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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1952
Page
3
Two children found a $2,500 pebble in a South African river leading to the discovery of vast Kimberley diamond fields worth billions. The find triggered a rush and sparked global attention on the region and its mining prospects.
General Ridgway arrives in San Francisco from Asia to take over as Supreme Allied Commander Europe, pledging to work for liberty and peace while overseeing Korea talks. He names no public appearances and plans a trip to Washington via Albuquerque. Ten Ku Klux Klansmen are convicted of kidnapping and conspiracy in North Carolina and South Carolina, receiving one to five year terms.
An open house Saturday will mark the opening of new quarters for L. H. Chappel and Company at 1137 Post road Fairfield. The event starts at 10 a m with representatives from industrial plants statewide due to attend. The firm owned by Loring H. Chappel and Bradford S. Wharton sells industrial tools imported machinery machine tools and farming equipment. Previously the company occupied 340 Post road and now employs six sales staff.
State Policeman William J. Wallace of Fairfield will be transferred Thursday from the Merritt parkway patrol at Westport to the Ridgefield barracks to join a criminal investigation unit Horatio Alger wrote over one hundred boys books.
Red Cross in St Pauls parish house exceeded its quota of 150 donors, with 153 presenting. Sixteen were rejected for various reasons. nine industrial plants and two churches were represented. Notables include Mrs George L Todd and husband both donors multiple times. several others reached ten to fifteen donations. Plan League forms for a girls softball league at Jennings Road Recreation Office Monday at 7:30 p.m. Seven teams have shown interest. Subdivisions approved include five lots on Black Rock Turnpike and three on Hayden Drive. A sand screening contract for the town dump was awarded to H W Bleiler Co. for 9 216 dollars.
William Florian was elected president of the Stratfield Men's Club at the annual Ladies Night dinner. The slate included Ray mond Shuk as vice president William Armstrong as secretary and Robert Cleveland Jr as treasurer. Also noted were a nominating committee led by Stearns Bushnell and a Tunxis Hill fire company card party sponsor. Building permits were issued for three homes and a two car garage. Property sales listed multiple transfers on Cummings avenue test drive and other local streets. Various town meetings and community events are scheduled for tonight including Democratic town committee plans and Community Day activities. Dorothy Swan was named secretary for the Town engineer's office and a transfer to St Vincent's hospital was reported for a knee injury. Algone Electric leased space on the Post road after moving from Bridgeport locations.
The distance from Ketchikan in southeastern Alaska to Attu in the western Aleutians exceeds the span from New York to San Francisco. The comparison highlights extreme breadth of Alaska from its southeastern coast to the far west.
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