Two Bandits Loot Brooklawn Store of $2000
Two armed men robbed the First National store at 690 Brooklawn Avenue shortly after closing time. They herded seven employees and the manager into a rear stockroom, looted the safe and a cash register, then fled in a waiting car. Police set roadblocks and scoured the area. one suspect described as a Negro and the other Italian, both about 38. Victims included manager Charles Connell and assistant William Larkin, plus seven employees. No immediate arrests reported.
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First National
Brooklawn Avenue
Revolver Point
Capitol Avenue
Bridgeport
Charles Connell
Sutton Avenue
Fairfield
Connell
William Larkin
John
Robert Pelton
Michael Larkin
William R. Baptiste
Edward Hoyt
Norman Smith
Official Weather Data From U S Weather Bureau Bridgeport Area
Partly cloudy today with high in the upper 60s tonight cloudy with mid-50s low tomorrow continued cloudiness with light rain likely. Winds on Long Island Sound gentle to northeasterly, seas smooth, visibility fair. Moon phases and celestial events noted. pollen count included with incomplete data.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Long Island Sound
Call Out for 9 Power Talk On Bonn Dulles Flies Home
Fairfield holds three in break in which three men were arrested for breaking and entering at Fairfield Scrap Metal on State Street extension. A fourth suspect is being sought. payroll over $800 missing. Names: Walter Heathcoate, John Caminotto, Carl Hamilton. Dulles flies home as nine power plan to discuss German rearmament and NATO linkage at London talks. NATO set to meet around Oct 15 with France and others.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Scrap Metal Company
State Street Extension
John Neary
James V. Carbone
Sport Hill Road
Easton
Walter Heathcoate
Colorado Avenue
John Caminotto
Main Street
Carl Hamilton
Capt. Neary
Heathcoate
Caminotto
John Steiner
Leonard Lukomsker
London
West Germany
Atlantic Alliance
United States
Britain
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Paris
Athens
Ottawa
Canada
European Defense Community
EDC
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Germany
Eden
Norwalk Gas Station Break Under City Investigation
Norwalk detectives investigate theft of 89 dollars from the Petco Gas station on Water Street after a 2:30 a.m. break. Owner is William M. Farans. Joseph Sheehan found the broken front door glass. Also noted: Rev. George H. McCarron, S.J., left Fairfield University for a new assignment and is serving at Boston College High School.
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Petco
Water Street
Joseph Sheehan
William M. Farans
George H. McCarron
S.J
Fairfield University
Fairfield
Boston College High School
Boston
William E. FitzGerald
New England
Chuckle Examiner at Driver School Quiz
A lighthearted classroom moment at a driver school features a question about a woman's hand gesture. The male respondent offers a humorous run of possible meanings such as turning left or right, backing up, stopping, or waving at someone, reflecting playful exchange.
Mrs Barbara Welch Cleared To Leave Hospital
Mrs Barbara S Welch a 25 year old polio stricken widow of Sherwood Mike Welch former Post reporter and mother of three will be ready to go home in the very near future Doctors say she is paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheel chair with partial use of one arm Read Riverside Avenue New Haven Westport date Sept 18
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Westport
G.ace
New Haven
Barbara’ S. Welch
Sherwood
Mike” Welch
Post
Serena Plans to Press Bid for renomination
Westport Republicans prepared for a caucus fight as State Rep. Joseph V. Serena seeks a fourth term amid a dispute over his eligibility to vote. Registrar Mrs. F. Ethel Cashow has yet to decide if Serena should be dropped from the voting list. Attorney General Beers ruled federal convictions can forfeit voting rights, a point cited by critics who say Serena lost his rights in 1928.
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Westport
Friends of State
Joseph V. Serena
House
F. Ethel Cashow
Charles B. Keats
Connecticut
Mr. Keats
Cashow
Mr. Beers
Seaplane Crash Kills Two Near Shelton Hill
A single engine Luscombe seaplane crashed on a wooded hillside beside the Housatonic river near Shelton killing Alvaro Mellini of 39 Henry Street and Mrs. Patricia Davis of 2912 Main Street instantly. Police and medical examiner say crushed skulls caused death. The wreckage burned and bodies were found in the water under the fuselage. State aeronautics inspectors will investigate the cause.
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Alvaro Mellini
Henry Street
E21
44Th Avenue
Corona
N. Y
Patricia A. Davis
Main Street
Luscombe
Housatonic River
Shelton
Mellini
Sikorsky Aircraft
Riverside
Seymour
Joseph J. Pagliaro
Caid
New York
Michael Shingara
Oxford Road
Shingara
Ed Cotter
Derby
Ansonia Sentinel
Housatonic
Louis Marchese
Bethany Barracks
Danbury-Derby
Toohey Funeral Home
Stratford Library Board Plans $100 000 Addition
Stratford library will add a brick and limestone rear structure on Main Street South of Sterling Park at a cost of $100,000. Construction starts within a month after approval by the library board chaired by Harold C. Lovell. Architect C Wellington Walker and contractor John Zandanella of Bridgeport lead the project with Mitchell and Bailey handling plumbing and heating and Eastern Electric Construction doing the electrical work.
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Stratford Library Board
Stratford
Library Board
Harold C. Lovell
Lovell
C. Wellington Walker
John Zan
Danella
Bridgeport
Mitchell and Bailey Company
Eastern Electric Construction Company
Main Street
Sterling Park
Johnson Predicts Report on McCarthy Next Week
Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado predicts an early Senate committee report on censure charges against Senator McCarthy, possibly midweek, but urges waiting until after the November elections for a calm decision. committee members differ on timing as hearings wrap and charges are organized into five groups with nine days of testimony.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Senate
McCarthy
Johnson
Jobson
Watkins
Utah
Ervin
Flanders
Vermont
Fulbright
D-Ark
Morse
Merry Meals Cooking School Opens for Homemakers in City
The Post Telegram sponsors a four day Merry Meals Cooking School at Klein Memorial starting Tuesday. Miss Lucille Harris and Miss Carolyn Marshall will lead classes at 2 p.m. daily for thousands of homemakers from across the city. Recipes cover 45 to 50 tested dishes with emphasis on proper ingredients, timing, and methods.
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Post-Telegram
Merry Meals Cooking School
Klein Memorial
Lucille Harris
Cooking School
Carolyn Mari
Marciano stops Charles in 8th at Yankee Stadium
Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano KO’d Ezzard Charles in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium. Charles, 33, suffered a brutal barrage, going down for the final count at 2.26. Manager Al Weill eyed Don Cockell or Nino Valdes as Marciano’s next challenger, with the bout likely to be arranged for abroad.
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New York
Ezzard Charles
Rocky Marciano
England
Don Cockell
Cuba
Nino Valdes
Brock
Cockell
Valdes
al Weill
Rocky
Charles
Yankee Stadium
U.S
Yoshida Cited for Contempt Over Quiz Refusal
Tokyo sept 18 an ap dispatch says a diet committee led by Yoshidas foes cited him for contempt after he refused a second time to appear for questioning in a ship building kickback probe The 75 year old prime minister pressed on with a world tour planning to depart next week the committee said the offense carries a fine or jail but prosecution will likely halt the citation pending government action
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Tokyo
Diet
Shigeru
Yoshida
Bullets Halt Burglars in Milford Grain Company Theft
Milford police halted an early hour burglary at Milford Grain Company and captured three suspects at gunpoint after shots were fired. A fourth man fled. a getaway car and burglar tools were found nearby, and the safe contained $319.
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Ihoto
Robert Gioffi
New Haven
Milford Grain Company
Milford
Joseph Zennis
Robert F. Dixon
Groff
Zennis
Neu
Bonds
Pat Nacca
Forrest Road
West Haven
John Daniels
Bradley Street
Robert Giom
Shepherd Street
Frank Polizzi
Grain Company
Philip J. Rooney
Polizzi
Daniels
Giom
Guioff
Leland Wilson
William Shea
Giroffi
Central Fire Headquarters
New Haven Avenue
Nacca
Charles Lounsbury
Pearl Street
Seymour
R. G. Davis and Sons, Inc
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Alphonse J. Bobowick
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Connecticut Aeronautical Department
Robert Harrison
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Bonn
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Eneral Features Corp
Mrs. Welch
Serena
Shelton Hill
Sikorsky
Patricia Davis
Safecracker
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National Live Stock and Meat Board
Carolyn Marshall
Marciano
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Alexander Schiff
Weill
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