Mendes-France pushes drive for Bonn pact in Paris push
Premier Pierre Mendes-France pushed for rapid National Assembly endorsement of the London agreement to rearm Germany. He forecast a large majority to back him tomorrow, despite Socialist and MRP factions wary of insufficient international control. He spoke in Pont Saint-Pierre Normandy outlining expectations of broad agreement.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
National Assembly
London
Germany
National Council
Socialist Party
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
EDC
Socialist Council
Mendes-France
Pont Saint-Pierre
Normandy
Bishop Sheen Speaks at Klein Tonight on Brain Washing
The Most Rev Fulton J Sheen, noted radio and TV personality, will speak tonight at Klein Memorial auditorium at 8 o clock on "Brain washing" for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. He leads the organization aiding missions worldwide and will stay with Bishop Lawrence J Shehan in Fairfield.
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Fulton J. Sheen
Klein Memorial Auditorium
Sheen
New York
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Lawrence J Shehan
Bridgeport
Fairfield
Weather summary for Bridgeport and surrounding area
Official US Weather Bureau data report partly cloudy and warm in Bridgeport with high near 75 and tonight showers possible. Tomorrow mostly cloudy with scattered showers, high near 70. New York City similar. Long Island Sound winds moderate to fresh south to southwest with sea smooth. Yesterday low 62, high 69, low today 40. Barometer 29.90 inches, humidity 74 percent.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Long Island Sound
Egome Seatts
Pleasure
Sun Moon Stars a Fall Day Almanac Entry
The entry notes the 284th day of the year on Monday October 11 with fall underway. It lists sunset at 6 19 pm sunrise 6 01 am moonrise 4 41 pm and a full moon at 12 10 am tomorrow. Visible planets Venus Mars Jupiter provide evening and nighttime viewing details.
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Burglar Suspect Shot While Fleeing From Restaurant
Raymond Diaz, 19, of 80 Courtland Street, was shot in the right arm by Detective Albert J. Meehan as he fled the Tropical restaurant burglary scene at Railroad and West avenues at 3 am. Diaz underwent surgery to remove bullet fragments and was reported in good condition at St. Vincent's hospital. He faces breach of peace charges as investigators link him to a series of weekend burglaries near the restaurant.
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Albert J. Meehan
Railroad
Munch
George A. Washburn
Meehan
Dias
Washburn
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Joseph Ungvaraki
Philip Connerty
Diaz
Angel Diaz
Harold Sherwood
Courtland Street
Mee
Red China deploys fourth army opposite Quemoy Amoy
In Formosa region, the Central News Agency reports Red China has moved a fourth army into the mainland Amoy area opposite Nationalist Quemoy. Nationalist bombers dropped 100000 propaganda leaflets on Fu kiert province coastal cities during the night. Spokesmen said the usual Quemoy Amoy artillery duel did not take place and Nationalist leaders dismissed China's UN protest alleging U S armed invasion as routine propaganda.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Red China
Amoy
Quemoy Island
Fukiert
Formosa Straits
Quemoy
United Nations
U. S
Milford Loitering Sweep Arrests Six Teens and One Man
Milford police arrested six teenagers and a man for loitering and interfering with an officer after they blocked a diner entrance and harassed pedestrians. The teens, ages 17 to 18, faced $25 bonds for Oct 16 town court. Angelo Giardino, 26, released on $1 bond for breach of the peace.
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Milford
Vincent Marra
New Haven Avenue
James A. Chipello
West Main Street
Charles $. Porsiiawaki
West Town Street
Raymond Crocco
Buckingham Avenue
James J. Giardino
William Brown
Peck
Angelo Giardino
James
Donald Metzler
John O’donnell
Milford Center
Walter Pankowitz
Arthur Harris
Hazel shifts course toward Miami as hurricane moves north northeast
Hurricane Hazel alters path off Jamaica and heads north northeast toward the U S coast. At 775 miles southeast of Miami the storm travels about eight miles per hour centered about 16.4N 75.1W, roughly 260 miles southwest of Port au Prince Haiti.
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Miami
Fla
Hazel
Jamaica
Miami Weather Bureau
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Speech on national debt by schoolboy joke
A schoolboy mockingly remarks that future generations cannot witness the “magnificent things we are doing with their money” as he makes a speech about the national debt in a humorous quip.
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Copyright
General Features Corp
Three Men Safe After Boat Fire Off Middleground
Skipper-owner Harry Monteiro and his two crew members Anthony Dias and Frank Santos escaped injury when the 38 foot schooner Cheerio burned to the waterline off Middleground light. Fire extinguishers failed to stop the blaze caused by a motor backfire during a fishing trip. Coast Guard rescue boat and nearby sailors aided in pulling the trio from danger while the vessel burned.
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Middleground
Harry Monteiro
Hollister Avenue
Mr. Monteiro
Anthony Dias
Frank Santos
Reservoir Avenue
Monteiro
Coast Guard
D. J. Ogalin
Elliot Street
Stratford
United Fuel Company
Mrs FDR 70 birthday dinner with 1000 guests
New York October 11 AP Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt turns 70 today and will mark the occasion at a grand ballroom dinner in the Hotel Roosevelt attended by more than 1,000 guests. The event, held for her birthday, showcases the national figure’s high profile and constant public appearances.
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Fdr
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hotel Roosevelt
Bowles Refuses Data in NAACP Subpoena Case
Bryant Bowles says his pro segregation group will not turn over all financial records to the Delaware attorney general while subpoenas demand data on the National Association for the Advancement of White People. Bowles faces charges tied to a Milford school boycott and a judge set a November hearing. News photographers covering NAACP events were harassed by a crowd at the airport.
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Milford
Del
Bryant Bowles
Delaware
Bowles
H. Albert Young
National Association For the Advancement of White People
NAAWP
NAACP
Young
Dover
Marine Corps
J. Caleb Boggs
Here
Warren Winterbottom
Associated Press
Walter E. Dombrow
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
UB Hosts 2000 For Campus Open House Tour
The University of Bridgeport welcomed over 2,000 visitors to its second annual open house. UB leaders Raymond W Hargraves and Lewis Hambarger, along with UB president James H Halsey, greeted guests as nine campus buildings opened for inspection. Guides provided in each building, with literature and souvenir key rings distributed at registration.
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University of Bridgeport
Raymond W. Hargraves
Lewis Hamburger
Sand James H Halsey
University
Board of Associates
Cortright Hall
Fones Hall
Music Hall
Wistaria Hall
Marina Hall
Technology Building
Little Theater
Westport Hall
Tenant Confesses Slaying Landlord In Norwalk
Norwalk police say a 43 year old tenant Miguel A Colon confessed to fatally stabbing his landlord Henry Darriens at 225 Connecticut Avenue. Colon, held without bail on murder charges, had feuded over the disappearance of his common law wife Margarita Laguna and may be arraigned this afternoon.
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Norwalk
Henry Darriensecq
Connecticut Avenue
New York City
Miguel A. Colon
Colon
Margarita Laguna
Joseph Sheehan
Miguel A. Celon
Menri Darrigussecy
Floods Strike Chicago Area After Torrential Rains
Heavy rain swamps Chicago and northern Illinois and Indiana causing thousands of evacuations. A flood threat persists with a state of emergency in Hammond Indiana and northern Illinois flood surveys ordered by Governor Stratton. National Guardsmen are on alert as water covers highways and homes across Chicago and suburbs.
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Hammond
Ind
Chicago
William G. Stratton
Illinois
National Guardsmen
Hammond-Gary
Indiana
Fairfield dealer forfeits blue law bond in Sunday opening case
Alan Kele Fairfield Hardware dealer forfeited a $10 bond in Fairfield town court after arrest on September 12 for keeping his Post road store open on Sunday. State's attorney Lorin W Willis prompted the drive, with Bridgeport dealers protesting Sunday operations. Counselor John H Norton said the forfeiture is the best disposition, not an admission of guilt, as Kele and three others sought equal application.
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Alan Kele
Fairfield
Post Road
Keele
Lorin W. Willis
Willis
Bridgeport
John H. Norton
Kele
Black Rock Turnpike
Police Department
11 Survivors Bare Horror Ship Captain Among 37 Lost
Eleven seamen survived the freighter Mormackite sinking after two days adrift in stormy seas off Cane Henry. Captain Patrick J. McMahon and 25 others others perished. 26 bodies were missing. Survivors, rescued by three Navy destroyer escorts, reported hundreds of sharks and a failed lifeboat response. A Coast Guard inquiry began to determine cause, likely shifting iron ore cargo.
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Patrick J. McMahon
Valley Stream
N. Y
Coast Guard
Cane Henry
Norfolk
Paladio del Valle
New York City
del Valle
Tanker Folga hits floating mine in North Sea blaze
The Norwegian 3,009 ton tanker Folga strained by a floating mine in the North Sea today and burst into flames near Rotterdam. Dirkzwagers Shipping Agency reported one man missing while 27 crew were rescued. some later returned to fight the fire aboard the burning vessel.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Folga
North Sea
Dirkzwagers Shipping Agency
Pinky Higgins Named Manager of Red Sox
Boston hires Frank Pinky Higgins to manage the team for two years replacing Lou Boudreau who leaves after three seasons Higgins, ex MLB third baseman, has been managing in the Red Sox system eight years He piloted Louisville Colonels to the Little World Series title while Boudreau has one year left on his Boston contract Cronin says the club will meet the obligation and adjust if Boudreau takes another job
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Boston
Boston Red Sox
Frank
Pinky
Higgins
Lou Boudreau
Estar
Red Sox
Louisville Colonels
Boudreau
Joc Cronin
Baldwin Vacancy Revives Talk of Jackson Appointment
Washington reports ongoing speculation that Connecticut State Supreme Court Justice Raymond E Baldwin may be considered for the U S Supreme Court seat created by the death of Justice Robert H Jackson. Sources say Baldwin had been named as a possible pick in earlier discussions for a high court vacancy.
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Bridgeport
Washington
Supreme Court
Raymond E Baldwin
Connecticut
Robert H. Jackson
Congress
Baldwin
U.S. Supreme Court
New Wave of Saucer Reports From Around the World
An International News Service dispatch notes a sudden surge of flying saucer reports from five regions worldwide including Germany Belgium Argentina Lebanon and French Cameroon. A 42 year old German projectionist Franz Wege said a saucer landed in a field and creatures emerged, describing blue light and odd behavior as he watched.
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Germany
Belgium
Argentina
Lebanon
Muenster
Franz Wege
OPA
Figures Show Sharp Boost Since March
Government figures reveal 6,926 Federal employees fired or resigned under the loyalty security program from May 28 1983 to June 30 1954, up from 2,486 in March. Of those dismissed or resigning, 1,743 had subversive associations, 618 involved sex perversion, and 2,273 files noted felony or misdemeanor convictions. Major dismissals spanned Air Force 355 fired 263 resigned, Army 240 fired 551 resigned, Navy 560 fired 801 resigned, along with VA, Post Office and others. One CIA subsecretary employee was fired and White House staff saw resignations. The release triggers political debate on the Eisenhower era program.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Ebeinhower Administration
Olin D. Johnston
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
Military Services
Veterans Administrative
Post Office Department
State Department
Gex
Air Force
Army
Foreign Operations Administration
General Services Administration
Department of Interior
Justice Department
Navy
Post Office
Veterans Administration
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Coffee Exchange Charged With Restraining Trade
The Federal Trade Commission charged the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange with unlawfully restraining international coffee trade. The action alleges the restraint promoted substantial price increases and harmed competition.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
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