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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1956

Page

4

Fifteen Christmas Day Births Reported in City Hospitals

Bridgeport and St. Vincent's hospitals welcomed fifteen babies on Christmas Day-eight boys and seven girls. The first birth in St. Vincent's occurred at 12:57 a.m., a boy to the Grahoff family. Bridgeport's first birth was a girl at 2:23 a.m. The remaining births included eleven at St. Vincent's and four at Bridgeport hospital, with multiple parents named and addresses listed. Governor Ribicoff remained at the capital resting for the New Year holiday.

Bridgeport St. Vincent’s Hospitals St. Vincent's Hospital Marvin Grahoff Iranistan Avenue Bridgeport Hospital Emil Mischik Remington Street St.Vincent's Hospital Patrick Scinto Trumbull Avenue Stanley Gresvage Wells Street Joseph Jordano William Street Michael Mathews Bloom Field Drive Fairfield Edward Fenton Valley View Road Fair Creasing Donald Brown Algo Wiliam Filakovsky Sunset Drive Shelton Athan Harry Ackley Eastport Block Island Barbary Road Southport Boston Buintioning Joseph Mastriani Tremont Au- Charleston Chicago John Febrier Hamilton DeWees Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Montreal Nantucket Hartford New Orleans Ribicoff New York Philadelphia Phoenix Portland Maine Capitol Ore Providence St. Louis Seattle Washington Worcester

State Weather Forecasts for New England and Mid-Atlantic

Connecticut Massachusetts Rhode Island Maine New Hampshire Vermont forecast highlights include cloudy periods with intermittent snow flurries and cold temperatures. Vermont and Maine expect two to three inches of snow with frigid nights and clearing by Friday.

Connecticut Berknives Massachusetts Maine New Hampshire Vermont

Woman saved from blazing bed in Chicago boarding house

An anonymous telephone tip aided police to reach a boarding house West Side where Susan O'Neal, 33, was tied to a bed and set on fire by her boyfriend after a drinking dispute. She suffered burns over 70 percent and is in critical condition at Illinois Research hospital. Police seek the assailant.

Chicago West Side Susan O'Neal Illinois Research Hospital

Freeze Strikes Florida Areas Across State

Freezing weather disrupted Florida vacations as temperatures dropped near freezing in several sections. Frost warnings were issued for citrus areas while coastal and peninsula locales saw 40s to 60s inland. Snow flurries appeared elsewhere in the Great Lakes and Northeast regions with light precipitation overall.

Associated Press Florida Weather Bureau Gulf Region Florida Peninsula Billings Mont Sheridan Wyo Great Lakes Region Ohio Valley Appalachians Northeast New England Mississippi Valley Mid Atlantic States Plains North Atlantic States Boston Washington Jacksonville Fla Orlando Miami New Orleans Dallas Kansas City Chicago Minneapolis Denver Salt Lake City Phoeiix Los Angeles

Danbury Man Faces Multiple Christmas Day Charges

Donald Shearer 24 of Hayestown road was fined 101 dollars for intoxication and given a 30 day suspended sentence with two months probation for resisting arrest in Danbury City Court. He also faces Traffic Court on charges of driving while intoxicated leaving the scene of an accident and taking a car without permission after a 1:45 a.m. crash on North Street. He was treated for a cut lip after a run in with a wire fence and an officer shot a warning to halt.

Danbury Donald Shearer Hayestown Road Irving Levine Edward Brown, Jr East Pembroke Road Shearer Jean Parille Candleview Ridge North Street F. Leo Gantert James Albano Danbury Hospital Arnold Schulze

Two Women Fined for Thefts at Woolworth Store

In Danbury Associate City Court Judge Albert H. Hor ning found two women guilty of shoplifting from the F. W. Woolworth department store. Grace Dohan aged 18 of Park Lane New Milford was fined 25 dollars and given a 15 day suspended jail term. Shirley Boulet 27 of South Street was fined 20 dollars. Both left the store with under 15 dollars worth of merchandise unpaid at the checkout. Cohan pleaded guilty Boulet pleaded not guilty.

Danbury Albert H. Hornig F. W. Woolworth Grace Dohan Park Lane New Milford Shirley Boulet South Street Louis A. DeFabritis

Mail Box Stolen From Pole in Stratford

Stratford reports a second mail box theft this holiday period. Postmasters and inspectors note the metal box was removed in the same pole method as a prior incident at Westland Wood and Sherwood and adjacent streets. The Bridgeport box was found broken near Oaklawn cemetery. Neary says carriers noted the Stratford absence during morning collections.

Stratford Russell F. Neary Westla¢ Wood Sherwood Avenues Broad Knowlton Bridgeport Oaklawn Cemetery Bronson Road Fairfield Neary

Bridgeport Man Arrested For Speeding In Stratford

John B. Hay, 37, of 295 Pearl Harbor street, Bridgeport, was arrested by Stratford Patrolman Eugene Freeman yesterday at 5 43 p m on a speeding charge. He was released on a summons for Town court January 14.

John B. Hay Pearl Harbor Street Bridgeport Stratford Eugene Freeman

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