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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1957

Page

21

Novelist Griffin Entered Seminary After Sudden Sight Return

Dallas AP report details novelist John Howard Griffin, 36, who regained sight after 16 years of blindness, entering Mount Carmel Seminary for rest on doctors' advice. He wears cylinder glasses to retrain eye muscles and reflects on his shock after recovery.

Dallas Jan John Howard Griffin Mount Carmel Seminary Griffin France Mansfield Tex

Union wins arbitration for Cordes at Continental Restaurant

The State Board of Mediation and Arbitration awarded in favor of Local 288 Hotel and Restaurant Employes Bartenders union in the Cordes case. John D. Cordes of 28 Ridge Avenue was discharged last October from the Continental restaurant on Kings Highway. The arbitrators ordered reinstatement with full rights and back wages from November 1 to reinstatement.

State Board of Mediation and Arbitration John D. Cordes Ridge Avenue Kings Highway Cordes

Decathion the Inaugural Favorite Behaves Like Human Athlete

The Hialeah horse Decathion after a race cools down and pauses at a water bucket as if to drink but only gazes at the liquid. He is walked and rubbed down while the scene emphasizes his intelligent, composed demeanor.

Miami Hialeah

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