Escaped Jaguar Captured Near City Home
A 150 pound jaguar escaped from Jim Mitchell's reptile farm on Fruitville Road and was recaptured ten hours later a half mile away under a house on N Conrad Street. Sarasota police warned residents to stay indoors while searchers burned a palmetto patch and dogs tracked the animal. Kenneth and his family witnessed the final scouring as the beast was cornered and returned to custody.
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Texas
Jim Mitchell
Fruitville Rd
N. Conrad St
Sarasota
Lockridge Road
Conrad St
Kenneth
Ridy
Epitaph Wording Causes Quiet Dispute Among Friends
Sir John Strange requests a plain epitaph stating Here lies a lawyer who always spoke the truth. A friend objects that readers will not know who rests there. He replies that readers will recognize the line as strange.
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Sir John Strange
Sir John
City urged to raise fences around reptile farm after jaguar escape
The town notes a jaguar escaped from Texas Jim Mitchell's Reptile Farm, roamed city streets, and was trapped under a house. Officials blame an unsecured cage and a low fence and call for a high wire barrier around the facility and similar attractions to prevent repeats.
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Texas
Jim Mitchell
Jim
Southern Bell Sues Union Over Operation Zilch in Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Co files a $60,000 damage suit against the CIO Communications Workers of America for an alleged harassing tactic named Operation Zilch. Judge Claude D. Shaw issues a temporary restraining order to stop the scheme aimed at tying up non striking telephone workers and facilities.
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Southern Bell
UNION
Atlanta
INS
Southern Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
Claude D. Shaw
Fulton Superior Court
Wholesale Food Prices Fall to Lowest Level Since 1953
New York reports wholesale food prices tracked by the Dun and Bradstreet index slipped to $6.42 this week, down from $6.52 last week and $7.39 a year ago. It marks the sharpest weekly drop in eight months, with no single food driving the fall as 31 commonly used items combined to lower costs.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Florida Members Vote On Recent Congress Roll Calls
In Washington tests show Senate approval 58 to 23 for the upper Colorado River development plan with Holland and Smathers for and against by others. House passage 324 to 85 increasing postal workers pay 8.2 percent with six Florida names for and three against. one member did not vote. House later backs a 1.317 billion Navy shipbuilding program 373 to 3 with six Florida votes for and one member not voting.
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Smathers
House
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Fascell
Haley
Matthews
Rogers
Sikes
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Herlong
Red Talks Favored by Smith Eyes Face-To-Face Talks
Sen H Alexander Smith RNJ endorses face to face talks with the Red Chinese on a possible Formosa cease fire. As a Foreign Relations committee member he approves Secretary Dulles right move in announcing the United States is exploring such discussions.
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Sen
H. Alexander Smith
Formosa Area
Formosa
Dulles
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Paris
VA to end no no down payment loan guarantees
The VA plans to stop guarantee of no no down payment loans covering settlement costs, while preserving standard no down payment financing. VA official Thomas J. Sweeney told the House Veterans Affairs Committee the move aims to stabilize the real estate market without halting housing Boom.
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The
Veterans Administration
Thomas J. Sweeney
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Sweeney
Dade County First Graders Begin Salk Polio Shots
The last group of Dade County's first and second graders will receive their initial Salk polio vaccine today. By yesterday close 18,758 had been inoculated and about 5,000 remained. The second and final shots are planned four weeks later.
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Miami
Ins
Dade County
No Fooler This Puzzle Deadline Announcement
Last chance today for The News readers to mail in the Little Fooler crossword puzzle on page 3. Judging of this week’s contest starts tomorrow with a $10 prize to be announced Saturday, and a new puzzle will appear then as well.
Nehru En Lai Deal Tied South Vietnam to Communists
Exclusive report says at Bandung Nehru and Chou En Lai agreed to a bargain yielding South Vietnam to Communist influence. In return Peiping would respect Laos and Cambodia. The groundwork began in 1953 with Indian diplomacy and Bandung talks influencing South Vietnamese leadership actions.
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Lai van Sang
Eisenhower Reveals Private Talks With Zhukov
President Eisenhower disclosed private correspondence with Soviet Defense Minister Zhukov within three weeks. He said the talks offer slim hope for better US Soviet relations and noted signs of improving world peace prospects. He added the US would meet with the Communists alone on a Formosa cease fire but not on Nationalist China issues.
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Ins
Eisenhower
Zhukov
China
United States
Formosa
Russia
Open Doors of Opportunity Aid for Low Income Farmers
President Eisenhower urged a many sided attack on the problems of low income farmers. He backed Benson proposals for 300 million dollars in lending authority and stronger off farm employment, saying immediate action is extremely important and the study should stimulate ongoing action.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Benson
Dust and Cold Blast Hit Great Plains Weather
A storm moving east from the Rockies brought gusts up to 50 mph across Nebraska eastern Colorado northwest Kansas and Oklahoma. Temperatures plunged after the system's snow in Salt Lake City with up to 8.1 inches. Tornadoes damaged farm buildings near Shawnee Oklahoma and near Carnegie while dust and rain affected broad areas.
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Pocatello
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Weather Bureau
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Tonopah
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Carnegie
Attack in Senate Fails Bill To Curtail Milk Board Powers
The Florida House failed to pull a milk commission price setting bill from the calendar with 44 voting for and 39 against. A two thirds majority was required. The measure, approved yesterday by the Boards Bureau and Commissions Committee, would send the bill to the Agriculture Committee. Beasley of Walton County argued the bill addresses daily problems. Opponents called the move an attempt to kill the bill.
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Hawaii Philippines Volcanoes Erupt
Volcanic activity resumed in Hawaii's Puna district with lava bursts reaching about 50 feet. Earlier eruptions from Feb 28 to Apr 8 damaged homes and sugar lands. In Mindanao Philippines two volcanoes Makaturing and Rorowanga began evacating 200 families as they spewed heavy smoke and hurled rocks.
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Extra Lollipop, Too The Dundalk Elementary polio shot mixup
Seven year old Diane Weaver received a second polio vaccination at Dundalk Elementary School after standing by to watch others. She showed no ill effects.
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Diane Weaver
Dundalk
Free Tickets Ad at Florida Theater Classifieds
Readers are urged to check the Florida theater classifieds daily for their names. When named, visit The News office at 1045 North Lime Avenue to claim free tickets.
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Lime Ave
Weather Report Notes Wet East and Snow in Colorado
Showers and snow flurries appeared in the northern Rockies reaching northern Colorado while the East saw light rain and cool Pacific air moved across the continent. Temperatures varied with 60s in the Dakotas and mid 40s to 60s along the East and Southeast, marking cooler western conditions overall.
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Continental Divide
Plains States
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Denver Post Begins Daily Radio Activity Count
The Denver Post starts printing the daily radio activity count for Denver. The brief note indicates local coverage of air radiation levels and public interest in monitoring contamination.
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The
Denver Post
Strike Dynamited Telephone Exchange in Stuart Florida
A night shift Southern Bell operator narrowly escaped death when a Stuart Florida telephone exchange was dynamited. Four sticks of dynamite were placed under the two story building injuring one operator and causing extensive equipment damage. Police chased two suspicious cars as repair crews moved in to assess and mend the shattered facility.
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INS
Miami
Florida
Southern Bell Telephone System
Roy Heisley
State Highway Patrol
Dorothy Anderson
Chance Saves Life
Carl Fremaux
Fort Pierce
Southern Bell
FBI Probes Strike Fire Near Calera Ala Bridge
FBI agents probed a Louisville and Nashville Railroad bridge fire near Calera Alabama assessed at $150000 to determine federal violations. Sheriff Hugh Sims called the blaze deliberately set with potential federal prosecution if intent to wreck a train is proven.
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Ala
INS
FBI
Shelby County
Hugh Sims
Minnie Mermaid Reports Fine Weather Ahead For Showgoers
The note from Minnie Mermaid predicts fair and bright weather through Thursday for the Sarasota area with mild temperatures and light winds. A Florida wide forecast mirrors this, with highs near 80 to 86 and calm seas in the East Gulf as northeast winds pick up tomorrow.
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Sarasota
East Gulf
N.W
Herb Stolander
Tides and Almanac
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