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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1956
Page
1
President Eisenhower opened the third annual Pageant of Peace in Washington by lighting a 67 foot spruce behind the White House. He urged Americans to meet neighbor needs in Hungary and to keep Christmas spirit alive through faith as the world moves toward peace.
Jubilant Montgomery Negroes decided to end their boycott and ride buses again without segregation restrictions after the U S Supreme Court banned bus segregation and issued an order taking effect earlier today The Rev Martin Luther King Jr urged peaceful behavior and calm dignity as crowds gathered at Holt Street Baptist church and another gathering across town to mark the action
Denver reports a mental hospital escapee and his teenage bride abducted with an Indian accomplice. Mike Wiegner, 18, an escaped Napa State hospital inmate, and Cla Ann Mowatt Wiegner, 17, fled with force, pursued through Denver streets. a second fugitive, Jesse Eastman alias Red Cloud, later captured. Wiegner and Cle Ann face charges. FBI involvement noted.
The Sunday Post puzzle game results, normally announced on Friday, will be postponed one day due to likely mail delays. A winner for the $875 prize will be announced tomorrow. Rules remain unchanged. only postmarks received by midnight Tuesday will be accepted, with the extra 24 hours for delayed mail.
Alden Roach 55 president of U S Steel West Coast divisions and pilot Roy Rollo die as twin engine plane crashes on a mountain near Tyrone Pennsylvania en route from Pittsburgh to Idlewild The crash scene yields unclear co pilot identity while wreckage blocks delayed identification Firefighters report two bodies found near the wreckage and one passenger Roach aboard with possible solo flight details still unclear.
The Bridgeport Post will publish seven articles by Sam Shulsky starting December 24, appearing twice weekly. The Series explains basic financial background, investment fields, risks, and how to make money work through stocks while stressing that all investments carry risk.
Maj. Gen. Burns reports Yugoslav UN emergency force moving 75 kilometers east of the canal toward El Arish as operations continue. Fort Said airport transfers to UN allied command. Egypt-EU prisoner exchange delayed as 150 French-held prisoners moved to Cyprus and returned to Port Said aboard Pasteur. British civilians tied to base maintenance freed.
Vice Admiral Durnford-Slater announced that about 1100 crewmen from the British salvage fleet at Port Said would remain to clear the canal under United Nations protection after the British French withdrawal. Ten British ships will shelter in the outer harbor for two days, while German lifts Energie and Ausdaver proceed south to the ceasefire line at El Cap.
Hartford, Dec 20 AP The Democratic State Central Committee finished its campaign with a deficit of 2878 dollars after collecting 45873 and spending 48751 on campaign activities. GOP reports a surplus over 100000 with 522000 received and 480000 spent.
The Bridgeport Red Cross seeks help locating relatives of two Hungarian refugees at Camp Kilmer New Jersey. One man, Steve Seres aged about 69, is believed to live in Bridgeport. The other refugee, a woman with husband at Kilmer, seeks her father Bill or Bela Fedor, a Bridgeport shoemaker. Contact the local Red Cross with any information.
Reports from Soviet satellites and the Soviet Union describe rising student unrest from Moscow to Poland. Officials caution against overestimating a collapse while noting cracks in communist control and failures to indoctrinate youth. Incidents include walkouts at Lenin Library and Moscow University and expulsions over protests.
In Trenton New Jersey two churches Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox and Saints Peter and Paul were set ablaze by a suspected arsonist one day after a man confessed to five other church fires. The Ukrainian church blaze began when Father Michael Zaparyniuk saw flames and chased a fleeing arsonist who escaped in a car. He suffered a wrist burn while trying to extinguish the fire and later aided emergency responders. The second fire appeared in the Saints Peter and Paul altar boy sacristy about 40 minutes later. Police say gasoline from an anti freeze container started the fires and investigators are pursuing leads.
The article notes a concluding shopping surge with only three days left before Christmas. Retail Merchants division members of the Chamber of Commerce will stay open until o'clock tonight and at 5 30 on Saturday and Wednesday, urging shoppers to visit before the deadline.
Vice President Nixon assured Austrian readers that the United States will help relieve the burden of Hungarian refugees. Chancellor Raab said Austria still does not know the scope of needed aid as refugees stream across the border. Nixon toured refugee centers near the Hungarian line and joined a children’s party at Traiskirchen.
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