Bus segregation ordered as Tallahassee ends boycott
Tallahassee city commission directs City Transit Bus Co to enforce racial seating rules amid a seven month boycott by Negro riders who sat wherever they pleased. The bus company will seek a court ruling on the legality of franchise and state law segregation in light of recent Montgomery integration. Reverend C K Steele of the Intercivic Council calls the move prudent and plans further action.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Tallahassee
Cities Transit Bus Company
City ‘Commission
Commission
Montgomery
Ala
James Messer Jr
City Commission
C. K. Steele
Negro Intercivic Council
Steele
Egyptians Dynamite Lesseps Statue At Port Said
An Egyptian crowd destroys the 40 foot statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps overlooking the Suez Canal entrance with three blasts. The event follows the area’s return of Egyptian power after British forces evacuated Port Said amid ongoing canal salvage efforts.
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Suez Canal
Joseph Stalin
Port Said
Lesseps
Cairo
Said Pasha
Egypt
Said
Weather summary for Bridgeport and vicinity
OfficialWeather data from the U S Weather Bureau indicates a morning of considerable cloudiness then partial clearing and warmer conditions in the afternoon, with light snow flurries in the Berkshires. Tonight will be partly cloudy and colder, with Wednesday generally fair and slightly colder.
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Bridgeport
Berkshires
Soviet Central Committee ends secret Kremlin sessions
The 4000 word communique failed to reveal new consumer goods or foreign policy deals. It urged elimination of bureaucracy and inefficiency to raise living standards while signaling possible further announcements.
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Moscow
Dec
Soviet Communist Party Central Committee
Kremlin
Central Committee
Dmitri Shepilov
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Iti
Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin Sends Congratulatory Cable to Tanzanee
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin sent a cable to Japanese Premier Tanzanee congratulating him on his appointment, Moscow radio reported.
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London
Nikolai. Bulganin
Tanzanee
Moscow Radio
Bomb found in New York Public Library
A homemade bomb likely by the Mad Bomber was found on the main floor of the New York Public Library. David Cruz, 18, tossed it from a rear window into Bryant Park, prompting a security shutdown of 42nd Street between Sixth and Fifth Avenues. no injuries or explosion occurred.
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Bryant Park
America
Manhattan
Times Square
David Cruz
Fac
Fifth,avenue
42Nd Street
Sixth
Fifth Avenues
Budget Boost Seen in U S 8
The 1948 budget draft estimates a possible increase of up to 2.12 billion dollars for military needs and a half billion for non military items, lifting the next fiscal year's spend to around 72 billion dollars. Spending this year is about 69.1 billion with no deficit expected unless taxes are cut.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Wilson
Middle East
State auditors rebuke Hartford alcoholism commission over write offs
Connecticut auditors fault the State Commission on Alcoholism for writing off about 250000 in amounts due from patients over two years without gubernatorial approval. The Blue Hills facility, funded by liquor fees and patient resources, spent 660054 while income plus patient payments totaled 616,046.
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Hartford
State Commission On
Longley
Thatcher
Commission
Ribicoff
Fog slows traffic as toll climbs in U S holiday
Christmas Eve traffic was light on Fairfield county roads due to dense fog. Connecticut reports four Yuletide deaths as the four day weekend nears its end. A Bridgeport man was injured in a hit run on Howard Avenue at State Street. State police note fog slows Merritt Parkway, two minor accidents logged. National Safety officials urge caution as forecasters predict up to 660 traffic deaths in the period. Weather expected to bring drizzle, overcast skies, light snow flurries, then a colder night. Connecticut Safety Commission warns the holiday window is the year's most hazardous. Two West Haven soldiers dies in a campus auto crash. Saturday fatal crash in Stratford claims a West Haven man. a New York man dies in Middlebury oil truck collision.
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Connecticut
Bridgeport
Howard Avenue
State Street
Harold Cogswell
Wordin Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Westport ‘Barracks
Merritt Parkway
National Safety It
U.S. Weather Bureau
Stratford
Connecticut Safety Commission
West Haven
New York City
Middlebury
Eisenhowers Spend Quiet Christmas Eve at Ice House
President and Mrs. Eisenhower observe a quiet Christmas Eve at the Ice House with Mrs. Doud and plans for a family Christmas morning. The First Family expects four grandchildren to arrive tomorrow for gift opening and a festive exchange.
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Washington
Ice House
Eisenhower
John S. Doud
Hungarians Join World In Marking Christmas
Members of the Tanaka Park association and their children gathered around a large lighted tree to sing carols at a Christmas party last night on the lawn of Mr and Mrs George H Tacobs 121 Glenarden drive Fairfield. Santa William Jasko presented gifts to the kiddies.
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Tanaka Park Association
George H. Tacobs
Glenarden Drive
Fairfield
Santa
William Jasko
Bethlehem Christmas Bells Signal War Tension
On Christmas morning in Bethlehem bells rang as worshippers marked the birth of Jesus amid a tense Holy Land. Pilgrims dwindled due to nearby conflict, with only about 200 foreign visitors and 2,000 Christian Arabs in the area once famed for inns and hospitality. The threat of war kept pilgrims away.
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Jordan
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Mary
Joseph
Israel
Christmas Joy Fills Churches as Services Spark Holiday Spirit
Midnight Masses and candlelit carols opened Christmas in Bridgeport with Catholics and Protestants holding Masses and pageants. Santa delivered gifts as merchants reported sales near last year’s record after a slow start due to rain and a hectic pre holiday rush.
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Santa
Sidney Reisman
DBD
M. Read
Boost urged in land payment for Connecticut turnpike
A State referee recommended paying $58 647 more than the Highway department planned for eight acres of land in Devon owned by William H. Moffitt III of Fairfield. The 1955 assessment was $33 500 for land split between residential and industrial zones. the case went to New Haven County Superior Court and was referred to State Referee Newell Jennings to determine fair value.
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State Highway Department
Devon
William H. Moffitt, III
Church ‘Hill Road
Fairfield
Newman E. Argraves
Connecticut Turnpike
Highway Department
Moffitt
New Haven
Legal bid for property payment recommendation in court
In a report submitted to the court yesterday Referee J recommended that the state pay Mr Moffitt 92147 for the property. The court will now be asked by Mr Moffitt's attorneys to accept the referee's recommendation. Mr Moffitt is represented by David Goldstein of the Bridgeport law firm Goldstein and Peck and by Julius N Smith of Fairfield.
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Dave
Moffitt
David Goldstein
Bridget 9Iport Law
Goldstein
Peck
Julius N. Smith
Fairfield
Two Men Held In East End Food Theft
Francis R. Bush and Gerald Keys, both 25, of Fairfield, were arrested after driving a truck the wrong way on Center Street extension. They face breach of the peace charges with $2,500 bail each, plus additional counts for taking a vehicle and license suspension. Police recovered sugar, lard scraps, and other foodstuffs from the National Flour company at 155 Colonial Avenue.
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East End
Francis R. Bush
Gerald Keys
Brentwood Avenue
Fairfield
Harold Sherwood
Keys
Sgt
Sherwood
Center Street
Gonzales J Zubilaga
Frank S. Knapik
National Flour Company
Colonial Avenue
Albert Meehan
Vic Tropar
Gaza curfew lifted as rubbish collection resumes for Christmas
Gaza curfew ended tonight as the Israeli military governor announced no rubbish collections for Christians today but garbage trucks will roll again and residents can attend Christmas Eve services and midnight Mass.
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Gaza
Israel
Made
Bridgeport
Public Works Department
World Christians celebrate Christmas amid upheaval and hope
Christmas joy extends across Europe as churches fill in Budapest and Warsaw. Refugees travel toward safety while nations ease curfews and festive displays bloom. In the Soviet Union, New Year trees substitute in Russia as Saint Nicholas returns to Polish shops and families unite for the holiday.
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