16 Dec 1955
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1955
Page
1
John Kicklighter is slated for selection as mayor at a special city commission meeting with page 11 references. The item notes a new industrial zoning plan for North Washington Boulevard and other notices across the edition.
Events Of Note TODAY include a 2 30 Christmas Program at Gut of Door School a 4 00 City Commission meeting at City Hall a 6 00 Benefit supper for the church at 3803 Locust and an 8 00 Christmas with the Greatest Show on Earth televised from Winter Quarters see page 11 Tomorrow features a day long Children s Christmas Carnival on Washington Blvd and Laurel a 1 00 audition by Sarasota Civil Air Patrol seron at American Legion and an 8 00 opening of programs in the Mira Mar by the Sarasota Choral Society
The Trade Commission shifts from prosecution to persuasion to halt what it calls deceptive and harmful advertising of health and accident insurance.
Fifteen NATO foreign ministers met in Paris for three hours to align policies on global trouble spots. Talks covered the Middle East, Goa India Portugal dispute, and nonmilitary cooperation with upcoming plenary sessions. Portugal signaled Article 4 could trigger consultations if Goa or Macao faced attack.
A West German newspaper suggested Dr Otto John may have been on an intelligence mission during 17 months behind the Iron Curtain. The Frankfurter Allgemeine said some believe John entered East Berlin with federal authorities aware of his return. He slipped into East Berlin in July 1954 while head of West Germany’s FBI equivalent. He later said he went voluntarily but claimed he was drugged kidnapped and kept there against his will. The report notes inconsistencies in the case and government reluctance to call John a traitor.
Secretary of State Dulles reportedly urged British Foreign Secretary Macmillan to resist any rapid easing of Allied trade restrictions on Red China. British officials warned of pressure at home to relax controls, risking a loss of leverage in Geneva talks with Chinese representatives. Diplomatic circles say Eisenhower and Eden may discuss the matter at their Washington meeting next month. The trade embargo, urged by the United Nations in 1951 during the Korean War, remains a sore point in U.S. British relations.
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee ordered further public hearings starting Jan 4 on alleged Communist infiltration of the press radio and television. Chairman Eastland said many witnesses will be called, most already in executive sessions.
Bulganin and Khrushchev meet Afghan leaders in Kabul for tough bargaining over economic aid and Soviet political support. Afghan Premier Daud seeks concessions but resists a Communist Afghanistan, while Moscow eyes expanded influence near Pakistan and the Khyber Pass amid a cautious Afghan reception.
In Vandergrift Pennsylvania John Fallone 17 died six hours after a sixteenth hour pursuit by a 50 man posse. He had killed three people wounded two others including his former girlfriend Gladys Smail 15 who lay in critical condition. Policeman Gus Zanos was wounded but survived as a sharpshooter ended the siege. Fallone was found with a 22 caliber rifle and 500 rounds. He invaded the Smail home Wednesday with dynamite but failed to explode it.
In Pittsburgh Westinghouse Electric Corp and its two largest unions remain far apart after talks. The stalemate centers on wages time studies of jobs and contract length with no progress reported on these key issues since October 17 when plant closings began.
A terse exchange notes that the path of the transgressor is difficult, with Cutlip replying that the real trouble lies in harming others. The dialogue emphasizes restraint and conflict in a stark, streetwise tone.
In New York the Philippines and Yugoslavia failed again to secure the two-thirds vote needed for a Security Council seat amid a deadlock among 11 new members. Despite shifting tallies, the assembly remained unable to elect and feared a stoppage without full membership.
Prime Minister Eden, confined by illness, contemplates a Cabinet reshuffle to blunt Socialist accusations of indecision. Despite full employment, rising prices spark criticism as Britain faces Cyprus terrorism, Middle East tensions, and a renewed Cold War debate.
Two crippled vessels were being towed toward safety with salvage tug Foundation Frances making slow progress to Halifax after securing lines to the 6,219-ton Lord Church. A schooner sighted in heavy seas off Newfoundland remained a mystery.
In Casablanca Morocco a bus plummeted 150 feet killing nine Moroccans and wounding others. In Manila eight killed and 16 wounded when bandits attacked a passenger bus 90 miles north of the city. Three U S Marines rescued 22 Korean seamen at Chimoggi Gap off the southeast coast.
A mid December cold spell grips the United States with temperatures plunging below freezing from San Antonio to Mobile and spreading across the eastern area. The Arctic air cools the mid continent and pours into the southern Plains and Mississippi Valley. Temperatures fall more than 20 degrees in many East sections and stay near or below zero in the upper Midwest and northern areas.
In Fort Smith Arkansas two men died when an excavation collapsed burying them beneath the pit floor. Lee Otis Sivley a firefighter and Donald 18 a Hartford Arkansas construction worker died almost instantly, coroner William H. Pope said. The pit was under Arkansas Waste Paper Co to hold a foundation for a heavy paper baler.
Senator Monroney signals welcoming Kefauver into the Democratic presidential race as Kefauver plans a news conference to announce his candidacy. The move heightens party dynamics ahead of primaries while Stevenson maintains a cautious, moderate stance. Republicans in New Hampshire dispute a White House interest claim amid March 13 primary chatter.
Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nasser sends a letter to the UN Security Council labeling Israeli actions as aggression and warning of using force if necessary as Syria protests a raid east of the Sea of Galilee. Israel and Arab states trade charges while the council considers measures.
Florida forecast calls for fair and cold conditions with frost in the north and scattered frost south toward Lake Okeechobee. Highs 45 to 50 degrees inland, up to 68 in the south, and easing temperatures tonight into the 20s to 40s. East Gulf region expects moderate to fresh easterly winds, with no rainfall recorded in the last 24 hours.
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