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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1958
Page
8
Dr. James N Gettemy was named president of the Hartford Seni Bary Foundation at commencement exercises in the Manuel Congregational Church. The announcement came from Dr. Russell H Stafford who is retiring.
Ronald Colman, British-born actor, died last Monday of a lung infection at 67. Funeral services at All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church drew about 200 mourners from Hollywood, with no eulogy and Easter hymns during a 15 minute rite. Widow Benita Hume Colman attended with actor William Powell. others included Richard Barthelmess, George Sanders, Jack Benny, Vincent Price, and director George Cukor.
Howard C. Seymour of Rochester calls for modifying child labor laws to allow 14 and 11 year olds to hold full time jobs during school hours under school supervision. He frames the plan as part of education to curb delinquency and give productive work experience.
A posse with bloodhounds hunted a bank robber in the Stokesdale area reporting the suspect may be only in shorts and armed with a sawed off shotgun. He allegedly carried $10 000 in loot.
In Warsaw on May 21 AP reports Polish communists fear Kremlin wrath over Titoism. The text describes confusion amid leadership shifts, a stolen son, and a pursuit linked to a bank heist and a split with Gomulka as pressure mounts on Poland to align with Soviet policy toward Yugoslavia.
May 21 AP report says the Teamsters seek an organizing pact with AFL CIO OEIU while still ousted for corruption. Hoffa praises drive to recruit white collar workers as Meany disowns talks with rival seamen unions and notes potential AFL CIO expulsion risk. Federal wiretap retrial in New York adds tension to the dispute.
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