Army will build Nike launching station in Milford
Mil ford officials brushed aside alarm as Army spokesmen announced plans for a Nike guided missile launching station in Woodmont. The two-area site will cover 15 and 30 acres with a 96-person crew. Construction to start in spring and finish in about six months at a cost of 400000 to 1200000. The station will have underground explosives storage, its own police and fire apparatus, and no testing or live firing except in emergencies.
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MILFORD
Woodmont
Bridgeport
Army
Nike
Mlford
John J. Desmond
John P. Morrissey
First Army Information Center
Governors’ Island
N. Y
Adam Hart
First AA
Fort Totten
Richard F. Coley
George C. Lay
Planning and Zoning board
Weather Summary Bridgeport and Nearby: Cloudy and Rain Likely
Bridgeport and vicinity expect mostly cloudy skies with some rain today, high 55 to 60. Tonight remains mild with low in the 40s, then Thursday stays cloudy and mild. NYC to mirror Bridgeport. Also reports temperature highs and lows, barometer, humidity, and tides for nearby areas.
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U. & Weather Bureau
BRIDGEPORT
NEW YORK CITY
New Censure Charge to Be Sought Against McCarthy
Sen. Bennett announces on the Senate floor he will seek a new censure count against Sen. McCarthy for attacking the Wat kins committee and its chairman. Watkins threatens his own contempt charge while McCarthy scoffs at the move, calling it Alice in Wonderland and curiouser and curiouser. Bennett plans to amend the censure resolution to include the attack on the committee.
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M’Carthy
WASHINGTON
Sen
Bennett
Utah
McCarthy
Watkins committee
Senate
Watkins
National Association of Manufacturers
Bridgeport social drive aims to 103000 signatures for McCarthy
Irving M. Johnson reports 2604 Bridgeport area residents signed yesterday joining the Ten Million Americans Mobilizing for Justice effort to back Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. He notes 326 petitions from New York were circulated, with 1250 callers at his home and plans to publish a facsimile in The Bridgeport Telegram and Post.
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phonter Trumer
Irving M. Johnson
Bridgeport
Joseph McCarthy
U. S. Senate
army of volunteers
U. S
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Golden Hill stret
New York
Johnson
Bridgeport Telegram and Post
Fire roars through South Baltimore block destroys firms
A major blaze in South Baltimore engulfed an entire city block, damaging or destroying at least twenty firms and forcing 150+ residents from their homes. Three explosions sent flames 80 to 100 feet high as 60 fire units fought the fire, with police and military police keeping spectators back. One firefighter, George Powell, was burned, and the Underwood Employes Federal Credit Union, hindered by strike pickets, suspended operations and invoked by-law sections to curb withdrawals until injunctions are resolved.
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BALTIMORE
Underwood
Federal Credit union
Broad and
Allen streets
TUE-CIO
board of directors
Credit committee
Credit union
Airliners end hops over Arctic in historic link
Two SAS jets completed a polar crossing linking Los Angeles and Copenhagen in under a day. The Royal Viking landed in Copenhagen after 24 hours from L A and the Helge Viking reached Los Angeles in 27 hours 10 minutes. Both stopped in Greenland and Winnipeg with officials aboard.
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LOS ANGELES
California
Europe
Royal Viking
Scandinavian Airlines
Copenhagen
Denmark
SAS
Helge Viking
Greenland
Winnipeg
Canada
Dulles Renews Warning to Red China on Attack
Secretary of State Dulles warned that any attack on Formosa would draw U S forces into conflict, while discussing coexistence with Russia. He said no immediate need for a full policy reappraisal, and noted the Seventh Fleet could defend the Tachens if required. Defense Secretary Wilson also endorsed coexistence and strong defenses. President Eisenhower echoed the call for mutual understanding during a college convention address.
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WASHINGTON
State Dulles
Russia
Senate
Knowland
California
Dulles
Formosa
United States
Seventh Fleet
Tachen Islands
Tachen chain
Shanghai
White House
Wilson
Eisenhower
United
Canada's Richest Youth Jailed For His Role in a $41 Robbery
John Leonard Smallman, 22, heir to a three million dollar estate and earning $1,000 monthly, received 18 months at Guelph Reformatory for a $41 Toronto robbery. He was convicted in county court after a week of legal action, with prior Detroit pistol-fine records noted.
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TORONTO
John Leonard Smallman
Guelph Reformatory
Canada
Detroit
Smallman
Lawrence T. Nash
Nash
heir
West end
Robert Forsyth
Smalliman
E. E. B. Morgan
London
Ont
Rescuers Speed To Crippled Ship Off Newfoundland
Halifax N S Nov 16 AP the Panamanian flagged freighter Stork crew manned pumps to save their crippled ship after the captain ordered lifeboats. RAF search planes at Torbay Nfld reported about 40 aboard as the vessel edged toward Newfoundland’s west coast amid fresh gales threatening ships in the Gulf of St Lawrence. The Stork had last message “We are getting in the lifeboats. Come and pick us up.” The tug Foundation Josephine II sped from Quebec with Chincoteague Coast Guard cutter also bound for the site.
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HALIFAX
N. S
freigher Stork
Royal Canadian Air Force
Torbay
Nld
Newfoundland
U. S
Gulf of St Lawrence
Grindstone
Magdalen Islands
South Head
Bay of Islands
Stork
Josephine II
Quebec
Argentia
Mld
U. S. Coast Guard
Chincoteague
Airman Charged With Killing Cop
Maj. James Call waived extradition to New York to face charges of slaying Lake Placid patrolman Richard Pelkey. Police hailed the arrest as ending a manhunt and Call remained largely silent, showing surprise when details of the August Adirondack resort shooting were discussed.
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RENO
James Call
New York
Lake Placid
Harold Muller
Call
Muller
Richard Pelkey
Pelkey
Adirondack mountains
Data stirs Sheppard trial in Cleveland discovery
An expert witness testified that Marilyn Sheppard's death pillow bore a bloody imprint from a twin clawed surgical instrument, a clue the state says points to a weapon. Dr. Samuel Sheppard, an osteopathic surgeon, faces trial for his wife's July death amid claims of an affair and a prowler attack.
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CLEVELAND
Marilyn Sheppard
Samuel R. Gerber
Samuel Sheppard
Sheppard
Gerber
Two Boys Held for Meter Tampering at Union Square
Police arrested two 13 year old youths at 11 pm as they tried to force open a parking meter on Union Square. Officers Scanlon and Halpin found them prying the device with screwdrivers and removing coins. Juvenile Detention home was notified and parents called to report to Police HQ today. Several meters have been forced open downtown in recent weeks.
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Union Square
John Scanlon
John Halpin
Gilbert street
Budapest Drops All Charges Against Noel Field and Wife
Budapest seizes on the release of Noel Field and his wife Herta and drops all charges labeling them as American spies. The fate of their adopted daughter remains unresolved as Field recovers in Poland.
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Noel
Herta Field
Hungary
Budapest
Field
state department
Noel Field
Herta
U. S. State Department
Fields
U. S
Richard Meyer
Hermann
Warsaw
Poland
Hermann Field
Europe
Robert Wallach
Erika Glaser
East Berlin
Laszlo Rajk
Rajk
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Allan Dulles
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
ele
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