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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1952
Page
16
The president of Fire vows to push the campaign to revive the Gaelic language toward a successful move with a deadline of 1966, outlining steps and support needed for public acceptance and institutional endorsement.
John Dowling aged 43 of 123 Carleton street was fined $6 in City court by Judge D Harold Cotter for violating state auto laws after his car rear ended a patrol car on Stratford avenue near Riparian street. Patrolman David Roberts and Patrolman John Mackie sustained minor injuries in the moderate vehicle damage incident. Special filters using porous stainless steel now available for clarifying problems with pore openings from 20 to 65 microns.
Connecticut state employees plan a Friday 8 p.m. mass meeting at the State Capitol to examine the Barrington Associates reclassification plan and discuss its implications. Only about 4,000 of nearly 18,000 workers get immediate raises, with others phased in over one or two years, far short of the 10 percent across the board raise demanded by the unions.
About 70 American honorary knights enter Debretts Peerage in London for the 1952 edition. Included are generals Eisenhower MacArthur Marshall and admirals King Leahy and Doolittle among others. The note explains Americans cannot be dubbed knights due to not bearing arms for the British Crown.
Stratford High School holds its junior-senior prom Friday from 8 15 p m to midnight at the Ritz ballroom with about 150 couples. General chair James North oversees, assisted by Mary Ann Smith and a committee including Marian Jacko, Joan Brown, Lorrie Lynn Pedersen, Barbara Collins, Do Ette Doe, Jack Noble, Joe Szarmat, Florence Skelly. Patrons include Edward Medvecky and family, Dr. and Mrs. Chaffee, Donald Fowler, Elden H. Dustit, Imelda Goyette, George Dennett, Everett Wordell, James North, and Norman Hermanson.
The Britannica notes Bradford's Philadelphia press published the first American almanac in 1687, marking an early colonial printing milestone.
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