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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1957

Page

5

Mayor McLevy Bids Farewell to Tedesco Backers

The outgoing Mayor McLevy receives farewell from supporters and city officials on his last day, as Judge Tedesco prepares to take the oath Monday. Notables from both parties greet him on streets and at City Hall, while preparations for the transition and concerns over Wheeler mansion, incinerator, and Pleasure Beach are discussed.

Tedesco City Hall Louis I. Gladstone Sandula State Street A. Edward Sandula Bridgeport Jeader Earl A. Benson GOP State Central John J. McGuinness, Jr Jasper John Shenton Louis Snow Adolph D'Aulisa John V. Donnelly James F. Kenney John J. Morris Richard H. Shannon G.’ Richard Johnson Recreation Ae Robert A An Lanning Jose J P, So Flanagan Charles F. Dowd Parking Authority John E. Butler Chamber of Commerce Alfred Kearsley Bridgeport Municipal Employer’ Association Blanche de Champlain Hillside Home Clara M. O'Rourke Welfare Department Harold C. Poole BHA George A. Laden Sylvester £. Jennings Nicholas DiNapoli William P. Larkin John L. Simpson Wesley F. McCathron Board of Apportionment and Taxation Henry Mary B. Magner Magner Mary B McNamara Miss McNamara Edward T. Buckingham McLevy Kie Ee Ies Jonen. Muldoon Connecticut Turnpike State Highway Department Wheeler Wheeler Mansion Pleasure Beach

Flood trapping subway riders as water floods Times Square area

A severe subway flood trapped passengers when water poured into tunnels near Times Square. Motorman James Sullivan stopped a southbound Broadway Seventh Avenue line train, guiding eight stranded riders to safety with police and fire department help. Passengers described the scene as tense but orderly.

Figh Water Department Times Square Metropolitan Opera House Broadway Seventh Avenue 75Th Street James Sullivan Niagara Falls Charles Dodt’ Roin

Satellite news stalls on timetable as tests proceed

Pentagon offers no timetable for satellite program as scientists continue observations of Sputnik II from Cambridge Massachusetts. John Rinehart of the Smithsonian notes a faint object ahead the satellite and ponders a possible container holding the dog. A Cape Canaveral test launch reportedly resembled the Bomarc, but a Defense Department aide denied it was the Bomarc.

Hull Callery Butler County Pittsburgh Lawrence Cambridge Mass John Rinehart Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob- Osservatory Earth Cape Canaveral Air Force Washington Defense Department

Hynek welcomes U S satellite launch plan

Cambridge Mass Dr J Allen Hynek head of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory says he is delighted the Pentagon ordered a satellite launch in addition to the Navy Vanguard program He notes U S moonwatch teams will be alerted and discusses expected launch timing routes and tracking plans from Cape Canaveral to South Africa and the San Diego area

U. S Cambridge Mass J. Allen Hynek Pentagon Army Navy Project Vanguard Hynek Smith Fonian Astrophysical Observal United States Pepe Cape Canaveral Flo U. S.p South Africa San Diego Calif

Youths Obey Haircut Order In Court

In a courtroom the judge orders a youth to shave sideburns and adopt a regular haircut after an alert sergeant reported the youth was amused by a display. The defendant, McGary, claimed he laughed at a friend's discomfort and resisted at first before the judge extended the order to a full regular haircut.

McGary Kaminsky Judge Mel Gary

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