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Sarasota News

Location

Sarasota, Florida, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1955

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World News Roundup From Geneva Talks and Riots

The United States and Red China remain in deadlock at Geneva over a repatriation plan for civilians. Eleven airmen claim they endured physical and mental torture during 32 months of imprisonment. South Koreans protest Communist members of the Armistice Commission for a second day. The Eighth Army cites nine American soldiers wounded in riots. Russian agricultural experts tour Minnesota after a hostile demonstration.

United States Red China Geneva Tachikawa Air Base Japan

Fliers Recall Church Services During Captivity

American airmen freed from long captivity in Red China recall organizing church services in captivity. They describe Sunday worship, rosaries, and communal prayers led by members including May, Baumer, Vandi, and B.

Tokyo Red China

U S China Talks Stall Over Civilians Repatriation

In Geneva after a near day long session Ambassadors Johnson and Wang pause for 48 hours with no progress. Disputes center on listing Chinese nationals in the United States and India as third party in repatriation talks. Both sides agree to no public statements until the next 9 a m meeting Wednesday.

Geneva United States Red China A. Alexis Johnson Wang Ping-nan Peiping Wang India State Department Johnson

Indian Scientist Sees Peaceful H-Bomb Use Within Twenty Years

Geneva reports Hal J. Bhabha opening the 72 nation International Atomic Energy Conference with a forecast that hydrogen bomb power can be harnessed for peaceful ends in twenty years. He warned the world faces energy problems unless fusion energy becomes a universal asset for industry and medicine. The event marks ten years after Hiroshima as Ike and Hammarskjold deliver messages urging restraint and global cooperation.

Geneva Hal J. Bhabha Bhabha Palace of Nations

Suzan Ball Rites Held Tomorrow

Hollywood funeral services are set for Suzan Ball age 21 wife of actor Richard Long. Services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Recessional Forest Lawn Glendale conducted by Dr Louis H Evans. Ball died of cancer Friday.

Hollywood Suzan Ball Church of the Recessional Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale Miss Ball Richard Long Louis H. Evans Presbyterian Church

Eisenhower to Leave for Colorado Vacation Next Sunday

President Eisenhower says he will depart Gettysburg farm for a Colorado vacation next Sunday while continuing work on bills Congress recently passed. East Germans riot as potatoes shortage triggers police clashes at Potsdam Babelsberg. David S. Ingalls denies being considered for Talbott successor. Pakistan PM Mohammed Ali resigns after Moslem League leadership change. India and Portugal sever direct diplomatic ties as Lisbon closes its legation in New Delhi.

Ike Colorado Gettysburg Eisenhower Berlin East Germany Potsdam-Babelsberg Information Bureau West New York David S. Ingalls The Cincinnati Times-Star Air Force Harold Talbott Pakistan Karachi Mohammed Ali India Portugal New Delhi Portugese Lisbon

Heat Wave Is Broken Across Wide Region

A cooling air mass plummeted temperatures 14 to 20 degrees in the Central plains and spread to the East and southern states. Early today Grand Marais Michigan registered 42 degrees, Detroit 60, Des Moines 66, with prior lows in New Orleans 78 and Fort Worth 85. Scattered showers followed the mass, bringing heavy totals in Newark 2.32 inches and Guymon 1.07 inches.

Associa Fress Central Plains Georgia Alabama Mississippi Grand Marais Mich Wausau Wis Detroit Des Moines New Orleans Birmingham Ala Fort Worth Newark N.J Guymon Okla

Germans Fight Saar Movement Rally Over Europeanization

Saarbrucken reports Adenauer loyalists organized a new party to oppose the Europeanization plan for the Saar region. Voters face a plebiscite on October 23 to approve or reject the French West German accord placing the valley under a European commissioner and maintaining postwar economic ties with France until a German peace is reached.

Saarbruecken Saar P Konrad Adenauer Saar Adenauer France

Arms Plan Still Alive

United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold says the disarmament issue remains active while urging a shift from open diplomacy to more quiet private talks. He released a 5,000-word intro to the UN annual activities report as the 10th General Assembly opens its 12-week session on September 20 in New York.

United Nations N. Y U. N Dag Hammarskjold Hammarskjold U.N. General Assembly

Red Tour Resumed in Minneapolis Following Rest

Soviet farm delegation resumes study of the U.S. farm economy in Minneapolis after a day of rest. Delegation head Vladimir Matskevich arrived from Texas with three other members who had visited Wyoming en route via Rapid City. A Ukrainian-American protest near their hotel drew several hundred demonstrators but did not disturb the visitors.

Minneapolis Minn Vladimir Matskevich Texas Wyoming John Strohm Strohm Rapid City M.D Twin Cities

U S Pastor Conducts Lord's Supper in Moscow Baptist Church

Virginia pastor Dr. Theodore F. Adams led a three hour service in the Moscow Baptist church, administering the Lord's Supper to about 2,500 Russians. Adams, visiting with three other Baptist ministers, praised the devotion of worshippers and called it a high honor to conduct the ceremony. Dr Arnold T. Ohrn of Washington preached on the cross and resurrection.

Moscow Virginia Theodore F. Adams First Baptist Church of Richmond Soviet Union Adams The World Baptist Alliance Arnold T. Ohrn Washington, D.C Alliance

AFL Hits Plant Moves Report Calls Out Pirating of Industry

AFL Executive Council opens a three day meeting in Chicago with a report from the National Legislative Committee condemning industrial plant relocation as pirating. The document cites blight and unemployment in abandoned areas and argues firms abandoning locations jeopardize American workers' welfare. A one day convention is set to move the annual AFL convention from Chicago in October to New York in December for the AFL CIO merger ratification.

Chicago Congress American Federation of Labor Executive Council National Legislative Committee AFL New York CIO Afl-Cio

Worst in Ontario History Forest Fires Rage

More than 4,000 firefighters including volunteers battle Ontario forest fires described as the worst in the province's history. Since early April over 200,000 acres burned across 125+ blazes, with 10 to 15 fires daily and heavy rains as the only hope to end destruction.

Torontop Ontario

Riots in Pusan Deny Bayonets as U S Guards Gunfire Injures Koreans

Nine American soldiers and four Koreans were injured in riots in Pusan where U S Army denied police reports that guards bayoneted three Koreans. Demonstrations spread to Inchon and Kunsan as Korea’s government urged MSC teams to leave the country.

Pusan Seoulp U.S. &Th Army U.S Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission Inchon Kunsan South Korea MSC Switzerland Sweden Poland Czechoslovakia ROK North Korea 8Th Army Kim Chang Heung National Police Kangnung U.S. Army Pusda Hialeah

Hurricane Connie Near Bahamas As Forecasts Split

Miami Weather Bureau forecasters describe a possible turn for Hurricane Connie as a trough moves eastward. If Connie broadens south of the trough it may stay offshore. if it lags, it could push toward land, delaying since the hurricane is about 200 miles from nearest land.

Bahama Island Connie Miami Weather Bureau Walter R. Davis

Marines Move Craft Inland Ahead of Hurricane Connie

The Marine Corps at Cherry Point North Carolina began moving aircraft inland as a precaution as Hurricane Connie neared the Carolina coast. The Second Marine Aircraft Wing and Marine Training Group 20 launched planes to Memphis Naval Air Station and other bases in Indiana Tennessee and Georgia and to Spartanburg Municipal Airport in South Carolina.

Cherry Point N.C Marine Corps Atlantic Carolina Marine Aircraft Wing Marine Training Group 20 Naval Air Memphis Atlanta Air Forces Indiana Tennessee Georgia Spartanburg D.C

Don't Look For Change

Sarasota vicinity weather forecast notes clear to partly cloudy skies with scattered showers or thundershowers into tomorrow. Winds mostly northeast, readings around 82 degrees, barometer 29.84, rainfall 1.24 inches in 24 hours.

Sarasota

Bright Spot Willie Quips On School Teacher

A playful exchange has Willie calling his history teacher the meanest man he knows. The father asks why, and Willie explains the teacher borrows his pen knife to sharpen pencils and then gives him bad marks.

Willie

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