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THE BRIDGEPORT POST WEATHER FORECAST C. S. Wrxter Bsw; TzvtjK NORWALK EDITION WMtport Corgtown DariM Fait. Celd Tonight BRIDGEPORT 2, CONN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30.

1954 VOL. LXXI. NO. 305 Autos Stalled As Snowstorm Blankets Texas FRENCH FACE RED WARNING; for re. area VOTE TODAY ON ARMING BONN Report See New Fields of Manufacture, Calls For 'Bold Action' Chest Allocates Funds, MENDES-FRANCE WINS ON NATO, LOSING GROUND Cutting Budgets 8 Pet.

s- during iu55. The Red rather er ice- deficit v. ill be it'tuie icdi: By Chai Th-- Fuller chairman of the Budget co: of the Board i. a Community Chest and Council Greater Bridgeport and House YWCA. Ke explained th; granted represent budRets for 1955.

Thanks to the "Buck for Luck campaign initiated and carried bv The Bridgeport Post and Te'n gram. S21.095 has been added the regular cai i Chest PThe board also expressed thinks ions" WICC and WXAB for backing The Post-Telegram "Buck Luck campaign, pproved allocations Cold Wave Grips Midwest On Heels of Snow, Sleet 3t the associated ssess A blast of Arctic air, fanned by brisk winds, spread across storm-swept sections of the midwest and GODFREY DENIES riDiwr uic Ainr CBS Says Singer's- Fiance XEW TORE. Dec. 30 (AP) The Columbia Broadcasting system de- coproducer Larry puck an Arthur Godfrey tele-v because he and singer ilarion Marlowe, another member. of the Godfrey raaio and iv lam- ily, became engaged.

(The International News Service says another member of Godfrey's executive staff was reported today 'to have been fired in what was described as of people on his shows. The INS reports Chet O'Brien, connected with the Godfrey gang six years, said he was bounced from his job as stage manager of Godfrey's Monday morning and evening radio-TV simulcasts.) Amid reoorts that Puck got Has Boss Bless! MARION i Dr. Sheppard Asks Retrial j- XT T-1 1 Basis of New Lvidence snow-covered areas of the Rockies The coldest weather of the winiei season appeared in prospect for most of the areas. It was below zero parts of Montana and Dakotas. -Stormv and cold weather also the outlook for many other parts pelted northeastern sections.

Cold air dipped along the ea ern coast to northern Florida a into the lower Mississippi valley Freezing temperatures continued to plague southern California, threatening citrus orchards. The intense storm center which yesterday dumped snow, sleet and freezing rain over -wide areas of the mid-continent, paralyzing tra- lowcr Micmgan The death toll from the icy, wet (Continued on Page Six) WESTPORTER HELD RELEASED BY LODGE Urges 6 States to Adopt Measures to Conform to U. S. Atomic Act HARTFORD. Dec.

-(APt aggressive thought, bold action. considered risk-taking and active cooperation," Xew England in the atomic age can benefit from whole new fields of manufacture and expansion, the Xew England Commit- on Atomic Energy says. The- committee in an interim re port released yesterday said Xew England will derive "major bene- from atomic energy oy outstanding resources in manufacture in the electronics, met al specialties and similar fields." where skilled labor and technologic ally alert management will have to work closely with engineering and scientific research institutions. February by the Xew England Gov- comerence. -its report was released through Gov.

John Lodge, conference cnairman. Possibilities Cited The report said that these new manufacturing possibilities would benefit Xew England more than the immediate development of power generating plants operating on atomic energy. thar the six Xew England states submit bills to their legislatures -t would make state law conform the 1954 Federal Atomic Energy Act. The bill provides for the appoint- ent of a salaried "coordinator of atomic development activities" who -would serve as an adviser to tne governor. Various departments of the state government would be required to undertake studies as to what changes, if any, in laws or regulations vriil be needed because of the presence in the state of nuclear materials and by-product materials and the operation of production or utilization facilities connected with such materials.

"Tour committee feels." the report said, "that consistency among great importance to the develop- of peacetime a this a ittee said Xew England should not neglect the possibility of utilizing atomic energy for power generaaon but added more immediate benefits are to be derived from the other -uses of atomic energy. What N. E. Can Expect Xew England, it said, can expect of the atomic age: Opportunities for industrial firms "in the manufacture of 'package' power reactors for use oy the Arm-j cd Forces at remote locations and of otlier reactors or reactor parts for use in the United States and throughout the world." Opportunities to design and man ufacture "nuclear reactor components, such as fuel elements, special duty pumps, shielding and instrumentation and control equipment." especially if a reactor fuel processing facility is built Xew England as the committee urged. Future growth in the business of processing, handling and distribution of radioisotopes, a field in (Continued Page Tw, Cr.ari; brchPg 10 090: council.

506 55-1: Boy." clubs 'includes Oiris ciubi 5 475: Bridgeport Christian fn: SI0 643: Bridgeport Ir.r-r-Grc council. SS949: Bridgeport Soc: for V.e-ta! Hvpiene. $25 Cat lie Charities' Child V.v-fare 5C-2 2W Familv vision. S37 974: Family Service so-! 539 902: Gir! Scouts. Bridge-.

port Area. $24 442; International Institute. S16S7S: Jewisn Center. S3S.205; Jewish Bureau. Queen's DauSht' S4.S00.

Citade Corps. 514.166; Salv. Corps S6.T1 Arm House Community Centf Visiting Nurse associatio Discontinue junK jLenvery WASHiNGTO Dec. 30. (API Postmaster Generj merfield announced tod; 31.

1955. Established on been tried Democratic a suited in that the re postal system jsly by the A-SUB TO START FIRST SEA TESTS ft'aufilus to Leave Groton Next Uer Own Power For Trials In Sound WASHINGTOX, Di sca trials of the ato: Naut.lus bein T' av" dc.oca today (CP) The trials o. th uied to last October, fanfare. But Xavy forced to ponpor.e tne after a docK ice the wrong kmd of had e'X, -iast Workers have three jnths i frantic rechcckir. c.ng of the r.

Strictly For IN TRIPLE fflASH'Trr? Peiping Declares TJ. S. Regarded As TOKYO, Dec. 30. (AP) Peiping radio tonight declared have always regarded the American people as friends," and told Japan it need not break with the United States in order to establish normal ties with Red China and Russia.

"What we oppose is the aggressive policy pursued by. the U.S. government," the propaganda broadcast declared. The radio quoted the People's Daily official organ of the Chinese Communist party. The broadcast, one of the most pointed1 pitches made by Peiping in its campaign to woo Japan, urged Japan to take "all practical measures for resumption of normal relations (with) our country.

We are willing to take steps in the same" RAINFALL EXCEEDS jmtn in uiiE IHi, 'Storm With Strong Winds Qrosses City, Temperature Stays Above Freezing Rain. which began here at 12:20 m. vesterdav and continued until a.m. today, totaled L05 Sevensy-three hunaredth3 01 the r.r.--,-;r.;ration occurred after 1:. rn.

today, accompanied by gusts of wind up to 45 miles per hour. Only slowly rising temperatures throughout the night, the U. Weather Bureau in Stratford said, helped to aver "as much as ten The rainfall was part of a secondary storm which hit the city yesterday in the wake of a freak two-day 'heat wave" which saw the mercury rise to 55 at 6 ajm. yesterday. The temperature at 11 a.m.

today was 42 degrees with a peak of 45 forecast-According to the weather fore-rasters, the effect of the secondary- storm had moved north and east-: ward of here by mid-morning today tTici for day and tomorrow. The peak of the storm moved across tne city at ap- nooTW PLANS FILM OF WESTPORT RTM 1 WESTPORT. Dec. 30. Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) has been granted permission to film for later television broadcast the Rep resentative town meeting tomgni.

at o'clock in 3edf Junior high Baldwin. moderator. Hishlightmg tonight's w-m a bid to arouse I "fired" or "demoted" because God-i Qne 0f r-nc two new motions for frey previously has frowned onjjUag-e BIythin's consideration was h.tra-cast romance CBS President based on a claim that newspaper rank Stanton issued a statement coverage of the celebrated casp last night quoting Godfrey as prejudicial. The other, based lows: on "newly discovered evidence." Godfrey Denies Firing was reported to include the claim "I did not fire Larry Puck. Hejthat an unidentified suspect who is a very valuable member of Our previous! was cleared of the crime setup and I regret his inability to -vac drivinp his auto in the neigh-continue all the responsibilities he 1 borhood of the Sheppard home has exercised for the past six years, i about 2 a.m.

on the murder rr.orn- Tm sorry I did not know about shortly before Marilyn Shep-his pnsrairement to Marion Marlowe, i nard was blud-eoned to death. Aerial view shews seme Texas, by a heavy snowstorn heaters operating. BLAZE SWEEPS LUMBERYARD 9 Other Boyertown, Structures Damaged; Loss Put At SI Million SOYERTOW. Dec. 30.

(AP) A roaring fire which neighbors said seemed to start from a "ball of fire'' daring a pouring rainstorm swept a iumberyard and damaged at least nine adjoining structures in this southeastern Pennsylvania town of 5.000 today. Foremen from 10 communities. awav, stsll fought the blaze six hours after it began at 3:30 a.rn. Fire Chief Jack said, however, that had been controlled further spreading since about 6:15 Stauffer said a preiiminar; mate indicated damage would "easily to a million dollars." Boyertown is IS miles south of the City of Reading, and "was the scene "of a major fire aisaster Jan. 190S when 169 adults and children died in a fire and panic at tne ertown opera house.

The scene today's blaze was acr East Philadelphia avenue from former site of the opera house. It was fed by large stocks of lumber and other mater.ais. and by retail early firemen rain spread jumped to the locsre hall of the Bover-I chapter of the Fraternal Or-! of Orioles. Roofs of th lodge building, as the block in the heart BLASTS ROCK STREETS ST. PAUL, Dec 30 (A? Subterranean blasts rocked through lO-block area adjacent to the St.

Paul loop district hurling steel manhole coers high into the air. There no casualties. and passing an; OFFICIAL WEATHER BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY Today. partial clearing this after- ion: high tempe 45. To- ght.

fair and cold; low 30 Tomer- ture: high 20. Bridgeport. LONG ISLAND SOUND Winds, moderate to fresh northwesterly, Sea choppy. Visibility good. TEMPERATURE Highest yWerday 3LoCit yesterday Highest (Dec.

29. 1950) Lowest (Dec. IPCS) Water temperature- a.m. Pleasure Beach' PRECIPITATION 55 3S is 41 3 ir.r.th 1954 SUN. MOON.

STARS Thursday, Dec 30 -ce hundred f'1'; sVrat 4:32 aaner Jan.7. (tiss 1 be southeast 10:20 p.m. First Brightest sta 7:20 p.m. and 32 But Backers Still Claim He Will Win In Crucial Test IKE KEEPS WATCH Premier Suffers Setback As Reds Force A 24-Hour Delay BULLETIN-PARIS, Dec. 30 (AP) Unofficial tallies on the French National assem bly's vote on West German the Western European Union today indicated the pro- to 268.

VIEXXA, Austria. Dec. 30 (UP) Communist Poland. Czechoslovakia and East Germany are sending a last-minute warning to France against ratification of Gcr- nouncod today. Czech raaio said delegates from the three satellite govern ments met in the parliament building at Prague to draft the "urgent bly.

Delegates from the three communist countries "still discussing the European situation" at 3 p. m. (9 a. m. EST), the broadcast "said.

Poland sent a delegation of nine headed by Parliament President Jan and East Germany a group of five headed by its parliament president. Johannes Diet-mann. The Czech delegation of five was headed by Parliament President Zdenek Fieriinger. Mendss Losing Ground But Backers See Victory PARIS. Dec.

30' CP) Premier Pierre Me.ndes-France steadily lost ground today in his fight to win French approval of German rearmament but his supporters still maintained he would v.in this afternoon's crucial vote of confidence. confidence ar an early hour today the Xational Assembly again approved We't Germany's admission to the Xorth Atlantic Treaty Organization. But this time the margin was seven less than Tuesday's sknder 3S-vote majority. Teen he suffered a setback when the communists and extreme rightists forced a 24-hour on tne most crucial vote of all. the Assembly's decision on whether to reverse itself on admission- of Germany to the Western European Union.

Tnis is the key i Gerr Non-Rec The confident the would cet through the Assembly. Tne communist newspapers ap- peared to be accepting passage as 1 inevitable although they called on readers to make a grand effort to visual Today's Index Bridge- Goren Classified Section -ouny Nei Health, Dr. Erady Home and Fashions Obituaries Pegier, Westbrook Radio-TV Programs Society News Sokolsky, George E. Sports Section Stage and Screen To both of them my blessings and. best wishes." 1 Last night on his television "Godfrey and His Friends" the 1 program for which Puck has acted as coproducer Oodfrey maae two.iurv that indicted Ur.

bneppara references to the romance. was "pressured" by newspapers and Admires Ring i that the seven-man. five-woman As he introduced Miss Marlowe jury was improperly supervised dur for her first song, he took her byjing its five-day deliberations be the hand, admired her six and one--cause there was no voman bailiff, Norwalk Police Arrest Nine Drivers; None Hurt In Two Accidents XORWALK, Dec. 30. Michael Kondub.

20. of Greens Farms road, Westport. was arrested at 11:45 p.m. yesterday on a reckiess driving he was operating sideswiped an No Other Norwalk News Page Six. struck an auto operated by Robert Strassler.

17. of Easton road, "West-port, which in turn struck a truck driven by Joseph Cedres, 31. of 33 Orchard street. Kondub was released on a sum- Also arrested by police were tw drivers whose cars were involved i a collision at 12:30 a.m. today "Wall street at Mott avenue.

Charged with violating rules (Con! BOYD BABIES BORN WESTPORT, Dec 30. The wives of John W. Boyd. 410 South Compo road and Edward Boyd, his brother, of Whitney street, gave birth to children, eijrht hours apart. Xorwalk hospital reported toaa each was bom to 6 a.m.

today ar.d a Corman. to Mrs. Ed-! 10 p-m yesterday. 1 A daughter John 3oyd a son, Charles ward Boyd, a I I CCEVELAXD. Ohio Dec.

no- inp another trial for convicted wife-killer Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard were made by his lawyers today, one claiming that "newly discovered evidence" "would prove him innocent of the July i bludgcon-mur- The motions were filed as defense lawyer William J. Corrigan argued his original picas for a new trial before Common Pleas Judge Edward BIythin that the Dec. 21 verdict be "set aside, vacated, and held" for naught" because of 41 alleced judicial errors during thf 31-year-old osteopath's 10-week trial.

Corrigan also filed a motion for a new trial with the Court of Ap- Judge BIythin presided over the lenethv trial and already has ruled I on most of the 41 points raised in1 Corrigan's appeal. Included the! iast were charges that -the grand Corrigan. who has refused to dis M'LEYY RENAMES BOARD MEMBERS Reappointment of 23 A nounced; New Terms to Begin Jan. 1 Corr.mcr. Cour.c:: ed as fol- Center 155 ar.d Cotr.ir.-.s: Sachs.

2' i Ardrew Ha Goddard a ar.ich. 691 Ford. 332 Parrot 3-j Frederick Westerberc. 733 Boston avenue. Board of Health Commissioners, two years: BInr.s.

6S st Board i J. Com i Lindicyi Xelson A. Parker. strft. Parkmc Authority, 'years: Fred D.

Schwarzkopt tJ'C K. Gould 606 Brewster 'street. Syl lvanu Locke. 804 Fairfield a (Continued on Pig. Two) i i i Years Baby Crop Largest Since '47-, Births Here Exceed 1 953 Figure With December Count Awaited Bridgeport 1954 largest birtn rate Since ijrei.

an all-time recoro was set. uie department saia i.uujr. Marriages for the year may reach the lowest count in 15 years. and deaths were tne hignest since 2348. according to tentative tabIa- Ducks With 3-D Vision Enjoy Pecking At Pictures of Food to the Army's Xike rocket launching site on Cross highway.

half carat diamond engagement. and said: on Pagtiwo) ,5.524 birth corded at the burea highest birth rate r. 1947 when 5.751 birt this ir, umber of weddir.srs since cate 1.391 marriages have been recorced. not more tnan licenses outstanding for the montn of December, statistics show. Last year there wore 1.506 mar- riages.

and in 1539 there were 1.255 weddings Deaths in 1954 to date total 1 797. compared with 1.754 iast year. This the his 1948 where 1,64 Today's Chuckle It never occurs to boy of 18 that some day he will be ax dumb as his father. iCopjnslit General Feature Corp 'j City to Welcome Arrival of New Year 1955 With Mixture of Gay Revelry, Reverent Prayer Special Holiday Service I Bridgeport residents arc prepar-: to welcome the Xew Tear to- i morrow night with a mixture of and reverence. Thf retreat of the venerable "Old 3ERXEIEY.

Two N'e-a Tors '-3' the-' movie; Th Amen report -as mace to fr.t 3- ocation for the Aa- ent of Science by Dr. John V. Quarar.ta of the Xew York Zoo- Summo of Manhattan College. The researchers made plain pic- tures of food pellets and cxpospa the nsvcholocists made orate pictures of food pellets in lboxes. giving the illusion Oj.

dimcn- sion. The ducks pecked even more I enthusiastically. Man 1954" before the onslaught of 1 the whimsical new-bom chiid t)f tuvj -or fuwre weH Visible Planets: Mars (near the as the traditional house partis and conr Jupiter (rises at 6:20 excursions to night clubs and Vp-'us the southeast at i taurants. The TELEGRAM will publish a Holiday Eciiion, Saturday, January 1955. Tnis issue will contain all the POST features and comics, in addition to the usual TELEGRAM features.

There Will Be No Post on New Year's Day By soecial cooperation oi ail news dealers and newspaper boys, The TELEGRAM will be served to all regular POST subscribers as well ms to TELEGRAM readers. On sale at all news dealers delivered by newspaper delivery carriers. i Adding a somber note to the oc-jcasion, that from "three to five" Um. wili be killed in Connecti- as. tomorrow); Satu THE TIDE Tomorrow 3:06 a.m.

3:27 p.m. High (near i cut highway a-cidents during the I three-day Xew Year's weekend. Last vear. the commission -noted, 2:35 p.i a.i p.i Low 3:21 a-m. p.m.

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