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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1952
Page
2
Eva Neveckas recounts life at a Lowell farm with her son Winnie and says she hopes to reconcile with Winthrop Paul Rockefeller. Rockefeller’s lawyer notes a $1,000,000 trust for the boy, established Feb 15, with ongoing support. she asserts the fund will never benefit Winnie directly.
Winthrop Rockefeller defended his financial support for his estranged wife and their son Winthrop Paul Jr asserting a tax free fund worth a million dollars is irrevocable and that he has given more than 128000 since their Oct separation. The statement was issued through his attorney Timothy N Pfeiffer after a dig at him calling him to account.
Senator Taft asserts at age 62 he will not run for president again if defeated. He doubts Eisenhower’s gains from his return and notes seven GOP targets to win the Senate. Taft criticizes Time Magazine and remarks on Texas delegates while hinting at possible cabinet service if reelected and party strength.
Dr Vernon W Lippard will become dean of Yale University School of Medicine July 1 succeeding Dr C N Hugh Long who will step to a research role. Lippard formerly headed the University of Virginia medical department and Yale graduate in 1928. He reflected on a path from aspiring small town physician to a career spanning New York New Guinea Manila and Virginia with hospital and lab duties.
General Eisenhower defended his views on military service and budget cuts during a major address. He supported youth voting rights, rejected full takeover of campaign direction, and reiterated calls for trimming government and military outlays while keeping options for reforms to the Taft-Hartley act. He opposed censorship, favored civil rights advancement via voluntary commissions, and discussed Vatican ambassador questions and Atlantic union ideas with reporters.
New York police say Mahoney will be brought back to face a homicide charge after meeting with investigators. Mrs Robbins, who entertained many men, was found dead last Tuesday in a Greenwich Village apartment amid liquor bottles. Mahoney, a South Bethlehem native, has a long prison history and claimed he met Robbins in New Jersey before the crime. Scientists put the origin of humans in Central Asia about a million years ago.
Rebels evicted eight families and sent them to a secret interior destination as police wounded three in a clash that swelled deportees to twenty. Churches housed evacuees as volspolizei patrolled. East Germany’s Communist regime touts police actions, while CDU admits American agents influenced ranks. Thousands flee to the West as three million voters are polled, and a 375,000 strong people’s police force is planned.
East Germany faces hurdles in creating a Kremlin allied army. Western intelligence cites popular resistance to remilitarization, funding shortfalls, and Soviet reluctance to supply heavy equipment. Officials doubt 12 divisions with 375,000 men can be funded or armed as planned, amid domestic and Moscow concerns.
Medina is charged with felonious assault after a knife attack on four patrolmen. William Finnessy, 27, sustained chest and left side wounds and is in serious condition at Bellevue Hospital. A second officer is hospitalized at St Luke's with abdominal stab wounds. two others were treated and released.
A side window was broken to gain entry at a diner and three houses. Nearby burglars forced the front door of Bridgeport Lumber at 310 Reservoir Avenue and knocked the combinations off two safes in a vain attempt to open them. Henry Stern, 670 Fairfield Avenue, president of the firm, found the break at about 3 a.m. yesterday on his return from New York City.
Joad criticizes American parents for overindulgence and children for premature adulthood. He notes visiting American children in Britain wearing adult fashion, dressing in fancy suits, and adopting adult behavior. He cites American fashion, vanity, and central heating as causes, laments English mothers losing native taste, and fears growing imprudence as children become adults.
Two men drown while attempting to rescue four coyote cubs stranded on a ledge at Boysen Reservoir near Shoshoni Wyoming. Wayne Cahill 40 an electrician at Boysen dam and Mrs James Coburn of Rock Springs die. Rescued are Bud Sears Bob Dodson Gary Cahill and the other child. Hugh Adams says six people borrowed a 12 foot boat to reach the cubs. A wind capsized the craft and the search followed.
General Ridgway arrives in Rome with security tight as anti Ridgway leaflets appear near the Flaminia bridge. He meets Premier De Gasperi and cabinet then travels to Naples to see Admiral Carney in NATO Southern Europe command. He later visits Florence and Udine before returning to Paris.
Dalton Warner of Park Street Trumbull reported a wallet containing $82 was taken Sunday morning while he dined at a restaurant on Golden Hill Street. Police were notified and the theft is under investigation. Sgt Harold Sherwood said the case is being investigated.
Hawthorne Corps scored 86.417 points to place second with Morristown, Ruane Grenadiers and Bayway Grays also finishing among the top five. Stratford PAL units opened the program and hosted the event with Col. Paul Rebola as reviewing officer.
Y P Pavlik admits to shooting a man multiple times after a dispute in Texas. He described taking a pistol from the victim, firing as he lay in a ditch, and later stealing the wallet containing $37. He also revealed he had been absent without leave from Camp Lejeune since March 10.
New York June 15 AP reports Solomon Rosenthal of the Bronx found his auto tax stamp was stolen not by scraping but by removing the entire windshield. City officials had argued stamps could not be stolen from windshields.
Chinese attack with at least 50 Red troops on the western front failed to dislodge American positions on a Tshated hill mass west of Chorn. The 45th Oklahoma division reported at least 1175 Chinese killed or wounded in five days of fighting through Sunday night while Americans held three knobs and with both sides pouring artillery and after midnight. A 45th division officer said the Chinese withdrew about 8 am.
Senate groups study proposals to avert a walkout in steel. Morse bill would empower seizure of defense industries to set pay and profits while Humphrey's panel weighs hearings and industry and union statements. Possible public hearings midweek and extension of the Defense Production Act loom large.
Westport man Joseph P. Lyford seeks the Democratic Congressional nomination in the 25th district. Delegates from Broad Street report support from 69 delegates across Fairfields, Weston, Monroe, Shelton and nearby towns following a State convention meeting in Hartford.
Police found Mr John bleeding from the head on a sidewalk in front of a local establishment. Dobkowski is held in Lewes of $500 bail awaiting a City Court hearing today.
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