Hurricane veers threatening wide Louisiana area
A tropical hurricane churned across the Gulf heading toward the southeast Louisiana coast. As it neared, residents fled or sheltered in place while authorities warned of possible hurricane winds up to 160 miles per hour near the storm center. The system left Florida in ruins with widespread damage and several deaths, prompting evacuations and port closures along the Gulf Coast.
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Port Weather Summary and Tide Schedule
Daily weather outlook for the port area with air warmer today and a cloudy warm Saturday. Tide table lists high tides at 3:49 a.m. and 7:07 p.m. and low tides at 6:56 a.m. and 4:44 p.m. Almanac notes mark September 16 as the 262nd day of the year and the 90th day of summer with sunset at 6:04 p.m.
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Slayer of Girl Indicted Faces Fight to Beat Chair Slayer
Frederick L. Raymond, 83, of 871 Broad Street, died after injuries from a Sunday fight on State Street near Lafayette Street. Joseph Hoffman, 27, of 472 State Street, is under arrest on breach of the peace and held on 7,500 bond as investigators probe the assault that left Raymond unconscious and later dead at St Vincent's Hospital.
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Raymond
Accident Victim Dies After Hospital Admission
Mrs. Jennie M. Kostick of 457 Connecticut Avenue died in Bridgeport hospital following injuries from a Friday auto strike on Stratford Avenue near Sixth Street. She suffered a broken left hip and arm abrasion and will be buried at Lawncrest Burial Park after services Monday at 2 pm. Survived by husband George, two sons E. George and Robert E. Johnson, two daughters Mrs. John Gustafson and Mrs. Clifford Hoffman, and eight grandchildren.
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Connecticut avenue
Alexander Samorajcyk
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Bridgeport hospital
Features for Everybody In the Telegram Today
A fragmented page list from the Telegram highlights sections and page numbers for features, advertisements, comics, puzzles, editorials, fashion, finance, radio programs, sports, theater, and women’s news. It quotes names like Angelo Patri and Constantine Brown and notes page placements across 13 to 86.
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Grand Jury Indicts William Fair and Columbus Arter for Murder
Grand Jury charges William Fair 23 of Brooklyn with first degree murder in the rifle slaying of his former fiancée Shirley Simmons 17 of Brooklyn and Columbus Arter 35 of Highland Avenue with second degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Cecil Sonny Williams 48 of Lexington Avenue. If convicted Fair faces the electric chair and Arter life imprisonment. Both defendants were not present in court when the indictments were returned and will enter pleas later.
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Highland avenue
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Lexington avenue
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Actor injured forces delay of Lyric premiere
Anthony Ross suffered a severe ankle sprain after a slip on Main Street yesterday. Theater Inc canceled tonight’s premiere and Saturday matinee at the Lyric, while the Saturday evening show proceeds as scheduled. Ross remains confined to his Stratfield hotel room.
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Anthony Ross
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Stratfield hotel
Democratic Legislators Quit Assembly Council After Battle
Hartford reported a bitter three and a half hour fight ending in resignations by Democratic leaders and members including Senate Leader Alfred Wechsler Senator Rocco Pallotti Senator Patrick Ward and Windsor Representative Hazel Thrall Sullivan. They cited gag rules and steamroller tactics by Republicans as the reason. Council Chairman John Cotter said he would resign if others do. The mass resignations threaten the bipartisan Commission which must include top party leaders.
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Legislative Council
Senate
Alfred F. Wechsler
council
Wochaler
Rocco D. Pallotti
Patrick
John P. Cotter
MD Democrats
Cotter
Prices Slump in Major Grain and Livestock Markets
Major markets nationwide saw price declines in grains meat and dairy with November grain exports cut by 85 percent from October causing a selling wave at the Chicago Board of Trade Wheat fell 10 cents and corn eight cents early trading Prices across Minneapolis and Kansas City followed suit Livestock and butter prices also declined with wholesale meat and dairy costs easing as consumer resistance and investigations into high living costs intensified
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
Dun and Bradatreet
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas
New York
Stratford Group Opposes Oct 6 Sewer Rent Bill
Second district Republican club members labeled the proposed Stratford sewer rental bill impractical and discriminatory at a Minute Man Hall meeting. They urged voters in all 10 districts to vote against the measure, which would empower the Town council to set rental charges for the sewage disposal plant and require a public hearing before becoming law.
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Minute Menhall
General Assembly
Soviet envoy names nine U S leaders as war mongers at UN
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky named nine American figures as war mongers during a United Nations Assembly speech. The list included Senator Brien McMahon and John Foster Dulles among others, with charges of anti Soviet statements and calls for arms buildup. The remarks followed a vote on Greek and Turkish relief assignments.
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Soviet Aide Attacks Dulles in UN Session
Andre Vishinsky Soviet deputy foreign minister condemned US policy as war mongering at the UN. He denounced the Marshall Plan as ill conceived and argued the United States sought to by pass the Security Council. He warned against disrupting great power unity and defended Moscow’s stance on Korea and veto power.
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Ferguson Opens Election Drive in Fairfield Library
Democratic candidate John Ferguson declared voters should avoid spending geared to expanding debt. He argued for fiscal restraint, noting his 12 years as first selectman and stating he never spent taxpayer money without justification. Ferguson will oppose Clifford L. Johnson in the Oct. 6 town election.
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State to Change Building Setup in Hartford
Abolition of the Real Assets division of the State Comptroller’s office and creation of a Construction division to handle millions in planned state projects was urged by Yale expert Harold D Haus and endorsed by Governor McConaughy and Comptroller Fred R Zeller. The new division would be led by a $10 000 a year director under the Merit System with five bureau heads overseeing contracts and project work.
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Fred R. Zeller
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Real Assets division
Italy Seeks One Billion Aid To Survive
Italy informs Washington it needs about 1.0 billion dollars in external help to avert immediate economic collapse and endure the coming year. Ambassador Tarchiani conveyed the request to Undersecretary Lovett amid a report on dollar shortages, as U.S. officials weigh three month aid options until the Marshall Plan relief unfolds.
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Rose to be named for Grace Moore
West Grove Pennsylvania September 18 The late Grace Moore who loved red roses will have a rose named for her A suggestion from Chatanooga Tenn garden clubs and the Contrd Pyle Rose Gardens will christen the red rose for the singer who perished in a plane crash earlier this year
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Rail workers seek 36 percent wage rise to take effect Nov
Five operating brotherhoods representing trainmen engineers firemen conductors and switchmen in Cleveland announce a unified demand for a 36 percent wage increase effective November 1 for more than 350 000 rail employees. The announcement says the raise covers all wage rates and related allowances and will be served on carriers September 30.
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Not Guilty Plea In Plot To Rob Grandmother
Seventeen year old Joyce Naylor of Old Greenwich pleads not guilty to robbery with violence in a plot involving her grandmother Mrs Clara J Meyerhoff of Stamford. Co-defendants David Blumetti and George Lowden also plead not guilty and seek jury trials. Prosecution says Naylor directed the men to her grandmother's home where Mrs Meyerhoff was beaten and robbed of 200 dollars found in a wallet. The victim was found unconscious and hospitalized with head and facial injuries.
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