Eisenhower Soundly Attacks Isolationists in TV Address
In Denver, June 23, Gen Dwight D Eisenhower warned that isolationism will leave America exposed to communism. He unveiled a four point peace and security program aimed at countering Taft’s foreign policy stance and urged strong support for the United Nations and NATO. He called for a positive, committed foreign program and a moral, spiritual resolve to defend freedom.
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Denver
Colo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Eisenhower
Frank Carlson
Americas
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Asia
The
Pacific
United States
Kremlin
Bridgeport Area Weather Almanac Update
Mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy and warmer in the afternoon with a high in the low 70s. Tonight it will be fair and not too cool with a mid 60s low. Tomorrow stays fair and warmer with more humidity. Almanac date Tuesday June 26 marks the 176th day and fourth day of summer. Sun rises at 5 21, sets at 8 30.
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Bridgeport
Fairfield PTA heads oppose 12 month school plan proposal
Two Fairfield PTA presidents rejected the 12 month school year plan outlined by Dr. Carlyle G. Hoyt saying the move sidesteps the need for new buildings while one called it rather favorable. Fairfield officials debated six day weeks summer rotation and 12 month teacher employment, with Bridgeport Superintendent Joseph E. Jeffery noting conflicts with private schools camps and family vacations.
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Fairfield Ptas
Carlyle G. Hoyt
Fairfield Schools
Hoyt
Field Rotary Club
Paul Kavall
Stratfield Pta
Donald Packard
Sherman Pta
Jeffery
Bridgeport
Norris Rossinoff
Lincoln Pta
Fairfield
Packard
Senator McMahon Undergoes Surgery in Washington
Senator Brien McMahon of Norwalk underwent an operation for a back ailment at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington on Saturday. Doctors say he is making good progress and may be discharged in about 10 days. Close aides denied reports of severe illness and said he remains able to perform many duties while recovering.
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Brien McMahon
Norwalk
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington
Senator McMahon
Capitol
Philip A. Caulfield
McMahon
Connecticut
John Lane
William Benton
William H. McMahon
John M. Bailey
McMahon Was Seriously Ill, Mr. Lane
Benton
Bailey
New Haven Register
Naugatuck
John Kenney
Hartford
Circus Arrives Two Shows Today In Bridgeport Feature
The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus trains begin rolling into Bridgeport at daybreak with a parade of nine elephant herds and 1,400 staff. Two performances at 2 15 and 9 15 pm follow 1 pm and 7 pm doors. The $300,000 Good Old Times spectacle opens the shows with about 2,000 performers and animals in a fantasy procession.
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Bridgeport
Stamford
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
New Haven
Avill
Barnum Park
John Ringling North
Richard Bar
Teenage Jitterbugs Lead Entries For Barnum Hop Contest
More than 30 students from Bridgeport Stratford Fairfield and Milford entered the State High School Championship Dancing contest of the Barnum Hop the teenage feature of the Barnum Festival. The Hop is scheduled for July in the Pleasure Beach Ballroom. After entry blanks appeared in Sunday papers the Barnum Hop committee noted a last minute rush at WICC studios. Jitterbugs lead among contestants while fox trot waltz polka Charleston and Latin American dances also scheduled. Rocky Clark chairs the Hop committee said contestants gain free admission to the ballroom the night of the Hop. Student tickets cost 75 cents in advance and box office tickets will be $1 on the night. Continued on Page
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Bridgeport
Stratford
Fairfield
Milford
Pleasure Beach
WICC
Rocky Clark
Stratford Acts On Short Beach Cottage Leases
Stratford Town Council voted to prohibit front row cottages on the Short Beach shore front at end of the 1954 season. New leases will remove 26 front cottages after two years with a 90 day removal period. Leases for second and third rows stay five years. Long Beach stays five years.
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Short Beach
Stratford
Housatonic
Long Beach
J. Edward Pratt
Second
Pratt
Nathan H.dahl
Third District
Julius Tucciarone
First District
D. James Morey
Tucciarone
Frank A. Larkin
Hugh A. Hoyt
Two Trucks Collide on Milford Road Near North Street
Two 10 ton trailer trucks collided on the Post road near North street at night, one overturned blocking traffic about an hour. Both drivers escaped injury. Firemen fought gasoline spill flames from the overturned truck. Richard Harper, 35, of Elizabeth NJ drove the empty vehicle west. Albert Penney, 28, of Peabody MA led the loaded truck. Both wrecked extensively. Police said the crash occurred while each truck tried to pass another vehicle, causing a center collision.
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Milford
Post Road
North Street
Richard Harper
Elizabeth
N. J
Albert Penney
Peabody
Mass
Johnson heads charge of munitions shortage
Pomperang Council of Boy Scouts elected Johnson president for 1952 53 at the YWCA meeting. Tracy Fabian named delegate to the National Council. Regional Scout Executive Milo G. Clark spoke on Scouting in the region and nation. Officers elected include Sherman Kilborn Smythe Owens Demarest and others with reports on new camp development and 1951 52 activities. In Korea a House debate arose over ammunition shortages with Rep Brown alleging a letter from 35 soldiers described rationing and obsolete mortars. Other members defended supply limits citing long supply lines and overall adequacy.
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Sidney A. . Johnson
Pomperang Council
Boy Scouts of America
YWCA
Johnson
Common Pleas Court
Tracy Fabian
Boy Scouts National Council
Milo G. Clark
Bernard D. Sherman
Orson Kilborn
D. Verner Smythe
Everett W. Delaney
Leroy F. Sanford
William J. Owens
Raymond L. French
Richard G . Demarest
Raymond Stephenson
Moses
Union
National Council
Fabian
Frank R. Courtant
Kilborn
Sherman
Norman J. Kramer
Stratford
B. Vincent McKelvey
Uncoway
William H. Farr
Algonquin
Bernard M. Tower
Pequonnock
Harold R. Powell
Mahican
Jerome L. Antell
Black Rock
Merwin S. Burr
Treamone
Ralph P. Alex
Raymond F. Baldwin
Matthew R. Blish
Lester C. Burdick
Alvin M
Washington
Brown
Ohio
U.S
Korea
Sieminski
D-Nj
Teague
D-Tex
Rep
Sikes
D-Fla
Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Senate
Pentagon
Sik
Defense Department
Two veteran cops retire from police board action
Patrolman Edward P. Colgan of Nobel Avenue receives 64 percent of his annual salary as a pension due to ill health. Patrolman James P. McGuire of Fayerweather Terrace obtains 52 percent of his annual salary as a pension. Retirements are effective today with both men remaining on.
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Board of Police Commissioners
Premiet
Edward P. Colgan
Nobel Avenue
James P. McGuire
Fayerweather Terrace
Eleanor Engle barred from Harr isburg Senators baseball bid
Harrisburg reports Eleanor Engle a 2 year old softball player and model says minor league czar George M Trautman barred her from signing with the Harr isburg Senators in Class B Interstate League Frick backs the move calling such acts travesties Veeck says no woman has proven capable of playing with men Engle defends her abilities and aims to pursue other sports potential penalties loom for clubs signing women players
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Harrisburg
Eleanor Engle
George M. Trautman
Trautman
Eleanor
Harrisburg Senators
Ford Frick
Howard Gordon
Senators
Bill Veeck
St. Louis Browns
Would-Be Safecrackers Linked to Warehouse Blaze in Orange
Police connect two would-be safecrackers to an early morning fire that damaged the F. D. Woodruff and Sons seed company warehouse in Orange. Chief Carl Peterson said investigators found a tampered safe from a second floor office, drilled and with the dial ripped off, containing company records rather than money.
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Orange
F. D. Woodruff and Sons, Inc
Carl Peterson
Peterson
Bethany Barracks
Suiho Hydroelectric Plant Hit in Massive Korean War Raid
Allied air forces struck the Suiho hydroelectric complex in North Korea along with four other plants, delivering a near total leveling of the system. Gun camera film showed the switchboard section ruined and the plant described as a pile of junk. The strike involved more than 500 aircraft from the U S Navy Marine and Air Force and was carried out near the Chinese border amid truce talks at Panmunjom.
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Seoul
Asi
North Korea
Air Force
Toda
U. S. Air Force
Navy
Suiho
Suiho Power Plant
Red China
Manchuria
Mukden
Antung
Pyongyai
China
Port Arthur
Vladivostok
Washington
Defense Department
Panmunjom
Adm
C. Turner Joy
UN Armis
San Diego
Japan
United Na
Fragmentary note on paint shortage and poverty
A truncated remark from a historical page describes a shortage of funds and inability to purchase paint for a shot house. The speaker laments poverty and the missing materials hindered improving the building.
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PTA
M'Maron
Telegram
Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
Herman Bundesen
Erich Brandeis
Sue Rappolt
Roger
Ludlowe High School
Milford Road
New York
Battery
BOY Scout Council
GI Group
Edward Colgan
James McGuire
Napor
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