Cooking School Opens to Capacity as Scandal Dominates Rome
A packed audience attended the Merry Meals Cooking School opening beside reports from Rome on Italy’s Scelba government shaken by arrests in the Wilma Montesi case. Piero Piccioni and Ugo Montagna face aggravated manslaughter and influence-hushing charges, while Rome’s police chief Saverio Polito is charged with misfeasance but not arrested due to age.
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Italy
Wilma Montesi
Piero Piccioni
Attilio Piccioni
Ostia
Ugo Montagna
Favoreggliamento
Saverio Polito
Piccioni
Montana
Mario Scelba
Scelba
Sandra M. Lopez
Kicin Memorial
Merry Meals Cooking School
The
Post Publishing Company
Raymond A. Marrocco
Savoy Street
Official Weather Data Bridgeport and City
Bridgeport and vicinity fair cool and windy today with a high of 67. Tonight fair cool low around 50 shore and 45 interior. Tomorrow fair and slightly warmer with a high near 70. Winds fresh westerly today on Long Island Sound, easing tonight, with excellent visibility and choppy seas. Moon and planet positions noted. last day of summer.
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Bridgeport
New York City
Long Island Sound
KINNIE OUTLINES FLOOD CONTROLS FOR FAIRFIELD SHORE
First Selectman Dimill L. Kinne outlined a $50,000 flood plan to protect Fairfield shore from storm surge. The program includes berms and gravel dikes plus beach front elevation from St. Marys by the Sea to Rowland Road and a gravel dike to stop end runs. Private owners including the Fairfield Beach club and cottage owners between Jennings Beach and Riverside Drive are urged to aid.
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Dimill L. Kinne
Fairfield
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea
Rowland Road
Kinnie
Jennings Beach
Riverside Drive
Fairfield Beach Club
Black Rock Bank Plans New Fairfield Branch
The Black Rock Bank and Trust will build a full service branch at Black Rock turnpike and Stillson road Fairfield with opening planned for February 1955 Harold C Main president announced The Connecticut Banking Commission granted permission and the site measures 34 feet along the turnpike and 200 feet along Stillson Road The branch aims to serve Fairfield Stratfield and nearby areas It will be about two and one half miles from the main office on Brewster Street which becomes Black Rock turnpike at Fairfield connection
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Black Rock Turnpike
Stillton 100d
Fairfield
Harold C. Main
Connecticut Banking Commission
Main
Stillson Road
Fred R. Carstensen
Stratheld
Fairfield Avenue
Brewster Street
Norwegian steamer sinks after grounding with 203 aboard
A coastal Norwegian steamer grounded at full speed in the Arctic waters of the Lofoten islands before dawn sank shortly after most of the 203 people aboard reached lifeboats. Only one person remained unaccounted for as rescue efforts continued in severe conditions.
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Oslo
Norway
Lofoten Islands
Supreme Court to Hear More on School Segregation
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court will hear further arguments on December 6 regarding how to implement its ruling against racial segregation in public schools.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Autumnal Equinox Signals First Day of Autumn
Bridgeport reports the end of summer as autumn begins at 9 56 a m with sun expected again tomorrow. Rainfall through September 21 totaled 4.91 inches, about 2 5 inches above normal, while rainfall shortages eased to under 24 percent. Summer was relatively cool with no 100 degree days, hottest at 94 on July 30, and Edna's Sept 11 rain brought 3 1/2 inches.
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Edna
Autumn Arrives Tomorrow Morning 1954 Equinox Entry
The piece notes autumn begins tomorrow at 9.56 a m marking the equinox and equal day length. It describes changes from summer to fall, including boats in dry dock and football memories, as the sun moves southward to the December shortest day and back by March 21.
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Cal
Ed Scampus
Earth
Harriman Wins Nomination Over FDR Jr On Ballot
Averell Harriman won the Democratic nomination for New York governor on the first ballot at the state convention, defeating Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. Harriman vowed an aggressive campaign upstate and in New York City, while Roosevelt conceded defeat and pledged support. The roll call ended 541 to 217.
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Averell Harriman
Roosevelt
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Harriman
Tha Harriman
New York City
U. S
Irving M. Ives
John A. Ulinski
Buffalo
Onondaga County
163Th Regiment
Eleanor Roosevelt
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Fdr Jr
Averell
Ike Begins Tour of West Tonight
President Eisenhower opens a Far West speaking tour as GOP campaign effort accelerates. Reports say party leaders doubt a tougher fight will change his restrained campaigning, with Hall signaling no direct plugs or brickbats at Democrats. Voters are urged to enroll today from 5 to 8 pm in City Hall chambers.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Far West
Anleg
GOP
Leonard Hall
White House
Hall
Ike
Pree
Loum Hafele
Board of Selectmen
The Range in Change Chuckle Satire
A light humorous snippet contrasts money woes with overlong months and a playful jab at a company name, delivering a satirical quip about budgeting and finances.
94 Families Seek Housing Under Change in BHA Rules
The Bridgeport Housing Authority announced 94 new applications for Beardsley Terrace state rental units after loosened eligibility rules. Executive Director Harold C. Poole said 33 families have moved in. 311 of 704 apartments are occupied, with 393 vacant. The planned 1,024 apartments will be reached after all 16 buildings are finished. State income limits rose 15 percent to 40025 for a two adult household plus 690 per child. The head of family rule was waived to allow any self supporting Connecticut citizen meeting income rules. Among new applicants are 78 Bridgeport families and 16 from Fairfield and Stratford. After the change, 90 previously rejected families became eligible, with 20+ entering the project.
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Harold C. Poole
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McLevy
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Fairfield
Stratford
Eisenhower Leads In Prayer For Peace
President Eisenhower urged a nationwide day of special prayers for world peace but some areas and officials were unaware of the call. He attended chapel at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado as churches remained open for individual prayer, while mayors and governors reported a lack of awareness.
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Lowry Air Force Base
Colorado
Bridgeport
World Amity
Associated Press
Clubmen to greet Gen Willoughby at Algonquin dinner
Maj Gen Charles A Willoughby USA Ret will speak at Algonquin club supper Sept 30 on Soviet Espionage in the Far East. Willoughby, a former intelligence chief for MacArthur, sent to Washington full details on Sorge’s worldwide subversion during WWII and Korea. He joined the Army in 1910, became commissioned in 1916, and rose to colonel by 1941.
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Charles A. Willoughby
USA
Douglas MacArthur
Algonquin Club
Willoughby
Washington
Richard Sorge
Willouchby
Lung cancer to reach 18 percent of male cancers by 1970
Oklahoma City report cites Dr. Alton Ochsner predicting one in ten male smokers will have lung cancer by 1970. He warned against filter cigarettes and said tar carries the cancer agent, nicotine harming the heart instead. He noted rising lung cancer shares from 11 percent in 1920 to 22 percent in 1930 and 30 percent in 1948, with 18 percent projected by 1970.
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Alton Ochsner
New Orleans
Ochaner
Ochsner
Ochener
United Nations vote on Red China seating stance
The United States won a 1954 mandate to bar further discussion of Red China and unseating Nationalist China for the year. Six abstentions marked a tense debate as Andrei Vishinsky and V K Krishna Menon challenged the motion. Netherlands envoy Van Kleffens was elected president, while voices from Britain Australia and Nationalist China backed the U S proposal.
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N. Y
U. S
UN General Assembly
Joan Foster Dulles
Henry Cabot Ledge, Jr
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
V. K. Krishna Menon
India
U.S
Lodge
China
Assembly
Mme. V. L. Pandit
Menon
Netherlands
Eelco N. van Kleffens
Mme. Pandit
Prince Wan Waithayakon
Thailand
George K. C. Yeh
Peiping
Yeh
Red China
Vishinsky
Britain
Australia
T E Sullivan Tops Civil Service List
Twenty eight of 102 candidates passed a recent examination for pumper engineer in the Fire Department, with Edward T. Sullivan topping the list. Firefighter Ernest West and Leonard B. Kershner follow in second and third, residents of 100 Newfield Avenue and 478 Seaview Avenue respectively.
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John J. Linley
Civil Service
Edward T. Sullivan
Newfield Avenue
Ernest FE. West
Central Avenue
Leonard B. Kershner
Seaview Avenue
Stengel Signs Two Year Deal With Yankees Through 1956
Casey Stengel, 64, signed a two year contract to manage the New York Yankees through 1956. He has led the Yankees for six seasons, winning five pennants and four World Series titles in his first five years. This year New York finished second to Cleveland. terms were not disclosed.
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New York Yankees
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