State chalks up safe holiday on Connecticut roads
Thanksgiving day ended with no fatal accidents in Connecticut and only one serious crash. Goode Clark, 40, of Queens, was injured when his car hit a stopped vehicle on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Wallingford and was hospitalized in Meriden in satisfactory condition. Parkway traffic on the Merritt remained heavy yet steady, with no major incidents reported and 56,000 autos checked at Greenwich tolls last year. In Bridgeport, a Seaview Crescent collision injured Collins Simmons, 48, and another man, with Simmons in fairly good condition at Bridgeport Hospital after a rail-skid crash on Stanley Industrial Railway tracks. Police cited excessive speed for the driver of Simmons’s car.
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Queens, N. Y
Wilbur Cross parkway
Wallingford
Goode Clark
Memorial hospital
Meriden
Parkway
Merritt parkway
Greenwich
Seaview
Crescent avenues
Collins Simmons
Smith street
Bridgeport hospital
Simmons
Lee Curry
Read street
Stanley Industrial Railway
Starling and Company, Inc
Seaview avenue
Stacey Gauss
Newfield avenue
Lee
Harding Dominates Central in Fairfield County Grid Rivalry
Thanksgiving Day football drew 41,500 fans across seven area games. Harding crushed Central 32 0 to claim the city championship for the fourth straight year, while Ludlowe won its first district title since 1944 with a 52 19 win over Bassick. Stratford upset Milford 19 13 and Stamford beat Fairfield Prep 45 19 as Naugatuck finished undefeated in a 19 13 win over Ansonia. Danbury claimed the county title with eight straight wins after a 14 2 victory over Norwalk. Shelton defeated Derby 20 6.
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Fairfield County
Warren Harding
Roger Ludlowe
Stratford high school
Hedges stadium
Harding
Central
Hilltoppers
Bassick
Ludlowe
Fairfield
Bib Gillette
Stratford
Milford
Washington field
Tony Carpone
North Paraders
Stamford
Fairfield Prep
Boyle stadium
Naugatuck
Ansonia
George Radachowsky
Danbury
Norwalk
Shelton
Derby
Lafayette field
Weather Summary Bridgeport and New York City
Official Weather Bureau data reports cloudiness and cool conditions with highs in the mid 40s. Tonight remains partly cloudy and cool with lows 25 to 40, inland colder. Saturday expect more cloudiness and milder conditions with winds NW today shifting to SE to S. Also notes on temperatures, precipitation, barometer, humidity, tides, and almanac details for Friday November 26.
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U0 S Weather Bureau
BRIDGEPORT
NEW YORK CITY
seeesees
Flashes of Lightning Startle Area Residents
Sudden flashes and dull thunder startled locals about 6:30 last night under a dry starry sky. Hundreds phoned the Post Telegram, Police HQ, and the Weather Bureau asking about explosions as a three mile high cumulo nimbus produced loud rumbles without rain lasting only a few minutes.
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Weather Bureau
Red motive doubted in Remington death
Acting Warden Fred T. Wilkinson said most prisoners at the Federal penitentiary are sorry about the slaying of William W. Remington and dismissed anti-Communist vengeance as a motive. Remington, serving a three year term for perjury, died from a skull fracture after an assault in his sleep. Two convicts, George Junior McCoy and Robert Carl Parker, are charged with the murder. The weapon was a brick wrapped in a sock.
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LEWISBURG
Fred T. Wilkinson
Federal penitentiary
William W. Remington
Remington
Wilkinson
George Junior McCoy
Grundy
Robert Carl Parker
Washington, D. C
China Reds Land On Nationalist Held Isle Report
Unconfirmed reports say Chinese Reds invaded Wu chi u island off Formosa 80 miles west amid heavy fighting. Nationalists rush warplanes and ships to defend. defense officials deny invasion. Reports place events near Amoy and Quemoy with massive troop massing along Fukien and Chekiang coasts. Yu Ta-wei claims Reds ready for assaults while Nationalists prepare.
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TAIPFH
Formosa
Wuchiu
Nanjih island
Defense Department
Washington
state department
Witchin
Quemoy
Amoy
Fukien
Chekiang
Yu Ta-Wei
Bridgeport Christmas lights to glow tonight with Mimi Benzell
Bridgeport lights illuminate the shopping center tonight to open the holiday season. Metropolitan opera soprano Mimi Benzell will sing carols on Golden Hill Street at 6 p.m. The event includes Mayor McLevy and Police Supt Lyddy talks, a Manufacturers chorus quartet, and Benzell who will flip the switch. A 5:15 p.m. procession from the Bridgeport Brass Recreation Center will route through Main, Fairfield, Broad to Golden Hill with PAL hand, a police escort, and Santa Claus.
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Mimi Benzell
Metropolitan opera
Golden Hill Street
Miss Benzell
McLevy
John A. Lyddy
Jack Olinsky
Chamber of Commerce, Retail Merchants division
Joseph I. Spector
Bridgeport Brass Recreation Center
Main street
Fairfield avenue
Broad Street
Golden Hill
Police Athletic League
PAL
Santa Claus
Strikers Seek Citizens Group to Mediate Three-Plant Strike
Local 267 SUE-CIO official plans formation of a citizens committee to intervene in a three week strike at three Underwood plants. IUE-CIO field representative Tom Williams backs the plan. Committee would include six residents plus labor and management reps and a neutral chair. Mayor McLevy offered as potential impartial chairman. Over 1,200 union workers have struck since Nov 5, idling about 1,600 other staff.
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SUE-CIO
Underwood corporation
citizens’ committee
Tom Williams
IUE-CIO field
labor
management
Williams
McLevy
Break at Bridgeport Diner Takes Over $200 in Change
Burglars stole more than $200 in change from the Bridgeport Flyer diner at 1726 Fairfield Avenue. A pedestrian saw the rear door open and alerted police who notified the manager. The loot was kept in a cigar box. The break was discovered about 10 20 p.m.
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Bridgeport Flyer
Fairfield avenue
Two Year Pact Aims at Peace for New York Dockers
New York November 25 AP agreement on a two year no strike no lockout contract for the port's 30000 longshoremen. It includes a union shop for the first time a 17 cent package pay boost in two steps and a move to end the shape up hiring system. Ratification by locals and companies expected next week retroactive to October 1.
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NEW YORK
Vincent A. G. O'Connor
New York city
marine and aviation
International Longshoremens association
New York Shipping association
Puzzle Fans Trip on HASTE FLESHY Boosting Prize to 75
The Sunday Post crossword prize rises to 75 dollars next week after no winners for puzzle 26. Three weeks of puzzling clues left thousands stumped with clues like 22 across about waste and 16 down about a man being flashy or fleshly, as contestants chase the elusive answer.
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Sunday Post
Britain Denounces China Jailing 13 Americans at UN
UN reports Henry Cabot Lodge Jr denouncing the 13 American espionage sentences as barbarism. He argues Peiping should not join the UN and vows to veto seating attempts. Britain opposes Indonesia’s West New Guinea claims and questions UN competence to deal with the issue while the Netherlands rejects further talks.
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UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Peiping
UN Assembly
State department
Red China
United States
free world
Lodge
Security Council
Assembly
Anthony Nutting
Britain
Indonesia
Netherlands
West New Guinea
J. M. A. H. Lunas
Dr Henry Coffin Dies at Cakeville Lakeville
Dr Henry Sloane Coffin 77 renowned Presbyterian leader and writer died at his Lakeville home after a brief illness. Former Union Theological Seminary president and Yale alumnus, he also served as moderator of the General Assembly and held honorary degrees. He leaves a widow, a son, a daughter, and three grandchildren. funeral in Salisbury with burial at Sleepy Hollow.
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LAKEVILLE
Henry Sloane Cottin
Union Theological seminary
New York city
Yale
Cottin
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
United States
Princeton
Harvard
Dense Fog Shuts Southern California Ports and Skies
Dense fog blankets the Southern California coast from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border disrupting shipping and air travel. A 63-foot naval crash boat Harmony was radioed in trouble with skipper Frank Champion near Catalina Island and Newport, carrying three adults and five children.
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LOS ANGELES
California
Santa Barbara
Frank Champion
Newport Beach
Catalina Island
Newport
Some Business Expansion Seen in 1954 Outlook
The Federal Reserve Board reports optimism for 1954 with a forecast of some expansion in business. GNP for the year is seen near 356 billion dollars, up from 365 billion in 1953, with third quarter output at 355.5 billion if sustained. Labor data hint improving job prospects through year end, while state and local spending, near record consumer outlays, and robust home building spur growth amid tax cuts and enhanced unemployment benefits.
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WASHINGTON
Federal Reserve board
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Reserve board
Labor department
department
GE salesman fined ten dollars gets thousand dollar order
Robert V. Kinney, General Electric Pittsburgh district sales manager, paid a ten dollar traffic fine in Benwood West Virginia then attended a city council meeting where he quickly sold the council a two way radio for the police. A councilman noted Kinney left town with a thousand dollar order after paying ten dollars.
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BENWOOD
W. Va
Robert V. Kinney
Pittsburgh
General Electric company
Britain condemns Red China for spying sentence
London denounces Peiping for sentencing 13 Americans to severe terms as a breach of international law. Britain cites deception in hiding the case and warns of hindering possible US China talks on Formosa. Foreign Office says the action contradicts the 1949 Geneva convention and signals a hardening stance.
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LONDON
Churchill
Red China
United States
Peiping
Formosa
south China
Korea
Pelping
Anthony Nutting
United Nations
Mao Tze-Tung
Britain
Humphrey Trevelyan
Foreign Office
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Bernard Montgomery
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Underwood
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John A. Burke
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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CAKEVILLE
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