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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1956
Page
13
In Baltimore a nine year old, Melvin Ray Me near, was found unconscious and later died at Johns Hopkins after reportedly hiding inside an unused refrigerator during a game. Firefighters and police investigated. a new toy pistol in its leather holster was found inside the appliance.
Two Bridgeport Hospital leaders were named to Connecticut Hospital Association councils for the year. Edmund S. Wolfe becomes a three year member of the Council on Prepaid Insurance, and James M. Dunlop is reappointed chairman of the Council on Professional Relations.
A Pan American DC-7C carrying 51 Korean orphans landed safely in Honolulu after engine trouble over the mid Pacific. Captain Campbell feathered number 4 engine and the flight from Seoul to Honolulu continued to San Francisco. The orphans, aided by Henry Holt of Creswell Oregon and World Vision Inc, aim for new homes in California and Oregon.
Samuel Glover calls for a shift from district by district counting to a central counting place to open and list absentee ballots. The plan, supported by State Town Clerks and Registrars of Voters associations, would need General Statutes amendment and aims to simplify tabulation on moderator return sheets.
Mrs Alma Sanders Carlo a New York based composer of Brondi way musicals in the 1920s died yesterday at 73 She wrote under Alma Sanders and teamed with husband Monty Carlo Survives include son Edward C Benjamin From Chicago Detroit and Houston family notes conclude with odd energy fact from a separate line.
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