Budapest Hitchhiker City Emerges From Postwar Chaos
Budapest, a city of 1.7 million, suffers amid the revolution with crippled public transport. Western cars face harassment as residents post letters inside windows, slogans mar windshields, and roads overflow with crowds. Traffic crawls, taxis vanish, and curfews push citizens into darkness.
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Toronto Star President H C Hindmarsh Dies at 69
H C Hindmarsh, 69, longtime president of the Toronto Star, died at Western hospital after a heart attack. He joined the Star in 1911 as a cub reporter and rose through the ranks to lead the paper.
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Fairfield Community Chest Reaches 90 Percent of Goal
The Fairfield Community Chest completed its 25th anniversary drive at 90 percent of its $120 000 goal, raising $95 000. Over 600 volunteers contributed time and effort, with donations still welcome through the year. Beneficiaries include the Fairfield Boys Club Family Service Society Visiting Nurse Association Veterans Information and Advisory Center Fairfield YMCA Wakeman Boys Club and other area agencies.
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4 H Yale Club Christmas Party Plans Confirmed
Final plans for the 4 H Yale Christmas Party set for Saturday at 7 30 p m at Wake man Memorial Boys Club. Members and families invited. Joy Reiner will serve as master of ceremonies with Francis Fortuna and Ellen Johnson as chairs. Gifts by Mary Mach Henry Walz Brabbag Audrey Fortuna Barbara Trench and Betty Patuzzi. Games group singing and refreshments by the Eager Beavers Club.
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Christmas Carol Presented at Ludlowe High School Assembly
Ludlowe Roger Ludlowe High School students staged Dickens Christmas Carol as the feature of a Christmas assembly. Cast included Warren Munkasy as announcer James Neu marker as Scrooge Richard Benson as Marley’s Ghost and James Morgan rath as Scrooge's nephew plus a chorus of carolers. The choir was directed by Mae E Kelly with concert choir under Kenneth Dunbar. Foreign language departsments Spanish French German and Latin showcased students and teachers. Grace Wisner reported selling a dwelling on Henderson Road and other local property transfers including Wheeler Park Avenue Colonese Road and sales to Renaldo and Virginia Mastroroi feo.
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Christmas Glow Lights Up Stratfield With Large Spruce
Townsfolk gather to admire the Wakeman family's 594 Stratfield road spruce decorated for Christmas. The tree, famed for 25 years as Stratfield’s community centerpiece, now boasts 208 lights, a jump from the 30 lights used in earlier decorating.
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Festival Rite Sunday At Southport Church
The Christmas festival service is Sunday at 11 a.m. at Southport Congregational Church with upper grade Sunday school children, a nursery for small children, and a sermon by Rev. Elwyn B. Chaney titled The Story of the Wise Men. Music directed by Robert E. Boyer will feature both choirs and the anthem Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring with violin by Alan Cooper. tenor John Fears will sing Gesu Bambino. Marriage license applications filed for Leo V. Lespinasse and Lenore J. Throsby. Tonight George A. Smith Legion post party at 8 p.m. and Fidelity Forecraft association party at 7 p.m. plus recreation for boys and girls at local schools.
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Parochial School Holiday Preparations and Health Update
Christmas vacation plans involve faculty from parochial schools in Florida with returns set for January. Oldfield school PTA and room mothers provided parties and treats for 28 rooms across 18 holiday events. Earl Mortemore, ex Felice commissioner, visited Police HQ before heading to New Jersey to see his daughter. John Grywalski resumes duties as maintenance supervisor after a three week illness. Dr. Norton Chaucer reports a four year old in Lake Hills diagnosed with meningitis, the year’s first case.
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