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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1958
Page
9
The city plans a broad road building program this summer with more local streets included. Heavy trucking and torturous wear have damaged streets but officials hope improved surfacing will encourage motorists to buy new cars.
The piece portrays Tito as a straddler between Moscow and the West, pursuing Yugoslav independence from the Kremlin while maintaining communist rule. It notes visits by Khrushchev and Bulganin in 1955, Yugoslavia’s refugee policy, and Tito’s cautious overtures to the United States, warning of renewed Western money dependence.
Fortune magazine reports a survey of 280 manufacturers showing about 80 percent expect their own sales to rise in the next year while 15 percent foresee declines. Overall, projected sales rise about 7 percent from early 1959 amid cautious optimism.
The survey notes a trend of growing optimism in the business sector while the national mood appears increasingly hopeful as time goes by.
The Connecticut State Highway Department, with the U S Bureau of Public Roads, conducts a final phase of its speed-accident field interview program through May 18. Drivers are stopped to answer questions on speeds, accidents, weather, darkness, and road conditions to aid cooperative study and national safety goals.
William Dwight former president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association argues newspapers must present facts to empower citizens amid recession. The Advertising Council plans a May and June national effort with the slogan Your future is great in a growing America and a lead ad by Treasury Secretary Robert B Anderson.
Gen. Spaatz, former commander of American bombers in Europe, told the American Legion National Security Commission in Washington that the current Continental Air Defense is a jumbled mess and warned another Pearl Harbor could occur. He urged full support for Eisenhower’s Pentagon reorganization to build defense strength and deter aggression.
The Daughters of the American Revolution in convention favored ending the federal income tax. They note abolition efforts have failed before and fear any alternate levy will face similar opposition, as people generally dislike taxes.
The piece recalls the 1941 purchase of the first U S defense savings bond by Henry Morgenthau Jr and U S Treasury, noting the massive wartime bond drives. It highlights a May campaign to sell bonds in 233 areas, driven by payroll savings, aimed at creating a habit of thrift among new savers despite current recession concerns.
Analysis of President Eisenhower and former Secretary Humphrey on tax cuts and recovery policy. Humphrey supports targeted cuts and warns against overreach. Eisenhower and allies pursue conservative normal forces to spur growth, while Meade and Alcorn forecast House gains but concede Senate loss.
CIA chief Allen Dulles outlines the Soviet shift to economic warfare over military clash. He notes China and Russia surpassing U.S. steel output, cites Western efficiency gaps, and warns the West must mobilize surplus strength to counter a Kremlin plan that favors subversion and rapid industrialization.
Siegfried J. Ulmann of Milhaven Heights Inc announced a price reduction to spur housing demand. Over the weekend more than 5,000 cars and about 15,000 people visited the Stratford West Haven development to view five room ranch homes at 12,900 dollars. Forty seven houses were sold on the first afternoon and deposits were stopped due to crowd size, with many buyers veterans using the GI Bill without a down payment.
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan visits Bonn as Western leaders weigh not only the trade deal worth 375 million dollars over 18 months but also potential German alignment questions. German fears of Soviet influence and NATO unity anxieties mix with Munich era trade aims.
Industrial price moves show signs of easing while consumer costs remain stubborn. Federal Reserve leaders warn that wage and price pressures persist, citing contractual payments tariffs and price controls as limits on downward adjustments. Negotiations in auto and steel sectors loom large, with the steel case delaying a wage rise and shaping broader pattern expectations.
In Washburn Wisconsin Han sons Tip Top Cafe reopened after city workers used a fire hose and a hotgun to clear a family of seven skunks that had sheltered under the floor of a vacant building next door.
A playful dictionary entry notes adolescence as a life phase where making mistakes is common yet admitting them remains challenging. It frames youth as a time of growth and self revelation with light humor.
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