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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1958

Page

4

Terminal workers to get uniforms at city parking terminal

Attendants at the Municipal Parking terminal will wear green uniforms after officials voted to rent them. Terminal Manager John J. Gillespie led the discussion and the Purchasing department will arrange supply bids. Estimated annual cost to the city is 2000 to 3000 dollars. The change aims to reduce customer confusion with current civilian attire.

Municipal Parking Authority John J. Gillespie

Wife Seeks to Shed Husband Over Colorful Clothes

CHICAGO May 1 AP A Circuit Judge ruled Neldon Smith can pick his own colorful clothes while his wife Helen Smith may choose the color scheme in their home. The judge also ordered Smith to pay $20 weekly and issued injunctions limiting his home color choices pending further hearings.

Chicago Neldon Smith Helen Smith Smith

Pie Thief Hurls Pies at Lexington Bakery Worker

In Lexington Kentucky a bakery employee Bryant Lewellyn spotted a man stealing hot pies from a truck and chased him. The thief turned and threw the pies at Lewellyn's face one by one and escaped.

Lexington Bryant Lewellyn Lewellyn

Bridgeport Hospital Tours Display 4 Million Additions

Bridgeport hospital hosted over 80 service club members from Rotary Exchange and Civitan for a tour of the new 4 million dollar addition. Officials said the 95 percent complete complex aims to form a 700 bed, 19 floor hospital with phased dedication planned for Oct. 4, 1958.

Bridgeport Hospital Rotary Club Arthur Clifford Exchange Club Robert W. Brown Civitan Club Paul Atkinson Edmund S. Wolfs Hospital Board of Isaac E. Schine Wolfe Lions and Kiwanis

Linen drying and storage facility expansion noted

A facility features a conveyor belt system for transporting clothes to drying units. The linen room houses irons and folding equipment and expands storage to accommodate 700 beds worth of linen and clothing.

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