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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1947
Page
7
Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rise to highs not seen since 1920s amid government export buying and drought worries for 1948. Prices leap after margins are increased to curb speculation, with December futures at 3.10 a bushel and cash No 2 red wheat at 3.16.
In Cambridge Massachusetts on October 21 1969 Superior Court Judge John V Sullivan sentenced 17 year old Richard L Coombes to life imprisonment for second degree murder in the killing of 11 year old Jacqueline Maxwell of Malden. The judge noted he would be notified if Coombes ever seeks parole and said he would accept the plea to second degree murder avoiding execution.
Bridgeport American Red Cross offers to trace friends and relatives in Germany. Home Service chair Mrs. Alvin Breul said channels cover all four occupied zones, but inquiries begin after regular mail fails. Inquiries must go through the local Red Cross chapter.
The first general meeting of the Greater Community Chest Campaign will be held at the Stratfield Hotel at noon. Donald F. Carpenter, chairman of the Total Solicitation Corps, will present a new plan of organization to raise Chest funds in Bridgeport and Stratford business establishments. Isaac B. Schine, chairman of the Business and Finance Division, said invitations have gone to over 500 retail, wholesale, and financial firms. The plan aims to improve employee solicitation and is based on recommendations from the Citizens Advisory committee’s study of Chest procedures.
More than four hundred relatives of deceased policemen will attend the Bridgeport Police department’s 18th annual memorial Mass at St George’s Lith uanian church on Park avenue. About 150 policemen will march from Park avenue and Atlantic street led by Supt John A Lyddy. Guests include Mayor Mec Levy and chiefs of police from surrounding towns. The Rev James F Murphy will deliver the memorial sermon. Breakfast follows at Mary Journey’s Inn with Francis J King as guest speaker. Reservations close Friday.
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