King and Queen finals highlight Ballyhoo festival
Royal court finalists were narrowed at Bassick High School with 29 entrants. Winners receive $150 scholarships, TV sets, and other prizes. six finalists will be announced at the Ballyhoo show July 2.
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Post Publishing Company
Bassick High School
Walter Kiernan
John Davis Lodge
Anna Baum Shane
Stevan Dohanos
Wood Cowan
Mary Giblin
Patricia Dube
Marcia Marbury
Nancy Michalka
Kurt Brackart
John Wetzel
Harvey Wenz
Lorrie Pedersen
University of Connecticut
Adele Silverman
Beacon House Hill
Easton
Connecticut Vegetable Growers
Adele
University of Bridgeport
Hurchiil Woaa
Ariter
Elort
Fairfield University
John Bergmark
Bungalow Avenue
White Barn
Spinning Wheel Inn
George Buckhout
Roaring Brook Road
Howlands
Arcade Men's
Jax Shoestore
Lee Hat Manufacturing Company
Remington
McKesson and Robbins
Bridgeport Brass Company
Columbia Recording Corporation
Jay James
Casco Manufacturing Company
Cisco
Underwood Corporation
D. M. Read Bridal Shop
Warner Brothers
Jo Davis
KaMor Shoe Store
City Jeweler
Acme Shear Company
Columbia
McKessons
Brass Company
Jennings Brothers
Levine Brothers
Royal Court
New York
Buckley Brothers
Fred Gardiner
Eleanor Volpe
Samuel Rosoff
Mr. Kiernan
Mary Lou Lobdell
Roger Ludlowe
Eileen McCarthy
Bullard Havens Technical School
Sonia Nash
Harding
Anna‘ Dee Riccardi
Phyllis Schwein
the University School
Sandor Weston
Mary Lou Yankowski
Bullard Havens
Steve Ragnar
Thomas Dixon
Bassick
Henry Frigon
Fairfield
Eisenhower predicts nomination amid press split
Eisenhower foretells winning the nomination as a press corps luncheon sparks anger and charges of favoritism. He discusses a large budget cut miscontextualized by Taft supporters and hints at possible tax relief once defense slackens. Delegations from Colorado Utah Wyoming meet him while Texas speeches intensify party tensions.
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GOP
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Taft
Will F. Nicholson
John Foster Dulles
Nicholson
H. Pratt Kessler
Salt Lake City
Kessler
Republican Party
Chicago
Brown Palace
Denve
Denver
Denison
Tex
Dallas
Texas
Cochairman
L. M. Pexton
Associated Press
Stassen
Norwalk Rejects Police Extension Plan Vote Result
Norwalk voters rejected extending police service beyond the Fourth Taxing district. The plan would have shifted calls to the Westport bureau for outlying districts, with life and death calls by state police request. District tallies showed strong support in all areas, and Mayor Freese urged continued campaigning.
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Norn
Westport Barracks
Board of Police Commissioners
Norwalk
Freese
New Milford Area Struck by Severe Storm
The area faced a sharp squall before rain with lightning damaging Walter Whittaker’s North Haven home while he slept. Cows in Bloomfield were killed by lightning. Damage also reported in Wallingford New Hartford and Ellington. The storm brought brief relief from heat with a forecast for fair, warm weather and lower humidity after yesterday’s 86 degree high.
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Associated Press
Walter Whittaker
North Haven
Bloomfield
Wallingford
New Hartford
Ellington
Lightning Triggers Three Fires in New Milford
Severe electrical storms lash New Milford causing three fires including a trailer home destroyed in Northville. Winds topple trees blocking roads and rip siding from a Boardman house as two more homes suffer fire from lightning. Trains blocked near Kent with passengers rerouted by bus. widespread power outages reported along New Milford Kent and Washington.
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Northville
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Kent
Danbury
New Haven Railroad
New York
Fittsfield
Washington
Lawrence Smith
Joseph Cartelli
Prospect Place
Joseph Barrett
Wellsville Avenue
James Loonan
Wage Stabilization Board Abolished In Labor Report
A House committee urged abolition of the Wage Stabilization Board after finding it violated Taft Hartley provisions and interfered with the National Labor Relations Board and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The panel faulted its handling of union shop recommendations and dispute case actions as inflationary and destabilizing.
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D-Nc
WLB
National Labor Relations Board
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Douglas Aircraft Co
Boeing Airplane Co
Wage Stabilization Board
United Automobile Workers of America Cio
Borg- Warner Corp
Duces
Bridgeport Air Raid Drill Declares Public Cooperation Excellent
Bridgeport officials report a successful all out air raid drill despite a ceiling plaster collapse in the county courthouse. Mayor McLevy and Civil Defense observers praised swift sheltering, zero traffic, and strong public cooperation across the city and Hartford.
Bridgeport Air raid drill praised by store officials
In Bridgeport the air raid drill drew praise from executives of D M Reads and Howland’s as hundreds sheltered in stores and offices. Citizens followed sheltering orders, traffic halted on the Meritt Parkway, and hospitals and schools conducted coordinated safety measures with no major incidents reported.
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Civil Defense
Bridgeport City Trust Company
Bridgeport
Post Office
Burroughs Library
Broad Street
Remington Rand Company
Main Street
Wesche
Fairfield Avenue
Brewster Street
Connecticut Passes Air Raid Test With Flying Colors
Connecticut halted two million residents for ten minutes as a statewide air raid warning test concluded with officials declaring public cooperation excellent. In Hartford streets cleared quickly. one arrest reported for disobedience. two minor violations deemed inconsequential.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Old State House
Civil Defense
Hartford- Connecticut Trust Co
William Hesketh
Hesketh
Gov. Lodge
Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co
State Communications Center
Michael Godfrey
Elvin C. Austin
Sharon
Groton
George Reimer
Reimer
Dentist Juggled Patient With Civil Defense Duties
Wilton June 17 Dr Harold A Gold CD director said the air raid test went smoothly despite his patient in the chair. He alternated between dental duties and CD leadership as four state troopers and six auxiliary officers from Westport barracks patrolled the town during the exercise.
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Wilton
Harold A. Gold
Gold
Wilton Center
Westport
Two Bethel Women Fail Air Raid Test
Bethel civil defense chief Louis P. Shaw praised complete cooperation during an air raid drill directed by Police Chief Morris R. Britto. Two women in the business district ignored warnings. one in a car was ordered to stop and shelter, the other a pedestrian claimed ignorance of the test.
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Ameden
Hayden
Bridgeport
Lyddy
McLevy
East Main Street
Barnum Avenue
Walter Potz
First National Bank and Trust Company
County Court House
Court House
Golden Hill
Birdseye School
Stratford Trust Company
Fairfield
Grover C. Benton
Benton
Reef Road
Joseph Lasky
Westport
Finance Commission
James Kranyik
John Neary
Bethel
Louis P. Shaw
First Selectman
Civil Defense
Morris R. Britto
Britto
Raymond Stage
Wise men of Gotham folk tale about kings hunting lodge
The phrase wise men of Gotham refers to a tradition in Gotham England where men dressed as fools persuaded a king not to build a hunting lodge near their town, using humor to prevent the royal project.
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Gotham
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