Masked Bandit Holds Up Ridge Ave. Liquor Store
A bandit wearing a kerchief robbed the Seaside Liquor store at 149 Ridge avenue at 9 last night. He ordered proprietor Joseph Domeracki to empty the register while his wife Mary was told to go to a lavatory. Domeracki described the bandit as five nine, 160 pounds, in a khaki jacket with a blue and red kerchief obscuring his face and warned not to move for five minutes. A witness saw a man run to an old model car east on Ridge avenue with an accomplice. Police continue investigations.
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Mary
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Bridgeport Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds and Cold Winds
Official Weather Bureau report for Bridgeport and vicinity notes mostly cloudy conditions with wind and cold air. There will be scattered snow flurries at higher elevations with morning temperatures in the 30s, clearing tonight with near cold wave temperatures, and a cold fair day tomorrow with NW winds 20 to 30 miles per hour.
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U.S Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
Chaos Mounts In Spreading Subway Strike In New York
Two thirds of rapid transit service were knocked out as a citywide subway strike created a massive traffic jam. Crowds at Penn Station and Grand Central were smaller than yesterday while several bus terminals faced picket lines and fuel worries.
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Subway
New York
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania Station
Grand Central Terminal
Manhattan
Times Square
City Hospital
James M Burns 1898 War Vet Dies at 96
James Martin Burns aged 96 and formerly of 355 Main Street, a Spanish American War veteran, died yesterday at Rocky Hill Veterans Hospital. Funeral services set for Friday at 8:30 a.m. Mullins and Redgate Funeral Home and 9 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church. burial in St. Michael's Cemetery. Survived by two daughters and three grandchildren.
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Main Street
Rocky Hill Veterans Hospital
Mullins and
Redgate
Park Avenue
Sacred Heart Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Trumbull
Bridgeport
Bishop Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
Joseph Dugan
Hugh Cerano
New Haven
Russell Davis
Robert Forest
William Houser
New York City
Stores Extend Hours Before Christmas Week
Local stores announce closing at 5 36 p m today with one of seven open nights before Christmas offering extended shopping hours for daytime workers and the public tomorrow night.
City eyes North-South Highway route risking Fire HQ
The Planning Commission favors a route along Water Street to the Merritt Parkway, potentially razing the Fire Department HQ on Middle Street. Mayor Tedesco says relocation to the new civic center site could occur, with state approval pending. Redevelopment must align with the highway plan, and minimal property taking is hoped for. Construction is unlikely for years due to planning needs.
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Miidie Street
Tedesco
Pinaning Commission
Civic Center
Planning Commission
Waterstree
Joseph M. Dearborn
Dearborn
Fite
Commission
Middle Street
Congress
Gold Street
Near Cold Wave Faces Bridgeport Area Tonight
The Bridgeport area braces for its coldest spell of the season with temperatures dropping from the 30s to the teens as a near cold wave moves in. Cloudy and windy conditions follow two days of overcast rain, leaving potential glaze on roads tonight.
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Bridgeport
U. S. Weather Bureau
Features for Everybody In Telegram Every Day age Angelo Patri
Classified ads, cartoons, editorials, and sections on fashions,obituaries, sports and theater are listed with page numbers. Notable items include Dr Bundesen and Jacoby on Bridge, along with Women’s News and Radio and TV features.
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Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
Dr. Bundesen
Sage
Financial News
Jacoby On Bridge
Weees
Sylvia Porter
Satellite talk features Lions lecture on space at Stratfield Hotel
Hayden Planetarium lecturer Philip Stern of 407 Fairview Avenue will speak to the Bridgeport Lions at 12 15 p m about Satellites Past Present and Future. Times for sightings through Tuesday were set by Robert L Brown of the New Haven satellite tracking station. Visible transit will be easy with clear skies as Sputnik II passes about 795 miles high and sunlight reflects for long distances.
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Areea
Philip Stern
Mr. Stern
Fairview Avenue
Hayden Planetarium
Bridgeport Lions
Stratfield Hotel
Robert L. Brown
New Haven
Mr. Brown
Army Launches Rocket in Test Over Cape Canaveral
The Army fired a modified Redstone test vehicle named Jupiter C as part of the Jupiter program. The three stage rocket rose high above the Atlantic, visible from Florida for several minutes and described as a spectacular fireworks-like ascent. The Defense Department called the launch successful and noted it aimed to orbital satellite deployment.
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Johnson Urges Industry to Junk 40 Hour Week
Senate leader Lyndon Johnson argued the 40 hour week must be discarded to outpace Russia in missiles and satellites. He urged mobilization, more spending, and use of resources to secure the country, while labor leaders at Atlantic City criticized the idea.
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Tex
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Russia
Johnson
Waxahachie
Atlantic City
Afl-Cio
David McDonald
Steelworkers Union
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers Union
al G. Hayes
Machinists Union
Friedberg Renamed City Auditor for Current Fiscal Year
Milton H. Friedberg and company was renamed city auditor for the current fiscal year by the Board of Apportionment and Taxation at a fee not to exceed 19 500 dollars. The same firm has held the post since 1931 and the new fee covers additional work including the ongoing audit of the city treasurer's office due to the election of a new treasurer last month.
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Milton H. Friedberg and Company
City Auditor
Board of Apportionment and Taxation
Tax Board
Soviet Premier Bulganin Urges Leaders Conference
Bulganin sends a 3000 word letter to President Eisenhower urging a ban on atomic bomb tests and a conference of leaders to outlaw war. The letter reached the State Department via Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zarubin who called it very important and said Moscow would publish it later.
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Oviet
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Paris
Georgi Zarubin
Robert Murphy
State Department
Zarubin
NATO
Moscow
Mrs. Luce Urges New U S Trade Policy
Clare Boothe Luce, former ambassador to Italy and ex Congresswoman, told the Waldorf Astoria audience that the cold war can be eased without war only if America overhauls its trade policy. She warned of a collapsing global mood if the U S does not boost imports to offset reduced military purchases.
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New York
Clare Boothe Luce
Italy
Connecticut
Free World
Commununists
America
Committee On Foreign Trade Education
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
United States
AFL-CIO vows fight over disguised anti corruption efforts
AFL-CIO leaders pledge an all out battle against proposals seen as weakening unions under the pretense of anti corruption. The federation backs federal safeguards for health pension and welfare funds while reacting skeptically to Eisenhower labor proposals highlighted by Secretary of Labor Mitchell. George Meany criticizes secret ballot plans as interference in internal union affairs.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Afl-Cio
Mitchell
Doctors Report Eisenhower Condition Excellent for NATO Paris Meeting
Six doctors said President Eisenhower’s recovery from the November mild stroke was sufficient to attend the Paris NATO heads of state meeting. He planned to arrive Saturday, give the opening speech for the American delegation, and return to Washington December 19. The medical team reported no cerebral hemorrhage and noted his speech impairment had improved significantly.
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Nuri al-Said
Iraq
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Paris
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John S. Eisenhower
Houston H. Merritt
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