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Sarasota News

Location

Sarasota, Florida, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1960

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Great Lakes to Gulf Storm Toll Rises Across Florida and Midwest

The Weather Service reports widespread storms cause at least two deaths in the Great Lakes area and one in Michigan. Hillsborough River flooding in Florida reaches crest with $5.25 million in county damages and a plea for federal aid. Additional counties face multi‑million losses as showers sweep Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the Atlantic coast.

Great Lakes Gulf Tampa Hillsborough River Nita Lane Woodruff S.C Hillsborough Winfred Lane Civil Defense Col H. W. Tarkington Florida Hillsborough Bay Riverside Tarkington U.S. Weather Bureau Pinella Seminole Polk Pasco Sumter Mississippi Ohio Upper Ataantic Coast Great Plains Plateau Lake Michigan Michigan Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Chicago John Musillami Decatur Kalamazo Benton Harbor

Raul Castro Exults Over Soviet Aid And Cuba Moscow Ties

Raul Castro returned from Moscow and East Europe boasting Soviet military aid and saying rockets of peace would strike the United States if Cuba is attacked. He denied Fidel Castro is seriously ill and predicted Fidel will return stronger. The event featured Arbenz and a standing ovation for Khrushchev reference, with photographers briefly detained.

Raul Castro Moscow East Europe Russia United States Cuba Raul Fidel

Norstad warns allies would mobilize reserves for Berlin

Gen Lauris Norstad said Western forces could be augmented by substantial reserves if the Soviet Union attacked Berlin. He spoke after a meeting with President Eisenhower at the summer White House. Norstad cautioned that NATO deterrence relies on all Western forces, not only NATO troops in Europe.

Newport R.I Europe Soviet Union Berlin U.S Lauris Norstad Eisenhower White House Norstad Paris NATO Washington Capital Senate House Bailiwick Western Alliance Tel

Republicans Plan Test Of Demo Rights Plank

Two New York Republicans Sen. Kenneth B. Keating and Rep. William E. Miller said they will introduce a bill mirroring the Democratic civil rights plank. They will judge the Democrats after the congressional session opens on Monday and warn of a possible flip flop if the party fails to vote for civil rights proposals.

Washington UPI New York Kenneth B. Keating William E. Miller Los Angeles Keating Miller

Phillippi Creek sewer plan costs about 100 dollars per year

A proposed Phillippi Creek water and sewer district would charge about 100 dollars annually per household with initial hook up of 120 dollars payable over two years. Water monthly charges would be 4.25 to 4.50 based on 6000 to 7000 gallons, sewer flat 3.50 per bathroom plus 0.50 for each extra bath.

Phillippi Creek Housing and Home Finance Agency Boyd R. Gernhard Fred Haigh Warren S. Henderson Holiday Harbor Sarasota Bay Swift Road Reneva Road South Gate West Pine Shores Sun Haven Coral Cove Phillippi Shores

Weather Outlook and Local Real Estate Ad Spotlight

Partly cloudy through Friday with scattered afternoon showers. Highs near 90, lows in the 70s, easterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Also promoting affordable homes at Bayshore Gardens on US 41 with prices from about 19,790 to 16,000, and a slogan urging comfortable living without wealth.

Bayshore Gardens US 41

Suspect Committed to Mental Institution After Sanity Hearing

Johnny Brantley a 49 year old Negro of Sarasota and St. Petersburg was committed to the state mental hospital at Chattahoochee by Circuit Judge Robert E. Hensley after a sanity hearing found him mentally incompetent for killing Billy McLendon. State Atty. W Mack Smiley said Brantley shot McLendon as he drove away while Brantley in the back seat argued over a $2 loan. Ben Brantley, also in the car, had been shot in the back years ago by Johnny Brantley. Smiley filed informations against Olivia Dougherty and Theodore A Bonamy. Dougherty charged with breaking and entering Dave's Auto Repair Clinic and Bonamy with theft of 236 dollars from Metropolitan Service and Appliance Inc. Both remain in county jail.

Johnny Brantley Sarasota Petersburg Billy Mclendon Chatahoochee Robert E. Hensley W. Mack Smiley Martha W MacDonald Samuel R. Watson Brantley Mel Metropolitan Service and Appliance Inc Jai

Sit-Ins Reach Federal Court Test Across Georgia

United Press International reports that Southern Negroes filed three class action suits in U.S. District Court in Atlanta seeking an end to lunch counter segregation at locations in the state capital and damages of 10 000 dollars each. Defendants include Gov. Ernest Vandiver and Mayor William Hartsfield. The article notes accompanying protests and other civil rights actions in Petersburg Virginia Mississippi and Greenville South Carolina with brief details on events and a planned forum on non violence in Atlanta.

United Press International Mississippi Greenville 8. C Atlanta

Argentina and Israel end Eichmann incident dispute

Argentina and Israel said they would regard Eichmanns kidnapping case as a closed incident. The Argentine courts will continue investigating how Eichmann was spirited out in May to stand trial in Israel for wartime mass murder. A brief communique in Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv spoke in general terms, not naming Eichmann.

Buenos Aires API Argentina Israel Adolf Eichmann Eichmann Tel Aviv Security Council United Nations

Kensington Park Opens 14 Acre Swim and Country Club

Residents gain access to a new 14 acre Kensington Park Swim and Country Club facility. Advertises Sarasota home values ranging from 12 450 to 19 458 with contact KI 17 3011 for information.

Kensington Park Sarasote

Klan vows injunction to block school integration

Ku Klux Klan leader Bill Hendrix said the Southern Knights would file injunctions if Florida school boards allow public school integration this fall. He and six officials observed lunch counter integration as a test and argued race mixing in public schools violates Article 12, Section 12 of the state constitution.

Miami UPS

Cuban exile Maj Chibas arrives in Miami avoiding reporters

Cuban exile Maj Raul Chibas, once head of Castro's revolutionary tribunal, and his wife reached Key West by a 17 foot boat and sought political asylum, choosing to stay out of sight of newsmen in Miami.

Miami UPI Raul Chibas Fidel Castro Revolutionary Tribunal Chibas Key West

U.N. Aide Bunche to Head Off Katanga Crisis

Ralph Bunche flies to Elisabethville to avert an armed clash as U.N. forces prepare to enter Katanga Province. Dag Hammarskjold moved Bunche’s departure up 24 hours after Katanga Premier Tshombe urged talks before a catastrophe. Tshombe warned U.N. forces would be resisted. Katanga’s 600 troops face a Belgian force of about 4,000. Kibwe signaled possible token force for fact finding.

Leopoldville, the Congo Belgium Katanga United Nations Brussels Jean-Baptiste Kibwe U.N

Political children of Elmira unsure about politics and presidents

A Star-Gazette survey of tri cycle children aged six to ten in Elmira finds most favor George Washington but struggle to define politics and the presidency. Respondents describe Khrushchev as a wrestler or spy while offering mixed, imaginative ideas about government and world travel.

Kathy Small Elmira Nikita Khrushchev

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