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Bridgeport Telegram, The (Newspaper) - December 6, 1955, Bridgeport, Connecticut THE BRIDGEPORT DECEMBER 1955 THIRTEEN Arrest May Bring Court Test Of Dixie City's Bus Segregation The arrest of a Negro who refused to move to the colored tion of a city bus may bring a court test of segregated transportation in the cradle of the Confederacy While thousands of other Negroes boycotted Montgomery city lines in Mrs Rosa Parks was ed in police court today for dis- regarding a driver's order to move to tuc cC a passengers ride in the rear of buses white passengers under a segrega- tion ordinance GOLDEN WEDDING QUART U MAIN mm UMCI t tax GODFREY TELLS WHY HE RELEASED AND OTHERS am sick and tired of the fantastic talcs that have been Concocted for gullible by the press agents of my former associates I it is about time that folks heard the true says Godfrey for the first Godfrey answers his critics He exactly how and he decided to release Marion the Mari- and others Also don't miss Arthur's personal view of Airport incident Join the lions of Americans ho will be reading is My by Arthur Godfrey Be sure to get your copy of Extra copies of this week's issue have been placed on sale at newsstands to meet the dous demand to read Arthur Godfrey's own story Out all newsstands The POST A CURTIS with the bus there were other threatened acts of re- taliation by Negroes A mass ing was scheduled tonight at a gro church to consider in- st The boycott was organized after were in residential areas Saturday urging against the bus company me woman ed for violating the state a section of the city code provides that anv violation of state law is automatically a violation of the city law if a companion ordinance ex- other Negroes by the thousands found means of transportation or ed home day in an organized boycott of city line operated by a sub- of National City Lines Chicago J H Bapley estimated that or 90 per of the Negroes who normally use the buses joined the boycott He said members of 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