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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1947
Page
14
A lone gunman wearing a nickel plated plate style held up Mrs Anne Hengston AI and her two daughters at Fairview Cemetery yesterday and escaped with their car after threats to take the ignition key. Police reported the incident and the assailant warned he would shoot if they did not hand over the key.
Crain Neutral Spirits advertises CATVERE RESERVE Blended Whiskey 96 proof. Calvert Distillers Corp based in New York City markets this product through Crain Neutral Spirits.
A two year old girl Ethyl Whitlock of Daniele Farm road Trumbull was treated at home for knee and forehead abrasions after clinging to a moving car from her driveway. Police say driver William Tyeedieo of Trumbull operated the vehicle.
United Citizens party mayoral nominee Gerald A Fitagerald will speak in Lincoln Village at 8 tonight. The topic is housing and urban development.
Yale traffic study suggests using interior block land parcels to add parking for 100 cars at lower cost than front-property spaces. Twelve of fifteen blocks surveyed lie near downtown New Haven intersections. Alleyways and street entrances could handle access, with underground rights of way through buildings as another option.
82-year-old Thomas D. Prescott of 51 Yale Street was injured when he walked into a moving auto at Fairfield and Park avenues yesterday morning. He was in fair condition at Bridgeport hospital with possible fractures to left thigh and arm. Driver Max Block of 692 Maplewood Avenue was not held.
Waterbury Sept 29 The Connecticut Cancer Society announced that its annual meeting of incorporators and trustees will be held Wednesday in Meriden. Principal business includes approving grants to support local anti cancer programs across the state.
Connecticut Association for the Advancement of Professional Pharmacy announces its first fall dinner in New Haven. Reports from members who attended national pharmaceutical events will be highlighted. Edna Gene Welser, secretary, released the details.
American prosecutor Benjamin B. Ferencz opened the Nuremberg trial of 23 Eingatzgruppen officers accusing them of mass murder. He stated the defendants led a deliberate extermination plan resulting in at least 1,000,000 deaths. He said Gestapo chiefs Himmler and Heydrich formed the groups to execute enemies as part of Nazi racial policy. Ferencz urged the court to deny leniency and uphold justice.
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