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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1963
Page
1
The President was fatally shot in Dallas alongside the Texas governor who was seriously wounded. Initial reports confirmed the president’s death shortly after the attack. The incident occurred early this afternoon prompting national shock and emergency responses.
William Fasano was elected general chairman of the 1964 Polio Campaign in Bristol. He, a Knights of Columbus member, will be aided by Fi and G. Nadeau as vice chairmen. The drive runs through December and January, with a Christmas Bridge on December 11 at The Castle as the first fundraising event. Mrs Edward H Holmes named bridge chairman and head of the Bridge Committee. The campaign committee met for its first meeting last Wednesday night.
Balzano verbally lashes two Bristol councilmen at a town meeting over funds for two traffic beauty islands at Washington and High Streets and Mt Hope Ave and Wood St. He calls the lawmakers idiots, refuses to retract. Capone calls the remark disrespectful and an insult to the town. The island at High and Washington is described as dilapidated and needing replacement.
Five officials from York confer with representatives of the U S Housing and Home Finance Agency about a 110000 grant extension for the Wood Street sewer line. They seek to learn if the extension can fund other sewer work or repairs to the Soldiers Home line. The meeting is set for 1 30 this afternoon.
Postmaster Dan iel W. Coggeshall asks town residents to join the annual Mail Early for Christmas campaign. Mail distant cards by December 16 with complete addresses, wrap gift packages securely, and purchase stamps early. Post offices offer free labels to sort cards for local and out of town delivery and require sender names and addresses on envelopes.
Rear Admiral Magruder H. Tuttle USN commander Fleet Air Quonset Points will address Bristol Rotary Club next Wednesday at The Castle. A native of Lenoir NC, he graduated Annapolis in 1932 and saw action in Pearl Harbor defense and later earned the Legis Merit with Combat V for meritorious conduct as Commanding Officer Headquarters Squadron Fleet Air Wing 15 in 1944.
A public hearing on granting a class B victualer license to Joseph F Benevides at 171 Bradford St sparked a heated town Council meeting. Town solicitor Pasquale Annarummo challenged the hearing’s legality and the advertising in the newspaper, noting no petition record and citing a General Assembly statute limiting licenses absent prior caps. Council members and residents voiced concerns as petitions, ratification attempts, and the council’s proper procedure were debated. the petition may be denied and re-advertised next month. Interspan Corp’s tax exemption request was also discussed for future agenda.
The Bristol Art Museum Committee presents its first report to The People of Bristol praising contributors and detailing eight thousand seven hundred sixty four visitors, self supporting expenses, a private 2500 dollar fund, and planned capital improvements. It credits Norman Herreshoff for interior work and notes nine exhibits with extensive planning and publicity efforts.
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