Food prices hit new U S peak blamed on freezes
The government announced a record rise in living costs in January driven by food prices, with the consumer price index at 122.3 percent of the 1947-49 average. Officials foresee little relief soon as raw material prices ease may reach shoppers by summer or fall. Florida freezes and meat shortages blamed for higher costs, with about 1.35 million workers due pay raises tied to the index.
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Washington
James RB
Carey
Afi-Cio
Ewan Clague
Labor Department
Florida Freeze
Florida
General Motors
Detroit
Jennie Wheeler Dies Here at 79 in Bridgeport Community
Jennie Wheeler, 79, longtime local resident, died here. She was active in Reds-Crags Work. Her father, the late Frederick Bronson Hawley, led Bridgeport People's Savings Bank and founded Spring Perch, maker of auto springs later moved to Buffalo. Survived by two sons Robert of Bridgeport and Frederick of Fairfield, granddaughter Lynn Wheeler, sister Mrs. Arthur B. Duncan of Portsmouth NH, brother William C. Hawley of Fairfield, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are with Wilmot West and Goulding.
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Wheeler
Frederick Bronson Hawley
Bridgeport People’s Savings Bank
Spring Perch Company
Buffalo
N.Y
Robert
Bridgeport
Frederick
Fairfield
Lynn Wheeler
Arthur B. Duncan
Portsmouth
N.H
William C. Hawley
Wilmot, West and Goulding Funeral Home
Adults and teens urged to cooperate for local problem solving
In Bridgeport officials discussed strengthening ties between adults and teenagers. Suggestions included a confidential helpline, a directory of available agencies, and a plan to organize a community group to address issues such as drag racing with parental involvement.
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Coler
Roberts
Bridgeport
Welfare funding boosted at final budget session
The city budget totals 1 536 242 for education and welfare with increases for school supplies and repairs. Police and planning budgets gain, while travel funds are cut. Englewood Hospital adds kitchen items. The final grand list reaches 473 658 900, with a 38.5 mill tax rate and a planned April 1 first half due date. Mayor Tedesco commends the Tax board.
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Tax. Board
Harding High
Hallen
Waltersville
Central High
Maplewood
City Planning Commission
Ax Board
Englewood Hospital
Englewood
Board of Tax Review
Laurence E. McKeon
John J. Morris
Tax Board
Tedesco
Joseph Schultz
Chares H. Wirt
John J. Simpson
Roger T Connelly, Jr
Walter R. Rothe
Wesley F. McCathron
Delbert M. Wade
No Fire at Farmhouse as Rain Floods Cellar Steam
Mrs Allan R Cole alerted firemen expecting a chimney blaze at her Falmouth Maine farmhouse. Firemen found floods in the cellar and water seeping to the furnace causing steam to rise the chimney. Iron ore production in Venezuela topped eleven million tons in 1956, nearly five times the 1930 total.
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Falmouth, Me
Allan R. Cole
Venez
Vela
Penczer Named To West Point In 1957 Match
Rudolf Penczer, a chemical engineering student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, earned a Frederick B Rentachler mathematics Prize in 1957 as one of 13 area high school seniors. His family notes he will likely accept West Point appointment. Peter Penczer, newsboy turned cadet, entered West Point in 1954 and later chose Fairfield University before military service.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
West Point
Rudolf
Roger Ludlowe
Frederick B. Rentachler
United Air ‘Craft Corporation
Peter
Post Publishing Company
Albert P. Morano
Fairfield University
Academy
Washington
Washington-Oregon
Army Engineering Corps
Mack pressured by probe head over Miami TV license
Whiteside testified before a special House subcommittee that he granted a one sixth share in a Miami insurance firm linked to a TV license applicant. Harris said Mack’s insurance stake and Whiteside’s outside contacts violate the Federal Communications Act. The panel noted penalties up to 10000 dollars or a year in prison. Mack, who voted with National Airlines favored, was to testify again Thursday.
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Whiteside
Special House
Federal Communications Commission
Mack
Miami
Harris
Federal Communications Act
Public Service Television Inc
National Airlines
National
A. Frank Katzentine
Man jailed over protest in Danbury marriage dispute
Manuel DaCosta 31 of 52 State Street was sentenced to three months in jail by Associate City Court Judge Albert H. Hornig after protesting that a woman claiming to be his wife is not his spouse. He had been arrested for non support January 20 and had a suspended six-month sentence with $40 weekly support for his wife and two children. He insisted she is not his wife, claiming she is his twin sister. a wedding certificate had been shown earlier.
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Danbury
Manuel DaCosta
State Street
Albert H. Hornig
DaCosta
Wat
Commanding General Inspects Westport Nike Site Tour
Lieut. General Charles E. Hart, commander of the U S Army Air Defense Command, visits Westport Nike launching station Battery C 141st AAA Missile Battalion and housing units on North Avenue. He later heads to Hartford Brainard Field with Col Baltzer and plans to inspect Simsbury East Windsor and Manchester batteries. He is a 1924 West Point graduate with WWII service and decorations including the DSM and Legion of Merit.
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Charles E. Hart
United States Army Air Defense Command
Westport
Defense Command
New England
New York
New Jersey
Greenland
Hart
141St
Charles W. Harper
Nike
North Avénue
Hartford
Harper
Brainard Field
Nyles W. Baltzer
63Rd Aaa
Simsbury
East Windsor
Manchester
D. B. Johnson
Air Defense Command
Legare K. Tarrant
United States Military Academy
Fort Bliss
Texas
U. S
Greece
United States Army Air Command
Milford Board Approves 82-Unit Colony Hills Subdivision
Milford February 25 The Planning and Zoning board granted final approval to the Colony Hills subdivision on Red Bush Lane without waivers, subject to developer dedicating three recreation sets. The board also preliminarily approved a 42-lot Plains Road subdivision and sought a state health opinion on Windon Estates watershed impact.
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Milford
Planning and Zoning Board
Red Bush Jane
Colony Hills
Plains Road
State Health Department
Winton Estates
River and Water Company
H. & A. Anderson
Baxter Lane
New Haven Avenue
Apple Jack Lane
Dressunion talks pushed as strike vote looms
The Rose Dress, Fairfield Dress, Norman Dress, and Mayebelle Dress companies face union pressure after talks stalled. Mr. Janis said the union voted to strike at month end if a new contract isn’t reached, following the contract expiry on January 31.
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Rose Dress Company
Fairfield Dress Company
Norman, Dress Shop
Mayebelle Dress Company
Janis
GE 10 Drop Plans Spark Fair Trade Debate
Distributors were told that fair trade would end March 1 and GE officials blamed the move for ending the fair trade era. GE has spent over half a million annually on lawsuits against merchants violating fair trade contracts. At year end 1957 fair trade laws existed in 32 states, down from 35 in 1936. Westinghouse previously dropped fair trade in 1955, while discount houses led opposition to price setting. Sahloff declined further comment.
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Masters
G-E
Westinghouse Electric Corp
The
New York Times
W.mh. Sahloff
7S Tailera
Sahlaff
Bridgeport
Conn
Eisenhower blasts foes of foreign aid at rally
President Eisenhower urged bipartisanship to support the administration’s foreign aid program amid a congressional fight. He warned against “shortsighted” economies and called for a strong military and economic aid plan, citing Truman’s 1947 era Greece efforts and warning against building “another Chinese wall.” Adlai Stevenson and other dignitaries attended the National rally with about 1,500 representatives.
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Russia
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
Eisenhower
Truman
U. S
Greece
Congress
America
Nixon
State Dulles
Defense McElroy
Central Intelligence
Allen Dulles
Stat‘Wer
Eric Johnston
U S General Says America Has Superiority Over Reds
Hartford February 25 AP Gen Lucius D Clay former commander in Europe said the United States holds complete superiority over the Soviet Union at the moment and it is unlikely the Reds can ever take the lead. He spoke at a Hotel Bond press conference during a Red Cross fundraiser kickoff banquet in the city.
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Hartford
U. S
Soviet Union
Europe
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Berlin
Bond
Continental Can Co
National Fund
Red Cross
Fireman Boucher Pleads Guilty To Board Charge
Roger P Comer of 184 Catherine Street witnessed the case as Engineer Boucher admitted drinking before duty. Chief Sylvester E Jennings testified the firefighter showed liquor influence and argued with a department physician. Boucher pleaded guilty claiming 42 hours of continuous work and fatigue.
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Roger P. Comer
Catherine Atrest
Boucher
Sylvester E. Jennings
Paulette Wed to Remarque in Hollywood Romance
The report notes Paulette Goddard, early stage star who rose to Hollywood leading roles, is involved with German born author Erich Maria Remarque. Both plan to pursue film stage and television work, with Remarque resuming a new novel.
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Edgar James
Charles Chaplin
Burgess Meredith
Miss Goddard
New York
Hollywood
Remarque
Fairfield Residents Protest Sewer Assessments on Round Hill
Fairfield town discussions over sewer line assessments show residents contesting minimum charges and front foot fairness. Neighbors like Ernest L. Schaalmas and Alexander Lucas cite limited benefit to their properties while others critique siting and curb connections.
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Ernest L. Schaalmas
Reed
Alexander Lucas
Round Hill Road
Sewer Commission
Lucas
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