Two Die In Missouri State Prison Riot
Prisoners rioted at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City sending guards into conflict with inmates. At least two prisoners were killed and 14 injured as fires burned three buildings and chaos continued for hours. Gov. Donnelly called National Guard assistance to contain the riot.
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JEFFERSON CITY
Missouri State penitentiary
Ralph ©. Exdson
Phil Donnelly
National Guard
Oscar Carrington
Official Weather Data Bridgeport and Vicinity
Today fairs with afternoon clouds and cool turning clear tonight with low temperatures from the upper 40s to the low 50s in interior areas. Friday expects fair and warmer with moderate northwest winds shifting to gentle variable Friday. Bridgeport and New York City share the same conditions.
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NEW YORK CITY
Bridgeport
Triplet sons born to Ludington couple in two hospitals
Velmar and Alberta Bidwell of near Ludington welcomed triplets Tom Dick and Harry born Sept 22. Tom arrived in an automobile en route to the hospital, Dick in an elevator on the way to delivery, Harry in the delivery room. All six children, including the mother, Alberta, ages two to 13, are reported healthy with Dick and Harry in incubators.
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LUDINGTON
Mich
Tom
Harry
Velmar Bidwell
Alberta
Bidwells
Tenants Study Cooperative Plan In Seaside Village
A tentative eight man tenants committee was named to gather data on a cooperative ownership plan offered by the Farm Bureau Insurance Group of Columbus Ohio. Thomas J Barrett, resident lawyer and committee chairman, said the group will collect information for tenants to review. More than 175 tenants attended the meeting.
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Seaside Village
Farm Bureau Insurance Group
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Barrett
421 New Voters Enrolled In City Hall Session
City officials enrolled 421 new voters in a three hour session in the council chambers at City Hall. Town Clerk Louis E. Hafele and the Board of Selectmen oversaw the activity, with Mayor McLevy and Police Commissioner Garry Murphy witnessing the swearing in of new voters.
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Louis E. Hafele
Board of Selectmen
Mayor McLevy
Garry Murphy
Board of Police Commissioners
Merry Meals Cooking School lights up Klein Memorial stage
The Post Publishing company hosts the Merry Meals Cooking School at Klein Memorial. Miss Epi curette the cat wandered on stage before the second session, then napped near a Servel gas range. Mrs. Claude T Begg won a Servel gas refrigerator, with prizes like food baskets and dishes from the session. Upcoming awards include a Roper Gas range and a Hotpoint refrigerator.
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Plummer
Carolyn Marshall
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Merry Meals Cooking School
Klein Memorial auditorium
Robert T. Gould
the
Post Publishing company
Epicurette
Gould
Lucille Harris
Klein Memorial
Claude T. Begg
Mapledale place
Bridgeport Gas Light . company
Bridgeport Gas Light company
General Electric Supply company
Aurelia Porto
Johnson street
Censure session decision awaited in Senate
Washington dispatch reports secretary J Mark Trice said Knowland informed him no announcement would come tonight on a pre election Senate session to act on a resolution to censure Senator Mc Carthy. Sept 29 was a likely start date but no firm decision, with a call expected tomorrow morning.
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WASHINGTON
J. Mark Trice
Senate
Knowland
R-Calif
McCarthy
R-Wis
Trice
himn
U S Crime Rate Rises 8 5 Percent Warns of Record
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the national crime rate jumped 85 percent in the first half of this year from 1953 and warned that if the trend continues major crimes could reach a record in 1954. The Uniform Crime Report tallies 1,136,140 major crimes in six months, up 38,850 from a year ago.
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WASHINGTON
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
the
Ike Hunts Votes With Restraint Across Far West
President Eisenhower opened a three day West tour amid applause from an estimated 30 000 at the airport. He avoided explicit calls for a GOP Congress and stressed the basic policy of his administration while mentioning Republican Senate hopeful Wesley D Ewart in the Murrey race.
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MISSOULA
Mont
Eisenhower
Washington
Far West
Con- Breas
Congress
Wesley D'Ewart
U. S. Senate
Sen
James Murray
Smash Area Burglary Ring and Korea Collaborator Verdict
Fort Sheridan Illinois AP report details Lt Col Harry Fleming found guilty by a military court of collaborating with communists in Korea and making propaganda broadcasts during three years as a POW. Sentencing not decided, with possible penalties including dismissal or life hard labor. two other charges were cleared. Fleming showed no emotion as verdicts read. wife and daughter present. Fleming was captured Oct 30 1950 after sustaining wounds and shrapnel injuries.
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FORT SHERIDAN
Harry Fleming
Korea
Fleming
North Korea
Racine
Wisconsin
Reds
United States
Republic of Korea
Gladys
Patricia Madden
Santa Fe Chief derailed near Orwood injuring five
The Chicago-bound Santa Fe Chief derailed at Orwood siding forty miles east of San Francisco. Ten cars left the tracks at about 70 mph. 15 aboard were hurt, nine seriously. The crash followed a similar derailment near Lomay, Illinois, a month earlier. Engineer Emil G. Kloehn described a switch incident after passing a halted westbound freight.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Santa Fe
Orwood siding
here
crack streamliner
Lomay
Emil G. Kloehn
wei
Governor demands face-to-face talk over council files charge
Governor accuses Samuel J. Tedesco and John N. Dempsey of making an unethical charge that the State Legislative Council files were used for campaign purposes. Tedesco says he will meet with the Governor with newsmen present, if his “palace guard” is excluded. Dempsey also plans to attend.
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Lodge
Samuel J. Tedesco
John N. Dempsey
Putnam
State Legislative Council
Tedesco
Rep
Dempsey
State Senate
House
Legislative Council
Fairfield to Fill Hole Off Ruane Street
Fairfield Board of Selectmen approved filling a hole near the marsh off Ruane Street after residents reported it risked children. The hole formed when a steam shovel sank in mud during drainage work. About 100 yards of gravel will be used and a fence will be installed around the spot.
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Fairfield Board of Selectmen
Town hall
Ruane street
First
Snow Dusts Montpelier as Summer Fades
In Montpelier Vermont on September 22 a brief snowfall covered the city for about forty minutes before rain washed it away. The snowy preview of winter came as the season shifts from summer.
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MONTPELIER
Roosevelt Takes Minor Slate Job In New York
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr accepted the Democratic state ticket nomination for attorney general joining Averell Harriman for governor. He had lost the gubernatorial bid to Harriman amid Tammany influence. The ticket includes George De Luca for lieutenant governor Aaron Jacoby for comptroller. Harriman condemned the Republican regime over national prosperity unemployment and defense cuts.
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NEW YORK
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Averell Harriman
Tammany Hall
Harriman
New Deals
Roosevelt
Congress
Irving M. Ive
George EB. De Luca
Bronx
compbreller
Aaron
Fairfield Man Talks Woman Off Savoy Hotel Ledge
David Berliner of Fairfield calms and reassures Catherine Welsh, 49, of West Haven, perched on a 40 foot ledge at the Savoy Hotel in Bridgeport. With hotel employee Joseph Friedlander, Berliner persuades her to return to safety and she is taken for psychiatric evaluation at Billside Home.
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Savoy Hotel
Fairfield Man
Bridgeport Optimists club
Main street
yesteray
David Berliner
Church
Milford Captives Confess Thefts In Homes Firms
Five days of joint police work across 13 towns tied 40 burglaries in New Haven and Fairfield counties to a gang. Three men confessed after a Milford Grain Co break led to broader arrests, with jewelry stolen from a New Haven home totaling nearly $20,000 to $30,000.
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New Haven
MILFORD
Fairfield county
Robert F. Dixon, Jr
Milford Grain company
Henry W. Farnum
Prospect street
New York
Greenwich
Guilford Dairy company
Woodbridge
Hamden
Wilton
Van Cleve China and Glass company
Post road
New Haven avenue
Rang
Milford Grain ¢ company
Golden Hill street
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