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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1958
Page
19
A fragmented note reports surgeons or dentists providing basic dental work such as shaving and pulling teeth, with licensed authority for minor procedures. The text hints at access to tooth extractions under licensed practice.
Arthur Gleason of Aeronautical Machinists urges the Mayor's Fact-Finding Committee on Unemployment to intensify efforts for federal contracts. The group will hold a Friday clinic at the Stratfield hotel to aid local manufacturers in winning government orders and subcontracting opportunities. Chairman Leo J. Dunn says more work is needed and mentions possible focus on contract negotiations and congressional assistance amid local plant layoffs.
Fairfield officials including Dr William Edgar announce that Airfield and Fairfield Preparatory schools and local parochial schools are closed today because of snow bound roads and unsafe travel. Pupils must make up one final day. the calendar calls for 183 days, three more than the state minimum.
Washington February 17 AP State department said it will use all practicable means to secure the release of six Americans imprisoned in Red China. The move followed visits by two of the three mothers who traveled to communist China to see their jailed sons. Mary Downey and Ruth Redmond met with Walter Robertson to discuss the trip and prospects for release while Jessie Fecteau spoke by phone.
Fairfield pressed extra equipment into service to clear town streets. Sixteen pieces were hired from contractors for the Post Road and Southport areas, with plans for Grasmere and Stratfield. The extra cost requires a special appropriation as the budget lacked funds, while officials strive to keep major arteries passable and assist school driveways and hydrants amid the storm.
Three Fairfield youths reported missing by their parents returned home yesterday at 2 p.m. after traveling as far as Philadelphia on a weekend trip to Washington. Morris Choiniere 18 of 314 Suburban avenue Richard Zeeznik 17 of 273 Wheeler Park avenue and Michael Panda 16 of 78 Rockland road left Saturday night in an auto driven by Choinere without telling their destination. They were reported missing Sunday when they failed to return home.
An open meeting on Teenage Problems in the Schools featuring Richard D. Roberts juvenile court probation officer was postponed from tonight to next Tuesday night at the Burroughs Public library due to the storm. The Private Schools of Greater Bridgeport plan an open forum for ideas on solving youth problems.
The YWCA 4th annual meeting was postponed due to unspecified reasons, delaying the planned gathering of members and leaders. Further details were not provided in the fragment.
DuPont plans a new synthetic rubber factory in Londonderry Northern Ireland to begin operation in 1958 with an estimated cost of 19 600 480 dollars.
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