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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1954
Page
16
Hurricane Edna caused 56 mph gusts sweeping coastal areas with minor damage. 4000 homes lost power in Danbury and New Milford as flood tides pressed shorelines and trees toppled, while roads flooded and cottages felt spray.
Lee Ann Meriwether of California won the 1955 Miss America crown in Atlantic City before about 15 000 spectators. The 19 year old tall blue eyed contestant from San Francisco accepted the title after Evelyn Au placed the crown on her head.
The residence of Anthony Maresco at 650 Fairview Avenue was burglarized last night, with $600 cash, suits, shirts, three watches and other items stolen after a rear door was jimmied open. Maresco, Fairfield County distributor for Sealtest Milk, reported the prior New Year’s Day robbery at the same home.
Fair and pleasant today with a mid 70s high. Tonight cool with lows in the 50s. Monday shows fair skies with little temperature change. Moderate northwest winds today. Also notes New York City temperatures and records through 8 p.m. with tides and almanac details for Sunday September 12.
Surgeons at Bridgeport hospital performed a delicate two and a half hour operation on Francis Marion Burdge 35 a General Electric designer from Louisville Kentucky and former resident. Doctors reported he was doing fine after the mitral valve opening was severely narrowed by scar tissue from childhood rheumatic fever and the operation aimed to restore normal blood flow through the heart.
Freemont McElwee of 77 East State Street, 48, fell from a bed in Westport at 7 28 p m and was hospitalized in Norwalk. He was placed in the town ambulance and his condition was reported as good.
Governor Lodge will kick off the GOP bid to retain state control with a telecast on WNHC Thursday from 8 30 to 9 p.m. A. A. Ribicoff former congressman will open with a 15 minute telecast on WNHC Monday Sept 20 at 7 30 p.m. He plans a six day intensive campaign in Bridgeport and Fairfield County starting Oct 17.
Bridgeport public schools show total enrollment at 21,141 for 1954. Elementary grades total 16,505, up 375 from 16,130 last September. High school grades reach 4,636, up four from 4,632 a year ago. northern districts Hallen Woodrow Wilson Dunigan Sheridan Madison contribute most of the elementary increase.
Post Publishing Co will sponsor a four day Merry Meals Cooking School with sessions on September 21, 22, 28 and 24 at Klein Memorial. Miss Lucille Harris and assistant Miss Carolyn Marshall will teach from the National Livestock and Meat Board, demonstrating about 80 dishes from appetizers to desserts in four meetings.
Weather writers question if storms move in cycles from Carolina to the Gulf to Florida and now toward the northeast. The piece cites Edna and Carol as examples and points to scientific theories on page B-5. Personal stories from a Fairfield polio survivor and a former Bridgeport fireman appear on pages 4 and A-14 with broader coverage on Edna on pages B-10 and B-11.
Hurricane Edna brushed Connecticut with heavy rains and high tides, a gentler visit than Carol. It tested preparedness as sirens wailed in Milford and services paused along the shoreline, yet left far less damage and no lasting scars. Reporter Deane C. Avery recalls the event.
Roy M. Cohn defended Sen. McCarthy as he testified at Senate hearings on censorable conduct and said the 24 page FBI letter McCarthy possessed in 1953 was not classified. Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker was described as antagonistic toward McCarthy by retired Maj. Gen Kirke B. Lawton after a conversation.
The University of Connecticut through its Institute of Public Service surveys three towns Hamden Manchester and Windsor to assess whether affordable housing developments pay their way in community costs. The study aims to quantify tax yields versus municipal burdens including schooling fire police streets and sidewalks.
Westport voters face a Republican caucus on September 20 to nominate two for the Legislature as Rep Joseph V. Serena seeks renomination on petition alongside Rep Henry Ferne II Edgar T Lee and Mrs Helen Lupton are the Town committee endorsed candidates. The Serena petition was filed by 24 electors through Dorothy Rodgers.
Fairfield police ordered hardware stores to shut on Sundays following a complaint from a Bridgeport merchant. State's Attorney Lorin W. Wilha approved the action, citing three of Fairfield's 12 hardware shops open Sundays. Violations carry a fine up to $50. The complaint stemmed from lost trade as stores remained open on Sundays.
State Senator Samuel J. Tedesco urged the Legislative Council to form a five member committee to investigate the Bridgeport Beardsley Terrace rental project. He cited delays by the State Public Works department in raising income limits for initial occupancy, costing 168000 in revenue and risking 750 vacancies and more than 250000 in funds for other state needs. He plans to detail additional concerns at the council’s next meeting and push for economy and improved service.
Weathermen spotted a tropical storm brewing in the Atlantic as Edna, the season’s fifth tropical storm, tracked toward New England. Gale winds lashed the Atlantic coast and pounded Cape Cod areas yesterday afternoon, with Rheinhart W. Harms, chief meteorologist, credited for the alert and warning.
Hurricane Edna roared up the Atlantic coast causing widespread damage across Maine and parts of New England before splitting into two eyes near Bar Harbor and Bangor. Eleven deaths reported, mainly from traffic and flooding, with millions in damages likely to follow. Roads and rails disrupted. power and communications knocked out as the storm flooded lowlands and toppled trees.
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 100 mile outward gales, located about 160 miles southeast of Tampico. It is expected to move west-northwest slowly, at roughly five mph or less, over the next 12 hours.
The fragment lists Section VI titled The Frenchwoman and mentions mental health pricing at $2, plus a note on New College Team with page references 8 9 and 14 17. It reads as contents or index snippets rather than a cohesive article. No clear events or persons beyond institutional mentions appear.
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