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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1957

Page

10

Bridgeport Publishing Details and Subscription Rates

Bridgeport Telegram Morning edition notes open daily with bridgeport post and telegram. rates list 1 year daily 15 dollars with Sunday Post 22 dollars. Post office and Associated Press affiliations noted along with circulation and address at 410 State St Bridgeport Conn.

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Drop in Revenue Forecast Warns of Budget Trouble

Governor Ribicoff ordered a 10 percent spending cut as revenues fall, signaling a national pattern. Connecticut tax data show cigarette and liquor taxes down about 10 percent in November, with year-end projections possibly $1.5 million below budget. First-quarter sales and use taxes dropped over $250,000, liquor taxes down $413,849, while beer rose 5 percent. The figures warn the White House budget team ahead of Eisenhower’s upcoming economic message.

Ribicoff Connecticut Washington Congressman Taber John L. Sullivan Sullivan Eisenhower Congress

Impartial Judiciary Withdrawal Of Justice Reed

Former Supreme Court Justice Stanley F Reed quits as chairman of the Presidents Civil Rights commission before it starts. He says impartiality could be compromised by a retired justice serving in an executive advisory role. Roosevelt had tapped Byrnes and Hughes, who likewise left the bench.

Civil Rights Commission Supreme Court Stanley F. Reed Executive Department Franklin D. Roosevelt James F. Byrnes Justice Byrnes Charles Evan Hughes Reed Khrushchev Congress Russia Paris South Pacific North Tom Central Africa NATO Netherlands Belgium England U.S Eisenhower Neil McElroy Alor White House Minist Macmillan Duncan Sandys Sec Selene Lloyd Given

Post Office Urges ZIP Zones to Speed Christmas Mail

The Post Office warns the Christmas rush will be busiest ever and urges residents and businesses to include the correct postal zone numbers on envelopes letterheads and statements. Postmaster Russell F. Neary stresses zone numbers help extra clerks unfamiliar with local routes process mail faster and improve handling during peak volumes.

Russell F. Neary

Cautions Issued On Counterfeit Cash This Christmas

Christmas shopping crowds raise risk of counterfeit notes. United States Secret Service Chief A E Baughman warns shedule of holiday sales and inexperienced staff attract counterfeiters. Detect fake money by careful checking and vigilance during busy shopping periods.

A. E. Baughman U. S. Secret Service

Detecting Counterfeit Bills Warns Local Readers

Local security expert warns residents to compare suspected notes with genuine bills to spot fake portraits. He notes the Secret Service doubled arrests and seized counterfeit cash from 1956 to 1957, with reports of 10 and 20 dollar notes circulating in the Bridgeport area and Chicago and New York Reserve notes involved.

Secret Service Bridgeport Baughman Federal Reserve Bank of New York Federal

Johnson's five point space program outlined by senator

Senator Lyndon B. Johnson outlined a five point plan to speed U.S. space effort, calling for boosted weapons research, revised science education, mobilized public talent, space biology research, and a dedicated agency for space exploration issues. He urged public understanding to outpace Soviet progress and restore American leadership. The piece also praises Dr Cecil W Clark for receiving the AMA doctor of the year honor after Hurricane Audrey.

Lyndon B. Johnson Texas Senate United States Eisenhower Johnson Outer Space Space Academy Lodge United Hartford Courant American Medical Association Cecil W. Clark Cameron Louisiana

Kalamazoo Diet and All American Breakfast Gaffe

Washington Star notes Kalamazoo named most typically American small city. A Manchester breakfast menu tried to imitate it with apple juice sausage eggs buckwheat cakes maple syrup and vitamin pills. Manchester alderman says delicious yet “a bit much.”

Kalamazoo Washington Star Michigan Manchester England English Midlands

Aids in Economics Your Money's Worth

A well dressed man in his fifties, once a $30,000 a year treasurer, loses his job as his New Jersey firm is bought. Merger waves push top executives into uncertainty, with demoralization and relocation fears shaping a broad job market shift in the 15,000 to 100,000 dollar range.

New York New Jersey

Fire causes $15,000 damage at estate apartment

A Sunday night blaze on the estate of Dr. Roy B. Craig burned a bedroom living room and kitchen in an upstairs apartment above a garage. Estimated damage totaled $15 000. The fire was reported after 1 am and investigated by local authorities.

Greenwich Roy B. Craig

Congress Witness Tips From a PR Man for Unafraid Testimony

A public relations man, Thomas Ward Miles, shares practical advice for witnesses before Congress. He urges preparation, courtesy, brevity and truth, noting witnesses are pitchmen and should learn committee members, avoid temper, and respect lawmakers. Historical anecdotes about Senators Hickenlooper and Millikin are included.

Jose Bourke B Hickenlooper Iowa Eugene Milliken Cole Thomas Ward Miles Miles Congress Congressional Millikin

International Red influence and Western fears rise

A condensed wartime era op-ed warns that Soviet reach grows via satellites and ICBMs while Western unity frays. The piece argues Moscow pressures through diplomacy and peacetime banners, urging readiness for a potential spring summit and noting U.S. drought relief politics and allied mistrust undermine NATO cohesion.

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British Nearing Orbital Missile Bases Accord

United States and Britain near a pact to locate at least four American medium range rocket bases in Britain. French opposition suspected as London and Washington negotiate amid NATO concerns.

London United States Britain Washington NATO British Defense Ministry

Truck overturns after car collision in Norwalk

Cromwell A. Bolton, 54, of 27 Cushing Street, Springdale, was injured when his half-ton panel truck was struck by a car and overturned on Connecticut Avenue. He was treated at Norwalk Hospital for a left arm injury and released. The car’s driver, Mrs Catherine McMahon of 24 Worbury Avenue, told police brakes failed. She received a summons to City Court for Friday on a charge of operating with defective equipment.

Norwalk Cromwell A. Bolton Cushing Street Springdale Connecticut Avenue Catherine McMahon Woodbury Avenue

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