State Hosts Tour Group Across Eastern Connecticut
A two day tour drew more than 50 industrial real estate brokers and newspapermen from New York New Jersey and Connecticut to eastern Connecticut. Sponsored by the Connecticut Development Commission and state utilities the caravan visited locations in New London Windham and Tolland counties to spot future industry sites and inspect plants and factories.
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Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut Development Commission
New London
Windham
Tolland
Bridgeport Weather Forecast and Coastal Details
Partly cloudy today with a high near 60 in Bridgeport and vicinity. Tonight will be fair and cool with lows around 45 on shore and 35 inland, with a chance of scattered frost. Tomorrow, fair again, high about 60. Winds NW across Long Island Sound, good visibility, slight seas. This forecast mirrors New York City and notes sun and moon data for Thursday October 21 along with tide times.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Long Island Sound
Ridgefield Zoners Quit Over Town Official Clash
Ridgefield five member Zoning commission resigns in a special session citing lack of cooperation from town officials. The board had criticized operation methods and a recent court reversal. The resignation followed alleged failure of Assistant Prosecutor Irving L. Bruns to sign warrants for sign regulation violators.
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Ridgefield
Board of Selectmen's
Selectmen
Zoning Commission
Zoning Board
Irving L. Bruns
Bruns
Old Branchville Road
New York City
Juror Seated in Sheppard Trial in Cleveland
The Sheppard murder trial reached juror selection with the eighth juror, Mrs Beatrice Orenstein, joining a panel now four men and four women. Defense questioned jurors on views about sex as the trial moves toward deciding if Dr Samuel H Sheppard beat to death his wife Marilyn on July 4.
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Cleveland
Get
Sheppard
Beatrice Orenstein
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marlion
Susan Hayes
Orenstein
William J. Corrigan
Union Leader John J Allen III Slips Into Hospital
John J. Allen III, secretary treasurer of Teamsters Local 191 AFL, is in Doctors Hospital Washington DC after a slight shock. He has been in the city for a union convention since last Sunday and is under sedatives with plans for release on Saturday. He and his wife and son were staying at the Hamilton Hotel when he was taken ill.
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John J. Allen
Teamsters Local
AFL
Doctor's Hospital
Washington
D.C
Allen
Michael
Mr. Allen
Hotel
Hamilton
Chuckle on the chigger and a stubborn welt
A humorous note about a tiny chigger whose head is as small as a pin yet causes a painful welt, delivering a local color moment that playfully nods to the rube in the scene.
Ike Hails Gains Of His Regime Against Reds
President Eisenhower addressed New York crowds praising progress against communism and warning that Russia and Red China remain threats. He toured with Irving Ives and Thomas Dewey after a GOP workers meeting and prepared another nonpolitical address at the Waldorf Astoria. He noted obstacles to lasting peace while pledging continued effort.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
New York
Eisenhower
Russia
Red China
White House
Harry S. Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
Stevenson
New Jersey
Roosevelt Hotel
U.S
Irving M. Ives
GOP
Averell Harriman
Ives
Thomas E. Dewey
Clifford P. Case
Senate
Case
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
S-Yis
Alfred E. Smith
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
DuMont Television Network
Sheraton-Astor Hotel
United States
2000 Seek Youngster Missing In Wilderness
Two thousand National Guardsmen and volunteers formed a human chain at Powers Lake North Dakota as Lavern Engel four years old vanished in wilderness country after leaving his farm home to meet his father bringing cattle. He has not been seen since Sunday night.
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Powers Lake
N. D
National
Lavern Engel
Here
Army surveys sites in Fairfield for radar defense installations
The Army is considering guided missile and radar stations along Fairfield shoreline near Reef road and Old Dam road. Surveys target two sites, one on the Lena Dinerstein property and another near Sgt Murphy field by the town dump. Representatives discussed portable radar stations with Fairfield town planning officials.
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Fairfield Beach
Reef Road
Old Dam Road
Lena Dinerstein
James T. Patterson
First Army
Army
Army Engineer
Robert Bryan
Fairfield
Bryan
Dinerstein
Town Plan and Zoning Commission
Sgt. Murphy Field
Park Department
Eisenhower Visit Boosts GOP Ahead of Connecticut Vote
President Eisenhower's four hour stop in Hartford drew an estimated 50 000 to 60 000 at Bushnell Park and 7 500 at Trinity College as Republicans hailed the trip as a mobilizing boost for Governor Lodge and the state ticket. Party officials called it a non political appearance but said it spurred voters and reduced apathy ahead of the November 2 election.
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Eisenhower
Trinity College
Hartford
Thke
Secret Service
Connecticut
Governor Lodge
Clarence F. Baldwin
Bushnell Park
Trinity
John C. Kelly
Congress
White House
Fifth Well Added by Hydraulic Co in Shelton State Park
Bridgeport Hydraulic Co adds its fifth well in Indian Well State Park Shelton near the Housatonic River to boost water supply. When active it will exceed 10 million gallons daily, with the final well rated at 3 million gallons daily. Public Utilities Commission hearings continue on a proposed rate increase of about 630 thousand dollars yearly.
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Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Indian Well State Park
Shelton
Housatonic River
Samuel P. Senior
Senior
Trap Falls Resevoir
Public Utilities Commission 1
PUC
Community Chest 35th Annual Campaign Totals
The drive for 1955 seeks a division quota of 916,944 with 321,599 pledged to date and 595,345 still needed. Pledges span Residential Commercial Professional Industrial Trade Finance Public Service Educational and Special Gifts totaling 169,249, 194,910, 5,743, 16,640, 11,270, 24,799, and 33,050 respectively.
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Stratford
Harry Reser
USO
Europe
North
Africa
Northeast Air Command
Greenland
Labrador
Newfoundland
Korea
Japan
Reser
Paul Whiteman
Community Chest
Charles H. Abbott
Polio cases rise in New Milford prompting activity suspensions
In New Milford six polio cases are reported this month after two new victims. Dr. Howard G. Stevens the town health officer orders suspension of youth activities for at least a week. The cases involve students from Main Street and Canterbury Preparatory School along with pupils from St Francis school and residents Richard Higgins Kenneth Scassera Mary Buckley and others. Gamma globulin injections have been given to 166 students.
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New Milford
Howard G. Stevens
Gloria Raino
Daugher
Lawrence Raino
Spring Street
Main Street
New Haven Hospital
Mary Eien Buckley
St. Francis School
Richard W. Turner. Sever
Parking Ban Planned Near Bedford Estate
Westport report states Frederick T. Bedford filed a complaint leading to a request by State police to install three no parking signs on Shore road Route 136 in front of the Bedford estate. Bedford cites hazards for parked cars at a popular fishing point where sportsmen fish from his property.
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Westport
Frederick T. Bedford
Shore Road
Greens Farms
State Highway Department
Bedford Estate
Bedford
Bedford Point
Sixty-Year-Old Lovers Wed At Last In Hartford
Mrs. Mary V. Brodeur aged 76 and Arthur G. Gonthier aged 80 married in a half hour ceremony at Our Lady of Sorrows church Hartford. Their romance began in 1894 at a Duluth wedding where he was best man and she maid of honor. They had separate lives, remarried after losses, and now reunite with children and grandchildren watching.
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Hartford
Mary V. Brodeur
Arthur G. Gonthier
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Duluth
Minn
St. Isidore
Que
Springfield
Mass
Brodeur
San Bernardino
Calif
Big Three Bonn Agree End of Occupation
Western powers and Bonn agree on steps to end Allied occupation of West Germany and restore sovereignty. Adenauer, Eden, Mendes-France sign documents outlining conditions for full sovereignty and future relations, with a plan for a Western European Union and NATO inclusion. Saar issue remains potential hurdle as talks continue.
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Paris
Bonn
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Konrad Adenauer
West
Soviet Union
Germany
Berlin
Adenauer
U. S
Anthony Eden
Pierre Mendes- France
Belgium
Theetherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
Canada
Brussels
Benelux
NATO
Saar
Mendes-France
French Assembly
School Bus Crashes Into Truck In Edgefield Injuring 15
A school bus collided with a pickup near Edgefield South Carolina and slid down a 25 foot embankment today injuring at least 14 pupils and one woman authorities said.
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Edgefield
S. C
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