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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1952
Page
4
A bomb exploded near the door of Tunis main post office injuring 12 and killing four as police arrested four Arabs. The blast, placed in a basket behind a swinging door, shattered walls and windows amid ongoing nationalist unrest since January.
A Connecticut Safety Commission review of State Motor Vehicle data reports 27 child fatalities in 1951 with 740 school aged injuries. Urban areas account for most deaths. 16 pedestrians among the fatalities and details on times, ages, and circumstances illustrate drivers and adults share responsibility for child deaths.
The Women’s division of the Bridgeport United Jewish campaign raised about $8,993 in initial pledges at a kickoff luncheon hosted by Mrs. Nathan H. Schine in Fairfield. Speaker Mrs. Mollie Gladstone spoke on Israel aid and the Village of the Blind. A committees set to recruit more attendees for a May 21 event at Mrs. A. O. Samuels’ home.
Lawyer Price 27 of 113 Winter Street received 30 days in the county jail after pleading guilty to a breach of the peace. Police reported he was found along Central Avenue in stocking feet with stolen female clothing and dairy products from Success Park and a dwelling porch. Eggs must be cooled as soon as possible after laying to save their utility.
New York May 13 AP reports the Board of Transportation chair Sidney H. Bingham disclosed a plan to replace the Grand Central Times Square shuttle with a conveyor belt system carrying up to 60 000 passengers daily. The concept uses cars on rubber belts with special loading platforms and envisions repurposing abandoned shuttle tube space into a walkway and air raid shelter.
Two alienists were appointed by Superior Court to test Joseph Lonetti's sanity for trial on charges of assault with intent to murder after a Jan 19 1952 shooting of Joseph Potosky on a New Haven street corner. Lonetti already was committed to Middletown State Hospital after a psychiatrist found mental disorder.
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