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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1957
Page
3
President Eisenhower declares America must maintain total national defense readiness until nuclear danger is removed. In a telecast marking National Civil Defense week he links civil defense to national welfare and calls for continued effort to deter aggression and pursue peaceful atomic use.
President Eisenhower called for boosting civil defense across all government agencies and urged Americans to prepare at home. He outlined federal programs and stressed family readiness in first aid, fire suppression, and mass feeding to cope with disasters and protect life and property. He said oppressed people worldwide view the nation as a beacon of peace.
President Tito lauded the Soviet Union as the first country of socialism and said Yugoslavia should not dramatize past or future Soviet Yugoslav differences. He warned the USSR against pressuring smaller communist nations while stressing agreement with Poland on peace and security issues.
Horace A. Kennedy a 70 year old camp supervisor at the Kentucky State Boy's camp near Benton Ky was found stabbed to death Two teenagers Eddie Hall 14 of Frankfort and Arvin Johnson 17 of Owensboro were charged with murder They reportedly admitted the slaying and Johnson wielded the knife Police say the youths broke into the mess hall took knives and attacked Kennedy while he slept near the camp on Kentucky Lake
At the American Legion convention in Atlantic City resolutions urge trials under US law for service members accused overseas. The push centers on whether servicemen abroad deserve constitutional protections rather than foreign rulings. Delegates prepare to consolidate about 30 related proposals for formal debate.
The Eight and Forty American Legion Auxiliary elected Mrs. Mayro Cox of Denver as national president. Other officers named include vice presidents Mrs. Thelma Ballard of Middletown New York Mrs. Elsie Jones of Dallas Texas Mrs. Ann Manford of Anderson Indiana Mrs. Rose Golding of Lincoln Nebraska and Mrs. Luella Harten of Caldwell Idaho Chaplain Mrs. Elsie Gleason Union City New Jersey Historian Mrs. Frances Cassery Secretary treasurer Mrs. George Speir La Grange Illinois and Mrs. Michelet Hagerman New Mexico were named or reappointed.
Red Cross officials urge donors with type O blood to visit the community blood bank at Red Cross headquarters 271 Park Avenue from 1 to 5 30 p m. A shortage of O negative blood exists in local hospitals and the Hartford region. Several local organizations are named as contacted sponsors including Jenkins Bros Warner Bros Bridgeport Fabrics Remington Rand Apex Tool Bruner Ritter H O Canfield Bead Chain Bodine Burritt Lumber Sidney F Brown Buick D M Read Howland Dry Goods Mitchell Dairy Southern New England Telephone Bridgeport Hydraulic Bridgeport Gas H L Green Bridgeport Fire Department Bridgeport Police Department U S Post Office YMCA
Lovett said the youths who planned to go AWOL and use Kennady's car will appear before County Judge Artelle Halton in juvenile court tomorrow. Disposition of the case will be decided then.
The Christian Doctrine Conference for New England will open in Bridgeport with more than 500 lay leaders and diocesan delegates attending. Archbishop Cushing of Boston and Father Raymond H. Stephenson chairman outline two keynote talks, 60 sessions, and a closing Mass as every New England bishop participates. The three day event runs October 11 to 13 with a solemn pontifical Mass and regional speakers from Fairfield County parishes.
The residence of the Holy Cross at Notre Dame High School in Bridgeport was dedicated yesterday by Bishop Lawrence J. Shehan. More than 150 diocesan priests attended the pontifical Mass. Francis Cardinal Spellman to dedicate the adjacent Park Avenue school Sept. 26 at 4 20 p.m.
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