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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1954
Page
13
Puzzle notes announce a $50 prize for Puzzle No 2 in the 21st week, plus contest rule changes and new postcard entry options. It explains entry limits, mail deadlines, prize divide rules, and how winners are announced in The Telegram and The Post.
A dense set of crossword clues and commentary covers multiple numbered items across and down. Clues reference abbreviations, obsolete phrasing, and wordplay about terms like RETORT and AIR, with notes on painting, rent, and a painter’s career trajectory, plus remarks on RAT as a probable pair.
With a Lisbon trans Atlantic cable received yesterday the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce completed plans for the CofC Career Day program. Over 5 000 teenagers sign up to hear experts in vocational fields at Bassick Central and Harding high schools from 9 to 9 45 am. Captain Claude D Renshaw of Pan American World Airways and stewardess Norma Kass will lead sessions on aviation and travel while other topics include secretarial work accounting advertising architecture teaching and more.
Underwood corporation paid two discharged employees Anthony LaProvidenza and Loui Monroe $1000 each as settlement of lost time and unfair labor practice charges filed by the International Association of Machinists. The union disclosed the payment and noted National Labor Relations Board processing, with Grand Lodge representatives Martin Buckley and Carl Carlson involved.
London reports the Earl and Countess Harewood will welcome their third child early in 1953. The baby would be 14th in line to the throne, following brothers David aged 4 and James aged 1. The Earl is 31 and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. the Countess, 27, Marion Stein, is the daughter of an Austrian refugee.
Baltimore judge signs order directing sterilization of a mental hospital patient. Medical experts from Spring-Geld state hospital and Johns Hopkins Phipps clinic urged the operation with concurrence from close relatives. The judge cites a general statute authorizing care supervision, acting with reluctance and caution.
Fairfield police investigate a Friday night burglary at 99 Perry Street home of Thomas Martel. Stolen items include a table model television, a portable radio, and a movie projector.
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