Mansion Wrecking Halted by Temporary Court Injunction
The 12 year old Archer C Wheeler mansion on Golden Hill street faced an 18 man wrecking crew halted by a temporary injunction. Bridgeport Historical Society members secured the order, hearing set for July 1 or later, as Mayor Tedesco and City Atty Curran seek an earlier date. Police guard remains at the site amid debris and damaged interior.
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Superior Court
Tedesco
Hugh C. Curran
Golden Hill Street
Bridgeport Historical Society
Frank T. Healey
City Hall
John A. Lyddy
New England Building Demolition Company, Inc
Bridgeport
John M. Brannelly
Kathleen Kane
Philip Mackalowski
Ben White
The
Historical Society
White
Central High School
Bridgeport Area Weather Report and Daily Features
Official forecast notes considerable cloudiness this morning giving way to sun this afternoon with highs near 78. Tonight will be fair and cooler with lows in the upper 40s. Friday looks fair and warmer with highs in the upper 70s and winds from the west or northwest increasing to about 18 mph.
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Bridgeport
Memorial Day Forecast Sees Fair Skies Nationwide
Washington May 28 AP Much of the nation can expect Memorial Day under fair skies with seasonally normal warmth. An area of showers may touch the lower Great Lakes and western New York by night. Afternoon thundershowers will be local from Washington to Texas. Cool in the Great Lakes and Middle Atlantic, Florida may reach 90, interior Southwest 110. 70 degree pattern with fair skies in the Northeast and Pacific coast.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Oregon
Rockies
Texas
Middle Atlantic
Florida
Pacific Coast
Pledged total exceeds goal in Bridgeport Diocese drive
A Catholic Home for the Aged campaign in the Bridgeport Diocese tops 2.18 million dollars, more than doubling the 1 million goal. Bishop Lawrence J. Shehan praised 700 council workers and noted many parishes doubled or tripled their quotas as the drive moves toward final tallies with headquarters open at 250 Waldermere Avenue.
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Catholic Home
Bridgeport
Lawrence J. Shehan
Council of Catholic Women
Notre Dame High School Gynasium
Waldermere Avenue
Dodd Seeks Senate Nomination with Claimed 55–60% Support
Hartford May 28 AP Thomas J. Dodd predicted 55 to 60 percent of 895 delegates to the Democratic State convention will back his bid for the senate nomination. Bowles and Benton camps disputed the estimate with Benton backers claiming stronger delegate pledges.
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Thomas J. Dodd
Chester Bowles
U.S
William Benton
Kenneth Wynne Jr
Bowles
Dodd
Wynne
Edward D. Bergin
Benton For Senator
Bill Benton
Benton
John M. Bailey
Senate approves idle pay bill to extend unemployment aid
The Senate passed a bill to advance funds to states to extend unemployment benefits by up to 13 weeks in most states. The vote was 80 to 0, with White House backing and opposition to changes from the House’s version and Sen. Kennedy's proposal.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Stockbroker Ordered to Pay Wife $116 a Week Alimony
Judge Frank T. Healey in Superior Court ordered Alton Parker Hall to pay temporary alimony of 116.25 weekly to his estranged wife Joy Cruickshank Hall and 30 weekly for each child. He must also cover counsel fees of 1500 and maintain the home including utilities. Hall’s 1957 income was 33000 with 5000 from the brokerage and the rest from a trust fund.
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Frank T. Healey
Superior Court
Alton Parker Hall
New York
Joy Cruickshank Hall
New Canaan
Hall
Shearson and Hammill
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Southport
Healey
Alton Parker
H. W. Cruickshank
Rochester
N.Y
Crystal River
Fla
Roseville
Cruickshank
Irvin E. Friedman
Memorial Day Bridgeport Telegram to Publish Regular Features
The Bridgeport Telegram and Bridgeport Post will run their usual contents including comics and Telegram features. News events up to early Friday morning will be covered in full as subscribers receive a morning edition cooperative effort by Camers and news dealers.
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Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
Dr. Bundesen
Financial News
Jacoby On Bridge
Sylvia Porter
Bridgeport Post
Telegram
Post Publishing Company
GM Sets Terms Labor Surplus In Auto Dispute
Detroit May 28 AP General Motors and the United Auto Workers still seek a new contract before the current pact ends midnight tomorrow. The Labor Department lists areas with substantial labor surplus and high unemployment, noting 86 such zones in May up from 70 in March, with no expected early improvement in local jobless totals.
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Washington
Oral Motors Corporation
Labor Department
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Houston
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UAW
Automotive
Bighree
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Runoff Set Today in Avco Union Vote
A run off election for Local 1010 VAW CIO Avco Manufacturing company is scheduled for today in the company cafeteria after none of the three officer slates secured 50 percent of the 1 558 votes cast. Incumbent William Lawler led with 3538 votes. Frederick East 448. Michael Sorrentino 369.
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Avco Manufacturing Company
William Lawler
Frederick East
Michael Sorrentino
East
Sorrenting
Lawlor
Two of the Dionne Quints Report Expecting Babies
The Telegram dispatch from Montreal states Cecile and Annette Dionne are expecting their first children. Cecile’s due in late summer and Annette’s in September. Both have been advised by doctors that multiple births are unlikely. Cecile married Philippe Langlois in November and Annette wed Germain Allard in the prior month.
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Toronto
Dionne Quint
Montreal
Cecile
Annette
Phillippe Langlois
Jm . Callander
Germain Allard
House approves Alaska statehood bid in 203 166 vote
The House passed the Alaska statehood bill 203 to 166 and sent it to the Senate after rejecting moves to send it back to Insular Affairs. Southern opposition looms, mid June prospects cited, echoing earlier Hawaii Alaska measures. President Eisenhower backs honoring party pledges.
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Washington
Alaska
House
House Insular Affairs Committee
Senate
Hawaii
Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower Attacks Defense Bill Provision as Insubordination
President Eisenhower condemned a House Armed Services Committee defense reorganization provision. He called the rule allowing service secretaries and Joint Chiefs to present recommendations to Congress without Defense Department gatekeeping “legalized insubordination.” The statement followed a conference with Secretary McElroy.
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Washington
May
Eisenhower
House Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
McElroy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Defense Department
De Gaulle Seeks Power as Paris Cries Crisis
Paris amid a national crisis sees massive street protests as Gen Charles de Gaulle and Parliament leaders meet secretly to seek a path to power. Officials offer no results, while Labor and Socialist ranks consider if de Gaulle can be made acceptable in a Parliament wary of his authority.
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Rene Coty
de Gaulle
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France
Gaston Monnerville
Andre le Troquer
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Coty
Ln d Geaulle
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le Troquer
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Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises
Pierre Plimlin
Avodis
Sparliment
Ray Brim
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