California Beauty Wins Miss America Crown in 1955 Pageant
Lee Ann Meriwether of California won the Miss America title in Atlantic City. The nineteen year old, tall blue eyed contestant from San Francisco was crowned before about fifteen thousand spectators as Evelyn A. Ephrata of Pennsylvania placed the tiara. Meriwether spoke modestly of her hopes for the year ahead.
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Associated’ Press
Lee Ann Meriwether
San Francisco
California
Atlantic City
Meriwether
N. J
Ethel Meriwether
Shea
Miss Meriwether
Evelyn A. Ephrata
Maresco Home Robbed Again in Fairfield County
The residence of Anthony Maresco at 650 Fairview Avenue was entered between 8 and 11 30 p m and $600 in cash taken along with several suits shirts three watches and other items. Entry was gained by a rear door that was jimmied open. Maresco is a Fairfield County distributor for Sealtest Milk.
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Anthony Maresco
Fairview avenue
Leo Budnick
Maresco
Fairfield County
Weather Brief for Bridgeport and New York City
Fair and pleasant today with mid 70s heat in Bridgeport and cool tonight in the 50s. Monday remains fair with little temperature change. northwest winds. Also covers New York City with similar conditions.
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Wata
Weather Bureau
BRIDGEPORT
NEW YORK CITY
Doctors Operate Inside a Heart in Bridgeport Hospital
Surgeons at Bridgeport hospital performed a delicate two and a half hour operation on Francis Marion Burdge, 35, a General Electric designer and former resident, to open a mitral valve closed by scar tissue from rheumatic fever. The valve opening, normally about one inch and a quarter, had narrowed to a tiny hole, causing blood to back up into the lungs and strain the heart.
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Bridgeport hospital
Francis Marion Burdge
General Electric company
Louisville
Man Falls From Bed In Westport Hospitalized
Westport reports Freemont McElwee 48 of 77 East State Street fell from bed at 7 28 p m and was taken to Norwalk hospital by town ambulance. His condition is listed as good.
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WESTPORT
Freemont McElwee
East State street
Norwalk hospital
Lodge Ribicoff To Open Campaign
Governor Lodge will kick off the GOP drive with a televised campaign telecast on WNHC Thursday from 8 30 to 9 pm. A. A. Ribicoff former congressman will open his campaign telecast on WNHC Monday Sept 20 at 7 30 pm lasting 15 minutes. Ribicoff will then begin a six day intensive campaign in Bridgeport and Fairfield County cities on Oct 17.
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Governor Lodge
WNHC
A. A. Riblicottf
Ribicoff
Bridgeport
Fairfield county
City enrollment rises by 379 students in 1954 figures
The Bridgeport school system reports 1954 total enrollment of 21 141 led by elementary grades at 16 505 up 375 from September 1953. High school enrollment stands at 4 636, four more than last year. Gains mainly from Hallen, Walden, Woodrow Wilson, Dunigan, Sheridan and Madison schools.
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Bridgeport
Supt
Joseph E. Jeffery
Hallen
Woodrow Wilson
Dunigan
Sheridan
Madison
Post Publishing Co to Sponsor Merry Meals Cooking School
The Post Publishing company will sponsor a four day cooking school next week. Sessions run September 21 to 24 at Klein Memorial with demonstrations by Miss Lucille Harris and Miss Carolyn Marshall of National Livestock and Meat board. About 50 dishes from appetizers to desserts will be prepared.
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Post Publishing Co
Merry Meals Cooking School
Post Publishing company
Klein Memorial
Post-Telegram publica
Lucille Harris
National Livestock and Meat board
Carolyn Marshall
Edna Hurricane Hits Maine and Canada with Gale Winds
Edna swept across Fairfield county yesterday bringing gale force winds from the sea and heavy rain. Some trees toppled and power lines were downed, but overall damage was slight with 4,000 homes darkened in the Danbury New Milford area.
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Fairfield county
Carol
New England
Danbury-New Milford
Hurricanes feast on shifting coastal paths explain weather cycles
Weather experts question if hurricanes follow cycles from Carolina to Gulf and Florida and now toward northeast states. The piece notes Edna and Carol as examples and points readers to Page B-5 for theory and to Pages 4 and A-14 for personal stories of a Fairfield polio survivor and a Bridgeport firefighter adapting to storms.
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Carolina
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Edna
Carol
Fairfield
Massachusetts
Bridgeport
Miami
Sunday Post today
Edna Tests Connecticut Relief System with Storm Arrival
The Edna hurricane, calmer than Carol, tested Connecticut relief agencies along the shoreline. Emergency declarations echoed in New London while Milford sirens warned residents. trains and buses halted and coast streets emptied as shelters opened. Reporter Deane C. Avery notes Edna’s mild path but lasting memory.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Edna
Connecticut
Carol
Enda
New London
Milford
New Haven
New England Transportation company
Long Island Sound
Deane C. Avery
Cohn Backs McCarthy On FBI Letter Issue
Roy M. Cohn testifies to defend Sen. McCarthy saying the 24 page FBI letter McCarthy possessed in 1953 was not classified. Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker is described as antagonistic toward McCarthy by retired Maj. Gen. Kirke B. Lawton who cites a preexisting disagreement.
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Cohn
McCarthy
FBI
Wisconsin
army
Pentagon
Ralph Zwicker
Kirke B. Lawton
Zwicker
Low-Cost Homes in Connecticut Tax Burden Study
The University of Connecticut Institute of Public Service surveyed Hamden Manchester and Windsor to assess whether low cost housing pays its way in municipal finance. The study compares tax yields and the extra schooling fire police and streets costs to gauge net impact on towns.
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Connecticut
boards of selectmen
UConn
University of Connecticut
Institute of Public Service
Hamden
Manchester
Windsor
Serena enters Westport race in Republican caucus fight
A petition to renominate Rep. Joseph V. Serena for the Legislature was filed with the Republican Town committee. The party will hold a caucus on Sept. 20 with four candidates in the field and two nominations from the slate. Serena, Rep Henry Ferne II, Edgar T Lee, and Mrs. Helen Lupton are contenders.
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WESTPORT
Rep
Joseph V. Serena
Republican Town committee
John W. Boyd
GOP
Republican party
Serena
Henry Ferne II
Edgar T Lee
Helen Lupton
Rovd
Dorothy Rodgers
Hardware stores told to close in Fairfield
Fairfield police warned keepers of hardware shops to shut on Sundays after a Bridgeport merchant complaint. State's Attorney Lorin W. Willis ordered the action, with three of Fairfield’s 12 hardware stores open Sunday mornings. Violations bring fines up to 50 dollars.
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Bridgeport
Fairfield
Christian Schick
Lorin W. Willis
Kele
Post road
Kinga highway
Black Fock turnpike
Lt. Schick
Fairfield establishments
Tedesco Urges Probe on Beardsley Terrace Housing
State Senator Samuel J. Tedesco urges the Legislative Council to name a five member committee to investigate the State Public Works department’s handling of the Beardsley Terrace rental project. He cites lost revenue of 168000 and warns of 750 vacancies and over 250000 in misallocated funds if policy is not revised. He says additional matters will be detailed at the council’s next meeting.
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Samuel J. Tedesco
Senate
Legislative Council
State Public Works department
Beardsley Terrace
Bridgeport
Tedesco
council
Weather Bureau Watches Storm Edna Near Cape Cod
The article notes forecasters tracked tropical storm Edna as it neared the Atlantic coast and reached Cape Cod yesterday afternoon. Rheinhart W. Harms, chief meteorologist at the Bridgeport U S Weather Station, credited for warning the Bridgeport area.
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Edna
Atlantic
Massachusett
Cape Cod
Bridgeport
Rheinhart W. Harms
U. S
Furious Edna tears through Atlantic coast with two eyes split
Hurricane Edna raged up the north Atlantic, passing Bar Harbor and Bangor Maine as it split into two and moved toward Nova Scotia. Eleven dead reported, mainly from traffic and electrocution, with floods and washouts disrupting roads and trains across Maine and New England.
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BOSTON
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Maine
New
Penobscot river
New England
Hurricane Florence Develops in the Gulf
The New Orleans weather bureau reports the sixth hurricane of the season forming in the southwest Gulf of Mexico. Florence shows winds up to 75 mph near the center with gales to 100 miles outward and is expected to drift west-northwest at about five mph for the next 12 hours.
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NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans weather bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Tampico
Mexico
Florence
Section VI The Frenchwoman
Section VI The Frenchwoman appears in the issue with a brief page entry. Mental Health gains are noted in a two dollar listing. A short item on the 8-9 New Colleges Team is included, followed by a 14-17 segment likely listing further items.
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Miss America
ALMANAG
By FRANK W. DECERBO
WILLIAM J. WALSH
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Page Sinwen
Canadian
County
Danbury
New Milford
Sunday Post
Pumpkin Delight
Red Cross
Charles Magowan
East Broadway
Rooert
Patricia
Magowans
WASHINGTON
Roy M. Cohn
Sen
BANK, BOON
South Kingston
R. 7
Mark Twain
U. S&S. Weather Bureau
N. E
the
Gulf
Outdoor Life
Society News
PARADE
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