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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1954
Page
3
State Police report 47 year old Philip N Gordon of Charlotte North Carolina and resident of Salisbury Taconic section died when his car struck a bridge abutment on Route 44. He was alone in the vehicle. Uranium fever has gripped Australia.
Funeral services will be held Thursday for Mrs Barbara Galick Groholy 69 of 37 Tunxis Hill Road Fairfield wife of Joseph J Groholy who died Sunday at 8 40 pm in St Vincents Hospital after a brief illness. The services are at 8 30 am at Frank Police and Son Funeral Home 1546 Fairfield Avenue and 9 am at Holy Family Church with a solemn requiem Mass. Burial follows at St Michaels Cemetery.
On a James River beach near Smithfield Virginia two men Otto V Aune 48 and Stanley Eliason 76 died from exposure during a fishing party incident. Aune’s wife Mabel 45 was rescued and hospitalized in fair condition while a third member survived.
In Key West Florida on December 6 AP reports Cuban Consul Oscar Morales protested alleged indecent gestures and pinching of girls by Key West High School band members. Principal D Harold Campbell said the invitation to Havana parade will be refused and filed a diplomatic protest is planned. Campbell declined further comment.
Washington December wage accord ends a planned one cent hourly cut for 825000 non operating railroad workers. Earl Leight, head of the 15 unions, says most major roads signed, adding 13 cents to the basic wage. The cost of living escalator clause is removed as of last Friday, boosting the pace and stabilizing earnings around $1.85 per hour future.
Hartford December 6 AP A Library committee postpones the appointment of Albert W Coote of West Hartford as assistant state librarian until Friday afternoon. The vote to name Coote follows a plan to appoint him executive aide to outgoing Governor Lodge. Mrs Alice Leopold Weston requests the delay and will attend the meeting. The Connecticut Library Association’s executive board will meet in Portland to protest the choice as not a trained professional librarian. Living costs in Norway have risen 29 percent in six months.
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