Mayor Outlines 1955 City Building Plans
Mayor McLevy presented to the Common Council a multi million dollar municipal building program to start next year. Projects include a new City Hall incinerator at Wordin avenue dump a fire house near northern Madison avenue and Geduldig street a boiler room at Hillside Home and a new zoo building at Beardsley park plus a parking lot on the former Congress high school site.
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McLevy
Common Council
Iis
Wordin Avenue
Madison Avenue
Geduldig Street
Hillside Home
Beardsley Park
Congress High School
Bridgeport Mayor outlines growth and housing plan impacts
The mayor discusses Seaside park improvements and Ash creek basin development with Fairfield, and plans to expand the northern sewer system. He notes the thruway project will ease traffic yet displace homes and property, seeks housing solutions, and expects a tax rate cut if budgets stay tight. He recalls Burr Creek cleanup from 1933 and West Side sewer plant progress, and cites reclaimed land aiding disposal and rapid filling.
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Seaside Park
Eames Monument
Ash Creek
Fairfield
Bridgeport
Wordin Avenue
West End
Burr Creek
Fairfield Avenue
West Side
Weather Summary for Bridgeport and New York City
Official Weather Data reports mainly fair and very cold conditions for Bridgeport and vicinity with highs in the 20s and lows around 15 to 20. Winds northerly, gradual moderating, and similar conditions in New York City with a comparable temperature pattern.
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US Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
Bids Filed for First Two Greenwich Killingly Thruway Jobs
Hartford reports bids total 4 566 119 for the initial Greenwich Killingly expressway projects financed by a 400 million bond issue. L G DeFelice Sons Inc of North Haven bids 3 788 921 for Westbrook Old Saybrook and Paul Bacco and Son Inc of Stamford bids 777 198 for Norwalk overpasses.
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Hartford
Greenwich-Killingly
Westbrook
Old Saybrook
Norwalk
Highway Department
L. G. DeFelice Sons, Inc
North Haven
Paul Bacco and Son, Inc
Stamford
Aldermen Study 2 Parking Pleas At Meeting
At the organizational meeting two resolutions were submitted seeking changes to the all night parking ban. Alderman Delaquila proposed a public hearing to amend the ban and allow parking where needed. his measure goes to the Ordinance committee. Alderman DeCerbo asked to permit overnight parking in school yards or city playgrounds and was sent to the Board of Education. Two car owner groups protest and plan to bring the issue to voters in a special election.
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Common Council
Frank Delaquila
Michael DeCerbo
Delaquila
Ordinance
DeCerbo
Board of Education
Spe
Divorce talk cited in Marilyn Sheppard case trial
Dr. Stephen Sheppard testified Marilyn Sheppard discussed divorce in 1950 visiting his office in August. He said a possible breakup was mentioned to his brother Dr. Samuel Sheppard two weeks later but the matter was dropped.
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Cleveland
Stephen Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Sam
Marilyn
Sheppard
Samuel Sheppard
Humphrey Sees Another Budget Deficit in 1956
Secretary of the Treasury Hum phrey warned the government faces a larger budget shortfall in fiscal 1956. He declined to commit to tax cut plans due next April and said he could not balance the budget that year. He noted expenditures must be cut and did not forecast detailed figures beyond a roughly two to four billion deficit if taxes remain unchanged.
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Washington
Treasury
Humphrey
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Pudget
Ike
Schiller Named for 44th Term as Council President
Alderman John J. Schiller Socialist of Ninth A district was unanimously re elected to his 14th one year term as president of the Common Council at the organizational meeting in City hall. He has served as Council president during multiple terms since 1938 and 1949.
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John J. Schiller
Common Council
Schiller
City Hall
Jacob Burstein
Charles P. Wangel
McLevy
William H. Taft
Bridgeport Bar opposes court rules changes on practice limits
The Bridgeport Bar Association voted to oppose proposed law practice and procedure changes by the Superior Court judges Rules committee. A delegation will protest at Hartford on December 13 as action is planned. The plan to cap cases at 50 drew objections. The group also backed courthouse telephones for lawyers and sought shared costs with Westport Greenwich and Stamford associations.
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Bridgeport Bar Association
Superior Court
Hartford
Bridgeport Bar
Westport
Greenwich
Stamford
Whistlers At Stanford Aimed To Probe Space Messages
Stanford scientists study whistlers or musical sounds from space to test a link with lightning. Dr. Robert Helliwell says a listening station aboard the Navy icebreaker Atka will operate toward the Antarctic with U S government engineers, while Stanford’s lab adds equipment to capture signals for study.
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Outer Space
Robert Helliwell
Palo Alto Times
Stanford
U. S
Navy
Atka
Radio Propagation Laboratory
Helliwell
Japan seeks new cabinet after Yoshida resignation
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and his cabinet resign sparing the Liberal and Democratic parties a general election. Ichiro Hatoyama is set to head a new cabinet amid a push by Democrats and Socialists for a no confidence motion. Diet faces selecting a new premier as factions debate strategy and future policy among rival camps.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Ichiro Hatoyama
Liberal
Hatoyama
Democrats
Russia
China
Diet
Life Terms Cut for 2 Slayers
The State Board of Pardons commuted life sentences for two murderers and granted reductions for two inmates serving manslaughter terms. William Roberts of Hartford and Hugh B. Kenyon of Groton were set for parole consideration January 12. Leslie Eccleston of Waterford saw his minimum term cut to nine and a half years with parole possible in 1956.
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Hartford
State Board of Pardons
William Roberts
Purcell Green
Hugh B. Kenyon
Groton
John Banks
Berlin
Leslie Eccleston
Waterford
Eccleston
London
Kenyon
Fire sweeps barn on Warren Street in city
A two story wooden barn at 651 Warren Street burned extensively shortly after 7 p m. the storage structure was empty but flames spread to second floor apartment windows at 645 Warren Street. Fire officials suspect smoking youths started the blaze. owner listed as Genevieve Bordener. The alarm was raised at 7 13 p m from Box 125. A separate minor fire at 61 Atlantic Street prompted firefighters to respond at 4 p m.
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Warren Street
John P. May
Chief May
Helen Edson
Box 125
Warren
West Liberty Street
LeRoy Dubose
Atlantic Street
Christmas Shopping Calendar Promises Extended Downtown Hours
Downtown stores will stay open until p.m. Thursday for Christmas shoppers. The Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants division lists similar hours for Monday and Thursday next week with 9 o'clock closings each night during Christmas week except Christmas Eve.
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Retail Merchants
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Davis couple to inherit bulk of Morschhauser estate
Dr Thomas F. Davis and wife Sarah of Fairfield named principal beneficiaries in the will of Madeline Doelger Morschhauser estate valued over 200000. The couple receive the remainder after specific bequests totaling 43000. Other beneficiaries include chauffeur John Picard who gets 20000 and charitable gifts to Connecticut Society for Crippled Children and Adults 1000 and Fairfield Visiting Nurse association 1000.
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Dr. Davis
Morschhauser Estate
Thomas F. Davis
Sarah
Fairfield
Madeline Doelger Morschhauser
Doelger Brewery
Ned
Ostmark
Davis
Post Road
Unquowa Road
Rhruway Route
Milford to Seek End of Rent Curbs
The Milford Town Council voted to have Town Attorney Richard H Lynch draft an ordinance ending rent controls for a future public hearing. Councilman Joseph Shea described how 124 towns have removed controls while 45, including Milford, still maintain them. He noted pre 1947 homes are under controls while post 1947 dwellings are not. The amended motion to draft the law was approved.
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Milford
Richard H Lynch
Joseph Shea
Shea
Albert P. Stowe
Lynch
Cold snap in Bridgeport drops to 15 degrees at midnight
Bridgeport records a 15 degree low after a day of 20 to 30 degree readings. A sharp north west wind intensified the chill and the daily high only reached 23 degrees around noon, marking the coldest spell of the season.
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Bridgeport
UN to debate 11 US airmen held by Red China
The UN Steering Committee voted 10-2 to urge urgent debate in the General Assembly on the case of 11 United States airmen held by Red China on espionage charges. Lodge and allies sought action and a report by December 31. Britain and several nations supported the move while the Soviet bloc opposed it.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
Red China
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Korea
Lodge
Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Britain
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
France
Colombia
Australia
Iceland
China
Thailand
Ecuador
Cuba
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Burma
Syria
Dwight Eisenhower
Malik
Jiri Nosek
Anthony Nutting
Francisco Urrutia
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Constantine Brown
Dr. Bundesen
Jacoby
Sylvia Porter
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
Pardons Board
Genevieve Bordener
Oosto
Andrew Wooden
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Tenn
Morschhauser
William A. Morschhauser
New York
Mercury
Committee
Hi. Nabor
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