Connecticut Senators Silent On McCarthy Censure Vote
Connecticut Senators Prescott Bush and William A. Purtell offered no stated position on how they will vote on the McCarthy censure when the Senate considers the resolution in November. Bush has criticized McCarthy's methods while favoring a fair procedure code for investigations, and has urged leadership to address the issues without crippling investigative power.
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Assailant hunted after alleged grab near tavern
Police seek a man accused by 22 year old Marion Gabriele of grabbing her as she entered the tavern car area at Pembroke Street. She says the assailant followed and seized her in an indecent manner before fleeing, near Kanyan Avenue where she went to buy cigarettes.
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Pembroketreet
George Cary
Sack’s
Oregon
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Great Falls
Mont
Sack
Rev W Fred Campbell Resigns Devon Post
Milford paper reports Rev W Fred Campbell resigns as pastor of Devon Union Church to take the pastorate at Church-by-the-Sea Madeira Beach St Petersburg Florida. He asks resignation effective Jan 1 or earlier at the church’s convenience. He previously served as assistant pastor of United Church Bridgeport for two years before arriving here June 1 1946.
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W. Fred Campbell
Devon Union Church
Church-by-the- Sea
Madeira Beach
St. Petersburg
Fla
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Bridgeport
Reserves to Install Officers on Saturday
Major Andrew Fekete will be installed as president of the Bridgeport chapter Reserve Officers Association at a dinner meeting Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Club Rie Stratford Avenue. He succeeds Capt. Robert M. DelBuono. Speaker Capt. Phillip Piazza discusses Merrill's Marauders. Officers include Lieut. John Kanca vice president Lieut. Edward Bjork treasurer and Lieut. Norman Eichner secretary. Fekete served in Pacific campaigns during World War II in New Caledonia Okinawa and Korea. DelBuono remains Vice president for Air in the State Reserve Officers Association.
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Bridgeport
Reserve Officers Association
Club Rie
Stratford Avenue
Robert M. DelBuono
Phillip Piazza
Merrill
Maurauders
John Kanca
Edward Bjork
Norman Eichner
Fekete
Pacific
New Caledonia
Okinawa
Korea
del Buono
Air
State Reserve Officers Association
City Woman Sentenced on Moral and Drug Counts
Dorothy Coleman, 27, of 173 Williston Street, was sentenced to one to three years in the State Prison for women after pleading guilty to a morals charge and violation of the uniform state narcotic drug act. Judge Louis Shapiro imposed the sentence following police raids on her Williston Street home on August 21. State’s Attorney Lorin W. Willis labeled Coleman a long-time offender and urged prison time. defense argued for a jail term.
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Williston Street
Louis Shapiro
Miss Coleman
Bridgeport
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Shapiro
Millard Kaufman
McNamara, Kaufman and Jones
Oil Slick Stains Milford Beaches Trapping Waterfowl
Milford residents woke to fuel oil on beaches from Myrtle to Woodmont waterside. Hundreds of ducks and gulls coated, coastal authorities said the slick likely came Monday from a New Jersey tanker. Town officials will investigate blame and recall a prior spill settlement with an insurer. The New Haven Sportsmen's Club urged stricter coastwise craft regulations and greater Coast Guard reach at Fort Hale Park to prevent contamination.
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New Haven
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Nixon Sees GOP Taking Senate and House Battle
Vice President Nixon said in Albany that Republicans lead in nine of ten Senate races but face an uphill fight to keep control of the House. He listed Ohio Indiana Michigan Massachusetts Kansas Nebraska and New Hampshire as Senate contests where GOP candidates appear ahead, while Minnesota looks weak.
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PAL Talent Unit Set For TV Appearance Tonight
The PAL talent unit appears on Wallie Dunlap's Open House on WICC TV at 6 15 PM Channel 43 with Julia Ko zicki Joseph Lake and Robert Rucker. They then entertain at the Warner Bros Girls club annual banquet at Nu Champs tonight at 8 30 PM. Patrolman Daniel Izzo is master of ceremonies and the program features the Gallo Sisters Barbara Kongsvold Linda Ares Priscilla Williams and other dancers and musicians including Manny Fierreria Victor Morais Sam Gray Richard Clark and Madeline Veckerelli.
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Wallie Dunlap
Wicctv
Channel 43
Julia Kozicki
Joseph Lake
Robert Rucker
Warner Bros. Girl's Club
Nu-Champs
Daniel Izzo
Gallo Sisters
Barbara Kongsvold
Linda Ares
Priscilla Williams
Ronald Oligino
James
Wiliam Malchisky
Manny Fierreria
Victor Morais
Sam Gray
Richard Clark
Madeline Veckerelli
Connecticut 4-H members to judge eggs at Harrisburg expo
Four Connecticut 4-H club members will demonstrate and compete in egg judging at the North Eastern Poultry Producers Council exposition in Harrisburg from October 5 to 7. Among them are Marie Wuernberg, 17, of Trumbull and Roger Metcalf, 16, of Westport, on the egg judging team. The trip is sponsored by the Connecticut Poultry Association and five Connecticut cooperatives.
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Notre Dame Alumni Plan Train Trip to Penn Game
University of Notre Dame alumni are sponsoring a train excursion to the Notre Dame Pennsylvania football game in Philadelphia on November 6. Local residents interested in details may contact William F. O'Brien at Central High School.
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Philadelphia
William F. O’brien
Central High School
Lodge Speaks At UConn Stores
Governor Lodge praised the two party system in a talk at the University of Connecticut. He warned that too little partisanship harms the system and that fewer than two parties would bring dictatorship while more than two parties would lead to minority government as seen in France.
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Lodge supporters to broadcast on WNHC TV tonight
The Citizens for Lodge committee backing Governor Lodge for reelection will sponsor a broadcast on WNHC TV channel 8 in New Haven tonight at 7 45. Sol Robinson of Danbury is named treasurer and Pickert A Hall of New Haven is chairman.
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New Haven
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Danbury
Pickert A. Hall
New Maven
Hartford mailman planned wholesale massacre after shooting pairs
The Hartford mail carrier Edward G. Guinan, 30, who killed Gerald Coughlin and wounded his brother, had hallucinations about Nazis and planned a mass murder. He aimed at Frank Freundson and others, hid a .38 revolver and a hunting knife, attended a movie, then killed Gerald Coughlin and wounded James Coughlin. He was committed to Norwich State hospital as mentally ill. the coroner found the shooting deliberate but left legal responsibility undecided.
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Veterans’ Hospital
Northampton
Mass
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Freundson
Gerald
James Coughlin
Brookside
New Britain
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Norwich State Hospital
Gerald Coughlin
Coughlin Brothers
IUE Votes to Raise Monthly Dues to 2.50
The International Union of Electrical Radio and Machine Workers voted to raise dues by 50 cents to 2.50 per month for about 400,000 members at its sixth annual convention in Miami Beach. They endorsed a no contract no work stance in future GE negotiations as GE contracts expire in September 1955. Bridgeport area workers include roughly 2,500 from Locals 203 and 240.
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International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers
IUE
General Electric Company
Catholic High School Planned for Danbury Area
Danbury will host a new Catholic high school as part of a diocese wide plan. Bishop Lawrence J. Shehan spoke at St. Joseph's Guild dinner outlining regional high schools and parish supported education, with Danbury named as a key location. The effort emphasizes parochial schooling, family involvement, and parish cooperation. The diocese also seeks a home for the aged to follow the high school program.
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Edward D. Halloran
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Kennedy
George B. Curtiss
Mser. McLauchlin
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St. Mary's
Stamford
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Death sentence for Oregon man who killed his third wife
George F Sack, 61, known for three violent wife deaths, was convicted of murdering his third wife in Portland. A seven hour jury verdict mandates a death sentence, with an appeal planned. The case recounts prior insanity findings in Chicago and a murder charge tied to a luggage compartment suffocation.
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Sack
Cushman to Speak at Monson Academy Anniversary
Rufus P. Cushman president of the Monson academy board of trustees and executive vice president of City Savings bank will headline ceremonies on October 9 marking the school's 150th anniversary. Also speaking are Associate Supreme Court Justice Tom C Clark and Charles W Cole as Amherst College president. A new building, Alumni Hall, will be dedicated during the event.
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Blackman Place
Monson Academy
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Police Seek Prisoner Who Escapes From Train
New Haven police hunted Harold Monroe a 23 year old parole violator who escaped from a train from Virginia to Massachusetts as it arrived. Monroe fled up a dark street toward St Bernard's cemetery after the handcuffs were loosened with a red shirt draped over them and shots were fired by a parole officer named Flanagan.
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St. Bernard's Cemetery
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Forgery Suspect Pleads Guilty in Superior Court
Al red Sportelli, 33, of 2225 Main street, was arraigned today on five counts of forgery. He pleaded guilty and was ordered to serve 30 days in jail by Judge Louis Shapiro. The state said he forged five checks totaling 469 dollars in July to pay debts and buy merchandise. Shapiro initially sentenced him to six months, but suspended after 30 days. He will be on probation for one year.
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Alred Sportelli
Main Street
Louis Shapiro
Sportelli
Shapiro
Norwalk Hotel Case Settled With Zoning Clarifications
A Norwalk Hotel Motel Corp suit to halt hotel construction on East Avenue has been withdrawn. Plaintiffs say homeowners’ main concern was residential invasion by a commercial project. The company will remove most restrictions on residential use but must seek zoning relief for hotel use, with a reservation on future expansion. Details of any land sale were not disclosed.
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Norwalk Hotel Motel Corp
East Avenue
Donald H. McGannon
Thomas L. Ippolito
Zoning Board of Appeals
Zoning Commission
Clemons Heads List for Janitor Position
Charles D. Clemons of 96 Fulton Street leads a seven person list for supervising janitor, announced by John J. Linlss, civil service director. Seven named candidates passed a August 6 promotional test. eight failed. Salary ranges from 3670 to 4050 plus a 200 bonus. list valid for two years.
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Charles D. Clemons
Fulton Street
John J. Linlss
Civil Service
Linley
WCTU Convention Set in Hartford October 14
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union holds its annual Hartford convention October 14 in the Central Baptist chapel. Opening at 9 45 a m, a report on the Lexington national convention will be given. County presidents and special guests appear at the 6 30 p m banquet with Henry F Brown as speaker. all visitors welcome at sessions.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Central Baptist Church
Hartford
Lexington
Henry F. Brown
Loyalty Lodge 58 IOOF memorials and cemetery meeting
Loyalty Lodge 58 IOOF holds annual memorial services at Loyalty Cemetery Sunday at 11 a.m. Rabbi Nathan Burstyn and Cantor Arych Goldstein will officiate. Joseph Gochros, president of the Loyalty Cemetery Association, will preside at the quarterly meeting Tuesday at 9 p.m. The World Affairs Discussion Group meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the YMCA to plan the season program.
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IOOF
Loyalty Cemetery
Nathan Burstyn
Arych Goldstein
Joseph Gochros
Loyalty Cemetery Association
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