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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1954

Page

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Justice Jackson Dies in 63rd Year

Washington Oct 9 AP Supreme Court Justice Robert H Jackson 62 died suddenly of a heart attack while en route to his office in Washington near McLean Virginia He stopped at his secretary Elsie Douglas home for aid but died at 11 45 am EST The death opens the way for Eisenhower second appointment to the high court President pays tribute and note of surprise surrounds the capital

WASHINGTON Supreme Court Robert H. Jackson McLean Elsie Douglas Hill Carter Jackson Eisenhower high court Earl Warren California Fred M. Vinson Warren Harold H. Burton Cherry Hills Country Club Denver

Weather Forecast for Bridgeport and New York City

Official Weather Bureau data show partly cloudy warm conditions for Bridgeport today tonight and Monday with highs in the 70s and lows around 60. Winds from south to southwest moderate to fresh. New York City expected to mirror Bridgeport conditions.

U. S. Weather Bureau BRIDGEPORT NEW YORK CITY

Two Week Old Infant Survives Major Surgery

Ronald Thomas Brown, born Sept 19 a month premature, underwent major surgery 11 days after birth at Milford hospital. The two and a half week old infant faced spinal bifida meningomyelocele and a clubbed left foot. Still in danger but improving, he is under care of Dr. Carl P. Viola and his parents Mr. and Mrs. George A. Brown.

s Sunday Post Ward Ronald Thomas Brown George A. Brown Milford Nancy Judge ROBERT F. WARD Milford hospital ae George A. Brown Wilcox road Little Ronnie Carl P. Viola Brown

Churchill warns West against taunting US toward isolation

Prime Minister Winston Churchill, addressing a party convention in Blackpool, warned the West and Britain's Socialist party against provoking United States isolationism. He argued such taunting would condemn all of Europe to Russian communist subjugation.

Winston Churchill West Britain Socialist party United States Europe

McCarthy Hospitalized for Sinus Treatment

Senator McCarthy is a patient at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda Maryland for a sinus infection and a general check up. The hospital calls his condition satisfactory and friends say the sinus ailment is acutely painful though not life threatening. He was admitted Tuesday afternoon.

WASHINGTON Sen McCarthy Naval Hospital Bethesda

Youth Injured in Brown Rhode Island Game

A Bridgeport youth, Lester R. Peavy, 21, Brown end and ex Harding High player, was critically injured in a collision with a Rhode Island University halfback after a 25 yard catch during the Brown Rhode Island football game in Providence. He suffered a brain hemorrhage and was listed in poor condition with a blood clot removed during surgery. doctors expected no early improvement.

Bridgeport Providence Lester R. Peavy Brown Harding High school Rhode Island University Rhode Island hospital Peavy G. Edward Crane

County Voter Registration Tops 290000 in Off Year

Fairfield county's 23 towns and cities report an 290,484 voter registration for the Nov 2 state election, 28,735 higher than 1950 and 7,743 below the 1952 presidential total. Bridgeport added 1,050 new voters yesterday, bringing city totals to about 77,500 with 4,300 additions this year.

Fairfield county Bridgeport Charles Scott Meadow street Fairfield Bethel Easton Monroe New Canaan Nor

Horse Bolts with Rider Hurts Four on Trumbull Road

A riding academy horse bolted near Beardsley Park and threw 12 year old Caroline Berkley, injuring two others and causing a vehicle collision on Trumbull road. Four injured include Berkley, Joseph Benedetto and Vito Benedetto with head and other injuries. The horse was killed and the 1934 truck damaged. Some patients were released after treatment at Bridgeport Hospital.

riding academy Trumbull road Bridgeport hospital Michael Gyza Caroline Berkley Short street Joseph Benedetto Madison avenue Vito Benedetto Pequonnock street Arthur Baril Berkley Raymond Shanley Beardsley park Benedetto

Democrats Hit Attack by KE in Washington

Democratic congressional leaders Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn telegraphed President Eisenhower calling his Denver remarks an unwarranted attack on Democrats. They said there will be no cold war when Democrats gain control of both houses, asserting Republicans must win a new Congress to end partisan warfare.

WASHINGTON tola Eisenhower Denver Capitol Hill White House Lyndon Johnson Sam Rayburn Texas Senate House Congress

Gale Sinks Freight er Freight er Sinking of Mormackite

Norfolk, Oct 9. Three naval ships sped through the Atlantic toward Norfolk with 11 survivors and 11 bodies after the ore freighter Mormackite sank. Destroyer escorts Bache Eaton and Beale requested ambulances and physicians for arrival at the navy convoy escort piers tomorrow.

NORFOLK Atlantic Bache Eaton Beale

New Puzzle Rules Change Series Begins

The Sunday Post introduces a new puzzle series with changes: no more than five solutions per person, hand drawn or traced puzzles only, and a prize rule when four straight weeks of no winner occur. If a perfect entry appears, prizes restart and a new cycle begins. Details are on Page C5.

Sunday Post Manchester Sunday ‘Post

Hazel Moves Slowly Across Caribbean Threatens Land

Hurricane Hazel edged through the Caribbean about 900 miles southeast of Florida, packing 126 mph winds at its core. The hurricane force winds extended about 100 miles across, with gale winds reaching 75 mph over a 300 mile diameter area and a broad 930 mile circumference.

MIAMI Fla Hazel Caribbean Sea Florida

POW Trials Favor Brass Says VFW Seeks Probe

Stratford VFW calls for national inquiry into court martial sentences from the Korean campaign. Differences between punishments for enlisted men and officers alleged by Thomas B. Coughlin, former commander, prompted the request. He said the concern is longstanding and not a spur of the moment.

Stratford VFW nationalevel Thomas B. Coughlin Raymond T. Goldbach Mr. Coughlin

City Protest Over All Night Parking Ban Grows

Prosecutor Men Fraywirth denounces the wholesale issuance of all night parking tags as a rigid move. The Patrolmen's Association plans to urge changes while 100 citizens led by Alexander Yanosy advocate keeping bans on through streets but lifting them on congested side streets. They cite water mains on one side and fire safety concerns to support a modification.

ROBERT L. SAWYER Men Fraywirth Common Council Alexander Yanosy Patrolmen's association

Cleary Praises Four Republicans at Hartford Dinner

Joseph P. Cleary former labor league chair praised four Republicans at a dinner honoring Daniel E. Hannon for state senate in the 21st district. Also lauded Senator George A. Laden seeking re election in the 22nd district, Anita Vogel GOP school board candidate, and A Edward Sandula local GOP leader at Nu Champs Seaview Avenue restaurant.

Joseph P. Cleary Connecticut Labor League for Political Education AFL Daniel E. Hannon Nu- Champ's Seaview avenue Cleary Hannon George A. Laden Anita Vogel GOP A. Edward Sandula

Detroit Cops Indicted in Payoffs Inquiry

Eighteen Detroit policemen were indicted today by a one man grand jury investigating alleged payoffs to police by gamblers. Fifty eight other officers named in the report face possible departmental action. Seventeen of the indicted had preliminary hearings. eighteen were suspended. One defendant is believed to be in Reno.

DETROIT grand jury Edward 8. Piggine John P. O'Hara ind Roserder Frank G. Schemaneke Reno

Former NSA worker faces data theft charges in 1962 case

Joseph Sydney Petersen Jr., a former Loyola University and Ursuline College physics teacher and 13 year NSA employee, was arrested in Arlington VA on charges of improperly obtaining government secrets with intent to aid a foreign nation. Bail set at $25,000. arraignment in Alexandria.

WASHINGTON National Security Agency FBI Joseph Sydney Petersen, Jr husghshush FSI Beeeana Petergen abe United States Artington Alexandria Petersen New Orleana Loyola University St. Louis University Loyola Ursuline College New Orleans Central Intelligence Agency CIA William E. Foley Justice Department internal security division department whid Petersen

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