Julius Boros Wins 52nd U.S. Open Golf Title
Fairfield native Julius Boros won the 52nd U S Open at Dallas turning in a score of 281 to earn the U S Golf Association crown. He is shown receiving the trophy from Totten P Heffelfinger with Lew Worsham congratulating him after the final putt.
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Julius Boros
Fairfield
Dallaurday
Totten P. Heffelfinger
United States Golf Assoion
U. S
N. C
Lew Worsham
Oakmont
Congratus
Merry Widow Slayer Surrenders in Boston Slaying Case
Conscience-stricken ex convict John M. Mahoney 47 held for the death of Mrs Marion Robbins Sr the merry widow of New Yorks Greenwich Village He told reporters he strangled her because she would not let him love her A bloodstained shirt and a shirt from the widow's son were found in his lodging house room in Boston Detectives continued inquiries with lead details to Page Two.
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Boston
Marion Robbins
Merry Widow
New York
Greenwich Village
John M. Mahoney
John Mannion
News Room
Boston Post
Thomas Conarty
Mahoney
Connarty
Elmer E. McKinney
Official Weather Report For New York City
Mostly fair and warmer with near 80 degrees today. Increasing cloudiness tonight with a low around 60. Tomorrow hot again near 99 degrees with moderation in winds from east to south. Yesterday high 65 and low 52 with no precipitation reported. Sun rises at 9 20 a m and sets at 8 28 p m.
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Fternoon
New York City
East Germans Battle Reds In Border Ouster Revolt
East Germans clash with police as thousands resist border security orders. In Thuringia and nearby villages civilians ambush patrols and confront forces trying to deport “unreliables” from the border belt. Large-scale unrest leads to arrests and heavy reinforcements.
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Berlin
West Germany
Volkopolizei
People's Police
Thuringia
Kaltenwordheim
Hawthorne Corps Wins Parade of Champions in Stratford
The Caballeros of Hawthorne New Jersey won the Parade of Champions at Long Brook Park Stratford with 88133 points. They wore Spanish Don costumes and performed Valencia and other selections to beat Garbarina Mazarakos Post of New York City before 5000 spectators.
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Frederick E. Phelan
Caballeros
Hawthorne
N. J
National American Legion
Longbrook Park
Stratford
Garbarina-Mazarakos Post
New York City
Sky
Rockefeller wife says she still loves mate hopes for reconciliation
Mrs Barbara Rockefeller the estranged Cinderella bride of Winthrop Rockefeller said she still loves her wealthy husband and believes effort by both could restore their marriage. The former Barbara Sears, daughter of an immigrant coal miner, married Rockefeller February 14 1948 in Palm Beach. Their son Winthrop Paul was born the following September. the couple separated soon after.
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Lowell
Ind
Barbara
Bobo) Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller
Barbara Sears
Rockefeller
Palm Beach
Flag
Winthrop Paul
New York
Rockefeller 1
Novice U S flier becomes jet ace in Korea
Second Lt. James L. Low, 26, of Sausalito California, six months out of flight school, shot down his fifth MiG 15 to become America's 17th jet ace. Flying in Korea with the Fifth Air Force, Low claimed two air battles in which Sabres destroyed three MiGs and damaged one while on his 43rd combat mission near Namsidong.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
America
U. S. Fifth Air Force
James LF. Low
Sausalito
Calif
Low
Rome guards Ridgway arrival after TNT seizure
In Rome on June 16 AP reports police and carabinieri block Ridgway visit preparations. Authorities searched Communist party offices and nabbed two men with 18 pounds of TNT near the Flaminia bridge while six others fled. Government bans all public meetings during the visit.
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Rome
Communist Party
Italy
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Flaminia Bridge
Ike Defends Joint Chiefs and Taft's Presidential Bend
In Detroit on June 15 AP report notes Dwight D. Eisenhower defending the joint chiefs of staff and saying he would not bring Douglas MacArthur into government if he becomes president. He counters Taft's claim on convention delegates and notes no promised cabinet posts or deals. Taft states he may not run again if he loses the nomination and discusses campaign approaches, MacArthur, and 18 year voting age.
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Ike
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Taft
Washington
Sen. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
CBS
Republican National Committee
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Detroit
Texas
Eisenhower
Senate
Meadow
Repubican
John Foster Dulles
Vatican
United States
Chiefs of Staff
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Joint Chiefs
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
MacArthur Eisephower
Eisenhower Greeted by 100000 in Denver on campaign swing
Denver crowds greet Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Mamie as they arrive to establish political headquarters for the final stretch of the Republican nomination bid. Gov Dan Thornton and Denver Mayor Quigg Newton welcome the couple from Detroit amid a throng of supporters including Maj. John Eisenhower.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
Europe
Eisenhower
Detroit
Air Field
Maj
John Eisenhower
Colorado
Dan Thornton
Quigg Newton
Burglars Ransack Homes and Diner in Weekend String
Burglars entered three residences and a North End diner in Bridgeport over the weekend, with safes at the Bridgeport Lumber office on Reservoir Avenue also damaged. Victims report losses including rings, a travelling bag, diamond pins, and cash totaling around $150, while a break at the North End diner on North Avenue was discovered by a night watchman.
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Bridgeport Lumber Company
Reservoir Avenue
James Casle
Laurel Avenue
Eli Thorpe
Platt Street
Irving’ Chandler
Park Avenue
North End
North Avenue
Fred Yakish
Alfred Cavanto
Senators weigh action on steel strike
Washington reports that several senators debate using punitive measures against steel profits executives pay and workers bargaining rights to settle the steel strike. A Senate labor committee orders a preliminary staff study on feasible law actions, after Truman rejected invoking seizure powers and the Taft-Hartley option.
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Washington
Senate
Humphrey
D-Minn
Truman
PAVLIK HELD IN TEXAS MURDER CASE
Vincent Paul Pavlik a 19 year old Marine was charged with murder in the slaying of S Mason Jonas 37 of Leesville Louisiana in Beaumont Texas Jonas body was found in a ditch near Beaumont Pavlik admitted the shooting and led officers to the scene saying the victim made an indecent proposal before walking into the ditch
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Beaumont
Tex
Vincent Paul Pavlik
Bridgeport
Conn
S. Mason Jonas
Leesville
Jonas
Pavlik
Houston
Buster Kern
Harris County
CD siren test moved to 2 pm today for dead-spot fix
A second unofficial Divi Defense siren test is set for today at 2 pm to check elimination of dead spots found in Saturday's run. Sirens mounted on two trucks will be placed at North and Park avenues and near Dugan Brothers bakery on Glenwood Avenue to cover identified gaps. The city’s six sirens will be joined by the GE factory siren, bridge and fire department sirens as part of Operation Connecticut, with a state-wide red alert at 10 am and all-clear ten minutes after.
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Divi Defense
Chris Wesche
Shens
North
Park Avenue
Dugan Brothers
Glenwood Avenue
General Electric Company
Connecticut
Ate
Bridgeport Man Arrested in New York Cop Attack
A Bridgeport man Angelo Melino, 22, of 878 Broad Street, is among six men detained in New York City after a wild melee in which four policemen were knifed. Melino, alleged to be one of the knife wielders, is held at the West 100th Street station in lieu of $1,000 bond with other suspects. The melee began, according to reports, in Medina.
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Bridgeport
Angelo Melino
Broad Street
New York City
Medina
West 100Th Street
Boy Survives 1,500 Ft Cliff Fall Near Lake Arrowhead
A 10-year-old boy, Kenneth Wright Jr. of Compton, California, survived a 1,500-foot plunge at Lake Arrowhead after tumbling down a cliff. He suffered a cerebral concussion, head cuts, and possible internal injuries but no broken bones. Forest Ranger Joe Austin led rescuers who carried him out by litter. the cliff was not vertical, with shale outcrops breaking long free falls.
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Lake Arrowhead
Cali
Kenneth Wright, Jr
Compton
Calif
U. S. Forest
Joe Austin
Lake Arrowhead Park
Wright
Doting U S Parents Force Kids Into Maturity Says Philosopher
English philosopher Cyril E M Joad says American parents push children to too-early maturity. He writes in the Sun Day Dispatch that doting parents create fatefully grown adults with empty pleasures and premature adulthood, noting his own public school experience and observations.
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U. S
London
Cyril E. M. Joad
Aaid
Lord Rothermere
Sunday Dispatch
T Joad
London University
School of Philosophy
Joad
Norwalk Boy Killed by Post Road Bus in Westport
A 17-year-old Norwalk youth Albert Guy McCausland was killed just before 3 a m when struck by a New York bound Vermont Transit bus on the Post road near Norwalk. Driver Harry Klingler, 38, of Brooklyn, said he swerved to avoid the youth standing in the westbound lane but hit him. Klingler posted $1,000 bond and faces Town Court on June 39. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 1:30 p m at Raymond funeral home followed by burial in Hillside cemetery Thomaston.
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Westport
Norwalk
Albert Guy McCausland
Gertrude LaBraque McCausland
Main Street
Norman P. McCausland
New York City
Norwalk Hospital
Vermont Transit Company
Harry Klingler
Brooklyn
Fred Furtak
Springdale
Post Road
Klinger
George Meeker
Joseph Romano
Walter Finch
Town Court
O'Brien Press
Raymond Funeral Home
East Wall Street
W. Wesley Williams
Mercury rises to 87 for summer preview
Heat wave grips the region as Bridgeport records a 87 degree high at the municipal airport with NW breeze shift spurring a brief dip before the temperature climbs to 85 again. The nationwide heat peaks with Chicago at 94 and New York hitting 90.6 in a hot day.
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Mercury
U. S. Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Chicago
New York City
Strike Called On LIRR In New York
Engineers and motormen of the Long Island Railroad were ordered to strike at 3 am EST tomorrow, a move the union said will affect about 300,000 passengers on the heavily traveled commuter line.
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New York
Long Island Railroad
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