Westport Debate Highlights Education as Top Issue
Public education dominated a Westport forum sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women. State Sen Louis Gladstone and William D. Graham spoke on funding, teaching reforms, and state aid, while replacements Gengras and Grasso were absent.
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National Council of Jewish Women
Robert Roth
North Avenue
Louis J. Gladstone
Bridgeport
Senate
William D. Graham
Hartford
Clayton Gengras
GOP
Attilio R. Frassinelli
Ella T. Grasso
Graham
Connecticut
New Haven
University of Bridgeport
University of Connecticut
Yale University
Gladstone
Gengras
Commission On Higher Education
Breeman Names Campaign Coordinator And Finance Chair
Norwalk GOP candidate Bernard Breeman announced Nicholas Cioffi of 9 Merrill Road as campaign coordinator and Edward J. Zamm as finance chairman. Cioffi is a lawyer and Republican Town Committee member. Breeman faces Democrat Carroll Cavanaugh for the 14th Assembly district seat. Other committee members include Andrew Richards John S O Malley Frank L Reale and Stephen Weitz.
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Norwalk
Nicholas Cioffi
Merrill Road
Bernard Breeman
Breeman
Carroll Cavanaugh
Old Saugatuck Road
Cioffi
Republican Town Committee
Edward J. Zamm
Andrew Richards
John &. O'Malley
Frank L. Reale
Stephen Weitz
Racial mixing plan outlined at Chamber luncheon
Bridgeport Supt. Lester S. Silverstone told about 300 attendees that middle school desegregation would create a bigger neighborhood school system. He described a three-building northeastern City middle school and said the plan would ease overcrowding while preserving key facilities.
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Bridgeport
Lester S. Silverstone
Chamber of Commerce
YWCA
Golden Hill Street
Silverstone
Boston Avenue
Board of Education
Mr. Silverstone
Samuel W. Hawley
Bridgeport Area Chamber
Ajof Commerce
Jgram
Klansman's Trial Under Way In Rights Slaying
In Hayneville Alabama Ku Klux Klan member Eugene Thomas goes on trial for the killing of a civil rights worker. A former deputy was dismissed on an assault charge after an earlier acquittal. The case ties to the Liuzzo murder and civil rights era tensions.
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Rex Thomas
Hayneville
Ala
Eugene
Thomas
Worth Thagard
Thagard
Thomas L. Coleman
Richard Morris
Chicago
Richmond Flowers
Coleman
Morrisree
Episcopal Seminary
Jonathan Daniels
Keane
N.H
Lowndes County
Daniels
Liuzzo
Teamsters Union
Anthony Liuzzo
Montgomery
U.S. 5Th Circuit
Ins
Wilk
U S Planes Raid North Viet Nam Oil and Supply Areas
U S Air Force and Navy bombers struck oil dumps and supply depots in North Viet Nam while Marines attacked the buffer zone between the two Vietnams. Phantoms hit an oil storage area 40 miles NW of Hanoi causing a large fire. carrier ships reported destroying multiple buildings in a North Vietnamese storage depot.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Oriskany
Record of 1948 New York baseball attendance peak
UPI reports the largest single day major league attendance occurred May 31 1948 with 314313 spectators watching eight doubleheaders in both leagues.
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New York
Msgr Campagnone Heads Drive to Enroll Voters
The Very Rev Francis A Campagnone was elected chair of Bridgeport mayoral voter registration committee at City Hall steering meeting. Plans include leaflets from ABCD Connecticut Labor Council League of Women Voters and Board of Education, bus rides from Rep Donald Irwin, and church messages to enroll 30 000 eligible voters who are not yet registered.
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Francis A. Campagnone
City Hall
ABCD
Connecticut Labor Council
League of Women Voters
Board of Education
Donald J. Irwin
Madeline Matchko
James Jolly
Southern New England Telephone Company
Connecticut
James Curiale
Corley
Eugene Corley
Jane Igoe
Curiale
John Merchant
Ways and Means
Joseph Ciuci
Transportation
Msgr
Campagnone
Curran
Woman Pedestrian Among 6 Hurt In North and Park Crash
Six people were injured when two cars collided at North and Park avenues yesterday afternoon. The most seriously hurt was pedestrian Loretta Mulligan 69 of 1688 North Avenue with rib and right hip injuries and shock.
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North
Park Avenues
Loretta Mulligan
North Avenue
Mulligan
St. Vincent's, Hospital
Michael Paul
Beechwood Avenue
William Gentile
John Dubois
Jacquinta D'Amico
Marie Clarizia
Waterbury
Anthony Cutrali, Jr
Wilson Street
Mrs. Mulligan
Cliff Robertson to film Path To Safety sequel in DC
Cliff Robertson heads to Washington DC in October to produce a sequel to his recent film Path To Safety. The project keeps Robertson on screen and behind the camera under UPI reporting.
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Hollywood
UPI
Cliff Robertson
Washington, D. C
Mayers and Graham Set to Visit Fairfield
Two Republican state ticket contenders William D. Graham of Stratford for attorney general and Mayor Thomas Mayers of Stamford for comptroller will campaign in Fairfield tomorrow. They will be greeted at GOP headquarters on Reef Road by State Sen. Fred Pope Jr. and Michael Terek, with John Bossert guiding the visit in his district.
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Fairfield
Joseph Gormley
GOP
William D. Graham
Stratford
Thomas Mayers
Stamford
Reef Road
Fred Pope Jr
Michael Terek
John Bossert
Drive-In Benefit for PAL Tomorrow at Candlelite
The Family Theater Night benefit for Bridgeport PAL youth center is rescheduled to tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Candlelite drive-in theater. Elvis in Fun at Acapulco and Bob Hope in Bachelor in Paradise headline a double feature with two cartoons. Patrolman Stephen McMahon Jr. says tickets are sold 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the renovated center at 2664 Fairfield Avenue or at the theater gate.
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Bridgeport Pal Youth Center
Candlelite Drive-In
Elvis Presley
Acapulco
Bob Hope
Stephen McMahon ,Jr
Fairfield Avenue
Gerardo Plans City Tour With GOP Colleagues
John L. Gerardo of Harwinton Republican candidate for lieutenant governor tours the downtown and North End today from 1 3 to 8 p m. He is joined by Abraham I Gordon candidate for state senator 22nd district and Leonard Cocco chair of Citizens for Gerarda committee in Bridgeport.
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John L. Gerardo
Harwinton
Down
North End
Gerardo
Abraham I. Gordon
Leonard Cocco
Citizens For Gerard
Bridgeport
Job cutback seen at Electric Boat Groton
An Electric Boat spokesman said employment at the Groton shipyards will likely fall by about 500 as the Polaris armed submarine fleet is completed. Peak staffing reached about 19,000, with a plan to trim to around 17,000 and many displaced workers offered positions at the Quincy yard. John Jay was the first chief justice of the U S Supreme Court.
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Groton
Electric Boat Shipyards
Monay
Electric Boat
General Dynamics Corp
John Jay
U. S. Supreme Court
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