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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
7
The investigation started this week by John L. Simpson, chairman of the Board of Apportionment and Taxation, audits city budget accounts. The Mayor notes about half of departments show red in some accounts four months before year end and considers transfers from surplus funds to fix underdrawn accounts while enforcing stricter controls.
Two Stamford men, Albert F. Cote 30 and William Grosse 22, were jailed by Judge Raymond J. Devlin on breaking and entering charges. Each received a one year sentence with two years on probation after release. Cote pleaded guilty to four counts and Grosse to six counts for breaks in Stamford and Darien during August and September.
Industry officials forecast first half production of 306 million pairs for 1958. William M. Blackie, head of the National Association of Shoe Chain Stores, and A. W. Berkowitz, leader of the New England Shoe & Leather Association, estimate next spring sales will match 1957 levels, based on buying activity at the Popular Price Shoe Show of America in New York.
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