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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1954
Page
6
The report notes Sion discussing German rearmament in France and West Germany, warning of a permanently divided Germany and new war dangers. It calls Soviet allies peace loving and flags growing armed forces as a threat, while suggesting Eastern European forces exceed defensive needs.
The excerpt discusses multiple wordplay clues across items labeled 27 to 23, noting preferred words like MAN in place of MEN, and PINCH, TOMB, BOMB, NINE, and MOVE as answers or guidance. It contrasts animal and human terms, reveals thematic misdirections, and hints at puzzles involving semantics and letter choices.
Winners from Stratfield Bridge club events include regular Sunday tournament on Nov 28 with first place Mrs Ernest Whipp and Mrs Beatrice Leveen, second Mrs Robert Tiernan and Lynwood Wight, third Philip Reel. Masters point game Dee 5 saw James Meath with Justin M Ricker win, John Hunt and T R Phillips second, E E Ensenhbargand and B R Brown third. Tuesday, Nov 30 duplicates yielded Tiernan and Richard Cbur chay first, Helbig and Hunt second, Neale and Rudkin third. Dee 7 results had Mr and Mrs Anthony Gallagher first, Charlotte Tiernan and John Hunt second, Foos and Stanley Laros third. Women’s Dee 1 winners included Sisia Glenn and Carla Pr1 son, Leila Warnes and Ernest Whipple second, Albert Noren and Henry Morgan third. Friday night duplicates saw Milo Shubert and Tim Meath first, Perkins Nichols and Justin M Bicker second, Mrs Trobert Tiernan and Robert Mollerup third.
Hartford December 10 The State Health department reported 75 more infantile paralysis cases in Connecticut so far this year than at the same point in 1953. The total 434 cases to date is near the five year average of 400, a spokesman said, and a year end study may show about half the cases non paralytic and 25 percent mild enough to avoid permanent paralysis.
Mrs Miller and Mrs Stewart embody Hillside’s rehab program led by Dr Lee B Greene. From amputations and fractures to walking with support, therapy and special shoes helped them regain mobility and hope. Both women now volunteer, aiming to extend care amid the chronic ill and aged population awaiting broader public support.
The article notes Governor Lodge remains under consideration for the Madrid ambassadorship after James Dunn plans to retire. Lodge has been cleared by Senators Prescott Bush and Purtell and was previously vetted by Thruston Morton. Pentagon sources also mention him as a possible chair of a planned manpower board, leveraging his Navy veteran background.
Bridgeport detectives report the last member of a youth gang tied to a string of purse snatchings and auto thefts in the city over the past two weeks. Robert Burton 21 of Milford faces breach of peace charges in $1000 bond after admitting rides in stolen cars. others named include John Gambino 16 Fairfield, Ramord Size sky 17 Fairfield, Ralph DiCiccio 17 Stratford, Steve Chimsky 19 Fairfield. The five youths admit five purse snatchings and three auto thefts.
Britain expresses happiness to attend the event with Mayor Levy and Herman W Steinkraus of Bridgeport Brass addressing boys. Post Publishing and Telegram officials will be present. Boys earning admission receive a holiday dinner, Waterman pen set, and a chance at 125 prizes. Entertainment includes dance teams, a magician, accordionist, and dance band.
Sheppard testifies he heard screams then chased a dark large figure toward the beach. He recalls descending to the boat landing and grappling with an immovable object, then losing consciousness and waking in the water with waves breaking over him and a bushy topped head visible in dark clothing.
At 810 am today two people were injured in a collision at Railroad and Wordin avenues. Mia Leona Studier, 40, of 12 Valley View Road, Trumbull, suffered head and right shoulder injuries and was taken to St Vincent hospital. Irving Mehler, 29, of 384 Iranistan Avenue, reported left hip sprain, was treated and released.
The Post will print Christmas music programs for area churches in the church page. Submissions for the December 18 issue are due December 14. Programs for December 24 must be in by December 20.
Rowe named general plant manager and elected vice president in 1953 at SNETCO. Brooks career spans 43 years since 1911, rising to chief operating official in 1930 and president in 1941. Doolittle, comptroller and VP, joined in 1926, rose through accounting, heads department since 1947, active in civic affairs in Milford with wife and two sons.
March sale prices for houses under the Brady project were lowered for both veterans and non veterans after a review by PHA officials. The new schedule sets a single price per house reflecting current market value, with veterans receiving a smaller cut in the lowest tier and a larger reduction in the highest tier. About 150 war veterans were expected to participate, with priority to tenants until Jan 19 and a sequence of sales to project residents off site and then to veterans off site before non veterans.
Margaret DP Dennis Warner of Mitford and George FRO Warner of Bridgeport request a second divorce. Mrs Warner says intolerable cruelty caused the failure of their marriage. Judge Mellits granted her first decree last January 27 with custody of three children and alimony of 5 dollars weekly plus 20 dollars for child support. The petition notes they remarried May 1 and cruelty resumed, prompting the renewed divorce action and requested custody and support orders.
At a school board hearing Albert Snyder outlined a tentative $1.2305 million budget for operation and maintenance with $400,000 sought for buildings and grounds repairs. About 20 speakers urged funding for repairs across 15 elementary schools and Harding High School, while officials warned total needs could top $2 million.
Pasquale A Marchese 80 of 80 Clark Street, retired shoemaker, died today at 9 am in his home after a weeklong heart ailment. Services Monday at 8:15 am at Robert B. Hennessey Funeral Home and 9 am at St Patrick’s Church. Burial in St Michael Cemetery. Born in Italy, he lived in Bridgeport 4 years. Survived by wife Diamond Licursi Marchese, three sons State Police Lt Louis Marchese, Frank J Marchese, Nicholas A Marchese, and two grandchildren Marsha and David Marchese.
Divorce petitions list three cases including Patrick RB McGurrin versus Eudora Wille McGurrin of Orleans VI and Toan Cros by Merwin Derby against William Merwin of Monroe and Angelina Susin Borowiec against Stanley J Borowiec of Greenwich all alleging intolerable cruelty. The article notes the long history of well drilling spanning over two thousand years.
Frank H Lee Jr. of Nod Road Ridgefield is slated for traffic court on December 14 on a charge of driving under the influence. He was arrested Tuesday in Ridgefield by Officer John Haight on Branchville Road. no bond was set and a summons was issued.
Community opposition centers on a proposed protective scheme for Fairfield Beachfront costing about 675000 in 1948. Backers argue erosion threatens homes and tax revenue while the gravel dike plan risks sand loss and flooding, with residents urged to share costs and state aid.
Westport first grade teacher Mrs Gard Ner Patterson of Greens Farms Elementary has been admitted to a Maine sanitarium for TB treatment. Health officials say two students in her class were exposed. one is under treatment at home while the other shows no symptoms after recent tests. The State Tuberculosis Mobile Unit screened 301 people in the district with no positive TB results and urged follow up for bronchial infections on two X rays.
Governor Fudge announced the appointment of James J to chair the Connecticut committee to assist in carrying out refugees relief. The panel will help fill immigration quotas and support resettlement behind the Iron Curtain. A meeting is set for Tuesday at 2 pm at the State Capitol with members from Hartford Southington New London and other communities. Fiji Union football players won eight of seventeen games on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
The Navy plans to commission the Forrestal, a 95,000 ton atomic powered carrier, with 90 planes and 3,826 crew, scheduled for fall 1955. Its cost nears 372.9 million dollars as experts debate carriers’ future prominence and ship design, including angled decks and catapults.
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