Milford police smash burglary ring in 13 towns
Five men held as Milford police reveal confessions to about 40 burglaries across New Haven and Fairfield counties. $30,000 in jewelry seized from a New Haven residence. arrests in Hamden New Haven West Haven Danbury Norwalk and other towns. Suspects include Gioffi Daniels Nacca Vitolo and ONeill with one awaiting transfer. Police say loot totals and full scope await complete town-by-town tally.
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Robert F. Ward
Milford
Last Light
New Haven
Fairfeld
Rob Tt F. Dixon, Jr
Joseph Zennis
Frank Polizzi
Robert Gioffi
Hamden
John Daniels
Pat’ Nacca
West Haven
Vincent Vitolo
Poice
Francis O' Neill
Danbury
Neill
Triangle Street
New York City
Wilford
O'Neil
rmgesHe
Brooklyn
Dixon
Orange
Cheshire
Woodbridge
Norwalk
Wilon
Guilford
Durham
Gteenwich
Derby
Middlebury
Bridgeport Area Weather Report Briefly Notes Fair Conditions
Official weather data from Bridgeport and vicinity shows fair, cool conditions today with a high near 65. Tonight remain fair and cool with lows on shore around 45 and inland near 40, with frost possible in low areas. Tomorrow forecast calls for fair and slightly warmer high about 70. West to southwest winds, light sea, good visibility, and typical coastal readings across New York City and Long Island Sound.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Hridgeport
Long Island ‘Sound
WU. S
Newtown
New Milford
Celestial Events Mark Autumn Start and Moonrise Details
On the 266th day of the year the equator crossing signaled autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. The sun set at 6:50 PM and rose at 6:42 AM with moonrise at 4:18 AM tomorrow in Leo near Regulus, and a new moon on Sunday along with tides and high low times listed.
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Leo
Regulus
Awards Hold Spotlight As Cooking Class Continues
The Merry Meals Cooking School sponsored by The Post Publishing Company enters its second day as autumn arrives with cool weather. Winners include Mrs. Claude T. Begg winning a Servel gas refrigerator. Richard Ty Fish and his wife also winning baskets. The event runs through Friday with additional prizes from Bridgeport Gas Light and Hotpoint dealers.
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Rose Wegrezyn
Highland Avenue
Merry Meals Cooking School
Post-Telegram
Richard J. Fish
Davis Avenue
Klein Stage
Claude T. Begg
Mapledale Place
The
Post Publishing
Klein
Richard Ty "Fish
Davis’ Avenue
Fish
Hager Food Service
Bridgeport Gas Light Company
Ike Pushes Drive Into Northwest
President Eisenhower campaigned in the Pacific Northwest urging opposition to turning local regions into federal satellites. He warned such growth threatens liberties and praised more local participation in developing national power resources. The address framed defense and administration policy amid congressional elections.
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Nary Dam
Ore
Eisenhower
Congress
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Woman on Hotel Ledge Saved By Optimists Club Official
A 49 year old West Haven woman trap on a third story hotel ledge at the Savoy on Main Street was talked down by David Berliner, Bridgenort Optimist Club vice president, with help from Joseph Friedlander and two off duty firefighters. She was taken to Hillside Home for observation.
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West Havere
Savoy
Main Street
Optimists Club
Catherine Welsh
Washington Avenue
West Haven
Hillside
David Berliner
Church Hill Road
Fairfield
Bridgenort Optimist Club
Berliner
Joseph Friedlander
Franklin ‘Street
Plan filed to block at grade railroad spur in Stratford
Alfred B Belinkie of Friedman and Friedman says a Superior Court action will name the PUC Stratford Industrial Corp Stratford Chamber of Commerce Town of Stratford and New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The suit contests the PUC order permitting a grade level spur at Stratford Avenue where it crosses U S Route 1 and requests an underpass or overpass decision.
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New Haven Railroad
Stratford Avenue
Stratford
Great Meadow Road
Ins Superior
Alfred RB. Belinkie
Bridgeport
Friedman and Friedman
Belinkie
Irwin E. Friedman
Anthony
Donald Coppola
Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Stratford Industrial Corporation
Stratford Chamber of Commerce
Town of
New York Row Haven and Hartford Railroad
Fleming Found Guilty Court Martialed From Service
Lt Col Harry Fleming first American Army officer is dismissed from the service after a court martial for collaborating with communists while a prisoner in Korea. He plans an appeal as lawyers press the case. Fellow officers and ex-prisoners of war listened as the 11-man panel delivered a 12 hour verdict and ordered forfeiture of pay and allowances. Fleming vowed to clear his name and said he and his wife will travel to Racine and then Los Angeles to visit relatives.
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Sheridan
Ill
Harry Fleming
First
Korea
Fleming
Gladys
Alfred la France
Racine
Wis
Rodham Foutledge
Alan Graman
John
San Gabriel
Fea
Los Angeles
Fifth Army
Two Democrats to Face Lodge on Lie Showdown
Governor Lodge demands a face to face with Democratic attorney general candidate Samuel Tedesco and lieutenant governor hopeful John Dempsey to address charges he misused Legislative Council files for campaign aims. The two accepted the meeting, with newsmen invited. Critics call the accusations a lie, while Tedesco seeks inclusion of reporters but excludes what he calls the governor’s palace guard.
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Lodge
Emocrats
Tedesco
Rep. Dempsey
Gove
Rr Lodge
Legislative Council
Tadio
Fep
Dempsex
Jews to Observe New Year 5715 in Holy Days
Bridgeport area Jews begin observance of Rosh Hashanah marking the Jewish year 5715. The Ten Days of Penitence lead to Yom Kippur, the Great Day, from sundown Oct 6 to sundown Oct 7. Continued on Page Seven.
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Bridgeport
Waitress Retorts Over Lunch Price in Comic Caption
In a humorous panel from the feature, a waitress chastises a customer saying she is not the tomato that accompanies a 40 cent lunch. The captioned bit is attributed to Cepsraht Geresral Features Corp. and reflects playful barbs from a restaurant humor strip.
Japanese Fisherman Dies From Fallout of H Bomb Test
A Tokyo hospital reports Aikichi Kuboyama, 40, radioman aboard the Lucky Dragon, died after radiation sickness linked to the Bikini H bomb test. Twenty five fishermen were aboard the vessel eighty miles from Bikini when the blast occurred. U S officials expressed sorrow and Japan considers compensation discussions amid rising anti American sentiment.
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Tokyo
U.S
Bikini
Aikichi Kuboyama
Lucky
Dragon
United States
Japan
Kuboyama
Bitburg Gas Storage Tank Explosion Kills 22 Officials
A Bitburg report says 22 officials from American, French and German ranks died when a U S Air Force gasoline storage tank exploded during inspection. The 40 member commission was on top of the tank when the blast sent flames 1,000 feet high. Names of the dead were not released yet.
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Bitburg
Germany
Tenants Explore Seaside Cooperative Purchase Plan
Thomas J. Barrett was named chairman of an eight member tenants committee to gather information on a cooperative ownership plan proposed by the Farm Bureau Insurance Group of Columbus Ohio. The Farm Bureau has owned the property less than a year and offered the plan two weeks ago. More than 175 residents attended the meeting at Lithuanian hall in Lafayette and Gre.
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Lage
Farm Bureau Insurance Group
Columbus
Ohio
Farm Bureau
Lithuanian Hall
Lafayette and
Gre
Riot at Missouri State Penitentiary Kills Four Convicts
A deadly riot at Missouri State Penitentiary near Jefferson City left four convicts dead and eight buildings destroyed. About 30 prisoners and three guards were injured as Highway Patrol troopers and National Guardsmen regained control after six hours of chaos. The outbreak began on the third floor of a maximum security hall and spread through the facility, causing an estimated five million dollars in damage.
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Jefferson ‘City
Missouri State Penitentiary
Thomas E. Whitecotton
State Capitol
Jefferson Gentry
Clarence Dietzel
Ives Nominated for Governor and McGovern for Lt Governor
Syracuse New York September 23 Republicans seeking a fourth straight state sweep nominate U S Senator Irving M Ives for governor and State Comptroller J Raymond McGovern for lieutenant governor by acclamation in a early morning convention.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York State
U. S
Irving M. Ives
J. Raymond McGovern
Private car of NYNH Railroad president stoned in East Lyme
The New Haven Railroad confirmed that a private car carrying Patrick B. McGinnis, president of the railroad, was stoned in East Lyme on Wednesday. A kitchen window was broken, a railroad spokesman said.
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New Haven
The
New Haven Railroad Today
Patrick B. McGinnis
East Lyme
Beardsley pupil gets tattered history book
Raymond A. Brown Jr complained to Mayor McLevy and education officials about a history textbook issued to him with pages 1 through 42 missing and a deteriorated binding. Miss Augusta Mendel said the book was among discarded volumes distributed by a new teacher when regular stock ran out at the start of the school year. New books to cover increased class enrollment are being ordered, with delays common two to three weeks after opening.
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Aurelia Porto
Johnson Street
Catherine Gianfrancesco
Father Panik Village
Lucile Harris
Carolyn
Central High School
Xuild
Selma Swick
Fred Swick
Park Avenue
Lorraine Faiéla
Peter Faiella
Beardsley School
McLevy
Augusta Mendel
Raymond A. Brown
Grevystone Road
Raymond A. Brown, Jr
Monkey's Monkeyshines Ended Ends Cage Lure
Snookie the African green monkey, who a local resident gained independence, has been back in the owner Paul Sinchak Jr.’s custody after a spree blamed for triggering multiple reports from Black Rock residents. Residents described a face at the window, prowler noises, and scratching sounds before the monkey was restrained.
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Snookie
Black Rock
Paul Sinchak, Jr
Canaan Road
Stratford
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Prospect Street
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Knowland
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McCarthy
CL Os
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Cooking School
Students In Action
By Sandra M. Lopez
Ike
Raymond Golden
Alfred Fay
Mrs. Welsh
Coppola Brothers Charge
Qusted
Col. Fleming
Cepsraht Geresral Features Corp
Missouri
Atcirepauto
Jeferson City
Seaside
Thomas J. Barrett
Brady
Hirst
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Seeae
Pegier
Westbrook
Society
Sokolsky
George E
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Eeee
Ives
McGinnis
Banana
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