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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1963
Page
3
Prisoners discuss their diet program and the taste of a liquid diet as part of an experimental plan. Inmates claim the orange flavored sample tastes syrupy and unpalatable after months, while one prisoner expresses hope the diet could aid others.
Reuters reports East German interpreter Eberlein who translates Khrushchev in East Berlin is also a high official. He says he cannot just translate a conversation and must participate. He recounts interrupting Khrushchev at a Leipzig festival with no repercussions.
New York report notes UPI indicates American consumers expend around 700 thousand dollars each minute on goods and services reflecting strong consumer activity and spending patterns.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate climbed from 5.9 to 6.5 percent as November joblessness surged by 483,000. Officials noted part of the rise was inflated by statistical deficiencies but warned of no broad economic slowdown despite outdoor construction layoffs.
T Eugene Thompson, a 36 year old attorney, convicted of first degree murder for the bludgeon slaying of his wife Carol Thompson 34. He was sentenced to life at hard labor in Minnesota State Penitentiary with the jury finding murder for hire motivated by a plan to live with his mistress Jacqueline Olesen 27.
Sarasota County operates 375000 acres with 99 percent poorly drained and 371280 unadequately drained areas. Ken Clark notes costly water management needed eastward as state and federal funds back a 3 million dollar plan building 36 miles of canals and nine structures. Plans include Laurel Cowpen Slough watershed, Big Slough, Phillippi Creek, and several small creeks. Continuous droughts and heavy rains from June to September drive floods, highlighting persistent under drainage.
A Labor Department survey reports U S union membership declined nearly 500000 from 1960 to 1962 while the labor force expanded. AFL-CIO dues paying membership fell by 222000 to 14770000, with independent unions accounting for the rest. Losses concentrated in metals machinery and transportation equipment industries.
A truck carrying 50 workers plunged from a bridge into the Cubato River near Lua Nd a Angola. All aboard including the driver were killed, according to the Portuguese News Agency Ani.
Jacksonville Mayor Hayden Burns announced his candidacy for governor promising an All Florida administration. He pledges focus on education funding, junior colleges, road building, tax reform, and opposition to gambling while keeping race out of the campaign. Burns urged local communities to set wholesome laws and maintain public schools, vows statewide education standards, and calls for broader committees in governance.
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