Coates refutes Ribicoff claim in Hartford
Hartford September 22 Charles F. Coates chairman of the State Development commission said A A Ribicoff Democratic candidate for Governor was ill informed about many state government activities. He disputed Ribicoffs call for a State Department of Commerce and said the commission already inventories vacant factory space and maintains a continually used list of industrial land sites with field visits and ample technical assistance for cities seeking development.
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Hartford
Charles F. Coates
State Development Commission
A. A. Ribicoff
Mr. Coates
Ribicoff
State Department of Commerce
Coates
Robicoff
Development Commission
Parachutists Survive Crash of Air Force C82 in California
A US Air Force C82 cargo plane crashed in the San Bernardino mountains with one man killed. Eight parachuted to safety and were rescued. some survivors found after nearly 12 hours. Injuries were minor and not serious. Ma. John Autry at Norton AFB reported the incident.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Air Force
Enight
Bruses and Cies
John Autry
Norton Afb
Police Probe Loss Of 8890 Deposit In Bristol
Police investigate disappearance of 8890 cash and checks reportedly placed in a night depository by two First National store employees. Bank officials later could not locate the deposit. FDIC involvement began but is not jurisdictional. No evidence shows the deposit was received by the bank.
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Bristol
North Side Bank and Trust Company
First National
North Street
FDIC
Alcometer Test Ordered After Patton Court Appearance
William M. Patton 45 of 175 Fifth Street appeared in City court with Judge Michael J. Sicilian ordering an alcometer test after he seemed intoxicated. The test showed .39, higher than the .20 reading at his Monday arrest on drunken driving evading responsibility and operator license charges. Lieutenant Francs J. Shanley reported the later result. Special Policeman Abe Farrar made the arrest.
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Alcometer
William M. Patton
Fifth Street
Michael Jo Sicilian
Sicilian
Patton
J. Shanley
Abe Farrar
Steel Union Urges Minimum Wage Rise to 1 25
Atlantic City AP Sept 22 The United Steelworkers of America urged Congress to raise the federal minimum wage from 75 cents to 1 25. A union convention resolution called the 5 cent minimum inadequate for subsistence and said it invites wage evasion by employers.
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Atlantic City
CLO
United Steelworkers of America Today
Congress
Non-Partisan Hannon Committee Organized for State Senate
A group named Non-Partisan Hannon for Senator Committee formed last night in the Cisco building to support Daniel E Hannon, the Republican candidate for state senator in the 21st district, headed by James J Cremuins.
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Hannon
Cisco
Daniel E Hannon
James J Cremuins
Formosa reports sinking five communist gunboats
Nationalist warplanes sank five gunboats off the communist coast in Chaun chow bay near Amoy in the Amoy Quemoy conflict. A large motorized junk was destroyed and five smaller junks damaged as U S Admiral Pride arrived at Formosa amid rumors of carrier fleet movements denied by U S officials.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Red China
Defense Ministry
Amoy-Quemoy
Chaunchow Bay
Amoy
U. S
Alfred M. Pride
Pride
Quemoy
China
Formosan
Keelung
Daily Fire Records Tuesday and Today
Noon yesterday to noon today report shows a rubbish fire by 605 Park avenue causing slight damage. A later suspicious origin fire damaged a car at 676 Main Street, Clifford Durham owner, under police investigation. Other incidents include a overheated gas stove at a restaurant on 2017 Boston avenue and minor damages from a cigarette at 563 Newfield avenue.
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Park and South Avenue
Park Avenue
Main Street
Clifford Durham
Boston Avenue
Newfield Avenue
Carrol Avenue
Orange Street
Donald White
Lindy Street
Milford
Bracken Calls For Repeal Of Grandparent Support Law
Hartford, Sept. 22 AP John J. Bracken Republican nominee for attorney general condemned a state law that makes grandparents liable for grandchildren in state institutions. He urged repeal in a radio speech saying the 200 year old archive law strains elderly resources before state aid for dependent children.
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Hartford
John J. Bracken
Lodge
Bracken
SNETCO outlines construction program Hartford 1953
The Southern New England Telephone company plans to spend 35.75 million dollars on Connecticut construction before 1954 ends. At a Public Utilities Commission hearing, vice president G Gordon Copeland testified as the company seeks approval for about 15 million dollars in new stock. The plan calls for 4888800 shares at 30 dollars per share to record holders as of September 29. No opposition was raised and the PUC reserved decision after reviewing testimony and exhibits.
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Hartford
Southern New England Telephone Company
Connecticut
Public Utilities Commission
G. Gordon Copeland
PUC
Cadillac Division Gets 35 Million Army Order
The Army awarded a 35 million dollar contract to GM's Cadillac division to build M2 self propelled guns with twin 40 mm weapons. The order covers production from 1955 June to 1956 May at the Cleveland tank plant in Ohio.
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Washington
Army
Cadillac
General Motors
Cleveland
Ohio
Man Held for City Court After Parking Lot Incident
John Murray, 52, of 1126 Railroad Avenue, was arrested yesterday in a parking lot at South and Itranisian avenues after police said he molested two children. He is held on $500 bond pending a city court arraignment. He was charged with breach of the peace.
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Itranisian Avenue
John Murray
Railroad Avenue
Bias threats keep 2 Delaware schools closed
Threats of violence closed two Milford Delaware schools for a third day as officials wrestled with integrating Negro students. Separate notes report petitions planned in Cincinnati Federal Court to admit Negro children to previously all white classrooms in Pillsboro Ohio. Alabama leaders urge constitutional change to permit private schools to sustain segregation, with Georgia Mississippi already approving similar plans and South Carolina voters approving a private school approach last year.
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Associated Press
Delaware
Milford
Del
Education Board
Pillsboro
Ohio
Cincinnati
Hillsboro
Supreme Court
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Allies Launch A-Drills in Germany in Massive NATO Exercise
More than 150000 Allied troops from five NATO nations participate in Europe’s largest atomic maneuvers near Bad Oldenhausen Germany. Mock atomic bombs and America’s 280 millimeter cannon are employed as West Germany’s shadow staff observes for the first time.
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Bad Offenhausen
Germany
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Germany
NATO
America
Insurance Firm Honors 20 Bridgeport Agencies
Twenty Bridgeport area agencies were named Kemper approved insurance advisors by Lumbermens Mutual Casualty American Motorists and Federal Mutual in a program recognizing high standards of service. The Kemper group writes all forms of casualty and fire insurance except life.
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Bridgeport
Kemper Approved Insurance
Kemper Insurance Group
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company
American Motorists Insurance Company
Federal Mutual Insurance Company
Kemper Group
Alimony Ordered in Westport Divorce Case
Judge How ard W. Alcorn in Superior Court today ordered John E. Wineberg of Westport to pay his estranged wife Maurita Willis Wineberg 85 dollars weekly alimony and 40 dollars weekly for their 10 year old daughter Victoria pending the divorce petition. The wife seeks a decree on grounds of intolerable cruelty. Wineberg is a millinery firm executive earning more than 25 000 dollars annually. They married June 7 1943 in New York City. Abraham D. Slavitt represents Mrs Wineberg and David Goldstein for Mr Wineberg.
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John E. Wineberg
Westport
Maurita Willis Wineberg
Victoria
New York City
Abraham D. Slavitt
M.x. Wineberg
David Goldstein
Goldstein and Peck
Wineberg
Best jail in world remark shocks Indian chiefs rally
Chief Andrew Paull tells 80 Canadian chiefs at an Indian convention that a Blackfeet reserve near Calgary has the best jail in the world. He cites spring mattresses and running water as attractions, saying it was built after a tribal member urged a meeting to create comfortable jails for Indians.
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Caughnawaga
Que
Andrew Paull
Coalgary
Election Day Alcohol Ban Enforced in New London
State Attorney General William L Beers rules the prohibition on selling alcohol will stay in effect Monday during the run off for two New London City Council seats. Local officials said the ban applies to all taverns stores and other outlets.
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New London
William L Beers
Escaping Fumes Fell 31 Children Near Plant
In Peshtigo Wisconsin on September 22 chlorine gas from a faulty hose line felled 31 children and three men near a factory. All are expected to recover with many released from General hospital in Marinette and others kept overnight for observation. The gas originated from a hose delivering chlorine from a railroad tank car to an underground storage tank used to bleach paper at Badger paper mills.
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Peshtigo
Wis
INS
General Hospital
Marinette
Badger Paper Mills
Macks Meet on Shift of A's to Kansas City
Roy and Earle Mack discuss prospective sale of the Philadelphia Athletics and transfer of the franchise to Kansas City with officials. Kansas City sources say negotiations are ongoing and nothing definite has been decided yet.
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MACKS
Kansas City
Roy
Earle Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
A’s
Robert J. Benson
Major League Committee
Hartford Woman Hurt When Car Hits Merritt Parkway Fiagn
Hartford resident Elea nor L Plympton, age 30, sustained contusions to her head, elbow, and knee after being thrown from her car when it struck a fence and underpass abutment on Stamford avenue at the Merritt Parkway. State Police investigator Carl Niedzialkowska reported she declined medical attention after the collision occurred in the westbound lane.
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New Canaan
Eleanor L. Plympton
Hartfor
Miss Plympton
Harry Lazarus Named by New York Masons
Raymond C. Ellis, grand master of Masons in New York, announced the appointment of Harry Lazarus as district deputy grand master of the Bronx Masonic district. The ceremony in the Bronx Masonic temple was attended by delegates from Bridgeport and Corinthian lodges. Lazarus is married to Florente Ethel Burstein, daughter of Nathan Bursten, and sister of Edward G. Burstein of the law firm Milner and Burstein.
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Raymond C. Ellis
New York
Harry Lazarus
Bronx
Bronx Masonic Temple
Bridgeport
Temple
Corinthian
Lazarus
Florente Ethel Burstein
Nathan Bursten
Westheld Avenue
Edward G. Burstein
Milier and
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