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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1957
Page
11
George C. Stock, a 36-year-old Boston dishwasher, surrendered in New Haven after stealing $47 from a Boston restaurant last June. He said he had been running and was tired of it all. Assistant City Attorney Joseph E. Bove announced his former employer did not wish to prosecute, and Stock walked from court.
Brookside shopping center on North Main street in Oz Hill officially opened with a two million dollar complex. Thousands watched as 16 stores prepared for business, with 10 open and six to follow. A ribbon cutting by T A D Weaver preceded balloon releases and clown acts. Parked cars filled the 1 050-space lot and Main Street, causing a traffic jam directed by police. Local leaders including Theodore E Steiber, Gerald Phelan, Harold C Main and Gordon A Anderson attended, along with bank executives, real estate brokers and store managers. The center will stay open until 7 p m daily with tenants such as First National, W T Grant, Woolworth, Gold’s Deli, and Zemel Bros. First National announced a Dec 18 opening.
Fire Marshal Don Zussy in St Petersburg Florida seized chemicals from two teenage chemists after a house fire caused by a $1000 chemical mix. A 12 year old resident said the two 14 year olds bought the materials. The marshal said the youths never studied chemistry and had devised a formula to cause an explosion and flash fire, which they sold for profit.
Soviet science official Y V Peive outlined arguments that all fallout from A bombs is dangerous and lethal while American delegate James J Wadsworth cautioned that tests remain a minor radiation source harmful to humans The report notes Peive analyzed strontium 90 effects on the human body Western diplomats reported no confirmed human harm from strontium 90 and Peive stood third on the Soviet protection list behind Gromyko and Kuznetsev.
Consolidated Natural Gas Co announced a 12 month net income of 27 526 046 dollars or 3 39 dollars a share up from 26 493 422 dollars or 3 26 dollars a share in the prior year.
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