Move Seen First by Two Nations in Modern Times
Beir ut dispatch reports Egyptian troops landing at Latakia in Syria near the Turkish border. The action is seen as a Nasser gesture backing Syria, with fears of repercussions and possible Turkish response. Talks in Damascus reportedly aim to remove pro Soviet elements from the Syrian government.
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Nasser
Tom Masterson
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Egypt
Suez Canal
Suez
Damascus
Moscow
Turkey
Latikia
U.S
Lataka
Elizabeth Plans Return to Canada in 1959 Visit
The Queen announced plans to return to Canada in 1959 as part of her royal tour. She praised Canada’s industrial growth and opened the 23rd Canadian Parliament, saying she would address representatives and visit again in the future.
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Elizabeth
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada
Philip
Confederation Square
Phillip
U. S
ABC
Live TV
NBC Live
Eisenhower
Washington
Diefenbaker
Prince Philip
Floods Hit Part of Texas as Rivers Rise and Roads Flood
Torrential downpours across West Texas boosted rainfall amounts with 8.4 inches near Robert Lee and up to 5 inches in Sonora area. The San Saba and Colorado rivers swelled to flood levels threatening airstrips and ranches. A Weather Bureau advisory warned of more severe storms, hail, and possibly a tornado as drought-weary ranchers faced improving conditions per the San Angelo Standard-Times.
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San Saba
Highway 277
Sonora
Menard
Robert Lee
San Angelo
Colorado
Oil Company
Sonora Ranches
Morgan
Cisco
Bronte
Nath
Lawn
Ovale
al Sledge
Bridgeporter Hurt In Monroe Crash
Carroll M. J. Culliam of 22 Hamilton Street Bridgeport was injured in a sideswiping crash on Route 25 near the Circle Dot stand around 11 30 p m Saturday. Police say his car traveling north was hit by George A. Philips Jr of 212 Madison Avenue Trumbull driving south. Culliam was reported in good condition at St Vincent's Hospital under observation for a back injury.
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Monroe
Carroll M. J.culliam
Hamilton Street
Bridgeport
Circle Dot
Gilliam
George A. Philips, Jr
Madison Avenue
Trumbull
St. Vincent's Hospital
Satellite rocket sighting reported across the Northeast
A woman teacher described a bright satellite rocket seen yesterday morning and clearly visible to the naked eye. Reports from the northeastern United States place the object orbiting about five minutes ahead of Sputnik with another pass over Connecticut expected today between 6 14 and 6 16 a m according to a professor.
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United States
Globe
Sputnik
Connecticut
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Whipple
Cambridge
Mass
Dr. Whipple
Weather Bureau
Roca
Robert H. Dole
Cape Elizabeth
Maine
John P. Hagen
Vanguard
Naval Laboratory
U. S
Allen J. Hynek
New York
Washington
Virginia
Britain backs missile talks and space object control
Britain proposed working parties to develop disarmament details before a treaty. add space object control to the list. The Soviet Union refused the working-party idea while the Western group seeks a multilateral study of an inspection system for peaceful space use, contingent on a treaty entering into force.
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London
Britain
Hey
Soviet Union
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Washington
Dukes
Cocco Plans Talk With Republican Groups Tonight
Domenick Cocco Republican mayoral candidate will address the Third District Republicans at a meeting tonight at 380 Sailors Lane Black Rock hosted by A M Antignani. He will speak tomorrow night at a Bridgeport Council of Republican Women meeting in the Stratfield hotel.
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Domenick’ Cocco
A. M Antignani
Sailors Lane
Black Rock
Mr. Cocca
Bridgeport Council of Republic Women
Stratfield
Expansion Planned for Granfield Avenue Shopping Center
Granfield Avenue Shopping Center opposite Success Park will expand to ten stores. Samuel Schwartz, operator of Granfield Hardware, says completion is expected after the first of the year. Five new leases remain open and the space is suited for bakeries drug stores meat markets beauty shops and clothing stores.
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Granfield Avenue
Success Park
Samuel Schwartz
Schwartz
Granfield Hardware
Mr. Schwartz
Officer Slain as Teens Accused in Store Break In
A Sunday morning break in at Elec trolog company 1600 Seaview avenue led to a gunfire incident. Officers reported missing office machines valued at 785 dollars a passerby alerted police. a body found near Palo Verde trees and a .22 rifle recovered. Teens held in juvenile detention pending Monday action.
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Electrolog Company
Seaview Avenue
Harold Sherwood
Gebhard
Grande
Wester
Palo Verde
Grand
Red Money Blitz Stirs West Germany 1855 Imprint
Report details a vast money blitz with funds hoarded by businessmen officials and private individuals in West Germany. The piece notes an 1855 imprint on money as a point of reference.
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West Germany
Faubus faces pressure over Little Rock integration plan
East German currency change looms over Berlin and East Bloc economies as West Berlin debates impact. Gov. Faubus signals willingness to listen to proposals to end the impasse while President Eisenhower's troops guard nine integrated Central High students in Little Rock.
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Reds
Central High School
New York City
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Faubus
Eisenhower
Arkansas National Guard
Central High
Arkansas
Nixon
Oklahoma City
Little Rock
Missionary Baptists
Witnesses End 3 Day Assembly in Milford
A three day Jehovah's Witnesses gathering in Milford concluded with 1,769 delegates from 40 Connecticut towns. Edward A. Dunlap urged unity under God for world peace, and 62 ministers were baptized, including seven from Bridgeport. The assembly aimed to improve scriptural study and preaching in the community. Regular Bridgeport meetings resume at Kingdom Hall, 1110 Williams Street, Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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Milford
Jehovah's Witnesses
Connecticut
Edward A. Dunlap
Rishon
Bridgeport
Denis Raftopoulos
Kingdom Hall
Williams Street
Spunik Rocket Losing Altitude Prompts U S Watch
Reports from Cambridge and New York describe Sputnik and its rocket remnants visible in dawn skies. Scientists discuss re entry, recovery chances, and implications for U S missile and satellite programs amid calls for a coordinated NATO response.
MCA Sponsors Film on Soviet Union at YMCA
The Bridgeport YMCA will sponsor a color film about the Soviet Union Friday at 8 p.m. at the Y. Filmmaker Neil Douglas presents scenes from Leningrad, new subways and stadiums, and images of Moscow and other Soviet locations.
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MCA
Soviet Union
Bridgeport Ymca
Neil Douglas
Leningrad
Moscow
Desegregation Nears End Says NAACP Counsel
Thurgood Marshall, chief counsel of the NAACP, told Charlotte on October 13 that school desegregation is in its last phase. He said the other side is frantic because it is losing and running out of delaying tactics.
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NAACP
Charlotte
N. C
Thurgood Marshall
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Marshall
Duffy Campaigns for Bridgeport Mayor in Former Patrol Wagon
Gordon P. J. Duffy campaigned for mayor in Bridgeport using a former police patrol wagon with large white lettering and a voting machine diagram to show how to cast a write-in ballot. He, an auto mechanic and write-in candidate, faced job-reinstatement claims after being fired March 1 following a civil service dispute.
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Duffy
Bridgeport
Gordon P.J. Duffy
Hartford
John J. Linley
The
Civil
Civil Service Commission
Ta Be Ravnetated
Milford veteran Edgar E. Fisher dies at 62
Edgar E. Fisher 62 of 274 Seaside Avenue Milford died Saturday at home after retirement from the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Services are Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Cody White funeral home. Rev John Russell will officiate with burial in St Peters Cemetery Derby. He was born in West Summerville Mass and lived in Milford 18 months. A World War I veteran he was past commander of American Legion Post 48 Summerville and member of Forty and Eight club Pioneer of America Shawmut lodge I C C F Cambridge Mass.
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Milford
Edgar E. Fisher
Seaside Avenue
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cody-White Funeral Home
Broad Street
John Russell
Mary Taylor Methodist Church
St. Peter's
Derby
West Summerville
Mass
Fisher
Summerville
Forty and Eight Club
the Pioneers of America
Boston
Shawmut Lodge
Cambridge
Zeller backs new job plan for state workers
The final day of the two day convention elected new CSEA officers and passed 29 of almost 50 resolutions. Proposed measures include overtime pay options, temporary pay increases made permanent, higher night shift pay, paid time off for volunteer firefighters, and increasing travel allowances. The token 25 year service gift and dues rise to 8.40 were approved. Leslie Williamson was installed as CSEA president with Gallagher, Clark, and Benigni in key posts.
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CSEA
Leslie A. Williamson
Bitnn
State Fisheries and Game Board
Michael J. Gallagher
Norwich
Edward C. Clark Offi Milford
Hugo F. Benigni
Hartford
Joseph Lustig
South Willington
Chandler Moulton
Wethersfield
Miss Irma Pelz
New Haven
Edward J. Kelley
Waterbury
Edward Hayes III Stricken, Rushed to Norwalk Hospital
Edward Hayes III of Westport, 29, Kiock Place, Westport correspondent for the Bridgeport Post Telegram, was stricken ill at a neighbor’s home and taken by town ambulance to Norwalk hospital. Attendances reported his condition improved late tonight.
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Westport
Edward ~. Hayes
Kiock Place
Bridgeport Post-Telegram
Norwalk Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs Anne Morse Fisher
The services for Mrs Anne Morse Fisher 55 widow of Raymond Fisher will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Dennis and D'Arcy funeral home 1046 Fairfield Avenue with Rev Willam W Sullivan of Second Baptist Church officiating. Cremation will be private at Mountain Grove crematory.
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Anne Morse Fisher
West Avenue
Raymond Fisher
Dennis and D'Arcy
Fairfield Avenue
Willam W. Sullivan
Second Baptist Church
Mountain Grove
Clergy and Laity Rally For Religious Instruction At Mass
The sermon urged revival of religious life amid secularism and prosperity, citing Christ’s command to the Apostles to teach all nations. Archbishop Henry J. O’Brien officiated the Pontifical Mass in Bridgeport with deacons, archpriest, and K of C color guard. The Fairfield University glee club sang the responses.
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Christ
iMost
Henry J. O'Brien
Hartford
Emile Lasiello
James, L. McLaughlin
John J. Draper
William J. Lee
William Kearney
Fracis J.fazzalaro
John J. Toomey
Bridgeport
Thomas Lawton
CSC
Raymond J. Stephenson
CCD
Knights of Columbus
Fairfield
Stratford
Fairfield University Glee Club
Simon Harak
Funeral set for Marine Rut Donoghue in Bridgeport
Private Rut ell Charles Donoghue 18 of 45 Stratfield Place died from auto crash head injuries in Raleigh North Carolina. The Marine Corps escort will bring his body to Bridgeport for services at Salem Lutheran Church conducted by Rev Daryl Benson. He attended Bassick High School and enlisted October 31 1956. He is survived by his parents two brothers and extended family.
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Rutell Charles Donoghue
Stratfield Place
U. S
Cherry Point
N. C
Rax Hospital
Raleigh
John W. Donoghue
Daryl V. Benson
Salem Lutheran Church
Park Avenue
Donoghue
Benson
John Munn
Bridgeport
Larson
Wood Avenue
Bassick High School
Marines
Edward
John, Jr
John Carlson
Fairfield
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University of New Mexico
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