Bridgeport Telegram and Bridgeport Post Mail Rates
Local publishers list subscription prices for daily and Sunday papers with post per month charges and long distance postage rules. Includes note on holiday copies of The Bridgeport Telegram for Bridgeport Post subscribers and AP news rights.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Post Publishing Company
Bridgeport Post
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Audit Bureau of
Dial Edison
State St
Bridgeport
Conn
Sunday Post
Employment Boom In New England Near Peak Levels
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston reports that New England workplaces show near peacetime employment highs with payrolls at record levels and unemployment near a low. Durable goods employment grew 4.5 percent, led by widespread wage gains as job openings tightened across major markets through 1956.
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New England
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Shopping Present and Future for Local Merchants
The piece notes that local merchants faced tough tests yet benefited as the public planned bigger holiday spending. It credits varied, well priced goods and consumer satisfaction with value, quality, and service. It forecasts a more profitable future as shoppers supported local commerce.
Discontent with communism grows in satellites and USSR
The piece argues that anti communism spreads in Hungary and other satellite states, with youth leading revolts against Moscow. It notes Soviet failures in economy religion and press control, and predicts truth will empower people to oust communism.
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Soviet Union
Kremlin
Moscow
Do Not Follow Too Closely On Merritt Parkway Warnings
A Westport news note cites State Police findings from ten Merritt Parkway crashes, highlighting chain collisions as a major hazard. It warns drivers to avoid tailgating, explains how close following collapses under changing speeds, and urges safer distances during the New Year holiday period.
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Merritt Parkway
Westport
Joe Louis Tax Saga Calls For Tax Break
The piece urges the IRS to settle Joe Louis taxes and forgive his $1.3 million debt. It notes his rags to riches story from Alabama and his boxing reign, arguing fairness over harsh collection as Louis ages at 44 and faces heart disease.
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Joe Louis
N. Y
Hitler
Max Schmeling
Joe
Internal Revenue
Methods for financing home improvements in 1957
The article outlines conventional or own plan loans open end mortgages and refinancing as ways to fund remodeling. It explains that own plan loans may offer liberal terms and often include life insurance. Open end mortgages allow borrowing further funds without boosting monthly payments. Refinancing or a second mortgage is presented but noted as costly and time consuming.
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Administration
Home Improvement
Building and Allied Industries
Savings and Loan
Tucker on Vacation Returns to Telegraph Column
Ray Tucker takes his annual vacation and will resume writing the daily Telegraph column The National Whirligig on Monday January.
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Ray Tucker
Daily Telegram
Analysts See Kremlin Shifting Back Toward Stalinism
William L. Ryan argues a rising Stalinist faction in Moscow opposes Khrushchev Bulganin moderation. Pravda's stance on force against dissent and Yugoslav fears signal a return to Stalinist methods, risking greater Cold War turbulence and tensions in the Middle East.
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Wagual Dmm
Kremlin
Moscow
Pravda
Europe
Borba
1957 Prospects from a 1956 World Outlook
The article surveys global tensions to expect in 1957 across the Middle East Algeria Britain and France Eastern Europe the Far East and the United States. It highlights Arab nationalismSuez crisis unrest in Algeria Soviet Yugoslav friction Hungarians inspired dissent in communist states and potential Korea Vietnam China tensions.
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France
Britain
Asia
Africa
Eurooe
Europe
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Nasser
Soviet Union
Algeria
United States
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Far East
Viet Nam
Korea
China
Nehru Impresses Reporters With Peace Pledge
At a Washington press conference Nehru answers reporters clearly showing he is fully dedicated to peace. Several hundred journalists cover his remarks and express admiration for his diplomatic stance.
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India
Nehru
Washington
Mr. Nehru
Nuanced Views on Bowles and Global Politics
The piece weighs Ches ter Bowles political posture on housing finance and speculates on his future governor or senator ambitions. It also analyzes Indian Prime Minister Nehru's stance after hours with President Eisenhower, contrasting policy flexibility with mass retaliation rhetoric and calls for economic or moral responses to Soviet and Hungarian actions.
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Nehru
Mr. Nehru
Krishna Menon
United Nations
WHS
Menon
America
Eisenhower
New Delhi
Washington
Ussr
Britaan
France
North Africa
Middle East
Hungary
Moscow
Urginy
Ghandi
India
Nehra
China
White House
Congress
Peiping
Chou Enlai
Western Pacific
Edward Hartshorne Named to Civil Defense Advisory Council
Edward Hartshorne of Branford named to Connecticut Civil Defense Advisory Council representing industry. Announcement credited to Governor Ribicoff's office, dated December 26.
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Hartford
Edward Hartshorne
Branford
Civil Defense Advisory Council
Connecticut
Goy, Ribicoff's Ice
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Associated Press
U.S. Pat
Poland
Lithuania
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Russia
By Sylvia Porter
Savings and Loan Associations
Tucker
William L. Ryan
Khrushchev
Bulgaria
Overseas Outlook
Constantine Brown
U. S
Nutmeg
Connecticut Yankee
Chester Bowles Astir
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Ribicoff
Bailey
Senate
Dodd
Stevenson
Mayor Lee
New Haven
Bowles Mueney
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Latin America
New York
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