Brooklawn Avenue robbery bandits flee with $2000
Two armed bandits looted the First National store at 690 Brooklawn Avenue shortly after 9 pm. They forced eight employees into a rear stock room while one looted the safe and registers. police set road blocks as a lookout was kept, with a waiting car believed used for escape. Victims included manager Charles Connell and six staff members. description: one man Negro, the other Italian, both about 38.
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First National
Brooklawn avenue
Bridgeport
Capitol avenue
Charles Connell
Sutton avenue
Fairfield
Connell
William Larkin
John
Robert Pelton
Michael Larkin
William R. Baptiste
Edward Hoyt
Norman Smith
Batchelor Denies Informing on PWs in Korea
Cpl. Claude Batchelor, 22, of Kermit Texas, denied he informed on fellow prisoners during his Korea confinement. Testimony opened before a general court martial in San Antonio as his attorney cited planned expert witnesses and noted the trial would continue for some time.
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SAN ANTONIO. Tex
Claude Batchelor
Korea
Batchelor
Kermit. Tex
Joel Westbrook
Official Weather Bridgeport and Vicinity Forecast
Considerable cloudiness and continued cool today and tonight. High near 70. Low 55 to 60. Sunday cloudy with a chance of showers and little temperature change. New York City to the same. Temperature up to 8 p m yesterday high and low listed. Tide note for Saturday September 18 marks 261st day of year and 89th day of Summer with sunrise at 6 35 a m and sunset at 6 58 p m.
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BRIDGEPORT
NEW YORK CITY
Action on Serena Rested With Registrar Tonight
Westport September seventeenth The controversy over whether State Rep Joseph V Serena can remain on the voting list appears to rest with registrar F Ethel Cashow Republican registrar of voters The Republican town committee declined to endorse Serena for a third term citing a 1928 Federal court conviction which Town Chairman John W Boyd says forfeits voting rights Attorney General William S Beers says Federal convictions forfeiture of voting rights applies in Connecticut Keats sent Beers opinion to Mrs Cashow without comment as the dispute continues on page six
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WESTPORT
Joseph V. Serena
F. Ethel Caehow
Republcan
Serena
John W. Boyd
Boyd
William S. Beers
Charles B. Keats
Connecticut
Keats
Cashew
Giants Dodgers Lose as Yanks Top A s 10 3
The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 10-3 while the Indians won 6-5 over the Tigers to clinch at least a tie for the American League pennant. Giants fell 4-3 to Philadelphia, and the Dodgers lost to Pittsburgh as they slid toward a poor showing.
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New York Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Athletics
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Baltimore
Chicago
Washington
Boston
New York Texaco Tanker Joins Fleet At 22 Knots
The SS New York, a new Texaco tanker valued at seven million dollars and 19,203 tons, arrived recently. Built at Newport News alongside the SS Connecticut California and North Dakota, it measures 565 feet by 75 feet with a 31 foot draft and averages 20 knots, peaking at 22 knots, making it one of the faster cargo ships.
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New York
Texas Oil company Neet
Connecticut
California
North Dakota
Newport News
Texaco
Convicts Recaptured After Bold Nevada Prison Break
Three inmates seized a guard, rammed a milk truck through Nevada State Prison gates, prompting tower guards to fire. The driver was killed, two escapees surrendered near the prison while a third, Gene Liebig, was captured hours later after hiding in sagebrush. An Indian tracker helped pursue the pair as the escape occurred after breakfast.
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CARSON CITY
Nev
Nevada State Prison
Gene T. Liebig
Cambridge
Minn
William Robert Burman
Chicago
Don Gulovson
Montana
George Miller
Miller
Rocky Marciano stops Charles in eighth to defend title
Rocky Marciano, bloodied after being warned for punching after the bell, knocked out Ezzard Charles in 2 36 of the eighth round at Yankee Stadium. Charles fell twice earlier and failed to rise after a final right hand as referee Al Berl counted to ten. The bout drew 34 330 paid attendees and about $350 000 in receipts for the International Boxing Club.
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Assent vi Pree Wiener
Rocky Marciano
Ezzard Charles
Yankee Stadium
JACK HAND
NEW YORK
Charles
Cincinnati
Brockton
Mass
Rocky
International Boxing Club
Godfrey Regains Pilot's License After Test Flight
Arthur Godfrey, the radio and TV star, regained his pilot's license at Teterboro Airport after a 1 hour 15 minute flight test. Civil Aeronautics Board had revoked it six months earlier for reckless flying. Godfrey said it felt very good to fly again and planned to return home to Virginia. His pilot Frank La Vigna accompanied him and described the test as fine.
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TETERBORO
N. J
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Civil Aeronauticae Board
Frank La Vigna
Virginia
United States and Britain Agree on German Equality Plan
U S and Britain reach agreement for rapid inclusion of West Germany into the Atlantic alliance on equal terms. France promises in principle to back the move with conditions including continued Allied troops in Europe and safeguards against rearmament. Dulles and Eden call for a quick NATO conference, with talks set to study a broader European security framework.
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LONDON
United States
Britain
Germany
France
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
foreign office
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Dulles
Washington
Paris
Pais
Canada
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Eden
Mendes-France
Europe
Faden
Brucsele
Board Discusses Gregory’s Leave
A temporary leave for Roy H. Gregory Jr., Hillside Home superintendent, was confirmed by the Welfare Committee. He will undergo a medical exam before returning. Civil Service will appoint a examiner. Miss Marvy L. Shortell will serve as acting superintendent during Gregory’s absence.
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John J Galla
Roy H. Gregory, Jr
Hillside Home
Board of Welfare
doners
Gregory
Civil Service commission
Welfare board
Marvy L. Shortell
Hillside
Gergory
Miss Shortell
Couple Die in Plane Crash on Shelton Hillside
Local authorities report a light aircraft went down on wooded terrain above Shelton, killing both occupants. Investigators are collecting wreckage and examining flight records to determine the cause of the fatal crash.
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Shelton
Ridgefield
Bethany Karracka
Michael Shingara
Oxford
Bank scandal nets two WV businessmen in FBI probe
FBI agents arrested John Manchin and Lee S Ford in connection with a bank shortage of 520 259 at First National Bank of Fairmont West Virginia. John W Meredith, former cashier, was re arrested. all records show the case ties to Hammond Brick Co and a Farmington furniture and grocery operation.
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PITTSBURGH
FBI
West Virginia
Fairmont
W. V
John Manchin
Farmington
W. Va
Lee S Ford
Hammond Brick Co
Grafton W. Va
Fred Hallford
John W. Meredith
Fairfield Mother Dies From Bulbar Polio
Mrs Marion Haraske 27 of 176 Homefair Drive Fairfield died at Englewood hospital from bulbar polio. Her funeral services are set for Monday including a Mass at St Ann's church and burial at St Michael's cemetery. She is survived by her husband Edward Haraske son Glenn, her parents Mr and Mrs Einer Olsen, and three aunts.
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Marion Haraske
Homefair drive
Fairfield
Edward Haraske
Englewood hospital
Richard Caron
Fairfield health department
Sersiee
John Leeke and Son funeral
Fairfield avenue
Ann‘ea
Greenfield Hill Grange Fair Opens Today in Fairfield
The Sith Annual Greenfield Hill Grange fair resumes after a postponement and runs from noon to midnight at Grange Hall and grounds on Hillside Road. It features a roast beef dinner and championship 4-H club exhibits and performances. Entries close at 11.30 this morning.
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Greenfield Hill
Grange Hall
Hillside road
Fairfield
cain or shine
Young Mother Indicted for Bay State Slaying of Husband
Sadre Lareaine Clack a 28 year old mother of three was indicted for first degree murder in the April 10 slaying of her husband Melvin W. Clark Jr. 29. A Fairfax County grand jury returned the murder indictment after 30 witnesses and a statement said to be her confession. She remains jailed without bail. arraignment set for next week in Superior Court.
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Bay State
Melvin W. Clark Jr
Feeex county
Diet Atty. Hush A. Cregg
Cregg
Ameebury
Melvin W. Clark
Accault
Clark
Lake Attitach
Rocks Island bridge
Pilot Mellini Identified in Sikorsky Worker Crash
Alvaro Mellini a Sikorsky Aircraft division employee and Bridgeport area resident died in a single engine seaplane crash near Shelton and Monroe on the Housatonic river after a refueling stop in Seymour. A companion woman was reported missing, later identified only as possibly Patricia Davis.
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ALVARO MELLIN
Alvaro Melthii
Henry Street
Corona NY
Sikorsky Aircraft division
Patricia Davis
Fairview
Bridgeport
Shelton
Monroe
Housatonic
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Erich Brandeis
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Peggy Simmons
Foney
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University of Bridgeport
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Simmons
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Low Prentice
Pequonnock street
Roberta Tordoff
Goddard avenue
Ruth Nodland
Adele J. Berman
Mary Vickers
Flaine Durennell
W. Virginia
HEIDELBERG
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Bavaria
Eslaen
FEisendorf
GRANGE FAIR
Fairview Apartments
Brook
Burns
River Station
By STEPHEN TOTH
Housatome river
Mellini
riverside
Seymour
Bridgeport harbor
Joseph J Pagliaro
Bethany barracks
Louisa Marchesi
Toohey funeral home
Sikorsky
tadt
Long Island
Ed Cotter
Ansonia
Connecticut Aeronaatice commission
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