Rayburn Adlai split over new Democratic chairman
New Orleans December 3 AP Rayburn and Adlai Stevenson split over immediate election of a successor to Stephen A Mitchell as Democratic National chairman. Rayburn urged delay while Stevenson opposed postponement. Mitchell predicted a chairman would be elected tomorrow. Loyalty oath was to be discarded and a three way race for the chairmanship was anticipated.
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NEW ORLEANS
Adlai Stevenson
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Stephen A. Mitchell
Rayburn
party national committee
Adlai
Stevenson
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Jacob Arvey
Mitchell
Clayton Fritchey
Illinois
committee of 69
Paul M. Butler
Indiana
Michael DiSalle
Toledo, Ohio
price
James Finnegan
Philadelpha City Council
Official Weather Bridgeport and vicinity forecast
Partly cloudy and cold today with a high near 40 and a cold night with low in the 20s. Sunday will be partly cloudy and cold with moderate southwest winds shifting to northwest. Temperatures show yesterday’s high and low around 40s, barometer at 29.99 inches, humidity at 44 percent, tides listed for today and tomorrow, and the almanac note for Saturday December 4.
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US Weather Bureau
BRIDGEPORT
State Mediators Confer With Underwood Union Row
State Board of Mediation and Arbitration held seven hour sessions at City hall with each side over the Underwood contract dispute that sparked a month old strike by 1600 union production workers. A joint meeting with the full panel and Local 367 IUE CIO is planned for next week to discuss the entire contract and aim for a settlement.
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State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Underwood corporation
John J. Egan
City hall
Egan
IUE-CIO
Philip J. Koons
Mediation board
Francis Ballou
Federal Conciliation Service
Joseph F. Donnelly
W. Stewart Clark
Anthony Mannino
Liberace to headline Riviera opening in Las Vegas
Hollywood, Dec 3 AP Liberace signed for 50 000 a week to open the Riviera hotel in Las Vegas in April the highest salary yet paid there. Marlene Dietrich earned 30 000. The pact includes his brother George and manager Jack Goldman said Liberace is the strongest draw to launch the resort.
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HOLLYWOOD
Liberace
ivories
Las Vegas
Riviera
Nevada
Marlene Dietrich
Jack Goldman
George
New owners eyed for Stanley Seaview plant
Harold E. Pape told about 1,000 East End plant employees that progress toward transferring operations to new ownership has been made but no definite information exists. A new owner would mean termination of Stanley employment and possible reemployment. A survey by Ebasco Services on expansion of the Seaview plant is complete and viewed favorably. a decision by financial interests is expected soon.
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Stanley Works
Seaview avenue
East End
Harold E. Pape
Pape
Ebasco Services, Inc
New York
Stanley
Foes of All Night Parking Ban Push Special Election
The Greater Bridgeport Civic League seeks to overturn the all night parking ban and will circulate a petition to place a referendum before voters. President Charles E. Portelt said a lawyer has been engaged and signatures of five percent of registered voters are required to trigger a special election under Home Rule provisions.
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Greater Bridgeport
league
Portelt
ers
Bridgeport
Porzelt
Common Council
Ponzelt
Probe Launched Into Wordin Avenue Dump Fire
Police will investigate yesterday’s blaze at the Wordin Avenue dump, with Detective Lieutenant Joseph A. Walsh leading. Prosecutor Max Frau wirth and Police Superintendent John A. Lyddy will question Public Works Director Peter P. Brewster and dumping operations chief John F. Sullivan to determine fire-prevention steps. The rubber scrap fire, a repeat incident in six days, sparked public nuisance concerns while officials defend proper governance.
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Wordin avenue
Max Frauwirth
John A. Lyddy
Lieut
Joseph A. Walsh
Lyddy
Walsh
Peter P. Brewster
Public Works
John F. Sullivan
Frauwirth
Milford man fined for letters attacking Ribicoff
John F McCoy a 71 year old Milford real estate and insurance man pleaded guilty in Superior court to two counts of ridiculing public officials in advertising for letters attacking Governor elect Abraham Ribicoff. He was fined 50 dollars on each count and given 30 day suspended jail terms due to age and no prior record.
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NEW HAVEN
John F McCoy
Milford
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Charles S. House
McCoy
Fairfield seeks 600000 for school fire safety upgrades
Fairfield Board of Education discussed correcting state fire code violations in three aging schools Lincoln Washington and Dwight with estimated costs around 80000 and noted need for space for the school department plus potential enrollments near the thruway route. The board will study the report further at the December 13 meeting and consider structural repairs as well.
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Washington
Lincoln
Jackson
Fairfield
Fairfield Board of Education
Lincoln school
Jackman avenue
Washington school
Villa avenue
Dwight school
Hillside road
Carlyle G. Hoyt
Hoyt
Ronald J. Henry
Roger W. Hartt
Pequot
Grasmere
Nathan Hale
Stratford vote on liquor zoning section today
Stratford voters travel to the polls to decide whether Section 76 of the zoning regulations remains or is removed in a special referendum. Polls run 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with paper ballots and separate Yes and No coupons. Town Clerk W Howard Wilcoxson notes special booths at each polling place.
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Stratford
Howard Wilcoxson
Pontiff Signs Of Improvement And Serious Illness
The article reports the dean of women at American University Marguerite Shaw taking a leave to act in a national tour of Pajama Game in which she will play Mabel the bookkeeper. Shaw, a resident of South Paris Maine, has prior stage experience at Bates College and with a Portland theatre group. Her sister Reta Shaw, currently in a Broadway role, helped arrange the opportunity.
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WASHINGTON
American University
Marguerite Shaw
South Paris
Bates College
Maine
Portland
Mabel
Miss Shaw
Re‘a Shaw
Babel
Reta
Marguerite
Christmas Shopping Calendar Extends Holiday Hours
Member stores of the Retail Division of the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce will stay open until 9 p m on Monday and Thursday evenings for the next three weeks in addition to today s 5 30 p m closing hour to aid shoppers.
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Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Easton to buy 263 acre site for school vote
Easton voters approve purchase of the 263 acre Sherwood site for a new school after a fierce debate. The Town Meeting also accepts two new roads and a 1,200 foot extension of Westwood drive in the Kole sar development and delays action on Austin drive and Virginia terrace due to drainage concerns.
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EASTON
Sherwood
Westwood road
Board of Finance
Stephen J. Burroughs
Kolesar
Rosewood
Fair Oak drive
Westwood drive
Burroughs
Austin drive
Virginia terrace
Frank B Lucas
Lucas
Two Doctors Report Pope Pius XII Improvement
Vatican reports that two famous physicians and four other experts found Pope Pius XII no longer in imminent danger and showing perceptible improvement. They caution physical condition remains serious though heart holding up and recovery hopes rise.
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VATICAN CITY
Pius XII
Luigi Vittorio De Stefano
Raffaele Paolucci Di
De Stefano
Paolucci
Holy Father
Vatican
Riccardo Galeazzi- Lisi
Raffaele Paolucci Di Valmaggiore
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Arthur T. Gorman
Ribicoff
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