Bridgeport Post and Telegram Publisher Details
The Bridgeport Telegram Morning edition of The Bridgeport Post is published by The Post Publishing Company, Bridgeport Conn. Subscription rates show Daily 15.00 and Sunday Post 22.80, with postage surcharges for longer distances. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and printed at 410 State St. Bridgeport.
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Federal Budget Up Again Sees Big 1957 Spending Rise
Forecasts in Washington indicate President Eisenhower will seek a $72 billion budget for 1957 with at least a $3 billion increase, keeping the deficit low but promising large defense and atomic energy investments. The plan emphasizes defense, debt interest, and farm programs while tax relief remains unlikely.
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Traffic congestion in cities demands deeper study
The piece argues that even extensive measures fail to curb rush hour congestion as vehicle volume grows with unchanged road space. It notes bid for downtown activity keeps demand high, while oneway streets signals and rerouting offer only partial relief. Suburban moves may shift problems but do not solve them.
City buses aim to ease traffic with inclusive plans
Over the past year more than eleven and a half billion passengers rode buses and related carriers. The riders form a cross section of the community whose interests must be protected. When riding, the first goal is central city access. Any traffic solution should modernize all community levels.
After-Christmas Stocktaking and Its Hidden Burdens
The essay discusses post holiday self review of gifts and finances. It highlights excesses like seven toasters for one person and overflowing pocketbooks, plus the duties of sending Thank You notes and updating addresses. It notes store strategies to ease consumer overwhelm and stresses family responsibilities after Christmas.
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Behind the new jock of the communist regime in Hungary
Hungarians see Nativity scenes and church radio messages as the regime eases limits on religious life during Christmas. Government suspends the military curfew for midnight Mass, while critics warn of Kremlin propaganda pretense and pacification aims as tensions with the Soviet yoke persist. The piece also notes odd quotes and cultural references amid a broader political critique.
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Budapest
Imre Nagy
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Aids in Economics Your Money's Worth In 1957
A nationwide drive to urge Americans to fund home improvement will be backed by President Eisenhower and led by the National Home Improvement Congress in Tucson. The series explains FHA insured title 0 loans, VA loans, their costs, limits, and rules, plus guidance on choosing payment terms and lenders.
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Eisenhower
Tucson
Arizona
Savings and Loan Association
Mutual Savings Bank
Kishi Seeks Premier Post Amid US Japan Ties Debate
AP analysts profile Nobusuke Kishi as a veteran Japanese politician studying English, pushing to be premier while reshaping US Japan relations. The piece notes his past as a wartime official, his push for a reexamined security pact, and his belief in democracy over dictatorship.
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Japan
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Tucker Vacation Pause Ends With Jan Return
Ray Tucker takes his annual vacation and will resume writing the Telegraph daily column The National Whirligig on Monday in January.
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Ray Tucker
Daily Telegram
Kremlin's West Germany envoy stumbles in friendship push
Soviet Ambassador Andrei Smirnov failed to win backing for Moscow's German outreach as his Bonn mission collapsed start to end. His party plan flopped, travel limits were imposed, and foreign diplomats noted a retreat from ambitious cultural contacts amid West German unrest and Zorin’s recall.
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Brack Curry
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Germany
Kremlin
Pivotal Westl
Andrei Smirnov
Moscow
Smirnov
Gerhmans
Atlantic Alliance
Valerian Zorin
Foreign Ministry
Zorin
West Germany
West Liberty
Jeston Gevedon
Czecho
Smirney
Vienna
Israeli budget fixed for 1957 58 year
Israel confirms an annual budget of 850 million pounds for 1957-58, an increase of 80 million pounds from the current year and to be sent to Parliament for debate. The report notes international reactions to Hungary and German responses to Soviet actions.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Brother Bill's shoe party aids 1200 children in Dallas
In West Dallas Brother Bill Harrod's eight annual shoe party handed out 700 pairs of shoes and socks to about 1200 children before supply ran out. Volunteers from the Brother Bill's mission helped distribute during the afternoon event.
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William Leo Harrod
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Chattanooga
Tenn
William Field Reed Jr
U. S. Weather Bureau
Navy
St. Louis
Brussels
Belgium
Reed
Weather Bureau
Peace on earth to men of good will in 1956 world
Constantine Brown argues the phrase peace on earth to men of good will should apply only to those with true moral intent. He critiques US diplomacy with the Soviet Union and Hungary, questioning continued official relations amid Soviet oppression and Hungary’s massacre. He urges breaking ties with regimes he calls criminals.
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Kadars
Hungary
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Molotovs
Chou En-lais
Mao Tse-tungs
Russia
America
Japan
Pacific
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
Free World
Soviet Russia
Nasser
Egypt
Red Army
Ambassador to Fly in Army Helicopter at Pentagon
The Indian Ambassador Gagandvhari Lallab hia Mehta will take his first helicopter flight this week. The U S Army has arranged the trip from the helicopter strip at the Pentagon next Thursday.
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U.S. Army
Gagandvhari Lallabhia Mehta
Pentagon
East German DPs Feel Passed Over During Christmas
Thousands of East German refugees in West Berlin camps face bleak holidays as world attention focuses on Hungarian refugees. Officials note food aid is subsistence level, morale low, and many older, unemployable, or criminalized refugees wait months for West Germany resettlement.
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Smirnov
Hungary
Konrad Adenauer
Buda
Seymour Topping
Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
East Berlin
Premier May Visit U S as Ishibashi Teases Talks
Japanese Prime Minister Tanzan Ishibashi said he or Foreign Minister Nobusuke Kishi may travel to the United States to discuss important issues. He spoke to foreign press for the first time since taking office and said details are under consideration with a full exchange of views expected.
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O Niet
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Gen. Hideki
Tojo
Shigeru Yoshida
Ichiro Hatoyama
Tanzan Ishibashi
Kishi
China
Southeast Asia
Hatoyama
U.S
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Tokyo
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