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Died. George Vernon Denny Jr., 60, originator and longtime (1935-52) moderator of ABC radio's America's Town Meeting of the Air; following a cerebral hemorrhage; in West Cornwall. Conn. North Carolina-born George Denny, associate director of the League of Political Education, conceived the Town Meeting program after being told by a neighbor that he would never listen to a fireside chat because he could not stand Franklin D. Roosevelt. Denny set up Town Meeting as a forum where both sides of any issue could be heard, umpired such hagglers as Harold Ickes and No Foreign...
FAITH BALDWIN Norwalk, Conn...
Kipper of the Flame. In North Haven, Conn., after dozing off while cooking a snack, Herbert Herring was smoked out of his house...
Mature Decision. In Hartford, Conn., after walking into the city hall and for the first time in his life registering to vote, Walter George Davis, 105, explained why he had never done so earlier: "I've had a lot of trouble and sickness and doctors' bills and a big family to raise...
Bridgeport, Conn. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Samuel J. Tedesco, 44, who two years ago overturned (by 161 votes) Socialist Jasper McLevy's foot-dragging, 24-year rule, beat back the old (81) Socialist again, this time by 15,500 votes...