Eisenhower Seeks Bipartisan Support for 1955 Agenda
President Eisenhower urged Congress to delay April tax cuts and aims to push the essential parts of his 1955 program through a Democratic-led House. He plans a January State of the Union address and a mid January budget message proposing a fiscal year spend of 63 to 64 billion dollars with a roughly 3 billion dollar deficit. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson said bipartisanship was the goal and administration leaders would meet with lawmakers to discuss foreign affairs and defense programs.
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Official Weather Report for Bridgeport and Nearby Areas
Partly cloudy today with a high in the upper 40s. Tonight partly cloudy with a low in the low 30s. Tomorrow continued partly cloudy with a high in the mid 40s. Long Island Sound has small craft warnings with choppy seas and good visibility. Precipitation today totals 0.10 inch in the past 12 hours. month to date 37.14 inches. Barometer at 11 a.m. 29.34 inches. humidity 71 percent. Algol the variable star fades tonight and reaches minimum brightness at 9:35 p.m. High overhead at 9:21 p.m. Algol will be low in the northwest at 4:43 a.m. tomorrow.
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Common Pleas Courts Act To Close Out Oldest Cases
Hartford action aims to reduce a congested docket by scheduling Monday sessions through Friday in Fairfield New Haven and Hartford counties. Judges will hear 45 oldest cases filed 1936 to 1948 with trials not held and some may be withdrawn.
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Fairfield
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Fairfield county
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Sidney A. Johnson
Otto H. LaMacchia
Walter M. Pickett
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Beatings Probed at Elm City Home Child Welfare Study
West Haven December report says a survey by the Child Welfare League of America will examine alleged excessive force at New Haven County Home after state welfare chief Howard E. Houston flagged abuses. Superintendent Fred L. Stickels and assistant Sarah Stickels retain posts as investigations proceed.
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Howard E. Houston
Child Welfare League of America
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Fred L. Stickels
Sarah Stickels
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United Press
FDR Life Film Moves Forward With Family Consent
Hollywood reports a motion picture about Franklin D Roosevelt’s life nears production after Eleanor Roosevelt and family consented. The William Morris agency cited her shift from concern about timing to approval, citing extensive research backing the project.
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Two Inch Rain Drenches Bridgeport City and Floods Cellars
A two inch rainfall drenched the Bridgeport area causing temporary flooding of low-lying properties and inundated cellars. Despite fogged windows and slick streets, no major auto crashes occurred. Two pedestrians, Mario Alves and James Villemaire, were injured in separate crashes while James Hulbert sustained head injuries in a multi-vehicle collision. all were treated and released or taken home.
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Mario Alves
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James J. Villemaire
Main street
James Hulbert
Ellsworth street
Hulbert
Bridgeport hospital
Eight More Shopping Days Remain Before Christmas
The Cham ber of Commerce Retail Merchants division announces eight more shopping days until Christmas with all stores staying open until 9 p.m.
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Underwood Parley Fails to End Dispute at City Hall
After a six hour session with Local 267 IUECTIO and the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration, talks collapsed with no settlement in the five week Underwood strike. A third mediation session is set for this afternoon in City hall. Union pickets remain at the Broad and Allen streets plant with eight supervisors entering under police escort to perform maintenance and heating changes. Judge J Joseph Smith in Hartford issued a preliminary injunction restraining mass picketing by the company, while company counsel seeks dissolution of the injunction request.
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Allen streets
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Hartford
J. Joseph Smith
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Albert Goldman
Walfrid Lundberg
M. James Spitzer
New York
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Three Dead in Maine Beach House Fire
Five people were feared dead in a blaze at a two story oceanfront house in Northport Maine. Among the deceased were three children ages about four to eight of Mr and Mrs Edwin Grove III and Mr and Mrs Harvey Bean. Firemen awaited ruins to cool to confirm survivors and reported the Groves visiting in Boston believed they would have escaped by car if possible.
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Harvey Bean
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Safe Driving Day Shows Few Auto Deaths Countywide
Bridgeport and surrounding towns report a largely accident free Safe Driving day with no fatalities. First mishap at 10 A.M. involved a trailer truck backing into a parked auto on Hamilton Street. In Westport two minor crashes occurred with no injuries. Fairfield county sees few mishaps and normal traffic volume as nationwide 150 million participate in the safety lesson.
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Dulles Arrives in Paris for NATO Session
Secretary of State Dulles landed at Orly Airport for a NATO Council meeting in Paris. He said the talks would mark another step toward an effective defense to war. The discussions focus on German rearmament and a controversial plan to use atomic weapons in Europe.
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NATO) Council
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Mendes-France Stakes His Regime on Vote
Paris reports Premier Pierre Mendes-France will seek a confidence vote in the National Assembly over a package deal on German rearmament. The plan includes arming 500,000 West Germans, German sovereignty, its entry into a Western European Union and NATO, plus Saarland issues. Bonn's Adenauer urged ratification of Paris London agreements.
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End of testimony in Sheppard murder trial
In Cleveland Ohio the first degree murder trial of Dr Samuel H Sheppard ends its testimony phase as defense rests at 9 53 am and the state closes rebuttal witness Sgt Jay Hubach of Bay Village. Judge Blythin aims to charge the jury by Friday with six possible verdicts from first degree murder to acquittal.
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Marilyn Sheppard
John J. Mahon
Common Pleas
Edward Blythin
Blythin
Ohio
Chuckle Joke About Medical Studies
A mother answers cheerful about her son's medical studies saying he can already cure very small children, implying a playful misinterpretation. General Peatares Core
Bridgeport Police Report Safe Driving Day Accidents
The Bridgeport Police Department reported two traffic accidents so far this Safe Driving Day, with one incident occurring since midnight and a fatality not identified. Police noted the time as 11 a.m., and emphasized ongoing traffic safety efforts today.
India Confirms Note on Airmen Held by Peiping
New Delhi reports government spokesman says Prime Minister Nehru sent a message to Chinese Premier Chou En Lai concerning 11 American airmen imprisoned on espionage charges. Message sent through Indian embassy in Peiping several days ago as UN Secretary General Hammarskjold seeks their release.
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Peiping
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Hammarskjold
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Bridgeport CD Plans Secret County Test Friday
Bridgeport Civil Defense will join a county wide drill called Operation Snowball Friday night. Alden Ameden directs the exercise with 20 towns warned by short wave radio to converge on a designated Aid Check Point. Bridgeport will deploy radiac teams and city units. full details remain undisclosed until activation.
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Chris Wesche
Bridgeport
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Red Cross
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First Fatal Crash Marks Safe Driving Day Start
The Associated Press reports scattered accidents but few traffic deaths on Safe Driving Day across six states. In Cleveland a fatal 2:30 AM crash sparked warnings as President Eisenhower urged a day with no traffic fatalities and the National Safety Council noted long-term averages.
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Eisenhower
President's Action Committee for Traffic Safety
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Saudo
Polio Suspected in Brook School Boy Case
A 10 year old pupil at Middle Brook School in Trumbull is under medical care at home as a suspected polio case. Superintendent Leon J. Stanne said the illness is not confirmed. the boy is Steven Donan, son of Glidden and Doman of Rocky Ridge Drive Nichols. The Doman helicopter manufacturer is noted in the context. Earlier in October two polio cases were reported locally.
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