Mendes-France Backs Bonn in NATO Setup Approval Demand
Paris Oct 7 AP French premier Mendes-France said no further objection to West Germany joining NATO. He cited London conference arms controls and veto rights on force increases. He urged allied approval, arguing Germany must help defend itself while pledging to study Soviet conciliatory proposals.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
French
National Assembly
West Germany
Germany
Mendes-France
London
France
Adenauer Coalition Rejects Red Bid in Bonn
In Bonn on October 7 Soviet foreign minister Molotov proposed four newer talks to unify Germany. German Socialists supported the bid in parliament but Adenauer’s coalition rejected it. Eden and a French official gave mixed signals, noting the door remains open to Russian proposals, but none were found in Molotov’s speech.
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Bonn
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Konrad Adenauer
Molotov
Anthony Eden
United States
Britain
France
Jobless Claims Drop in Connecticut Last Week
Hartford October 7 AP Connecticut state Labor Department reported unemployment compensation claims eased to 30,783 for the prior week, down from 30,964. Bridgeport led with 4,995 claims, followed by Hartford with 3,942.
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Hartford
Connecticut
State Labor Department
Bridgeport
Official Weather Data for Bridgeport Area
Bridgeport and vicinity shows sunny cool conditions with a high near 55. Tonight remains fair and cool with lows around 34 on shore and 28 inland. Tomorrow expected fair and warmer, with a high near 60 and light southerly winds late.
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Bridgeport
Long Island Sound
Night Sky Notes: Moon and Planets Visible Tonight
On the two hundred eightieth day of the year the sky shows a full moon Monday night. Jupiter rises around 11:52 p.m. with Uranus nearby for telescope observers. Jupiter sits about 5 million miles from Earth while Uranus lies roughly 1.75 billion miles away.
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Jupiter
Uranus
Earth
Bar Members Criticize Connecticut Court Logjam Series
Samuel Reich and Joseph Shapiro of Bridgeport Bar criticized the Bridgeport Post Sunday Post and Hartford Courant articles on congested Connecticut court dockets. Reich called the coverage slanted and urged chambers and conferences between counsel and judges. Shapiro urged more judges, summer sessions, and revised assignments for Superior and Common Pleas courts.
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Bridgeport Post
Sunday Post
Hartford Courant
Connecticut
Samuel Reich
Legislative Committee
Joseph G. Shapiro
Bridgeport Bar Association
Reich
Shapiro
Superior
Common Pleas
Winter winds chill New England as mercury falls
Cold snap grips New England with readings near freezing. At 6:30 am the Weather Bureau logged 38 degrees, the coldest since early spring thaw. Fairfield County lowlands reported frosty 32, while New Haven, Windsor Locks, and Binghamton also recorded chilly figures. Continued on page six.
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New England
Fairfield County
New Haven
Bradley
Windsor Locks
Binghamton
N. Y
New York Piers Hum Again After Two Day Strike Ends
Normal waterfront activities resumed in the Port of New York as work gangs returned to the piers after a paralyzing two day strike of 25 000 longshoremen. Transatlantic liners such as the America and Mauretania were in port needing hundreds of workers. Piles of cargo on shipless docks along the North Riverfront provided work for other gangs.
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New York
América
Mauretania
North River
Gambling czar of Phenix City jailed for murder
E L Cook owner of the 601 club was convicted of first degree murder for killing a taxi driver and wounding his uncle during an August 1950 argument at the Phenix City club. He admitted the shooting but claimed self defense. The verdict follows a crackdown on racketeering and vice in the city.
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Phenix City
Ala
E. L Cook
Cook
State Au
Thorities
Phenix Citys
Dillingham Street
John Mancil
William Calvert Rogers
Rogers
Mancil
New Haven to Rebuild Harbor Viaduct Here
The New Haven railroad will start a 2 7 million reconstruction replacing five blocks of the harbor viaduct from Union Square to Fairfield Avenue. Nineteen piers will be replaced with reinforced concrete, while train service remains uninterrupted. Foundations include stone piers, some on wooden piles, and decks atop plate girders.
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New Haven Railroad
Harbor
Fairfield Avenue
Union Square
Patrick B. McGinnis
The
New Haven
McGinnis
New York
Foundations Company
Bridgeport School Enrollment Rises to 21,369 May 1954
Bridgeport public schools report Sept 30 enrollment at 21,369, up 417 from last year. High and junior high schools total 4,685, up 16. Elementary enrollment stands at 16,684, up 401. Three-year tallies show steady rise, with totals 20,706 in 1952 and 21,369 in 1954. Continued in next page.
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Bridgeport
Joseph E. Jeffery
Chuckle: Egotists Meet and One Says I For Ant
A light quip notes when two egotists meet the result is an I for ant. The joke plays on self-importance and wordplay with a punning twist.
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Ant
General Features Corp
Cleanup crews begin oil spraying on Milford beaches
A five man crew started spraying a chemical solvent on Milford beaches to dissipate 50,000 gallons of Bunker C oil spilled from the tanker Perth Amboy 1. The spill occurred in New Haven harbor as the tanker headed to Devon plant. Cleanup is financed by New Jersey Barge Company of Perth Amboy with claims for damages.
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Milford
Long Island Sound
Ronald Clark
Saega Shipyank=Company, Inc
John J Desmond
Desmond
Connecticut Light and Power Company
Perth Amboy 1
CLP
Devon
New Haven
New Jersey Barge Company
Perth Amboy
Hazard Hazel Threatens Aruba Oil Refineries
Hurricane Hazel with 115 mile per hour winds threatened Aruba, a Dutch West Indies isle near Venezuela, home to a large Standard Oil refinery. The San Juan weather bureau warned tankers to clear the Caribbean route, while Miami forecaster Grady Norton called the storm unusually far south for a tropical cyclone.
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Miami
Fla
Hazel
Dutch West Indies
Aruba
South America
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
San Juan
P. R
Caribbean
Venezuela
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Morano Offers Bridgeport Boys Club West Point Appointment
Congressman Albert P. Morano offered a Bridgeport Boys Club an appointment to West Point. The board of directors accepted at a Oct 5 meeting and will receive applications. A selection committee will name three alternates, with Frank S. Wilder and others serving. Eligibility is ages 17 to 21 with height and weight standards. forms available at local clubs and schools in Bridgeport Fairfield and Stratford communities.
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Albert P. Morano
Bridgeport Boys’ Club
United States Military Academy
West Point
Otuly Aiate Pere
Ray Flicker
Frank S. Wilder
A. Fuller Leeds
F. Byron Tomlinson
Hart
Flicker
Moranean
Bridgeport Red Feather Agency
Morano
Greenwich Boys’ Club
U.S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Greenwich Club
Bridgeport
Fairfield
Stratford
Fatherless Turkey Hatch Guarded Like Top Secret
Life Without Father describes the sealing of the U S Department of Agriculture poultry section at Beltsville Maryland to hatch and protect a possibly fatherless turkey. Dr M W Olaen oversaw eight weeks of exclusive care for parthenogenetic eggs with locked facilities and a covert egg code.
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Howard Simons
Science Service
Beltsville
U. S. Department of Agriculture
M. W. Olaen
Beltaville Agricultural Research Center
Bellaville
Dr. Olsen
J. Maraden
Flash Flood Destroys Part of Roswell and Nearby Towns
A seven foot wall of water swept the western edge of Roswell New Mexico, with similar floods striking Artesia Hagerman and Dexter in the Pecos Valley. Guardsmen and volunteers aided evacuations as Governor Mechem declared a state emergency. Roads and communications were cut across the southeastern region after 24 hours of steady rain in the western mountains.
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Rosweel
N.M
New Mexico City
Pecos Valley
National Guardsman
Edwin
Eisenhower to Intensify Campaign Role for GOP Congress
Vice President Nixon said President Eisenhower will deliver at least one more major speech than planned as part of an intensified push for a Republican Congress. Nixon spoke after a Denver White House meeting and praised the President's current campaign role as appropriate.
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Denver
Nixon
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Crash claims 13 as 3 crew survive in Willows
In Willows California Sheriff Lyle Sale reports 13 air force crewmen died when a B50 weather reconnaissance plane from Biggs Air Force Base in El Paso, Texas, crashed at 7 12 p m after losing altitude in murky skies. Three crew parachuted to safety and a fourth was thrown clear before impact.
Lattimore Indicted on Perjury Charges Over Communist Ties
U.S. jurors accuse Owen Lattimore of knowingly following the communist line in public and private statements and writings. The two new counts replace parts of a prior indictment, with six counts remaining from the 1952 case and trial set for early next year.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
U. S
Edward A. Tamm
Leo A. Rover
Lattimore
Senata Internal, Security
United States
Baltimore
McCarthy
Internal Security
Senator McCarran
D-New
McCarran
Luther Y. Young~ Dam
U. S. Court of Appeals
Youngdahl
Afghanistan
Institute of Pacific Relations
Pacific Affairs
Rover
Sleeping nun beaten in Jamaica Plain home
An aged Catholic nun, Sister Mary Valentina, 78, was beaten by an intruder who burst into the Catholic home for Italian children in Jamaica Plain Boston. She was hospitalized at St Elizabeths with multiple head and facial injuries after defending herself and crying out.
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Boston
Jamaica Plain
Mary Valentina
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
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