Officials to Consider Alternate Road Routes
Bridgeport records a fatal traffic crash as James Komor 26 dies in St. Vincent's Hospital. Komor a Hungarian refugee previously in Fort Dix came to Bridgeport last year. He leaves a mother and sister in Hungary. Services set for Saturday at 1 30 p.m. Burial in Mountain Grove Cemetery. Officials study routes for relocation of Route 25 between Bridgeport and Newtown and consider a lower Pequonnock bed for a North South highway. City planning urges Housatonic avenue and old Berkshire line as preferred path. Planning commission to present views to Mayor next Tuesday night.
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James Komor
Bost- Wick Avenue
Bridgeport
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Komer
Manning, Maxwell and Moore, Inc
Stratford
Mary Komor
Hungary
John S. Lesko
Fairfield Avenue
State Highway Department
Newtown
T. A.D. Weaver
Chamber of Commerce
Pequonnock
Joseph M. Dearborn
Tedesco
Dearborn
City Planning Commission
Housatonic Avenue
Park Avenue
Madison Avenue
Highway Department
Dozens Die in Villa Rica Gas Explosion Ravaging Stores
A gas-line rupture in a drug store basement caused a blast that leveled a block in Villa Rica Georgia on December 5. Twelve people were killed and about 20 injured with fatalities later confirmed. victims include Hixon the gas official, store employees, a dentist and shoppers. Searchers paused at midnight and planned to resume at dawn.
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Villa Rica
Georgia
Robert Broome
H. G. Black
Oscar Hixon
T. Dyer
Johnny
Hixon
Jack Burnham
Douglasville
Kenneth Hendrix
College Park
Atlanta Linen Service
Bobby Roberts
Carolyn Davis
Bremen
Rozelle Johnson
Carl I. Bitner
Atlanta
Ann Smith
Rise of Vanguard Moon Mission Faces Second Launch Attempt
CAPE CANAVERAL FLA Friday Dec 6 A second Vanguard rocket launch is planned at 8 am after an earlier failed attempt. Officials report a one hour hold for adjustments with a 6 hour countdown. Optimism grows that the 72 foot rocket may place the 6.4 inch satellite into orbit. Domestic engineers say unmanned flights lead to eventual human moon missions as US aims to dominate space.
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Cape Canaveral
Fia
Vanguard
Defense Department
Fla
J. Paul Walsh
Office of Naval Research
Walsh
Air Force
Martin Company
Harama Rassity
Campaign expense reports filed in mayoral race
Mayor Tedesco reports 500 dollars spent in the November 5 city election campaign as a contribution to the Democratic Town Committee. Domenick Cocco lists no campaign expenses, while former Mayor Jasper McLevy cites 350 dollars. Town Clerk William L Keller files 500 dollars as a Democratic contribution and John M Brannelly reports 400 dollars as Democratic clerk candidate campaign costs.
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Tedesco
Domenick Cocco
Jasper McLevy
William L. Keller
Democratic Town Committee
Cocco
Keller
John M. Brannelly
Federal state panel urges 40 percent share of local phone tax
A federal state committee urged returning 40 percent of the 10 percent federal tax on local phone calls to states to fund transferring functions from Washington. The plan caps federal aid for vocational education and waste treatment and backs a 4 percent state levy with a 6 percent net federal credit, stepping to 5 percent in five years.
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Washington
Eisenhower
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Anderson
Dwinell
Congress
Girards Sail for U.S. From Yokohama
GI William S. Girard and his Japanese wife left Yokohama aboard a U.S. military transport to sail for America.
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Yokohama
Japan
William S. Girard
America
U.S
Feast Gifts Await 500 Post Newsboys
A turkey dinner gifts prizes and entertainment are planned for more than 500 Post Publishing newsboys Sunday at 28 p.m. in the Ritz ballroom. The Rev Robert G Keating will speak and Mayor Tedesco and family will attend. Each boy will receive a gift and compete for major awards such as portable television radios and wristwatches.
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Post
Company
Ritz
Robert G. Keating
St. Bridget’s Rectory
Cheshire
Telegram
The
Sunday Post
Tedesco
Puzzle Master Dazzles in Sunday Post Crossword Teaser
Puzzle editor reports Puzzle-Maker overwhelmed fans with a first class trouncing in this week's Sunday Post crossword teaser. Four aces failed. the Old Maestro held 16 trump clues that baffled solvers. The $75 pot will roll over to $100 next week in the three figure category as seven or eight clues stymied players. The BASIS for trouble centers on 2 across with talks or negotiation hinging on bases.
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Puzzle-Maker
Sunday Post
Goon terror exposed in Senate rackets hearings
Anonymous calls threatened a woman and her husband in a blanket display of violence linked to Teamster goon squad tactics. Two truck drivers showed gunshot scars. a third was beaten so badly he could not work for two years. Senator McClellan called the hearings a probe of gangsterism and violence with 173 acts cited in five states. Kennedy said hearings would continue intermittently over three days.
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Washington
Teamster Union
Senate
Curtis
R-Neb
Tennessee
Senator McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
North Carolina
Ohio
Georgia
Kentucky
Robert F. Kennedy
Lords Open Door to Women as Members in New Titles Plan
The Lords passed a bill to modernize the upper chamber by creating new lifetime peerages open to deserving women. The measure, approved unanimously on second reading, moves to final readings and then to the Commons. The Lords, mostly hereditary Conservative peers, would gain a broader mix in membership.
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London
Lords
House of Lords
House of Commons
Christmas Shopping Schedule for December 1957
Five stores open until 9 p.m and eight shopping nights remain before Christmas. Mon day and Thursday of next week and Monday through Friday of the following week plus Monday December 23.
Pentagon Plans New Projects Unit
Washington December report says the Defense Department will create a top level advance research projects agency in the Pentagon by month end. The unit will direct study and eventual creation of future space platforms and weapons as the United States counters Soviet technological advances.
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Washington
Dec
Pentagon
Defense Department
Russia
Legislator Pallancki Found Guilty in Highway Fence Shooting
State Rep. Anna Mae Pallancki was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of aggravated assault after a dispute with highway crewmen repairing a fence on Route 15 last July. Sentencing postponed to Dec 17 for probation report. maximum three years imprisonment and a $500 fine or both.
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Rockville
Anna Mae Pallancki
R-Union
State
Highway Department
Route 15
Phillip Pastore
Administration calls for disclosure of union funds
The 1958 labor program aims to expose union corruption with full disclosure of funds and officer elections by secret ballot. Mitchell outlines reforms to Taft Hartley and bribery rules, receiving AFL-CIO applause as leaders praise anti corruption measures and plan to push proposals to Congress.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Eisenhower
Mitchell Quirines
Labor
Mitchell
Afl-Cio
Federation Executive Board
House
Senate
Congress
Federation
George Meany
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
James B. Carey
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George S. Trimble Jr
Hollywood
Trimble
United States
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Ushun
U. S
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Board of Selectmen
James R. Brown
George Koenig
Frank V. Feroleto, Jr
Charles W. Mizak
Leo Lacond
Selectman
John J. Lockhart
Post &F
Martin J. Fischer
Girards Sail
U. S. Weather Bureau
Almanas
Angelo Patri
Gina Caer
Constantine Brown
Dr. Bundesen
Aaias
Sylvia Porter
Sipiritis
Ifubley
PROGE
Sun
Pentagon Planning
Ike
Roy Byrd
Batavia
Senate Rackets Committee
Byrd
LaFollette
Tenn
Teamsters Union
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