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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1956
Page
6
January Better Homes & Gardens offers guidance on planning a successful holiday party. It covers inviting the right mix of guests, decor ideas, and activities to ensure guests enjoy themselves.
The Catholic bishops of Hartford Bridgeport and Norwich issued a joint warning that the film Baby Doll is a near occasion of sin and Catholics have an obligation to avoid it. They criticized the film as indecent and said its advertising shows a disturbing shift in industry standards and enforcement of the Motion Picture Code.
Thirty four Hungarian and four Romanian athletes who defected from communist rule after Melbourne arrived in New York and were welcomed at a luncheon. They registered as temporary aliens with the U S Naturalization and Immigration Service and may gain permanent status by a special act of Congress. They plan a national tour in four groups covering gymnastics fencing track and swimming.
John W. Shanley, a University of Bridgeport junior majoring in marketing research, runs J & Consolidated Sales from his home study, selling novelties cosmetics and more. He balances an 18 hour class week with nightly stockpicking in New York and field work across the city, planning a station wagon for extra stock. He started after working his way through school via clerical roles and a foundry job, and now aims to become a distributor under his own name.
A Memphis laundry marked the start of the winter formal party season by sending all 30 drivers to work on their grounds dressed in top hats white ties and tails.
University of Bridgeport leaders urged state lawmakers to adopt a dollar matching grant plan that would fund expanding private college facilities. UB trustees Alfred Bodine and Ronald Matony said private colleges would carry part of the cost and operate facilities at no expense to the state, easing taxpayer burdens while meeting growing higher education demand. UB president James Halsey noted the plan would reduce the state's share of building costs and support better services at community colleges, with lawmakers and trustees attending a luncheon on campus.
Marcus Morton Worthington Sr. 54 former grand master of Connecticut Odd Fellows in 1953 54 died at Lawrence Memorial hospital New London native and employee of Connecticut Power company leaves widow son and a half sister funeral services set for Saturday afternoon
Dorothy Genokes testified in city court that she set off a fire alarm last night to wake her boyfriend who would not wake. Judge John Rice fined her $25.50, saying the alarm is an expensive alarm clock.
Maryin Young and Elizabeth Starks fished at Reservoir Lake in Springfield Kentucky when their car rolled into the water unnoticed. An hour later they saw the radio aerial sticking from the lake and a wrecker helped them pull the submerged car and its catch to shore.
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