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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1954

Page

16

Fairfield trio faces trial for break in at metal plant

Three Bridgeport men arrested Friday night at 158 State Street Extension in Fairfield face Fairfield town court tomorrow on charges of breaking and entering and willful destruction of property. Walter Heathcote, 28, admitted breaking into Nash Motor Sales on August 14 and stealing tools and a battery charger valued over $800. A missing payroll, later found among office supplies, prompted initial fear of a fourth suspect. Damage to scales and equipment was estimated over $4,000. Bond set at 10000 for Heathcote and 5000 for the other two. all held at county jail.

Bridgeport Fairfield Scrap Metal Company State Street Extension Fairfield Town Court Christian Schick Walter Heathcote Colorado Avenue Nash Motor Kings Highway James V. Carbone Carbone Eathcoate John Ciminetto Main Street Fairfield John Steiner Leonard Lukomske Carl Hamilton George Butkus Heathcoate County

Census plans fall cattle count across farms nation

The Census Bureau announced an accurate tally of the nation's cattle this fall as part of a general farm survey. The agriculture census will begin in northern states in October and move southward through November after harvests end.

Washington Census Bureau United States

Trinacria to Present Awards At Oct 2 Dinner

Trinacria Mutual Aid society will honor Frank Piazza assistant superintendent of schools and Tere Pascone Sunday Post reporter at its annual anniversary banquet October 2 at Eichner's restaurant. Piazza receives the Trinacria Triscallian gold medal for contributions to education and community welfare. Pascone earns a non Sicilian Italian lineage award for public service. Guests include Governor Lodge and Mrs and Mayor McLevy among others. John Arcudi will be master of ceremonies.

Frank Piazza Tere Pasconé Sunday Post Trinacria Mutual Aid Society Eichner's Piazza Miss Pascone Society Trinaceria Honorary Sicule John Arcudi John Avola Michael Cina Frank Castorina George Garofalo Carlo Minardo Gaudenzie Bocchiere John Lodge Jasper McLevy Joseph Jeffery Pasquale Vioni Sylvester Romano Rocco Nadile Holy Rosary Church Frances Cataldo Louis Abriola Mildred Domangelo Michael Piazza Frank Piazza, Jr Horace Puglisi Arcudi Cermonies

Plowing Champion Erickson Wins National Title at Indiana Meet

Robert C. Erickson, 30, of Mina, Indiana, captured the 1954 national land championship at the national plowing matches after also winning the Illinois state title. John C. Daniels, 32, of Mulberry Grove, Illinois, won the contour plowing feature on nearby Omon Hill as 23 state champions competed in sun-dried soil.

Olney Inl Robert C. Erickson Minooka Farmer Erickson Omon Hill John C. Daniels Mulberry

Elmira college girls to rate their teachers

Elmira New York September 18 AP report notes Elmira College a women’s school with about 300 students will have students rate instructors at the end of the first semester. Rating sheets cover class interest preparation humor openness teaching clarity and course relevance while signatures are optional though scholastic averages must be indicated.

Elmira N. Y Elmira College

Memory pays off at Pearl Harbor saves government funds

Pearl Harbor September 18 AP reports veteran army civilian employee Frank G Medeiros with 31 years of service recalled an old water line in time to save the government 31480 on a new project. He received a 275 cash award.

Pearl Harbor Frank G. Medeiros Medeiros

Fairfieldites Summer Guests Of Adenauer Kin

The two grand-nieces of Konrad Adenauer, 19 year old Gabriele and 17 year old Mara Lucila “Maruschka,” stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Sterling in Southport before entering fall studies at Rutgers and Oakwood in Poughkeepsie. Gabriele, a glider pilot, toured Sikorsky and rode in a helicopter, while both sisters were linked as family friends of the Sterlings and their daughter Cynthia.

Konrad Adenauer Edward C. Sterling Sasco Hill Road Southport Gabriele New Jersey College For Women Rutgers Mara Lucila Maruschka Oakwood Poughkeepsie Sikorsky Edward C. Sterlings Cynthia Sterling Germany

Eisenhower Polishes Four Speeches for Western Trip

President Eisenhower paused his trout fishing vacation in Fraser Colorado to refine four speeches for a westward tour next week. He reviewed preliminary drafts with press secretary James Hagerty and planned polishing with his speech writer Bryce Harlow before returning to the summer White House in Denver tomorrow afternoon. He is to depart on a three day flight to the west coast and back to Denver.

Fraser Colo Eisenhower West Los Angeles James C. Hagerty Bryce Harlow White House Denver Seave West Coast

CIO Paper Demands Fire Of Commerce Aide Teetor

The CIO News urges President Eisenhower to discharge Assistant Secretary of Commerce Lothair Teetor for a Kansas City speech attacking Congress on unemployment compensation and Taft Hawkins era labor policy. It calls Teetor a tool of big business and warns his remarks threaten orderly labor management.

Washington CIO Today Eisenhower Commerce Department Congress CIO News Asst Commerce Lothair Teetor Council of State Chambers of Commerce Kansas City Teetor Teeter Tector Labor Mitchell State Chambers of Commerce CIO Eaterial Department of Labor

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