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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1957

Page

11

Bridgeport Publishing Details and Rates

The Bridgeport Telegram Morning edition outlines publication by The Post Publishing Company publishers of the Bridgeport Post and Bridgeport Telegram. It lists mailing rates, circulation policies, and associates with the Associated Press, including post office registration and service areas.

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Soviet Campaign Promotes Letters Abroad During International Letter Week

The USSR launches International Letter Week October 6 to 12 to spur citizen correspondence with foreigners and stamp a special issue. State media claim the effort expands cultural exchanges, while critics warn it’s a propaganda ploy to promote communist policy and discourage foreign scrutiny.

Red Propaganda Mills Russia Soviet Union Soviet Ministry of Communications Moscow Communist Party Free World

Outbreak of Asian Flu Hits Voluntown School

The Voluntown Health Director reports 50 elementary students ill with an upper respiratory virus. School closed due to sudden illness. symptoms include chills fever headache aches sore throat and coughing with four to five days of recovery ahead. Authorities say cases vary across the country prompting a broader medical response.

State Health Department Voluntown Frederick C. Barrett California New York

More Smokes and Taxes Behind Tobacco Trade Trends

The Department of Agriculture projects record cigarette use this year with smokers expected to reach 405 billion cigarettes based on January to July rates. The 1956 tally was 392 billion, two billion under the 1952 peak, suggesting ongoing consumer demand despite health scares.

Department of Agriculture

Tobacco smoking and cancer debate drives tax implications

The piece weighs evidence on the link between heavy cigarette use and lung cancer, noting disagreement among experts. It cites 1957 US tobacco production, increased cigarettes per pound, and rising filter use, while predicting continued tax revenues from federal tobacco taxes exceeding $1.6 billion in 1956.

U. S Department of Agriculture U. S. Treasury

NATO Strike Back ends ten day naval drill

The ten day NATO Exercise Strike Back completed as the largest western fleet maneuver yet, aiming to study defenses against an aggressor who might use atomic power. The exercise focused on curbing first strike threats and improving overall allied readiness.

NATO

Patterson urges Navy to protect Groton submarine base funding

Rep. James T. Patterson argues at the Pentagon for maintaining operations funding at Groton and New London. He notes the base as the Atlantic Coast's largest and core element of the nuclear powered submarine program, warning that a 22 percent cut would harm U S naval capabilities amid Soviet expansion.

Waterbury Republican James T. Patterson Navy Department Groton New London Pentagon United States Electric Boat Division General Dynamics Corp Atlantic Russia Patterson Navy Fifth Congressional District

Eisenhower to meet four on White House economic plan

President Eisenhower plans a private White House meeting with four aides including Martin Anderson to discuss inflation and price rises, signaling a rare face to face on national economic policy with the Federal Reserve Board's chairman. The session will be secret with reporters barred.

Eisenhower Washington Newport White House Federal Reserve Board William McChesney Martin Reserve Board Treasury George Humphrey Martin Federal Reserve System Reserve Congress Anderson Raymond J. Laulnier Gabriel S. Hauge Damascus Miao Languagy Pisos Council Akram Hourani Baath Tion Khaled Bagdash

News Behind the News The National Whirligig by Ray Tucker

More than 50,000,000 people are now receiving checks from federal state and local agencies. A breakdown shows vast public payrolls pensions and subsidies totaling about $110 billion yearly shaping a two thirds socialized nation and risking national bankruptcy.

Veterans Administration Congress Ralph W.gwinn New York United States Federal Defense Force Reserve Nd National Guard

Russia Gains Syrian Backing and Skirts Communist Label

AP analysts note Moscow bows to Arab sentiment in Syria while avoiding direct communism. Syria seeks Soviet equipped growth with projects such as a 54 million pound refinery and a 530 million rail plan, boosting taxes and imports dependence. leaders claim a strictly business loan, not aid.

Bagdash Moscow Michel Aflaq Baath Syria Damascus United States Abdul Hamid Serraj Sam Latokiagezira Plany Ned West Salah Bitar

Brush Industry Shows Growth Across United States Markets

Census data show annual shipments of industrial brushes near 11.5 million dollars, a seven year gain of three million. The piece discusses Turkish relations and Cyprus tensions, noting industry growth and policy reconsiderations amid global trade and geopolitics.

Industrial brushes span nations and industries worldwide

The American Brush Manufacturers Association reports 400 million brushes sold annually in the U S. Fuller Brush Co. touts 77 home varieties while industry uses total 700 brush types for baking, textiles, metalwork, dairy and more. Synthetics and natural fibers fuel forms from horsehair to nylon. Industrial sites expand from coast to coast and into Canada.

American Brush Manufacturers Association America Fuller Brush Co Hartford Africa Mexico Palmyra Ceylon India Burma Florida Cuba Bahamas China North Mid-Atlantic States Baltimore Richmond Atlanta Cleveland Pittsburgh Detroit Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis Kansas City St. Loui Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Ore Canada

Turkey Faces Syrian Threat and Cyprus Partition Moves

Premier Adnan Menderes warns Western nations of a dangerous shift in the Middle East as Syria’s new military regime signals aggression. Turkey accepts a Cyprus partition proposal, yet Greek Cypriots in Athens resist, with limited assurances for Turkish minorities amid regional tensions.

New York Turkey United States Ankara Russia Dardanelles Bosporus Mediterranean Menderes Cyprus Adnan Menderes Syria Bulgania Soviet Union Ménderes Middle East NATO Athens Makarios

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