Yanks Win Opener 3 1 as Ford Beats Spahn in Series Opener
Whitey Ford silenced Milwaukee in the World Series opener 3 1, striking out Hank Aaron and others while Milwaukee’s Warren Spahn took the loss. Jerry Coleman delivered the key two-out hit for New York, driving in two after a long scoreless spell. Bill Skowron exited early with an injury as the Yankees build a lead in the series.
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Jack Hand
New York
Whitey Ford
Milwaukee
Warren Spahn
Braves
Ford
Hank Aaron
Joe Adcock
Andy Pafko
Aaron
Pafko
Adcock
Spahn
Yankees
Spann
Yanks
Bill Skowron
Mickey Mantle
del Crandall
Yankee Stadium
Yogi Berra
Don Larsen
Fred Haney
Coleman
Jerry Coleman
Bobby Richardson
Jeft
Eddie Mathews
Hik Bauer
Elston Howard
Howard
Boston
Skowron
Wes Covington
Covington
Gil McDouglad
Crandall
Red
New York Yankee
Milwaukee Brave
Ernie Johnson
Jerry
Official Weather and Tide for Bridgeport Area
Sunny with a cool breeze today and a high of 65 to 70. Tonight will be fair and cool with frost likely and a low around the upper 30s. Outlook for Friday is fair and warmer. The almanac notes the date Thursday October 3 as the two hundred seventy sixth day of the year and eleventh day of fall.
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Weather Bureau
Bridgeport and
Vicinity
Dulles to Meet Gromyko on World Affairs Saturday
Secretary of State Dulles will host Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko at his home in Washington on Saturday at 4 p.m. They will discuss broad international issues including the Middle East and disarmament deadlock. Gromyko attends the U.N. General Assembly.
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Washington
State Dulles
Andrei Gromyko
Dulles
State Department
United .State
U.S.S.R
Gromyko
Middle East
Joseph Reap
Reap
United Nations Assembly
New York
United Nations
United Nations General Assembly
United States
General Assembly
Quintuplets Born in France With Three Fatalities
In Toulon France quintuplets were born yesterday but only two infants Roland and Michele Christofle survived the night. Weighing 2 to 2.3 pounds at birth they faced a precarious outlook while their mother Camille Christofle 29 and father 33 remained in good condition. Four other siblings died in the hours after birth, and doctors noted rare cases like the Dionnes of Canada and Dilgentis of Argentina with only two quintuplet sets surviving infancy.
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Toulon
France
Roland
Michele Christofle
Camille ‘Christofle
Quints
Philippe
Helene
Genevieve
Chris
Toile
Dionnes
Canada
Dilgeniis
Argentina
Emilie
Eisenhower Nixon golf talk sparks French government drift
Paris dispatch reports President Coty may name a new premier with Vice President Nixon as a possible choice. Paris papers list many candidates and hint the decision could fall to an unexpected dark horse as Algeria policy and a no confidence vote toppled Bourges-Maunoury.
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Paris
Washington
Rene Coty
Eisenhower
Zolf
Nixon
Abe
Cary
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
Algeria
Coty
New York Faces Asian Flu Outbreak Across Schools
Health officials report the Asian flu arriving in New York with widespread school cases. Acting Commissioner Dr Roscoe Randle says fever lasts about 48 hours and many patients recover quickly as 884 public schools begin pairing doctors or nurses to manage illnesses and collect blood samples.
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Roscoe Randle
Randle
Department of Health
Faubus Holds Firm on School Integration Plan in Little Rock
Gov. Faubus stands by his terms for integrating Central High School amid Eisenhower opposition. Federal troops guard the campus as nine Negro students attend. two white youths vow to harass them, while a court challenge to remove federal forces is filed by Mrs. Margaret Jackson, leader of the Central High Mothers League.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval -Faubus
Eisenhower
White House
Faubus
Sherman Adams
Washington
National Guard
Central High School
Central
Margaret Jackson
League of Central High School
Wilton Family Hurt When Car Hits Deer
Five members of the Monroe Fuchs family from Wilton Connecticut were injured when their car collided with a herd of deer and rolled into a ditch near Rapid City South Dakota. Douglas 10 Gregory 7 Bradley 4 were hospitalized with Gregory listed in critical condition and a possible fractured skull.
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Rapid City
Wilton, Conn
Monroe Fuchs
Liberty Street
Wilton
Song
Douglas
Gregory
Bradley
Fuchs
Ribicoff Signs Bus Tax Bill in Hartford
Governor Ribicoff signed a law restoring local taxing power on bus company property excluding buses, yielding about 162000 to nine communities including Bridgeport. The state corporation tax remains at 3.75 percent on net income, saving bus companies roughly 300000 annually. Farm tax relief also signed, exempting livestock and poultry locally for two years as part of a three point relief package.
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Hartford
Ribicoff
Bridgeport
Sesson
Stratford Civil Service Plan Defeated by Council Vote
Stratford town council rejected an ordinance to establish Civil Service and a plan to earmark last year’s surplus for the 1957 58 budget. Five Democrats voted for both proposals while four Republicans opposed citing charter changes required for effectiveness. The meeting was labeled a sham by GOP members, who criticized the timing and the Knott measure.
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Stratford
Edmond A. Dorne
Democratic Board of Strategy
Dorne
Council
GOP
Republican Council
Joseph W. Knott
Civil Service Commission
Knott
Greater Efforts Urged at United Fund Kickoff Dinner
More than 650 volunteers attended the third annual United Fund kickoff in Bridgeport Brass Recreation Center. Mayor McLevy praised the event as a cooperative effort toward a $1,522,273 1957 goal. Speakers included Herman Steinkraus Bridgeport Brass president Frank Hayes Bullard vice president and campaign chair Kenneth Raine executive director Bridgeport Columbia Records. Steinkraus urged a more positive, nationwide population growth and its impact on Eastern Fairfield County.
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United Fund
Bridgeport Brass Recreation Center
McLevy
Herman W. Steinkraus
Bridgeport Brass Company
Frank A. Hayes
Bullard Company
Kenneth Raine
Bridgeport
Columbia Records
Steinkraus
Fairfield County
215 New Voters Added in City Hall Oath Session
The Board of Selectmen and Town Clerk Louis E Hafele administered the elector oath to 215 new voters yesterday in City Hall. The year’s total reaches 1,044 with more sessions planned through Oct 12 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Common Council chambers third floor State and Broad streets.
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Board of Selectmen
Louis E. Hafele
City Hall
Common Council
State and Broad Streets
Taxi robber scares driver on Washington Avenue
Milford man Rocco Monterosso reported a bandit robbed a Hickey Cab driver of about 12 dollars shortly after 11 30 last night on Washington Avenue near Sanford Place. The suspect, about 5 8 tall 140 pounds, wore a light jacket and boarded at Barnum Arcade. He warned this is a stick up and fled as police searched the downtown area.
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Hickey Cab Company
Washington Avenue
Sanford Place
Rocco Monterosso
3Rd Avenue
Milford
Barnum Arcade
Arivaris
Girard Wife Testifies On Short Tempers In Japanese Trial
Haru Candy Girard, wife of American soldier William S. Girard, testifies that he is playful but has short tempered moods. The fourth session opens as prosecutors seek to show his character and his understanding of Japanese words relevant to the manslaughter case in Maebashi Japan.
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Maebashi
Japan
William S. Girard
Haru
Candy
Girard
Yuzo Kawachi
Yoshiro Konawa
Hoffa Cleared as Teamsters Convention Votes Down Cleanup
Delegates at the AFL CIO Teamsters gathering in Miami Beach vote against a corruption cleanup motion amid charges tied to Senator McClellan’s rackets committee report. Hoffa denies wrongdoing as Beck and others face possible ouster, with elections for union control set for tomorrow.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Senate
Dave Beck
Thomas J. Haggerty
Teamsters Union
Jeffry Cohelan
Oakland
Calif
Haggerty
Larry Steinberg
Toledo
Teamsters Jocal
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Senate Investigating Committee
AFL Cio
Beck
New York
Johnny Dio
Chicago
Afl-Cio
Army Fires Missile From Cape Canaveral
A missile believed to be the Army Redstone was launched from Cape Canaveral Florida on October 2. The 200 mile range weapon disappeared into a cloud bank shortly after liftoff but its engine roar lasted over a minute as observers heard the blast.
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Missile Test Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Army
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