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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1957
Page
5
Police continued their investigation into the assault and robbery at the Little Casino restaurant owned by Rocco Faustini. Faustini, 30, was bound and gagged with tape and beaten, losing $460. he remained hospitalized with head injuries.
The Rev. John Samsvick new pastor of the West End Congregational church at 265 Colorado Avenue was welcomed with a reception by the deacons and deaconesses. Carl Sword chaired the event and Mrs. Julia Bayless handled refreshments. Edward Watt sang a solo with his daughters Winifred and Barbara singing a duet. Kathy and Virginia Smith played piano. A harmony quartet featuring the pastor his wife Priscilla and son Timothy closed the festivities.
In Atlanta Edwin A. Howard marvels as his three children share birthdays within hours of 7 p.m. The first two sons were born on the same day, and the third child, a girl, arrived last night two weeks late, all at Crawford Long hospital. The family plans a yearly Hotel Barnum celebration.
The 1957 Christmas shopping season starts next week under the Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants plan. Major stores will stay open Monday evenings from November 18 through December 23, with lights on in Bridgeport on Friday November 29.
The Marchioness of Downshire offered a pet lamb as a prize but a London dance committee refused the gift citing policy. The incident highlights etiquette and prize restrictions affecting event planning in the capital.
A chartered German DC4 crashed after takeoff from Duesseldorf while bound for the United States. Seven Germans died including a crew member and the owner’s daughter stewardess Ross Herfurthner. four more were critically injured. The crash set fire to an office building and a house in Derendorf.
Air service to and from Nassau resumes after a 241 hour shutdown caused by a dispute between union taxi drivers and hotel operators. A temporary reopening bans tourist cars limousines and buses for eight weeks while a plan is prepared, following talks led by airport officials and Nassau’s acting governor.
The National Planning Association urges selective U S loans to private firms for foreign projects to boost investment abroad. The study by Raymond F Mikesell of the University of Oregon argues private enterprise supplies scarce managerial and technical skills and could extend the foreign aid program. Loans could go to U S or foreign firms including British and German firms.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko flew from New York to Moscow after denouncing Western obstruction to disarmament. He urged UN alert on the Syrian crisis and condemned Western plans to stall arms talks. Gromyko also expressed best wishes to the American people.
The Fairfield County Soil Conservation district will hold its annual meeting Thursday night at Edmond Town Hall Newtown. The agenda includes an in depth study of establishing fish in farm ponds for fishermen and conservation, per county farm agent Le Roy M Chapman. Two new supervisors will be elected.
President Istvan Dobi announced the abolition of Hungary’s summary courts that sentenced thousands of anti communists during the 1956 October uprising. Regular and people’s courts will handle remaining cases as Soviet forces maintain order ahead of the anniversary of Budapest’s crackdown. Thousands faced long prison terms or death sentences in secret trials as purges continue.
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