Butler Chosen by Democrats as New Party Chief
Paul M. Butler Indiana committeeman was elected chair man of the Democratic National committee succeeding Stephen A. Mitchell. Butler won 70 votes with 18 for DiSalle and 16 for Finnegan. Donahue had one vote. Mitchell resigns Jan 1. Stevenson led the effort for Butler amid a contested election. Butler is a South Bend lawyer with five children.
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Paul M. Butler
Indiana
Democratic National committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Connecticut
National committee
John M. Golden
DiSalle
Dorothy Satti
Butler
George Rock
Colorado
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Finnegan
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Jake Arvey
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Mitchell
Chicago
Stevenson
Stevenson-Mitchell
South Bend
City to craft bicycle registration and safety rules ordinance
Bridgeport plans an ordinance requiring bicycle registration and safety measures with Police and Bridgeport Safety Council backing. City Attorney John V Donnelly is drafting the proposal and expects a January or February presentation to the Common Council. Owners would register at Police headquarters to obtain a tag.
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Bridgeport Safety council
John V Donnelly jsn
Common Council
Official Weather Bridgeport and vicinity forecast
Partly cloudy today and Monday with fair tonight and continued cold. Highs reach mid 30s in the city with lows in the low 20s and near 15 in suburbs. northwest winds moderate to fresh. New York City sees similar conditions. The almanac notes December 8 as the 339th day of the year, 74th of autumn.
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US Weather Bureau
BRIDGEPORT
NEW YORK CITY
Lewes
McCarthy illness story clears as Cincinnati dinner slips
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy did not attend a Cincinnati speaking engagement due to an elbow infection not yet fully healed. His wife said reports of grave illness were exaggerated, while aides offered varying accounts about his condition.
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WASHINGTON
Joseph R. McCarthy
Cincinnati
UN General Assembly backs Eisenhower atoms for peace plan
In New York on December 4 the UN General Assembly voted unanimously to endorse Eisenhower's atoms for peace program and urged prompt implementation. The United States and Soviet Union joined in support after Moscow failed to condition the plan on linkage with another issue.
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Eisenhower
General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Bronx Women Accused In Bizarre Murder Plot
Three Bronx women face conspiracy charges in a plot to kill James Ricco for over 100000 dollars. Ricco, a railroad worker, was shot and wounded in May 1953. Police were tipped by a taxi driver who feared the scheme.
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Patricia Ricco
Bronx
N. Y
James
Ricco
Pamela
Sharon
Stephanie
NEW YORK
James Ricco
qn railroad
Patricia
Fred Bezer
Bezer
Oles Resigns as Stratfield Hotel Manager in Bridgeport
Edmund J. Oles, Stratfield hotel manager since September 1953, reportedly turned in his resignation to Nathaniel Wheeler, president of the owning corporation. Frank Clayton, assistant to Oles, is expected to take over management duties. Oles came to Bridgeport in 1953 with a 33 year career background.
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Frank Clayton
Stratfield
Edmund J. Oles
Stratfield hotel
Nathaniel Wheeler
Wheeler
Oles
Bridgeport
Fairfield Names New High School For Andrew Warde, Colony Judge
Fairfield approves naming its new eastern town high school the Andrew Warde High School in honor of an early Connecticut commissioner. Plans call for construction on Melville Avenue and Knapps Highway with Lyons and Mather as architects.
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New High School
Andrew Warde
Colony
Connecticut
Board of Education
Herbert A. George
Melville avenue
Knapps highway
Lyons and Mather
Rogers Ludlowe
Warde
George
Sheppard to Take Stand in Cleveland Murder Trial
Dr Samuel Sheppard is slated to testify in his own defense next week in the July 4 murder case against Marilyn Sheppard. Defense attorney William J Corrigan declined specifics but expects Sheppard to appear before the eighth week ends, with five or six other witnesses anticipated.
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CLEVELAND
Samuel Sheppard
Marilyn
William J Corrigan
Sam
U S asks prompt UN action on Red China held yanks
The United States demands swift UN action to secure the release of 11 American fliers and other UN prisoners held by Red China. A steering committee will meet Monday to consider a quick debate by the 60 nation assembly. The move, led by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., seeks a special agenda item on the detention of UN personnel in Korea.
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United States
Red China
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Dag Hammarskjold
Assembly
Eelco N. Van Kleffens
Netherlands
Lodge
Korea
Peiping
Russia
Arkady Sobolev
South Korea
Australia
Britain
Belgium
Luxembourg
Canada
France
Booth and Bayliss School Founder J R Booth Dies
James R Booth aged 8 of 427 Stratfield Road Fairfield died at Bridgeport Hospital after surgical treatment. He co founded the Booth and Bayliss Commercial School in 1915, which operated at 167 Fairfield Avenue and later 434 State Street. Booth retired in 1936 leaving Bayliss to run the school until 1952. Bayliss later transferred interests to Butler Business School but kept Booth and Bayliss operation ongoing.
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James R. Booth
Stratfield road
Fairfield
Booth and
Bayliss
Butler Business School
Booth and Bayliss
Probe Brutality of Danbury Cops
State's Attorney Lorin W. Willis said he is investigating a Danbury incident in which William Hadden, 32, jailed for intoxication and resisting police, allegedly broke a leg after Danbury officers detained him at headquarters on November 13. He allegedly attempted to hang himself in a Danbury cell that night after causing a disturbance at a friend's home.
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Lorin W. Willis
Danbury
William Hadden
Fairfield county
Hadden
Luce Improves After Navy Hospital Treatment
U S Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce returned to Rome after treatment in Naples for a cold and sinus inflammation. Her secretary said she felt a bit better but still ill, having caught the cold during a goodwill trip to Sardinia. She spent last Tuesday in Naples and rested three days at Sorrento.
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U. S
Clare Boothe Luce
U. S. Navy
Naples
Sardinia
Sorrento
Dump Fire Out After 29 Hours in City Dump
City Prosecutor Max Frauwirth launched an investigation into a stubborn dump blaze at the Wordin avenue Municipal dump. Firefighters fought the fire for 29 consecutive hours from 11 a.m. Friday until 4 p.m. Saturday and Frauwirth urged the mayor to ensure proper disposal of highly combustible waste from manufacturing plants.
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Max Frauwirth
Wordin avenue
McLevy
Stratford Keeps Liquor Sale Ban in Zoning
A special referendum kept subsection 7-6 prohibiting liquor establishments in residential zones. Town Clerk W Howard Wilcoxson noted the 184 vote margin reflected the smallest turnout in 33 years, with 1908 of 19,553 eligible voters casting ballots.
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Stratford
W Howard Wilcoxson
Firm Organized Here With Aim Of Producing $1,000 Copters
Bridgeport inventor and Sikorsky veteran Herman P Anderson launches an engineering firm on Broad Street to build a full size prototype of a $1000 automatic helicopter. The design uses a gyroscopic single rotor with engines in the rotor blade and a gimbel head connected to the fuselage, aiming for affordable flight in coming years.
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JOHN BECK
Bridgeport
Herman P Anderson
Tranistan avenue
Anderson
Nashville, Tenn
Sikorsky Aircraft division
Broad street
Norwalk man admits slaying ex wife and stepdaughter
Edgar LaVoie, 53, arrested in Georgia for the killings of his ex wife Marjorie Tooker Brennan LaVoie, 45, and her 15 year old daughter Sandra Brennan. Bodies found in the Melrose Florida family living quarters above a service station. LaVoie says he fired after his ex wife shot at him. The daughter was pregnant. Divorce had just become final.
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Georgia
Melrose
Fla
Jacksonville
Edgar LaVoie
Marjorie Tooker
Brennan LaVoie
State street
South Norwalk
Brennan
Pope Shows Further Improvement Amid Health Crisis
Vatican City AP reports Pope Pius XII, 78, shows improvement after a new treatment. He rested more easily and doctors plan continued therapy if he can eat. Bulletin notes better condition and that he may bless crowds from his bedside microphone, though still in danger.
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Pius XII
Holy Father
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
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