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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1958
Page
3
John Diefenbaker will deliver the commencement address at Wesleyan University on June 8 and receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. The event marks Wesleyan’s 126th commencement and echoes past honorings of prime ministers, including R. B. Bennett in 1937.
President Eisenhower angrily rejects proposals that the Pentagon restructuring could merge the Army Navy and Air Force into one service. Defense Secretary McElroy defends the plan as preserving separate services under centralized command for clear control during war.
Fire swept a Maine rest home, causing one resident to die from asphyxia while attempting to escape and another to die of heart disease after freeing the flares. Fire Chief Morris Pinkham suspects faulty wiring. the blaze trapped second and third floors where guests slept. The fire was spotted by Mrs. McCain who woke residents. No loss estimate was released. Jumma and Maruea Khan honeymooned in Singapore 24 years after their wedding.
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