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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1954

Page

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Dulles Adenauer hold secret talks on Europe treaty

Secretary of State Dulles and Chancellor Adenauer met in Berlin for almost three hours to discuss West German sovereignty and arms without upsetting France. Eden wins backing for a seven nation West European defense plan replacing the EDC. Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and West Germany set to meet in London around Sept 27.

BONN Dulles Konrad Adenauer France London Aaenauer U. S Paris Pierre Mendes-France Anthony Eden European Defense Community EDC Britain Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxemburg West Germany Norway Denmark Eden Washington North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO United States Mendes-France United Kingdom Churchill

Weather forecast for Bridgeport and New York City

Mostly fair and not as cool today with a high of 70 to 75. Tonight cooler 55 to 60. Saturday clouds increase and warmer with a chance of late rain. City readings include yesterday highs 64 and lows 52, barometer 30.10, humidity 97 percent. Tide times listed for today and tomorrow.

the v. weather Bureau BRIDGEPORT

8th Week Without Winner Puzzle Prize Rises to 225

The Sunday Post crossword drew over 10,000 Bridgeport area entrants with no winners for eight consecutive weeks. The prize climbs to 225 as judges cite three troublesome clues and offer the best solutions PRESS DRESS, SMELL, and BORING for clues 15, 17, and 20 respectively.

Bridgeport Sunday Post No. 15

Marciano Charles Title Fight Postponed to 11 P.M.

The Rocky Marciano Ezzard Charles heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium is delayed for rain and moved to 11 p.m. Friday after a late baseball game conflict with the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies. Negotiations delayed the start. Giants consented to the later hour. the show begins at 9 p.m. with the main event not before 11 p.m. (Continued on Page Twenty-one).

NEW YORK Rocky Marciano-Ezzard Charles Yankee Stadium New York Giants Philadelphia Phillies Harlem river Polo Grounds Yanks Giants International Boxing club Jim Norris I.B.C

Merry Meals Cooking School offers big prizes and tips

The Post Telegram hosts a four day Merry Meals Cooking School next Tue Fri offering four major kitchen prizes for daily best reasons, plus 24 food baskets and stage dishes. Instructors include Lucille Harrie and Carolyn Marshall from the National Livestock and Meat Board. Admission is free at Klein Memorial with 1,500 seats.

Post Pubishing company Merry Meals Cooking School Bridgeport Gas Light company Lucille Harrie National Livestock and Meat board Carolyn Marshall Klein

Governor Lodge Opens Campaign Drive in Connecticut

Hartford Sept 16 AP Governor Lodge said Democrats campaign on promises to match deeds of his Republican administration. Kickoff telecast featured the Republican state ticket and congressional candidates with remarks by Clarence F. Baldwin and introductions of Charlies W. Jewett Mildred Allen John Ottaviano Jr Fred R. Zeller John J Bracken and Prescott Bush.

HARTFORD Lodge Connecticut WNHC-TV New Haven WKNB-TV New Britain Clarence F. Baldwin Charlies W. Jewett Lyme Mildred Allen John Ottaviano, Jr Fred R. Zeller Stonington John J. Bracken Prescott Bush Greenwich

Giants win twice as Brooklyn falters in pennant chase

New York Giants swept the Milwaukee Braves 6-2 in both games to move closer to clinching the pennant. Dusty Rhodes sparked a three run rally in the sixth of game two, Monte Irvin drove in four in the opener, and Ruben Gomez earned his 16th win. Hoyt Wilhelm closed out the nightcap with 1 1/3 scoreless innings for his 12th victory. The win, coupled with Cincinnati’s victory over Brooklyn, put the Giants 4 1/2 games up with five or fewer Giant wins or three Braves losses needed to clinch. The Yankees beat the Tigers 2-0 as Bob Grim won his 19th with Yogi Berra homering in the first.

FRED DOWN United Press NEW YORK New York Giants Milwaukee Braves Ryn Dusty Rhodes Monte Irvin Ruben Gomez Hoyt Wilhelm Cincinnati Brooklyn Giants Milwaukee Braves Yankees Tigers Bob Grim Yogi Berra

Truman McCarthy plan few talks during campaign

Truman under doctor orders to rest and will give only one major speech in Kansas City on Oct 16. McCarthy plans three campaign stops Sept 25 26 and Oct 1 and says exposing graft and communists matters more than speaking. Republicans rally as Summerfield predicts victory and Nixon cites crop control regulations.

Stephen Mitchell Indianapolis Truman Mitchell Kansas City McCarthy R-Wis Senate Investigations subcommittee Washington Omaha Wheaton Bloomington

Soviets announce atomic weapon test in study of defense

The Soviet Union disclosed via Tass and Izvestia that it conducted trials of a type of atomic weapon in recent days. The aim was to study an atomic explosion and its defense implications. Officials promised valuable results but gave no additional details.

MOSCOW Soviet Union Tass Izvestia

Democrats Favor Stratford Mayor Move in Local Caucus

The Stratford Democratic party endorsed a ten point platform calling for replacing the council manager system with a city charter electing a Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Town Chairman Julius Tucciarone said the change had been studied for months within the party. Celeste Scgath narrowly won the registrar of voters slot 94 to 91, the only contest in the primary, with no party opposition for other positions.

Stratford Tucciarone Citizens’ Charter Revision committee Donald S. Sammis Democratic voters of Democratic Women Celeste ScGath Joseph W. Knott Perry

Faked murder tale by lifer tied to Oklahoma inmate

Oklahoma convict Jack Ray admitted to newspapers that his story of killing 17 year old Rachel Taylor in State College Pennsylvania in 1940 was copied from a detective magazine. He said he fabricated the tale to gain attention and possibly help his 1939 Oklahoma murder case and escape a life sentence.

M'ALESTER Okla Oklahoma Penn State Jack Ray Rachel Taylor State College Pennsylvania Ray Miss Taylor

Mystery plane sighting unsettles Detroit area skies

Detroit Sept 16 AP reports a large air craft was seen low over Flint and Pontis north of the city. After two hours no positive clue or direct word of any aircraft in trouble had been found.

DETROIT Flint Pontis here

Pope Pius Shows Signs of Fatigue at Vatican

Vatican sources report Pope Pius XII, 78, shows fatigue after a heavy Marian year schedule. He recently hosted Field Marshal Montgomery and gave a one hour address to about 400 people. Doctors plan further visits as speculation over a stomach ailment recurrence remains unconfirmed.

VATICAN CITY Vatican Pius NIE ponturf Castel Gandolfo Viscount Montgomery SHAPE Montgomery Eighth Army El Alamein Italy Riccardo Galeavzilisi Paul Niehans Rome

Statewide area figures in dispute over acres and miles

Hartford reports Connecticut seeks 12 820 acres more than included land and water area. Confusion grows between state and town tallies after a five square mile shift in the latest State Register and Manual. Leonard Sheffett says revision aligned with federal figures, prompting questions from town clerks.

HARTFORD Connecticut Register Leonard C. Sheffett Secretary of State Census bureau Shelwett Sheffett

Yankee Atomic Electric group aims at New England nuclear plant

A coalition of New England electric firms formed Yankee Atomic Electric to study building a nuclear power plant in New England. William Webster said homes and factories could be partly powered by a plant using nuclear fission, with potentialities described as unlimited. Preliminary approval filings were made with Massachusetts regulators. The six-state group represents over 90 percent of regional electric output and seeks an Atomic Energy Commission partnership for an early experimental plant, years away from feasible output.

BOSTON New England electric companies Yankee Atomic Electric company New England William Webster New England Electric System Yankee Atomic tere Webster New England Electric Atomic Energy commission

Man Seized as Bookie in State Office Blog

Hartford AP reports a 50-year-old man, Joseph E. Bouchard, a stock clerk in the Motor Vehicle department, was arrested in the State Office building on two criminal counts. He allegedly booked horse bets and possessed lottery tickets while selling Irish Sweepstakes tickets during work hours. He will be presented in Hartford police court to Morrow.

HARTFORD Joseph E. Bouchard Morrow Bouchard Motor Vehicle department John C. Kelly Charles E. Kelley

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