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C--SIX BRIDGEPORT SUNDAY POST, APRIL 9, 1961 Cal Rodgers Dodged Death In Ocean to Ocean Flight (Continued from Page Five) i not only a chance to see their first plane, but a chance perhaps "Jesus will forgive you if you repent and stop flying" she screamed. Mr. Rodgers tried to get away hut she dropped on her knees in front of him. "No man was meant to fly" she yelled. "Only the birds for they were born with wings." Sunday Post Puzzle Prize Now 225 Mack Sennett movie-was the view the first craft lo cross troublesome loo, especially when Armour train I the U.S.

lit got him off course. One day, Flying Smoothly I "Police often did little 8:45 a.m. to 4:28 p.m., Nearly 4wo hours and'104 miles help," remembers Mr. Wiggin.jhe was at the mercy of storms later Mr Rodgers gently camel'Td call out to the biggest in all a time could only down near the New the crowd and tell them tojtravel 36 miles. was always' K.

359th Week-Sine. No. 358 Two minutes later, the train caught up with him. He had tak- form a circle around the plane. The big man with the big Everyone was reaching for got good news one day.

en a wrong railroad for a piece of it as a souvenir or Those clocking him reported he short ways, but otherwise every-' punching holes in it trying beaten the old distance rec- Ihing was 'coming off well. Iscribble on names. jord of 1,265 miles. At the same The next morning The crackups, of course, werejtjme, for the ground he had cov- tragedy struck. He was up about! the most frightening.

Death th ered. e. he established a new speed 20 feet on the take-off when Mr. Rogers overylime. 'record.

wing brushed up against a treer'He was an iron man" says Mr. Mr. Rodgers was determined and turned him I a i i "he just wouldn't givcjnow more than ever to reach the scratches. Some say he was still 550,000 was a lost cause. They asked the young pilot if he were ready to quit.

He said no. Another crash caused a broken instant he smashed into the up." earth with a dull thud. As luck! would have it. Mr. Rodgersj Mr.

with only a few! smoking Ills cigar. It took three days to put (he Vin Fiz back in shape. On the next hop, to Hancock, N. Mr. Rodgers was forced by engine trouble a going f)5 miles in 78 minutes.

The following day he got lost on she way to Elmira. The 200 miles he ended up covering that day was nearly twice as far as he had to And so went, from one state to another, crashes, engine trouble, the wrong railroad turn. But ihis was only a taste of it. At one time engine trouble forced him into the quagmire of a swamp. At another he overshot a field and crashed into a barbed-wire fence, shattering the wing fabric.

a a grounded him for several days. Sometimes he'd be literally lost Hearst Prize Lost Rogers soon realized he make the trip in 30 days. an again he was asked the down samc on Later that day he for days. Taking he'd run out remain parties wrong of gas and stranded until scouting from the trailing Armour train could locate him. Crowds Mob Him His worried and sometimes frantic wife remembers "We hardly ever saw it well.

him in flight; late at night our special caught up with him crowds, an enormous faces, were by now growing out of hand. They would rush up to Calbraith as soon as they spotted him and yell at the tap of their lungs 'Just wanted lo a your Grownups, children-- all scanned the skies. coast. Reaches Half-Way Point At Kansas City. on Oct.

10 he was half-way across the nation. Fog then set in and held him up for three days. When he took off again, he covered an amazing 230 iriiles in one day. Soon he was flying through Texas and the southern end of Mexico. When he entered gave them his answer when he climbed into the cockpit and ask- Arizona, barren deserts lay be- ed to have his crutches lashed to the sides.

Meanwhile soda pop was selling well. From the hanger car of the train circulars were distributed and bottles passed out. A hawker a megaphone proudly proclaimed: "Rodgers gets his cool head, quick eye and steady nerve through drinking the ideal blend of fruit juices --Vin Fiz!" On he sped toward Chicago. Sometimes the man with the steely eyes found fun along with the drudgery. There was time he landed in an Indian reservation and was made a brother, when he landed in.

a potato patch in the middle of nowhere and an unbelieving but beautiful farmer's daughter crept up on him with a shotgun (he charmed her so, she fetched the gas he needed and. taking the place of two men. started the Vin Fizby crank- low for long stretches and there were no crowds. But his wife and aides aboard the Armour train still got to him vice versa). The train would reach a depot and wife and all would search the bulletin board for a message that might read: 'Passed here 10:30 heading They gave him 55,000 to fly 30 miles out of his way lo Fort Worth, Tex." For many thousands this was i the propeller).

sea of. Breaks Up Circus A hand-wringing circus manager, gloating over a big day's crowd, saw it suddenly disappear when the little flyer came down out of the sky. Sometimes religious fanatics would Iry to keep him from fly ing. One morning a small, thin woman grabbed him by the arm as he started for the Vin Fiz. i With the Arts by Betty Tyler Art YWCA, 263 Golden Hill Bridgeport-Portraits figures in oils by Nancy Rcilly, of Westport, through April; open 9:30 a.m.

to 9:30 p.m., daily including Sunday. STRATFORD ART GALLERY, barn on grounds of American Shakespeare Festival theater, Stratford--Works ol area artists, John Day. Tom Bartek, Lydia Lloyd and Ernie Crauel, through May 13; open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. SILVERMINE GUILD, New Canaan--Open doily including Sunday from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

"Architectural Directions," models, photographs and renderings by nine internationally known architects, all living in Fairfleld' county--Marcel Brcuer, Philip Johnson, liliot Noycs. John Johanscn, Victor Christ-Janer, Jo seph Solcrno, I.coii Levy, and the lirms of Pcdersen and Tilne and Sherwood. i and Smith; Guild hall; One-man show Stamford artist. Edwin Schwartz, nil through April 20. YALE UNIVERSITY range of art from Sumerian to Roman times i i selected groupings of Babylonian, i a Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman art;" paintinp.s sculpture from collections of modern a Early A i a a i i Oriental a medieval.

Renaissance and Post-Renaissance paintings and sculpture: American silver. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 11 West 53rd street, New York--05 vcars in the art of photography by Edward Sleichen, of Redding: through May 30: also Max Ernst exhibition; through May 8. AMERICAN WATERCOLOH SOCIETY--National Academy galleries, Fifth avenue at New York; 430 watcrcnlors including many by cnunty artists, open 1 to 5 p.m. a i and Sunday. WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 22 West Mth street, New Theater Collects Art" includes work by Alexa Calder.

of Roxbury; through May 16; open daily and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Theater CHILDREN'S Fish." today at 2:30 and 4 p.m.. FairfieM Country Day school, 2970 Bronson road, Fairfield; At the end of the month he was leaving Arizona with only a few hundred miles to suddenly the whole country was flush with excitement. The completion of a pioneer voyage was at hand. 20,000 Walt for Him In Pasadena.

a crowd of 20.000 massed hopefully for Ir. Rodgers' arrival. Nov. 5. He reached Pomona, short distance from Pasadena.

Wearily he waited for the train catch up and then took off again in mid-afternoon. In a few minutes the city lay olow him. and as he landed the renzicd thousands broke police ines to welcome him. The man vho had covered an unbelievable 1,231 miles was wrapped in an American flag, and a riotous parade followed. Later, at the big, plush and spectator-crowded Hotel Maryand he strode up to the desk to sign the register.

The aches and pains were there, but Cal Rodgers had made it. Biting into an expensive cigar they gave him he wrote: P. Rodgers, New York to Pasadena by air." For all intensive purposes, Mr. Rodgeri had made his historic mark. Yet he was not satisfied this was a really complete trip.

He hadn't reached the Pacific. Final Crackup Occurs And that's when the 15th and final crackup occurred. It was the worst of all, and both of Mr. Rodgers legs were broken. Meanwhile, between 125,000 and 150,000 people waited in vain for him at Long Beach on the coast.

The iron man was slill game though. On Dec. 10 a patched up plane, whose pilot had both legs in cast's, flew out over the ocean. Letters and awards poured in. The tamed Aero Club of America feted him, and President William Howard Taft decorated him.

In World's Work of January, 1912, a leading journalist echoed the sentiment of the day: "The flying machine is a mechanical wonder, hut the first man who guided ii across a continent is a physica' marvel." The man who said his i would someday he done in just hrce days (its done in a few hours now) never lived to see the prediction come true. A few the Prize for Puzzl. No. 359 Is $225 NOTES FROM THE PUZZLE EDITOR The "WHO" and the "WHY" were clear enough, last week the missing link was the "WHAT" (winning solution) and the "WHERE." Ho-hum, you can't have everything! Not even i Jingle "one-off" to crow about! Caws We're a whole week into April already--how the months fly! If the sun keeps shining, there won't be need, any longer, to force the forsythia. (Or to puss the pussywillows?) Such Intriguing mall in the puzzle-pouch! Mrs.

this department we don't count thit Is, we don't count puzzles. But the department in charge of receiving the entries weighs them. You figure so many to a pound. But frankly, we have enough troubles to worry about without borrowing some from neit door Mrs. W.

D. do what you advise us to do and go one step farther: we also "Keep busy 4 The jackpot--up to $225 this week, folks--inspired the Muse. Mrs. D. H.

D. says "I try each week to win, in vain. But yet each week I'm back again." And versatile D. D. philosophizes: "Puzzling is its own reward- Keeps us all from being bored; But wouldn't it be funny, honey, If tome day the reward was money?" HI, M.

A. would guess that you're i at heart. Well anyway, we're glad the growing jackpot has enticed you lo rejoin us. Good luck! Sunday Post Puzzle No. I I PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS CLEARLY ommendations in the Kniskern report for improving Bridgeport's downtown business district have drawn pledges of general support from the city administration and the Citizens' Action committee.

Robert- Harris in his speech to members of the Chamber of Commerce Monday, told them failure to take steps now may end city leadership of a 10-town trading area, and would drive a projected (320,000,000 in business to suburban shopping centers. Mr. Harris, an official in Philip W. on a study prepared by his organization for the city, the Chamber and the Citizens' Action committee. Mayor Tcdesco said the report, made public Monday at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting, "will be a Bible in City Hall" for downtown planning.

Samuel W. Hawley, chairman of the CAC, commented that the Kniskern survey "gives an excellent blueprint of things that should be considered for the central area," and he added that the CAC "will do everything possible to cooperate" in a program to develop the full potentialities of the district. The report suggested improvements in parking, traffic movement, shopping facilities, downtown bus service, and related fields. Philip Kniskern and Associates, planning consultant firm, undertook the study on a $15,000 contract with the city government, the CAC and the Chamber of Commerce. The project got under way nearly a year ago.

Also proposed in the Kniskern recommendations, is "an official coordinator whose Nama Addreit I Town Stilt CROSSWORD CLUES CLUES ACROSS: 2. Though quite popular, might seem somewhat childish to an intellectual. S. Restaurant. 7.

i them certainly doesn't do them any good. 8. They grow on trees. 8. It's possible for doctors to have trouble with their--, ol course.

13. A rich soil. H. Swift or quick. 16.

Scat In church. 17. Energy. 18. The type of that one no good to months after his ocean to ocean flight he was stunt flying at 300 feet, chasing a flock of gulls with the bravado that endeared him to thousands.

Suddenly his jplane refused to pull out of the five. It dropped hard over end shallow water. A hush fell over the spectators, Cal Rodgers, the man who beat death dozens of times in one of the most amazing journeys any man ever took, was dead of a broken neck. man might another. 19.

Having books to read, hospital patient shouldn't be bored. 20. You can purchase from reputable with confidence. CLUES DOWN: 1. Most impertinent children are in need of a spanking.

presumed by a Far, Reservations from Mrs. Edward i Impatience Noted R. Bancroft. street, FairfieUl. Upon a Mattress." starring Imopene.

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A child would hirdly wint to i pet inimal. 5. It's natural for jockeyi to be on horses. 9. During game, you don't expect top player to -scoring chances.

10. It destroys the smoothness of a surface. 11. A conjurer might--a coin cup his sleeve too fast for the eye to sec. 12.

A schoolteacher may well know how wrong it is to promising students. 15. In a significant u's i there is liable to be much to interest in instrumentalist. 18. They of particular interest for their choice of sizes, of course.

18. You sleep In it. This list contains, among others, the correct words for tha prize crossword puzzle No. 359: KEII ROOK BOOM BOON HOOT CAI'B CUT FAST KKKH FKKT SIIL'BERT, New Upon a Mattress." starring Imopene. Coca and iidu evcninps at 8:30 p.m.; malineef Wednesday and Saturday a a the top, notes i i i i Ron-! K1 lp p.m.

SHAKLSPEARE FESTIVAL THEATER, performance of "Twelfth Night," tonight at 8 o'clock; for students through May. I'OLKA" DOT PLAYHOUSE, 461 Union avenue. Bridgeport-- "The Corn Is Green," Friday and Saturday at 8:30 p.m. i diris. artistic director of the Greek Tragedy theater.

Student players, he say.s, "arc mil lovers of their a but adds: "The young American actor I XOKMS HAMPER utrr JLT LAP UAM MAPLY NICK N1XB NIJT PAMPER PANS PKXS I'KP PKW I'JXS PLATB8 PLUMS RUT fiCARK BCORE BEKS I A SLIP A SPARK KTonK TALKS TALKS TKAMS TEISMS This li (he solution to No. 1H of April 1 SILVERMINE GUILD, Now Canaan-Spring chamber music con- Ambition is commendable. combining music and the visual arts; i should he realistic about j. the study and work to be an ac- A CONCERT--Wiihe tr.o, tomorrow at 8:30 p.m., Sprague; hall. New Haven, sponsored by Human Relations 1 Romms is here on training council of a New Haven I exchange, program at the Insti- A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA-Tucsday at 8:30 p.m., llll (or Advance Studies in the Wnolsey a Theater Arts.

KLEIN MEMORIAL, Bridgeport--Conccrtgcbouw orchestra of Am- sterdam, Holland, under the baton of Eugen Jochum: Thursday pi at 8:30 p.m., sponsored by the Bridgeport Community Concert I l-'OgS VjCt I rappCO association. CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LOWER BASIN HERE ARE THE RULES SOLVE the cluei just you would in other cronwotd puzzle. have come in contact with rt i-. .1. wanrs to arrive before he pos- CHOOSE from each printed the word BEST fill Iht means to achieve his-clue definition.

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It sunciteH you pmle or copy your miry on ihe bnrfc ot ihrre-cent U. K. POM rard. Thii will bt frtftt aid to Week's News in Review Bridgeport Downtown Data Studied; Hillside Grant Is Made i and i i lenders received a report hist week i i a for i a i i the business section Tlic Federal a a $100,000 grant fur work at i i home. SURVEY SUPPORTED --Rec-f committee and of.

the Socialist party in the city, has tendered his resignation from both offices. Mr. trie manager of community relations and employe communications, is leaving the company and establishing a public relations counseling firm, Kenneth A. Maloney Associates, specializing in corporate public relations. Mr.

Maloney, in forming his own business, begins a new phase of work in the public relations field apartments on the second third fioori. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT--Construction of the first 125-unit section of a new garden apartment development at Madison avenue and Vinccllette street in the North End is slated to gjn within 30 days. Mayor Tedes- Snow's resignation represents the co sa jd Abncr Rosenberg of New second major loss by the Social- a ven, who is sponsoring several ist party within a few weeks, substantial developments in the Fred D. Schwarzkopf, a England area, is preparing stalwart and city clerk during the; 0 building permit applici- McLevy administration, ons or (he "Madison Apurt- recently as campaign chairman.i nts" here, expected to cost 'some J5 million when all three FIRE HITS TENEMENTS-A: sec tjo a completed. spectacular two-alarm fire forced more than 75 persons from SCHOOL PLANS APPROVED six-family tenements and eliminary building plans for other apartment dwellings on.ihe proposed North End high Columbus place and North Wash-' sc 0 ol in Beachwoou park have ington avenue at 2:22 a.m.

been approved by the Board of Wednesday. Five firemen It was outlined at a hospitalized. All the occupants of; of the board Tuesday the dwellings escaped i i the new school will accom- Two dogs were found alive in one'mmlate 2,600 pupils in 111 class- ot the Columbus avenue dwell-Vooms In a two-story structure, ings after the fire hut seven oth-jThe board discussed the possi- cr dogs were found dead in of developing the school's debris. Flames tore rapidly i football field into a municipal through the old frame buildingsl a dium, but deferred a decision in Columbus place. The buildings'on the matter, were covered partially with a in, Connecticut after II years with ing to police.

Buildings involved 1 General Electric anil, prior to were at 21-25 and 27-20 Colum- primary duties would timely accomplishment necessary or appropriate official actions. He should report directly to the mayor, and, when authorized by the miyor to do so, let with a degree of the mayor's luthority and influence." The report also suggests a ban on virtually all curb parking in downtown streets, open lanes for express buses, and a low priced "jitney" service from parking terminals through the Central Business district. GETS PRISON TERM In Seattle, Wells Brenner Van Stecn- bcrgh, former University of Bridgeport student, who was freed In a manslaughter case in New York state after two trials in was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 145,688 robbery of a branch bank in that city. A APPROVED FOR HILLSIDE Federal funds of $100,000 have been approved to help finance the long-proposed 58- bcd addition to Hillside Home and Hospital, it was announced Tuesday. Nicholas J.

Mainiero, president of the Board of Welfare Commissioners, was notified by Senator Dodd and Senator Bush in Washington of the approval of the grant by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The overall project is expected to cost 250. As planned by the Welfare department, the two-story addition will be erected at the front of the present main building at Hillside. In addition to the 58 hospital beds, it also will accommodate administrative offices.

LAND PURCHASE ORDERED --Condemnation proceedings were authorized Monday night by the Common Council to be used in the acquisition by the Redevelopment agency of two parcels of property in the West Side No. 1 renewal project. The larger is at 179-201 Howard avenue and 667 Wordin avenue, owned by James J. Leon and Samuel Mahigel. Three multi-family dwellings are on the property.

The other parcel is at 143-161- Spruce street, owned by Bessie G. Dominko. This contains a one-family dwelling, a restaurant, and some accessory buildings. These would be the first condemnations undertaken in the city's redevelopment program. FREEDOM PLEA GRANTED Release on parole within a month or two, after 16 years in State's prison, appeared likely Tuesday for Anthony Petrizii, of Bridgeport, convicted of killing his wife.

Petrizzi, who is 61, fatally shot hii wife in the back on a Bridgeport street after a quarrel over jointly-owned real estate. He then fled, only to surrender to police soon after. His plea for freedom was backed by a brother and niece who advised the State Pardons hoard they will provide him with a home and a job in Providence, R.I. MALONEY LEAVES GE-Kenneth A. Maloney, General Elec- paper and went up "like a NEWS CAPSULES--Traccy C.

board box on accord-jDickson. executive vice president of the People's Savings prior to were at 21-25 and 27-20 Colum- bank tendered his resignation joining GE, with the public rela-jbus place. Both were said to bcuMonday. Mr. Dickson will con- lions counseling firm total loss by firemen.

to serve as a bank trus- here by Howard I. Comstock. jbuilding at 27-29 was said also tee Ho have been condemned. Build-; locatcd in Tholey, Germany, Mr. Isacs There arc resided in this city 55 years was answered in Tuesday's issue of The Post.

Frank won i 20- vnlume set of the World Book Encyclopedia. He is in the sixth grade in Franklin school in Stratford The Monroe Board of Selectmen has named Norman Ouelletlu of Elm street, Monroe, as a member of the Regional Planning commission David G. Trinkaus, of West Redding, a member of the faculty of Joel Barlow high school, was awarded a National Science Foundation to study this summer at a a university, Greencastle. NECROLOGY Paul Julien of Redding, an artist 'and illustrator. Mr.

Meylan was horn i Switzerland Romaine Barnum, 88, of 15 Marian avenue, Norwalk. retired dentist. He practiced in 1 New York city and In Port Chester. 45 years and retired ilx years Robert Van Buren, 85, 14 East avenue, Norwalk, 'chairman of the board of the i Fairfield County Savings bank. i Van Burcn was native of liNetv York i resident of Nor- charged "5 years Dr.

Walter H. 66, of 85 Kings College in Westport 25 years. Dr. Krak was born in Bridgeport Alfred H. Fairchild, 74, of -S.

Washington street, Milford, of Fairchild Trailer Sales. A pioneer in the building of house trailers, he was owner of the Fairchild Mobile Home gesture of protest against recent developments within the Socialist party of Bridgeport, Louis Snow, treasurer of the Socialist Town involved were 163, 177 and 189, all apartment dwellings. At 177 on the first floor is located Castcllucci's tavern. There are Neighbor Towns Milford Budget Aired; Tucciarone Foes i last week reviewed its proposal? ami a controversy developed over projected i in school FairfieleJ's Board of Finance voted support of for a school site In a Democratic Town a i a i i a said he i not resign. MILFORD HEARING-- Approximately 400 persons attended hearing by Milford aldermen on the School department budget Wednesday night.

Another session will take pUce Monday. Educators and residents asked the aldermen to restore funds eut by the Finance board. Mayor lovino and Finance board member! defended the budget cuts. The School board had proposed a budget of $4.1 million. The mayor had recommended a reduction of $224,475 and the Finance board had upped his reduction to 57J.

TUCCIARONE TO STAY- Julius Tucciaronc, Stratford Democratic town chairman, said he has no intention of resigning. He suggested dissident Democrats resign if they feel they cannot work with him. Mr. Tucciarone said he will seek another term as town chairman. COUPLE PERISH IN FIRE-Fire in an upholstered chair in the living room of the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Lawrence Bocchiere, 1384 Elm Street, Stratford, a week ago Saturday nighj, apparently was the cause of the blaze which took the lives of the couple, according to Assistant Fire Chief Frederick Wtlcoxson. Mr. Bocchiere, 34, and Dorothy Rivnack Bocchiere, 25, were suffocated by smoke as the fire gutted the first floor of their one and a half story house at the intersection of Birdseye street. Mr.

Bocchiere and his son, Lawrence, III, 10, who had gone to the movies, discovered the fire on their return about 11 p.m. Mr. Bocchiere went in to rescue his wife, leaving the hoy outside. The boy summoned help. Mr.

Bocchiere was employed as a salesman at the Main Tire and Appliance company, 1629 Mtin ttreet. PILOTS ESCAPE INJURY IN CRASH-- Two Sikorsky test pilots escaped with minor bruises at 11 Monday when the S-60 Skycrane helicopter crashed on the Sikorsky flight field in Stratford. Company officials said the S-60 was equipped with a special sensitized control system preparatory to being turned over to the National Aeronautics 'and Space Agency at Langley field, Virginia, for two-month research program on VTOL aircraft under NASA contract. The S-60 was airborn only a few minutes before it crashed. The pilots, John F.

Forth, 37, of 560 Purdy Hill, Monroe, and Edgar J. Mullins, 29, of 157 Glenfield avenue, Stratford, escaped from the aircraft. SCHOOL AIDE NAMED- E. Eugene Ptine, of Trumbull, assistant In charge (if business affairs for the Board of Education in that town, was named assistant superintendent of schools in Ridgefield. He will begin his duties July 1 innuil salary of $10,000.

DIES IN NORWAY-- Per Martin Ilaarr, 20, 1957 exchange student who set track records in Staples high school Westport, was found dead Wednesday in a moun- Norway. He was graduated from Staples in 1958 and during his stay In Connecticut resided Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Mitchell of Roosevelt road, Compo beach Westport. DUTIES CURBED-- Chairman Alton M.

Torgan of the Stritfon Board of Education. charged that an amendment to the regula lions limiting the duties of the chairman "is a gag and done to tie my hands." The amendment adopted Tuesday night and firs presented at a special meeting last month by E. Cortwripht Phillips, limits the duties of the chairman to those prescribed in the cencral statutes and those specifically granted by the board The vote was 4-2 with T. Emmet Murray and Mr. Torgan voting in opposition.

APPROPRIATION REQUEST ED-- An appropriation of $52,501 for the purchase of 28 acres land for the site of the new Dwight school on Redding road Fairficld, was recommended by the Fairfield Finance board In the Representative Town Meet ing Tuesday night. The property would be purchased from Thomas Cavanaugh, a member of the Board of Finance. Firs Selectman John J. Sullivan, who presented the recommendation for the purchase of the property said he wished to make It konwn that the agreed price is far less than the price this land would bring if It were placed for sale on the open market. BOYS RESCUED FROM RAFT --Three Fairfield boys were res cued about 3 p.m.

Tuesday after a raft they were paddling i ed out into Long Island Sound off Fairfield beach. The rescue was affected about 500 feet of shore with a motor boat by Charles E. Clarke, of the Asl Creek Boat Livery after the plight of the three boys was discovered by Frank McCarthy safety director of the Connecticu Motor club, anil Sgt. George Lasko, of the Fairfield Police department's Youth a Brought back to shore in a motor boat were William Vaniotis, 13 son of Mr. and Mrs.

Nick Vanio tis, of 516 High street; David Prentice, and his brother Brian, 13. sons of Mr. and Mrs William Prentice, ot' 655 Jennings GRAND LIST REDUCED A study of appeals made to the Board of Tax Review following the new assessments which were made on the grand list of resulted in a $355,560 change in the net grand list from as previously (nnounced by the Board of Assessors to $24,555,470 announced as April 1 by the Board ot Tax Review. Samuel Senior, chairman of the Ta Review board, said there were 190 appeals from the new assess ments, and of these 159 were re duced. NEWS BRIEFS-Frank Bog dany, 3rd, 12-year-old son of Mr and Mrs.

Frank Bogdany, 565 Light street, Stratford, re ceived the biggest "Ask Andy' tain river north of Stavangcr, award of all for his query whic Cogi Grant Pines could make a fortune to- few spins of the disc jockey's rplatter. i "We need songs that have iwarmth, sentiment and crcdibU- That's why singers who ap- in clubs have to rely on A Woman's Logic PITTSBURGH-(AP) John F. Hanlon, assistant director of the Internal Revenue Service in Pittsburgh, is a little leary of housewives who pay withholding taxes for domestic help. He said one day a woman appeared at the cashier's cage and plunked down $20--all In quarters. The cashier asked why she was paying all in quarters and the woman replied: "I was told I was supposed to pay it quarterly." New Suspense Drama NEW YORK (AP) A new suspense entry Is planned for ladway by Frederick Knott, use previous spine-tingler was "Dial for Murder." In "When No One Is Looking," Knott twists a psychological theme about England's upper classes.

The project Is silted for exhibit in October under the direction of George Schaefer. WHAT PURRS? HARRINGTON, R.I. (UPI) Mrs. Mabel Daley's car usually has a motor that purrs like i kitten, but one day it sounded more like a cat. She examined the car and could find no sign of trouble.

So she drove to a garage. An attendant found the source of strange noise cut was tnug-.