Steel and Union Peace Talks Collapse in Washington
Washington reports a complete deadlock after four hours of talks as CIO chief Murray says the steel strike, now a week old, will continue. Union shop is the main disputed issue per Stephens, with other money matters unsettled.
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CIO
Washington
White House
CIO Steelworkers
Philip Murray
John A. Stephens
U. 8. Steel
Murray
John R. Steelman
Truman
Stephens
Senate
Storm damages and outages sweep Bridgeport area
A mid afternoon electrical storm hit Bridgeport with 62 mph winds and hail, striking a factory and a house, knocking out a radio station generator and briefly knocking WICC off the air. New York area storms killed three and cut power to thousands.
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Bridgeport
U.S
Stratford
New York
Long Island
New York City
Angers from Hell Paratroopers Empty Compound 76
In Korea on a Tuesday June 10 the Angels from Hell assault Compound 76 freeing 6 000 prisoners and burning the site. Two Americans die and 13 are wounded while Reds suffer an estimated 30 killed and 136 wounded. Prison leaders placed in solitary confinement as a master plan to liberate 80 000 POWs is uncovered.
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Kojtetsland
Korea
Angels From Hell
U. S
187Th Airborne
North Korea
Lee Hak Woo
Maj
David Korn
Richmond
Weather report for Bridgeport and New York City
Official weather bulletin notes fair and cooler conditions in Bridgeport with a high near 80 and a low around 60 to 65. Tomorrow expected to be mostly fair and warmer with highs in the low 80s. Winds westerly, small craft warnings in effect. New York City showing similar conditions.
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U. & Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
Vicinity
New York City
MacArthur Seen as Likely Republican Keynote Speaker
Gen Douglas MacArthur is favored to deliver the keynote at the Republican National Convention as Taft and Eisenhower factions clash over convention control. Eisenhower backs a military leader for high office, arguing modern warfare requires diplomacy and economic knowledge.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Connecticut
Clare Boothe Luce
Lone Man on Baby Lift Plane to London
A single male passenger, Frank Braun of Philadelphia, travels with a party of mothers and children on a baby lift flight from New York to London. The 65 children aged three months to ten years arrived to visit warbride grandparents, while Braun's family accompanied him. Braun described a mixed, emotional journey as the group arrived at Heathrow with the mothers guiding their kids off the plane.
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London
New York
Frank Braun
Philadelphia
Braun
Phyllis
Jeffery
Jill
Blockade lifted at Radio Berlin station
The British announced a seven day armed blockade of Radio Berlin would end with barbed wire around the station to be removed by midnight. Western commanders called the barricade a limited action that reduced Soviet pressure on Berlin and could be reused if needed. Major General Coleman ordered Royal Scots troops and MPs to dismantle the barriers.
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Berlin
Russia
Radio
West Berlin
Railroad Veteran John J. Eagen Dies at 84
Det Lt William Holohan said Gerald Kirsch 29 admitted his home hold up tale was false. Eagen an New Haven railroad employee for 64 years died at St Vincents hospital at 5 30 pm after May 20 medical stay. Services set for Friday at 8 30 am home and 9 am at St Augustine church. Buried in St Michaels cemetery.
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New Haven
William Holohan
Gerald Kirsch
Kirsch
Bridgeport
St. Raphael's Hospital
John J. Eagen
Washington Avenue
New Haven Railroad
St. Vincent’s Hospital
St. Augustine's Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Eagen
Senate approves six point four billion foreign aid bill
The Senate passed a 6.4477 billion mutual security foreign aid measure, sending it to President Truman for signature. It funds direct military aid totaling 4.598 billion and economic assistance of 1.805 billion, with further allocations across Western Europe, the Near East, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Truman
Olin Johnston
South Carolina
House
United States
Congress
Sen
Kem
R-Mo
Senate House Conference Committee
Russia
Rep
Battle
Britain
Western
Europe
Near East
Africa
Palestine
Israel
Asia and the Pacific
Latin America
Stratford considers $80,000 and $63,000 offers for Long Beach shore front
The Stratford Town council reviewed two bids from Rykar Trading of Bridgeport and the Long Beach cottage owners for Long Beach shore front from Pleasure Beach to Lordship. Both offers will go to the Finance committee for study, with a special meeting planned to confer with cottage owners.
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Stratford Town
Long Beach
Barnum Hop Festival Song Birth Captured by Teens
Teenage Barnum Hop committee members witnessed the creation of a song titled The Barnum Hop at a meeting in WICC. The effort credited Steve Martin and Harry Ahlberg for the tune with sprightly lyrics shaping a brisk jam session. Tom Frouge as grand marshal helped outline sponsors for the winning trophies and the dance championship feature.
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Wicc
Steve Martin
Harry Ahlberg
Tom Frouge
Ray Colonari
Fragmented Sinner's Tale Fireside Lure
A garbled relic notes a cautious warning about battling evil with fire. It hints at danger and a moral refrain, though specifics are lost to the OCR, leaving a cryptic moral claiming many have suffered for tempting fate.
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Mitchel Air Force Base
Bridgeport Brass Company
Housatonic Avenue
Martin J. Hayden
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Pat Aliano
Pws
Almanac
Ike’s
Associated Press
Joel Crothers
John Lodge
Luce
James C. Shannon
Governor Lodge
Ike
By Douglas B. Cornell
Brien McMahon
Chicago
Mrs. Luce
Red Quarters
C. F. C. Coleman
Royal Scots
Qptigian
New Haven’ Road
Rem
Stratford Council
M. J. Ryan
Industrial Development Concern
Seoul
Reds
Chorwon
Iowa
Wonsan
Hungnam
Manchuria
Fifth Air Force
Kanggye
Yalu River
Huichon
Pyongyang
U. S. Marine Corsair
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