Cold Air from Canada Ends County Heat Wave
Cold air from Canada and sea breezes broke a three day heat spell across the county with temperatures dropping sharply from 86.7 to 69 by late evening. Three or four heat victims were reported in Bridgeport as workers collapsed, with several hospitalized or under observation. Local forecasters predicted a cooler, partly cloudy weekend with milder humidity.
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Weather Bureau
New England
Connecticut
Bridgeport
James McMahon
Oak Street
American Metal Products Company
Burrcourt
Bridgeport Hospital
William Crowley
Madison Avenue
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Wheeler and
Madison Avenues
Stephen Werbowyz
Hallett Street
Arctic
Brooks Streets
Raymond White
Goodsell Street
Taylor Drive
Ingrid Bergman to Visit U S with Daughter Pia
Actress Ingrid Bergman plans a six week stay in the United States this summer to visit her 13 year old daughter Pia. Attorney Gregson Bautzer said Bergman, wife of Italian director Roberto Rossellini, told him during a call from Rome that she will arrive late next month or early August.
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Ingrid Bergman
United States
Pia
Gregson Bautzer
Miss Bergman
Robert Rossellini
Rome
Official Weather Report Bridgeport and City Forecast
Weather Bureau notes for Bridgeport and New York City indicate partly cloudy and cooler conditions today with a high near 80 and a low around 60 tonight. Tomorrow remains partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers and highs 73 to 80, winds shifting from northeast to southeast. Additional data include yesterday's extremes, barometer and humidity readings, tide times, and summer daylight details.
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Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
Tally Howins Trophy at Show
An estimated 300 entries took part in the 29th annual Fairfield County Hunt Club horse show in Westport opening yesterday. The event, Class A by the American Horse Shows Association, resumes today and closes tomorrow. Highlights include the Mansfield Park perpetual trophy won by Tally Ho and the Carleton H. Palmer trophy won by The Angel.
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Bay
Barbara Marra
Brookville
L. I
Fairfield County Hunt Club
Westport
American Horse Shows Association
Mansfield Park
Tally Ho
Ransom W. Edwards
Soundview Farm
Southport
Carleton H. Palmer
Angel
Wee-3-Stables
Frank Chapet
Hunt Club
Jean M. Cochrane
James R. Cochrane
Stoneridge Farms
Tempting Fox
Naute Mia
My Chance
Stray Star
Ronnie Mutch
Fred Blum
Fairview Farm
Master Pabst
E. Clark Bailey
Flagstaff
Donald Sutherland
Mystery cleared in truck death identified as Pauline Shapiro
A 68 year old woman, Pauline Shapiro of Yellow Mill Village, was identified by her daughter Sarah and son Bernard of New Haven as the victim killed when struck by a truck. The daughter recognized the victim from a photo in a late edition of the Post.
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Apt
Yellow Mill Village
Sarah Shapiro
Bernard
New Haven
Maplewood Junior High School
Miss Shapiro
Yesterday's Post
Scientists Hint at Vital New A-Developments
One of America's top atomic scientists Dr J Robert Oppenheimer told reporters after a White House visit there have been great developments in atomic energy he said they could not disclose before President Truman The report suggested hydrogen bomb advances and broader peacetime uses while Pentagon officials remained tight lipped and Congress debated atomic funding.
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Truman
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Atomic Energy Comission’s
General Advisory Committee
White House
Dean
Oppenheimer
Gordon Dean
McMahon
D - Conn
Atomic Energy Committee
Hartford
Conn
United States
Roosevelt
Eniwetok
mid-Pacific
Pentagon
Navy
Army
House
Rabbinical student shot dead in Brooklyn park
A 23 year old rabbinical student, Samuel B. London, was found shot from behind in a Brooklyn park after prayer. Police suspect a sniper or stray shooter. robbery ruled out. The victim’s sister and relatives expressed grief as investigators pursued leads, including a faulty mistaken sympathy card incident.
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New York
Brooklyn
Samuel B. London
London
Irving Hirschman
Heat boosts water use in Bridgeport area daily
High heat and humidity pushed Bridgeport and nearby towns from 36 million gallons to 62 million daily, the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company said. Water remains plentiful, but higher elevation areas risk reduced supply if conservation isn’t followed. residents were urged to avoid lawn watering and sprinkling during hot periods.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Conferees Near Agreement On Extension Of Controls
Conferees report progress on extending control measures for eight months to a year. In Washington the Senate rejected a House plan for a special tax exemption for members of Congress, voting 67 to 2 against the proposal while approving a 78 million dollar appropriation bill to fund Congress next year.
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McCormack
Massachusetts
Senate Appropriations Committee
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R-Del
Ellender
Louisiana
Murray
Montana
Williams
Sen
Long
D-La
Dirksen
R-Ill
McFarland
Arizona
Truman’s forces fight to salvage part of program
Senate House conferees near agreement on a compromise enacting wage and price controls for eight to twelve months. They abandoned a Ta lle proposal to drop controls on all nonrationed commodities and prepared a final bill for possible passage today.
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Farlier
Senate House
Stamford Heads Lose Tax Battle Declaratory Judgment Denied
Judge John H. King of Superior court refused to issue a declaratory judgment on Stamford's tax rate for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The ruling leaves the Board of Finance set rate intact, due to insufficient notice to all interested Stamford taxpayers.
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John H. King
Superior Court
Stamford
Board of Finance
King
Patrolman Kobus suspended four weeks by police board
Patrolman Mitchell J. Kobus was suspended for four weeks by the Board of Police Commissioners after admitting he took a civilian home in a police car and later denying it. The suspension, effective June 24, carries two weeks of vacation and includes a reprimand from Police Supt. Lyddy. Kobus, 33, lives at 729 Lindley Street.
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Mitchell J. Kobus
Board of Police Commissioners
Kobus
Main Street
North Avenue
John A. Lyddy
Lindley Street
Rowayton Man Gets OPS Post in Capital
E. E. Fogle of Rowayton Conn became director of the Rubber Chemicals and Drugs division of the Office of Price Stabilization. He, 45, is assistant sales manager at Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co New York, succeeding William P. Drake who returns to VP duties at Pennsylvania Salt Co Philadelphia.
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Washington
E. E. Fogle
Rowayton
Conn
Rubber, Chemicals and Drugs
Office of Price Stabilization
Mr. Fogle
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company
New York
William P. Drake
Pennsylvania Salt Company
Philadelphia
Man killed in Merritt Parkway crash near White Plains road exit
A 50 year old Long Island man Harold Machinist of Queens Village died when an eastbound car overturned on the Merritt Parkway near the White Plains road exit in Trumbull. Two 19 year old sailors Julio Tirado and Gene West escaped injury. Dr. W T Corbitt pronounced the victim dead. State Police investigate with Set Louis D Marchese and Officer Robert Keller at the scene.
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Merritt Parkway
White Plains Road
Kilied
Harold Machinist
Queens Village
Julio P. Tirado
Gene West
Boston Navy Yard
W. T. Corbitt
Louis D. Marchese
Westport Barracks
Robert Keller
Ford shutting down for lack of steel
Detroit June 27 AP Ford Motor Co announced mass plant shutdowns and layoffs due to a steel strike. All 14 Ford assembly plants will close from Massachusetts to California, and three of four Lincoln Mercury plants at week’s end. About 27,500 employees will be idle.
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