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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1958
Page
28
Chiang Kai-shek and wife Madame Chiang left Taipei for the United States on the Chung Mei plane for a medical checkup. An official said the trip includes an honorary degree from the University of Michigan. The departure was kept secret from the press.
New York crowds estimated at 100000 cheered pianist Van Cliburn as Broadway ticker tape greeted the Texan who recently won an international piano contest in Moscow. Mayor Wagner lauded his achievement at City Hall reception and Cliburn spoke of music as a universal language.
Omaha May 20 AP Katherine Oettinger of the Childrens Bureau urged the National Congress of Parents and Teachers to mobilize PTA chapters to secure jobs and develop recreation for youths. She warned juvenile delinquency may rise and noted infant mortality and vaccination gaps, with health services in schools remaining scarce.
Plans outline the first Manhattan motel named Motel City to be built by the New York Central and a Manhattan realtor. Spanning 2 12 acres between 40th and 44th streets over the West Side tracks near the Hudson, the two story complex will include 105000 square feet of covered parking and 4 percent rooms, costing about four million dollars with construction to start this fall.
Edmond Arsenault aged 20 of 89 Harriet Street was given a bare indefinite sentence to Cheshire Reformatory after pleading guilty to violating the Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act. He testified against two heroin suppliers, Samuel Washington and Joseph Gause, who were convicted and face minimum 20 year prison terms. State’s Attorney Lorin W. Willis urged reformatory commitment, noting Arsenault spoke truthfully without promises.
More than one million people attended lawn tennis tournaments in 186, highlighting the sport’s growing popularity and public interest across venues.
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