Auto kills man walking along Fairfield pike
A southbound car struck a 50 to 55 year old pedestrian on Black Rock turnpike north of Lamp Mortar reservoir bridge in Fairfield. The man, taken to St. Vincent’s hospital, died at 9 pm from a fractured skull. Driver Arthur H. Rice, 36, of Milford, said he did not see the man until after the impact. he was arrested on the charge of operating a car so as to cause loss of life and released on bond. Police seek to identify the victim. this was Fairfield’s second fatal pedestrian crash of the year, following an earlier Post road incident.
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Black Rock Turnpike
Lamp Mortar Reservoir
Fairfield
St. Vincent's Hospital
Michael Farkas
Arthur H. Rice
Lindy Street
Milford
Rice
Post Road
Army Sues New York Vet Over Long-Lost Jeep
The U S Army sues First Lt. Sidney M. Fisher of Brooklyn for 683.15 dollars over a jeep lost in the Philippines in 1946. Fisher, now 36, is a department store sales manager with a wife and two children, who allegedly refused to return the vehicle despite Army commands.
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New York
U. S. Army
Sidney M. Fisher
Philippines
Fisher
Brooklyn
Thea
Air Force Tanker Crashes Into Mountain in Arizona
A four motor KC97 tanker with 16 aboard crashed onto Gray Mountain near Flagstaff Arizona during a routine training flight. Two Tuba City police reported eight bodies found and no life signs. Rescue teams halted at night and planned to resume at dawn as authorities confirmed the tail section remained intact. The crash occurred about 40 miles east of the Grand Canyon, an area marred by prior fatal airliner accidents. A Navajo Flying Service pilot first sighted the wreckage.
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Ariz
Air
Arizona
Tuba City
Gray Mountain
Fourth Air Force
1Walker Apb
Roswell
N. M
Air Force
Grand” Canyon
Coconino County
Cecil Richardson
Amm Uetacen
Gordon Getz
Gallup, N. M
Navajo Flying Service
Weather and campaign report from Bridgeport meeting
The 0.8 Weather Purcell forecast shows partly cloudy skies with mild changes today and tonight. The fourth report meeting, led by Kenneth E. Raine, will begin at 12:15 p.m. at the Stratfield hotel to discuss United Fund aims of raising 1,522,273 dollars for Greater Bridgeport community agencies.
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Lawrence J
Shehan
Bridgeport
United Fund
Stratfield Hotel
Kenneth E. Raine
Greater
Grand Central blackout traps thousands in city hotels and trains
A two hour power outage during the evening rush hour hit the Grand Central area on October 29. The Waldorf Astoria and Park Lane plunged into darkness as elevators stalled and commuters navigated by candlelight. A transformer fire near 40th Street and Lexington Avenue sparked the failure, with restoration at 6 18 pm.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
Waldorf-Astoria
Park Lane
Ne Atemns
40Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Inmates at Eastern State Seize, Surrender After Talks
Inmates at the Eastern State Mental Hospital in Medical Lake held a hostage standoff, releasing about 30 captives and surrendering after assurances from Dr. Gerrett F. Heyns that treatment programs would continue and the hospital would not become a penal facility. Heyns spoke on Spokane radio stations, promising medical director E R Hodgson would stay. Guards reported no damage and calm during the uprising.
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Mental Hospital
Medical Lake
Wash
Eastern State Mental Hospital
Orville Anderson
Anderson
Heyns
E. R. Hodgson
Spokane
Krem's
Coat Found With $52500 Check At Baltimore Gas Station
Walter Paterson Sr. of Paterson Steel and Forge, Stratford, left a topcoat with a wallet containing a $52,500 certified check in a Baltimore gas station restroom. A attendant returned the coat to police. Paterson Jr. reports his father is on a routine business trip, unaware of contact from Baltimore, and doubts the check could be cashed. The Lombard Corporation of Youngstown issued the check.
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Walter Paterson, Sr
Paterson Steel and Forge Company
Stratford
Baltimore
Paterson Company
Lombard Corporation of
Youngstown, Ohio
Break at Jewelry Shop on Main Street
Burglars smashed a window at Tifon Jewelers 984 Main Street at ? a.m. today and fled with several pieces of jewelry, police reported.
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Tifon Jewelers
Main Street
L A.m
Pentagon to pay all contractor bills in full memo says
Defense chief McElroy issues memorandum on paying contractors as the Pentagon reveals a 400 million overrun in the last six months of 1957, though the full year cap of 38 billion remains intact. He directs service secretaries to avoid jeopardizing essential programs and to curb indirect burdens on subcontractors and small businesses.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Defense Wilson
McElroy Taguok
Memo
Defense
McElroy
Army
Navy
Air Force
Department of Defense
Banks to Get Life Sentence in Murder Plea
Solomon Banks, a 51 year old Bridgeport barber, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the fatal Aug. 7 shooting of James Patterson. He faces a mandatory life term. judge to hear probation report before sentencing. Banks originally faced first degree murder and potential death penalty.
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Solomon Banks
Bridgeport
Banks
James Patterson
Newfield Avenue
Raymond J. Devlin
Raymond W. Ganim
Bomb attack mars Israeli parliament injuring Ben-Gurion and ministers
In Jerusalem a bomb hurled from the public gallery wounded Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and five ministers during a foreign affairs debate. Moshe Shapira was seriously hurt, others minor. attacker Moshe Douek said he held a grudge against Youth Aliyah. Parliament resumed after guard reinforcement.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Moshe ‘Shapira
Moshe Ben Jacob Douek
Douek
Youth Alyah
Israel
Ben-Gurion
Golda Meir
Israeli Barzilai
Masshe Carmel
Shapira
Joseph Sprinzak
Ben- Gurion
Moshe Greenfeld
Greenfeld
Egypt
Sinai
Meir
Sandula faces threats after Tedesco blast in Bridgeport
A. Edward Sandula leader of the Bridgeport Republican organization told about 100 party workers at the Stratfield hotel that he has received several threats since his weekend attack on Democratic mayoral candidate Samuel J. Tedesco. He said threats were made in anonymous phone calls and letters and vowed to press on with his campaign. He focused on Tedesco regarding a Florida real estate transaction and city plans for a new civic center, arguing Tedesco is unfit for mayor.
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A. Edward Sandula
Bridgeport Republican Organization
Samuel J. Tedesco
Republican Town Committee
Stratfield Hotel
Sandula
Judge Tedesco
Sammy
Florida
Harrison Street
New Civic Center
Tedesco
Two State Cops Hurt In Crash At Bethany Intersection
At the Rt 69 and Hatfield Road junction in Bethany two state policemen were critically injured in a collision with a private vehicle. Troopers George Baldwin 42 and George Fagan 35 suffered serious injuries and were hospitalized. Deputy Chief Roy Lundgren 44 escaped hospitalization after minor injuries. Thaddeus Augustin 39 of Terryville was uninjured. Investigators said no arrests were made and the cause remained under review.
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Bethany
Rt. 69
Hatfield
Roy Lundgren
North Haven
George Fagan
Bethany Barracks
Lundgren
Bethany State
Thaddeus Augustin
Terryville
Kellys Police Car Collides With Bus in Essex
Hartford dispatch reports State Police Commissioner John C. Kelly and Lt. Adolph Pastore were in a collision with a Essex school bus on Route 9 near Hartford Saybrook. Both men escaped injury though the state car and bus sustained damage. no arrests were made.
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Kelly
Essex
Hartford
John C. Kelly
Adolph Pastore
Pastore
Mario J. Bellawee Cae
Saybrook
Lt. Pastore
Zhukov to take new post after dismissal
Moscow reports Khrushchev says Georgi Zhukov will get another job but details are not decided. Khrushchev and Bulganin downplay the ouster as an internal matter while Zhukov is greeted in good health at a Turkish Embassy reception.
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Moscow
Georgi K. Zhukov
Nikita 5
Khrushchev
Russia
Marshal Zhukov
Turkey
Ali
Zhukov
Nikolai Bulganin
Charles E. Wilson
United States
Rodion Malinovsky
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