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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1957
Page
2
Police report a tense night as downtown streets appeared largely quiet. A sergeant noted residents were wary of trouble, especially racially charged incidents, while devout worshippers gathered at churches under bright Sunday sunlight in a city seen as peaceful as any in the nation.
A New Feeding Aid for infants three to twelve months aims to solve feeding messes. Inventor Mr Strelakos devised a garment that restrains arms for easier feeding after observing his daughter. The Feed-a-Joy device, backed by Cockoros and Warren Simmonsen Jr., reduces mess while keeping baby comfortable.
Hoffa readies for a fourth opponent as Teamsters tensions rise over alleged outside influence and a blocked election. He promises to reveal details to rank and file and defend the union against alleged conspiracies while Haggerty files challenges to delegates amid court-driven scrutiny of convention legitimacy.
Hays states he only offered an opinion on Lite Rock matters and has not recently contacted Washington officials. He previously served as a liaison between Faubus and federal authorities but now says he has faded from the picture.
Paratroopers are demoted and fined for absence without leave after being turned over to military authorities. The Chaffee soldier is to face possible disciplinary action. Forbid passes and restrict movement aim to keep Little Rock residents aware of an occupied status. White student absenteeism rises as 550 of 2,000 refuse integrated classes while officials foresee a drop after Central reopens. Trouble spreads across Arkansas with curfews on under 21 and arrests of Negro youths attacking white workers. In Van Buren the editor prints the Lord's Prayer to calm readers as 24 Negroes attend an all white high school. U.S. Representative Brooks Hays urges federal troops' withdrawal, suggesting National Guardsmen can assume control.
Helen Marinello aged 23 of 260 Congress Street is held at the Woman's Detention Home on breach of the peace charge after a disturbance at the Silver Dollar restaurant on Fairfield Avenue. Bond set at 500 pending City Court appearance.
Holfa advocates a wide open convention to let each candidate present his case. The credential committee will report at Monday's opening, while the Teamsters executive committee remains in a closed session assessing the Washington injunction and its appeals court impact. A rules committee move to shift elections up aims to align with Hoffa's control.
Hartford attorneys Thomas J. Dodd and Godfrey P. Schmidt for New York Teamsters members seeking to stop union elections met at Dodd's Hartford office. They commented after the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington set aside a preliminary injunction that had branded the Miami election as rigged in the interests of corrupt union officials.
Sir Patrick Devlin defended the trial judge role before American colleagues urging justice as the key judge qualification. He warned the least error is being wrong. A panel discussed capping contingent fees for lawyers in accident and death cases.
At the Faith for Today exhibit in Danbury State Fair’s Old New England Village, more than fifty Bible land foods are shown. Items include manna bark resin, large flat breads, a thumb carried bread, and John the Baptist bread from a locust tree pod. The display, praised at a New York Food Show, has toured fairs in the U S Hawaii and Australia and runs through next Sunday.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower returned from a Newport base stop on September 4 with no definite plans for resuming Newport as a summer White House. Hagerty said there was no emergency in the president’s White House duties and he would not comment on Governor Faubus’s Little Rock actions or rumors of a National Guard package. An invitation from Governor Vernon Thomson to attend a World Series game in Milwaukee remained under consideration with no decision.
Rep. Powell said President Eisenhower agreed to discuss the full problem of racial integration in schools. He and Rep. Hayes have been studying a north-south conference on the issue. Powell disclosed the White House gave him an appointment, date to be announced, from Newport vacation HQ.
The United Fund launches its 1957 campaign with a kickoff dinner at 6 p.m. in the Bridgeport Brass Recreation center. Bridgeport Brass president Herman W. Steinkraus will give the keynote. The Brass company hosts the event, expected to draw over 800 officials and volunteers from 32 member agencies.
Dr. Graham addressed a Darien audience of children and adults, urging sinners to come forward as 420 cards reportedly signed. He stayed at Roger Hull's home and attended Noroton Presbyterian services. Hull chaired the crusade’s executive committee and Graham is slated to speak in Teaneck New Jersey tomorrow and White Plains New York Thursday.
Telegraphed guidance from Little Rock church leaders urged Billy Graham to postpone a planned visit until racial tensions eased. The message thanked him for readiness to help but urged prayerful timing for an evangelistic campaign to heal wounds and restore unity.
Hagerty said arrangements for a meeting with the congressman have been completed, but Newport staff have not yet been advised of the date decided. The report notes the pending scheduling and communication gap with local staff.
The Norwalk revaluation committee awaits Tax Commissioner Rowland A. Schwebel’s return from a Dallas meeting to finalize plans for a citywide real estate reassessment. Committee heads expect to meet by Oct. 15 to review findings and guide policy ahead of potential legislation. Mayor Brunjes noted no program can take effect for two years, aligning work with a future General Assembly bill.
John Barrile 37, a Westport landscape contractor, died Saturday night in Norwalk hospital after admission Sept 24. Born Limestone New York, he had lived in Westport 11 years. Survived by wife Marjorie, two children, his parents, six sisters, four brothers, and many nieces and nephews. Services Tuesday at Saugatuck Congregational Church. burial at Willow Brook.
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt returning from a 25 day Soviet visit said the Little Rock integration crisis was the only world news in Communist papers and that Russians offered no comment. She urged obeying the law as the solution and described Khrushchev as a strong personality.
The Mansion Group and the mayor plan a large public rally and city hall picket. They may seek a court order or injunction and will discuss legal avenues at the conference with committee members including Rev Edward Morgan Rev Arthur Bello Mrs Elida Arreghin Mrs Fred A Griswold Stephen Sporona and Robert Fitz.
Setsuo, 18, from Tokyo, plans to stay in America a year or two and attend a high school or college. He seeks a sponsor in Bridgeport, hopes to work as a dishwasher or houseboy, and will give talks on Japan at churches, YMCA centers, and schools to foster goodwill. He lists 2705-2 Kowamachi Edagawa-ku Tokyo as his address.
Break in at junior high saw tools stolen from a cabinet used to pry open the main office and other rooms. Office and assistant principal files scattered, phones and loudspeakers damaged. Ink, papers, and ink spills across science rooms. extinguishers sprayed walls, ceilings, and boards. Second floor audio visual gear damaged. film strip unrolled. Police with Chief Beckwith and officers Stephens and Ebling on scene.
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