Eisenhower Makes Brief Georgia Golf Visit
President Eisenhower arrives in Augusta for a brief golf outing at Augusta National in high 80s sun, the 20th visit since 1952 with two companions from New York. He plans to return to Washington by Monday, with Augusta club closing May 12 and officials predicting a November return.
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Columbine II
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Eisehower
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Barry Leithead
New York
Cluett, Peabody Co
William E. Robinson
Nework
Coca Cola Company
Augusta National Club
James C. Hagerty
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bridgeport Area Weather and Almanac Highlights
Official weather data for Bridgeport and vicinity shows cooler today with a high near 55 to 60 and a low around the 40s, mostly sunny early Sunday with increasing clouds later. The almanac lists yesterday’s high 209 and low 49, with forecasts and tide times, plus sections on obituaries, comics, editorial notes, and local features.
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Medhey Rape
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Eeareenes
Aelena H Weed Dies In 84th Year Pioneer in Women’s Politics
Aelena Hill Weed 83 a Norwalk native and former Democratic mayoral candidate died in San Jacinto California after a prolonged illness. She helped lead the Fearless Forty in the 1941 Battle of Du Pont Circle and sued the government over displacement. Survived by two daughters and a son. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Norwalk
San Jacinto
Calif
U. S
Ebenezer J. Hill
Elsie Hill Leavitt
Redding
du Pont
Circle
Washington, D. C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Walter Harvey Weed
University of Montana School of Mines
Eleanor Hill Weed Sharp
Mary Weed
Greenwich
Lawyer Knight Family Slain in Greenwood Village Home
Denver police arrest 28 year old David Early, an acquaintance, after he backed a car from the Knights home in Greenwood Village where Merrill A Knight, his wife Regina and daughter Karen were found bound and shot to death. Sheriff Foster said the suspect may be a relative and that the killings appeared to occur after a waiting ambush with a small caliber rifle.
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Here
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Knight
Denver Barassa
Regina
Karen
Chip. Foster
Arapahoe County
David Francis Early
Early
Knights
Fosler
Foster
Peterson Reelected Stratford GOP Head at Park Meeting
Oscar Peterson Jr was unanimously reelected as chairman of the Stratford Republican Town committee at Boothe Memorial Park. He has led the party for more than 15 years except for a three month gap in 1956. Also reelected were Mrs Florence Abercrombie vice chair Harold C Lovell Jr treasurer and Mrs Helen Jaenicke secretary. The district chairmen were named as an executive board to act between meetings and to prepare the agenda.
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Oscar Peterson, Jr
Stratford
Republican Town Committee
Boothe Memorial Park
Peterson
Florence Abercrombie
Harold C. Lovell
Helen Jaenicke
Governor signs two madr bills in anti recession program
Hartford April 25 AP Governor Ribicoff signed two major anti recession measures from the special session of the General Assembly The Republican bills provide 4 million dollars for low cost housing for the aged and 300 million for short term financing of state highway projects under the federal reimbursement program He called the highway measures a partial program noting the assembly failed to adopt the entire plan and warned of delays in construction
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Ribicoff
General ‘Assembly
General Assembly
Knowland Is Beaten In Labor Bill Test
In a night session the Senate defeated the first two Knowland amendments to a labor pension bill. Aimed at secret ballot elections for union officers and trusteeships, the amendments failed 53-37 and 53-35, with a fourth defeated 52-35. No mood to act now on broad labor reform.
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National Art International
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Justice Department
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D-Mass
Teader Johnson
Dtex
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Morrow
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Tax rate eyed at 21.4 mills for Trumbull budget
Trumbull finance board tentatively sets a 21.4 mill tax rate for the coming fiscal year based on a $2,177,985.82 budget. A public hearing is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday at Middlebrook Junior High. Final budget approval comes at the May 19 Town Meeting. Grand List climbs to $77,718,013, up $6,902,602.
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Board of Finance
Leo J. Niedermeier
Middlebrook Junior High School
Niedermeier
Television football star Herman Hickman dies at 46
Herman Hickman, famed football coach turned TV radio commentator, died at Providence hospital after a March 28 admission from a gastric ulcer. He stood 6 feet 10 inches and weighed around 300 pounds, and left coaching in 1952 for public relations and sports broadcasting duties. His wife and mother were at his bedside.
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Washington
Herman Hickman
Tennessee
Hickman
Providence Hospital
Maryland
Florida
Hicken
Sports Illustrated
Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday With Clocks Jump
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, moving clocks forward one hour for six months of longer evenings. Residents may adjust tonight. DST ends October 24 in many states, with varying end dates nationwide. States across the Northeast and parts of 13 other states observe the change, including New England and New York. Some regions split between GST and standard time.
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New Mexico
State official blames city in housing crisis
Bridgeport housing authority faces insolvency as vacancy rate tops 25 percent with 340 of 1 280 units vacant at Beardsley Terrace and Pequonnock. Public Works and BHA plan a conference to discuss solutions including potential sale to private interests and possible waivers of quarterly payments.
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Bridgeport
Timothy J. Murphy
Farford
BHA
Beardsley Terrace
Pequonnock
Public Works Department
Murphy
Albert C. Demers
Public Works Commisssioner
Demers
Seized in Greens Farms Raid Tangles Three Men
Westport police report a Greens Farms raid netted three men on pool selling charges. Restaino, 62, Daine, 55, and Schrrmer, 36, were booked on $2,000 bonds after surrendering while police surrounded a 20 room colonial home. Evidence included cash and betting slips. incident tied to days of surveillance.
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Greens Farms
Louis Rosenau
Greens. Farms Road
Morningside Drive
Nicholas Restaine
Hillspoint Road
Felix Daine
Sherwood Drive
John
N. Schrrmer
Spring Street
Danbury
Rosenau
Restaino
Penguin
Doino
James I. Driscoll
Alfred G. Brown
Carmen Dedfattio
George Ward
George Marks
Walter Finch
Donald Paige
Special Service
James Kingston
Fred Moran
Stanley Sobolewski
Miss Jaycee of Bridgeport crowned in beauty contest
Ballerina from New Canaan, Hazel eyed Billy Mae Turner, won the Miss Jaycee title at Loew's Post Bridgeport amid a night of ballet polish and poise. Maureen Collins placed second with a Charleston number.
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Brinska
Jaycee
Bridgeport
Billy Mae. Turner
Silvermine, Road
New Canaan
Loew's Post
Plane Makes Emergency Landing on Connecticut Turnpike
A 53 year old Armonk New York pilot Howard W Matteson escaped injury after his two seater Piper Cub developed engine trouble and forced an emergency landing on an unopened section of the Connecticut turnpike near the New York line at 640 PM. Police say the plane will be disassembled Saturday and trucked to Armonk.
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Eran
Lins
Paul Lichenberger
Matteson
Armonk
Newark
N. J
Westport
Norwalk
New Jersey
Stamford Park
Bridgeport Mayor reports federal contract momentum after Washington talks
Mayor Tedesco, returning from Washington, announced a Bridgeport factory may win a new contract worth about 100000 to 150000 dollars. GSA officials promised more awards and agency offices pledged to review pending contracts while senators and representatives were briefed on local bids.
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Washington
General Services Administration
Leo J. Dunn
Joseph D.bean
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GSA
Bean
Dunn
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Air Force
FSA
Bush
Purtell
Symington
Morano
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