Sweden orders air and sea forces to shoot back if attacked
Swedish officials announced that air and sea forces are to fire back at any Soviet attack while searching for a missing Catalina rescue plane. Moscow released claims that the Swedish plane opened fire first, prompting Swedish protests and a government move to bolster defense.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Baltic Sea
Moscow
Nils Swedlund
Baltic
Tage Erlander
Foreign Office
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Gotska Sanden
Official Weather Bridgeport and Vicinity Forecast
Official weather data from the U S Weather Bureau for Bridgeport and New York City shows mostly fair conditions with temperatures near 80 degrees today and around 78 tomorrow. Winds are light to moderate west to northwest today, calming tonight, with tonight's low about 63. Precipitation totals and barometer readings are listed, along with tide times and almanac details for Wednesday, June 18.
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U. & Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
Six Finalists Are Selected In Barnum King Queen Contest
Norwalk voters rejected a citywide police extension plan in a June special referendum with 2 793 in favor and 301 against. Only 3 094 of 27 736 eligible voters cast ballots, short of the required 51 percent. Stay away campaign by civic groups helped defeat the mayoral proposal. The Police Commissioners met to assess the outcome and notified Sgt Louis D Marchese of the Westport barracks.
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Norwalk
Board of Police Commissioners
Louis D. Marchese
Westport Barracks
Set
Marchese
Bridgeport Barnum festival selects Royal Court
Six standout teenagers were chosen from 29 Bridgeport area contestants for the Barnum festival Royal Court. The judges noted the fourth annual competition yielded a difficult decision with Lorrie Lynn Pedersen and Joan Diorio among the finalists, along with Adele Silverman and Arthur Conway in the running for King and Queen.
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Hayduk
Joan Diorio
Lorrie Lynn Pedersen
Adele Silverman
John Bergmark
Arthur Conway
George Buckhoué, Jr
Bridgeport
Royal Court
Stratford High
Lauralton Hall
Just
Bassick High
Fairfield Prep
Arthur
Dr. Sander Denied Readmission To Manchester Hospitals
Dr. Hermann N. Sander, acquitted in a 1950 murder case, was again denied permission to resume hospital practice in Manchester. The Hillsborough County Medical Society rejected his bid 45 to 40, short of the two thirds needed. His prior suspension followed the injection incident that hastened a patient’s death, leading to life bans from two Catholic hospitals and a six month license suspension.
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Sander
Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Hillsborough County Medical Society
Candia
Abbie Borreto
County Medical Society
Hillsborough County Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Samuel C. Sherman
New Milford Area Hit by Thunderstorm Damage
A thunder and wind storm struck late yesterday and last night causing severe damage in New Milford with three fires, including a trailer home destroyed, and fallen trees and power lines hindering transportation. Kent trains were delayed by trees. broad county impact reported with no direct fatalities. Bridgeport rainfall reached two tenths of an inch during the evening hours. winds peaked near 34 mph with minor accidents reported.
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New Milford
Kent
Connecticut
New England
Bridgeport
Weather Bureau
LIRR Strike Ends After Two Days of Tie Ups
New York June 17 AP A two day strike by Long Island Rail Road engineers ended tonight after stranding about 150000 commuters in one of the worst transportation tie ups in New York history. The first train left Jamaica Queens at 630 pm bound for Brooklyn as 350 engineers and motormen settled the walkout two and a half hours early. Full service was expected by tomorrow amid heavy highway bus and subway use and a pea soup fog complicating travel between Manhattan and Long Island.
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New York
Long Island Rail Road
Jamaica
Queens
Brooklyn
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ind
LIRR
Manhattan
Long Island
Eisenhower predicts nomination at secret luncheon
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told a select group of reporters he will win the Republican presidential nomination in Chicago over Senator Robert A. Taft. He outlined views on federal works programs, opposition to new five star ranks, and a foreign policy plank acceptable to both him and Taft as he grew increasingly bitter.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Taft
Bridgeport Civil Defense Drills Mark City Air Raid Test
Bridgeport joined a statewide air raid drill, the first since World War II, with traffic halting for the 10 am alert. Civil Defense officials called the exercise a success as the city went to a ghost town within 60 seconds and traffic resumed after the all-clear at 10:10. Nationwide results were reported as good by civil and military authorities.
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Bridgeport
Chris Wesche
Test drill shows civil defense praised for cooperation
Officials reported a state wide civil defense drill to test readiness for an enemy air attack. Traffic halted on the Merritt parkway with about 1500 cars stopped and no incidents. Volunteers were urged to join warden services while 40 people enrolled at CD headquarters and fingerprinted for duties.
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William Hesketh
Merritt Parkway
Wesche
Main Street
Silliman and Godfrey Company
Bridgeport
John Fox Moves To Purchase The Boston Post
Fairfield financier John Fox has contracted to buy The Boston Post from executors of the Grozier estate. The deal would place Fox in control, with a pledge the paper remain an independent Democratic daily serving the public interest and endorsing no party.
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John Fox
THE
Boston Post
Boston
Fairfield
Helen D. Grozier
Richard Grozier
Post
Harry J. Gallaski
the Post
New England
Grazier
Gallagher
House Unit Backs Abolition of Wage Stabilization Board
The House Labor Committee voted 16 to 5 to abolish the Wage Stabilization Board. The panel said the board’s wage policy fueled inflation and urged ending wage controls as part of how to handle the steel dispute and ongoing national strike. Rep Kearns planned to offer the abolition amendment on the floor.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
Congress
Labor Committee
House
Rep
Kearns
R-Pa
Adoption racket trial claims babies sold like merchandise
Brooklyn lawyer Marcus Siegel, 53, is accused in court of buying babies from unwed mothers for up to 50 dollars and selling them to couples for as much as 4500 dollars. Assistant District Attorney James A. McGough said the scheme treated babies as merchandise. The trial before Brooklyn County Judge Carmine Marasco began with a chosen jury and a courtroom closed to spectators except reporters.
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New York
Brooklyn
James A. McGough
Marcus Siegel
Siegel
Carmine Marasco
McGough
É Drew
William A. Kleinman
Marasco
Hudson, N. Y
Jersy
Hudson
Opaque
Columbia County
Fairfield Man Dies After Double Car Collision on Kings Highway
The town records its first fatality of the year as Stephen Zaborowski, 55, of 40 Exchange Street Fairfield, is fatally struck on Kings Highway near Jennings Road. Initial impact by a vehicle driven by Ronald A. Malony, 51, throws him into the path of a second car driven by Ollie M. Lyon Jr., 28, who runs him over. Both drivers face Town Court arraignment on a charge of operating a car to cause loss of life. Zaborowski worked for Handy and Harman and is survived by a wife, son Walter in the Army, two daughters, three stepsons, a stepdaughter, and a sister. Services pending at Frank Polke and Son Funeral Home.
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Stephen Zaborowski
Exchange Street
Fairfield
Kings Highway
Jennings Road
John Neary
Zaborowski
Ronald A. Malony
Benson Road
King’s Highway
Lyon
Malony
Bridgeport Gas Light Company
Philip Fracassini
Handy and Harman Company
Frank Polke and Son Funeral Home
Fairfield Avenue
Jury fails to reach verdict in Sea Slaying case
Franklin B. Weaver 31 of Englewood New Jersey formerly Bridgeport Conn faced man slaughter charges for shooting cook William Harvey aboard the S S Flying Trader between Manila and Kobe Japan. A second hung jury after seven hours of deliberation.
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New York
Franklin B. Weaver
Weaver
Englewood
N. J
Bridgeport
Northeastern Gas Wins Court OK To Start Pipeline Work
In New Haven on June 17 AP reports Northeastern Gas Transmission gained court permission to immediately begin installing a natural gas pipeline in the area as a potential source of supply by next year.
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New Haven
Northeastern Gas Transmission Company
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Ballyhoo
Telegram
Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown Sesee
Herman Bundesen
Erich Brandeis
Dr. Sander
N.Y
Ike
D. M. Read
Mary Sawyer
Greens Farms Road
Westport
H. M. Sanford
Bowgley Street
Elizabeth Bojnec
York Road
Fairfield Financier
Mr. Fox
North Benson Road
Fairfield Road
Ollie M. Lyon, Jr
Virginia Avenue
Dickerson
Harvey
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