08 Dec 1955
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1955
Page
1
Inside the News notes a civic leader and utility executive is transferred to Bradenton. Page 11 references a Circus TV Christmas Party program and first symphony concert planning. Betty Vance Kitchen Talk appears on women’s pages 5 and 6 with hospital auxiliary convention photos and BPW contest participants.
Today includes a 3:00 PM City Planning Board meeting led by Ken Thompson from the city manager's office. Also on schedule are a 7:30 PM Republican Party League of Sarasota dinner honoring Rep. Joseph Martin Jr. atiday House, an 8:00 PM Sarasota Camera Club event at the American Legion Coliseum, and an 8:00 PM Fraternal Order of Eagles gathering at 1436 State Street. Tomorrow features a 12:15 PM Kiwanis Club at the Orange Blossom Hotel.
TV comedian Jackie Gleason faced a traffic offense in Deposit New York after allegedly passing a red blinker on Route 17. Police Judge Harvey Kelly convicted him and he paid a five dollar fine.
Adlai Stevenson accused Republican officials of hate mongering and dangerous politics at the AFL CIO convention. He warned against group hatred and class conflict as democracy’s future abroad and at home hangs in the balance.
Former House Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr visits St Petersburg for a 7 30 p m fund raising dinner at the Holiday House hosted by Sarasota county Republicans and the Women s Republican club He blasts opposition to Republican prosperity and predicts Eisenhower will run again and win Florida in 1956 urging Florida Republicans to back a GOP victory.
The Florida Board of Control will not pursue action on the UF coaching situation nor push for a UF Florida State football game before 1958. President J Wayne Reitz announced Bob Woodruff will lead the Gators next year with a possible extension of his seven year 17000 a year contract through 1956 if he stays. Board chair Fred Kent said negotiations between the two state schools to start athletic relations were satisfactory.
The FCC seeks the source of static flooding police and sheriff radio channels in Bradenton. Patrolman M. J. Hager says interference comes from another station. Monitoring and coordinated signals will locate the offender. fixes will follow in days unless a foreign station is involved requiring negotiations.
A sailor, challenged for sleeping on duty, replies that he is praying and just closing his eyes for a moment. The exchange highlights a humorous coping moment aboard.
An outbreak of paratyphoid in Lancaster was labeled an epidemic by state health officials who ordered a mass inoculation for 35 000 people starting today. Officials warned of at least 54 confirmed cases with possibly 25 more unreported, and 16 new cases reported yesterday. The illness mostly affected children and several were in critical condition.
Secretary of State R A Gray said two candidates for governor and one for Congress have begun filing campaign expenditure reports. Also, the Board of Control approved construction of a new 364000 stadium at Florida A and M University. U S Army Europe announced Christmas clemency for 60 to 100 soldier prisoners due for release by Jan 15, excluding those with punitive discharges.
East Berlin reports say two U.S. soldiers arrested after a street brawl were handed to Soviet military authorities. U.S. Army officials express surprise and fear East Germany may press a case as Berlin’s status under four power control is questioned.
The General Assembly maneuvers to admit 18 new UN members after a 52 to 2 vote in the Political Committee with 5 abstentions. A two thirds majority is needed for ratification, while a Soviet veto looms over 13 non Communist applicants if Nationalist China opposes Communist Outer Mongolia. The vote signals broad support but hinges on Security Council action next week and a possible veto.
President Eisenhower held at Camp David with top advisers focusing on completing next year defense plans while balancing the budget and considering a tax cut. Secretary Humphrey said he expects to balance the current year budget despite military spending signals and anticipated a possible tax cut in the State of the Union.
London reports that Clement R. Attlee, retired leader of the Labour party, will become Earl Attlee of and his wife Violet will be countess. Reports say the remainder of the title word remains secret.
Salvagers searched Chesapeake Bay for the wreckage of a Martin SeaMaster after it exploded during a test flight near Baltimore. Three Martin employees and one Navy officer were aboard. one body attached to a parachute was recovered. Eyewitnesses saw heavy smoke before the craft exploded midair and hit the water southeast of Washington.
A new cold wave from the North and Pacific lowers temperatures across the nation. Readings drop 10 to 15 degrees in the central Rockies and upper Mississippi Valley with subzero temps in Utah the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota. Minot North Dakota records 12 below zero. Cold extends from the mid Atlantic to the Ohio Valley into northern New Mexico, reaching the eastern Great Lakes while avoiding southern Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley.
Detroit report notes National Commander J Addington Wagner praised Henry Ford II for criticizing actions of the Fund for the Republic while fund head Paul Hoffman defended its work. Ford, chair of Ford Foundation trustees, says he acted as a private citizen and questioned fund methods though Foundation control is limited.
Calcutta dispatch reports Nikita Khrushchev telling dinner guests that Soviet rulers hate smoking. He said cigars and pipes are taboo among Central Committee members and that smoking is discouraged in the Soviet Union on medical grounds.
A two engine Navy patrol bomber crashed at sea during maneuvers east of Kauai and northwest of Oahu. Three of ten aboard were rescued by a submarine Bashaw. Navy identified survivors Lt K C Guedel pilot Lt (j g) E B J O Malley co pilot and Lt (j g) Robert Smith radioman.
A quirky slice blends holiday gloom and Florida weather. Minnie Mermaid warns of Christmas Doom as shopping nears amid a mid seventies forecast and gentle northerly winds. The Florida region follows partly cloudy skies, temps from 65 to 80, and light SE breezes with cooler nights.
Australia moves toward a national election with Prime Minister Menzies and the Liberal party seeking continued government. The coalition has led since the last overthrow of the government, with support from the Country Party shaping the campaign.
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