Cuban Kidnaps Prompt U S Probe of Consuls
U S and Canadian hostages total 50, rebels hold 50 captives as two consular officials sent to secure releases may themselves be seized. Wollam and Wiecha reportedly contacted rebels near Mon and Guantanamo as 30 to 40 insurgents from trucks abduct a United Fruit plantation crew in Oriente province. Names include Alfred F. Smith James P. Stephens Jr Harley F. Sparks and Jesse J. Ford with Ford described as diabetic and ill. Continued on Page Four.
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Havana
U. S
U.S
Park Wollam
Robert Wiecha
Cuba
Robert Clark
Guantanamo Bay
Oriente
Adm
R. B. Ellis
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
United States
Fulgencio Batista
Washington
Dulles
Cubs
United Fruit Company
Guaro
Alfred F. Smith
Laconia
N. H
James P. Stephens Jr
Edmond
Ohio
Harley F. Sparks
Frankfort
Ind
Jesse J. Ford
Lakeview
S.C
Ford
Parks
Official Weather Bridgeport and vicinity forecast
Sunny hot and humid today with highs 90 to 95. Fair tonight near 70. Thursday outlook hot and humid with mostly sunny skies and a chance of scattered afternoon showers, highs 90 to 95. Winds 6 to 12 mph mornings, 12 to 20 mph afternoons. Almanac notes date July 2, sunrise 5:24 a.m., sunset 8:29 p.m.
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Dain
U. 5
Bridgeport
Barnum Festival Dance Attracts 1000 At Ritz Ballroom
More than 1000 attendees packed the Ritz Ballroom for the Barnum Festival’s 10th annual dance last night. Festival royalty and Mayor Tedesco praised planners, while co chairs Verne King and Ernie Ferrari introduced sponsors and Kenneth Maloney. Ringmaster Raine received a large photo as thanks, and Miss Connecticut contenders were among the gala guests with sailors from the USS Cotton in attendance.
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Ritz
Tedesco
Ray Coldwari
Miss Verne King
Ernie Ferrari
Columbia Records
Kenneth A. Maloney
Maloney
Kenneth E. Raine
Les
Larry Elgart
Telegram
Hayduk
Jinny Judd
Band concert at Seaside Park tonight by USAF band
A free outdoor concert at Seaside Park tonight features the United States Air Force band. It begins at 7 p m and should end in time for the audience to enjoy the rest of the festival activities.
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Seaside Park
United States Air Force Band
Winslow Quits Milford Post After Board Rejection
Assistant superintendent of schools Robert B. Winslow resigned tonight amid disputes over his 1958 59 salary. He told reporters he left the door open for a raise but the Milford Board of Education did not reconsider.
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Milford
Robert B. Winslow
Board of Education
Winslow
Mrs Goldsmith Aids New York Dog Pack Owner
Mrs Martha Hinrichson of upper West Side was ordered by Magistrate Walter Bayer to thin her 49 dogs within a month and report by July 31. Mrs Harold Sanford Goldsmith of Westport, VP of the National Dog Welfare Guild, offered aid and 750 pounds of dog food from Connecticut owners to help relocate the animals.
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New York
Connecticut
Martha Hinrichson
Walter Bayerdir
Hinrichson
Harold Sanford -Goldsmith
Compo Road Westport
National Dog Welfare Guild
Goldsmith
aRaiaLy
Bayer
City lists third 08 polio case
A Bridgeport boy about one year old was admitted to Englewood yesterday as the city’s third polio victim of 1958. Dr. H. P. Dinan Jr said the child contracted polio due to missing follow up shots after the first vaccine last fall. The patient has leg paralysis and was moved from Bridgeport hospital after four days of observation. The city’s other cases include a three-year-old under treatment at Englewood and an eight-year-old who is in outpatient care at the Crippled Children’s clinic.
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Englewood
Bridgeport
H. P. Dinan, Jr
Bridgeport Hospital
Dinan
Crippled Children's Clinic
Park Avenue
New Wrinkle Tested For Subways in N Y
The transit authority tests a three month trial of coin operated dry cleaning lockers at a Brooklyn subway station with a private firm. If successful, 487 stations would install the units for passengers to leave dirty clothes and return with dry cleaned garments.
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New, York
Transit Authority
Brooklyn
Mercury Hits 91 Degrees in Bridgeport Heat Wave
Summer heat battered Bridgeport as the thermometer soared to 91 degrees at 3 pm with a 26 point jump from morning. About 25,000 people visited Seaside Park on a July 4 workday and 8,000 cars remained in the lot past 9 pm. Forecasters expect similar readings with higher humidity and possible relief by Saturday showers.
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Bridgeport
Mercury
Seaside
U.S. Weather Bureau
Stratford
Pay Boost Given Rubber Workers
United Rubber Workers, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., and B F Goodrich Co reached an eight cent hourly pay raise and delayed pension and insurance changes until next spring. The agreement covers about 33,000 production workers and lifts the average wage to 2.60 dollars per hour.
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Cleveland
United Rubber Workers and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
B. F. Goodrich Co
L. S. Buckmaster
UAW
Features for Everybody In Telegram Every Day Page
Classified ads, comics, editorials, and various sections listed for Telegram Every Day. Features by Angelo Patri and Constantine Brown appear with page markers. Obituaries, financial news, and trivia like crosswords and bridge columns are included along with radio and TV notes and theater and women's sections.
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Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
Dr. Bundesen
Viaene
Financial News
Jacoby On Bridge
Vewvens
Sylvia Porter
Mafia links loom in Apalachin test and banter
Three ex-officers of labor unions defy questions on mafia ties before the Senate Rackets Committee. John Charles Montana admits attending Apalachin by accident while other witnesses invoke the Fifth Amendment. Police scrutiny follows the 1957 Apalachin meeting amid claims of labor and racketeering infiltration.
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Washington
Senate
Apalachin
N.Y
John Charles Montana
Buffalo
N. Y
Montana
New York
Rosario (Russell) Mancuso
Utica
Hod Carriers Union
James V.la Duca
Mafia
Sicily
U.S
Mancuso
Hap Longo
Joseph F. Kennedy
Longo
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Mancusa
Lyford Delays Primary Action In Connecticut Race
Hartford dispatch reports that Lyford of Westport has not decided whether to challenge Col. Kowalski for the at large congressional nomination. Kowalski won party endorsement 364 to 122. A July deposit issue arose over petitions due by July 24, with signatures needed from at least 5,000 registered Democrats.
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Hartford
Joseph F. Lyford
Westport
Frank Kowalski, Jr
New Briain
Nominaton
Kowalski
Lyford
Mildred P. Allen
Secretary of State
Tedesco Says Renewal Won't Boost Tax Rate
Bridgeport mayor says redevelopment will not raise taxes and two initial projects will pay for themselves in four to five years. He highlights a federal housing plan for the Hillside Home property with a 50 unit development and a $7,000 planning loan plus a $700,000 program grant. Construction set for September with occupancy expected next spring.
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Bridgeport
Tedesco
Rotary Club
Stratfield Hotel
Public Housing Administration
Washington
Union Station
Southern
Mary Humphrey
Paoli
Train crash injures thirty at Union Station Alexandria
An AP report from Alexandria says about 30 people were injured when a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train rear collided a Sea Board Air Line train discharging passengers at Union Station. Four were admitted for observation. 22 released after first aid. Engineer William W. Roberts said brakes failed, speed eight to 10 miles an hour.
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Alexandria
Chesapeake & Ohio
Seaboard Air Line
Union Station
Alexandria Hospital
William W. Roberts
Charlottesville
C&o Diesel
Seaboard
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Potomac
Englewood Hospital Changes Highlight Municipal Aim
The new administration outlined changes at Englewood hospital to deliver a municipal hospital Bridgeport deserves and has been paying for. The report notes Englewood’s status as a hospital for chronic disease patients and isolation-type use, with $19,000 in income reported, continued on page four.
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Englewood Hospital
Bridgeport
Englewood
Special Holiday Service Edition for July 4 in Bridgeport
The Bridgeport Telegram will publish a Holiday Edition on Friday July 4 containing all The Post features and comics. It will be distributed to regular Post subscribers and Telegram readers through news dealers and carriers.
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Bridgeport Telegram
POST
Telegram
Fire at Lavit Co. liquor warehouse on State St
Fire swept through the Lavit company wholesale liquor warehouse at 849-851 State Street just before 5 pm causing heavy losses. Liquor valued near one million dollars burned as firemen battled the blaze. Two firefighters were injured and hospitalized. investigators planned a full probe next day.
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Pete Mastronards
L. Herman Lavit Company, Inc
State Street
Lavit
Edward F. Bannon
John P. May
St. Vincent's Hospital
James Sullivan
James T. Whaley
Carmen Alberti
Mr. Alberti
Bannon
May
South End
West End
Francis Shanley
John Lynch
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Destroyer Cotten
Rinsko
Cotten
Navy
Buckley Bros
Seaview Avenue
Ritz Ballroom
Queen
Urceit
Ctim
Scions
Huddle
Sen
Irving M. Ives
R-Ny
AP Wirenhoro
Eisenhower
Rams
Virginia Station
All News Dastery
Lavit CO
State ST
L. H. Lavit
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