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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1959
Page
3
A Brooklyn grand jury urged allowing public school teachers to paddle disobedient students. After a yearlong probe into school violence, jurors blamed a lenient educational ethos for eroding discipline and called for restoring teacher authority in classrooms.
The Massachusetts House passed a withholding system for state income taxes by 138 to 83 in a party line vote. The measure moves to the Senate for consideration, with Speaker Leverett Saltonstall indicating a conference may action the bill. The report also notes potential gubernatorial and party dynamics surrounding the weekender events and nominations.
Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona won election today as chairman of the Senate Republican Campaign committee. Sen. Styles Bridges announced the result after a closed-door meeting of the 34 Republican members. Liberals failed to field a candidate and opposed changing the nominating rule, keeping the traditional process intact with the conference chair nominating the chair subject to confirmation.
E Simms Campbell notes a major effort in translation across languages other than English. Officials estimate between fifteen hundred and one billion dollars are spent on scientific translators annually.
U S District Court Judge Robert P B Anderson sentenced eight convicted dope pushers, arrested in November raids, to prison terms with mandatory treatment at the Federal Narcotics Hospital in Lexington Kentucky. Offenders include Robert Wade Bridgeport seven years plus five years probation. Clayton Martindale New Haven three years with five years probation. plus six others from New Haven Bridgeport Stamford and New Haven with three to six years and Lexington treatment.
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