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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1956
Page
11
In St. Peter's Square Pope Pius XII extended a brief blessing to a Christmas crowd estimated above 100000. He spoke from the window, receiving thunderous cheers of Viva il Papa as cars honked along Via della Conciliazione. The pope then retired for private observances.
The user suggests a method to adapt a too large candle to a holder by dipping the base in very hot water until the wax softens, then pressing it into the holder for a snug fit.
The year’s lead story centers on Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Suez Crisis, with Britain and France invading Egypt and U S pressure shaping the outcome. Eisenhower’s re election landslide follows, and the Hungarian revolt, racial integration decisions, and other global events rank among the era’s biggest stories.
Three people died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a Brooklyn apartment when a coal furnace emitted deadly fumes. Victims were Peter Leshetsky 72 Sophie Leshetsky 60 and Peter Stednick 50. Their grandson Tony Chippell 1 discovered the bodies. The elderly couple and a boarder resided above the furnace area. fumes did not reach the Chippell family's flat.
A Big Spring patron directs a postal clerk on how to tilt a parcel during Christmas mail. The story links the tale to regional nickname Llano Estacado from eastern New Mexico where pioneers marked trails with stakes.
R G Boss Shannon 79 a principal in the 1933 $200000 Urschel ransom kidnapping died in Bridgeport Texas He suffered a heart attack at his Paradise area farm in mid November Several co defendants including Katherine Kelly Ben Laska and George Kelly served or were given sentences Bates died in Alcatraz Kelly died in 1954 Urschel's release followed FBI action and money delivery Urschel lives in San Antonio
Three men were injured when two cars collided with a New Haven switcher engine towing freight cars over a bridge. Joseph DePalma, Ludy Tadich, and Ernest Sliby, all from New Haven, suffered injuries. DePalma and Tadich were listed in fair condition. All three had been returning from Branford restaurant work.
Red Star the Defense Ministry newspaper warned that indifference to Marxist Leninist theory cannot be tolerated among Soviet army officers. It said such attitude leads to a loss of perspective and discipline.
A roundup of major 1956 events includes crises in the Middle East and Hungary, desegregation struggles, the Andrea Doria sinking, Grand Canyon airliner collisions, Stalin denunciation, Eisenhower’s health operation, Poland’s political shifts, and Marine deaths and a court martial. Also notes a dietary aside about canned tomatoes in chowder.
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