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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1954

Page

7

Burglars Hit Fairfield School Safe for Cash

Fairfield police report an estimated 500 dollars stolen from Roger Ludlowe High School during the weekend. Custodian Frank Hohman found the break in at 6:40 a.m. An unlocked window and slashed screen allowed entry via a side door. Elaine Barker’s office held the safe, with cafeteria receipts among the cash. Det. Sgt. Joseph Reed leads the inquiry.

Roger Ludlowe Fairfield Frank Hohman Elaine Barker Daniel B. Fitts

Eight-year-old girl in Boston hurt in housing project attack

Judith Ann Bourgeois, 8, was reported in very poor condition at Boston City Hospital after an attack in a housing project basement. She underwent emergency surgery for a fractured jaw and possible skull fracture, with severe head and facial injuries. Police said a group of teenage boys grabbed her as she tried to use an elevator. she lives with her mother and brother.

Boston Judith Ann Bourgeois Boston City Hospital Wes

Husband Cleared in Wife Slaying in Brinkley

Police cleared Milton Fuller of any connection to his wife Mrs. Milton Fuller 25 mother of two who was killed in their Brinkley Arkansas home as bloodhounds searched for a tall one shoe wearing suspect. Chief Frank Henderson said Fuller was never a suspect and he awoke to a thudding sound before finding his wife dying.

Brinkley Ark Milton Fuller Frank Henderson Fuller

Inquest Into Slaying Scheduled For Today Waterbury

Coroner William F. Jones Jr schedules an inquest into the slaying of Mrs. Margaret Ford George of Waterbury. Stanley Zdonick, her divorced first husband, returned from El Paso after arrest and admits shooting her in a parked car near the Naugatuck Beacon Falls line. Her body was found in a shallow grave off Route 23 in New Canaan after she vanished on November 1. Palm fossils are reported from many parts of the world.

Waterbury William F. Jones, Jr Margaret Ford George Stanley Zdonick el Paso Texas Naugatuck Beacon Falls New Canaan Thomas Laden

Judge rules nolle discharge in theft case in New Haven

Superior Court Judge Charles S House ruled that when a court nolles a case the action constitutes a discharge for the defendant. The decision in a $5,000 damage suit by Alfred Gerwatorski against the Kolinchaks upheld $872.44 damages plus interest for a stopped paycheck after the arrest and discharge.

New Haven Superior Charles S. House Judge House Alfred Gerwatorski Ansonia John Kolinchak Brookfield Woodbridge Gerwatorski Kolinchaks Associated Press

Catholic Men to Hear Rev McKenna Tonight

The Rev Edward J McKenna of New London will headline the monthly meeting of the Council of Catholic Men at 8 o clock tonight in the Catholic Community house Waldemere avenue. His talk titled The Menace of Atheistic Materialism will be followed by another speaker Gen Allen B Lambdin business manager of the Connecticut College for Women New London. Christmas music and refreshments will be provided.

Edward J. McKenna New London Council of Catholic Men Qelock Cathal Waldemere Avenue Allan B. Lambdin Connecticut College For Women

Hartford Woman Held in Fatal Misfire Shaping Morning Shooting

A Hartford woman, Laura Provost, 32, is held on assault with a deadly weapon after she says a friend, Shirley Shay, 32, was accidentally shot at 5 30 am in a red trailer on Chapman road near the Marlborough line. Three men fled the scene as Provost claimed she fired to scare them away. Shay is hospitalized in Middletown with a non life threatening wound.

East Hampton Hartford Chapman Road Marlborough Anton Nelson Colchester Barracks Laura Provost Middlesex Memorial Hospital Middletown Shirley Shay Nelson Provost Shay

Missing Jack Ryan Found Dead In Woodland Search Ends

A 95 year old man, Jack Ryan, who vanished from a convalescent home on November 27, was found dead in a wooded area late Sunday. Medical Examiner J R Simons estimated he had been dead about two weeks. A separate note mentions a pump in a limestone county near Kilcone, Eire, providing water that makes blue tea.

Aiorris. Nev Jack Ryan J. R. Simons Ryan Limestone Kilcone Eire

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