Two-Family Home Destroyed by Fire in Black Rock
Two families were briefly homeless after a 2 1/2 story wooden dwelling at 4547 Wilson Street burned yesterday afternoon. Firefighters faced a windy, spreading blaze from the cellar to the attic, aided by multiple companies and apparatus. Cause is believed overheated coal furnace. no fire stops contributed to rapid spread. Police rerouted traffic as crews battled the flames for about an hour.
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Black Rock
Wilson Street
Edward F. Bannon
Frank Zadravecz
Bannon
Fairfield Avenue
Bennett Street
Engine Company 3
Truck company.No. 3
Sylvester E. Jennings
Henry Kolbusz
John F. Moran
Official Weather Bridgeport and vicinity forecast
Fair and continued cool today and tonight with highs 40 to 45 and lows near 32. Wednesday brings increasing cloudiness and little temperature change. Winds from the west become gentle to moderate tonight. NYC temperature similar to Bridgeport. Almanac notes date and solar data.
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U. & Weather Bureau
Bridgeport and Vicinity
New York City
Bridgeport
P. m
Ex Court Clerk Bound Over In Embezzlement
Ex town court clerk John A Geel pleaded innocent to embezzlement by an agent and was bound over to Superior Court. Judge Alvin Leone set bond at 5000 dollars. Geel, resigning clerk, was arrested last week on charges of embezzling at least 6000 dollars from town court funds.
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East Hartford
Nav
John A. Geel
Superior Court
Alvin ©. Leone
Gédt
Grandmats Held On Murder Count
Tulsa Arkansas area, Mrs Nannie Doss, described as a merry widow, faces a murder charge for poisoning her fifth husband Samuel Doss, aged 58, with rat poison. She stood in Common Pleas Court as Judge Lloyd H McGuire ordered jail without bond and a 90 day mental observation at Vinita. Her attorney signaled an insanity defense and delayed a plea until tomorrow. Earlier she confessed to killing three former husbands in the same manner.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mra
Nannie Doss
Common Pleas Court
Lloyd H. McGuire
Edmondson
Frank Harrelson
Jacksonville
Ala
Harley Lanning
Lexington
N. c
Unproductive Parley in Underwood Plant Strike
Representatives of Underwood corporation and striking Local 267 CIO held a three hour meeting with federal and state mediators in City hall to break the contract dispute. State mediator Philip J. Koons said he will report to State Labor Commissioner John J. Egan and Mediation Board chairman Rt Rev Joseph F Donnelly. The strike, involving 1,600 workers across three Underwood plants, moved into its fourth work week.
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Underwood Corporation
Tue-Cio
City Hall
Philip J. Koons
State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
John J. Egan
Joseph F. Donnelly
Mediation Board
Egan
Ribicoff to resign law partnership to serve governor role
Hartford November 29 AP Governor elect Abraham Ribicoff announced plans to leave his Hartford law firm Ribicoff Ribicoff and Kotkin to devote full time to the governorship He met with Governor Lodge to discuss the January 5 transfer of power and said he will remove his name from the firm stationery and door His decision follows a long association with the firm since 1942 The meeting with Lodge was described as pleasant and focused on past days in Congress with reminiscences.
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Hartford
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Lodge
Ribicoff, Ribicoff and Kotkin
State Street
Congress
Fairfield county lawyers debate three plans for courthouse
Norwalk dispatch reports a Fairfield county gathering where J Kenneth Bradley and other lawyers urged modernizing or relocating the county court complex. Proposals include a centralized Norwalk facility, a Western district courthouse, and a Stamford area center with updated Bridgeport facilities and a year round schedule. The meeting highlighted crowded dockets and travel costs, with legislators proposing study and possible regional solutions.
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Norwalk
Fairfield County
J. Kenneth Bradley
Bridgeport Bar Association
Bridgeport
Mr. Bradley
George Foster
John Thompson
Bridgeport Bar
Stamford
Greenwich
Danbury
Maurice Buckley
Stamford Bar Association
Stemford Court
Buckley
Charles E. Moore
William L. Tierney, Jr
Greenwich Bar Association
Stamford-Greenwich
Molotov calls for formal eastern military bloc
Moscow dated report says Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov urged a formal eastern military alliance including East Germany to counter Western alliances. Delegations from seven communist European states and all Soviet republics attended with observers from Red China at the Moscow parley opening.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
East Germany
Soviet Union
Red
McCarthy Censure Debate to End Next Wednesday Senate vote planned
Senate leaders broker a plan to limit debate on Senator McCarthy censure. Langer withdraws objection after bipartisan appeals and McCarthy offers to curb uncivil remarks. The agreement sets 10 am start, 3 pm Wednesday voting, and 60 minute amendment limits.
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Washington
Sen
Sen. Langer
RND
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R-Vt
Fulbright
D-Ark
Morse
Ind-Ore
Sen. McClellan
GOP
Knowland
California
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Johnson
City worker dies after 30 foot fall into pit
John Cosgrove 61 of 36 Grey Stone Road died six hours after a 2 05 p m fall from a platform into a 30 foot pit at Bridgeport city pumping station on Congress Street He suffered a possible skull fracture and died at Bridgeport Hospital An investigation continues as Cosgrove was not witnessed to fall The incident occurred while he was reportedly preparing to end his shift Also in Rome Italy A U S Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce will go to Naples to enter a Navy hospital for sinus treatment
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John ¥. Cosgrove
Greystone Road
City of Bridgeport
Congress Street
Cosgrove
Bridgeport Hospital
Ralph Lawson
John Gullish
Jan Sorok
Frank J. Petitte
Rome
Italy
VU. S
Clare Boothe Luce
Naples
U. S. Navy
Major Nugent to Face Court Martial for POW Treason
Maj. Ambrose H. Nugent of Merrill Wisconsin will be tried by a general court martial on 13 counts of collaboration with the enemy while a prisoner of war in North Korea. Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams ordered the convening. trial date likely in January. site undisclosed.
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Okia
Ambrose H. Nugent
Merrill
Wis
North Korea
Edward T. Williams
Ft. Sill
Army
Court clash over Sheppard injuries stirs trial
Nov 20 AP report cites Dr Richard Hexter who examined Dr Lemuel Sheppard after his wife Marilyn's murder. He found no signs of serious injury on July 4, noting normal pulse and blood pressure despite Sheppard wearing a neck brace. Defense cross examines, attempting to simulate a rabbit punch at the jury while objections block the demonstration.
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Cleveland
Lemuel H. Sheppard
Oateopath
Richard Hexter
Corrigan
Insane criminals riot at New Jersey hospital
In Trenton on November 2 23 insane inmates including killer Howard Unruh rioted at the New Jersey State Hospital. They stripped naked surrendered after officials talked with them. The outbreak began at dinner time with chairs broken and windows smashed. Eight attendants were injured and one 13 year old prisoner was restrained with others. The riot ended as inmates exited the dining hall with few leaving voluntarily.
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Trenton
N. J
Howard Unruh
New Jersey State Hospital
Unruh
Camden
Atty
Gen. Grover, C. Richman Jr
U.S
Phillip Formen
Harold Magee
Magee
Earl Hubbard
Mayes
Hubbard
Mose
US Stands Firm On Formosa In 7th Fleet Watch
The United States told Russia that 7th Fleet ships and aircraft will keep watch over shipping around Formosa including vessels flying the Soviet flag. Britain and France joined in a five point plan for east west settlements, rejecting a Soviet security conference invite as a deceptive facade.
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Washington
United States
Russia
7Th Fleet
Formosa
Vesels
Great Britain
France
Europe
Moscow
State Department
Britain
Lincoln White
White
Jts
Pope Pius XI Confined To Bed With Gastric Disturbance
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XI, age 84, confined to bed after gastric disturbance and hiccups for the second time this year. Private physician Dr Riccardo Galeazzi Lisi has spent nights near the pope’s chamber while continuing injections to rebuild strength. L’Osservatore Romano noted the pontiff’s needs for rest.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Riccardo Galeazzi Lisi
L'osservatore Romano
Pontif
Worker killed in fall at New Britain plant
Richard Kronholm aged 38, an employee of Fafnir Bearing, died instantly when he fell from a sixth floor window or area at the plant to the sidewalk. Police have not determined the cause of the fall.
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New Britain
Richard Kronholm
Fafnir Bearing Company
Dulles Says U S Ready to Hit Back but Opposes War Action
Secretary of State Dulles told 4 H Club youths in Chicago that the United States will react vigorously to communist provocation in Asia but will not undertake war actions such as a naval or air blockade of Red China. He urged readiness to defend citizens and uphold international obligations while avoiding provocation.
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United States
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Red
China
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4H Club
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NBC
Senate Rey Publican
Knowland
California
Pening
State Department
America
Dulley
Europe
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