President weighs Soviet easing and fighter escorts
President Eisenhower argues for cautious policy in the Soviet sphere after a U S plane was shot down near Hokkaido. He supports possible fighter escorts if prudent and questions ambassador Bohlen’s Moscow attendance amid criticism, praising the Foreign Service for sound judgment.
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Kasenhower
Hokkaido
United States
Japan
Eisenhower
Charles E. Bohlen
U.S
Russia
Moscow
Bohlen
Congress
Witness Bares Slaying Denial In Murder Case
Houk, a meat dealer and neighbor, testified about the murder of Dr. Sheppard's wife. He discussed pregnancy motives, the killer's tall build, and a possible suspect from the general area of the Sheppard home. Esther Houk followed him on the stand with her own testimony.
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Houk
Dr. Sheppard
Sheppard
Esther
Navy veteran dies after foot race in Ridgefield
Phineas C. and George E. Lounsbur s Rockwell. A former Ridgefield Savings bank corporator and St Mary's church trustee, he served in Ridgefield Fire Department and the Marquette council Knights of Columbus. Survived by wife Patricia Sullivan Rockwell and children Anne Marie Kevin and others. Services Friday at 9:15 a.m. at home and 10 a.m. at St Marys Church. Burial in St Marys Cemetery Bethel.
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Phineas C
George E. Lounsburs
Rockwell
Ridgefield Savings Bank
St Mary's Church
Ridgefield Fire Department
Marquette Council
Knights of Columbus
Patricia Sullivan Rockwell
Anne Marie Rockwell
Kevin Daalweld- Sanesista Aten Ff
YUE Sisters
Osward Christopher
California
Mary Georgiana
Order of the Blessed Sacrament
Pawhusxa
Okla
Daniel J. Tobin
Richard J. Lynch
Ridgefield
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s Cremetery
Bethel
City to Observe Ist Veterans Day in Bridgeport
City and Greater Bridgeport area groups observed Veterans Day with ceremonies at City Hall green and a 36-unit parade. Connecticut Railway and Lighting officials announced a one minute silence for war dead, and bus drivers will halt their routes to honor the day.
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Greater
Bridgeport
Connecticut
City Hall
Fairfield County
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Conmmpany
Murder charge filed in missing man case in Windsor county
A missing man case in Windsor county led to a murder charge as details emerged yesterday and today. Mrs. George’s body was claimed by relatives and transported to Waterbury for services set for Thursday with the couple noted for frequent voting since her separation from her second husband, James T. George.
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Thelowed
James T. George
Windsor
Police Course Two Afoot After Prowl Car Theft
In Buffalo New York two policemen chasing two youths found their parked radio car tampered with and vanished into an alley. They recovered the car hours later after the suspects reportedly drove it away. The officers regained their composure and continued their patrol.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Watkins Defends Fairness Amid McCarthy Hearing Sparks
Senate panel member Samuel Watkins defended the special committee as fair and impartial after McCarthy pressed for full newspaper accounts. Watkins recalled the panel’s bipartisan makeup and warned only a “moron” would be completely political, amid tense exchanges with McCarthy and Ervin over impartiality and recorded remarks.
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Watkins
McCarthy
Ervin
D-Nc
Watkins Committee
North Carolina
Special Committee
Senate
Nerson
Hid
Amccarthy
Harvard Bans Liquor at Football Stadium
Harvard University imposes a liquor ban at football games, to be enforced at the Harvard Brown game this Saturday and the season finale vs Yale on November 20. The Crimson notes students cannot be exempt from the committee's order and reports the faculty athletics committee voted the ban.
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Cambridge
Mars
Harvard University Today
Tounche
Harvard
Starvard
The
Crimson
British Mission Sets Off for Peiping Parley
A British trade mission leaves on Nov 14 to meet Chinese officials in Peiping to discuss possible concessions, explore China’s demands, and assess food supply prospects. The group, led by a British business delegation, aims to secure trade access in return for Red China’s aid through experts and exchanges.
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Qpoare
Bares Ness
Sas
Britain
Sub periscope damaged after destroyer escort collision
In Croton May 18 the periscope of submarine Dia blo was damaged yesterday when a destroyer escort rammed it. No personnel casualties were reported. The destroyer escort Tabberer was damaged below the waterline in the same incident. Both ships were operating in the Narragansett operating area off the Rhode Island coast.
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Croton
Diablo
Esecory
Tabberer
Pnablo
Tabterer
Narraganset
Rhode Island
Picketing at Underwood sparks union dispute at plant
Chief Jennings attends a fire chief training session at the University of Connecticut as tensions rise over boiler safety at Underwood. Unlicensed personnel manning boilers prompts calls for agency action while unions defend workers and seek broad support from CIO and IUE locals. Six workers arrested after gate clash. one woman injured as police faced strikers attempting to block entry. Carey pledges full backing to Local 267 with aid from Connecticut unions and the State CIO.
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Jennings
University of Connecticut
Union and Company
Williams
Weidman
Underwood
Broad Street
Carey
International Union
Local 267
James B. Carey
Twe-Cio
Mee Carey
Connecticut
State Cio
Iue-C1io
Underwood Service Division
Atens Bridgeport "Lycoming
Avco
Stratford
Contracts Delayed In 5 Other Bridgeport Plants
Bridgeport area plants faced stalled contracts with Local 324 of United Steel Workers. At Paterson Steel and Forges in Stratford about 30 workers walked out after three weeks of talks. Wage and job classifications were core issues as meetings continued with other firms and mediators to avert a wider strike.
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Bridgeport
Paterson Steel and Forges Company
Stratford Avenue
Stratford
United Steel Workers
Clo
Wadelors Purchman
Carining Unis
Pase
Locke Steel
Casco Products Corp
Loving County Smallest Population in Texas Census
The census bureau says Loving county in western Texas is the union’s new smallest populated county with 227 people in April 1950. Armstrong county previously had the fewest, but it merged into Dewey county, altering national counts to 2 067 counties. The report notes Virginia counties also changed status.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Loving County
Texas
Coun Loving County
Armstrong County
South Dakota
Dewey County
Virginia
McCarthy Awarded by Connecticut Volunteers Group
The Rev Delmar S Markle headed five Bridgeport residents who presented Sen Joseph McCarthy with a silver trophy in Washington. The award by the Connecticut Non-Partisan committee honors his fight against Communism. Members included Irving H Johnson Dr J Miles O'Brien Ross Foothcrop and Edward A Smith with Johnson as temporary chairman.
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Wiephole
McCarthy
Delmar S. Markle
St. George's Episcopal Church
Clinton Avenue
Washington
Connecticut Volunteers
Bridgeport
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Connecticut Non-Partisan Committee
Minute Women
Iver
Sen. McCarthy
Father Markle
Irving H. Johnson
Catholic War Veterans
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
J. Miles O’brien
Ross Foothcrop
Edeward A A. Smith
Connecticut
Johnson
U S Living Scale Tops Averages In Retail Study
The Living Scale shows U S living scale exceeding average with a total volume of 41 016 000 dollars reflecting a 16 cent wedge. Bridgeport examined categories include General merchandise 32 74K HOM or 10 cents furniture and house supplies 29 508 000 about 7 cents drug stores 10 125 000 or 3 cents.
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Bridgeport
Statue honors Iwo Jima flag raisers and courage
A Marine Corps statue honoring the six men who raised the flag on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi is unveiled after nine years of work by Austrian-born sculptor De Welden. The figures stand 32 feet high, with a black granite base bearing Nimitz's tribute uncommon valor was a common virtue. Survivors Rene A. Gagner Ira Hayes and John H. Bradle y are named among those depicted. The ceremony included best wishes from Deputy Defense Director Robert B. Anderson and tributes to American courage and unity of purpose.
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Shepherd
Iwo Jima
Mt. Suribachi
de Welden
Navy
Rene A. Gagner
Hookset
N. H
Pfe
Ira Hayes
Phoenix
Ariz
John H. Bradlevy
Antigo
Wis
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Voter cast Prohibition ticket then wet on local liquor question
In Orleans Mass on Election Day a resident voted straight Prohibition for candidates but chose a straight wet line on local option liquor questions, leaving officials to ponder the anomaly a week after the vote.
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Orleans
Mass
Prohibition Party
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New Haven
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Feres
NEW Haven Railroad
George L. Rockwell
Water Street
Ney
Swift
Iks
Constantine Brown
Utah
Peiping
Bridgeport Bros. Company
Lural
Brass Workers Federal Labor Union
AFL
Philp J. Koons
Fir
James F. Burns
Koons
William J Truay
Federa Eres
Casco
Nets Corp
Tulcio
Wil
Barnum
Tomight
Iue-Cio
Locke Steel Company
Pullman, Combs, Bradley and Reeves
Main Street
Howard J. Mattie
IUF
Ition
IVSS
U. S
Marine Corps
Coat
Robert B. Anderson
Defense
Odo
Jack Windt
Travelers Insurance Company
University Club
Howland
Freedman Bros
Hanksgiving
Freedman Bros Wintwree
E. Main Street
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