N Y Central and Pennsy Explore Merger Plans
New York Central and the Pennsylvania railroads announced they are studying a merger into a single system. The two lines, major eastern carriers, face earnings declines as they weigh consolidating assets and facilities to reduce duplication and improve efficiency.
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New York
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroads
Pennsylvania
Central
East
Midwest
James Symes
The
Alfred Perlman
Symes
Perlman
S‘p.m
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Washington
Baruch
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi Valley
Baltimore and Ohio
Erie
Delaware and Hudson
Delaware
Lackawanna and Western
Witness testifies Pitzele took $15000 from Beck advise role
Merlyn Pitzele admitted to the Senate Rackets committee that he earned $15,000 as a Teamsters adviser while serving on the New York State Mediation Board and as labor editor of Business Week. He said the arrangement ran 1953 to 1955 and he did not inform Dewey Harriman or his employer.
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Merlyn Pitzele
Eisenhower
Senate
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Washington
Teamsters
New York State Mediation Board
Labor
Business
Week
Beck
Ike A Pitzele
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
Ives
Dewey
Pitzele
Averell Harriman
Business Week
Oath Guilty in Fatal Beating in Winsted
In Winsted on November 1, 17 year old Fred Murphy of New Milford pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal beating of James Yablonski, 31, also of New Milford. Judge J Howard Roberts deferred sentencing awaiting probation report. The Murphys were arrested after a September 15 fight in New Milford that left Yablonski crippled and a World War II veteran.
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Howard Murphy
Murphy
Angelo Patri
Ioses
State’s Attorney Comics
Thomas J. Wall
Nolle Constantine Brown
Dr. Bundesen
Murphy's
New Milford
Yablonski
Jacoby On Bridge
Leasa
Prrser
Soviet purge widens as Zhukov faces exile and removal
Moscow dispatches report Soviet armed forces purged of Zhukov allies and the marshal himself may be reassigned to a remote post. Zhukov allegedly ousted from premier party bodies and defense ministry as Khrushchev era tensions rise over Syrian Turkish crisis and Kremlin scapegoat speculation grows.
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London
Moscow
Georgi K. Zhukov
Belgrade
Central Committee
Defense Ministry
Kremlin
Zhukov
Nikita Khrushchev
Hartford Chest Tops Goal in $1 651 874 Fund Drive
Seven Wo men's League Day Care center youngsters unveiled the final Hartford Community Chest tally reaching 1 655 974 dollars, narrowly beating the 1 651 874 goal. The total surpassed last year's goal by over 100 000 dollars as gifts reached 1 555 316 while Bridgeport seeks 525 974 to meet its 1 522 273 goal.
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Hartford
Women's League
Greater
Bridgeport
United Fund
Meetig
Emily Mansfield boat burns. crew swims to safety
The oyster boat Emily Mansfield caught fire off Rowayton amid an engine explosion at 1:30 p.m. Its captain Herbert Bamster and crewman Jack Sheppard swam 200 yards to Ballas reef while two others arrived ashore by dinghy. Firefighters could not reach the blaze far offshore.
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Norwalk
Emily Mansfield
Long Island
Rowayton
F.J. Mansfield and Sons Company
New Haven
Herbert Bamster
Brant
Rowayton Avenue
Fish Island
Green's Ledge
Ballas Reef
Benjamin Mangles
Flu cases fall in city schools signaling relief
Attendance rose sharply this week as the three week flu outbreak in Bridgeport appeared to ease. Health Director Dr Richard C B Shea said city cases dropped to about one third of two weeks earlier while School Superintendent Augusta Mendel noted a clear decline in absenteeism among students and teachers.
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Richard C. B. Shea
Bridgeport
Augusta Mendel
Ansonia Man Killed After Funeral
Ansonia police report Arthur Ba Cote aged 65 was fatally struck by a small panel rack while walking home from a funeral. He died at Griffin Hospital in Derby shortly after admission. Donald Klanko 18 of 81 Lester Street was arrested for operating a motor vehicle causing death and held on 1,000 bond pending coroner's inquest.
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Ansonia
Arthur Ba Cote
Ba Cote
Griffin Hospital
Derby
Donald Klanko
Lester Street
Klanko
Milk price hike eyed for New York area
Irving R. Wisch chairman of the Greater New York and Northern New Jersey Milk Dealers Labor committee said a half cent per quart milk price increase is coming but may not be imposed immediately. He spoke after a meeting with union leaders to finalize a new contract agreed on yesterday.
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New York
New York Area
Irving R. Wisch
Greater
Northern
New Jersey
Strike Averted As Bus Drivers Agree On Pact
A Connecticut company and its 1300 bus drivers and mechanics reached a compromise settlement on a new contract averting a strike. Judge Abraham S. Borden announced the agreement in New Haven after a 90 minute session, with terms pending union approval. The deal includes a base pay of 2.11 dollars an hour and a cost of living escalator linked to the current index through September 30, 1958.
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New Haven
Connecticut Company
Abraham S. Borden
Superior Court
New Haven Railroad
Borden
Amalgamated Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Operators Union
Dulles Enters Hospital for Checkup
Secretary of State Dulles checked into Walter Reed Army Hospital for routine post operative tests one year after surgery for adenocarcinoma. He said he feels better and has no plan to leave office before Eisenhower’s term ends in January 1961.
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Washington
Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
State Department
Clack
Eisenhower
Army
Walter Road
Lincoln White
Hungary
Domin
Dates Set for 1958 Barnum Festival Schedule
Tentative dates for the 1958 Barnum Festival were announced at a Hotel Barnum meeting led by Ringmaster Arthur R. McNeil and the Festival Control committee. The sequence includes June 26 Lions Club kickoff, June 27 Ballyhoo Show, June 28 Junior Olympics, June 29 yacht regatta, June 30 hospital visitations, July 1 coronation dance, July 2 concert and fireworks, July 3 retailers salute, and July 4 street parade with memorial visitation listed for July 5.
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Festival Control Committee
Hotel Barnum
Arthur R. McNeil
Lions
Ballyhoo
Heavy rainfall hits New England as storm shifts north
The first northeast storm of the fall drenched much of New England with heavy rain, across southeastern areas seeing over an inch. Boston reported 1.27 inches with others at 1.71 and 1.24 inches, while forecasters warned the heaviest rainfall would spread through southern and central New England tonight into Saturday.
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Boston
New England
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Weymouth
Mass
Falmouth
Seeorelet Jomaine
Middle
United Nations
N. Volto
Syria
Connecticut
Ujers
New England Avenue
Fairfield
St. Vincent's
Dionysius Actipis
New York City
Assembly
Peter Vathalamos
Brookus
United Syn
Turkey
em|Hammarskjold
Vassilans. Com
G men aid New York police in wide manhunt
FBI agents joined the New York police in the investigation of the Anastasia slayings. Officials said the bureau will assist when beneficial, as detectives narrow leads. Anthony Tough Tony Anastasia reportedly received a threatening postcard saying You are next, with discussions held in Miami about the message.
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New York
Polsice
FBI
Albert Anastasia
Frederick Lassen
G-men
Anastasia
Murder Inc
Park Sheraton Hotel
Frankie Carbo
Florida
Dist
Edward S. Silver
Brooklyn
Anthony
Tough Tony) Anastasia
Silvers
Koota
Miami
Fla
Srude
Silver
Meehan Found Guilty in Conspiracy Case
John F. Chick Meehan former Manhattan College and NYU football coach was found guilty of conspiring to run a steel black market during the Korean War. Also convicted were John L. Kern and Hyman Kopp along with three New York based corporations Kern Inc Fins egan Associates Inc and State Equipment Corp.
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New York
John F
Chick) Meehan
Manhattan College
New York University
Meehan
Queens
John L. Kern
Albertson
Long Island
Hyman Kopp
Westbury
John L. Kern, Inc
Finsegan Associates, Inc
State Equipment Corp
Kern, Meehan and
Kapp
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N.Y. Central
Pennsy
Big Rail
Justice Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Deermine
George C. Frank
Erie Railroad
H. §. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
Bernard Baruch
Calvin Coolidge
N. Y
Probers
U. S
Givasidh
Telegram
Oath
Rodion Malinovsky
Georgi Zhukov
Abdel Hakim Amer
RED
Thukov
Natiante
Paucus
Joseph M. Plukas
Hillside
Fairfield County
Conn. Co
Padre
Lee Richard Jones
Baltimore
Jones
N. B
PIKE
N.Y
Tony
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