispose of the Broad Street parsonage of over 100 years and plans to buy a new one later.
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Ruth L. Bauser
Richmond Hill
N. Y
James Bauser Burr
Jean Louise Burr
Dale Drive
Milford
Burr
Broad Street
Firefighters battle King Street blaze. three children rescued
Chief Lockwood rows of firemen fight a third floor King Street house fire as two crews respond from Northend and Drome street stations. Three children Walter Bell Francesca and George escape smoke and flames with their father. Damage estimated at 10000 dollars. One vacancy remains in the department and an earlier request for 12 new hires was denied.
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Northend
Lordship
King Street
Walter Bell
Francesca
George
Bridgeport
Lockwood
Joseph A. Rotty
Drome Avenue
Flood
Kingsstreet
Stratford
Bridgeport Hospital
Alfred Bell
Pipeline Blast Jolts New Jersey Borough
A natural gas pipeline exploded in Riverdale New Jersey causing a roar heard for miles and debris damage to windows and plaster in nearby homes. No injuries or fire were reported and officials were unsure of the blast cause. The event shook Morris County borough population 1800, with sound reaching Oakland five miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
N. J
APA
Morris County
Oakland
Zhukov Faces Disgrace Amid Kremlin Power Plays
Western reports hint at Zhukov facing ouster as Khrushchev builds a case to assert party supremacy over the army. Central committee crisis and censorship signal a potential Kremlin shakeup with Zhukov’s position fading amid purges and political maneuvering.
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Ued
Communist
Zhukov
Central Committee
Presidium
Khrushchev
France
Moscow
L’humanite
U. S
Pravda
Communist Party
Georgi Malenkov
Lazar Kaganovich
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
Stratford Board Renames Torgan As Chairman In 3rd Term
Alton M. Torgan of 25 Elmhurst Avenue was reelected last night as Stratford Board of Education chairman for a third term. Democrats hold the top three posts with Milton Holcomb as vice chairman and William Bercowitz as secretary. The board received a teachers union request for a minimum salary of 4000, up from 3600, and plans a meeting with educators within two weeks. A December 13 schedule of notes totaling 4.8 million will be addressed, with 1.3 million notes outstanding to be paid off and a focus on curriculum studies started in 1949 under Gov Bowles.
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Alton M. Torgan
Elmhurst Avenue
Stratford
Stratford Board of Education
John Hughes
John DeCarlo
Milton
Holcomb
William Bercowitcz
Torgan
Bercowitz
Ruby Wilcoxson
Wilcoxson
Stratford Education| Association
Chester
Bowles
Cocco Urges Bridgeport 600-Bed Municipal Hospital Plan
Domenick Cocco Republican candidate for mayor says a 600 bed municipally operated general hospital is an urgent need for Bridgeport. He outlines a $4 million three story brick facility with emergency services and outpatient clinic, funded by federal grants and a 20 year city bond. He cites regional bed shortages and considers linking the hospital to a potential University of Bridgeport medical school.
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Domenick Cocco
Bridgeport
Steuben Street
Clark Street
Cocco
Cocca
Greater Bridgeport
Trumbull
Fairfield
Monroe
Easton
Stratford
Find Strength Through Regular Family Worship
A public service message urges families to seek strength from God via weekly worship at church or synagogue. The notice promotes joint worship as a source of life sustenance and spiritual courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advertising Council
Painter falls from Connecticut Turnpike bridge into river
Walter Podboreski, 34, of Stratford, was blown off the bridge framework by a gust while painting the Connecticut Turnpike bridge over the Housatonic River. Another worker swam out, retrieved him, and he was taken to Bridgeport hospital. He said lunch whistle blew at 11:50 and he had started to cross when wind pushed him into the water. Podboreski is employed by Universal Delta Painting Company.
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Connecticut Turnpike
Housatonic River
Saye Maue
Walter “Podboreski
Main Street
Podboreski
Coal Company
East Main
Stratford
Peter Longo
Bridgeport Hospital
Universal Delta Painting Company
McLevy speaks at Singer plant campaign rally
Mayor McLevy addressed Singer plant workers and later at the Underwood plant gate, saying the city has achieved results today and will not promise tomorrow. He touted a 24 year spotless record and defended socialist leadership amid past bridge scandals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLevy
Singer Company
Underwood
Singer
Bridge
Tm Law
Hoek 222
State Mortgage Aid Incurs Deficit of $72,000 a Month
Hartford reports the state's low-cost mortgage subsidy program is running a monthly deficit of 72 thousand dollars. Since inception 5,046 mortgages have been issued at 1.5 percent, with a total deficit of 1.424 million, as interest rates prevent break-even financing.
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Hartford
George Conkling
Conkling
State Bond Commission
Ribicoff
John Ottaviano
Fire at King Street home damages estimated at $10 000
Fire Chief Theodore S Lockwood said damage to the house and contents would be about 10000 with the fire likely starting from an electric heater in the bedroom where children slept. Assistant Chief William Ordner noted the bedroom was gutted and damage at 4000. Fire apparatus were en route from Center headquarters and from Drome Avenue. The fisherman note is unrelated.
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Theodore S. Lockwood
King Street
Joseph A. Rotty
Drome Avenue
William Ordner
Lockwood
Huntington Road
Center
Court again rejects Sobel appeal in espionage case
The Supreme Court refused Sobell’s request for a review of his 30 year Alcatraz sentence for atomic espionage alongside Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. The denial marks the seventh time the court has rejected Sobell’s petitions.
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Washington
Morton Sobell
Ethel
Julius Rosenberg
Supreme Court
Sobell
Alcatraz
Rosenbergs
Rosenberg
U. S. District Court
New York
Russia
J. Lee Rankin
Rankin
High Court
American Wish Congress
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Alabama
Ecorse
Mich
New Orleans Insurance Exchange
Residents Leap From Burning House On Fourth Street
An early morning fire at 206 Fourth Street forced at least two residents to leap from second story windows after handing three young children to bystanders. Four people were hurt and transported to Bridgeport hospital. the children escaped injury. Damages were listed as moderate. the fire was believed to start from a cigarette in a first floor bathroom. Eight fire units responded, with recall at 4:47 am.
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Fourth Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Leroy Moore
Esther
Geneva Butler
Gladys Simpson
Deborah Butler
Malcolm Simpson
Walter Simpson
Albert Palmer
Beardsley Street
Albert Schwarz
Scolded Slate Elected Over Laud in Prison Unit
Accounts of the incident differ as Buchanan allegedly berated Purse for hitchhiking a ride aboard the Columbine or for not sending advance word of his arrival. Both men had worked long hours during Queen Elizabeth’s U. S. visit. The report also covers prison association notes from Connecticut’s 82nd annual meeting with officers elected and leadership details.
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Purse
New York
Eisenhower
Columbine III
Buchanan
Columbine
U. S
Queen Elizabeth
Ike
Saud
Colorado
Moonwatchers Track Sputnik and Rocket Overhaul
Sputnik and the rocket are to overtake each other over the South Pacific at 9 24 p m Tuesday observers using telescopes or cameras may watch. The orbital planes and elevations shift making a collision unlikely while the meeting point lies between South America and New Zealand. Smithsonian estimates photon timing shows the rocket circling every 94 87 minutes and the satellite every 95 44 minutes with the rocket nearer Earth, scientists expect another month of rocket life and several weeks for the satellite.
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Eliites
Sputnik
South Pacific
Russia
South America
New Zealand
Smithsonian
Earth
Fairfield to Relocate Academy Building for Church Expansion
Selectmen plan a $6 000 to $8 000 project to move the old academy 50 feet west of the town hall parking area for St Pauls church. A erosion program may assess one third of a $239 000 cost on benefited property owners with town and state sharing the rest. The Army Engineers study Pine Creek area and no recommendation has been received. Edward Holland Jr retires RTM moderator honored for his service while a motion seeks repeal of two health regulation sections adding a $5 grocery license fee.
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Pine Creek
Booth
U.S. Army Engineer's Corps
First Selectman
Dimitl L. Kinnie
St. Paul's Church
Old Academy
Board of Selectmen
George L. Todd
Finance Board
Edward J. Holland, Jr
RTM
John P. Fitzpatrick
Robert G. Lee
Bronislaus Bierko
Coppola Held as Witness in Anastasia Slaying Probe
The article reports Coppola being held as a material witness amid the investigation into the murder of gang figure Anastasia. Police question Coppola for possible leads, while speculation of a gang war grows. Anastasia’s funeral drew about 30 attendees in a low key service.
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Coppola
Anastasia
Herman
Murder, Inc
Gangland
Driver Held in Death of Fairfield Pedestrian
Police arrested Joseph F French 69 of 413 Old Stratfield Road Fairfield on negligent homicide in the Friday death of Margaret Waterbury 79 of 590 Beechwood Avenue She was struck at Beechwood and Colorado while crossing toward St Peters Church and died of rib and hip fractures at St Vincents Hospital Bond set at 1000 pending city court hearing
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Joseph F. French
Old Stratfield Road
Fairfield
Margaret Waterbury
Beechwood Avenue
French
Waterbury
Beechwood
Colorado
Sidewalk Blocked by Surl y Squirrel
Chicago police officer William H. Smith chased a squirrel after an elderly woman warned of a blocked sidewalk. The animal bit his right forefinger before a cruelty squad captured it for observation. Smith sought medical treatment.
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Chicago
William H. Smith
Near North Side
Smith
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