Ship Prepares for Polar Trip to Little America
Navy crew coats bulkheads of the USS Atka with cork insulation as preparations begin for the 1954 Antarctic expedition. Cmdr. Glen Jacobsen of Seattle says the ice breaker will depart Dec 1 for five months near Little America, stopping Jan 17 in Wellington for supplies, then head to Ross Sea and Wedell Sea. Return voyage starts in March with a stop in Buenos Aires. Helicopters and weasel trucks added. trip may seek oil coal petroleum and uranium.
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Boston
Navy
Atka
Little America
Cmdr
Glen Jacobsen
Seattle
Wash
Wellington
New Zealand
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jacobsen
Washington
Adult Inquiry Class Opens At St. Joseph’s Hall
The second Adult Inquiry class for men and women to learn Catholic history and teachings will be held Thursday at 8 p m in St. Joseph’s church hall Madison avenue.
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St. Joseph’s Church Hall
Madison Avenue
Fall Personnel Conference at University of Bridgeport
Top Bridgeport area and state personnel leaders will meet at the University of Bridgeport on Tuesday November 30 for a day long conference on Personnel productivity and Profit Ellsworth S Grant of Allen Manufacturing Hartford will deliver the keynote. Sponsoring groups include The American Society for Personnel Administration The Greater Bridgeport Personnel Association and the University of Bridgeport Registration may be made through Frank S Wright at 285 Park Avenue.
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University of Bridgeport
John H. Miller
Pitney Bowes, Inc
Stamford
Anthony E. Feil
Singer Mfg. Co
William R. Grunow
Bridgeport Brass Co
Frank 8. Wright
Bridgeport
Ellsworth S. Grant
Allen Manufacturing Company
Hartford
American Society For Personnel Administration
Greater Bridgeport Personnel Association
Harvey Bowman
Dictaphone Corporation
Herman D Bloch
Anthony E Feil
Singer Manufacturing Company
Seymour P. Kaye
Underwood Corporation
Anthony F. Kindzierski
Remington Arms Company
Joseph, C. Olson
the Bullard Company
George E Quandt
Harmon E. Snake
Manufacturers Association
William Snow
Metropolitan Body Company
Peter J. Reilly
Warner Brothers
Charles R. Weidman
Frank S. Wright
Park Avenue
Greenwich Man Seeks Divorce From Mate
Paul R. Weeks of Greenwich files for divorce from Dorothy Blair Weeks citing intolerable cruelty and habitual intemperance. They wed Oct 1 1933 in Waukegan Illinois. Weeks seeks custody of children Peter B. 19 and Judith M. 17. A second petition from Earl Reeve of Danbury accuses Frances Chesto Reeve of intolerable cruelty. married April 11 1946.
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Paul R. Weeks
Greenwich
Dorothy Blair Weeks
Waukegan
Ill
Weeks
Peter B
Judith M
Superior Court
Earl Reeve
Danbury
Frances Chesto Reeve
Diets Blamed by Heart Specialists for US Heart Disease
Heart specialists point to rich American diets as a key factor in why the United States has higher rates of heart disease than many other nations. The claim highlights dietary patterns and lifestyle as central to cardiovascular risk.
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U. S
Guests invited to Bridgeport Firemen's Ball
US Senator and Mrs Prescott Bush head the guest list for Bridgeport firemen's annual ball at the Stratfield hotel Wednesday night. Foremen's Sick and Death Benefit association president Paul McKenna is general chairman with Mayor McLevy and Rep-elects joining.
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Prescott Bush
Lst
Bridgeport
Stratfield Hotel
Paul McKenna
Foremen's
John J. Sxoore
Mayor McLevy
Alberto Morano
Oliver T. Osborne
Andrew Havanich
John Gillespie
Fred Sachs
Robert Hanover
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Wedell Sea
Cape Horn
Tommy
Brass
Seaview Ave
Janes
Greenwich Man
Daystrom
Miller
Lewisburg
Sealy — Simmons
Blue Bell
Ostermoor
County
Bairfield
THE
Milford
Golden Delicious Baldwin Kendall Delicious ‘Milton Stayman Winesop
R. I. Greening
Mintosh
Gravenstein Macoun Cortland
Aspetuck Valley
Black Rock
Easton
Freeman
Ferndale
Stratford
New Liberty Furniture CO
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