United States and Malik clash over fliers in UN debate
The UN General Assembly heard Malik oppose a move to free 11 airmen held by North Korea. Lodge argued the airmen were military personnel in uniform and must be repatriated. Nutting and Sobolev urged action against aggression while Jackson defended US restraint amid charges of propaganda and risk. The committee recessed after hours of debate with no resolution, and adjournment was moved from December 10 to December 18.
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Sion
Red China
United States
U. S
Lodge
Malik Lodge
Malik
Poland
Stanislaw Skrzeszewski
Russia
Nutting
North Korea
China
Arkady A. Sobolev
C.D. Jackson
U.S
Eisenhower
Jackson
Sobolev
Formosa
Seventh Fleet
China Seas
Soviet Union
Assembly
Sheppard Denies Asking Divorce In Murder Trial
Dr. Sheppard testifies there was no talk of divorce with Marilyn and denies discussing it with defense counsel. He describes his calm demeanor on the stand as prosecutors press details of his personal life, including a past romance with Susan Hayes and a private admission about disciplining his son Chip. The case centers on the murder of Marilyn Sheppard and the fate of the unborn child, with testimony portraying a volatile family dynamic.
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William J. Corrigan
Dr. Sheppard
Marilyn
Corrigan
Sheppard
Miss Hayes
Los Angeles
Monterey
Calif
California
Susan Hayes
Son
Cleveland
Chip
Pope Improves as Doctors Report Recovery Progress
Doctors report the Pope is gaining strength amid improved cardiac and respiratory conditions and halted abdominal pain. Hiccups have ceased, feeding resumed, and restful sleep returns. Intravenous amino acids are paused while possible plasma infusion proceeds, with ongoing liver extract and vitamin therapy and a precise feeding plan after renewed gastric analysis.
Two Sisters Struck by Truck in Hartford Tragedy
In Hartford on Sigourney Street two young sisters Theresa Le Vasseur five and Emily were hit by an northbound oil truck while leaving St. Joseph's Cathedral School. Theresa died at St. Francis Hospital. Emily remained critical with head and body injuries as bystanders watched. A second driver stopped the truck after the impact. the motorist claimed not to see the children.
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Emily le Vasseur
Ernest F. le Vasseur
Hartford
Theresa
Theresa le Vasseur
Ashley Street
Emily
Sigourney Street
Ashley
St. Joseph’s Cathedral School
Sigourney
St. Francis Hospital
Brainy Cuddle Foil Puzzle Clues Explain Word Choices
A digest of puzzle wordplay rules and preferred terms. It discusses contrasts like BRAWN versus BRAIN, SCENE versus SCENT, ALL versus ILL, and MAN versus APES, with emphasis on precise word selection in clues and answers.
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Paris
Fairfield Beach Flood Curt Plan Under Fire by Opponents
Beachfront erosion and rising flood risks prompt a debate over Army Engineers plans to build up the shoreline with sand and place groins and jetties from Rowland Road to Pine Creek. Proponents cite cost sharing and long term protection while some residents oppose closing Pine Creek to navigation. Colonial Gardens backs the plan in principle.
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U.S. Army Engineers
Fairfield
Rowland Road
Pine Creek Point
Pine Creek
Streiber
Steiber
U.S. Army
Colonial Gardens Association
Daniels
Two Held In Killing Of Rackets Foe
Phenix City figures Ferrell and Patterson once allied as defense lawyers in a murder trial. Ferrell faces first degree murder charges while Patterson is noted as a former ally turned critic of racketeers. Both men confront election and vote fraud indictments tied to 1948 era political clashes.
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Ferrell
Patterson
Phenix City
James E. Folsom
Hoyt Shepherd
Grady
Shepherds
Russell Betterment Association
Birmingham
Si Garrett
Lamar Reid
Jefferson County
Lee Porter
Gadsden
Fuller
Weston Land Bought for Catholic Church
In Weston on December 9 twelve acres in the town center were acquired by the diocese of Bridgeport. Bishop Lawrence J. Shehan announced the site will host Weston’s first Roman Catholic church with plans for a rectory, convent and school. The land was sold by Georges O. May of Southport for 25000 dollars.
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Weston
Diocese of
Bridgeport
Lawrence J. Shehan
Shehan
Georges O. May
Southport
Ribicoff Proposes Free Care at State Institutions
Governor-elect Ribicoff urged making state hospital and related care free to all, after hearings with officials from Southbury Training School and Laurel Heights. He argued voluntary contributions could cover costs, noting some can afford more than current charges while others cannot pay. He also eyed consolidating administration under a single Institutions commissioner and planned further talks with penal and correctional officials and Public Works on potential cost savings.
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Southbury State Training School
Laurel Heights
Shelton
State Tuberculosis Commission
Commission
Undercliff
Meriden
Ralph G. Macy
Public Works Department
Botsford Mutter and Son Hurt in Route 25 Crash
Mrs Audrey Sherwood 33 of Botsford sustained head lacerations and bruises but declined treatment when her car was struck on Route 25 by a southbound vehicle driven by Joseph Glass 39 of New Haven. Her five year old son Kenneth was uninjured. Glass received an ankle injury and was arrested for failure to yield the half of the highway to oncoming traffic before being released for Town court Monday.
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Newtown
Botsford
Audrey Sherwood
Kenneth
Joseph L Glass
Star Street
New Haven
Jack Croce
Glass
Sherwood
Danbury Collision Damages Two Autos Parked Car Struck
In Danbury on Park avenue around 5 20 p m two cars were heavily damaged in a side swiping crash and a parked vehicle was struck. Edward K Polubinski 39 of Bethel driving the cast bound car collided with William K Hall 36 of Worcester Mass driving west Hall claimed Polubinski crossed into the wrong lane and hit his car which toppled over and pushed the parked auto.
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Danbury
Park Avenue
Edward K. Polubinski
Golden Hill
Bethel
William K. Hall
Worcester
Mass
Polubinski
Hall
Norwalk Man 60 Killed As Car Hits Parkway Bridge
Theodore A. Bishop aged 60 of Center Avenue Norwalk was killed when his eastbound 1954 car struck the Congress Street bridge abutment on the Merritt Parkway Fairfield. Death due to crushed chest and multiple injuries per medical examiner Dr. Stanton R. Smith. Bishop, alone enroute to Bullard Co Bridgeport, was pinned behind the wheel. his passing marks 13 parkway deaths in 1954. Survived by wife Alice, son Theodore Jr, daughters Gloria Mary Evelyn and Mrs. Evelyn Smith, and five Bishop brothers. Funeral arrangements by Collins Funeral Home Norwalk.
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Theodore A. Bishop
Center Avenue
Norwalk
Congress Street
Merritt Parkway
Fairfield
Bishop
Stanton R. Smith
Bullard Company
Bridgeport
Parkway
Fathers Club
Norwalk High School
Alice E. Bishop
Theodore, Jr
Gloria
Mary Bishop
Evelyn Smith
William Smith
William
Edward
Allen
Charles Bishop
Torrington
Grover
Long Island
Collins Funeral Home
East Avenue
Westport School Clarifies TB Report
In Greens Farms Elementary, no tuberculosis was found in 301 x rays last week. Principal John Ready said two children showed traces of bronchial infection needing further exam. 470 x rays have been taken overall. Mrs. Helen Paterson, a first grade teacher, is in a Brewster sanitarium, and a teacher’s x rays showed possible slight contagion.
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Westport
Dec
Greens Farms
John Ready
State Tuberculosis Commission
Helen Paterson
Paterson
Ready
Brewster
Maine
Dublin Floods Trigger Emergency Zones Across City
Lord Mayor Byrne called the floods the worst he has known and ordered emergency zones and aid for stricken families as the Shannon rose over 30 square miles. Rescue boats ferried victims to ambulance points while rail links to Belfast were severed by floodwaters near Dublin.
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Byrne
Shannon
Ireland
Republic
Tolda
Dublin
Amiens
Belfast
Rosslare
England
Leicestershire
Midlands
London
Thames
British European Airways
Majorca
North Sea
Baltic
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Denmark
Swiss
Italian Alps
Europe
Austria
France
Vosges
Nantes
Loire
Atlantic
Myron Rosenbluth Hurt In Auto Crash
Myron Rosenbluth a 48 year old resident of 1079 Wells Place Stratford received a possible neck injury when his car was rammed on Grant Street west of Seaview Avenue around 6 p.m yesterday He was examined at Bridgeport Hospital Police said he had halted for a boulevard stop sign on Seaview Avenue 500 feet away when his car was struck by a vehicle driven by John Butka 22 of 231 Willow Street Butka said he thought the boulevard sign referred to a closer overhead signal at the Remington Arms entrance which was not in operation and he failed to see the Rosenbluth car in time He was given a summons
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Myron Rosenbluth
Wells Place
Stratford
Grant Street
Seaview Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
Rosenbluth
John Butka
Willow Street
Butka
Remington Arms Company, Inc
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Galeazzi-Lisi
Antonio Gasbarrini
Bologna
Raffaele Paolucci di Valmaggiore
Paul Nichans
Brainy
Fairfield Beach
New England
Appalachians
Lakes Region
Rocky Mountains
Arizona
Pacific
Mississippi
Rosefle
Southbury School
Grover F. Powers
Powers
The
Tuberculosis Commission
Parkway Bridge
William Russell
Westport Barracks
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