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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1957
Page
4
Reported remarks describe government actions as strict after a brief period of people’s democracy. The piece frames the Hungarian revolt as a first intense uprising against workers’ rule and aligns Moscow’s label with counter revolutionaries and fascists.
In Vienna today border guards wounded a 12 year old boy and his father as they fled toward Austria. The wounded refugee reached Austrian territory with his bleeding son. A spokesman reported 209 refugees arrived, totaling 161,587 since the rebellion began. The interior ministry warned refugees to respect Austrian neutrality and said activists risk losing asylum.
Ten Hungarian refugees are being sent back to Austria eight for alleged false statements and two at their own request. Government officials would not say if communism or subversion influenced the cases. About 18,000 Hungarians who fled to the United States via Austria have been admitted. nine were flown back from Camp Kilmer, New Jersey in the last 24 hours, with one more returning last Friday to be with his pregnant wife in Budapest.
At the UN in New York the General Assembly will debate a U.S.-sponsored plan to probe Soviet interference in Hungary. The proposal calls for a five-nation investigating committee with broad geographic representation and mobile powers to seek facts from Hungarian refugees and others. Denmark and Australia likely to be chosen, with Asian African and Latin American members also expected.
Willard Shultis aged 16 of 43 Grand Street was sentenced to an indefinite term in the Cheshire reformatory to run concurrently with a suspended sentence from December 4 in New Haven Superior Court. He will serve the suspended sentence and the new term at the same time for motor vehicle theft. A companion case saw George L Heureux aged 16 of 60 Cooper Avenue receive an indefinite suspended sentence and two years probation. Both boys were arrested in New York after taking a car from the railway station here last month.
Bottles of champagne and other wines are kept on their sides to keep the corks moist and prevent drying out, preserving pressure and preventing leakage.
A meeting reviewed 10 of 12 points in a tube mill dispute after the company trimmed the section leader job classification. Many issues may settle. some, including the section leader case, go to mediation. No jobs lost. some workers shifted to supervisory roles or back to production. Dow cites agreement with the union to align tube mill conditions with competing brass mills.
The defense urged a jury waiver under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments while the judge weighed whether to remand for a new trial. Simon Silverman Sid Taylor and others from Connecticut New Haven Old Saybrook and Newark faced sentences from three to four years and remain on bail.
The Dan l Webster magnetic railcar suffered a third rail fire during a Boston to New York preview run. Officials said grease and oil lubricants ignited as the electric shoe arced, scorching aluminum while test crews continued to evaluate the train. Rail executives and New Haven president George Alpert defended the project, pledging to press ahead with plans for regular service despite the setback.
Rochester police questioned more than two dozen acquaintances after Kathrin Alice Kramer 23 of Blooming Grove N Y was found shot in the back on a sidewalk near the University of Rochester last night She worked as a secretary in Strong Memorial Hospital personnel office and had recently completed courses at Cazenovia Junior College The investigation named a man who chauffeured her to the library and said she returned overdue books.
City officials including the city engineer, tax assessor, board of selectmen, and multiple municipal bodies schedule budget hearings for February 8. The list covers departments from the dispensary to health conservation, civil service, public purchases, and various commissions.
Milford town prosecutor Robert F. Hanlon announced he will not prosecute private investigator Hugo P. Blandori of Greenwich and the Bridgeport law firm Friedman and Friedman for alleged Sunday Blue law violations. Complainants Bassett C. E. French and VanCleve Schuster argued Blandori worked while investigating violations, but Hanlon ruled that such activity by non police is necessary and not a Blue law offense. The case involved French hardware owner C. E. French and VanCleve China and Glass owner Schuster, with Blandori cited in prior arrests. transit notes mention changes at nearby stationmasters.
Milford January meeting discusses snow removal policy as Councilman Wal ter R. Cable argues plowing should wait for more than two inches. Other members question who decides snow thresholds while Bridgeport recalls resented delays and town officials defend current operations. Town Manager Desmond calls it unusual and praises the public works superintendent.
Milford board votes to refer bus transportation policy to the transportation committee for study after receipt of a Derby doctor letter requesting transport for 11 year old John Schuld for medical reasons. Debate follows on eligibility, exams, and age-based service, with potential bus expansion under traffic hazard interpretation.
The Fairfield Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a Miss Fairfield beauty contest in connection with the Miss America pageant. John W. Baynton, president, announced details at Rudy's restaurant. The group also plans a driver education drive for teenagers, with an orientation movie featured at the meeting.
A proposed increase in the state's short term note authorization from 50 million to 100 million would let borrowings from this fund finance any expressway section for up to December 31, 199. Loans now cap at one year. The financing proposals approved by the committee will go to the Legislature convening tomorrow.
Dr Charles Edward Amory Winslow died at 79 in New Haven. He founded Yale Public Health and retired from Yale faculty in 1945 after 30 years. In 1952 he won the Leon Bernard Foundation prize at a WHO conference in Geneva and the Albert and Mary Lasker award. He served as curator of public health at the American Museum of Natural History and held leadership roles in health organizations. He leaves a widow and daughter Anne.
Israel presses for unrestricted use of the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba as Mrs Meir heads to Jerusalem to brief officials. A delegation spokesman said Israel seeks free navigation with no Sinai buildup and staged withdrawal. Hammarskjold urged compliance with the General Assembly resolution of last November. The United States welcomed Britain and France's compliance and urged prompt Israeli withdrawal behind 1949 armistice lines. Britain and France warned Cairo against barring ships, citing the 1888 convention and UN pledges.
Lillian White, 29, of 108 Burr Street Fairfield was arrested yesterday on a theft charge. Police said she left the DML Road company department store with goods taken from a counter and was released on $50 bond pending City court hearing.
Chet Forte, cap tain of Columbia University's basketball team from Hackensack, is highlighted among smaller players for his performance.
The legality of a Newtown ordinance regulating hours of manufacturing operations was challenged in Common Pleas court. The D Addario Land and Gravel Company pleaded not guilty to violating the ordinance and elected trial by jury. Trial assigned for Jan 17 by Judge John J. Dwyer.
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