Tedesco to Become Mayor This Noon
At noon Samuel J. Tedesco will take the oath as mayor of Bridgeport succeeding Jasper McLevy. The ceremony on City Hall steps includes Brannelly Swearing in, attendance by Mayor McLevy and Mayor Richard C. Lee, and a Veterans Day holiday schedule.
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Samuel J. Tedesco
Bridgeport
Jasper McLevy
John M. Brannelly
Tedesco
Brannelly
James Kenney
McLevy
Richard C. Lee
New Haven
Coast Guard Rescues 2 Men and Boy on Sound
Two Stratford men and a six year old boy were rescued after spending more than 14 hours marooned on a sandbar near the Housatonic River mouth. Coast Guard cutters towed their 16 foot cruiser Betty Edith to Stratford marina after a passing plane alerted authorities.
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Stratford
Housatonic River
Peter Jaglinsky
Bodinecourt
John McPadden
Michael McPadden
Coast Guard
Long Island
Fladd and Kahle
Weather Report for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Fair and continued cold today with a high of 40 to 45 degrees. Tonight remains fair but not as cold, low near 30. Tuesday brings fair skies and moderating temperatures around 50 with northwest winds 12 to 18 mph. Highest yesterday 44, lowest 34. barometer and humidity noted at 8 p.m. Record date November 11, 1857.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Christmas Shopping Hours Set Through Holidays
Stores in Bridgeport start a holiday schedule today with Retail Merchants division members of the Chamber of Commerce open until 9 p.m on busy shopping nights. On Mondays leading to Christmas the late hours extend to 9 p.m, offering extended evening shopping.
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Bridgeport
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Writer 81 dies from fall injuries in Fairfield
Frederick A. Barrow aged 81 of 34 Moody Avenue Fairfield died at St. Vincent hospital from injuries after a fall at his home a week earlier He earlier lived in Bridgeport six years and wrote Wanderings In and About Bridgeport for The Sunday Post He is survived by his wife Clara Baines Barrow two daughters Mrs Edward F Richter and Miss Alice Barrow and one grandson Funeral services were set for Wednesday at the Albert W Spear funeral home and burial at Mountain Grove cemetery
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Frederick A. Barrow
Moody Avenue
Fairfield
Bridgeport
Sunday Post
St. Vincent's Hospital
Mr. Barrow
Liverpool
England
Columbia Graphophone Company
Columbia Records
Olivet Congregational Church
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Clara Baines Barrow
Edward F. Richter
Trumbull
Alice Barrow
Post Office to occupy Samp Mortar unit in Fairfield
The Post Office department will take possession Saturday of a new Samp Mortar station at 2055 Black Rock Turnpike Fairfield. Edward Flynn said the 20 year lease provides 2100 square feet plus a rear platform and modern equipment including plug in heaters for mail trucks.
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Post Office Department
Black Rock Turnpike
Fairfield
Edward F. Flynn
Vroan Eigmeswie Uuit
Flynn
Newfield
Noble
Bridgeport
Stratford
Stratford Avenue
Fifth Street
Hollister Avenue
Eisenhower in for annual physical at Walter Reed
President Eisenhower entered Walter Reed Army Hospital for his first head to toe physical checkup in 13 months. He arrived with his physician Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder and was greeted by Maj. Gen. Leonard Heaton. He stayed in a reserved third floor suite and was to be released tomorrow after the exam.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Howard M. Snyder
Walter Reed
Leonard Heaton
Winner of $140000 faces eager spenders
William R. Rowland of Milford, the winner of $140,000 in the English Sweepstakes, said last night he may not receive the winnings for weeks while friends and brokers pressure with schemes from a Europe tour to stock bets and new businesses.
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Jerome K. Boin
William R. Rowland
Milford
Mr. Rowland
Sikorsky
Europe
War Veterans Honored In Bridgeport Parade And Observances
Bridgeport honors veterans with a parade featuring local groups and wreath ceremonies at the memorial boulder on City Hall green. Veterans' Day becomes a legal holiday with facilities closed. Observances include a Disabled American Veterans ceremony at City Hall green at 01 a.m. and a Veterans of World War I dinner at Germania hall at 6:30 p.m.
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John R. O’dwyer
Bridgeport
City Hall Green
Park
City
Germania Hall
Stamford
Bridgeport Police Athletic League
Reverend Hatch Resigns Fairfield Post to Lead Two Franklin Churches
The Rev. David P. Hatch, pastor of the First Church of Christ in Fairfield for over 19 years, announced his resignation to accept a call to two small churches in Franklin New Hampshire. He plans to begin mid January and will serve the Congregational and Christian churches under a yoked arrangement.
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David P. Hatch
First Church of Christ
Fairfield
Franklin
N. H
Hateh
Congregational Church
Christian Church
Match
Mystery of Pan American liner disappearance expands search
Honolulu reports sighting a yellow dye marker and a possible flare or smoke signal 82 miles southwest of the last position of the Honolulu bound Pan American airliner with 44 aboard. Coast Guard, Navy planes, and Philippine Sea carrier units join a vast peacetime search spanning 65 000 to 150 000 square miles as distress signals prove elusive.
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Philippine Sea
Pacific Ocean
Long Beach
Calif
Honolulu
Pacific
Coast Guard
Navy
Carbonero
Minnetonka
Pan American
Midway
U. S
Hawaii
Honolua
Anyshing
Grumman
Sikorsky
Leach
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University of Bridgeport
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Broad Street
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U.S
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