Tornado toll rises in Illinois and Missouri wreckage
An afterstorm report says a new death brings the toll to 11 from unseasonal tornadoes that devastated Murphysboro and Mount Vernon and other southern Illinois communities. Ten fatalities were reported in Illinois and one in Missouri with hundreds injured and hundreds of homes destroyed as cleanup begins. Unofficial damage estimates run into the millions.
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Murphysboro
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Illinois
Missouri
Mount Vernon
Weather Bureau
du Quoin
Farmington
Sunfield Y
James Carter
Robert Shannon
Julia Marshall
Bobby Marshall
Brenda Joyce Johnson
Richard Menley
Big Muddy
Western Gardens
Sarasota School Plan Seeks Two New Junior Highs And Expansion
A 7.711 million dollar five year school program is urged including two new junior high schools a Siesta Key elementary and major Sarasota High School expansion. Enrollment projections show white schools up about 80 percent and Negro schools nearly 50 percent by 1962-63.
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Forrest Clark
Siesta Key
Sarasota High School
Board of Public Instruction Today
Sarasota
Florida State University
Eugene Lawler
Mackintosh Road
Proctor Road
Lawler
Brookside
Brookside Junior High School
Proctor Road High School
NATO agrees to arm Europe and call for renewed disarmament talks
President Eisenhower and NATO leaders ended the Paris summit with a firm decision to base intermediate range missiles in Europe and stock nuclear warheads for defense. They blamed Russia for delaying disarmament and urged renewed negotiations through the United Nations if Moscow participates.
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John M. Hightower
Paris
Eisenhower
NATO
Western
Europe
Russia
Moscow
West
U.S
Soviet Union
Middle East
Africa
Coun
Indonesia
United Nations
U.N
United States
Dulles
Pasco Packing Co. Workers Oust Teamsters in Dade City
Pasco Packing Co truck drivers and Lakeland Highlands Canning workers voted to decertify and reject the Teamsters as their bargaining agent. The National Labor Relations Board will issue a certificate of results based on a December 6 election with 47 eligible voters. The era of Teamster influence in Florida citrus faced new scrutiny as Congressional investigators linked some leaders to broader misconduct, though Morgan invoked the Fifth Amendment in Washington.
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Lakeland
Teamsters
Pasco Packing Co
Dade City
Lakeland Highlands Canning Co
Here
National Labor Relations Board
Pasco
Billy Smith
Route 1
Box 95
J. W. Morgan
Florida
Theu. S&s. Senate
Teamster
Reward Offered for Racks Theft News Item
The News offers a $50 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons stealing its news racks.
Pasco Hot Min Murmurs in Lakeland NLRB Flair
In Lakeland a National Labor Relations Board election stirs intrigue as Pasco truckers and mechanics spark activity. The piece blends a weather note for the Sarasota area with breezy quotes and a playful local tone about unions and forecasts.
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Teamsters
National Labor Relations Board
Lakeland
Pasco
Minnie Mermaid
Florida
Sarasota
East Gulf
Hoffa Case Goes To Jury In U.S. Court
New York federal court jurors hear the case of James R. Hoffa president elect of the Teamsters and two associates charged with conspiring to illegally tap telephones in the Detroit Teamsters building. Defendants Owen Brennan and Bernard Spindel face up to 1 year in prison and fines up to 10000 each if convicted.
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New York
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Detroit Teamsters
Hoffa
Owen B. Brennan
Detroit Teamsters Local 337
Bernard Spindel
Frederick van Pelt Bryan
Bryan
Spindel
Hoffa Brennan
Tampan Dies As Tug Sinks
A 68 foot tugboat Aral capsized and sank in Mississippi Sound near Pascagoula. One man, Jack White of Tampa, Florida, is missing and believed drowned. Coast Guard units searched the area as six survivors were rescued by the Ernest and taken to the Joe Ed in New Orleans. The cause of the accident was not determined.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Mississippi Sound
Jack White
Tampa
Fla
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Ernest
Joe Ed
Bradenton Contractor To Build South Trail Unit
A building permit for a 500000 motor hotel on the South Trail at Sunnyside Avenue was issued to Roger Hall, a Bradenton contractor. The Candlelight of Sarasota Inc. project will include 62 units, a restaurant and pool, with completion targeted for the summer tourist season. hall indicated total investment exceeds 500000 when finished.
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Bradenton
South Trail
Sunnyside Avenue
City Building Department
Roger Hall
Hall
Ex FBI Agent Escapes Fine In Dominican Agent Case
Ex FBI agent John Joseph Frank received four concurrent sentences of eight months to two years for failing to register as a Dominican Republic agent in the United States. Judge James R. Kirkland did not impose a fine and kept Frank free on a $10,000 bond pending appeal. The punishment is lighter than the maximum five years and $10,000 per count.
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Washington
INS
FBI
John Joseph Frank
Dominican Republic
U.S
U. S
James R. Kirkland
Frank
Despondent clerk climbs KCMO tower in gunfire bid
George M Davis, 22, a Kansas City grocery clerk, climbed the 1042 foot KCMO TV tower after his 2 year old son’s death. Police Maj. William Canaday coaxed him down after two hours of talks. Davis fired eight shots into the air and surrendered with a live cartridge in the revolver. He was jailed for investigation.
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Kansas City
George Monroe Davis
Kcmo-Tv
William Canaday
Davis
Canaday
Firemen Deny Soliciting Funds For Toy Project
Sarasota firemen deny authorizing any fund solicitation for a Christmas toy project. They warned police to watch for an impostor and stressed the department does not permit fundraising in their name. Citizens are invited to give directly to help needy children.
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Sarasota
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