19 Jun 1958
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1958
Page
1
Irv Johnson appointed Louis Snow as deputy registrar amid political shifts. Beardsley pond pollution appears to ease with a Friday A rating guiding officials to cancel swimming advisories. A private dump near a Beardsley stream has been posted closed as inspectors seek further pollution sources.
Charles S. Dubin, director of the TV quiz show Twenty-One, refused to answer a congressional committee on Communist past ties and was fired by NBC. Bernard Gersten, festival executive stage manager, also invoked the Fifth. About 200 witnesses were set for hearings into Communist influence in entertainment.
Two hundred two seniors from Bul lard Havens Technical school completed commencement in the gym. Valedictorian Loretta Brzoska led and James Halsey urged empathy as key to civic life and duty.
Bridgeport area forecast calls for mostly warm, mild conditions with highs around 70s. Tonight remains partly cloudy and mild with lows in the 50s. Friday brings more clouds and showers with thundershowers and high temperatures near 75 to 80 as winds shift southerly at 12 to 18 mph.
Stamford man granted an uncontested divorce from Veronica Gudiely Adomaitis after testifying his wife and three children have been absent and unheard from for more than seven years. He said he and his family were living in Akmene Lithuania when German occupation began and he was captured as a prisoner of war in 1944. He returned to the U S in 1945 and never was allowed to search for them despite repeated letters, with no replies from his wife or children.
Union members approve a wage package at Jenkins with a six and one half cent across the board increase and one and one quarter cents for benefits. Separately, city police announce a two zone parking meter crackdown to tow cars parked at meters hour after hour, targeting downtown congestion and shopper turnover.
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In Beirut Christians and Muslims clashed around a women's prison in a no-man's land as Lebanon faced a possible civil war. The government sought UN emergency force aid with Dag Hammarskjold due to arrive soon to press for a truce, but fighting continued.
A blonde German maid, Greta Goode, 46, is charged in Toronto with abducting 12 year old Joel Reitman in Montreal for a $10,000 ransom. The boy was delivered unharmed to Ottawa police. Goode denies being involved, claiming a mistaken identity. A warrant had been issued in Montreal before her arrest.
Boston Industrialist Bernard Goldfine states he will appear before a congressional committee to answer questions about gifts to Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams and others. He insists he has done nothing wrong and will explain loans and relationships with Paul A. Dever and John Fox amid the Adams inquiry.
In Inglewood California Albert Clark Reed a Caltech scientist vanished July 1952. He was tracked to Hollywood Park as a racetrack groom identified by fingerprints. Reed said he left home to wander and later worked in Phoenix then Pleasanton before returning to California. He learned his wife died in 1955 and his son was adopted.
The Senate 65 23 defeats Sen Paul Douglas plan to cut federal income and excise taxes by six billion dollars as a tool against the slump. Sen Harry F Byrd warns the move risks a 300 billion dollar debt and inflation while supporters say tax relief could lift unemployment. The House passed a tax extension bill that would preserve revenue and oppose auto tax cuts. McNamara seeks to repeal the 10 percent car excise and halve truck levy retroactive to March 1.
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