Churchill resigns as Prime Minister and Eden named successor
London reports Winston Churchill resigns as prime minister. He meets Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace and shows his V for victory sign. The queen appoints Sir Anthony Eden, 57, to the prime ministry though formal designation may be delayed until tomorrow morning.
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London
Winston Churchill
Downing St
Queen Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Anthony Eden
Churchill
Press Assn
Queen Elizabeth
Eden
Sir Winston
Churchill’s Farewell Window to Eden as Premier
The Queen heads to Buckingham Palace after touring the Isle of Grain refinery as Churchill finishes his Cabinet meeting marking his resignation after 55 years in Parliament. Eden attends the session with Clement Attlee, as Eden’s appointment to Prime Minister looms tomorrow.
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Anthony Eden
Buckingham Palace
Isle of Grain
Thames Estuary
Churchill
No. 10
Downing St
Eden
Labor
Clement Attlee
Britain
House of Commons
To Close or Not School Board Hears Gillespie Arguments
Sarasota County Board of Public Instruction heard conflicting views on whether Gillespie Elementary in Bee Ridge should close pending a new building. A three-man delegation urged keeping the school open until construction of a new facility, while others pressed for closure.
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Gillespie Elementary
Bee Ridge
Sarasota County
Cuully Cumiuvusc
Southside
K. B. Albritton
Albritton
Southsi
Francis Ford
Gillespie
Parent-Teacher Association
City Youth Center Head Resigns
Elizabeth Edwards, director of the Sarasota Youth Center since it opened last December, resigns her position. Officials could not be reached for comment. A recent meeting with Kiwanis Club and city officials cited low attendance, a $5 nonresident fee, strict dress codes, and exclusion of nonmembers as factors.
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Elizabeth Edwards
Sarasota
Kiwanis Club
Kenneth Thompson
Judge Rabb Refuses Psychiatric Vetting for Robbery Jurors
In Indianapolis Criminal Court Judge Saul I Rabb rejects a bid to screen jurors in a robbery case by a psychiatrist noting multiple grounds to bar jurors but no law requiring their sanity be tested.
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Indianapolis
Criminal Court
Saul I. Rabb
30 Million Salk Shots Rumor Becomes Reality in June Supply
New York polio authorities expect drug firms to produce enough Salk vaccine to immunize 30 million people by June 30, up from 18 million earlier. Dr. Hart Van Riper of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said shortages are unlikely, with vaccine distribution focusing on children in the 5 to 8 age range and through doctors and drugstores. The official efficacy report due April 12 could trigger a brief rush, then quick adjustment.
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Polio Authority
Hart van Riper
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
van Riper
Polio Foundation
Pilots Die in DC6 Crash Near MacArthur Airport
Three United Airlines pilots Henry Dozier 40 of Montclair New Jersey Stanley C Hoyt 45 of Hicksville New York and Vernis H Webb 35 of New York City were killed when a four engine DC6 on a routine check flight crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma New York. The aircraft carried no passengers and investigators offered no immediate cause.
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N.Y
United Air Lines
MacArthur Airport
Here
Henry Dozier
Montclair
N.J
Stanley C. Hoyt
Hicksville
Our Town Editorial Warns Against Taxpayer Burden
The editorial attacks city planners and officials proposing expensive projects, arguing high taxes deter growth. It urges taxpayers to demand better municipal services, resist costly drives, and consider political reforms to protect pocketbooks. The piece frames The News as a defender of taxpayers against vested interests.
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Sarasota
Planning Board
Blizzard Strikes West Wrapping Wyoming in Snowdrifts
A historic blizzard paralyses highways in Wyoming and Montana with 16 foot drifts. Sheridan reports 36 inches since Saturday, 24 in 24 hours, while 53 stranded motorists are rescued by a school bus in Lusk. Winds peak at 70 mph as relief teams work through drifts and weather forecasts expect the storm to ease soon.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Montana
Rocky Mountain
Sheridan
Highway Department
Lusk
Dakotas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Two girls confront man following them on spring day
On a bright spring day two girls are tailed by a young man who, in apparent indignation, is challenged by one to stop following or bring a friend. The exchange ends with no further details of intent or consequence.
Collins Seeks Broad Overhaul of Florida Constitution
Governor LeRoy Collins opened the 1955 Florida Legislature with a call for a constitutional overhaul and streamlining of state departments. He urged a constitutional commission to draft a new charter for 1956, reapportionment reform, election of a lieutenant governor, judiciary reorganization, home rule for counties, a State Development Commission, and creation of a Finance Department and a Sheriff’s Bureau, plus a full-length turnpike program to be completed within four years.
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Tallahassee
INS
LeRoy Collins
Collins
Supreme Court
State Development Commission
Advertising Commission
Bureau of Immigration
State Department of Finance
Paign
Florida Lt Governor Proposal Highlights 1955 agenda
Governor LeRoy Collins outlines 1955 legislature goals including constitution revision with reapportionment and lieutenant governor provision a state development commission to unify agencies a Florida turnpike to the Georgia line law enforcement coordination welfare expansion for indigent disabled and full funding for the minimum foundation education program.
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Tallahassee
INS
LeRoy Collins
Advertising Commission
Improvement Commission
Bureau of Immigration
Georgia Line
Bartholomew and Youngberg Named to Sarasota Committees
In Tallahassee, Sarasota County's two Republican representatives Henry Bartholomew and George Youngberg Sr. were appointed to key panels. Bartholomew joins Aviation Higher Education Insurance Motor Vehicles Public Parks and Lands and Workmen's Compensation. Youngberg sits on Red Salt Water Conservation Hotels and Restaurants Marketing Public Printing and State Institutions.
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Tallahassee
Sarasota County
Henry S. Bartholomew
George E. Youngberg Sr
Bartholomew
Siesta Key
Ted David
Venice
Youngberg
Florida House contest looms as 1955 session opens
Florida legislators opened the 1955 session with a House Credentials Committee clash over John B. Orr of Dade County. A ruling on his seat was promised for tomorrow as lawmakers anticipated a long, turbulent session.
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Tallahassee
Florida
House
John B. Orr
Dade County
Horoscope and coastal forecast mix charms Sarasota readers
The notice blends a cheerful Aries to Pisces horoscope urging self purchase and sun exposure with Sarasota Florida area weather notes. It cites fair mild conditions through Wednesday with gentle winds, and a Florida forecast of fair skies 80 to 90 locally with 60 to 70 at night. A Jacksonville Florida Straits marine forecast predicts east to southeast winds becoming southeast to south Wednesday.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Florida Straits
East Gulf
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