Fairfield residents protest shoreline Thruway plan
A group calling itself Displaced Persons met Governor Lodge in Hartford to urge halting the West Haven to Greenwich shoreline highway. They presented a petition of 5 000 signers and demanded a Highway Department supervision commission for Fairfield county.
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Fairfield County
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West Haven
Greenwich
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Chicago
Thruway Relocation Council
Alexander W. Macy
George Connors
Stamford
Joseph Leonard
Fairfield County Veterans Council
Richard Knowles
Charles B. Claghorn
Darien and Green
Two crewm en die in freight wreck near Woodstock
A Canadian Pacific freight derailed after a mudslide plunged the locomotive and 10 cars into the St John River near Woodstock New Brunswick. Two enginemen died Burley McNalley 50 and Douglas G Ketch 31, both of Aroostook Junction, while fireman Ellsworth H Taylor 2 leg broken.
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St. John River
Canadian Pacific
Saint John
Burley McNalley
Douglas G. Ketch
Aroostook Junction
Ellsworth H. Taylor
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edmundston
Frederickton
Northern Ireland Plans Home Guard Units
Belfast reports that Northern Ireland will form a home guard of 10 battalions with 50 men per unit. The army says the force will primarily guard western approaches and support defense efforts.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Firemen Prevent Danbury Blaze At Center Street Home
Quick action by Danbury fire crews averted a serious basement fire in a two story three apartment dwelling at 5 Center Street. Fire from a 50 gallon oil drum heated the wooden frame and ceiling, occupants evacuated, three companies fought the blaze from 3:50 to 4:20 p.m. Fire Chief Burns could not determine the cause.
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Danbury
Center Street
Harry Ford
John H. Burns
Loretta Gaffney
Daniel Lang
Robert Johnston
Helen Hawks
Hazel Ranslow
Sears-Roebuck and Company
Carol Ranslow
Burns
Reds Snub Truman Ultimatum Remark
Moscow rejected President Truman's claim that a 1946 ultimatum forced Soviet troop withdrawal from Iran. Moscow Radio quoted Tass denying the assertion and said Iran and the Soviet Union agreed on the withdrawal timetable.
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Russia
Truman
Soviet Union
Iran
Moscow Radio
Tass
Magazine backs Ike for president in endorsement
The Saturday Evening Post endorsed Gen Dwight D Eisenhower for president citing the need to end Washington muddle and mediocrity. The editors praised his speeches and conversations showing him as a sound American who opposes socialism and favors strong defenses, limited government, and aid to allies.
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Saturday Evening Post Today
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ben Hibbs
Washington
White House
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