Thanksgiving travel swells as thousands flee rail car crashes tolls flood roads
Amid a heavy Thanksgiving Eve, Hartford area traffic swelled with about 67 000 vehicles expected by day’s end at Hartford's Charter Oak tollhouse and Merritt Parkway. An hour between 4 and 5 p.m. saw 4 147 cars pass Milford toll house, with 31 977 by 5 p.m. More snow slicked roads in the Winsted Litchfield Norfolk area causing a Goshen tie up while buses trains and flights remained busy. One Danbury driver escaped injury after a skid and embankment rollover. injuries reported in Bridgeport from a Huntington turnpike crash. A 16 year old girl suffered back and neck pain in a chain collision on Huntington turnpike near Virginia Avenue. Fire police and patrols reported multiple incidents along with two Kensington Place crashes and side impact near Asylum Street. Several drivers sustained knee injuries but no hospitalizations were listed.
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Hartford
Charter Oak Bridge
Merritt Parkway
Milford
Winsted- Litchfield-Norfolk
Goshen
Warren
American Airlines
Richmond G. Terry
Bradley Field
Danbury
Ralph Davis
East Pembroke Road
South Street
Bethel Town Line
Joseph Pirri
Ridgefield Barracks
Bridgeport
Huntington Turnpike
West Side
Virginia Avenue
Ann Smith
Shelton Road
Nichols
Dino Miani
Derby
Warren Schmidt
Rocky Ridge Road
Trumbull
Thomas Hull
George Everlitn
William Myslewski
Mayor Rejects Tenants Plea at Heated Meeting
The city and Brady Tenants group clashed over selling Brady Homes. Mayor warned selling all houses as a unit to the highest bidder could occur, while tenants' counsel said waivers from 1948 may still stand. The housing authority and tenants' officers attended. no agreement reached.
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Brady Tenants’ Group
Leonard A. Schine
Schine
Brady
Morano
A. Edward
Sandula
Congress
Edward G. Zillie
Association
James Roberto
Frederick Pickering
George Redmond
Harold C. Poole
Bridgeport Housing Authority
Two Vehicle Collisions Reported at City Intersections
At the Kossuth street intersection around 4 20 p m Patrolman Pastor said Lillibridges auto skidded into the rear of another. A mishap at Madison avenue and Charles street about 6 20 p m involved Mrs Carmel D Testani 22 of 256 Charles street whose wide left turn scraped the side of James Forte 62 of 1939 Madison avenue. Neither driver was held by Patrolman Paradise.
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Enue
Kossuth Street
Pastor
Lillibridge
Madison Avenue
Charles Street
Carmel D. Testani
James Forte
Paradise
Painter loses suit for fall injuries in Bridgeport
George Croteau a 52 year old house painter of 243 William street failed in Common Pleas court to win damages from the City of Bridgeport for injuries from a sidewalk fall on February 21 1952 at Harriet street and Barnum avenue. A six member jury returned a city verdict in about an hour finding no negligence. Croteau claimed a broken arm and other injuries from an icy defective walk while the city argued the sidewalk was not defective and snow and ice had not persisted long enough to render the city liable. The jury said he slipped on snow. An Interrogatory indicated the fall was due to snow. Croteau’s attorney filed to set aside the verdict.
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George Croteau
William Street
Common Pleas
Bridgeport
Groteau
Harriet Street
Barnum Avenue
James F. Kenney
Daniel V. McPadden
Vine R. Parmelee
Fairfield Men Nabbed Thief After Chase in Montreal
Fairfield men William J. Miro and William Szabo chased and captured a payroll thief on St. Catherine street in Montreal after a more than 100 yard pursuit. The suspect, found with a loaded revolver, was turned over to a Montreal police officer. the pair received no public thanks as Montreal papers credited a local officer instead.
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Fairfield
Montreal
Canada
William J. Miro
Burroughs Road
William Szabo
Millspaugh Drive
Fairfield Special Police
St. Catherine Street
Mr. Miro
Mr. Szabo
Miro
Remington dies as FBI holds two in killing case
Remington died from a skull fracture and brain injuries. Two convicts, serving three year terms for transporting stolen cars, are held by the FBI in connection with the killing. Special Agent Norman M. McCabe leads the inquiry from Philadelphia. McCoy and Parker were convicted in Kentucky and North Carolina respectively and had entered prison months after Remington. A Richmond man said prison inmates showed little anti communist sentiment and described the accused as hoodlums.
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Remington
Union County
Harry Beck
Norman M. McCabe
Philadelphia
FBI
McCoy
Pikeville
Parker
Greensboro
N. C
Hiss
Charles R. Prewitt
Richmond, Va
Associated Press
Lewisburg
Prewitt
Victim of the Times Widow Bitterly Reacts to Slaying
Levittown widow of slain William W. Remington says he was a victim of the times after learning he died in Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary from a beating. Remington, a former government official, was serving a three year term for perjury over alleged passage of secrets to communists. The widow tells reporters he never was a communist and laments prosecutions aided by McCarthy era rhetoric.
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Times
New York
William W. Remington
Lewisburg
Levittown
Long Island
Remington
The
Journal-American
New York Post
Bill
McCarthy
Thanksgiving in Korea and U S football on holiday
Americans count blessings as Thanksgiving price trends show dining costs down from last year. The menu for troops in Korea features a lavish spread, priced around 4.50 dollars, with child portions available. Thanksgiving football includes Cornell versus Pennsylvania, plus Maryland vs Missouri on TV and a Detroit at Green Bay pro game.
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Korea
Washington
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Missouri
Detroit
Green Bay
Bridgeport Chest Pledge Rises With Extra $400
Work men at a Bridgeport firm add $400 to the Community Chest pledge, saying it extends beyond a 1955 effort as slashed services loom. Messages from donors express gratitude and hope for reaching the Chest’s goal, urging others to give despite tight budgets.
Holiday features reunions and feasts in Thanksgiving news
More than 1 300 attended the service as New Haven announces 38 extra trains to handle holiday travel. Thanksgiving is a legal holiday with stores banks and courts closed today and open Friday. schools closed through Monday for a four day break. Christian Union Salvation Army and the county jail plan special dinners. Church of God and Saints of Christ will serve free turkey dinners. Rev Harry Williams heads a service at 209 George Street with Rev Howard Thurman as principal speaker.
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New Haven Railroad
Bridgeport
Christian Union
Salvation Army
State Street
Harry Williams
Church of God and Saints of Christ
George Street
Williams
Howard Thurman
Boston University
Wallace W. Anderson
Joseph G. Simko
St. John the Baptist
Thanksgiving Proclamation Led by Salvation Army Captain
Senior Captain Cecil Hogson of the Citadel Corps Salvation Army delivered the call to worship and a Thanksgiving proclamation. The service featured prayers by Rev. Mr. Anderson and benediction by Rev. Stephen M. Bessemer of North Avenue Evangelical and Reformed Church. Presiding were Rev. Milton R. Wilkes of First Baptist and Rev. Carl J. Westman of First Universalist. Benjamin W. Lehn served as organist for the event sponsored by the Council for Inter-Church Cooperation and the Pastoral Association.
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Cecil Hogson
Citadel Corps
Salvation Army
Mr. Anderson
Stephen M. Bessemer
North Avenue Evangelical and Reformed Church
Milton R. Wilkes
First Baptist Church
Carl J. Westman
First Universalist Church
Benjamin W. Lehn
Council For Inter-Church Cooperation
The
Pastoral Association
Sleuth Attacks Prowler Story in Sheppard Murder Trial
Testimony details lights on at the Sheppard home and blood spots on stairs as state prosecutors press the defense. Detective Dombrowski described benzidine tests showing blue green reactions indicating blood but not proving human origin. Defense questioned dog possibility amid debate over stains from Koko the dog.
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Sheppard
John Trenti
Cleveland
Arthur Beaird
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas Parrino
Dombrowski
Parrino
Koko
Brownell plan on integration faces local court action
Talmadge called Brownell's plan a reversal of federal policy as he urged districts to handle school desegregation locally. Georgia Attorney General Eugene Cook said Georgians would resist the decision by any means. Brownell proposed: Supreme Court ruling segregation unconstitutional and laws permitting it invalid. send test cases back to lower courts for action in line with the high court.
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U. S
Talmadge
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Brownell
Eugene Cook
Supreme Court
High Court
South Carolina
Virginia
Kansas
Delaware
District of Columbia
Ike Vows Steps To Free Yanks From China
The State Department ordered a strong protest to Red Chinese authorities over the detention of 13 Americans on trumped up charges. Gowen seeks a face to face with Weng Peng-Chiu and a speedy reply. Congressional leaders demand action with threats to aid Chiang Kai-Shek and seal Formosa from Red commerce. The issue centers on Fecteau, Downey, and other POWs, with varied sentences and CIA claims of covert drops. Peiping reports CIA links and cites downed airmen, while a State Department spokesman says it is too early to say if other channels will be opened.
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State Department
Geneva
Switzerland
Franklin D. Gowen
Gowen
Weng Peng-Chiu
United States
China
New York
Anthony Nutting
United Nations
Thomas J. Lane
Dmass
Butler
R-Md
State
Defense Departments
Reds
Fecteau
John Thomas Downey
Downey
U. S
Peiping
U. S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Free China Movement
Chiang Kai-Shek
Don L West dies veteran newspaperman
World War II era executive editor of two papers, Don L West died after illness last week. He had worked at Spar tanburg papers since 1934 and was at work early last week. Survived by wife daughter Mary Louise three brothers and two sisters with funeral arrangements pending. Mrs Murphy of Fairfield travels to attend funeral with sister and brother of William Murphy.
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West
Spartanburg
Mary Louise
Robert C. West
Gainesville
Fla
John Arthur West
Tokyo
Allen West
Chicago
Kathleen Pick
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Sarah Lou Rehberg
Atlantic Highland
N. J
William J. Murphy
Fairfield
Wiliam R. Tierney, Jr
William G. Murphy
Pairfield
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Edward J. Pistey
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Maple Avenue
Windsor
Robert Blouin
Stratford Road
Stratford Av
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Turkey
Telegram
Bridgeport Hospital
Herman Schroder
Joseph Zina
Aryness Joy Wickens
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wheeler
Hmit
C. K
Peter
Paul
P. S
P.A.G
CHEST
Sleuth
Prowler
Lage
Herg
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Ike
White House
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Overseas Press Club
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