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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1957
Page
8
The Department of Agriculture establishes Christmas tree standards and U.S. No. 2 grade for the season. The new rules take effect this Christmas, guiding growers and retailers.
Mrs Richard Nixon is named the nations ideal wife as she reveals a 50 cent weekly allowance for daughters Patricia 12 and Julie 9. The family plans Christmas at home with sensible gifts and practical wishes while Nixon attends homemakers forum honors.
A proposed federal aid to education plan aims to meet Soviet science advances by funding pay raises for science and math teachers, financing more technical equipment, and creating 26 060 scholarships annually for gifted students. The plan, estimated at 287 million dollars per year for four to five years, is being prepared by the U S Office of Education and backed by Secretary Folsom for inclusion in President Eisenhower's budget message.
Twenty persons including fifteen Bridgeport residents were summoned to State Department of Motor Vehicles hearings Monday at 10 30 a m at the county courthouse. Names listed include William A Barnes Richard Dolyak Joseph J Kronick Eugene Baker John S Majanesik Jr George F Fedor Dimas F Souza Keneth Cannon Willis Brandon Richard Ahern Costa Krista Edwrd D Bennett Ulysses Stanley Leonard J Cortigiano land Charles Golden Lawrence C Gaynor Walter L Goad Frank H Twiss Douglas C MacLaughlin Charles Y Hindie and others from Easton Stratford Monroe and Westport.
Automakers cut production modestly amid weaker retail demand for new cars last month. Ford Motor Co plans show more than 2,100 employees affected by layoffs across its plants, with Chrysler Corp. reporting reductions in the Chrysler and DeSoto divisions.
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