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...West of Broadway, every town is Bridgeport...
...made head of the northeast office in 1928, moved past 16 men to become Pacific Coast manager in 1930, soon chose to transfer to G.E.'s new merchandising department in Bridgeport, Conn, to "get closer to the hub of the corporate wheel." He hiked sales in the electric heating division 60% in four years, became assistant to Bridgeport Boss Charles E. Wilson. When "Electric Charlie" Wilson moved up to become executive vice president of G.E., Ralph Cordiner stepped into his shoes at Bridgeport. He was only...
...thousand lips. Liquor sales soared as sullen undergraduates sat limp in their smokefilled digs, drowning the memory of a golden thing they once possessed. Need we mention the fourteen spectacular suicides (one symbolically, a sacrifice on the Bowl flag-pole)? Or the dingy homes of carnality in nearby Bridgeport, where scores of undergraduates sought shoddy release from a fate they found inscrutable? Or the television appeal by President Griswold, imploring alumni coast-to-coat to remain calm in their bungalows, bundled in warm blankets, crouched in dark corners...
Located between Bridgeport and New Haven, Stratford can be easily reached by train or by automobile. By using the Massachusetts Turnpike, one can drive there in about three hours...
...plans to spend a week-end in Stratford, it is advisable to make arrangements in advance. While (shudder) New Haven and Bridgeport are not exactly resort towns, there are numerous hotels and motels in both places. The Festival stands ready to make reservations in advance...