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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1954
Page
14
Hartford report notes 434 polio cases in 1954, up 75 from 1953. Health officials expect more than half non paralytic and about a quarter with recoverable weakness. November recorded an unusual high of 19 cases, surpassing August.
Norwich and Acting City Manager Orrin Carashick were ordered to appear in Superior Court on December 21 to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for failing to comply with a State Water Commission edict and a Supreme Court judgment. The citation accuses Norwich of not stopping pollution in the Shetucket Thames and Yantic rivers and of delaying a two million dollar sewage disposal plant project.
Deputy Judge H Manton Ahlberg disposed of three cases in Stratford town court yesterday. Arthur Johnson of Bridgeport was fined 100 dollars for driving while intoxicated with 52 dollars remitted. Stephen Sterbach of Stratford was fined 6 dollars for traffic rule violation, with judgment suspended for E Marion MacKellar of Stratford who faced a red light passing charge.
In Los Angeles a $1,051,400 auto accident damage suit against Bing Crosby began with jury selection. Crosby allegedly drove negligently in a collision on Oct 11, 1953, injuring Frank Verdugo his wife Lucy and her brother Eulalio Perea after Crosby had helped Mona Freeman home following a party.
A New York report announces a odorless greaseless cream InfraRUB that relieves arthritis rheumatism and muscular pains without pills. Rubbed into skin it penetrates quickly causing warmth and a glow while boosting blood flow to ease pain. Doctors worldwide report success and a US clinician backs results. Available now without prescription at drugstores for 9 84 per large tube with a guarantee.
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