Venice to Hold Meeting on Canal Route Edict Clash
Venice city leaders plan a special Tuesday session after SRD official Warren Cason indicated the inland canal would run along the C-1 route through downtown. Costs cited include 8 million for two bascule bridges, or 3.5 million for a by pass with 1.25 million to four lane U.S. 41. Local officials have opposed the canal path, warning it could create an island in the city.
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Venice
Tuesay
State Road Board
Warren Cason
Council
E. S
Bill Raymond
Cason
Smyth D. Brohard
Johnson Warren
Raymond
Fisherman’s Wharf
Brohard
SRD
U.S. 41
Stickney Point Road
Blackburn Road
Argentine militia backs Guido but fears Peronist pull
In Buenos Aires the anti-Peronist parties rally behind Jose Maria Guido as president elect but risk violent opposition from exiled Peronists and labor unions. The War Ministry reports five top generals request retirement amid coup fallout and possible house arrests.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jose Maria Guido
Senate
Arturo Frondizi
Guido
Juan D. Peron
Confederation of Labor
Peronists
Peronist
Congress
War Ministry
Rosendo Fraga
Enrique Rauch
Carlos Peralta
Ventura Luis Moron
Manuel Olascoaga
Fraga
Rauch
Peralta
Democrats urged to join GOP in Florida critique
Congressman Bill Cramer urged Democrats to back Republicans at a Bradenton Country Club dinner. He warned of a $14 billion deficit under the New Frontier, criticized federal control, and pressed for more Republicans in Congress to drive deficit reduction and reform of national policies.
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Jolly Republicans
Bradenton County
Manatees County
Republican Club
Bernard Ward
Isabel Michaelson
Manatee
Republican Executive Committee
W. C. Cramer
Anthony S. Battaglia
Sarasota County
Kent S. McKinley
Battaglia
McKinley
Senate
Bradenton
Bill Cramer
New Frontier
Cramer
Bradenton Country Club
South
Reepublicans
Washington
Florida
Congress
White House
Kennedy
House
John McCormack
ADA
Americans For Democratic Action
Albert
Oklahoma
Emanuel Celler
Adam Clayton Powell
New York State
CCC
Poland
Yugoslavia
Argentina
Central
South America
Reblicans
Dope Plot Blamed On Commies
Federal narcotics officials tied a large Miami cocaine discovery to a Cuban Communist plot to demoralize the United States. Six pounds found in a trunk and 42 more seized Wednesday formed a total larger than any 1961 U S total. five Cubans faced bonds as authorities claimed the cache originated mainly from Cuba.
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Miami
United States
Gulf Gate and South Gate Sell Commercial Lots Broadly
Over $650000 in commercial lots sold with parking utilities totaling $2252. Terms require $225 down. See your broker for details and advisories on the sale.
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Gulf Gate
South Gate
Tornado Rips Milton North Florida Hurts Dozens
A tornado struck a residential area in Milton Florida causing at least nine deaths and about 40 injuries. Rescue crews searched debris while hospitals treated victims from the College Park area. Power outages were reported in Milton Pensacola and Gulf Breeze as responders aided the scene.
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Milton
Florida
Wolfe-Lewis Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Santa Rosa Hospital
College Park
Beaulah
Pensacola
Gulfbreeze
Price Sparks Fly as Sarasota Candidates Clash Over Lot Clearing Bill
At a county courthouse meeting, State Sen. Ed H. Price Jr. clashed with Rep. Ralph Erickson over a lot clearing bill. Price defended his objections citing deficiencies while supporters urged action after Englewood residents voted for the measure. The two hour session covered taxes, rights of way, and various legislative ideas.
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Sarasota County
Ed H. Price Jr
Ralph A. Erickson
Sen
Price
Henry Jehan
Englewood
Rep. Erickson
Fred Haigh
Raspy World News items from many places
Short global items report a Pittsburgh beauty contest scam watch, a Monticello Wis Christmas card delay, a 138 foot tug capsizing near Hopewell Va with 14 crew saved and 4 rescued, Emory student struck by lightning in Atlanta, a Miami youth captured after standoff with police, a Ghana cabinet minister’s wife clings to a bed, Alliance for Progress aid pact, and a Shreveport officer called for a skunk pickup.
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Pittsburgh
Syd Friedman
Monticello
Wis
Schneebergers
Hopewell
Atlanta
Clarence E. Warrell
Emory University
Tampa
Donalds. McCorquodale
Mimai
David Devine
United States
Nicaragua
Alliance For Progress
Shreveport
B. T. Lambert
Dikes Used To Curb Iowa Floods
United Press International reports emergency actions across Iowa as National Guardsmen and volunteers bolster dikes along the Floyd and Big Sioux Rivers. In Waterloo and Sioux City residents are evacuated while crews race to complete a 3000 foot earthen dike to hold back rising waters. Dry conditions in the East raise fire threats in Alabama.
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United Press International
Iowa
Dixie
Alabama
Floyd
Sioux City
Big Sioux
National
Waterloo
Ash's Hash on disarmament talks and Easter quips
The piece jokes about Russia adapting to disarmament talks with a quip that they say yes but object. It then riffs on holiday card chaos from Christmas to Easter and a running season of greetings. It ends with Sarasota Sophie promoting daily facial cleansing.
Florida March 1961 employment near record highs
Florida workers numbered 1 401 600 in February just 400 below the all time high. Unemployment rose to 117 600 as mid semester graduates and out of state seekers entered the market. Manufacturing led gains at 225 600, trade reached 304 600, and service industries rose to 238 500 for the month.
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Tallahassee
Florida
State Industrial Commission
Industrial Commission
A. Worley Bron
Brown
New Soviet Ambassador Seeks Peaceful Coexistence
Russia’s new ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin told President Kennedy that the Soviet Union seeks peaceful coexistence and believes current difficulties can be overcome. Kennedy replied he hopes progress will be made toward patient negotiations on issues affecting the United States, its allies, and the world. They spoke at the White House during the ambassador’s credentials presentation.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Anatoly F. Dobryni
Dobrynin
White House
Analyst Beats Wife When Plans Go Wrong
Chicago court grants Christine M Juranek a divorce after she testified that her husband Frank beat her over her pregnancy disrupting his retirement timetable. She said he viewed the marriage as a business investment and expected her to keep working. She cited cruelty. he did not contest.
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Chicago
Christine M. Juranek
Juranek
Frank
Juranke
Cold Wave Threatens East Coast Weather Shift
A mass of cold air moves east under thick clouds threatening an abrupt end to warm, sunny East Coast weather. Temperatures rose into the 70s across the region with New York City hitting a record 79 and Caribou Maine at 72 as a line of showers and thunderstorms followed the cold front.
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Louisana
Maine
Mercury
New York City
Caribou
Mobile
Ala
Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia
Carolinas
Mississippi River
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GOP
Charles Siragusa
Siragusa
North
Charlie Hagerman
News Worldwise
ASH
Sarasota
Sophie
New Mark
The
Associated Press
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