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muters Assn.Strong(Continued from Page One)been responsible for fractures of an ankle and a finger. , j They separated May 30, 1959.THE JUDGE approved a stipulation, agreed upon by; both parties in the divorce action, providing that custody of both children — St. Clair Strong, Jr., eight, and Robin-, son Grant Strong, two — be awarded to Mrs. Strong for one year and that each parent during that time will cooper- j ate with a Norwalk children's welfare organization which will supervise the custody.Dr. Strong will provide his. ex-wife and children with1 $700 monthly as alimony and support and will retain rights of reasonable visitation.Charles R. Covert, associated with Benjamin M. Cardozo as j Mrs. Strong’s counsel, joined Dr. Strong’s counsel, Abraham D. Slavitt, in informing Judgej' Pastor that Dr. Strong was withdrawing his “answer’* and cross complaint from court and leaving the action uncon* tested for the sake of the Strong children.PREVIOUSLY, Dr. Strong had filed an answer, denying his wife’s allegations of intolerable cruelty and, in a crosscomplaint, had sought a divorce and custody of the children on grounds of intolerable cruelty and habitual intemperance.Judge Pastore warned, in granting the decree, that “excessive use of alcohol” could '• result in loss of custody for Mrs. Strong. Counsel indicated -that stipulations and provisions of custody will be removed in one year, barring lt;trouble.Mrs. Strong is the daughter 3f Mrs. Thomas Coggeshall .nd the late Rowe McCune of iGreen’s Farms. Dr. Strong, ormerly of Vancouver, B.C., erved with the Royal Canad-an Medical Corps and is now in the staff of Norwalk Hos-ital. Ilt;1Conf idtConi. from WE!be finished; Chairman Sandytwo or three more good, hard* •lt;lt;**The town still is using vehicles as a money-saving e no conclusion about continuinFor Himself, fonfrnilpf John
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Westport Town Crier
Westport, Connecticut, US
Sun, Mar 06, 1960
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