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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1954

Page

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Ike Calls Anew For Enactment Of Health Plan

President Eisenhower urged Congress to resubmit the voluntary health insurance plan at the Alfred E. Smith memorial dinner in New York. He called it the logical alternative to socialized medicine and said it would expand coverage through voluntary plans while aiding the sick. The address followed a day of New York engagements and political outreach.

NEW YORK Eisenhower Congress Alfred E. Smith Waldorf-Astoria Francis Cardinal Spellman Irving M. Ives Averell Harriman Al Smith Thomas E. Dewey Smith White House Case Clifford P. Case New Jersey U. S. Senate Joseph BR. McCarthy R-Wis Mr. Eisenhower Al Snith Whico

Weather and tide notes from Bridgeport and New York City

Partly cloudy and cool in Bridgeport with highs near 50s. Tonight frost possible in interior sections. Saturday fair and milder. New York City trends similar. Yesterday high 61 and low 43. precipitation 0.00 for yesterday and month. Tide times and almanac data included.

Weather Bureau BRIDGEPORT NEW YORK CITY

Morano Assails Foes on War Prosperity Debate

In Bridgeport and New Haven reports Rep. Albert P. Morano accused Democrats of exaggerating unemployment to attack the Eisenhower peace prosperity program. He urged workers to support peacetime employment and criticized antiwar rhetoric at a Bridgeport Brass factory gate rally. In Wallingford, Police Commissioner Ferrari was sentenced to three months in jail for obstructing justice in a drunken driving case and faces possible removal from the police board.

Albert P. Morano Bridgeport Brass company cntics Greenwich Feirfield NEW HAVEN Wallingford Ferrari Garry Armstrong Milford Armstrong Ferran

Peace Move Seen In British Strike

London Oct 21 AP A hint peace may be near in Britain's waterfront strike came from government circles as the 18 day walkout paralyses the island economy. About 44 000 workers in major sea ports have tied up 300 million dollars in trade and idled over 330 ships. Foodstuffs roll in, and a provisional airlift from the continent is under way. The board of inquiry will meet in private session tomorrow. Labor Minister Sir Walter Monckton spoke with Prime Minister Churchill about the strike situation. A cabinet meeting was slated for tomorrow.

LONDON Britain government board of inquiry Walter Monckton Churchill

Three Americans win Nobel for polio research

STOCGEHOEM Sweden October 21 AP three American scientists win the 1954 Nobel prize in medicine for discovering how poliomyelitis multiplies in primate tissue, enabling the polio vaccine program in the United States. The winners are John F. Enders, Thomas H. Weller, and Frederick C. Robbins, sharing 35066 dollars. They conducted research at Children’s Medical Center Boston. The award is announced by the Caroline Institute of Medicine. ceremony in Stockholm December 10.

STOCGEHOEM Sweden John F. Enders Harvard Medical school Thomas H. Weller Harvard School of Public Health Frederck C. Robbins Western Rercsive Medical school Cleveland United States Gustav Adolf Stockholm Caroline Institute of Medicine Vincent Du Vigneaud New York Enders Weller Robbins Children’s Medical Center Boston Mass

Allies agree on Western Europe Union formation

Aris reports leaders of nine nations reached a landmark accord to form a Western European Union linking West Germany to NATO with strict controls on its military power through 1998. France secured a veto on German weapons and a Saar region status remains to be settled within 48 hours as Adenauer seeks bipartisan backing before Saturday.

ARIS Nime Western European Union West Germany Germany NATO Bonn republic Italy Benelux John Foster Duiles Anthony Eden Pierre Mendes-France Konrad Adenauer France Britain Belgium Holland Luxembourg Brussels European Defense Community EDC Saar Saarland Adenauer

Puzzle Grows Up to Be a Stickler No 21 Unsolved

The Sunday Post crossword puzzle came of age this week but no solver reached number 21. The prize for the next day’s print rises to £75. The hardest clues were 6 across about pimples and dimples and 9 across about a fine mare’s coat.

Sunday Post

Puzzle note hints at horse and colt in Oct issue

Fragmentary OCR shows a puzzle note about a mare and her colt with a critical remark on the sire. The line indicates continuation on page six and includes a date hint October 17. Names and fuller context are unreadable.

FHA suspends eleven staffers amid probe

The Federal Housing Administration announces the suspension of 11 lower level headquarters staffers on charges of improper activities under investigation. Names and specifics are withheld. In a separate release G A Baumann resigns as director of personnel due to ill health, age 49, a Grand Island Nebraska native, earning $11,800 yearly.

WASHINGTON Federal Housing Administration Washington Evening Star G. A. Baumann Baumann Grand Island Neb FHA Commission

Bandit Attacks Shop Owner In Stratford Hold-up

John Agricola proprietor of the Hi Lo Market on Success Avenue Stratford was struck on the head with a rock during a nighttime hold-up as he entered his car after closing at 10 pm He received four stitches for a head gash at Bridgeport Hospital Police described the assailant as a short stocky Negro who fled into the rear darkness Agricola, 48, said he would recognize the attacker and police transported him to the hospital in a patrol car.

Stretford John Azricola Plymouth street Stratford Success avenue Bridgeport hospital Agnoola Agricola Harold Smith Mr. Agricola

Underwood denies rate cut charges by union

William C. Jones assistant works manager for Underwood Corp rejected union charges of rate slashing as irresponsible and not true. He said the company’s improvements in tooling machinery and facilities aim to boost operating economy and employee security. Negotiations with IUE CIO face typical early contract challenges and the firm urges the union to adjust tactics for a satisfactory agreement. Relations with other unions in Hartford and Burlington remain excellent.

Underwood corporation TIME-CIO William C. Jones Stratfield IUECIO Hartford Burlington

New Milford Girl Is Seventh Polio Victim

In New Milford a 13-year-old girl became the town’s seventh polio victim, admitted to Grace-New Haven hospital. Hospital says three patients are in danger, including Canterbury Prep students. Red Cross reports calls for volunteer nurses to care for a 16-year-old patient from Princeton, N J with a severe form needing a windpipe incision.

NEW HAVEN New Milford Grace-New Haven hospital WMospital Canterbury Prep Red Cross Canterbury Princeton N. J

Mirabal Carrion Nabbed Crossing Texas Border

FBI agents arrest Puerto Rico Communist Party secretary general Ramon Mirabal Carrion, who vanished last June, as he crossed the Hidalgo bridge from Mexico into Texas. The arrest ties to yesterday’s seizure of 10 other Puerto Rican Communist leaders in New York and Puerto Rico. He is jailed in Edinburg awaiting removal to Puerto Rico for trial on a Smith Act violation.

U. S J. C. Hall Edinburg Puerto Rico Hall Mirabal Carrion FBI Scott J. Werner PBI San Antonio Tex Mirzhal Carrion Werner International bridge Reynosa Mex Hidalgo Rio Grande Mexico communist party San Juan U.S Ramon Julia J Edanburg Washington J. Edgar Hoover Muiabal Carrion New York city Hoover Mirabel Carrion Newark N. J Ponce P. R Rafael Carrion Ramon Carrion Ramon Carrion Muirabel Jorge Navarro Ramon Rivera Monchin

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