Chou Hints War Over U S Formosa Pact
Peiping radio quotes Communist Premier Chou Enlai denouncing Chiang Kai-shek and accusing the United States of provocation by signing a mutual defense treaty with the Nationalists. He warns Washington to withdraw forces from Formosa and Penghu, pledging grave consequences if it interferes in China’s internal affairs.
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London
Drc
JAPC
Chou
United States
Nists
Peiping Radio
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Penghu Islands
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Red
Taiwan
Eisenhower says danger of global war declined
President Eisenhower told a news conference that the danger of global war has declined in recent years despite China’s imprisonment of American war prisoners. He said the Chinese communists are morally bound to release the prisoners and that they should have been returned long ago. He noted questions about whether peace is brighter now than at any time since he took office.
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Washington
Eisenhower
China
Bridgeport Weather Sees Slight Warmth Incoming
Bridgeport forecaster reports a mild warming trend for today tonight and tomorrow after a five day cold snap with temperatures in the 20s and lower teens. Temperatures are expected to rise into the 30s.
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Bridgeport
Official Weather Report for Bridgeport and Nearby Areas
Weather notes from the Weather Bureau forecast fair windy and milder today with high near 35. Tonight partly cloudy and a bit warmer, low mid 20s. Tomorrow increasing clouds and a high near 40 with light rain likely at night. Long Island Sound small craft warnings in effect with winds SW today turning south and SE tomorrow. Sea choppy and visibility good. Includes past temperature data, barometer, humidity, and astronomical details for Dec 7, 1953 context.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Long Island Sound
526 Yanks Still Held In Red China Prisons
Tokyo dispatch reports hundreds of American service members captured in Korea remain in Maoist prisons. Estimates put the number at 526 as wardens abuse bodies and mock trials threaten future imprisonments. Observers foresee continued spurious espionage claims and delayed releases as ongoing negotiations persist.
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Red China
Tokyo
Abn
Dandacicn Dattann
Thruway Span to Displace Long Island Ferry's Dock
Boston reports a plan to replace the Union Square dock area with an interstate thruway span. Officials from the State Highway department city and US firm discuss traffic shifts and a temporary road from the dock to Henry street for ferry access and a long two year closure.
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Thruway
Long Island Ferry
Union Square
State Highway Department
New Haven Railroad
McLevy
Stratford Avenue
Water Street
Union Square Dock
United Illuminating Company
Henry Street
Main Street
City Hall
Moss Firm Builds Bullard Foundry In Fairfield
Edwin Moss & Son Inc has won the general contract for Bullard Company's new foundry estimated at 6 million dollars. Ground is broken and operation expected by end of 1955. The 600 by 245 foot plant will include a two story office wing and a modern dust and smoke controlled gray iron foundry.
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Edwin Moss & Son, Inc
Bullard Company
E. C. Bullard
Fairfield
New Haven Railroad
Brewster Street
Bullard
New England
Fairfield Zoning Board
Alling Pearl Wisdom Comic Pearls in Chuckle
A witty quip notes that any girl can obtain a pearl from an oyster but a clever girl earns a diamond from an old crab, with a lighthearted punch line from a General Features Corp. humor feature.
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General Features Corp
Boy asks for teaspoon of steel from J and L
South Norwalk boy Johnny Levine, 11, asked Jones and Laughlin Steel for a sample of steel as found in the ground. The firm replied it cannot send steel this way but sent a sample of iron ore with simple steelmaking literature. Johnny is a Brookside school sixth grader, 58 Scribner avenue.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Norwalk
Conn
Johnny Levine
Scribner Avenue
Jones and Laughlin
Johnny
Jerome Levine
Brookside School
Highland Avenue
Pickets Block Plant Entry as Underwood Guards Intensify
Union Local 267 IUE CIO pickets blocked access to the Underwood plant while police expanded the guard detail at the gate. Six maintenance workers entered today as strife over pay and access continues. The company cites heat and safety needs amid a November 5 strike, with a mediation meeting postponed to Saturday at City hall.
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Underwood
John A. Lyddy
R. K. Anerton
Publc
A. Dundore
Iue-Cio
Jack Smith
Robert Canell
State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
City Hall
Robert A. Cronin
New York
NLRB
Purtell and Bush Back Ike Amid McCarthy Attack
Connecticut senators William A. Purtell and Prescott S. Bush defend President Eisenhower against Senator McCarthy s charge of weakness toward communism. Purtell lauds Ike as a great leader and backs his record. Bush urges patience and firmness to avoid war, emphasizing no weakness in supporting the President as UN deliberates peace.
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Bridgeport Post
Washington
Connecticut
Willam A. Purtell
Prescott S. Bush
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Purtell
Purtel
Senate
Congress
Bush
China
United Nations
Pope Closes Marian Year With Broadcast Blessing
Pope Pius XII ends the Marian year with a bedside taped blessing to the world. He speaks of unity of the Catholic world in prayer and sacrifice as thousands gather at St. Mary Major and outside the basilica heard the message by radio. The pope walked briefly in his room to show concern for prolonged immobility.
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Boston
Civil Air Patrol
Atlantic Ocean
Edward Dillon
Naugatuck
Conn
Korea
Monomoy Point
Cape Cod
Otis Air Force Base
Frank Brutto
Vatican City
Pius XII
Rome
St. Mary Major
Vatican
Pope Pius
Bridgeport Building Permits Surge To 144 In November
Bridgeport's monthly Board of Building Commissioners approved 144 construction permits in November valued at 1.59 million dollars, a spike explained by five permit sessions last month. Residential work dominated with 67 one family and one three family dwelling permits, totaling 70 units, the highest since April 1952.
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Board of Building Commissioners
Lawyer reprimanded on bar case remark
Middlesex County Bar Grievance committee reprimanded George W. Davis, a lawyer, after a Hartford hearing about alleged discrimination by the State Bar Examining Committee. Davis testified he offered to get a man admitted for $10,000 as a joke, an action the committee called foolish and improper.
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Middletown
Middlesex County Bar
George W. Davis
Hartford
State Bar Examining Committee
Davis
Fire Sweeps Unoccupied Mansion in Lattington NY
A 30 room brick mansion owned by Louis J. Horowitz burned, causing an estimated 300000 dollars in damage and injuring nine firefighters. Horowitz and his wife were away in Palm Beach, Florida, and the house was unoccupied when the blaze started, apparently in the oil burner. Police called the scene a total wreck after over 200 firemen from Locust Valley and Glen Cove fought the flames.
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Lattingtown
N. Y
Louis J. Horowitz
Horowitz
Palm Beach
Fla
Locust Valley
Glen Cove
Forty two youths designated for December draft call
Forty two draftees from three local boards will depart Monday for Fort Dix New Jersey to fulfill December quota. Board 14 sends 14 men including Justin G Hannan George Mako Jesse D Jones John M Scott Richard K Outlaw Patsy S Pagliarulo Donald T Cameron and Paul E Jeter. Board 15 contributes 13 men and Board 16 a total of 15. Stratford and Bridgeport residents names listed among the designated draftees.
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Fort Dix
N. J
Raven Terrace
James J. Babis
Feeley Street
John S. Spring
George R. Adam
Home For Christmas Barbara Welch to Rejoin Family
Westport reports preparations for the homecoming of Barbara Sloane Welch polio struck widow of Herbert Sherwood Welch to Grace-New Haven hospital discharge December 20. The 25 year old mother of three has been hospital bound since October 3 1963 two weeks after birth of a daughter Sloane. Though wheelchair confined the polio’s paralytic effect remains in lower body and reunion will bring together Sloane Guyer and Michael for the holidays.
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Westport
Barbara Sloane Welch
Herbert Sherwood
Mike”) Welch
Grace-New Haven Hospital
New Haven Hospital
Sloane
Welch
Guyer
Michael
Eisenhower Says 3rd Party Move Not His Problem
President Eisenhower told reporters no public quarrel with McCarthy and no reply to charges of soft handling of communism. He noted possible McCarthy followers forming a third party but said if people split for secondary reasons that is their business. He praised Senator Watkins for the censure work and endorsed a moderate path for the nation.
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INS
Eisenhower
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
Wisconsin
China
Hisenhower
Administration
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
White House
Senate
Watkins
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