Bridgeport Publication Details and Subscriptions
Bridgeport publishing listing notes The Bridgeport Telegram morning edition and The Bridgeport Post publications. Advertising and circulation details include prices for daily, Sunday, and combined subscriptions, a 150 mile postage area, and holiday arrangements for The Bridgeport Post readers.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Post Publishing Company
Bridgeport Post
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Audit Bureau of
Dral Edison
State St
Bridgeport
Conn
Sunday Post
Santa’s Brand Savvy Gift List Dictates Deliveries
Children now request toys by brand names seen in ads, not simple items like dolls or wagons. The shift means Santa must search for specific branded products to meet the youngsters’ expectations, hoping the items perform as advertised and satisfy.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Oil Shipped to Europe in Response to Suez Crisis
The United States and major oil firms moved quickly to ship over 14 million barrels of Gulf coast oil to western Europe after the Suez canal closure. The action reflects government and industry cooperation to address urgent energy needs while acknowledging continued canal disputes and broader prospects for an orderly outcome under President Eisenhower.
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Europe
Middle East
Washington
Suez
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
United Nations Organization
Eisenhower
Physical education gains high stakes in youth fitness push
The piece argues school physical directors receive little publicity yet influence public health. Shane MacCarthy, speaking in Washington to 50 city directors, warns America risks sedentary habits and overweight children. He says New England surveys show ten percent overweight and fears a future nation of softies.
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Eisenhower
Council On
Shane MacCarthy
Washington
America
New England
Debate on Public Education Spending and School Design
The article weighs views on funding for public education and school design. It contrasts old-fashioned multi-story buildings with spread-out single-floor ranch schools. It notes Mr. MacCarthy's leadership and a talk to the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation urging focus on physical education for all students.
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Mr. MacCarthy
American Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Hartford Wreck Highlight of Rail Accident Causes
R G Duggan, general superintendent of the New Haven division, explains the Hartford wreck on the Boston and Maine coach Bluebird was due to a loose wheel not detectable in routine inspection. Crews repaired the line and laid over 700 feet of ties and rails, with railroads urging stricter inspection practices and noting human factors remain key in rail safety.
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Hartford
New Haven
R. G. Duggan
Higher pay for the state police
The Hartford Courant urges the Governor to raise pay for State Police and related state employees to attract and retain capable workers. It notes a $120 yearly increase may be insufficient and warns that raises could trigger broader pay politics across executive and legislative departments.
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Hartford Courant
Odds and ends of wit and whimsy from a menagerie of quips
An anonymous statistician offers 87 in 100 odds that the lipstick may be kissproof yet the girl wearing it isn’t. A string of pithy lines follows about life miseries, diet myths, ads, jokes, and Khrushchev remarks, ending with a paradox about belief in God.
Pension funds loom as unseen economic power
The Twentieth Century Fund reports private pension funds in the U S now total about 30 billion dollars and grow by 3 5 billion yearly. Millions of workers are covered and funds invest heavily in stocks housing projects and bonds while facing little to no regulation. Despite calls for supervision investigations find abuses such as embezzlement and kickbacks, and the drive for tighter rules has yet to gain traction. The piece highlights the difficulty in obtaining factual details about fund numbers owners and policies.
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America
Twentieth Century Fund
August Heckscher
U. S
Senate Banking Committee
New York
Ferdinand Eberstadt
U S Seeks Increase in Bermuda Bases
In London on December 18 AP reports Colonial Secretary Alan Lenox-Boyd told Parliament the United States has asked Britain for more defense facilities in Bermuda. He offered no specifics and said the request is under consideration.
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London
United States
Britain
Bermuda
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Washington
Water circulated by auto radiators at 60 mph
About 3,000 gallons of water flow through an average car radiator each hour when traveling at sixty miles per hour, illustrating the cooling system's activity during steady highway speed.
National security clash over NATO move to a world super government
The piece argues President Eisenhower rejected a Paris proposal to bind NATO nations to secret joint policies, viewing it as a loss of American sovereignty and a step toward a world super government. It warns such a move would upset allies, threaten Middle East policy, and risk domestic political backlash.
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Sses Lommuimens
Paris
Council
Egypt
NATO
Eisenhower
United States
Middle East
Mediterranean
North Africa
Dulles
England
Cyprus
Turkey
Greece
Algeria
Suez
Portugal
Goa
India
Nehru
Washington
Formosa
North Atlantic Council
Congress
Yalta
Potsdam
Bricker
U. S
Polish Poles Hold Line Against Moscow After October Events
AP Analysts review shifts in Poland as Trybuna Ludu praises Yugoslav help while Pravda slams Tito. They note Gomulka’s rise, Rokossovsky ouster, and Poland’s insistence on independent socialism amid Soviet and German pressures. The piece links Hungary’s 1956 revolt to Moscow’s stance and Poland’s defiant stance.
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Eppeer Tsui
Trybuna Ludu
Polish United Workers (Communist) Party
Warsaw
Tito
Communist Party
Georgi Zhukov
Dmitri Shepilov
Moscow
Poland
Pravda
Edvard Kardenj
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky
Hungary
Kardelj
Red World
Fragmentary Mayhem Across Soviet and Hungarian Circles
Disjointed quotes cite female fighters in Russian revolutionary links and Hungarian concerns. References to ambassadors, UN, and mass deportation rumors surface as friction grows, with assertions that Soviet actions display brutal coercion and force as the only language.
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T. Shepitev
Nixon pledges aid as he arrives in Vienna
Vice President Richard Nixon arrived in Austria pledging full U S aid for the Hungarian refugee crisis. He said the trip would assess immigration law changes and funding needs while meeting Austrian officials and visiting refugee camps. Nixon noted U S plans to accept 21 500 refugees and inspected insulin and 450 000 in relief funds. He met UNHCR head Lindt, who announced two million dollars for refugee relief.
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Nixon
Vienna
Richard M. Nixon
Austria
United States
U.S
Hungary
Eisenhower
U. S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Pam Ateek Wan Weet
Nixons
Georgette Chappelle
Auguste R.lindt
Lindt
Congress
John A.hollister
U. S. International Cooperation Administration
ICA
Kidnap case nets charges in theft and assault
A woman's white kerchief and an abandoned car were found in the Clo Ann Wiegner kidnapping case. Mrs Wiegner was taken from Daly City home Monday night. Her husband Michael age 16 and Jesse Eastman 35 were charged with assault with a deadly weapon auto theft and burglary after escaping Napa State hospital prior to the abduction.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Clo Ann Wiegner
Fancy decanters spur liquor sales across industry
American liquor makers push luxury packaging as gifts with costly decanters, cases, and designs dominate holiday shelves. Imports rise while U S Treasury notes 10 percent import growth and 8.1 percent domestic withdrawals, with whisky price increases seen in several markets.
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United Kingdom
Irish Board of Trade
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
SEC approves Yankee Atomic issue to stockholders
The SEC authorized Yankee Atomic Electric to issue 500 000 dollars in common stock to 12 stockholder companies and 1 million dollars in notes. Proceeds from the stock will retire loans, while note proceeds fund construction and development of a 35 million dollar atomic power reactor scheduled to start in 1957. Buyers include New England Power and Connecticut Light & Power, each holds 30 and 15 percent of outstanding common stock respectively.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Yankee Atomic Electric Company
SEC
New England Power Company
Connecticut Light & Power Co
Xen
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Gruenther
Lraiskirchen
Business Mirror
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