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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1954
Page
6
The article notes that the Chinese could be expected to reply and that lines to Peiping remained open via Sweden and India, in addition to the secretary general's cable to Chou Enlai.
Peiping radio says jailed Americans sneaked into China to spy and that punishing spies is China’s sovereign right. UN Secretary General Hammarskjold seeks release of airmen and other imprisoned UN personnel under the Korean armistice terms. A UN spokesman cautions against rushing deadline plans as Peiping awaits formal reply, while a juvenile detainee is held at the Juvenile Detention Home after glass was broken at a front door.
Police hunt two robbers who invaded 1140 Kossuth street and tied a man as they drained a safe of 1800 in cash and 2400 in jewelry. The victim, Alexander Rich 44, later viewed mugshots but could not identify the assailants. The pair rang the bell, forced him to open the safe, and fled after tying his legs and covering his head.
A fire gutted Dorothy Lenti's home at Andover Lake causing an estimated $10,000 in damage. Firemen reported the blaze likely started from a floor furnace.
In a report on draft group activity, leaders were named as Jerome J. Adelman and Daniel Zimmer. Departures included Richard K. Outlaw and several others from Groups 15 and 16 with listed addresses. Gifts normally distributed by B'nai Brith, Catholic War Veterans, and Gideon Bible Society were not on hand due to uncertainty over who was leaving.
Mrs Gustave R Bratz a 38 of Richmondville avenue Westport was shaken up when a car driven by her husband was rear ended while stopped for a traffic light on the Post road at Woodrow avenue Southport. Mrs Dorothy Hardesty 33 of Woodhill road Westport operator of the other car said her vehicle halted behind Bratz car moved ahead suddenly when she looked away to talk to her son. Hardesty was arrested on a charge of violation of state motor vehicle laws and summoned to court December 27.
Danbury detectives aided by seven Treasury agents arrested three River street restaurant proprietors at 6 am for selling liquor retail without stamps. Louis S. Owen Elva Thomas and Louis Sockas face U S Commissioner Earl W. Smith hearings in Bridgeport. Seized whiskey and distilled liquor were reported.
A brief historical note recalls New Englanders settling Kewa nee in Illinois during 1836. It also records a surprising statistic: there were 2,779 motion picture theaters in the Far East in 1947.
Judge Youngdahl weighs main motion to dismiss an indictment against Lattimore amid clashes over striking parts of the motion Rover seeks to rely on writings by Lattimore as basis for dismissal The judge declines to take judicial notice of the writings and rejects Rover's affidavit alleging bias while keeping open questions on disqualification and trial action
Dr Edward A Condon former Bureau of Standards chief and Navy clearance case resigns as Corning Glass Works research director effective immediately He plans to live in Berkeley California and will serve as a consultant on the firm s long range glass research program The note mentions Condon left for California by car over the weekend. Presbyterianism was made the state religion in England in 1646.
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