Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Dims Highway Woes
Heavy traffic on county area highways marks the start of the three day weekend with no serious accidents by midnight. Parkway tolls show double Memorial Day eve volume from last year and officials warn drivers to take care. Parades and outdoor events are planned across Bridgeport, Fairfield, Stratford, and surrounding towns amid possible morning showers and a warm 70s high.
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Greenwich
Milford
U.S. Weather Bureau
Stratford
Bridgeport
Bull's Head
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
Park Avenue
Seaside Park
Fairfield
Post Road
Pine Creek Road
Townhall-green
Mariners
Paraduce Green
Academy
County Arc
Noss
Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast Update
Bridgeport and vicinity expect possible light showers ending early, then fair and warm. Today may reach near 75 degrees with a warm night around 85. Cloudy conditions persist with little change in temperature. The date marks the 151st day of the year and the 72nd day of spring. The sun rises at 5 23 a m and sets at 8 17 p m.
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Wenceer Mureas
Bridgeport
Far
Cosd
The Bivouac of the Dead Poem Read At Tribute
A somber verse recalls the muffled drum and the soldier's last tattoo. It speaks of fallen heroes laid to rest on Fame's camping-ground where Glory keeps silent vigil.
Nine Injured In Four Car Pileup At City Intersection
A four car chain collision on Noble avenue at the Boston avenue intersection left nine injured none seriously. Jan Ostrowski 31 displaced person sparked the crash and his family from 101 Edna Avenue sustained injuries alongside other occupants. Police reported most victims were transported by three radio cars with others driven by private autos. Traffic jam lasted about 30 minutes.
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Noble Avenue
Boston Avenue
Lnter
Bridgeport Hospital
Jan Ostrowski
Edna Avenue
United States
Boston and
Noble Avenues
Ostrowski
Stanley Szamotulo
Spruce Street
Jonnie
Sabina
Bunnell ‘Street
Szambotulos
Helen
John L. Bogdany
Rosewood Place
Weary Workers Finish $75,000 Washington Farm in a Day
Moses Lake Washington May 29. Workers completed a 75 000 farm in one day as part of the Columbia basin irrigation project. The land was plowed planted and irrigation water turned on the machine shed equipped with tractors and farm equipment the chicken house finished and a cow milked by 7 pm Brig Gen Harold W Bowman helped with the milking Donald Dunn owner received the keys at a 4 30 pm ceremony amid hectic final touches.
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Moses Lake
Wasa
Columbia Basin
Harold W. Bowman
Moses Lake Air Force Base
Donald Dunn
Barkley Enters Presidency Race Won't Campaign
Vice President Alben W Barkley 74 of Kentucky joined the Democratic presidential race as the sixth declared candidate He declined active campaigning saying he would accept the nomination if offered The move piles into a crowded field including Kefauver Russell Harriman and Stevenson as the July 21 Chicago convention nears Barkley leads in speculation about the party’s choice while Truman weighs favored options and older stalwarts remain in contention
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Alben W. Barkley
Congress
Truman
Barkley
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Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Richard B. Russell
Robert. Kerr
Okla
Brien McMahon
Russell
Harriman
Alll
Chicago
Kentucky
Gillette
Iowa
Ringy
Clements
Underwood
Bowman elected Avco union president in Stratford vote
Allan M. Bowman was reelected president of the CIO United Auto Workers Local at Avco Stratford plant after tabulation showed 502 votes for Bowman to 488 for challenger Charles Davenport. The Bowman slate won all but one officer. about 2,200 members labored at Avco Bridgeport Liycoming division. roughly 1,600 eligible voters.
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CIO United Auto Workers Union
Avco Manufacturing Corporation
Stratford
Bowman
Charles Davenport
Wwiv
Vaw-Clu
Avco
Bridgeport-Lycoming
Hagen Nelson
Joseph Orr
Keith Prouty
Truman vetoes tidelands oil bill in offshore ownership clash
President Truman vetoes a bill granting coastal states ownership of oil rich lands beneath marginal seas within three miles. He argues the move would gift billions in property to a few states benefiting 155 million people. Senate action on overrides unlikely before June 10.
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Calif
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Berlin clashes as 15000 communists confront West police
Fifteen thousand communists surged from the Russian zone into Kreuzberg causing a savage clash with West Berlin police. Police wounded hundreds, arrested 300, and dispersed the crowd after about an hour. Tear gas squads were not needed. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden called for calm and unity as Berlin faced West-East tensions amid NATO worries.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Kreuzberg
NATO
West Germany
Eas
United States
Eden
Tne
Anthony Eden
Morris Alleged Surplus Ship Deals Netted $30000
A senate subcommittee says Newbold Morris earned about $30,000 in surplus oil tanker tip deals tainted by questionable practices. The inquiry, tied to Joseph E. Casey and other figures, cites possible criminal violations and fraud as it seeks seizure of tankers and tax recovery.
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Morris
Probers
Washington
Senate
Newbold Morris
Unions
U. S. Maritime Commission
Joseph E. Casey
Casey
House
Massachusetts
Coast Guard Reveals Secret Maneuvers Off NC Coast
A Coast Guard spokesman said a highly classified exercise off the North Carolina coast caused reports of planes searching the Atlantic for a troubled submarine. Atlantic Fleet HQ said no naval personnel or vessels took part and knew nothing of the exercises before newsmen asked.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
North Carolina
Atlantic
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Fleet
Bridgeport Police Detective Eligibility List Upheld
A Superior Court judge ruled the Bridgeport Police Department eligibility list for detectives will stay in effect indefinitely. Judge Molloy found the Police Commissioners acted without authority when limiting the list to two years, denying the injunction but allowing potential future action if a new list is created.
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Thomas J. Molloy
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Bridgeport
Police Board
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Civil Service Commission
John A. Lyddy
State Supreme Court
Cotter
Molloy
Koje Island clashes and Yongchon violence in Korea
Allied forces quell Koje Island unrest as 100 troops raid a prisoner compound and tear gas is used. In Yongchon a clash between interned civilians and guards leaves five dead and 17 injured while another fight injures inmates and guards.
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Koje
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Pusan
Knive
U. S
Henry Taylor
Magnolia, Ark
38D Infantry Regiment
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
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