Robbery Suspected in Double Slaying at Gas Station
Police say robbery was the likely motive in the fatal shooting of New Britain gas station owner Edward Kurpewski and customer Daniel Janowski. Both victims were shot from behind. a four month old girl in Janowski’s car survived. Detectives noted wallets missing, money taken, no car description available.
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New Britain
Chester A. Staron
Edward J. Kurpewski
Daniel J. Janowski
Janowski
Shel
Cheryl
Arthur Hayward
Bridgeport Health Board Seeks Nurses for Growing Needs
The Bridgeport Board of Health requests four more school nurses and two sanitary inspectors for 1957 58 as student enrollment rises and new housing expands public health duties. The department plans a 560 425 budget, up 84 212 from the current allocation, with the comptroller to study requests before final action by the Board of Apportionment and Taxation. Health Director Dr Richard Shea cites expanded school work and home visits increasing staff load.
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Bridgeport
Health Department
Board of Health Commissioners
Board of Apportionment and Taxation
Richard Shea
Wreck blamed on loose wheel in Hartford derailment
Hartford December 16 A New Haven railroad official said a loose wheel caused three cars of a northbound train to derail on the Boston and Maine line The $75 000 damage estimate came from the railroad chief information officer Repairs began with 700 feet of track to be rebuilt and 3 000 new ties and rails delivered The investigation will be routine and overseen by the division superintendent The police inquiry in Hartford is reportedly finished and the wheel defect was deemed rare by the New Haven official
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New Haven Railroad
R. G. Duggan
New Haven Division
Boston and Maine
Leslie Tyler
New Haven
St. Francis Hospital
Hartford Hospital
Bergon
I T
Tyler
Readvillie
Mass
Del
Stephen Burgen
Duggan
ICC
Hartford postal worker arraigned on mail theft charges
Hartford postal worker Arthur N. Sailor, 38, was seized after a gun chase and will be arraigned tomorrow on federal charges of theft of the U S mails. The arrest followed a dawn escape from a trap set by postal inspectors at Union Station.
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U. S
Arthur N. Sailor
Sailor
Union
Power Mostly Restored After Savage Ice Storm
Connecticut awoke to relief as rain and sleet left 85 000 without power and six deaths from accidents. By nightfall almost all customers had electricity restored amid praise for utilities and civil defense. Berlin and West Hartford declared states of emergency, while dairies and farms faced spoilage and milkers failed without power. Army generators aided coping efforts as crews from multiple states aided the repair.
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Connecticut & Savage
Raymond Gibson
Hartford Electric Light Company
Connecticut
New England
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West Hartford
American Legion Hall
Connecticut Light & Power Company
Bristol
Civil Defense
Litchfield County
Army
New York State
Connecticut Civil Defense
Leo J. Mulcahy
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Torrington
Official Weather Bridgeport Forecast for Tuesday
Bridgeport and nearby tonight show a few showers likely late night and early Tuesday morning. Turning colder Tuesday afternoon with a low tonight in the teens and a high Tuesday in the 30s. Temperatures at Bridgeport Airport readings include yesterday's high and low and humidity around 31 percent.
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Bridgeport
Vicininese
Menichpel
Hungary Revolt Seen Near Inevitable End
Vienna dispatch reports the Hungarian revolt in its eighth week appears near an end after Moscow’s Nov four intervention. No major violence in Budapest since the strikes, with limited countryside activity and fears of martial law or execution but a hope for a historic Hungarian spirit victory.
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Austria
Budapest
Hungary
Blue Law Complaint Filed Against Stratford Town Fair
Harold Bassett of Laurel Beach Milford filed a complaint accusing Stratford Town Fair of operating on Sundays in violation of the state statute. The case, tied to Section 2902 D, is under investigation by Stratford Town Prosecutor Major and Assistant Prosecutor McPadden, with review pending upon the prosecutor’s return.
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Harold Bassett
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Laurel Beach
Milford
Stratford Town
Isaac' lMajor
Bassett
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Civic
Hell Ice
John A. Geary
Patrick J. Flanagan
Procecu
Edward W. McPadden
Muray
Muroy
Boston
Feuce Headquarters
MacPadden
Storm affects US service in Bridgeport area delay
United Illuminating explains some linemen may miss appointments to install service or move poles in Bridgeport as crews assist with storm damage repairs. Forty plus crews from Bridgeport and New Haven aided Waterbury and Hartford with rapid restoration efforts during ice and sleet storms.
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United Iluminating Company
Bridgeport
Upstate
New Haven
Waterbury
Hartford
Five Die in Overseas Highway Crash Killing Navy Men
Five people died and a sixth remained critically injured after ahead on collision on Sadelebunch Key along the Florida Keys Overseas Highway. Navy enlisted men traveling to Miami on liberty were killed. another Navy man and a pregnant woman died at Key West Naval Hospital. Victims include John P. Smiles of Staten Island Jack G. Underwood Haz ardville Gunnar R. Naslund Jr Daggett Eugene R. Clapp Oklahoma City and Irene M Cramer Key West mother of two.
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Fla
Florida Keys
Miami
Liberty
N.Y
Jack G. Underwood
Hazvardville
Conn
Gunnar R. Naslund, Jr
Daggett, Mich
Eugene R. Clapp
Oklahoma City
Okla
Irene M. Cramer
Premier Says Iraq Stays In Baghdad Pact After Egypt Crisis
Iraqi Premier Nuri Said declares Iraq will remain in the Baghdad Pact in a 13,000 word radio speech. He defends the anti subversion alliance amid Arab and Soviet opposition and notes past attempts to expand security cooperation without a U S pledge.
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Features for Everybody In Telegram Every Day Page
Page highlights include editorials fashion and theater news with various bylines and departments. Online columnists and syndicated features like Jacoby on Bridge and Sylvia Porter appear among sports radio and TV listings and obituaries.
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Toad
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Sylvia Porter
Women’s News
Christmas Shopping Calendar Hints from Local Merchants
Readable lines show a holiday shopping calendar from merchant groups with store hours and countdown to Christmas. The notice highlights shopping days remaining and late hours for the week leading to Christmas.
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Sieloeat
Senoey
Missing writer Perry not in woods or ponds search area
Guilford December 16 AP Police Chief Joseph Quinlan says missing magazine writer George Sessions Perry is not in the woods or in two ponds near his home after exhaustive searching. About 30 searchers, a glass-bottom boat, bloodhounds, an airplane and a helicopter were used. wife reported him missing Thursday. Perry is 46, 6 4, 185 pounds, with arthritis. he may have been looking for vanished family spares.
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Guilford
Joseph Quinlan
George Sessions Perry
Perry
Vienna 1957 Music Festival drops Soviet artists
Organizers of Vienna's 1957 Music Festival planned to feature performers from the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union but after Hungary's revolt no artists from the Soviet Union will be invited.
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Austria
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Hungary
British and French Prepare Final Withdrawal From Port Said
British and French forces in Port Said gird their beachhead with barbed wire as they edge toward a final withdrawal from Egypt. UN police, Ismailia deployment, and a possible Tuesday or Wednesday exit frame the tense stage of the UN peace effort.
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Egypt
Mediterranean
Port Fuad
United Nations
Ismailia
Hugh Stockwell
Stockwell
Ballah
The
Two Month Phone Famine Ends in Strike-Hit Portsmouth
In Portsmouth Ohio the Ohio Consolidated Telephone company activated its automatic exchange at 8 05 am ending a two month shutdown. Police guarded against renewed violence and National Guard units were placed on alert as authorities prepared for any trouble. About 4500 phones were in operation in Portsmouth proper with 7000 previously in service before the Oct 15 cutoff. Continued on page three.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Company
Portsmouth Times
National Guard
Frank J. Lausche
Columbus
Leo. M. Kreber
Ohio Consolidated
Richard Cole
Cole
Soviet protests US B-57 flight over Vladivostok air space
Moscow reports Tass said the Soviet Union protested to the United States over three U S B-57 jet bombers entering Soviet air space near Vladivostok in clear weather. The note demanded punishment for those responsible and labeled the intrusion a reconnaissance attempt. The State Department said the note was received but would not comment pending translation.
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Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Vladivostok
Tass
State Department
Washington
Sea of Japan
FBI Nabs One of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
The Justice Department reports Charles Edward Ranels, 34, an FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive, was arrested near Pine Bluff Arkansas. Ranels faced charges of bank robbery in Kentucky and had hidden in the woods since September.
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Justice Department
Charles Edward Ranels
FBI
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ranels
Kentucky
Eisenhower Hosts Nehru for Formal Talks at White House
President Eisenhower and Indian Prime Minister Nehru began talks at the White House on December 18 focusing on global issues from the Suez to China. Nehru, greeted with a 19 gun salute, arrived from London aboard the Columbine III as Nixon and Dulles led a large official reception.
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India
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Indira Gandhi
John Sheldon Bond
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Ike May Invite Tito to Visit the United States
President Eisenhower may soon invite President Tito of Yugoslavia to visit the United States. Tito is the independent communist leader who broke with Stalin in 198, a move seen as inspiring other independence movements in Soviet satellite Eastern Europe. Officials here believe Tito would accept the invitation.
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Tito
Yugoslavia
United States
Josef Stalin
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