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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1958
Page
4
A piece reflects on a bygone soundscape, recalling Model T horns and horse hooves, trolleys, paddle wheels, blacksmith forges, icebox drips, hand pumped organs, and farmyard noises that have largely disappeared with modern tech. It laments their loss while imagining brief returns of familiar tones.
The Board of Building Commissioners reported 36 permits issued totaling 326 985 dollars this week. Major items include 12 new dwellings and a 100 600 dollar permit for a First Church of Christ Scientist expansion at Lafayette Street and North Avenue.
Ezra Pound, 72, to leave St Elizabeths hospital after U S District Court dismissed treason charges for his Axis radio broadcasts during World War I. Judge Bolitha Law dismissed the indictment stating Pound is not and never will be mentally competent to stand trial. Pound may plan care with wife Dorothy Shakespeare Pound and seek passports to Italy where they lived for 21 years before 1945 arrest.
Bonn reports West Germany becomes the second European country to ease automobile entry for tourists with Austria previously doing so. The move aims to boost travel by simplifying border vehicle rules.
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