Mulvihill Defends School Costs Versus Morris Figures
Bridgeport school expenditures rose from 2,199,667 in 1943 to 4,969,522 in 1954, an increase of 2,769,855 or 125 percent, while pupil enrollment grew about two percent. Cornelius F. Mulvihill, president of the Board of Education, says salaries and wages mirrors broader municipal cost rises due to a 50 percent dollar purchasing power decline.
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Cornelius F. Mulvihill
Board of Education
Murvihill
John J Morris
Mulvihill
Pope Pius XII to broadcast blessing from Vatican
Pope Pius XII shows slow improvement and will broadcast today the third time since his grave illness nine days earlier. He will speak from St. Peter's Basilica at noon to bless participants in the consecration of Msgr Giovanni Battista Montini as Archbishop of Milan. The talks are carried worldwide by Vatican radio.
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Pius XII
Vatican radio
Giovanni Battista Montini
Milan
St. Peter's basilica
Pontiff
Official Weather Bridgeport and Vicinity Bulletin
Weather summary from US Weather Bureau notes fair conditions in Bridgeport with afternoon clouding and tonight's rain. Monday turns partly cloudy and colder with highs 40 to 45 and low around 25 to 0. Citywide data for New York City mirrors Bridgeport readings.
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US Weather Bureau
BRIDGEPORT
VICINITY
Christmas Shopping Calendar December 1954
Only six shopping nights remain before Christmas downtown stores in Bridgeport open Monday and Thursday evenings this week until nine. The stores are members of the Retail Merchants division of the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce.
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Retail Merchants
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Medical Center cooperative to rise on Sanford estate
A $1,000,000 medical center to be built on the former Sanford estate in Bridgeport will be a cooperative venture owned by tenants. The 4-5 story glass-faced building will house offices for 45 or more doctors and dentists with air conditioning, on-site parking for about 200 cars, and ground floor service shops. Dr M David Deren presides, Leonard A Schine is general counsel, and Richard Revenaugh will manage the center. Construction bids will be sought soon with work starting next spring and opening about a year later.
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Washington avenue
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Medical Center, Inc
Connecticut
M. David Deren
new corporation
Leonard A. Schine
Cohen and
United Nations
New York city
Schine
Bridgeport
St. Vincent's
Park City
Geyer Granted Draft Exemption by State Board
Andrew Geyer 23 of Father Park Village won exemption from induction after the State board in Hartford upheld his 50 classifica tion as a minister of the gospel. Geyer, a Jehovah's Witness, had previously refused induction and been acquitted twice in U S District Court for alleged draft evasion. The case, after Board 16 recused itself, was classified by Board 14 led by William G Williams.
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Father Park Village
Harry Freedman
Draft Board 16
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Hartford
Geyer
Board 14
Board 16
William G. Williams
Stratford
Jehovah's Witnesses
U. S. District court
U. S
Carroll C. Hincks
draft appeals board
Federal Bureau of Investigation
USS. District court
J. Joseph Smith
Three Children Die in Newark Tenement Fire
A tenement fire in Newark New Jersey claimed the lives of three children Karen Barnes eleven Gordon three and Clifton four. The aunt tried to reach them as flames roared from an overturned oil heater. Their bodies were found huddled on a bed.
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NEWARK
N. J
Karen Barnes
Gordon
Clifton
Pals Stick Together Throughappendicitis
Jerry Nelson and Johnny Stefan, neighbors ages 13 and 11, both suffered appendicitis last Wednesday. They were taken to St Vincent's Hospital in the same car, operated on by the same doctor, and placed in the same room, with both reported in good condition. Jerry is the son of Mr and Mrs David Nelson of 150 Lisbon Drive and Johnny is the son of Mr and Mrs John Stefan Sr of 373 Davis Road. Mrs Stefan drove her son and his round the corner playmate to the hospital.
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Johnny
St. Vincent’s hospital
David Nelson
Lisbon drive
John Stefan
Davis road
Stefan
UN chief seeks direct talks with China on jailed airmen
Dag Hammarskjold asks Prime Minister Chou En-lai for a Peiping meeting around December 26 to press for the release of eleven United Nations command airmen detained by Chinese forces. The appeal follows a General Assembly mandate condemning China and calls for action to secure their release.
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Francis W. Carpenter
UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Chou En-lai
Red China
Peiping
General Assembly of the
United Nations command
Hammarskjold
General Assembly
San Francisco
Shanghai
Chou
Trapped 25 Minutes Under Ice Boy Survives
Fort Dodge Iowa December 11 A six year old boy Joe Husar son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Wilson survived nearly twenty five minutes under Soldier Creek ice. He was found under the four foot depth with head above air space between water and ice and later reported in fair condition.
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Iowa
Soldier Creek
Joe Husar
Wilbur Wilson
Mercy Hospital
Air Force plane spots missing Connecticut ketch Ingegerd III
The coast guard reported that an Air Force plane from San Juan, Puerto Rico, located the 47 foot ketch Ingegerd III about 210 miles north of the Virgin Islands. The vessel floated in a becalm area while signaling alls well with flags. The search involved many air and surface units and weather officials noted calm seas that kept the ketch at a standstill.
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Caribbean
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Forrestal ceremony marred by fighter jet crash
Newport News ceremony for the Forrestal supercarrier saw a fighter jet crash nearby as Mrs. James Forrestal christened the 59,600 ton warship. Navy Secretary Charles Thomas praised the vessel as a potent weapon while spectators watched the launch with excitement and shock.
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United States
Forrestal
Navy
Charles Thomas
Thomas
James Forrestal
secretary of defense
Houston to quit as Welfare Chief
New Haven December 11 AP State Welfare Commissioner F Ed ward E Houston said he will resign December 23 to become deputy director of the US Foreign Operations Administration mission to India. He plans to leave for India with his family in mid January. He has led Connecticut welfare since January 1953 after appointment by Governor Lodge.
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Edward E Houston
US Foreign Operations Administration
India
Albany, NY
Raymond Houston
New York State
Meriden
Ryan Town
Columbia university
New York city
Connecticut
Lodge
Russia warns U S in note over downed plane near Japan
Soviet notes to the United States caution about American fighter coverage for reconnaissance flights near Soviet territory after the Nov 7 RB29 disaster near Hokkaido. Moscow reiterates the bomber was outside Japanese waters and expresses regret for loss of life while asserting Soviet possession of the Kuriles.
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Post Host to Carriers at Yale Party Today
The Post Publishing company will entertain more than 500 newspaper delivery boys at a dinner party in Bridgeport Brass company's recreation center on Main street. Entertainment and gifts will be provided. Invoking officials include Most Rev Lawrence J Shehan Bishop of Bridgeport, Mayor McLevy, and Bridgeport Brass president Herman W Steinkraus.
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Bridgeport Brass company
Main street
Lawrence J Shehan
Bridgeport
Abraham A Ruibhcoff
McLevy
Herman W Steinkraus
Banker G L Woodward 76 Dies in Norwalk
George Lucius Woodward 76 longtime Norwalk banker and former Connecticut Chamber of Commerce director died at his Bettswood road home. A Norwalk native, he began as a clerk in 1896 and rose to president of two banks, later becoming National Bank of Norwalk president and chairing South Norwalk Savings Bank. He had been in poor health for months.
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George Lucius Woodward
South
National Bank of Norwalk
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Army Judge Advocate Accused In Rape Killing Case
Army Judge Advocate Capt Marcus Bluth of Redstone Arsenal is charged with drugging raping and murdering a fellow officer's wife Helen Teresa Meighen 32 in Huntsville Alabama. Indictment cites forced ravish of the matron and murder by blunt force or strangulation.
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HUNTSVILLE
Ala
Redstone
Marcus Bluth
Johet Til
California
Madison county
Helen Teresa Meighen
Warsaw
Poland
Bluth
Mra Meighen
Patrick Meighen
Waynesburg
Madison county grand jury
Mr. Meighen
Bandits Tie Up East Side Cigar Service Owner
Alexander Rich, 44, operator of State Cigarette Service at 1140 Kossuth Street, was robbed of 4200 in cash and jewelry by two well dressed gunmen who bound his legs with wire and forced him to open a 400 pound safe on his second floor. He was told not to watch as they ransacked the home and left him bound on the sofa.
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Alexander
Al” Rich
Kossuth street
State Cigarette Service
Mr. Rich
Rich
Richard Kennedy
William Sambrook
Poliee
Leg Budnick
Detective division
Mr Rich
Norwalk Girl Dies After Choking On Hot Dog
A six year old girl, Barbara Franco of 46 Slocum Street, died at Norwalk Hospital after choking on a piece of frankfurter during supper. Police officer Lloyd Baker transported her to hospital where she died shortly after admission.
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NORWALK
Barbara Franco
Joseph Franco
Slocum street
Lloyd Baker
In Today's Sunday Post Growing Old ITV Faces Basketball Whiz
A fragmented clipping mentions ITV and a basketball prodigy amid reference to a growing old theme and fees. Names and exact events are unclear, but the piece hints at a televised sports feature and financial considerations surrounding the star.
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