Police Explain Delay In Arrest Of Bomber
New York January 23 AP Smiling George Metesky begins psychiatric tests at Bellevue as police defend their work but acknowledge a two day delay in seizing a Con Ed file tying him to the Mad Bomber case. Kennedy says checks continue and rewards unresolved while Metesky cooperates. district attorney plans grand jury presentation.
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New York
George Metesky
Stephen P. Kennedy
Metesky
Kennedy
Consolidated Edison Company
Bellevue Hospital
Amiable Cooperative Hospital
District Attorney's Office
Frigid Weather Returns to 10 Area
The Weather Bureau at Municipal airport reports a sudden cold snap with temperatures dropping from a high around 54 to near zero readings, snow or rain possible this weekend. A warming trend may arrive tomorrow night, but a repeat cold spell is possible next week.
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Canada
Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
Two Bodies Found in Rahway River in Cranford NJ
Crandford N J Jan 23 AP two of three school children missing since yesterday were found in the icy Rahway river under South Avenue bridge Philip Harrington 7 Martha Johnson 7 sons and daughter of local families were recovered about a quarter mile from the dam where grappling crews had worked earlier Police Chief Lesser W Powell said the children last seen playing on ice near the dam about 4 p m yesterday they apparently fell through a soft spot and were swept downstream by the tide Richard Harrington 9 remains missing today
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Cranford
N. J
Rahway River
South Avenue
Philip Har
Martha
Richard
Lesser W. Powell
Assembly Files Over 3000 Bills in Hartford Session
Hartford January 23 more than 1400 bills were filed today taking the House total to 3129 and the Senate total to 1057 as the filing deadline nears. Leaders expect a May adjournment with a late veto period and hearings begin Tuesday under streamlined rules to speed the session.
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Hartford
House
John Wassing
Westport
Senate
John Gerarda
Assembly
Ribi
Eisenhower urges firms to keep prices and wages in check
President Eisenhower, in his annual economic report to Congress, asks business and labor leaders to restrain price and wage increases to support national stability. He notes 1956 produced a record 412 billion in goods and services with a 424 billion quarterly rate, but warns uncertainties persist and collaboration is essential.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Four Admit Breaks Loot Tops Ten Thousand Dollars
Four suspects arrested at 4 am in a Norwalk car with stolen goods confess to a spree of break ins and liquor store holdups across multiple towns since Jan 1. Loot amounts exceed $10,000 with connections to mos tbreaks including McKinley School and various gas stations and pay telephones.
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Norwalk
North Haven
Robert H. Holmes
East Washington Avenue
Bridgeport
Jay G. Wilchester
Washington Avenue
Monroe
Eugene R. Howarth
Hauser Street
Milford
Willam Adams
Franklin Street
Air Force
Joseph Varanay
Superior Court
Fairfield
Darien
Westport
Trumbull
Wilchester Howarth
Adams
New Haven
Edmund S. Flanagan
John Doyle
Walter Berniere
Joseph Beres
Joseph Reed
George Lasko
McKinley School
J.J. Tufano
Wilchester and
Horworth
Stevenson Lumber Company
Maloney Heads Red Cross Slate
Kenneth A. Maloney elected chairman of the Bridgeport chapter American Red Cross at the 40th annual dinner attended by over 200 at the Stratford hotel. He succeeds Dwight F. Fanton as chairman. John C. Wilson praised the international Red Cross relief in Austria and Hungary with 52 national Red Cross bodies involved. The ARC reported 3,400 tons of food delivered to Austrian refugee camps, with four camps run by recreation staff and medical teams providing 2,650 calories daily per refugee.
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Kenneth A. Maloney
Bridgeport
American Red Cross
Stratfield Hotel
Maloney
Dwight F. Fanton
International Red Cross
Hungary
John C. Wilson
IRC
Power For Good
Wilson
Austria
United Nations
ARC
Eisenhower urges Congress to cut his budget
President Eisenhower at a news conference urged Congress to trim wherever possible the 71.8 billion budget he proposed. He backed Treasury Secretary Humphrey's call for curbs, though with caveats, saying committees should find ways to save. The two diverge on the risk of a future severe economic downturn and on measures to prevent it.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Humphrey
Harry Truman
Man drinks 20 shots in drunkometer trial in Miami
William C. Rose, a 238 pound apartment manager, faced a drunk driving charge as court wrestling with the citys drunkometer. He reportedly consumed whisky in court to test his tolerance while the device showed readings of .122 at one point and .246 on arrest night. Judge Sobieski expected a written decision Friday from the case heard in downtown Miami.
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Miami
Fia
William C. Rose
Rose
Francis A. Sobieski
Rosenhouse
Ben Militana
Connecticut Turnpike Bond Bill Advances in Hartford
Hartford report on January 23 states the General Assembly Finance Committee approved a bill to ease state borrowing for the Connecticut turnpike. The measure allows negotiated bond sales until December 31, 1959 and moves to the Senate. town residents along Oldfield Road Fairfield face potential payment of benefits for road widening.
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Hartford
General Assembly
Connecticut
Senate
Assembly
Oldfield Road
Fairfield
Reef Road
Blaine Street
Reef Jroad
Gould Avenue
Atlas Purchases Shop Center Site Milford Connecticut
Yonkers based Sol G. Atlas company signs contract to buy about 100 acres for a 20 million shopping center near the Connecticut Turnpike Post Road overpass. Groundbreaking planned for May, opening expected August 1958, land acquired from Joseph Mariani and the Alfred M. Kaehrle estate. Center will use about 70 acres with roughly 750000 square feet of fl oor space.
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Milford
Sol G.auas
Yonkers
N.Y
Joseph Mariani
Alfred M. Kaehrle
Mariani
Kaehrle
Woodruff Seed Company
Raymond J. Keyes
Atlas Company
Connecticut Post
Nations Stand Stirs Up New Mid East Crisis
UN deadline for Israeli withdrawal from Egyptian territory passes with Israel holding Gaza and Aqaba positions. Cairo threatens to halt Suez canal clearance if Gaza and Aqaba are not relinquished. Malenkov cites Soviet pressure aiding peace, UN considers whether its force becomes occupation, Eisenhower urges economic and military aid to stabilize the region.
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TAE Associated Press
UN General Assembly
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Middle East
Ben-Gurion
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Isran
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Sinai Desert
Gulf
Cairo
Suez Canal
Gaza
Aqaba
Georgi Malenkov
Chakalay
Urals
Russia
Malenkov
Soviet Union
Park Transfer Requested for Huntington Park in Connecticut
The State Park and Forest Commission seeks to transfer 41 acres in Bethel and Redding to Mrs Ann Hyatt Huntington to improve Collis P Huntington state Park. Rep Sarah F Kurtis of Newtown filed the bill in the House.
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Hartford
State Park and Forest Commission
Bethel
Redding
Ann Hyatt
Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Sarah F. Kurtis
Newtown
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Flax Hill Road
North Main Street
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Springdale
Westport Sunoco
A&p
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RED Cross
Hear Agency
William C, Rose
Graham Davies
Mandurah
Australia
Fairfield Road
Oldfield
Charles H. Parks
George J. Kish
Charles Randolph
Town Plan and Zoning Commission
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Milford Tract
Telegram
Angelo Patri
Beeen
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Constantine Brown
Bundesen
Ees
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Petey
Jacoby
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Sylvia Porter
Seney Women's
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