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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1957
Page
8
A promotional piece touts Butcher's washable floor wax as superior to ordinary wax. It resists mud better, reduces rewaxing, allows wiping away spots, and even with kids, a single coat can last about two months.
Washington reports no progress on moon land claims as legal and international issues block homesteading. Farnsworth once predicted a lunar frontier but the Interior and Bureau of Land Management acknowledge no acres exist and air space ownership remains unresolved.
U S Agriculture Secretary Benson spent a busy day in Israel meeting wounded Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, greeting him from President Eisenhower, and touring the country. Benson said Ben-Gurion was alert and in good spirits and praised Israel’s Agriculture.
Prague Radio reports Czech President Antonin Zapotocky, 72, taken seriously ill and confined to a state sanatorium. The broadcast did not specify illness but noted circulatory problems and a heart weakness, with a heart attack in August 1955 previously recorded. He was elected president March 21, 1953 after Gottwald's death and had led as premier from 1948 to 1953.
The White House said President Eisenhower will meet Gov. Goodwin Knight of California to discuss plans he might withdraw from reelection as governor and run for the U S Senate. Reports say Knight could switch to the Senate race in next June's primary, leaving Sen. Knowland as the Republican nominee.
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