Gas Blaze Levels House in Redding
A gas explosion on Osborne Street in Redding at 3 am leveled a two family house, injuring one man and forcing five others to flee. Damage was estimated at 15000 dollars. Alex Skoglund, a second floor resident, struck a match igniting leaking gas from a stove setting and suffered cuts to face and chest before hospital treatment.Continued on Page Two
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Redding
Osborne Street
George
Town
Alex Skoglund
Skoglund
Danbury Hospital
Herman Pietsch
Richard
Official Weather Bridgeport and Vicinity Sunny Warm
Bridgeport and vicinity forecast for the day promises sunny conditions and higher temperatures. New York City will see similar weather with warm conditions. Almanac notes indicate July 7 as the 189th day, midsummer, with sunrise at 5:28 a.m. and sunset at 8:28 p.m.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Prison riot at Southern Michigan Prison ends with one convict shot
Jackson Michigan July 6 AP state troopers quelled a prison outbreak at Southern Michigan Prison. Rioting began at 8 p m in cell block 9 with inmates confined individually. a convict was wounded in the shoulder as guards fired to restore order.
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Jackson
Mid
Southern Michigan Prison
Warship Heermann Visits Bridgeport As Barnum Festival Attracts Thousands
About 5,000 people toured the Fletcher class destroyer USS Heermann docked at the Cisco Terminal pier during a four hour public opening over the festival weekend. Nearly 2,000 visited Saturday and more than 3,000 Sunday as Lieut Meyers logged the attendance. The ship departed for Newport RI at 8 am with 20 Barnum Festival officials aboard. Ringmaster William Carlson thanked Commander Edward C Spencer for Navy support to Bridgeport’s five day event.
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Heermann
Deroyer
Cisco Terminal
Seaside Avenue
Robert Meyers
Newport
R. 1
William Carlson
Bridgeport
Edward C. Spencer
United States Navy
Spencer
100 Boats Join Parade in Sound and Seaside Final Day
The Barnum Festival closed in sunshine with a yacht regatta and a 500 person Seaside park program after inspecting the USS Heermann. Nearly 100 craft paraded as the Shellfish carried officials including Major and Mrs. McLevy and Commander Edward Spencer.
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Sound
Seaside
Florence Lovell
Heermann
Cilco
Seaside Park
McLevy
Edward Spencer
Features for Everybody In the Telegram Today
Korean mother reunited in hospital as Lieut Linardos returns from Japan on emergency leave. Editorials note Linardos, captain of Bassick 1943 football, has been in Japan since 1950. he arrives home for the first time in more than two years. Obituaries and varying sections follow.
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Angelo Patri
C. G. Linaraos
Elias Linardakis
Fairfield Avenue
Constantine Brown
Japan
Herman Bundesen
Editoria
Stella Linardakis
Erich
End of 17 hour session on atomic funding dispute
Congress closed a 17 hour session with lawmakers still split over funding for atomic weapons expansion. The House and Senate prepared to reconvene, as leaders warned action would be needed next week between conventions. President Truman urged elimination of the rider, while defense and social welfare bills moved forward.
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Washington
Congo
Pesce Iecient
Chicago
House
Senate
Congress
White House
Truman
Barkley
Rayburn
Over Campaigning Dims Poor Man's Presidential Bid
Jersey City July 6 AP Henry Krajewski a Secaucus pig farmer who runs on the Poor Man's Party ticket is hospitalized after a nervous breakdown his wife says he has been on the go day and night since entering the campaign doctors may order a brief vacation but she expects him to resume campaigning soon despite the setback
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Jersey City
N. J
Henry Krajewski
Secaucus
Christ Hospital
Poor Man's Party
Stephanie
Mpaign
Krajewski
Barkley Opens Active Campaign For Democratic Nomination
Vice President Barkley, age 74, announces he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination after Kentucky delegates urged him to run. He notes prior statements he would accept if tendered, but cites Senate duties as preventing primary entry.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
United States
Senate
Homeward Fourth of July traffic unexpectedly light
State police said holiday traffic was lighter than expected as the Fourth of July weekend ended. Westport barracks noted unusually light flow and suggested many motorists left earlier. Milford tolls on the Merritt Parkway logged 39,695 cars and Greenwich 47,896 in the prior 24 hours, both below last year’s counts.
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Westport
Milford
Merritt Parkway
Greenwich
Liner Sets Record At Sea In United States Area
A ship named Asuanu reportedly sets a new record at sea as US authorities report on a Monday in July. Details remain sparse but indicate a notable nautical milestone involving a liner.
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Asuanu
United States AT Sea
Connecticut Delegation Backs Rules Change At GOP Nats
The Connecticut delegation at the Republican national convention voted 20 to 2 to back a proposal to bar contested delegates from seating or committees until officially elected. Eisenhower forces back the rule, Taft supporters oppose. Delegation members Brennan and Snyder abstain from endorsing the Taft side pending more input.
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Chicago
Connecticut
William H. Brennan
Stamford
Fairfield County
GOP
Raymond E. Snyder
Waterbury
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
Governor Lodge
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington State
Brennan
National Committee
Snyder
Nelson L. Carpenter
Canterbury
Henry J. Gebert, Jr
Danbury
Carpenter
Gebert
Jet Unit Flies Non-Stop To Hawaii In 5 12 Hours
A squadron of 20 F-84 Thunderjets flew nonstop from California to Hawaii, a 2,408 mile, 5 hours 29 minutes flight with midair refueling. The mission, part of a 9,000 mile mass flight from Turner AFB to Japan, demonstrates SAC global mobility and readiness to strike anywhere at a moment’s notice. Major Robert J. Keen led the first squadron to land at Hickam Field, stating the flight averaged 450 mph at about 35,000 feet. The planes departed Travis AFB at 9:33 a.m. PDT and landed 12:02 p.m. Hawaiian time. The refueling minimized downtime and the mission was described as routine by leadership.
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Annululu
Japan
Turner Air Force Base
Albany
Ater
Hickam Field
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Robert J. Keen
Jacksonville
Fla
Travis Air Force Base
Probers Target Costly U S Chair Corps For Armed Forces
Senate Preparedness subcommittee urges Pentagon to form an advisory panel with private industry experts to examine manpower use across the services. It calls waste in manpower a threat to national strength and economy, noting savings already achieved fall short of urgency. The group cites five men to do one and urges better organization and economy. It hints at a 10 percent personnel cut as a possible step, with further details on Page Two.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Pentagon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Johnson
Defense Department
Army
Air Force
Navy
563 Lose Lives During Holiday
The nation logged a rising traffic death toll during the Fourth of July weekend with 563 total accidental deaths and 325 highway fatalities as the three day period neared its midnight Sunday deadline. The National Safety Council had forecast 430 traffic deaths for the period.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
The
Safety Council
Man Saved Wife Drowns at State Park Pool
North Haven July 9 AP Mrs Gertrude Mancuso 31 of West Haven drowned in the Wharton Brook State Park pool while her husband Peter 29 was rescued after a narrow escape. Lifeguard Herbert Stack found her body after Peter regained consciousness at Meriden hospital where he was taken. Doctors Breck and Carrozzella assisted as Peter recovered and asked about his wife. Medical Examiner Taylor ruled the death accidental by drowning.
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North Haven
Gertrude Mancuso
West Haven
Wharton Brook State Park
Peter
Meriden Hospital
Herbert Stack
Sterling Taylor
Eisenhower Taft Duel Looms At GOP Convention Start
July 6 AP report from Chicago describes delegates scrambling ahead of the Republican National Convention. Eisenhower seeks a rule change to bar contested delegates from voting on seating, backed by Guy Gabrielson. Taft claims broad delegate support, with telegrams from dozens of delegates and hopes of ~50 votes shifting later in the week. Eisenhower probes Michigan and Pennsylvania blocs while Stassen and Taft attend events, proxies exchanged, and preparations for the nomination fight intensify.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
GOP
Guy G. Gabrielson
Taft
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Arthur E. Summereld
Penn
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Earl E. Warren
California
Stassen
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