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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1958

Page

25

Elephant water skis down Hudson in Edgewater

Beatty Hamid the three quarter ton elephant water skis for an hour on the Hudson river near Edgewater New Jersey. Towed by an outboard launch he reaches 25 miles an hour past the Manhattan skyline before returning to the Edges water yacht basin. Trainer Mrs Marge Rusing rides a pontoon calm and the elephant enjoys the ride despite a trunk drink and a snagged log incident. The animal is with the Clyde Beatty Hamid Norton circus.

Edgewater N.J Beatty Hamid Hudson River Beatty Hudson George Washington Bridge Manhattan Marge Rusing Florida Rusing Clyde Beatty Hamid Norton

Danbury man fined for breach of the peace in city court

Carl H. Bishop twenty one of 8 White Street was fined fifteen dollars and given a thirty day suspended jail sentence for assault after police say he attacked his wife, a waitress, in a Main Street restaurant and struck William Day while trying to reach his wife in the ladies room. Mrs Bishop testified alongside Day and Bishop in City Court before Associate Judge Albert H. Hornig.

Danbury Carl H. Bishop White Street Albert H. Hornig Richard’ Esposito William Day Day Bishop

Egyptian Police Train in US and West Germany

A group of police officers from Alexandria Egypt will study policing methods and the use of radio in such work on an international study trip to the United States and West Germany.

Alexandria Egypt United States West Germany

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