The Bridgeport Post and Telegram Postal Rates Notice
Notice details subscription rates for The Bridgeport Post and Telegram including daily and Sunday Post combinations, 1 year and 6 month terms, and single copies. Extra postage charges apply beyond 150 miles. Indicates Associated Press rights and publication history.
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Brideport Telegram
State St. Bridgeport
Post Publishing Company
Bridgeport Post
Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Audit Bureau of
Sunday Post
Redevelopment Survey Details City Project Need and Conditions
The report by consultants for the Urban Renewal agency analyzes the 12.5 acre Railroad Avenue redevelopment district. It notes a residential core cut off by rail and turnpike, poor street layout, crowded two story wood homes in need of repair, and a poorly located branch library. The study explains how district appraisal guides redevelopment decisions and notes provisions for displaced families.
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Federal Urban Renewal Agency
Railroad Avenue
Candeub and
Fleissig
Victor Galgano
Branch Public Library
Alaska Construction Boom Signals Statehood Boost
Alaska, pursuing statehood, shows a rising construction market with projected 100 million dollars in contracts for the year. First half 1958 awards reach 49.2 million with 47.1 million from federal funding, private sector activity rising, and public housing contracts totaling 10.3 million.
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Alaska
Engineering News-Record
McGraw-Hill
U. S
Mid East Crises Quickly Evolving and US Lebanese Role
The article notes the rapidly developing Middle East crisis with rising military tensions. It highlights U S Marines landing in Lebanon as a decisive US show of force, signaling Washington means business and pressuring Western Europe to reassess its stance. It discusses nations resisting subjugation while considering their remaining independence and territorial integrity amid shifting power plays.
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Mid-East
Middle East
U. S
Lebanon
Europe
Wisdom and power shape a tense Mediterranean standoff
In a sober assessment the piece warns that small nations must foresee winners in a rising dispute. Fleet concentrations, jet aircraft, Marines, and forces near the eastern Mediterranean signal decisive action over debate. It cautions that continued provoking incidents will end the game, urging close daily watching of events.
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Mediterranean
45 Million War Prisoners Since 1914 Highlight Peace Plea
The article notes over 45 million taken prisoners or disappeared in wars since 1914, with many unaccounted or past repatriation, their names recorded by the Red Cross agency in Geneva. It argues that such immense numbers could spur world leaders toward peace, if statesmen listen.
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Central Prisoners of War Agency
International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva
North Korea
Boston and Maine Sells 50 Stations Amid Declining Rail Patronage
The Boston and Maine railroad disclosed a policy to sell 50 stations within two and a half years as patronage wanes and communities abandon reliance on rail service. The piece argues railroads face reduced demand, rising bus and car use, and questions how to please the public while millions still depend on railways.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston and Maine
Metaphysicist on knowledge and living reality
A metaphysicist questions absolute knowledge while noting we feel certain we are living, arguing we pay nothing like imagined costs. The piece contends propaganda feeds undemanding minds and that someone who has had his best days may idealize the past as the good old days.
Baltimore ad tax repeal ruled unconstitutional by Maryland judge
Judge Joseph L. Carter of the Maryland Circuit Court declares Baltimore City Council ad valorem taxes unconstitutional. The The taxes raised about three quarters of a million dollars but harmed local advertisers and possibly reduced city revenue. The ruling likens the taxes to Huey Long imposed levies and notes the constitutional protection of the press. Baltimore newspapers and radio may now enjoy a freer competitive environment.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
D'Alesandro
Joseph L. Carter
Maryland Circuit Court
Huey Long
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Stabilizing prices lift hopes for relief in foods and services
A decade of rising costs appears to ease as the government signals near stability in the consumer price index between mid May and mid June. Experts predict a modest fall by late 1958 or fall, driven by lower meat fruit and dairy prices, while services like hospitalization, postage, rail fares, and rents still rise or hold. The piece traces past recessions to frame the current outlook and urges readers to rely on these trends for family budgeting.
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Hersey E. Riley
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Amman
Jordan
Middle East
Nikita Khrushchev
New York University Econoicso
Jules Backman
Analysts view Middle East turmoil as rising Nasser influence
AP analysts interpret rising Arab nationalism as dangerous and led by Gamal Abdel Nasser. They warn Khrushchev’s summit bid could stave off or trigger wider conflict as Western policy fails to curb extremism and Lebanon’s rebellion exposes strategic missteps. The piece notes Nasser’s bid to annex Iraq, oil interests, and shifting regional power away from the West.
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Nasser
Iraq
United Arab Republic
Europe
Nikita Khrushchev
Damascus
Jordan
Kitaiter
Coenen
Geneva
Khrushchev
Mideast
United States
Middle East
Jay Terina
Lebanon
Gamal Abdel Nassar
Democrats View Nixon as Key Opponent in 1960 Race
The article notes Democrats believe Richard Nixon is the major figure to beat in 1960. It cites a crafted dossier from Democratic headquarters and mentions a July issue of Democratic Digest titled The Nixon Edition. The piece references past targets Dewey and Eisenhower and hints at Nixon's polarizing role in party strategy.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Eisenhnower
Taft
Eisenhower
House
Democratic Digest
Plece
Democrats Eye Moderate Path Against Nixon in 1960 Nomination
Democrats assess a crowded field while Nixon appears poised for the Republican nomination. They foresee winning liberal and racial support post Roosevelt Truman benevolence, aim to avoid ultraliberal baggage, and favor moderate candidates like Symington Meyner Kennedy over Harriman Williams Humphrey.
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Nixon
Nivante Antifinal
Nbanmi
South
Little Rock
Afl-Ci0
ADA
NAACP
Parent- Teachers’ Association
Symington
Missouri
Meyner
New Jersey
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Harriman, Williams, Humphrey & Co
Marine Band Opens Park Concert Series in Sea Side Park
The Bridgeport Marine Band drew about 250 attendees at Sea Side Park for the third summer concert sponsored by Mayor Tedesco. It was the band’s first of four appearances, with the next event a Family Night on Tuesday at Pleasure Beach featuring Jack Stills’ orchestra and free admission for the public.
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Bridgeport Marine Band
Seaside Park
Mayor Tedes+co
Pleasre Beach
Jack Still
Iran Crisis Looms as Soviet Moves Press Iran
Overseas outlooks warn of a coming crisis in Iran with Red forces massing on Iran and Turkish borders. A Kremlin backed coup in Iranian Azerbaijan is feared, as Tudeh and Kurdish groups show pro Soviet leanings. Washington and London see Iran as key to regional balance and brace for possible military aid and force deployments while UN inaction persists.
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Middle East
Iran
Red
Iranian
Azerbaidjan
Iranian Kurdistan
Ussr
Caspian
Washington
London
Ankara
Kremlin
United Nations
Teheran
India
Nehru
Pakistan
Turkey
Congress
Soviet Union
Paris
Baghdad
Iraq
United States Army
Adana
Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Cyprus
Necesary
Landsore
Tran
United States
Germany
Moscow Air Day Highlights Show Over Tushino Field
The July 20 aviation day in Moscow lasted nearly three hours with no new aircraft unveiled. P. Zhigarev urged peace and condemned American and British colonizers, while top leaders watched parachute demonstrations and civilian airliners. A Soviet Flying bedstead was shown to foreign attaches for the first time, with Rokossovsky among attending military officials. Portraits of the central committee presidency lined the reviewing stand.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
P. Zhigarev
Izvéstia
Tushino Field
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Rokossovsky
Turkey
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Klementi Voroshilov
Anastas Mikoyan
Mikhail Suslov
Central Committee Presidium
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Guards Start Strike at Nevada ABC Sites
Nevada guards at three Atomic Energy Commission installations walk off over pay. About 104 workers from Las Vegas Tonopah and Mercury join picket lines as Civil Service guards from Los Alamos replace them. Independent Guard Assn of Nevada members seek a 17 1 2 cent hourly raise plus 24 cent fringe benefits. Federal Service Inc offers 1 2 cent.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Ralph Patterson
Tonopah
Mercury
Civil Service
Los Alamos
N.M
Mmen
Independent Guard Assn
Federal Service Inc
Hearing Planned On Rail Wreck Here
Investigation continues into the cause of the New Haven derailment last Tuesday. A hearing will question personnel involved in train operation by the line superintendent, per assistant information officer Robert McKernon. Officials examine track debris and wheel fragments. more than 100 yards of track and roadbed were torn up after 18 cars of a 60 car New York bound freight train derailed.
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New Haven Railroad
Robert McKernon
McKernon
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