Police report shows few accidents in county over holiday
State Police logged 15 accidents in 24 hours with no fatalities, 10 injuries. East Lyme saw a fall from a railroad trestle, while East Killingly reported a serious injury from a head on collision near the Rhode Island line. Edward Lindman of New Milford badly hurt. Edward Felmsin, 42, arrested on reckless driving. Myrtle Powell of Boston minor concussion. Berlin and Hartford saw minor crashes, many vehicles on Charter Oak bridge expected to total about 240,000 over the long weekend. Traffic flow remained steady with no major tieups.
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East Killingly
Rhode Island
Edward Lindman
New Milford
Edward J. Felms&in
Hartford
Charter Oak
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America
McCarthy Camp Plans Witnesses In Hearings
McCarthy’s camp plans to examine witnesses in the first three days of hearings. He questioned Sen Edwin C Johnson’s impartiality, while the committee defended him as unbiased. The defense will not call McCarthy’s three accusers or Roy Cohn and others. The panel resumed after recess as special counsel Chadwick prepared further evidence on five charge categories. Johnson’s quoted Denver Post remark about Democratic leaders loathing McCarthy is under scrutiny. chairman Watkins backs Johnson’s impartiality.
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Self
McCarthy
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Johnson
Williams
Flanders
Fulbright
D-Ark
Morse
Cohn Williams
Roy Cohn
Senate
Pyt
G Schine
Francis P. Carr
E. Wallace Chadwick
Chadwick
Denver Post
Post
Wisconsin
Watkins
Death Toll Falls Short of Safety Council Figure
The National Safety Council reported 334 traffic deaths over the 78 hour Labor Day weekend with 79 drownings and 70 other deaths, totaling 483. Officials said final tallies may drop below prior predictions and will be updated as reports arrive nationwide.
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Safety Council
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
Southeast Asia treaty conference opens with pledge to act in unison
Delegates from Thailand, the Philippines, Britain, New Zealand, France, Australia, Pakistan, and the United States gather under the SEATO pact. Dulles delivers a keynote on freedom and sacrifice as Thailand, the Philippines, and Pakistan push for a strong treaty and a collective response to aggression.
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Thailand
Philippines
Britain
New Zealand
France
Australia
Pakistan
United States
U. S
State Dulles
Dulles
Lord Reading
Guy le Chambre
Carlos Garcia
Mrs Anna Ochsner Martin 77 dies at St Vincent s Hospital
Mrs Anna Ochsner Martin 77 of 4932 Main Street dies at 4 30 yesterday in St Vincent s hospital admitted Aug 17 for medical treatment Private services set for Wednesday morning at Wilmot West and Goulding funeral home 84 Lafayette Street Burial in Park Cemetery She was born in Bridgeport daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Brasslér Ochsner Survived by husband sister Mrs Elizabeth Kaechele Fairfield two brothers William H Ochsner Trumbull Karl P Ochsner Stratford and several nieces and nephews
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Anna Ochsner Martin
Joseph Martin
Main Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Wilmot, West and Goulding
Lafayette Street
Park Cemetery
Bridgeport
Martin
Brasslér Ochsrer
Elizabeth Kaechele
Fairfield
William H. Ochsner
Trumbull
Karl P. Ochsner
Stratford
Matador Cirl Gored In Bullfight Accident At Ring
El Hierro, a former pupil, rushed to aid Miss McCormick when a 150 pound matador was gored by a 1350 pound bull. The 24 year old fighter, who had killed her first bull yesterday, lay critically injured as hospital attendants reported her condition as serious but potentially improving.
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el Hierro
Misa McCormick
Ike Announces Atom Pool Plan Without Russia
President Eisenhower unveils plans for an international atomic pool with nations including Britain, France, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. Negotiations with Belgium continue as Brussels is expected to join. He also outlines an atomic reactor school, talks with Canada, and a Belgian reactor project while stressing progress independent of the UN pending Soviet participation. The Shippingport plant, to be run by Duquesne Light, aims to power about 160,000 Pittsburgh-area residents.
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United States
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Washington
State Department
Belgium
Africa
Brussels
Russia
Soviet Union
United Nations
White House
Shippingport
Duquesne Light Company
Pittsburgh
Icthal
International Atomic Agency
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Rep
Sterling Cole
Senate— House Atomic Energy Committee
Mrs Sigmund Spaeth Saved From Drowning
Mrs Katie L Spaeth wife of musician Sigmund Spaeth of Harbor Road Saugatuck Shores was rescued at 5 50 pm by three neighbors who saw her in distress while swimming in Long Island Sound near her home. She was brought ashore and taken to Norwalk Hospital where she remained under treatment for immersion in good condition.
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Westport
Katie L. Spaeth
Sigmund Spaeth
Harbor Road
Saugatuck Shores
Long Island Sound
Herbert Jayson
Harold Stott
Portrait painter Schattenstein dies at 79 in Port Chester
Nikol Schattenstein a Russian born portrait painter died at his summer studio in Port Chester aged 79. He won numerous European awards and painted portraits of Albert Einstein Lauritz Melchior Leslie Howard Mia William H. Vanderbilt and other celebrities. Some portraits hang in Albany State building the court of appeals Albany and the Philadelphia and Baltimore museums.
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Port Chester
Nikol Schattenstein
Schattenstein
Albert Einnstein
Lauritz Melchior
Leslie Howard
Mia
William H. Vanderbilt
State
Court of Appeals
Albany
Phiiladelphia
Baltimore
Five youths held in store break arrests traced to Bridgeport
Police say five youths tied to multiple burglaries across Bridgeport and Stratford, including the Penguin Market and Capitol Food Market, with 123 cartons of cigarettes and cash stolen. Detectives linked a car to driver King and recovered $222. Breaks spanned several markets, including Unity Supermarket, D and W Market, and Harborview Market, with values totaling over $1,000 in some cases.
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Bridgeport
Flanagan
Stratford Road
Stratford
Andrew Hovan
Det
Hovan
Lieut. Conte
Stoa
Zumbach
Lieut
Raymond Chaffee
Chaffee
King
Burton
Bruneau
Silfies
Capitol Food
Barnum Avenue
R and M
Honeyapot Road
Sedgewick Avenue
Penguin
Conte
Pear Tree Confectionery
Grand Street
Unity
Madison Avenue
Palmer’s Grocery Store
D and W. Market
Stratford Avenue
Fairway Super Market
East Main Street
Harborview Market
Harborview Avenue
Lieff Textile Company
Hurd Avenue
Smales
Atallone
Lime kiln project advances at Véreenizing SA
An all-welded rotary lime kiln 340 feet long is under construction at Véreenizing in South Africa, marking a major industrial expansion for the region.
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Véreenizing
South Africa
VET KILLS WIFE AND SELF IN NEWARK FLAT
A 24 year old Korean war veteran shot his estranged wife Marian Bauman to death then killed himself in Newark New Jersey as she helped a relative move. Police said they had been separated about five months and their 15 month old child was nearby. The double shooting occurred around 7 p m on the third floor and both bodies were found in the kitchen.
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Newark
N. J
Marian Bauman
John
Bauman
Connecticut beauty pageant feud causes picket and suit
Miss Fuchs clashed with pageant officials over the Miss Connecticut title as a rival promoter Alfred Patricelli filed a $210,000 breach of contract suit. Miss Dorothy Anne Hopkins, an 18 year old UConn student, was recognized by the organized pageant. Miss Fuchs, a former WAC medical technician, vowed to picket the headquarters hotel while Miss Hopkins registered for the five day contest.
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Liceman
Miss Fuchs
Dorothy Anne Hopkins
University of Connecticut
Connecticut
Miss Hopkins
Connecticut Junior Chamber of Commerce
New Haven
Alfred Patricelli
Patricelli
Women’s Army Corps
Japan
Pacific Avenue
Psychologist Group Hears Stamfordite On War Tech
New weapons of push-button warfare challenge human limits and the military needs 3,000 more psychologists to study the problem, told by Jack W. Dunlap of Dunlap and Associates at the American Psychological Association meeting. He claimed improved design could boost operator efficiency by about 20 percent.
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New York
American Psychological Association
Jack W. Dunlap
Stamford, Conn
Dunlap and Associates
Association
Dunlap
U S A S K S AN ACT ON PLANE ATTACK
The report says a patrol bomber was well off Russian territory when downed by two Russian jets after a patrol out of Atsugi Japan. Survivors say the crash occurred about 125 miles southeast of Vladivostok and 44 miles off Siberia coast. Officials debate air space violation claims and scope of engagement.
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Vladivostok
Siberia
New Britain Native On Downed Plane
Ernest Pinkevich, a New Britain native and Navy sailor of 11 years, was aboard a patrol plane shot down by Russian Mig fighters. Initial telegrams claimed injury, then later said uninjured, with final notice confirming no injuries. He now lives in Alameda, California, with wife and two children.
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Ernest Louis Pinkevich
Alameda
Calif
Cmdr
John Booth Wayne
Wayne
Atsugi
New Britain
Ernest Pinkevich
U. S. Navy
Mary Pinkevich
Navy
Pinkevich
Parkway crash injures two drivers in Stratford
Two out of state drivers escaped injury Sunday at 6 30 p m in a rear end collision on the Merritt Parkway eastbound near Route 110 Stratford State Police warned Joseph C Tessitore 28 of Brooklyn N Y for failure to signal and Frederick J Washington 20 of Roxbury Massachusetts for speeding Washingtons car was damaged extensively and towed from the scene
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Merritt Parkway
Route 110
Stratford
Joseph C. Tessitore
Brooklyn
George Fray
Frederick J. Washington
Roxbury
Mass
Washington
Stratford Girl Injures Leg Jitterbugging at Backyard Party
A 14 year old girl dislocated her leg while jitterbugging at an outdoor party in the back yard on Johnson Avenue Stratford. Ellen Gerte of 498 Sherwood Place Stratford was taken to Bridgeport Hospital by Officer Francis McNamara. She was treated and released.
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Johnson Avenue
Stratford
Ellen Gerte
Sherwood Place
Bridgeport Hospital
Francis McNamara
Woman in Plane Prevented Blast During Inquest Findings
An inquest heard a woman in a plane prevented an explosion when she knocked matches from a passenger's hands during a tense moment. Dr. Flynn testified 25 victims died from gasoline fume asphyxiation in the Shannon crash with two bodies unrecovered. KLM President Gen Aler cited instrument failure shortly after takeoff as a probable cause. Survivors crawled through mud to safety, while Irish authorities ordered an investigation and Sadie Cooper of Bassick High School was among the 10 Americans lost.
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William Flynn
Flynn
Caroline Platz
Bronx
New York
A. I. Aler
KLM
Amsterdam
Shannon
Aler
Holland
Sadie Cooper
Bassick High School
Ireland
Sniffen Rites Set for Powell Soldier in Newtown
Birdseye H. Sniffen 52 of Powell Tennessee died suddenly Sunday morning at home. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Mrs. Walter H. Kiernan’s home with Rev. Richard S. Martin officiating. Burial Berkshire cemetery. WWII and Korean War veteran, former Army intelligence captain, tutor at University of Tennessee graduate school. Survived by wife Natalie Kiernan Sniffen, daughters Mrs. Robert Bennett of Oak Ridge and Louise H. Sniffen of Sandy Hook, brother Harold S. Sniffen of Hampton Virginia, sister Mrs. Willis Bowen of Norman Oklahoma, two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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Newtown
Birdseye H. Sniffen
Powell, Tenn
Walter H. Kiernan
Sandy Hook
Richard S. Martin
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Berkshire Cemetery
U. S. Army
Sniffen
Army Intelligence
Graduate School
University of Tennesagee
Natalie Kiernan Sniffen
Robert Bennett
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Louise H. Sniffen
Harold 8. Sniffen
Joseph Stumps dies in hospital at 73
Joseph Stumps, 73, of the Green apartments at 685 Washington Avenue, died at 8:45 last night in St. Vincent's Hospital where he had been admitted August 26 for medical treatment. Anna Stumps. Services will be announced.
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Joseph Stumps
Green Apartments
Washington Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Anna Stumps
Bombers Blast Reds and Ease Quemoy Shelling
Reports say Chiang s bombers attacked Reds to ease Quemoy shelling as U S officials consider expanding naval protection and air defense to Quemoy and nearby Nationalist islands. Spokesman Lt Gen Chang Yi tang described unclear enemy craft and denied Formosa bombing claims. Americans in Taipei fear homefront impact.
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Chiang
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa
Quemoy
Chang Yi-tang
Chang
Taipei
U. S
Pop Warner Dies or In Critical Condition in Palo Alto
Glen S. Pop Warner, 83, famed football coach, is critically ill in a Palo Alto hospital after throat tumor surgery in July. His longtime aide Ben Winkleman says he is unconscious most of the time, growing weaker, with coma episodes in recent days. Warner popularized the wingback system and coached at Carlisle, Cornell, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Temple, and served as adviser at San Jose State College before retiring.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Glen S
Warner
Palo Alto Hospital
Ben Winkleman
Carlisle
Dewey to Bare Plans Tonight
Albany report notes Governor Thomas E. Dewey will reveal whether he seeks a fourth term in a statewide TV and radio address from New York City. The 8 to 8 15 p m CBS TV slot and 10 p m CBS radio rebroadcast will state his intentions, with observers split on a bid for reelection or retirement. Dewey, who won governorship in 1942 and 1946 and 1950, has kept plans secret for months.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New York City
CBS
Harry J. O'Donnell
New York
Rev J A Fay Dies In Hartford Area Two Years In Parish
The obituary notes Rev J A Fay died after two years in the area and had been transferred to St Marys church. He is survived by brother Joseph W Fay of West Hartford and several nieces. A solemn high Pontifical Mass is set for 10:30 a.m. at St Bernards church Rockville with Most Rev Lawrence J Shehen presiding. Rev Austin Munich of St Roses East Hartford will preach the sermon. Funeral arrangements are handled by Right Rev George B Curtis chancellor of the Bridgeport diocese.
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St. Mary's Church
Fay
Joseph Wv. Fay
West Hartford
St. Bernard's Church
Rockville
Lawrence J. Shehen
Bridgeport
Austin Munich
St. Rose's Church
East Hartford
George B. Curtis
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