Reds Agree to Full Dress Armistice Parley Sunday
Communists agreed to a plenary armistice session with the UN at Panmunjom Sunday to discuss supervision and repatriation terms. The talks follow a rare pause after a fractured prisoner return plan and a stalled truce oversight debate.
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Munsan
Panmunjom
Chang Chun San
Air Force
Andrew J. Kinney
Kinney
Don O. Darrow
Darrow
Tsai Cheng-wen
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Tokyo
Tsai
Weather summary for Bridgeport and New York City
Cloudy and cool today with light showers and a high near 50. Tonight clearing and cool with lows in the low 40s. Sunday fair and milder with a mid 50s high. Winds NE to E gradually easing. Data includes tide times and almanac notes for April 26.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
Union Plea for Copper Strf Storm in Capital
Union leaders pressed for more copper for civilian use after a Capitol meeting with National Production Authority head Henry Fowler. Connecticut officials criticized actions by unions and accused some leaders of following a communist line while urging end of Korean fighting and removal of price controls.
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Union
Washington
Connecticut
National Production Authority
Uhion
Ansonia
Shelton
Seymour
Derby
Conn
Buffalo
N. Y
NPA
Henry Fowler
Capitol
Congress
James T. Patterson
Rconn
William Benton
Dconn
United Nations
Daily Worker
Health Department Bans Public Smorgasbords in Connecticut
Connecticut officials ban public smorgasbords on state property citing sanitary code. Warren J. Scott says public buffets are forbidden and a covered cafeteria style meal will replace multi-dish setups at events including the Northeast Shriners convention in Hartford May 23 and 24.
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Department of Health
Hartford
State Department of Health
Warren J. Scott
State Health Department
Connecticut
Alfred L. Burgdorf
Northeast Shriners Convention
State Armory
Scott
Daylight Saving Time Starts Tonight
Clocks set one hour ahead tonight as daylight saving begins officially at 2 a m tomorrow. The change cuts an hour from Saturday night sleep but returns it when daylight saving ends in September.
Sessions Opened by Youth Groups
Dr Ruth I Seabury of Boston urged aid for stricken peoples worldwide at the opening of the Fifth annual Bridgeport Area Christian Youth Council conference at Bethany Congregational church. She warned that many live in hunger illiteracy and lack medical care unless miracles occur.
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Ruth I. Seabury
Boston
Missions Council
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Seabury
Bridgeport
Carnegie Hall Aide Indicted For Tax Defraud Scheme
Walter C. Heck, box office concessionaire at Carnegie Hall, indicted on 34 counts for defrauding the government of 147 502 in admission taxes. He allegedly filed false returns from 1947 to 1951, paying 409 261 though 556 763 was due, facing up to 170 years in jail and 340 000 in fines if convicted on all counts.
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New York
Walter C. Heck
Carnegie Hall
The
Revenue Bureau
Heck
U. S
Silva J. Mollo
Rudolph
Worker dies in 70 foot fall at AVCO Stratford plant
James D. OKane 59 a Bridgeport resident and secretary treasurer of the State Builders and Construction Trades Council died after plunging 70 feet from a ladder at AVCO Manufacturing Bridgeport Lycoming division in Stratford. Co worker James Tucci injured when ladder shifted Tucci treated at plant hospital. officer John Rose aided. Police investigate. O Kane survived by wife Elizabeth and three children. Funeral set at Church of the Assumption in Stratford.
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James D. O'Kane
Bridgeport-Lycoming
Avco Manufacturing Company
Stratford
O’kane
Stratfield Road
Fairfield
State Builders and Construction Trades Council of
New Haven
John B. Rose
William Street
Tucci
Plant
Chester E.haberlin
O'Kane
Brooklyn
N. Y
Stratford Police
Raymond E. Chaffee
Bridgeport
Iron Workers of America
State Builders and Construction Trades Council
Council of
Elizabeth Vickers O’kane
John
U. S
Cherry Point
N. C
James O’kane
St. Thomas Seminary
Hartford
Theresa O'Kane
Lauralton Hall
Milford
John J. O'Kane
Mary O'Kane
Mary O’brien
Ellen O'Kane
New Jersey
Robert Hennessy
Main Street
Church of the Assumption
Twelve Allied Planes Downed In Week In Korea
The Far East Air Forces report twelve Allied aircraft crashed behind North Korean lines in the week ending Friday. Red ground fire felled eight UN fighters. three planes failed to return and one was shot down. U S Sabre jets beat MIGs 8-1 as MIG losses reached eight destroyed and eight damaged.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Far East
Air
U. S
Air Force
Tokyo
New York cops named by Gross in corruption case
Convicted bookie Harry Gross says about 12 additional police officers are involved with his defunct $20 million gambling empire, bringing the total to around 30. Corporation Counsel Denis Hurley confirms a department inquiry as Gross seeks a reduced sentence after promising to reveal more about the 18 officers facing trial on conspiracy and perjury charges.
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New York
Harry Gross
Denis M. Hurley
Harry
Gross
Hurley
Fairfield Maps Show Lochner Proposal
Pinpoint maps on pages 8 and 9 detail the Lochner throughway plan for Fairfield prepared by the State Highway department. Changes from the Lochner report emerged after conferences with Fairfield town officials.
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Fairfield
Lochner
State Highway Department
Citizenship Bill Passed by House Abolishes Racial Barriers
The House approved a sweeping immigration bill by 206 to 68 to end racial limits on naturalization and set annual quotas totaling 154 657 aliens. It distributes visas by nation, with 65 361 for Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 2 697 for Russia, while Japan and several Asian areas receive 185 or 100 each.
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Washington
House
Senate
Powell
New York
United States
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Pacific Islands
Russia
Japan
Indonesia
Burma
Siam
Radium Pellets worth $200000 taken by boys as sinkers
Four missing radium pellets valued at $200000 were later found hidden in a sidewalk niche by three boys who thought they were fishing sinkers. The pellets were traced with geiger counters, then recovered at St Joseph's School after the boys, aged 10, 10, and 12, admitted taking them after school.
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Carteret
N. J
George Sheridan
Foster-Wheeler Corp
Sheridan
Foster-Wheeler
St. Joseph’s
Industry Attacks Government Powers Over Steel Seizure
Industry lawyers assailed the government's claim of royal presidential powers to seize steel mills, arguing the president is accountable to the people and that the courts can review action. Judge Pine reserved ruling, with a decision expected soon and an appeal likely. Separately, a 2.6 percent steel price increase—about 3 a ton—was approved to begin May 1 under the Capehart provision.
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Westport
John D. M. Hamilton
Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Willkie
Dewey
Eisenhower
Bedford Junior High School
Hamilton
U. S
Gen
Truman
Taft
GOP
United States
Washington
Baldridge
Charles H. Tuttle
Armco Steel Corp
Ellis Arnall
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Commerce Sawyer
Capehart
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Zeilinski
Sherman Air Force Base
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Salvatore DeMaio
Missouri River
J. D. M. Hamilton
Hester McCullough
Greenwich
Col
Truman Smith
U. S. Army
J. Kenneth Bradley
Tage Pearson
Wilton
Charles G. Miller
Westporters-for-Taft Organization
Benton
James Patterson
Telegram
Angelo Patrieeee
Nan
Bamlet
Susie
Constantine Brown
Herman Bundesen
Erich Brandeis
AVCO
J. D. O’kane
James Tucci
Bostwick Avenue
Truman Steel
Thailand
Los Angeles
Nebraska
Kandee Mobley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bricker
David A. Pine
Holmes Baldridge
Pine
Sen. Bricker
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