1500 Costumed Children in PAL Parade Prizes Awarded
More than 1500 masqueraders marched in the seventh annual PAL Halloween parade along Main street to Lafayette square where prizes were awarded after two hours of entertainment. Daniel Lewis, 10, and Deirdre Radoczki, 9, were crowned King and Queen. Raymond and Marion Bortnick won most original in a scarecrow and tiny scientist act. other prizewinners included Kenneth Ruge and several small children in comical and cute costumes.
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Main Street
John A. Lyddy
Burl
Fairfield Avenue
Lafayette Square
Daniel Lewis
Chelsea Street
Sts. Cyril and Methodius School
Deirdre Radoczki
Anson Street
Raymond
Marion Bortnick
Barnum Avenue
Stratford
Kenneth Ruge
Granfield Avenue
Samuel Casara
Arlington Street
Sharon Fleming
Park Avenue
Joseph Migliore
Trumbull Avenue
Laurice Klimkowski
Park Street
James Lassogna
Stillman Street
Jean Riga
Pepper Street
Weather Forecast for Bridgeport and Vicinity Today
Official Weather data warns of rain and increasing wind today and tonight. Expect high temperatures between 55 and 60 with a night low around 50 and a warmer trend for Saturday as rain ends. The almanac notes November 1, 1957 as the three hundred fifth day of the year with sunrise at 6 25 and sunset at 4 49.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
Ike and Mamie Eisenhower Sentimental Trip Planned
President and Mrs. Eisenhower, along with Angelo Patri and other members of the President's Class of 1915, will depart tomorrow for a sentimental journey back to West Point. They fly to Stewart Field and will attend events at the Academy and a quiet dinner in their hotel suite.
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Telegram
Washington
Eisenhower Angelo Patri
West Point
Peeewa Seas
Constantine Brown
Ue Latins
Lemny
Army-Colgate
Sevaceees
Jacoby On
Stewart Field
West Sports Point
Merritt Parkway to spare 62 trees for barriers plan
Greenwich October 31 Merritt Parkway officials delay tree removal for protective steel barriers along seven sections. A special committee proposes placing barriers near the edge of the dividing strip to avoid cutting most trees, with full commission review scheduled next Thursday.
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Greenwich
Merritt Parkway Commission
Theodore S. Watson
Newman E. Argraves
Watson
Commission
Argraves
Full Commission
Parkway
New Canaan
State Highway Department
Tricks No Treat In Puzzle Game
The Puzzle Editor notes the 42nd week of Sunday Post crosswords left many contestants defeated by tricky clues. Puzzles teased with wordplay and puns while the prize rises to 1075 for Puzzle 180 next Sunday. Cars caused many accidents and clues misled players into sour GRADES over GRAPES.
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Sunday Post
Fire damages mail box at Madison Avenue and Eckhart Streets
A storage box on Madison Avenue at Eckhart Streets was damaged by a fire of unknown origin around 7 30 last night. A passer by saw smoke from the metal holder and alerted firemen. The emergency truck answered a still alarm at 7 35. The box contents were turned over to the Postal Inspector.
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Arctic
St. John’s Nepomucene Society
Richard Marcincin
Second Precinct
Arctic and
Caroline Streets
John Saffo
S41
Jane Street
William Murphy
Park Street
John Mackie
Box 49
Pembroke
Richard Lose
Bridgeport Hospital
Edward C. ‘Bannon
Thomas Cafferty
Kenneth Smith
Madison Avenue
Eckhart Streets
UN hints plan to ease Syria Turkey tensions in Mideast
At UN in New York Syria and Turkey reportedly agreed to a plan allowing Dag Hammarskjold to intervene under the charter to ease border tensions. Hammarskjold would not press current resolutions to a vote as talks continue, while Munro may urge restraint.
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United Nations
N. Y
Syria
Turkey
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Hans Engen
Koto Matsudaira
Farid Zeineddine
Zeineddine
Hamtmarskjold
Assembly
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
Munro
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Jury Dismissed After Lawyer Challenges Junior Bar's Book
Hartford dispatch notes a Westport lawyer involved with A Handbook for Jurors faced a judge ruling that the pamphlet was prejudicial during preliminary jury selection in a DUI case. Edward K. Dimes, leader of the Junior Bar Association committee, argued the book had broad bench and bar support before its release. McDonough questioned jurors about receiving the pamphlet, prompting a challenge to the entire panel and the book’s influence on juror impartiality.
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Hartford
Westport
Edward K. Dimes
Junior Bar Association
Citizenship Committee
Thomas F. McDonough
McDonough
Teamsters Appeal Suspension Over Charges
Pilot Charles Dent landed United Air Lines DC7 safely at Los Angeles International after a slick runway caused by firefighting steam. The four engine airliner carried 16 aboard and circled over New York before landing, with passengers praising Dent and the crew for a calm arrival amid cheers.
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Charles Dent
United Air Lines
Los Angeles
Glenrie Franklin
York
Los Angeles International
Dent
Allentown
New York
Ellen Stirrat
International Airport
United
NAACP Targets Lead Arrests In Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas on October 3 the city council used a new ordinance to demand confidential records from the NAACP and ordered the arrest of eight officers. Mrs L C Bates and Rev J C Crenchaw were publicly named as leaders and faced arrest for failure to file required reports with the city clerk.
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock City
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
L. C. Bates
J. C. Crenchaw
Little Rock
AVCO Union Vote Set for Thursday Run off
Local 1010 UAW at Avco Manufacturing Lycoming division in Stratford schedules a run off for six offices. Nearly 3,000 members will vote at two plant locations in four shifts from 6 25 a.m. to 8 15 p.m. Top two from Oct 17 advance. presidential race features John Bogart versus William Lawier with other offices including vice president sergeant at arms guide and ballots listing multiple candidates.
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UAW
Avco Manufacturing Company
Lycoming
Stratford
John Bogart
William Lawier
James Abbenante
Frederick East
John Keefe
Joseph Smith
William Carroll
Clem Healy
Anthony Castelluccio
Emil E. Drews
Strike Voted At Top Rocket Test Center
A clerical AFL CIO union authorized a strike of Pan-AmericanWorld Airways employees at Cape Canaveral Florida missile testing base. About 1000 workers could be affected as negotiations with Pan Am are deadlocked and dates may be set after a Brownsville Texas meeting.
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New York
Pan-American World Airways
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Walter T. Coleman
Soviet Russia
Defense Department
Airlines
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railway and
Coleman
Brownsville
Tex
Pan-American
Pan-Am
Dewey backs Nixon as future GOP nominee
Former New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey said Nixon would be a superb Republican candidate for president in 1960. In a White House talk with President Eisenhower, Dewey declined to name other possible candidates and said it was too early to pick a favorite. He emphasized he would return to New York and stay there, while avoiding discussion on potential appointment to a civil rights study commission.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Nixon
Dewey
White House
Eisenhower
N.Y
Gilier
Alfred M. Gruenther
American Red Cross
Harold E. Stassen
Pay Check Racket Bared by Air Force Sergeants and an Airman
In San Francisco two sergeants and an airman stood accused of forging and cashing Air Force pay checks totaling at least $100,000. The trio operated from Parks Air Force Base near Liverpool California, with a restaurant venture linked as a money loser. S. Sgt. Charles A. Evans, 27, and A. F. Bagg were named among those arrested, according to Secret Service report.
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Washington
Louisville
Secret Service
Theodore Goldberg
Twe Air Force
San Francisco
Air Force
A. E. Baughman
Parks Air Force Base
Liverpool
Calif
Channel
Evans
Finance Office
Charles A. Evans
Treasury
Expulsion Likely as Teamsters Board Defies AFL CIO
The Teamsters executive board unanimously rejected action on corruption charges, signaling likelihood of expulsion at the AFL CIO convention in Atlantic City. Dave Beck vows to appeal the federation ruling while Hoffa faces trial for perjury in New York. Beck warns the union might operate outside AFL CIO if needed.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Atlantic City
N. J
Beck
James R. Hoffa
Afl-Cio Council
Aflcio
Teamsters Extreatise Board
Senate Labor Rackets
Hoffa
New York
U. S. Court of Appeals
Teamsters Local 639
Curtis Bros., Inc
Washington, D. C
Curtis
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Avco Union
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New Yorker
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